Species (Races) in MgT 2e

mavikfelna · Thursday at 5:31 AM

I have been assembling a comprehensive list of the careers and races in the published books and JTAS. I probably should have recorded page numbers but never the less, here is the list. A note, I don't know if I have all the abbreviations correct but I just used the book name initials.
There are 100 races in the various books.

Humanity Sub-Species (17)

Aquamorph	Solomani Front	8
	Core Rulebook	50
	PoD2 - The Trojan Reach	64
Brutes	DNR4 - The Far Side of Nowhere	13
Darrian	Aliens of Charted Space 3	4
	Behind the Claw	82
Firbolg	DNR6 - Expeditions	25
Floriani	PoD2 – The Trojan Reach	121
Geonee	Aliens of Charted Space 3	92
Irklan	JTAS 6	27
Jonkeereen	The Trailing Frontier	24
Lowgees	DNR4 - The Far Side of Nowhere	13
Selenite	Solomani Front	5
Solomani	Aliens of Charted Space 2	4
Storm Knights	The Spinward Extents	50
Suerrat	Aliens of Charted Space 4	4
Sword Worlds	Sword Worlds	99
Sylean	The Third Imperium	171
Vilani / Default (Not listed)	Core Rulebook	8
Zhodani	Aliens of Charted Space 1	242
	Behind the Claw	30

Terran Uplift Species (6)

Ape	Solomani Front	10
Dolphin	Aliens of Charted Space 3	168
Foelen Dolphin	Behind the Claw	35
Orca	Aliens of Charted Space 3	196
Ursa	The Trailing Frontier	33
Caprisaps	JTAS 12	19

Alien Species (85)

Ael Yael	JTAS 3	47
Akeed	The Trailing Frontier	28
Aezorgh	JTAS 11	61
Alikaia	DNR1 - Riftsedge Transit	60
Amindii	JTAS 9	62
Aniyun	Spinwards Extents	74
Ascondi	The Great Rift	12
Aslan	Aliens of Charted Space 1	4
	Clans of the Aslan	9
	The Glorious Empire	56
Bosaki	JTAS 17	106
Bruhre	The Deep and the Dark	22
Bwap	Aliens of Charted Space 3	228
	Traveller Companion	14

Capry	The Trailing Frontier	29
Chokari	Behind the Claw	35
Crenduthaar	Behind the Claw	167
Dewdellae	DNR6 - Expeditions	23
Droashav	The Trailing Frontier	30
Droyne	Aliens of Charted Space Vol 2	138
Dynchia	JTAS 1	49
Ebokin	Behind the Claw	48
Erline	DNR2 - The Near Side of Yonder	15
Eslyat	Spinward Extents	238
Faar	The Trailing Frontier	31
Foelen Dolphin	Behind the Claw	35
Freni	Spinward Extents	241
Ghenani	Spinward Extents	244
Gl'lu	Behind the Claw	169
Girug’kagh	JTAS 1	112
Githiaskio	JTAS 2	38
Gmina	Spinward Extents	77
Gurungan	Solomani Front	12
Gurvin	Aliens of Charted Space 4	167
Haix	DNR6 - Expeditions	13
Happrhani	The Deep and the Dark	23
Hivers	Aliens of Charted Space Vol 2	211
Hlanssai	Bu and Embla Visit Vrirhlanz	3
Sred*Ni	Spinward Extents	85
Hhkar	JTAS 12	90
Iltharan	The Deep and the Dark	25
Ithklur	JTAS 7	37
J’aadje	The Deep and the Dark	25
Jonkeereen	Behind the Claw	101
Katangan	Spinward Extents	102
Kemlae	The Spinward Extents	80
K'kree	Aliens of Charted Space Vol 1	106
Kirissukyoya	Behind the Claw	172
Krotan	JTAS 15	2
Ktiauao	Spinward Extents	82
Ladybug	Solomani Front	14
Lhshana	JTAS 16	36
Llellewyloly	Behind the Claw	51
Llyrnian	Aliens of Charted Space 3	113
Lurent	Behind the Claw	173
Luriani	The Trailing Frontier	24
Mal’Gna	Spinward Extents	84
Martian (Marzians?)	Behind the Claw	174
Mewey	JTAS 13	11
Murian	Spinward Extents	246
Nenlat	JTAS 10	61
Oo-ne-beto-pon-tee (Whistlers)	The Third Imperium	204
Ormine	The Deep and the Dark	27
Rammak	Rim Expeditions	78
Resavolk	Spinward Extents	249
Robots	Robot Handbook	115
Saurian	Behind the Claw	66
Segani	Behind the Claw	175
Selenite	Solomani Front	6
Shi'awei	Behind the Claw	176
Souggvuez	Behind the Claw	177
Ssienjhiovla	The Third Imperium	238
Sydites	The Trailing Frontier	25
Sylean	The Third Imperium	171
Teakhea	Spinward Extents	88
Tenipal	DNR2 - The Near Side of Yonder	11
Tezcat	Aliens of Charted Space 4	179
Thonane	Spinward Extents	250
Tlyetrai	The Deep and the Dark	28
Ulane	The Deep and the Dark	29
Vargr	Aliens of Charted Space 1	169
Vegan	Solomani Front	72
Virushi	The Deep and the Dark	30
Weeven	Solomani Front	13
Yn-Tsai	The Deep and the Dark	32
Wandering People	The Trailing Frontier	35
Yafizethe	Behind the Claw	178
Yont	PoD2 - The Trojan Reach	197
Za’tachk	Aliens of Charted Space 4	70
Zhdianshe	Spinward Extents	253

