as are the
hands (with the exception of semi-retractile claws instead of nails),
although their skin is medium gray in color and as tough as leather
armor despite its softness. Heads are their least human-looking
feature, being ovoid and having the long axis approximately parallel to
the ground, with bulges along the top and sides. The eyes are small;
the nose is barely noticeable except for slit nostrils, and the lipless
mouth has triangular, serrated teeth. There are no external ears.

Much of Traiti society is influenced by their sexual imbalance and (on
human terms) severely limited fertility. Only approximately
one-quarter of the Traiti race is female, leading to a custom (almost a
compulsion) requiring that females and younglings be protected. (Note
that because of this, all Traiti fighters are male.) Their "family"
structure is by clans ranging from 10,000 members up, with all adult
members of a clan acting as parents to all its younglings.

Custom restricts sexual activity to within a given clan, which is not,
thanks to occasional adoptions and a very stable gene pool, genetically
harmful to the race. The general attitude is that sharing bodies is a
thing of goodness, between any two adult members of the clan.
Heterosex is preferable when available, because of the possibility
(however remote) of offspring, but because of the sexual imbalance, the
great majority of Traiti males are bisexual in orientation.

During peacetime, clans are led by the Ka'ruchaya consulting with the
senior fighter, always a Cor'naya; in combat, the senior Cor'naya takes
charge, consulting with the Ka'ruchaya. Although she is not in any
formal position of authority, both listen to the clan's Speaker for the
Circle of Lords, who is their religious leader. The race as a whole is
led by the male Supreme and the female First Speaker.

TRAITI, Sector 21:
Ruled by: Supreme & First Speaker, co-Dukes No. systems: 568
Subsectors: 6 Inhabited planets: 308
A. Homesun D. Kranath
B. Peacelord E. Carle
C. Davis F. Sepol

TRAVELER, Subsector 5-C:
No. systems: 93 Sector: Pegasus
with 3 inhabited planets: 1 Ruled by:
with 2 inhabited planets: 11
with 1 inhabited planet: 28

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