Ped
A Ped is an appendage on an organism used primarily for locomotion.
Description (Specifications)
Most creatures or sophonts use limbs or appendages specialized towards one of two ends:
- Specialized fine motor limbs called manipulators for the handling of tools.
- Specialized ambulatory limbs called peds for locomotion.
Peds by Number
Peds by Type
Locomotory Stances
Gaits (Locomotion & Ped):
- Ambulation
- Arboreal Locomotion (Brachiation)
- Concertina Locomotion
- Hand-walking
- Jet Propulsion
- Jumping
- Kiting
- Knuckle-walking
- Lateral Undulation
- Metachronal Locomotion
- Parachuting
- Passive Locomotion
- Peristaltic Locomotion
- Phoresis (Riding)
- Rectilinear Locomotion
- Rolling
- Running
- Sailing
- Sidewinding
- Undulatory Locomotion
- Walking
Gaits (Stance):
- Digitigrade
- Orthograde (vertical)
- Plantigrade
- Pronograde (horizontal)
- Saltigrade
- Unguligrade
History & Background (Dossier)
Evolution is a tricky thing and a very wide variety of evolutionary advantages have developed for different species. These include dual-use limbs, tails, headless torsos, and a very wide variety of ped and manipulator types. While humanoid body plans are very common on standard gravity planets, non-human body types are nearly as common in the same range of environments.
References & Contributors (Sources)
This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- T5 Core Rules
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science