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Line 30: === 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: "Creatures - Blood Limpet"</ref> + 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: "Blood Limpet profile"</ref> + 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 for a traveler to come across more than one in a single location.<ref name=TWC /> + Blood limpets are a lone wolf creature which does not claim territory from other limpets. This makes it possible for for a traveler to come across more than one in a single location.<ref name=TWC></ref> − − Generally Blood Limpets only catch the unwary, but an unseasonably wet summer can foster an explosion in the native population and increase the risk of them attacking and killing humans.<ref name=MWDADPCp37>''MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards'', p. 37, "Lisabet Wolf"</ref> == Unit insignia == == Unit insignia == − [[Image:Proserpina Hussars.jpg|150px|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>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 146: "Proserpina Hussars"</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>''Houe Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 146, "Proserpina Hussars"</ref> == References == == References == Line 48:
Line 46: == Bibliography == == Bibliography == − * ''[[Classic BattleTech Companion]]'' + *''[[A Time of War Companion]]'' − * ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' + *''[[Classic BattleTech Companion]]'' − * ''[[A Time of War Companion]]''+ *''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' − * ''[[MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards]]'' [[Category:Alien species]] [[Category:Alien species]] − [[Category:Alien fauna]]
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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 for a traveler to come across more than one in a single location.<ref name=TWC | + | Blood limpets are a lone wolf creature which does not claim territory from other limpets. This makes it possible for for a traveler to come across more than one in a single location.<ref name=TWC></ref> |
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== Unit insignia == | == Unit insignia == | ||
| − | [[Image:Proserpina Hussars.jpg| | + | [[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>''Houe Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 146, "Proserpina Hussars"</ref> |
== References == | == References == | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
| − | * ''[[ | + | *''[[A Time of War Companion]]'' |
| − | * ''[[ | + | *''[[Classic BattleTech Companion]]'' |
| − | + | *''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' | |
| − | * ''[[ | ||
[[Category:Alien species]] | [[Category:Alien species]] | ||
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