Archa Silk

Archa Silk

Archa silk is a protein fiber spun by the arachnoids of Archa. They  use their silk to make webs or other structures, which function as nets to catch other animals, or as nests or cocoons for protection for their offspring. They can also suspend themselves using their silk.

The Archa use silk threads for ballooning and string kiting. They extrude several threads into the air and add cross sections to create sail like silk structures and let themselves be carried away by winds. Although most rides need high perches and are more a down ward gliding than real flying. If the conditions are right and there as sufficient thermal convections they can actually fly and cover much ground.

The extremely fine silk used by spiders for ballooning is known as gossamer.

All Archas produce silks, and an adult Archa can produce up to seventeen different types of silk for different uses. This is in contrast to insect silks, where most often only one type of silk is produced by an individual. Over the 400 million years of evolution, Archa silks may be used for a number of different uses, each with properties to match the function of the silk. The evolution of the Archas into a sentient species  has led to more complex and diverse uses of silk. Such as fabrics for garments or technical garments for roofing and building construction.

After the Archa joined the Union Archa silk is protein stabilized, colorized and spun into thread. The threat is sold in various tensile strengths, colors and diameters. It is used to create the finest fabrics, mostly used in High fashion and made into stockings, lingerie and fine garments.

Archa Silk is traded at XChanges under ACHSILK and there are 20 different quality levels.