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  Kzin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kzin females are sub-sapient, with a vocabulary of less than a hundred word/sounds and primarily instinct-driven behavior, and are treated a chattel property by males, although some stories imply that this was not always the case.
After the Kzin telepath learned that the humans were unarmed and didn't even understand the concept of weapons, they attempted to kill the human crew in a slow, painful manner using an inductive heating weapon hoping to capture their ship intact for intelligence purposes.
The first indication the Kzinti Patriarchy had that much of the Kzin empire was gone and that a significant percentage of all Kzinti had died was when human warships appeared in the skies above their homeworld.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kzin   (1282 words)

  
 Speaker-to-Animals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the one that caused the most damage to the village of Zignamuclikclik and were he not a part of the Docile Kzinti project, he probably would have leveled the village to the ground.
Combat is a way of life for the Kzin and they have expanded a feudal society across many worlds through conquest.
The Kzins' combat ability is only matched by their aggressiveness and avarice.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Speaker-to-Animals   (369 words)

  
 Kzinti Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Kzin are known for their favored attack strategy, which is "Scream and Leap" (as in just scream and leap).
Among the Kzin, names are given only to individuals who have been awarded that honor by the Patriarch, the ruler of all the Kzin.
Kzinti technology development has been slowed by their distrust of pseudo-intelligent computers; the Kzin have ancient legends of weapons haunted by dead owners, and thus are reluctant to deal with machinery that talks.
www.bravofleet.com /academy/races/Kzinti.htm   (1151 words)

  
 Galactic Encyclopedia: Kzinti
Kzin is approximately the same size as the Earth and possesses a similar climate, although it is marginally warmer and thus the tropics extend ten more degrees on each side of the equator than is the case on Earth.
Kzin legend claims that their world was the first world to be created at the beginning of time.
It was chiefly inertia that preserved the Kzin empire, and the desire of the Juraiians for a buffer state.
www.maison-otaku.net /~rhea/GE/kzinti.htm   (2645 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Individual Kzin can be distinguished from others by their exact coloring and individual markings such as an occaisional white patch, a fl mask around the eyes, a yellow stripe, a red spot, etc. Their rictus, though resembling a smile, is definitely an expression of anger.
Because of this lack of intellegence, Kzin males often mistakenly assume all females, of whatever species, are no more intellegent than the "dumb animals" of their species, and therefore beneath their notice.
Kzin, particularly the post-engineered "Heros" have long had the optimum means for controlling the size of their own populations, their own agressive nature.
www.personal.utulsa.edu /~marc-carlson/game/trekaln3.txt   (1308 words)

  
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Kzin society is loosely based on a hereditary patriarchy whose leader is called "The Highest of the Kzin" in their native language.
Most Kzin can be distinguished from others by their individual markings such as a white patch on the nose, a fl mask around the eyes, a yellow stripe, a red spot, etc. They also have round, rather than eliptical, shaped pupils.
By the 23rd century the Kzin population is down to barely one-eighth of what it was before their first encounter with mankind and determined engagement in war.
www.textfiles.com /sf/STARTREK/st_kzin.txt   (2302 words)

  
 Kzin - NSwiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Exposed teeth are a traditional threat among kzin and while there have not been any incidents due to it since The Break grinning at the kzin is still not recommended--for that reason, most Scolopendrans tend not to grin, and especially do not around kzin.
Culturally, all kzin are members of the Kzin Patriarchy (only currently called the "Patriarchy" due to its male head) which is responsible for maintaining kzin culture.
Due to the historic high mortality rate of kzin children (no longer a concern due to the change in circumstances), they are not given names as most other children are at birth; instead, they take on the name of their parent with the suffix -Child and are constantly renamed through life to match their profession.
ns.goobergunch.net /wiki/index.php/Kzin   (564 words)

