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=== Appearance === | === Appearance === | ||
| − | The blood limpet's skin is a hard, gray-greenish shell with bright orange stripes. An average specimen is around one meter long (including its tail), with a height of 24 centimeters. They weigh between one and eight kilograms and can move surprisingly fast on their six legs.<ref name="CBTCp137">''Classic BattleTech Companion'', p. 134 | + | The blood limpet's skin is a hard, gray-greenish shell with bright orange stripes. An average specimen is around one meter long (including its tail), with a height of 24 centimeters. They weigh between one and eight kilograms and can move surprisingly fast on their six legs.<ref name="CBTCp137">''Classic BattleTech Companion'', p. 134: "Creatures - Blood Limpet"</ref> |
=== Lifestyle === | === Lifestyle === | ||
| − | Lives in the swamps and rivers near the equator of Proserpina where it dwells for hours at a time waiting to strike out at any potential prey. Its jaw has the strength to rip cloth and flesh in order to get to the blood where it can suck out as much as a liter of blood.<ref name=TWC>''A Time of War Companion'', p. 120 | + | Lives in the swamps and rivers near the equator of Proserpina where it dwells for hours at a time waiting to strike out at any potential prey. Its jaw has the strength to rip cloth and flesh in order to get to the blood where it can suck out as much as a liter of blood.<ref name=TWC>''A Time of War Companion'', p. 120: "Blood Limpet profile"</ref> |
| − | Blood limpets are a lone wolf creature which does not claim territory from other limpets. This makes it possible | + | Blood limpets are a lone wolf creature which does not claim territory from other limpets. This makes it possible for a traveler to come across more than one in a single location.<ref name=TWC /> |
== Unit insignia == | == Unit insignia == | ||
| − | [[Image:Proserpina Hussars.jpg|left|Insignia of the Proserpina Hussars]] <br> | + | [[Image:Proserpina Hussars.jpg|left|Insignia of the Proserpina Hussars]]<br> |
| − | The [[Draconis Combine]]'s elite [[Proserpina Hussars]], a unit associated with the world of Proserpina, have three stylized Blood Limpets as their crest.<ref>'' | + | The [[Draconis Combine]]'s elite [[Proserpina Hussars]], a unit associated with the world of Proserpina, have three stylized Blood Limpets as their crest.<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 146: "Proserpina Hussars"</ref> |
== References == | == References == | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
| − | *''[[Classic BattleTech Companion]]'' | + | * ''[[Classic BattleTech Companion]]'' |
| − | *''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' | + | * ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' |
| − | *''[[A Time of War Companion]]'' | + | * ''[[A Time of War Companion]]'' |
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[[Category:Alien species]] | [[Category:Alien species]] | ||
[[Category:Alien fauna]] | [[Category:Alien fauna]] | ||
Revision as of 21:56, 18 August 2022
| Blood Limpet | |
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| Creature information | |
| Type | Leech |
| Homeworld | Proserpina[1] |
| Environment | Swamps and Rivers[1] |
| Average mass | 8kg |
| Average length | 100 cm (with tall)[1] |
| Average height | 24 cm[1] |
| Creature stats | |
| System | A Time of War/Classic BattleTech Companion[1] |
| STR | n/a |
| BOD | n/a |
| DEX | n/a |
| RFL | n/a |
| WIL | n/a |
| EDG | n/a |
| Traits | n/a |
| Skills | n/a |
| Size | ? |
| Armor | ? |
| Attack | ? |
The Blood Limpet (Salirius Hirudo Proserpina) is a blood-sucking quasi-reptile species native to the swamps of Proserpina.[1]
Description
Appearance
The blood limpet's skin is a hard, gray-greenish shell with bright orange stripes. An average specimen is around one meter long (including its tail), with a height of 24 centimeters. They weigh between one and eight kilograms and can move surprisingly fast on their six legs.[1]
Lifestyle
Lives in the swamps and rivers near the equator of Proserpina where it dwells for hours at a time waiting to strike out at any potential prey. Its jaw has the strength to rip cloth and flesh in order to get to the blood where it can suck out as much as a liter of blood.[2]
Blood limpets are a lone wolf creature which does not claim territory from other limpets. This makes it possible for a traveler to come across more than one in a single location.[2]
Unit insignia
The Draconis Combine's elite Proserpina Hussars, a unit associated with the world of Proserpina, have three stylized Blood Limpets as their crest.[3]