Creature stats

[Ruland]

It seems that the majority of questions people have concerning T20 seem to be directed to character creation and combat. What I would like to know more: are there going to be at least "creature stats" for major-race-aliens who are not "player races"?

 

[lord irial]

I second that question, and I'd like to know if there will be alien/gene-engineered animal stats, as well.

 

[Nearside]

It sounds like, from the review, that at least two PC races are genetically engineered lifeforms, so it would stand to reason that the system would support this kind of thing.

 

[Ruland]

To elaborate on my question: I have a rather big collection of Gurps Traveller books at home, and since Alien Races 3 my favorite spot in the Traveller universe is the Crucis Margin sector - where the Third Imperium, the Hive Federation und the Two-Thousand Worlds are looming shadows in the background, where a lot of self-devised planets and minor races might be placed and where you might encounter strange folk like the Ithklur or Lithkind or, dare I mention them, the ubiquitous Droyne.
By the way: In my opinion no Traveller campaign is worth its salt without some Droyne-encounters now and then.
So, in how far does the T20 core book already support such exotic ambitions?