Z'krall

Z'krall
Base Information
Classification	Omnivore
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain
Body Form
Confluence	Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Echinodermoid
Size
Weight
Culture
Languages	Z'krall
Social Structure	Technocracy
Technological Epoch	TL:0-3
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Moncton (Diaspora 2125)
UWP	E8A3596-8 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere A Exotic Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 5 Moderate (700 thousand) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
Primary Star	M3 V
Atmosphere	Exotic
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Astrogators' Guide to the Diaspora Sector 12.
Canon	Yes
Also see

The Z'krall of Moncton (Diaspora 2125) are a Minor Non-Human Race with a Non-humanoid appearance and technologically primitive sophonts.

Description (Specifications)

The Z'krall (or Swarmer) is a shaggy, quadrocular multiped and a Minor Non-Human Race.

Z'krall grow more legs as they grow older and larger. Up to nine radially-arranged legs have been observed on old specimens. The Z'krall homeword is Moncton (Diaspora 2125). The Z'krall have a complex society.

History & Background (Dossier)

Most noteworthy, the Z'krall has a complex society but no apparent means of communicating. It has no sound-producing organs, signalling plumage, or other structure typically used for transmitting information. This has puzzled scientists for centuries.

In 1108 the means of communication was accidentally discovered. The clouds of insect-like "idiot gnats" that accompany the Z'krall are actually cellular repeaters for extremely high-frequency radio emissions from the Z'krall. The gnats are produced within the Z'krall bodies, secreted in their waste, and nourished by secretions on their skin; they function as mobile, reconfigurable antennae for the Z'krall. Once researchers made this breakthrough, they contacted the Z'krall by radio, and discovered that they had an unusual facility for linguistics.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:
Charted Space:

• Diaspora Sector
  • The Blight Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race species is:

• Moncton (Diaspora 2125)

World Listing

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

1 of 1 World articles in Z'krall

Moncton  •  

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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.

• Charles E. Gannon. Astrogators' Guide to the Diaspora Sector (Game Designers Workshop, 1992), 12.
• Daniel Hammersley. The Freedom League (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 147.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science