Trist

Trist
Minor Race
Base Information
Classification	Omnivore/hunter
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain	Forest, Plains
Body Form
Confluence	Humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Reptillianoid
Size	2.5-3 meters
Weight	150 kg
Culture
Languages	Native Language
Social Structure	Participatory Democracy
Technological Epoch	TL:1-3
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Wabor-Parn (Theta Borealis 2903)
UWP	E545420-5 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 4 Moderate (10 thousand) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 0 No Law Tech Level 5 Industrial (mass production)
Primary Star	M2 V
Atmosphere	Thin (tainted)
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Wabor-Parn 8.
Canon	No
Also see	Bose

The Trist are a sophont species native to Wabor-Parn (Theta Borealis 2903).

• They are a Minor Non-Human Race with a generally humanoid appearance.
• They share their homeworld with the Bose.

Description (Specifications)

The Trist are tall and slender and display a bilateral symmetry. They have a humanoid body shape, with two arms, two legs, a residual tail, a torso, and a head mounting the major sensory organs. Coloration is typically mottled red-brown with paler bellies, though some isolated tribes have blue or green coloring. An average Trist is larger than a human, with a height of around 2.5–3.0 meters and a typical weight of 150 kg. Size and weight are based on the proportions of females, who form the majority of the population: males are substantially taller and heavier.

• Trist have immense strength and endurance.

Trist employ a conventional respiration cycle consisting of an oxygen-nitrogen inhalant and a carbon dioxide exhalant.

• Trist are evolved for thin atmospheres and find pressures of 0.43–0.70 millibars ideal.

Trist vision is similar to humans in terms of sharpness. Color perception is centered on a wavelength of 890 nm (the peak output of their star), which corresponds to the infrared end of the EM spectrum: they have "Predator vision".

• Trist see well in conditions humans consider dark.
• Trist find preferred human levels of lighting to be uncomfortably bright.
• Hearing and sensitivity to volatiles (smell and taste) are broadly equivalent to humans.

Trist have a preference for a carnivorous diet, often consuming live prey, but can comfortably survive on roots, berries, and other plant produce.

• Males typically fulfil a hunter role within society, tasked with taking down large game.
• Females, the elderly and the young undertake gathering and are responsible for food preparation.

There are two genders (male and female). Females form the largest percentage of the population, outnumbering males by a ratio of 3:1. Males are substantially larger and taller than females.

• Trist are oviparous. Eggs are incubated by females and the young are raised communally.

The known population of Trist numbers some 10,000 individuals. Should disaster overtake them, they face the very real danger of becoming extinct.

History & Background (Dossier)

The primal ancestors of the Trist evolved around 2 million years ago. Prior to human contact (around -2100) their population was approximately 55 million. They lived in large tribal groups and had a level of advancement equivalent to TL–0.

Their tech level climbed following human contact, reaching a peak of TL–2 during the Long Night. Their numbers grew exponentially at the same time, exceeding 250 million and causing internicene warfare and large-scale migrations as resources became scarce. Their society evolved into vast allied hordes led by charismatic warriors that endlessly raided and plundered in their struggle for survival and dominance.

The race suffered extinction-level casualties in a global war that occurred during this time.

• It seems likely that the extinction war was fought against the Bose.
• It is believed the Bose employed targeted bioweapons, with catastrophic consequences.
• The few thousand individuals that remain are descended from the survivors.
• The war left the world's atmosphere permanently tainted by microscopic biological pathogens.
  • The current Trist population are completely immune to any lingering effects.
  • Other native flora and fauna was not significantly affected.

Rumors persist of as-yet uncontacted tribes of Trist survivors inhabiting the deep wildernesses of the world. If true, there could be many thousands more Trist than current surveys indicate.

Government

Trist society is divided into tribes which themselves are allied into larger clans. Tribes typically number between 50 and 100 individuals. Leadership is hereditary, though under certain circumstances leadership may be passed to individuals from outside of the traditional ruling circle.

• The Trist are on generally good terms with the settled Bose communities, though there is only limited contact.

Culture

Trist live a nomadic existence, travelling between ancestral territories and surviving through a hunter-gatherer existence.

• They use trained animals as riding beasts and to transport their possessions.

• Homogeneity: 1 (monolithic)
• Acceptance: 1 (extremely xenophobic)
• Strangeness: 1 (very typical)
• Symbols: 1 (extremely concrete)

The Trist have a rich lore filled with legends and tales. Many of these are set in identifiable geographical locations and are based on real historical events.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:

• Theta Borealis Sector
  • Banderhue Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Wabor-Parn (Theta Borealis 2903), a world with a tropical climate and rich with life, orbiting close to a dim red main sequence star.

World Listing: 1105

Significant communities of this race are known to exist within the following systems and worlds:

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References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Bill Bledsaw. Wabor-Parn (Group One, 1981), 8.
• Bill Bledsaw. Theta Borealis Sector (Group One, 1981), .
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science