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Yehat

2024-02-04T16:28:12Z

Donutcity: Pterosaur

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|name=Yehat
|image=[[File:YehatComm.png]]
|caption=Followers of the Veep-Neep Queen
|homeworld=[[Gamma Serpentis I]]
|coordinates=492.3 : 029.4
|organizations=[[Alliance of Free Stars]], [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]] ([[battle thrall]]) [[New Alliance of Free Stars]]
|ship=[[Terminator]]
}}

The '''Yehat''' are a race of Pterosaur that has travelled the stars for many centuries. They were a significant force in the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] before defecting to the [[Hierarchy]]. In the late 2150s, a [[Yehat Rebellion|civil war]] splits the Yehat into [[Yehat Rebels|Rebel]] and [[Yehat Royalists|Loyalist]] factions.

==Physiology==
Modern Yehat resemble two ancient Pterosaur inhabitants of Earth. In common with the Pterodactyl is that the last finger bone of each hand is extended to support wing-like patagia, and like the Pteranodon, their skull extends back to create a rudder for flying. They appear to walk upright, but with difficulty.

While the appearances are not completely similar, the [[Pkunk]], the Yehat, the [[Melnorme]], and certain reliable sources{{ref|1}} all seem to agree that the Yehat and Pkunk are distant biological relatives, having diverged more than a thousand years ago. The separation of the two races was not amicable, and there is still clear hostility between the species. Despite their common ancestry, the cause of the morphological differences between the two species is unknown.

==History==
Strong Yehat warships, specifically the [[Terminator]], were the backbone of the Alliance during their war with the [[Hierarchy]]. When the war ended in the loss by the Alliance, the current Yehat Veep-Neep Queen made a sudden shift in policy by allowing the race to become an [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] [[Battle Thrall]]. This shamed the proud avian warriors greatly as many tribes felt they had betrayed their sacred honor. Their shame was magnified by the bravery of the [[Shofixti]] who, rather than serve their enemy as the Yehat did, nearly destroyed their sun, [[Delta Gorno]], and exterminated their own race, taking almost one third of the entire Ur-Quan Fleet with them.

===Yehat Rebellion===
When they are encountered by the Captain, they are torn between their honour and allegiance, resulting in a neutral status. If the Captain manages to resurrect the [[Shofixti]] and prove it to the Yehat, a '''[[Yehat Rebellion|civil war]]''' will break out. Coincidentally, the [[Pkunk]] migrate to Yehat space to reintegrate with their ancient ancestors and join the [[Yehat Rebels|Rebels]], emerging victorious over the [[Yehat Royalists|Royalists]]. [[Braky Girdy the First]], a Pkunk, ascends the new united throne and sends [[Terminator|Terminators]] and [[Fury|Furies]] to aid the Allied fleet in the [[Final Mission]].

==Society==

The Yehat race consists of different warrior clans, that have in the past fought bloody wars on their homeworld. They have a strong sense of honor toward their clan and its leader. This trait drew them into a close alliance with the [[Shofixti]], which the Yehat sometimes consider their adopted children. Yehat society is primariliy matriarchal and the clans are lead by Queens. A Queen of the [[Veep-Neep Dynasty|Veep-Neep]] clan was able to put a stop to the wars and unify the Yehat as they eventually made their way to the stars. The Yehat are very proud of the fact that they made this advancement to space on their own, and grant [[Human]]ity great honor for achieving the same.

==Starship Clans==
In Earthling terms, the Starship Clans are the Yehat navy. Each Clan serves as a fleet or operational group. During the [[Yehat Revolution|Revolution]], certain Clans break their allegiance to the Queen and fight against those that remain loyal. [[The Captain]] encounters only three clans. This neither confirms nor refutes the existence of more clans.

==Relations with other races==

===The Shofixti===
The Yehat made first contact with the [[Shofixti]] in 2075, at which time the Shofixti were living in a primitive feudal society. In admiration of their warrior culture, the Yehat took it upon themselves to uplift and protect the Shofixti, giving them advanced technology and cultural definition.

==Known individuals==
*[[Cheep-Guava]]
*[[Veep-Neep Queen]]
*Zeep-Zeep

==Known clans==
* [[Feep-Eeep Clan]]
* [[Veep-Kreep Clan]]
* [[Zeep-Zeep Clan]]

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''The [[Role Playing Resource Guide]] describes the Pkunk as a "mystical off-shoot of the Yehat species."''

