# Gloam Roach

The keepers named every one of them. Then they stopped counting.

Character · Fictionalized · Established

Stable ID: `starlight-roach` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Starlight Menagerie](/field-guide/collections/starlight-menagerie/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/starlight-roach/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/starlight-roach/record.json)

## At a glance

- A low violet shell, long feelers and wings it does not like to use. Umbra has a lot of these. So, now, does the station.

- Hunts in numbers. It notices Seven from about 30 metres and does not care how many others are already chasing him. Each bite takes 4 shield points.

- Home: Umbra.

## Appearances

- [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html) (context: [Starlight Menagerie](/field-guide/collections/starlight-menagerie/))

- [The creatures](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/creatures.html): Named in this published page.

- [The map of Doorly Orbital](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/map.html): Named in this published page.

## Dated changes

- 2026-10-30: Added from the named source to the Field Guide.

## Open questions

- Inspired by Cockroach; the guide describes its game depiction.

## Sources

- [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html)

## Reference library

### Scene

![Gloam Roach in the Starlight Menagerie.](/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/roach-three.webp)

Gloam Roach in the Starlight Menagerie.

[Download original](/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/roach-three.webp) · [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `98012aa64f72d85e46cbf8ed4fc848ee747158b74503248351ace5091c413b9a`