(Items - Rad) Companions: Alien Travel Pets

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# Xenofauna True Travel Companions

## Canamar Beast

Rarity **5**, (55%) - [**2000c**]

**Biosignature Tags** - [Medium], [Mammal], [Surface-Dwelling], [Sex-Shifting]

**Mature Size / Weight** - (l)0.8m+ / 20kg+
**Age of Maturity / Lifespan** - 3 Standards / 60 Standards+
**Diet** - Omnivore, Wide Variety, Age-Based
**Rough EQ / IQ Potential** - High / Somewhat High
**Description** - A creature that originated deep in a dangerous alien jungle, thanks to their survivability they quickly became an obvious target for domestication and spread across the galaxy. Vaguely resembling a large cat, this creature has six legs, with the rear pair being larger, better suited for jumping, with the whole body balanced by a pair of long tails. Large, sharp claws, allowing excellent grip on wood and earth, often get rounded off or sometimes even given a rubberized coating for traction on smooth surfaces. Born what is functionally male, they consume strictly carnivorous diet for the vast majority of their growth. As they start to mature, they will seek to mate, and whether they succeed or not, about a standard after the beginning of puberty, they will rapidly shift to a primarily herbivorous diet, preferring small amounts of calorie-dense fruits, supplemented by the occasional large insect. Not long after this change, they will undergo an often-stressful period of biological change where they become functionally the female sex. They do not grow much, if at all, after this, but can live for extremely long times, under the right circumstances.

## Skekka

Rarity **6**, (40%) - [**1000c**]

**Biosignature Tags** - [Small], [Cavern-Dwelling], [Blind]

**Mature Size / Weight** - (l)0.3m+ / 4kg+
**Age of Maturity / Lifespan** - 2 Standards / 15 Standards
**Diet** - Omnivore, Wide Variety
**Rough EQ / IQ Potential** - Somewhat High / Somewhat High
**Description** - These small creatures, barely the length of an arm, were functionally the apex predators of the collapsing ecosystem they were discovered in. Evolving on the surface, due to their home planet being knocked out of its class M orbit, the surface froze over, and the most adaptable lifeforms went underground. They now feature a variety of changes that are well-known to science, and some that are less so; their eye sockets have completely disappeared, replaced with simple heat-sensitive patches of skin. Their fur is nearly clear, with a slight lingering cloudiness to the fibers, and quite short. They are highly adept at sensing vibrations, but in addition, they also have a large number of very long cat-like whiskers, some of which come quite close to touching the ground, and these hairs play a significant role in short-distance positioning, as do the fluffy tips of their large, fox-like ears. They are clever and friendly when they get comfortable, but often shy and somewhat skittish at first, tending to slink and creep cautiously around new areas or people.

## Yipsa

Rarity **4**, (70%) - [**1000c**]

**Biosignature Tags** - [Medium], [Mammal], [Surface-Dwelling]

**Mature Size / Weight** - (h)0.7m / 11kg
**Age of Maturity / Lifespan** - 2 Standards / 25 Standards
**Diet** - Herbivore, Some Variety
**Rough EQ / IQ Potential** - Somewhat High / Moderate
**Description** - This long-legged quadruped looks somewhat reminiscent of a deer, although in particular the neck is significantly longer. Featuring segmented, hoof-like feet that give them traction both on their home planet, a rough, rocky world with only patches of grasslands, as well as the varied environments of the galaxy at large. They largely use the environment to get away from potential threats, but in addition, they have three rows of short, spike-like horns that they use in self defense, with females growing a much larger and more pointed frontmost pair that they normally use in defense of young, also usually growing bigger than males. Cautious and observant, they are quick to learn, but they can easily be overwhelmed and their overall intellectual capabilities are not anything to write home about. That being said, they make for fantastic companions, bonding closely and quickly adjusting to a varied, inconsistent lifestyle.

## Talmi

Rarity **8**, (15%) - [**5000c**]

**Biosignature Tags** - [Medium], [Mammal], [Surface-Dwelling]

**Mature Size / Weight** - (h)1.2m / 20kg
**Age of Maturity / Lifespan** - 5 Standards / 40 Standards
**Diet** - Omnivore, Some Variety
**Rough EQ / IQ Potential** - Somewhat High / Somewhat High
**Description** - These furry, bipedal creatures stand in a digitigrade form, with a long, cat-like tail that helps them balance, and arms designed for climbing primarily, capped by paws with very large, almost talon-like claws. Their heads; large, with almost no distinct muzzle or even nose to speak of, feature a crest of feather-like hair, hiding flat ears quite similar to those found in terran birds. Most notably, however, are the eyes; four somewhat small, and two very large, gemstone-like dish eyes set in a somewhat forward-facing direction, glittering pools of often their primary head feather colour. The sets of smaller eyes are completely black, and fully colourblind, sending only information about movement and distance, while the main eyes are capable of processing colour input.

When sold as pets, their claws are significantly blunted and shortened, which, while it reduces their ability to climb, it affords them a chance to manipulate objects with surprising reliability, although the lack of a fully formed thumb of any kind significantly hinders this. They can move at a decent speed, able to keep up with people at running pace, although their endurance is considerably worse. They are extremely curious and at times dangerously clever, but receptive to training and capable of behaving, if otherwise properly stimulated mentally. While their vocal cords limit their communication to a variety of chirps, they have a tendency to form associations between words they hear and presumably the sound they think it sound have, which makes it easy for an astute owner to communicate verbally, although at a very child-like level.