[[Category:Races]]
[[Category:Yehat| ]]

Yehat

2024-02-04T16:27:43Z

Donutcity: Pterosaur

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|name=Yehat
|image=[[File:YehatComm.png]]
|caption=Followers of the Veep-Neep Queen
|homeworld=[[Gamma Serpentis I]]
|coordinates=492.3 : 029.4
|organizations=[[Alliance of Free Stars]], [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]] ([[battle thrall]]) [[New Alliance of Free Stars]]
|ship=[[Terminator]]
}}

The '''Yehat''' are a race of Pterosaur that has travelled the stars for many centuries. They were a significant force in the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] before defecting to the [[Hierarchy]]. In the late 2150s, a [[Yehat Rebellion|civil war]] splits the Yehat into [[Yehat Rebels|Rebel]] and [[Yehat Royalists|Loyalist]] factions.

==Physiology==
Modern Yehat resemble two ancient Earth habitants. In common with the Pterodactyl is that the last finger bone of each hand is extended to support wing-like patagia, and like the Pteranodon, their skull extends back to create a rudder for flying. They appear to walk upright, but with difficulty.

While the appearances are not completely similar, the [[Pkunk]], the Yehat, the [[Melnorme]], and certain reliable sources{{ref|1}} all seem to agree that the Yehat and Pkunk are distant biological relatives, having diverged more than a thousand years ago. The separation of the two races was not amicable, and there is still clear hostility between the species. Despite their common ancestry, the cause of the morphological differences between the two species is unknown.

==History==
Strong Yehat warships, specifically the [[Terminator]], were the backbone of the Alliance during their war with the [[Hierarchy]]. When the war ended in the loss by the Alliance, the current Yehat Veep-Neep Queen made a sudden shift in policy by allowing the race to become an [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] [[Battle Thrall]]. This shamed the proud avian warriors greatly as many tribes felt they had betrayed their sacred honor. Their shame was magnified by the bravery of the [[Shofixti]] who, rather than serve their enemy as the Yehat did, nearly destroyed their sun, [[Delta Gorno]], and exterminated their own race, taking almost one third of the entire Ur-Quan Fleet with them.

===Yehat Rebellion===
When they are encountered by the Captain, they are torn between their honour and allegiance, resulting in a neutral status. If the Captain manages to resurrect the [[Shofixti]] and prove it to the Yehat, a '''[[Yehat Rebellion|civil war]]''' will break out. Coincidentally, the [[Pkunk]] migrate to Yehat space to reintegrate with their ancient ancestors and join the [[Yehat Rebels|Rebels]], emerging victorious over the [[Yehat Royalists|Royalists]]. [[Braky Girdy the First]], a Pkunk, ascends the new united throne and sends [[Terminator|Terminators]] and [[Fury|Furies]] to aid the Allied fleet in the [[Final Mission]].

==Society==

The Yehat race consists of different warrior clans, that have in the past fought bloody wars on their homeworld. They have a strong sense of honor toward their clan and its leader. This trait drew them into a close alliance with the [[Shofixti]], which the Yehat sometimes consider their adopted children. Yehat society is primariliy matriarchal and the clans are lead by Queens. A Queen of the [[Veep-Neep Dynasty|Veep-Neep]] clan was able to put a stop to the wars and unify the Yehat as they eventually made their way to the stars. The Yehat are very proud of the fact that they made this advancement to space on their own, and grant [[Human]]ity great honor for achieving the same.

==Starship Clans==
In Earthling terms, the Starship Clans are the Yehat navy. Each Clan serves as a fleet or operational group. During the [[Yehat Revolution|Revolution]], certain Clans break their allegiance to the Queen and fight against those that remain loyal. [[The Captain]] encounters only three clans. This neither confirms nor refutes the existence of more clans.

==Relations with other races==

===The Shofixti===
The Yehat made first contact with the [[Shofixti]] in 2075, at which time the Shofixti were living in a primitive feudal society. In admiration of their warrior culture, the Yehat took it upon themselves to uplift and protect the Shofixti, giving them advanced technology and cultural definition.

