Sigtrygg
Emperor Mongoose
If a player wanted to play one i would let them. There are enough rules out there to generate them.
Droynes outside of Droyne society (M2e)
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Sigtrygg
Emperor Mongoose
Chirpers are the original race - sort of.
Grandfather invented casting and augmented the droyne
At the end of the Ancients war the droyne grandfather abandoned began to lose the ability to enable a successful casting ritual
Droyne worlds that could no longer caste become chirper worlds
Grandfather returmed and modified the castiing ritual, introducing coyns, which allowed droyne to once again complete the ritual.
One of the things Don and I discussed was the meta of the casting ritual:
it originally involved grandfather, psionics and genetic modification
the ability was taught but without grandfather became less and less successful over time
the coyne ritual was introduced by grandfather as a psionic focus
it originally involved grandfather, psionics and genetic modification
the ability was taught but without grandfather became less and less successful over time
the coyne ritual was introduced by grandfather as a psionic focus
Sigtrygg
Emperor Mongoose
This is another bit of fanon that is not canon, or rather it is people unaware of previous canon just reading current library data and think they are being told truths...
Chirpers are fully sentient. Probably worth mentioning that the 1105 start date means that Research Station Gamma has not happened yet, and that discoveries about the droyne and chirper relationship are made during the 1105->1120 era.
It could even by PC scientists that make the discoveries
Sigtrygg
Emperor Mongoose
CT AM had this to say:
"Chirpers: If Droyne do not caste, they do continue some development, though much more slowly. Sexual differences eventually emerge, but casteless Droyne tend to remain small and semi-intelligent and continue to resemble immature Droyne in appearance. Those Droyne groups which have lost the ability to caste (and these are fairly common) generally live as primitives.
Chirper. Semi-intelligent minor race native to many worlds in and outside the Imperium. Chirpers are omnivore/gatherers in the 25 kilogram mass
range. They have vestigial wings (chirpers on some small worlds can fly short distances) and opposable thumbs. Living in small groups with limited social organization, they follow age-old patterns of foraging for fruits and berries, supplementing their diet with occasional small animals which
they catch and kill with crude tools.
Chirper intelligence is at the low end of the scale and ranges from a few points above animal levels to a few points below average human.
Chirpers are named for the sharp, bird-like chirp which characterizes their speech. They can learn human speech, often handling a large vocabulary with ease, but their conversation retains the chirping overtones.
Chirpers are recognized by the Imperial authorities as intelligent and, as such, enjoy the protections and responsibilities of intelligent species within the Imperium. Most chirpers live in established reservations with only limited intercourse with humans.
Note that this AM came out long after Research Station Gamma and Secret of the Ancients, so the truth was already known to Traveller players and referees, but in game the Secret of the Ancients is safe and Imperial scientists are still studying Droyne and chirpers.
"Chirpers: If Droyne do not caste, they do continue some development, though much more slowly. Sexual differences eventually emerge, but casteless Droyne tend to remain small and semi-intelligent and continue to resemble immature Droyne in appearance. Those Droyne groups which have lost the ability to caste (and these are fairly common) generally live as primitives.
Chirper. Semi-intelligent minor race native to many worlds in and outside the Imperium. Chirpers are omnivore/gatherers in the 25 kilogram mass
range. They have vestigial wings (chirpers on some small worlds can fly short distances) and opposable thumbs. Living in small groups with limited social organization, they follow age-old patterns of foraging for fruits and berries, supplementing their diet with occasional small animals which
they catch and kill with crude tools.
Chirper intelligence is at the low end of the scale and ranges from a few points above animal levels to a few points below average human.
Chirpers are named for the sharp, bird-like chirp which characterizes their speech. They can learn human speech, often handling a large vocabulary with ease, but their conversation retains the chirping overtones.
Chirpers are recognized by the Imperial authorities as intelligent and, as such, enjoy the protections and responsibilities of intelligent species within the Imperium. Most chirpers live in established reservations with only limited intercourse with humans.
Note that this AM came out long after Research Station Gamma and Secret of the Ancients, so the truth was already known to Traveller players and referees, but in game the Secret of the Ancients is safe and Imperial scientists are still studying Droyne and chirpers.
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