rinku · Thursday at 6:02 AM

"Race" (or Variety, or Breed) isn't really applicable unless species are at least subspecies. I understand there's ultimately a D&D tradition there, but at least in that case most of them are interfertile. Plus magic.

"Major Race" and "Minor Race" are still in use as legacy terms, though even in CT days they were noted as controversial terms, within the setting.

Probably best to just use "Aliens" in a Traveller context.

Terry Mixon · Thursday at 12:55 PM

rinku said:
"Race" (or Variety, or Breed) isn't really applicable unless species are at least subspecies. I understand there's ultimately a D&D tradition there, but at least in that case most of them are interfertile. Plus magic.

"Major Race" and "Minor Race" are still in use as legacy terms, though even in CT days they were noted as controversial terms, within the setting.

Probably best to just use "Aliens" in a Traveller context.

I’ve seen it in use in the current books, I think. I’m not sure it’s controversial as it refers to races that came up with jump technology on their own rather than being a judgement on them personally.

DataDwarf · Thursday at 1:14 PM

Some work has been done on this over on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/traveller/comments/1m8haqm/species_and_careers_list

mavikfelna · Thursday at 3:54 PM

DataDwarf said:
Some work has been done on this over on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/traveller/comments/1m8haqm/species_and_careers_list

Cool, thanks.

mavikfelna · Thursday at 8:02 PM

updated list thanks to @DataDwarf and the useful reddit link
Humanity Sub-Species

Aquamorph	Solomani Front	8
	Core Rulebook	50
	PoD2 - The Trojan Reach	64
Brutes	DNR4 - The Far Side of Nowhere	13
Darrian	Aliens of Charted Space 3	4
	Behind the Claw	82
Firbolg	DNR6 - Expeditions	25
Floriani	PoD2 – The Trojan Reach	121
Geonee	Aliens of Charted Space 3	92
Irklan	JTAS 6	27
Jonkeereen	The Trailing Frontier	24
Lowgees	DNR4 - The Far Side of Nowhere	13
Selenite	Solomani Front	5
Solomani	Aliens of Charted Space 2	4
Storm Knights	The Spinward Extents	50
Suerrat	Aliens of Charted Space 4	4
Sword Worlds	Sword Worlds	99
Sylean	The Third Imperium	171
Vilani / Default (Not listed)	Core Rulebook	8
Zhodani	Aliens of Charted Space 1	242
	Behind the Claw	30