==Known individuals==
*[[Cheep-Guava]]
*[[Veep-Neep Queen]]
*Zeep-Zeep

==Known clans==
* [[Feep-Eeep Clan]]
* [[Veep-Kreep Clan]]
* [[Zeep-Zeep Clan]]

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''The [[Role Playing Resource Guide]] describes the Pkunk as a "mystical off-shoot of the Yehat species."''

[[Category:Races]]
[[Category:Yehat| ]]

Yehat

2024-02-04T16:26:51Z

Donutcity: Pterodactyl doesn't have the rudder-crest, Pteranodon doesn't have fingers.

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|name=Yehat
|image=[[File:YehatComm.png]]
|caption=Followers of the Veep-Neep Queen
|homeworld=[[Gamma Serpentis I]]
|coordinates=492.3 : 029.4
|organizations=[[Alliance of Free Stars]], [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]] ([[battle thrall]]) [[New Alliance of Free Stars]]
|ship=[[Terminator]]
}}

The '''Yehat''' are a Pteranodon-like race that has travelled the stars for many centuries. They were a significant force in the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] before defecting to the [[Hierarchy]]. In the late 2150s, a [[Yehat Rebellion|civil war]] splits the Yehat into [[Yehat Rebels|Rebel]] and [[Yehat Royalists|Loyalist]] factions.

==Physiology==
Modern Yehat resemble two ancient Earth habitants. In common with the Pterodactyl is that the last finger bone of each hand is extended to support wing-like patagia, and like the Pteranodon, their skull extends back to create a rudder for flying. They appear to walk upright, but with difficulty.

While the appearances are not completely similar, the [[Pkunk]], the Yehat, the [[Melnorme]], and certain reliable sources{{ref|1}} all seem to agree that the Yehat and Pkunk are distant biological relatives, having diverged more than a thousand years ago. The separation of the two races was not amicable, and there is still clear hostility between the species. Despite their common ancestry, the cause of the morphological differences between the two species is unknown.

==History==
Strong Yehat warships, specifically the [[Terminator]], were the backbone of the Alliance during their war with the [[Hierarchy]]. When the war ended in the loss by the Alliance, the current Yehat Veep-Neep Queen made a sudden shift in policy by allowing the race to become an [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] [[Battle Thrall]]. This shamed the proud avian warriors greatly as many tribes felt they had betrayed their sacred honor. Their shame was magnified by the bravery of the [[Shofixti]] who, rather than serve their enemy as the Yehat did, nearly destroyed their sun, [[Delta Gorno]], and exterminated their own race, taking almost one third of the entire Ur-Quan Fleet with them.

===Yehat Rebellion===
When they are encountered by the Captain, they are torn between their honour and allegiance, resulting in a neutral status. If the Captain manages to resurrect the [[Shofixti]] and prove it to the Yehat, a '''[[Yehat Rebellion|civil war]]''' will break out. Coincidentally, the [[Pkunk]] migrate to Yehat space to reintegrate with their ancient ancestors and join the [[Yehat Rebels|Rebels]], emerging victorious over the [[Yehat Royalists|Royalists]]. [[Braky Girdy the First]], a Pkunk, ascends the new united throne and sends [[Terminator|Terminators]] and [[Fury|Furies]] to aid the Allied fleet in the [[Final Mission]].

==Society==

The Yehat race consists of different warrior clans, that have in the past fought bloody wars on their homeworld. They have a strong sense of honor toward their clan and its leader. This trait drew them into a close alliance with the [[Shofixti]], which the Yehat sometimes consider their adopted children. Yehat society is primariliy matriarchal and the clans are lead by Queens. A Queen of the [[Veep-Neep Dynasty|Veep-Neep]] clan was able to put a stop to the wars and unify the Yehat as they eventually made their way to the stars. The Yehat are very proud of the fact that they made this advancement to space on their own, and grant [[Human]]ity great honor for achieving the same.

==Starship Clans==
In Earthling terms, the Starship Clans are the Yehat navy. Each Clan serves as a fleet or operational group. During the [[Yehat Revolution|Revolution]], certain Clans break their allegiance to the Queen and fight against those that remain loyal. [[The Captain]] encounters only three clans. This neither confirms nor refutes the existence of more clans.

==Relations with other races==

===The Shofixti===
The Yehat made first contact with the [[Shofixti]] in 2075, at which time the Shofixti were living in a primitive feudal society. In admiration of their warrior culture, the Yehat took it upon themselves to uplift and protect the Shofixti, giving them advanced technology and cultural definition.

