Zirduluush

Starport	C	Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size	9	Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g)
Atmosphere	C	Exotic (insidious)
Hydrographics	5	Wet World 50%
Population	8	Moderate (400 million)
Government	A	Charismatic Dictator
Law	8	High Law (controlled blades)
Tech Level	9	Early Stellar (fusion)

Primary Star

K4 V

Atmosphere

Insidious

Off-world presence

No

Zoetic individuals

Yes

Source

Reference

"Library Data: Old Suns." Signal-GK 04 51.

Canon

No

Also see

The Zirduluush of Degushush (Dagudashaag 1302) are a Minor Non-Human Race with a Non-humanoid appearance and technologically primitive sophonts.

Description (Specifications)

The Zirduluush are a minor sophont species native to Degushush (Dagudashaag 1302) and a ammonia-breathing jovionoid-like floater living on a terrestrial world. The name was given to them by the Vilani and translates as "Strange Ones."

Physiology

Their bodies are upright cones, mottled in color, that measure about 3.0 meters in height. Their leathery skin is coated in a mucus slime that protects against the corrosive effects of their world’s atmosphere.

Manipulators

On the base of the body is a mouth surrounded by a mass of hundreds of rope-like feelers, each capable of extending out to about a metre to snag prey. Each feeler is equipped with biological lasers that can sense organic material in the wind.

Senses

Mounted on the "legs" of the body are a collection of tiny but sensitive ears on long stalks: the Zirduluush are blind and have no sense of smell.

Flight

Internal gas sacs allow them to float just above the level of the ground with its feelers trailing in search of food.

Respiration

Research has shown that they utilize atmospheric ammonia when breathing.

History & Background (Dossier)

The hostile atmosphere of their homeworld presents the biggest problem to accurate research into the Zirduluush - it quickly destroys any dead organic material which has made further research into the physiology and evolutionary history of the race difficult.

Relatively few observations into their psychology or social structure have been achieved due to the difficulties in involved in maintaining accurate long term contact.

Society & Culture

To human eyes the Zirduluush are primitive and warlike. The race shows very little interest in Humaniti, although they have been known to attack vehicles and remote communications towers.

Social Organization

They seem to live in small nomadic family groups which scavenge for food on the rugged badlands and arid plains of their world.

Government

It is generally not believed that the Zirduluush have not formed the concept of a government yet.

Language

It is not known how the Zirduluush communicate or of they have a developed language, although researchers assume that a possible Zirduluush language would be oral (aural) in nature.

Calendar

It is unknown how the Zirduluush form a calendar or track time.

Technology & Trade

The Zirduluush are a primitive species with very little use of technology. They exist at around the TL–0 to TL–1 level. The Zirduluush are largely ignorant of galactic culture and exist at a subsistence level with little to no trade. The Zirduluush are aware of the human presence on their world. Some Imperial sociologists conjecture that the Zirduluush must regard the human presence on their world as the intrusion of demons or gods.

Military

It is generally not believed that the Zirduluush have formed the concept of a military yet.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:

Dagudashaag Sector
- Old Suns Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

Degushush (Dagudashaag 1302)

World Listing

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

1 of 1 World articles in Zirduluush

Degushush •

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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.

Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Old Suns." Signal-GK 04 (1992): 51. via. HIWG
Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 377.
Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science