5.7: Lifeforms

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Modified on 2010/05/18 10:44 by capi3101 Categorized as Starflight RPG

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This page lists lifeforms from Starflight II. Lifeforms were a secondary source of income in both of the original games; though they were a 100% profit source, collecting lifeforms was time consuming and the profits they generated were generally small as compared to similar volumes of minerals or trade goods. Collecting lifeforms was also potentially dangerous: some lifeforms were capable of causing significant injury or even death to certain crewmembers, and had a nasty habit of coming out of stasis just before the ITV was able to pick them up. Lifeforms are never sold at trade centers; they must be captured out in the wild.

Because trade amongst the Alpha Sector races was impossible in Starflight I (simply because trade centers didn't exist in that game), and because lifeforms in SF1 were characterized by a specific set of criteria rather than given fixed stats, there are no Alpha Sector species listed on the following list. GMs have the option of either adapting the list to allow Alpha Sector races to buy particular lifeforms from Starflight II, adapting the list to allow lifeforms from Starflight II to be bought at Starport Central, or creating their own lifeform list for the Alpha Sector (using the creature creation rules in chapter 10.2.5; determining where a lifeform may be sold is determined as part of that procedure).

For full lifeform stats, see the Bestiary. The following information about lifeforms deals strictly with their trade:

Name:This lists the common name of the lifeform. In most cases, the name is self-explanatory and is all the information the players will have during a trading session on the lifeform. A detail-oriented GM can, if they so choose, decide to get more specific with the information (for example, the characters might get involved in the sell of an albino Yellow Hugger, which might affect the price).
Size:This lists the unit size of the lifeform in question, or the volume of the entire lifeform in cubic meters (not the lifeform's size class or bounding box volume, but its actual internal volume). Some GMs may allow player groups to pick up and later sell "partial" lifeforms, in which case the volume would be reduced. Profit tends to be reduced in partial sales as a result.
STV per m³:This lists the lifeform's standard trade value per cubic meter. As some lifeforms are quite a good deal larger than a cubic meter, this lets a trader know how much they can expect to get/pay out for the lifeform based on its volume. This piece of information is most useful for partial sales.
Unit Standard Trade Value:This lists the lifeform's total standard trade value, or the value of the lifeform if it is sold intact. For most lifeform transactions, this value will be more useful than the STV per volume value.
Buyer(s):This lists what species will buy the lifeform in question, as well as the location of the specific worlds at which the species will buy the lifeform in question. The characters must go to a listed world to sell the lifeform in question, even if that species has more than one world at which they conduct trade.

Creature Name	Size m³	STV per m³	Unit Standard Trade Value	Buyer(s)
Black Acid Squirter	2.0	800	1600	Aeoruiiaeo (δ184x148, p3)
Brass Harpooner	7.0	1800	12600	G'Nunk (δ159x30, p2) Nathracch (δ181x197, p3)
Breathing Cactus	3.0	900	2700	Dweenle (δ54x195, p1)
Crystal Sponge Plant	5.0	650	3250	Draffa Bastii (δ241x164, p1)
Eight-Legged Rhino	7.0	1400	9800	Teeelveee (δ125x95, p1)
Electric Balloon	5.0	850	4250	Tandelou Eshvara (δ35x69, p2)
Expanding Hippo	7.0	500	3500	None
Funnel Tree	16.0	300	4800	Ch-Q-Tss-T (δ199x182, p2)
Fur Tree	20.0	200	4000	Ng-Kher-Arla (δ214x178, p4)
Glowing Spinner	4.0	675	2700	Aeoruiiaeo (δ184x148, p3)
Green Balloon	6.0	500	3000	Humna Humna (δ7x151, p1)
Green Blob	8.0	600	4800	Lieu Vadish (δ1x24, p5) Tarn (δ54x104, p1) Humna Humna (δ237x41, p2)
Grey Anemone	6.0	750	4500	Aeoruiiaeo (δ184x148, p3)
Hill Rat	1.0	1000	1000	Humna Humna (δ237x41, p2)
Hive Plant	3.0	300	900	Ch-Q-Tss-T (δ199x182, p2)
Hot Fungus	1.0	2000	2000	Tandelou Eshvey (δ29x74, p1) Djaboon (δ161x53, p1)
Humanoid Hopper	3.0	650	1950	Humna Humna (δ202x105, p1)
Nid Berry Bush	2.0	1400	2800	Dweenle (δ54x195, p1) Dweenle (δ12x205, p3) Dweenle (δ91x211, p5)
Oily Spore Bush	3.0	750	2250	Dweenle (δ54x195, p1) Nga-Seng-Kler (δ201x105, p4)
Parachute Spider	3.0	800	2400	Humna Humna (δ237x88, p2)
Peacock Tree	13.0	400	5200	Dweenle (δ12x205, p3)
Plant Bird	1.0	600	600	Ng-Kher-Arla (δ214x178, p4) Humna Humna (δ239x216, p3)
Poison Glider	2.0	1500	3000	Nelsons (δ131x7, p4) Humna Humna (δ216x45, p3)
Pop Berry Plant	1.0	400	400	Tandelou Eshvey (δ29x74, p1)
Psychic Blaster	2.0	1100	2200	Draffa Bastii (δ241x164, p1)
Pulsating Gummy	2.0	600	1200	Nga-Seng-Diul (δ203x106, p3)
Purple Screecher	4.0	1300	5200	Dweenle (δ91x211, p5) Humna Humna (δ202x105, p1)
Red Puff-Wart	1.0	700	700	Humna Humna (δ237x88, p2)
Rocket Melons	3.0	200	600	Humna Humna (δ237x41, p2)
Running Fungus	5.0	900	4500	Lieu Vadish (δ1x24, p5) Humna Humna (δ216x45, p3)
Sandpit Stalk	4.0	1500	6000	Humna Humna (δ239x216, p3) Nga-Seng-Diul (δ203x106, p3)
Scaly Blue Hopper	1.0	900	900	Dweenle (δ12x205, p3)
Single Leaf	11.0	325	3575	Dweenle (δ91x211, p5)
Spinning Crab	1.0	1200	1200	Mbe (δ64x6, p2)
Sticky Fruit	2.0	400	800	Tandelou Eshvara (δ35x69, p2)
Stinging Cone	10.0	1000	10000	Humna Humna (δ93x37, p5) Nga-Seng-Kler (δ201x105, p4)
Vacuum Slug	2.0	1000	2000	Humna Humna (δ93x37, p5)
Wandering Chandelier	10.0	250	2500	Ch-Q-Tss-T (δ199x182, p2)
Wheel Snake	2.0	1300	2600	Dweenle (δ91x211, p5)
Yellow Hugger	4
900	3600	Tandelou Eshvey (δ29x74, p1) Mbe (δ64x6, p2)

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