==Known individuals==
*[[Cheep-Guava]]
*[[Veep-Neep Queen]]
*Zeep-Zeep

==Known clans==
* [[Feep-Eeep Clan]]
* [[Veep-Kreep Clan]]
* [[Zeep-Zeep Clan]]

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''The [[Role Playing Resource Guide]] describes the Pkunk as a "mystical off-shoot of the Yehat species."''

[[Category:Races]]
[[Category:Yehat| ]]

Yehat

2024-02-04T16:19:12Z

Donutcity: Pteranodon have the head-rudders, Pterodactyl don't.

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|name=Yehat
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|caption=Followers of the Veep-Neep Queen
|homeworld=[[Gamma Serpentis I]]
|coordinates=492.3 : 029.4
|organizations=[[Alliance of Free Stars]], [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]] ([[battle thrall]]) [[New Alliance of Free Stars]]
|ship=[[Terminator]]
}}

The '''Yehat''' are a Pteranodon-like race that has travelled the stars for many centuries. They were a significant force in the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] before defecting to the [[Hierarchy]]. In the late 2150s, a [[Yehat Rebellion|civil war]] splits the Yehat into [[Yehat Rebels|Rebel]] and [[Yehat Royalists|Loyalist]] factions.

==Physiology==

The Yehat resemble ancient [[Earth]] Pterodactyls in that the last finger bone of each hand is extended to support wing-like patagia and their heads have that animal's characteristic crest. They are capable of at least gliding, if not full flight. They appear to walk upright, but with difficulty.

While the appearances are not completely similar, the [[Pkunk]], the Yehat, the [[Melnorme]], and certain reliable sources{{ref|1}} all seem to agree that the Yehat and Pkunk are distant biological relatives, having diverged more than a thousand years ago. The separation of the two races was not amicable, and there is still clear hostility between the species. Despite their common ancestry, the cause of the morphological differences between the two species is unknown.

==History==
Strong Yehat warships, specifically the [[Terminator]], were the backbone of the Alliance during their war with the [[Hierarchy]]. When the war ended in the loss by the Alliance, the current Yehat Veep-Neep Queen made a sudden shift in policy by allowing the race to become an [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] [[Battle Thrall]]. This shamed the proud avian warriors greatly as many tribes felt they had betrayed their sacred honor. Their shame was magnified by the bravery of the [[Shofixti]] who, rather than serve their enemy as the Yehat did, nearly destroyed their sun, [[Delta Gorno]], and exterminated their own race, taking almost one third of the entire Ur-Quan Fleet with them.

===Yehat Rebellion===
When they are encountered by the Captain, they are torn between their honour and allegiance, resulting in a neutral status. If the Captain manages to resurrect the [[Shofixti]] and prove it to the Yehat, a '''[[Yehat Rebellion|civil war]]''' will break out. Coincidentally, the [[Pkunk]] migrate to Yehat space to reintegrate with their ancient ancestors and join the [[Yehat Rebels|Rebels]], emerging victorious over the [[Yehat Royalists|Royalists]]. [[Braky Girdy the First]], a Pkunk, ascends the new united throne and sends [[Terminator|Terminators]] and [[Fury|Furies]] to aid the Allied fleet in the [[Final Mission]].

==Society==

The Yehat race consists of different warrior clans, that have in the past fought bloody wars on their homeworld. They have a strong sense of honor toward their clan and its leader. This trait drew them into a close alliance with the [[Shofixti]], which the Yehat sometimes consider their adopted children. Yehat society is primariliy matriarchal and the clans are lead by Queens. A Queen of the [[Veep-Neep Dynasty|Veep-Neep]] clan was able to put a stop to the wars and unify the Yehat as they eventually made their way to the stars. The Yehat are very proud of the fact that they made this advancement to space on their own, and grant [[Human]]ity great honor for achieving the same.

==Starship Clans==
In Earthling terms, the Starship Clans are the Yehat navy. Each Clan serves as a fleet or operational group. During the [[Yehat Revolution|Revolution]], certain Clans break their allegiance to the Queen and fight against those that remain loyal. [[The Captain]] encounters only three clans. This neither confirms nor refutes the existence of more clans.

