Originally posted here: https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2022/05/review-traveller-alien-modules-1984_11.html

Alien Module 5 - Droyne

PDF. 52 pages, color cover, black and white interior art.

We are getting into very unfamiliar territory for me. The Droyne are an ancient race that had Jump Drive technology long before (at least 50,000 years before) the other major races. Though they tend to placid lives on pastoral planets. They don't seem to have the desire to get out to other worlds like the races covered so far.

They are a smaller race, standing under a meter tall, reptile/bird-like, with small wings. The original homeworld of the Droyne is believed to have been a low gravity one to allow their relatively small wings to work. Droyne are divided into six main castes and this affects their psychology and their physiology. In one example the Droyne have three genders and all three are needed to gestate a clutch of fertilized eggs. Certain genders belong to certain castes and rarely are there exceptions. Droyne can also be high psionic.

There are the typical sections on worlds, there is no longer a Droyne "homeworld", starships and service. This includes a character creation section that also differs from Traveller standard to cover the unique qualities of the Droyne species.

The biggest "Feature" to alien is where did they come from? How did they develop jump drive technology and why are they not spread out over known space more given their 50,000 year head start?

I can see where playing a Droyne character would be an interesting challenge.

While i can't say i have ever had anyone WANT to play a Droyne, i liked the history and background that is presented in this supplement. It really fleshes out the Droyne from being some mysterious minor race with unknown intentions.

I liked all of these supplements, as you can probably tell.