  
 All Your Flesh Are Belong to Us:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Kzin are highly militaristic, fighting with a ferocity that makes other races quick to label them as barbarians.
Kzin freely admit this happened in the past, "Our supply officers kept screwing up food shipments, and we had to 'live off the land.' " They are less vocal about it happening today, "You guys were fat from fast food then.
It is said that the favorite Kzin battle strategy then was the "scream and leap" (perhaps they should have learned not to trip and fall on their faces while doing so).
www.uss-freedom.com /kzin.html   (1049 words)

  
 Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War by Hal Colebatch - Jeremy Buxton - Quadrant Magazine
Also strongly drawn is the veteran kzin warrior, Raagh—sufficiently valorous to attain the accolade of a Name yet possessing the prudence to escape the kzin propensity for reckless self-destruction.
Without the irruption of the kzin, humankind would become entirely pacific and materialistic and would lose all sense of honour and spirituality—at the conclusion of “One War for Wunderland” the planet’s sole monastery becomes the focus of moral defiance of the conquerors.
In turn the kzin as a race need for their own survival to be checked by the ingenuity and determination of valiant men and women; otherwise they could be consumed by their own savagery and arrogance.
www.quadrant.org.au /php/article_view.php?article_id=1242   (1343 words)

  
 The Kzin Question: A speculation on Star Trek
In the case of the Kzin, however, it was Niven himself who put the Kzin into the Trek universe with "The Slaver Weapon." Trek Kzin are going to be different from Known Space Kzin, because different forces shaped the two universes, different histories on the galactic scale.
Because the limited Kzin "Wars" in the Star Trek universe were not as extensive as those in Known Space, the Kzin would not have lost as many of their aggressive males in the wars, and thus their genes would continue in the Kzin gene pool.
Adding the Kzin to Star Trek broadens the mythology of that universe, putting in the "weird shit" that Gene Roddenberry wanted, non-humanoid intelligences, and a sense of deep history, that humanity is a relatively new (and in cosmic and historical terms, minor) player on the galactic stage.
www.allyngibson.net /kzin.html   (3099 words)

  
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Her fur is shorter then that of the Kzin, her facial hair is also different from both Cait and Kzin.
At the age of 15 (for a Kzin this is almost an adult age) she was allowed to enter the SFA at Los Angeles.
DNA-samples show she might be able to develop the Kzin telepathic powers without the need of the extract from the lymph glands of the Ssthondat.
www.geocities.com /~alyza/trek/ds-101/teela.txt   (1710 words)

  
 Bio of Zahn Z'Dark
A Kzin much resembles a Terran cat with a long tail, standing on its hind legs or on all four.
Kzins have roughly the same physical strength as Romulans or Klingons, faster reflexes and worse tempers.
The Kzin Empire had been one of the first enemies the humans had and, although they had been at peace for over 250 years, the Kzin Empire never joined the United Federation of Planets.
www.geocities.com /~Alyza/trek/curie/zdarkbio.htm   (471 words)

  
 Kzin Fighter NPCs - Saltwave RPG Campaign
Gear: Irridesium greatsword, kzin irridesium plate armor, 2 potions of cure moderate wounds, potion of endurance, potion of haste, 3 flasks of alchemist's fire, masterwork heavy crossbow, 40 masterwork crossbow bolts, cloak of resistance +1.
Gear: Irridesium greatsword, kzin irridesium plate armor, 2 potions of cure serious wounds, potion of endurance, potion of haste, ring of protection +1, 3 flasks of alchemist's fire, masterwork heavy crossbow, 40 masterwork crossbow bolts, cloak of resistance +1.
Gear: Irridesium greatsword +2, kzin irridesium plate armor +2, 2 potions of cure serious wounds, potion of endurance, potion of haste, ring of protection +1, 3 flasks of alchemist's fire, masterwork heavy crossbow, 40 masterwork crossbow bolts, cloak of resistance +1.
www.silverdragonpress.com /rpg/npcs/kzin_fighters.html   (1421 words)