==Relations with other races==

===The Shofixti===
The Yehat made first contact with the [[Shofixti]] in 2075, at which time the Shofixti were living in a primitive feudal society. In admiration of their warrior culture, the Yehat took it upon themselves to uplift and protect the Shofixti, giving them advanced technology and cultural definition.

==Known individuals==
*[[Cheep-Guava]]
*[[Veep-Neep Queen]]
*Zeep-Zeep

==Known clans==
* [[Feep-Eeep Clan]]
* [[Veep-Kreep Clan]]
* [[Zeep-Zeep Clan]]

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''The [[Role Playing Resource Guide]] describes the Pkunk as a "mystical off-shoot of the Yehat species."''

[[Category:Races]]
[[Category:Yehat| ]]

Second Doctrinal Conflict

2024-02-04T16:13:59Z

Donutcity: /* The War */

{{DoctrinalWar
|name=Second Doctrinal War
|image=[[File:Sa-matra generators down.png]]
|caption=The Sa-Matra with generators disabled
|duration=c.2155 - c.2159
|location=our corner of the Galaxy
|result=* Kohr-Ah victory in the second [[Doctrinal Conflict]] * Decisive victory for either New Alliance or Kohr-Ah forces
|belligerent1='''[[New Alliance of Free Stars]]''' 
* [[Human]]
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Chmmr]]
* [[Orz]]
* [[Pkunk]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Supox-Utwig Alliance]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Yehat Rebels]]
* [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]
|belligerent2='''[[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]]'''
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]
* [[Ilwrath]]
* [[Mycon]]
* [[Umgah]]
* [[VUX]]
* [[Yehat|Yehat (Royalists)]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Thraddash]]
|belligerent3=''[[Neutral|unaffiliated races]]'' 
* [[Druuge]]
* [[Melnorme]]
* [[Slylandro]]
|belligerent4='''[[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]]'''
}}

The '''Second Doctrinal Conflict''' or '''Second Doctrinal War''' is a ''non-canonical'' term referring to the events of [[Star Control II]]. It is a major galactic war that synthesises the [[Doctrinal Conflict]] and the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]], bringing nearly two dozen races into three major factions.

==Background==
The '''Doctrinal Conflict''' is an ideological rivalry between the two [[Ur-Quan]] sister species. The military and foreign policies of both subspecies are aggressive and expansionist, but they do not agree on how to treat conquered races. The [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] follow the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to establish an organized imperial structure in which subdued worlds become either subservient Battle Thralls or isolated Fallow Slaves. The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all races. The '''First Doctrinal War''' was waged quite some time ago, with the Kzer-Za emerging victorious after finding the [[Sa-Matra]], a [[Precursor]] ship.

The '''Ur-Quan Slave War''' was Kzer-Za invasion of our corner of the galaxy from AD 2098 to 2134. As the Kzer-Za subjugated worlds and built up the Hierarchy, the [[Chenjesu]] and [[Mmrnmhrm]] formed the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] to counter the threat. The Alliance grew along with the Hierarchy, but was eventually defeated in detail. For twenty years the Kzer-Za ruled our corner of the galaxy, with their imperial Battle Thralls enforcing order over the Fallow Slaves.

==The War==
A Human scientific mission to the [[Vela]] system lost contact with Earth and the Alliance during the war. Isolated, they constructed a [[Precursor]] ship of their own and returned on 17 February 2155 to Earth, under the leadership of [[The Captain]] and hoping to assist the war effort. After learning the fate of the old Alliance, [[The Captain]] and [[Hayes|Starbase Commander Hayes]] establish the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] to finally defeat the Ur-Quan. As the Captain is building the Alliance, he learns of the Kohr-Ah and of their invasion of Kzer-Za space.

The details of the war are difficult to piece together because thousands of people claiming to be "'''The Captain'''" have varying, even conflicting accounts. It is possible that the Captain of the Flagship endured transdimensional mitosis on 17 February 2155 as the Flagship entered [[TrueSpace]] at [[Sol]], resulting in thousands of Captains in thousands of dimensions, each tasked with liberating Earth from the Slave Shield and each taking a different path{{ref|1}}. Another theory{{ref|2}} is that the Umgah hacked the Flagship's log and created so many alternate histories that no one can determine which is correct. A third and and downright cockamamy theory{{ref|3}} has emerged with no credibility whatsoever: that all of these events are a petroleum-age computer game in which the occurrence and chronology are determined by a "player" in the comfort of their own home!

