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  • T'ca
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  • T'ca are yellow, leathery, and snakelike in appearance. They have multiple eyes (and brains!) and are part of the seven-species Compact. Tc'a speech sounds like layered multitonal wails; single-brained species (like humans) almost always need technological assistance to communicate, and even then, messages read out as a seven-part matrix that can be interpreted in any direction. Another Compact member-species, the oxy-breathing stsho, appear to be able to communicate more directly.
Length
  • Maybe 3-4m?
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sapience
  • Multi-brained, very intelligent
Behavior
  • Social but inscrutable.
Locomotion
  • Slithering, wheeled environment case
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Status
  • Active, integral part of the Compact
Habitat
  • Unknown
Name
  • T'ca
Language
  • Multitonal wailing that reads out as seven-part matrixes on translation devices
Weight
  • Unknown
Height
  • 60.0
Lifespan
  • Unknown
Sub
  • None known
Universe
  • Alliance/Union/Compact
Diet
  • Unknown
World
  • O'h'a'o'o'o
Creator
  • CJ Cherryh
abstract
  • T'ca are yellow, leathery, and snakelike in appearance. They have multiple eyes (and brains!) and are part of the seven-species Compact. Tc'a speech sounds like layered multitonal wails; single-brained species (like humans) almost always need technological assistance to communicate, and even then, messages read out as a seven-part matrix that can be interpreted in any direction. Another Compact member-species, the oxy-breathing stsho, appear to be able to communicate more directly. T'ca are the most interactive of the Compact's methane breathers, and almost exclusively handle methane-side operations at Meetpoint Station, the physical center (and trade zone) of the Compact. Tc'a are the only ones able to communicate meaningfully (if there is such a concept) with the mysterious knnn.