  
 The Catskinner - Speciality Fighter Class - Saltwave D&D RPG Campaign
Catskinners and catskinner priests are the natural foil to the hair-trigger tempers of Heroes and the plotting of older and wiser kzin spellcasters.
Dwarves, gnomes, and halflings have never lived under kzin rule in great numbers and it is very rare to find a catskinner from among these races.
Kzin Defense: A catskinner has trained to defend against many kinds of kzin tactics and gains a +4 Dodge bonus to AC against kzinti.
www.silverdragonpress.com /rpg/classes/catskinner.html   (848 words)

  
 Science Fiction Timeline Site . . . Marc Carlson's KNOWN SPACE Chronology . . .
Kzin occupy Warhead, in the p Eridani system, because of its nearness to the unconquered Pierin worlds ("Ringworld Engineers"; exact date is unknown).
Locklear is captured by Kzin looking for the Eridani worlds, and stranded on an uncharted world orbiting a fl dwarf.
The first Kzin ships arrive at the Ring, they are accompanied by, or closely followed by, an ARM war fleet.
www.chronology.org /noframes/niven/timeline.html   (8087 words)

  
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Generations later, the felinoid invaders called Kzin came and turned it into a hell for humans.
Touched on in other accounts of the Man-Kzin wars, here for the first time is the decades-long saga of Wunderland: How the Wunderlanders first learned of the Kzin attacks on Earth by slower-than-light communications, barely in time to prepare to fight back.
How valiant human defenders turned to guerilla warfare in the Wunderland jungles and caves after the feline warrior race had destroyed or seized the cities.
www.baen.com /chapters/W200308/0743436199__c_.htm   (234 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The Wunder War (Man-Kzin Wars): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
No, it is the character portrayal of two species at war and the excellent depiction and development of an alien Kzin's actions, thoughts and feelings amidst the bloodshed, attempted friendship, trust and betrayal.
In all other Man-Kzin Wars' stories the Kzin are constantly portrayed as being extremely stupid, cruel and dumb, but in this one a few of them have real feelings and development and one feels for the Seareant Character and his losses and pains.
The next story, "Music Box" is in some ways the best, telling how, after the war, some Kzin and humans strove to establish a lasting peace, against others on both sides who wanted the war fought to the bitter end.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0743498941   (1042 words)

  
 SFALT 2016
Kzin TCC fired 2x Disr at Fed TCC (F) shield #2, range 13.
Kzin TCC fired 2x OL Disr, 1x Ph-1 at Fed TCC (F) shield #1, range 8.
Kzin Shuttle 1 fired 1x Ph-3 at Fed TCC (F) shield #6, range 3.
home.comcast.net /~pmthecat/SFALT2016/SFALT2016.htm   (1526 words)

  
 [No title]
Her early Kzin conditioning and her mistreatments and torture in the Prisson-camps on Cait has left her with an almost uncontrollably fear and hate towards both High rank Kzin- or Cait military officers.
DNA-samples show she might be able to develope the Kzin telepatic powers without the need of the extract from the lymph glands of the sthondat.
It's only because several witnesses has stated that the Kzin has provoked Cadet An'allein on several occasions and only after numerous verbal and other insults that she is not expelled from the Academy.
users.adelphia.net /~cdgoble/Athene/bios.txt   (6593 words)

  
 Agitated Lucidity
And the kzin stomped back into the control room.
And the kzin stomped back into the contr...
And the kzin stomped back into the control...
imperatrixdesiderata.blogspot.com /2005/03/battlestar-galactica-cast-at-comicon.html   (73 words)

  
 Sci-Fi Storm Product Display
For those unfamiliar with the Man-Kzin Wars series, or Kzinti in general, the Kzin are an alien race created by Larry Niven, a spacefaring race evolved from carnivorous hunting cats instead of omnivorous monkeys.
SF as it should be: hard science but an insight into the human condition that has a touch of poetry about it.
The Kzin are neither too Alien to be convincing nor too human to be interesting, and the Man-Kzin interface is full of quirks and suspence.
stores2.scifistorm.org:8000 /common/view.php?id=115   (296 words)