Terran Uplift Species

Ape	Solomani Front	10
Dolphin	Aliens of Charted Space 3	168
Foelen Dolphin	Behind the Claw	35
Orca	Aliens of Charted Space 3	196
Ursa	The Trailing Frontier	33

Alien Species

Ael Yael	JTAS 3	47
Akeed	The Trailing Frontier	28
Aezorgh	JTAS 11	61
Alikaia	DNR1 - Riftsedge Transit	60
Amindii	JTAS 9	62
Aniyun	Spinwards Extents	74
Ascondi	The Great Rift	12
Aslan	Aliens of Charted Space 1	4
	Clans of the Aslan	9
	The Glorious Empire	56
Bosaki	JTAS 17	106
Bruhre	The Deep and the Dark	22
Bwap	Aliens of Charted Space 3	228
	Traveller Companion	14
Caprisaps	JTAS 12	19
Capry	The Trailing Frontier	29
Chokari	Behind the Claw	35
Crenduthaar	Behind the Claw	167
Dewdellae	DNR6 - Expeditions	23
Droashav	The Trailing Frontier	30
Droyne	Aliens of Charted Space Vol 2	138
Dynchia	JTAS 1	49
Ebokin	Behind the Claw	48
Erline	DNR2 - The Near Side of Yonder	15
Eslyat	Spinward Extents	238
Faar	The Trailing Frontier	31
Foelen Dolphin	Behind the Claw	35
Freni	Spinward Extents	241
Ghenani	Spinward Extents	244
Gl'lu	Behind the Claw	169
Girug’kagh	JTAS 1	112
Githiaskio	JTAS 2	38
Gmina	Spinward Extents	77
Gurungan	Solomani Front	12
Gurvin	Aliens of Charted Space 4	167
Haix	DNR6 - Expeditions	13
Happrhani	The Deep and the Dark	23
Hivers	Aliens of Charted Space Vol 2	211
Hlanssai	Bu and Embla Visit Vrirhlanz	3
	JTAS 4	44
Hhkar	JTAS 12	90
Iltharan	The Deep and the Dark	25
Ithklur	JTAS 7	37
J’aadje	The Deep and the Dark	25
Jonkeereen	Behind the Claw	101
Katangan	Spinward Extents	102
Kemlae	The Spinward Extents	80
K'kree	Aliens of Charted Space Vol 1	106
Kirissukyoya	Behind the Claw	172
Krotan	JTAS 15	2
Ktiauao	Spinward Extents	82
Ladybug	Solomani Front	14
Lhshana	JTAS 16	36
Llellewyloly	Behind the Claw	51
Llyrnian	Aliens of Charted Space 3	113
Lurent	Behind the Claw	173
Luriani	The Trailing Frontier	24
Mal’Gna	Spinward Extents	84
Martian (Marzians?)	Behind the Claw	174
Mewey	JTAS 13	11
Murian	Spinward Extents	246
Nenlat	JTAS 10	61
Oo-ne-beto-pon-tee (Whistlers)	The Third Imperium	204
Ormine	The Deep and the Dark	27
Rammak	Rim Expeditions	78
Resavolk	Spinward Extents	249
Robots	Robot Handbook	115
Saurian	Behind the Claw	66
Segani	Behind the Claw	175
Selenite	Solomani Front	6
Shi'awei	Behind the Claw	176
Souggvuez	Behind the Claw	177
Ssienjhiovla	The Third Imperium	238
Sydites	The Trailing Frontier	25
Sylean	The Third Imperium	171
Teakhea	Spinward Extents	88
Tenipal	DNR2 - The Near Side of Yonder	11
Tezcat	Aliens of Charted Space 4	179
Thonane	Spinward Extents	250
Tlyetrai	The Deep and the Dark	28
Ulane	The Deep and the Dark	29
Vargr	Aliens of Charted Space 1	169
Vegan	Solomani Front	72
Virushi	The Deep and the Dark	30
	JTAS 5	54
Yn-Tsai	The Deep and the Dark	32
Wandering People	The Trailing Frontier	35
Yafizethe	Behind the Claw	178
Yont	PoD2 - The Trojan Reach	197
Za’tachk	Aliens of Charted Space 4	70
Zhdianshe	Spinward Extents	253

