Rye-Ben
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| Rye-Ben | |
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| Status | Variant Human Race |
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| Multi-world | no |
| Canon | yes |
| Reference | Marc Miller's Traveller |
The Rye-Ben are most noted for their origin in the hellish crush of a continuous 2G gravity well, producing immense strength and resilience. The Rye-Ben are the survivors of a mining expedition abandond at the end of the First Imperium. Likewise, heredity and extensive super-calcification treatments have produced extreme bone density. However, their human heritage combined with their crushed and wrinkled appearance tend to disturb more traditional members of Humaniti.
Rye-Ben adapt easily to lower gravities, but their short legs often cause trouble in keeping up with their taller kin. Their super-rugged metabolism tends to “wear out” sooner than other humans’, even in normal gravity, and the high blood pressure needed in their home environment causes significant bleeding problems.
Rye-Ben are extreme in their regard for personal loyalty and refusals to abandon either responsibilities or comrades, and in holding both friendship and enmity for life. They tend to disdain luxury and have the interesting social tradition that altitude indicates importance. Since the Rye-Ben have only recently been re-contacted and are still seldom visited, their technology lags far behind the Imperium’s.
| This article was copied or excerpted from the following copyrighted sources and used under license from Far Future Enterprises and by permission of the author. |
| – Marc Miller's Traveller |