  
 SFBPBEM Game 122
Kzin launches 2 drones, racks 2 & 3, speed 32, facing D. in launches 2 drones, speed 20, facing D Kzin fires 1 OL disr (B).
Kzin rolls: 1,3 6,3,4,1 6,3,6,6 Kzin Damage: 20 + 21 + 13 = 54 WYN Rolls: 5,1,2,5 4,5,5,4 WYN damage: 40 + 19 = 59 Kzin has 10 on the shield.
Kzin fires Ph-3 at drone, roll 2, dead drone.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/jkhart/h304.htm   (918 words)

  
 Elf Sternberg | Other | The Only Fair Game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
He was known to be overly cautious at times, but the Kzin empire had learned from its mistakes with humans in that far, far too often it had screamed and it had leapt when it was not ready to do so.
The other Kzin, slowed by his pain and bleeding, attempted to strike a blow to Shaper's kidneys, but Shaper seized his arm and tossed the Kzin over his shoulder, sending him sprawling along the mud- strewn ground face-first.
He raped the losing Kzin, listening with pleasure to his howls of agony, watching as the other clawed desperately at the ground, trying to crawl away from the penetrating dishonor of Shaper's sex buried within his guts.
www.drizzle.com /~elf/other/The_Only_Fair_Game.html   (3158 words)

  
 Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War
Generations later, the felinoid alien invaders called Kzin came and turned it into a hell for humans.
How, after the war ended in an ignominous defeat for the Kzin, some humans and Kzin worked for good will between the two species -- their work complicated by humans wanting revenge and Kzin who still saw humans as a somewhat annoying food source.
The humans wanted to destroy it, but the Kzin wanted to exploit it, and the only hope was a Kzin telepath raised by humans from a cub.
www.bordersstores.com /search/title_detail.jsp?id=54565878&srchTerms=0743498941&mediaType=1&srchType=ISBN   (492 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Man-Kzin Wars XI: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Kzin were the mightiest warriors in the galaxy, which they were wasting no time in conquering, one star system at a time.
And the catlike Kzin found they had their collective tail caught in a meat grinder.
And then those underhanded humans gained a faster-than-light drive, and no amount of screaming and leaping could keep the Kzin from losing their first war in centuries of successful conquest.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1416509062   (285 words)

  
 USS ATHENE Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Her fur is shorter then that of the Kzin, her facial hair is
Warden was a delegate and peace negotiator for the UFP.
Her early Kzin conditioning and her mistreatments and torture in the
users.adelphia.net /~cdgoble/Athene/teela.html   (919 words)

  
 "You scream and you leap"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
At the next table behind the puppeteer, four walls of orange fur were each and every one a kzin; and as the puppeteer spoke they all turned with their needle teeth bared.
It looked like a smile, but on a kzin that rictus is not a smile.
In challenging a kzin, a simple scream of rage is sufficient.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/595592/posts   (2291 words)

  
 Larry Niven
After losing three significant battles to the humans, the Kzin begin to wonder if their combative diplomatic style is working and decide to reevaluate their strategy.
The Kzin Fleet Commander is the only survivor and is taken as a prisoner of war.
The fastest way to get ahead in Kzin society is to cut through the endless challenges and duels to the death--and take on your father.
www.vectornut.com /authors/larryniven.html   (3118 words)

  
 SpecGram--Notes on the Kzinti Language--Arthur Saxtorph
It is difficult to be sure of the extent or the range of Kzin pronunciation abilities since there is only a single Kzin language under the Patriarch.
The whine is left off of this chart, as it is the equivalent of falsetto in human languages.
A reasonable hypothesis is that the velar excess is a byproduct of Kzin physiology.
specgram.com /CXLVII.2/06.saxtorph.kzinti.html   (445 words)

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