===Events of 2155===
At the onset, the Hierarchy consisted of the Kzer-Za, seven [[Battle Thralls]] and four slave shielded worlds; the [[Humans]] were the only [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]] member and the [[Kohr-Ah]] were a superpower. The [[Arilou]], [[Druuge]], [[Orz]], [[Pkunk]] and [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] were all non-aligned while the [[Supox]] and [[Utwig]] had a bilateral alliance.

The Flagship defeats the last remnants of [[Earthguard]]: a disabled Ilrwath [[Avenger]] that was passing the [[Sol]] system, and a frightened [[Spathi]] captain named [[Fwiffo]] who can be persuaded to defect to the Alliance, which in turn helps convince the [[The Safe Ones|Spathi government]] to follow suit.

The Zoq-Fot-Pik were already on the edge of Ur-Quan space, prompting them to initiate contact with the [[Earth Starbase]], which was already becoming the ''de facto'' capital of the New Alliance.

The [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]] involves Earth's two nearest neighbours, the aggressive [[Ilwrath]] Battle Thralls and the playful [[Pkunk]]. The Pkunk are losing badly and tell the Captain that they want to migrate back to [[Yehat]] space to rejoin their sister race. The [[Yehat]] were an Alliance member who defected to the Hierarchy in the later stages of the Slave War by withdrawing from a battle against the Kzer-Za and stranding the [[Shofixti]]. Many of the Starship Clans are deeply ashamed of the this, compounded by the fearless sacrifice by the Shofixti, who caused a mini supernova in their sun that destroyed all of the Kzer-Za ships and the Shofixti race. Their neighbours, the [[VUX]] and [[Mycon]] are both powerful Battle Thralls in a relatively quiet sector of space. The Druuge are a powerful merchant state that has been doing underhanded business with the [[Burvixese]] and [[Utwig]]. The [[Thraddash]] have been ordered by the Kzer-Za to hold position, while the [[Umgah]] have been pulling major pranks despite dealing with a dangerous [[Talking Pet]].

Another major issue facing this corner of the galaxy is the increasing contact with mysterious and powerful red probes that "...come in peace" and then obliterate all ships in their path.

===Events of 2159===
By most accounts, the Kohr-Ah defeat the Kzer-Za in 2159 and begin the Death March to exterminate all life.

If the Captain has been thorough, the Alliance consists of a dozen worlds and the Flagship is a powerful warship; a Pkunk has become Queen of the Yehat, who are again supporting the Alliance; the Shofixti have procreated from the brink of extinction, the Syreen have crippled the Mycon fleet and their Starbase Captain Talana has become the romantic interest of the Captain; the "Dilwrath" and Thraddash annihilated each other in a brief war; the Supox and Utwig have attacked both Ur-Quan races; and the Druuge continue their underhanded business.

If the Captain has been succinct, the New Alliance will boast the Humans, Chmmr, Supox, Syreen and Utwig, with support from the Pkunk.

Whether the Captain has been thorough or succinct, he will need to have a Precursor bomb that the Chmmr will have attached to his Precursor ship that he will pilot into the heart of the Ur-Quan's Precursor ship, the Sa-Matra. If he succeeds at this Final Mission, the Ur-Quan will be defeated and the Slave Shields can be destroyed. If he fails, the Death March will plod on until it reaches its final destination: Earth. If the Captain takes too long, the Kohr-Ah will have exterminated any number of races before the Sa-Matra is destroyed.

===Aftermath===
Again, the sheer number of people claiming to be ''The'' Captain makes it difficult to piece together this history. According to those Captains who have destroyed the Sa-Matra, the Chmmr led the Allies in mopping up the remaining Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za ships. These Captains conveniently woke from an explosion-induced coma in time to see the [[Slave Shield]] come down at [[Earth]] and pursue a relationship with [[Talana]], with whom they retire on Unzervalt. Other Captains tell grisly tales of detonating the Utwig bomb in Deep Space, of surrendering to Ur-Quan forces, or of being destroyed by red spinning probes.

==Belligerents==

===Ur-Quan Hierarchy===
Led by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]], the [[Hierarchy]] is an interstellar empire that follows the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to conquer and enslave all races.

===Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah===
The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] are a sister race of the Kzer-Za and follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all sentient races.