Non-playable species:
Weeven, Solomani Front p13
Sred*Ni, Spinward Extents p85

IanBruntlett · Thursday at 9:18 PM

mavikfelna said:
I have been assembling a comprehensive list of the careers and races in the published books and JTAS. I probably should have recorded page numbers but never the less, here is the list. A note, I don't know if I have all the abbreviations correct but I just used the book name initials.
There are 100 races in the various books.

Interesting list. In case you are interested in animals as well, here are the creatures from the Traveller Core Rulebook 2nd Edition, 2016:
Jungle Howler p80
Skitterer p82
Living Net p82
Raptor Lizard p82
Scourge p83
Sirene Geest Worm p83
Thunderer p83

mavikfelna · Thursday at 10:04 PM

IanBruntlett said:
Interesting list. In case you are interested in animals as well, here are the creatures from the Traveller Core Rulebook 2nd Edition, 2016:
Jungle Howler p80
Skitterer p82
Living Net p82
Raptor Lizard p82
Scourge p83
Sirene Geest Worm p83
Thunderer p83

Creatures are a future project, after equipment and then starship equipment.

Whitehart · 2025-09-05T02:10:34+0100

Caprisaps are a Terran Uplift Species. Goats are from Earth

Condottiere · 2025-09-05T03:26:30+0100

STARGOATS
Paulinho Caruso

Everything was quiet normal in Olave's little farm, until the day that he's accidentally abducted by alien goats from the outer space.

mavikfelna · 2025-09-05T04:10:13+0100

Whitehart said:
Caprisaps are a Terran Uplift Species. Goats are from Earth

Doh! Totally missed that. I fix

Whitehart · 2025-09-05T12:21:14+0100

Condottiere said:
STARGOATS
Paulinho Caruso

Everything was quiet normal in Olave's little farm, until the day that he's accidentally abducted by alien goats from the outer space.

Great! About time we got some competent leadership!

ottarrus · 2025-09-05T12:44:19+0100

The Vlezdumechta, a minor Human race in Far Frontiers and Yiklerdanzh Sectors.
From Traveller Chronicle #8 and in the Traveller Wiki

mortal · 2025-09-05T16:25:36+0100

Sred*Ni in the Beyond sector

GypsyComet · 2025-09-05T16:53:59+0100

While they are handled separately for socio-political reasons, the Sword Worlders are just a sub-group of Terrans.

Odd that the Jonkeereen are only in the Trailing Frontier. They're "native" to Deneb.

mavikfelna · 2025-09-05T19:07:14+0100

ottarrus said:
The Vlezdumechta, a minor Human race in Far Frontiers and Yiklerdanzh Sectors.
From Traveller Chronicle #8 and in the Traveller Wiki

It's TNE so I don't know if I should include it here. This list is MgT sources.
What does everyone think?

mavikfelna · 2025-09-05T19:09:44+0100

GypsyComet said:
While they are handled separately for socio-political reasons, the Sword Worlders are just a sub-group of Terrans.

Odd that the Jonkeereen are only in the Trailing Frontier. They're "native" to Deneb.

They do have a unique career option so I'm treating them as a sub-species

mavikfelna · 2025-09-05T19:13:21+0100

mortal said:
Sred*Ni in the Beyond sector

There are no character creation rules for them but I can add them to the list.

Whitehart · 2025-09-05T22:20:56+0100

mavikfelna said:
There are no character creation rules for them but I can add them to the list.

They’re listed as “unsuitable”

Jame Rowe · 2025-09-05T22:27:28+0100

The Sred*Ni are unsuitable as PCs, but let's list them for thoroughness.

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