The Fading Stars, Traveller rpg setting

Bwap, Amphibianoid Race

Bwaps are an intelligent amphibious race often called Newts because of their appearance. They are uncomfortable in less than 98% humidity as their skin must be kept moist though they can survive in other environments given enough water. Their clothing is permeated with a network of fine tubes, through which water flows and keeps the cloth moist.  They are excellent bureaucrats with a gift for dealing with laws and regulations. In the Imperial Navy, as in life in general, they excel as administrators, logisticians, quartermasters, and in supply roles. 

Physical Sophontology: Bwaps average 1.4 meter in height and mass between 30 and 50 kilograms. They are an upright, bipedal, homoeothermic and bisexual, with an internal skeleton and a closed circulatory system. This species has a conventional carbon-water based biochemistry. This species used a conventional respiration cycle consisting of Oxygen-nitrogen inhalant and Carbon dioxide exhalant.

Appearance: Body markings vary tremendously from clan (“tree”) to clan, each one having a distinctive pattern. The pattern is determined by genetic factors and the color is determined by careful manipulation of the mother’s diet during the formation of the egg. Greens, browns, yellows and blues are most common, usually in patterns of darker colors over a lighter basic color.

Internal Fluids: Bwap bodies are filled with plasma and blood. Bwap blood hemoglobin is copper-based, a deep blue in colour, making their skin a faint greenish-blue in areas without pigmentation.

Wawaka wears the insignia of the quartermaster branch.