===New Alliance of Free Stars===
Led by the [[Humans]] and following in the footsteps of the original [[Alliance of Free Stars]], the [[New Alliance]] is a guerrilla army comprising many of the races that the Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah seek to enslave or exterminate.

===Unaffiliated races===
A handful of races [[Neutral|never align]] with any of the major factions but participate heavily in the conflict, namely the [[Druuge]], [[Melnorme]] and [[Slylandro]].

==Theatres and Key Battles==
===Theatres===
* [[Doctrinal Conflict|Doctrinal War]] (Kzer-Za vs Kohr-Ah)
* [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]]
* [[Ilwrath-Thraddash war]]
* [[Supox and Utwig offensive against the Kohr-Ah]]
* [[Yehat Revolution]]

===Key Battles===
''non-canonical designations:''
* [[Ambush at Organon|Battle of Organon (Syreen vs Mycon)]]
* [[Battle of Zeta Hyades]] (New Alliance vs Druuge)
* [[Final Mission]]

==Notes and References==
{{note|1}} — This is complete fan fiction and has no connection to the canon at all.
{{note|2}} — Not actually a theory, actually an Umgah joke.
{{note|3}} — Easily the most ridiculous of the three theories.

[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]
[[Category:Kohr-Ah]]
[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Second Doctrinal Conflict

2024-02-04T16:12:51Z

Donutcity:

{{DoctrinalWar
|name=Second Doctrinal War
|image=[[File:Sa-matra generators down.png]]
|caption=The Sa-Matra with generators disabled
|duration=c.2155 - c.2159
|location=our corner of the Galaxy
|result=* Kohr-Ah victory in the second [[Doctrinal Conflict]] * Decisive victory for either New Alliance or Kohr-Ah forces
|belligerent1='''[[New Alliance of Free Stars]]''' 
* [[Human]]
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Chmmr]]
* [[Orz]]
* [[Pkunk]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Supox-Utwig Alliance]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Yehat Rebels]]
* [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]
|belligerent2='''[[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]]'''
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]
* [[Ilwrath]]
* [[Mycon]]
* [[Umgah]]
* [[VUX]]
* [[Yehat|Yehat (Royalists)]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Thraddash]]
|belligerent3=''[[Neutral|unaffiliated races]]'' 
* [[Druuge]]
* [[Melnorme]]
* [[Slylandro]]
|belligerent4='''[[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]]'''
}}

The '''Second Doctrinal Conflict''' or '''Second Doctrinal War''' is a ''non-canonical'' term referring to the events of [[Star Control II]]. It is a major galactic war that synthesises the [[Doctrinal Conflict]] and the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]], bringing nearly two dozen races into three major factions.

==Background==
The '''Doctrinal Conflict''' is an ideological rivalry between the two [[Ur-Quan]] sister species. The military and foreign policies of both subspecies are aggressive and expansionist, but they do not agree on how to treat conquered races. The [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] follow the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to establish an organized imperial structure in which subdued worlds become either subservient Battle Thralls or isolated Fallow Slaves. The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all races. The '''First Doctrinal War''' was waged quite some time ago, with the Kzer-Za emerging victorious after finding the [[Sa-Matra]], a [[Precursor]] ship.

The '''Ur-Quan Slave War''' was Kzer-Za invasion of our corner of the galaxy from AD 2098 to 2134. As the Kzer-Za subjugated worlds and built up the Hierarchy, the [[Chenjesu]] and [[Mmrnmhrm]] formed the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] to counter the threat. The Alliance grew along with the Hierarchy, but was eventually defeated in detail. For twenty years the Kzer-Za ruled our corner of the galaxy, with their imperial Battle Thralls enforcing order over the Fallow Slaves.

==The War==
A Human scientific mission to the [[Vela]] system lost contact with Earth and the Alliance during the war. Isolated, they constructed a [[Precursor]] ship of their own and returned on 17 February 2155 to Earth, under the leadership of [[The Captain]] and hoping to assist the war effort. After learning the fate of the old Alliance, [[The Captain]] and [[Hayes|Starbase Commander Hayes]] establish the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] to finally defeat the Ur-Quan. As the Captain is building the Alliance, he learns of the Kohr-Ah and of their invasion of Kzer-Za space.

The details of the war are difficult to piece together because thousands of people claim to be "'''The Captain'''" have varying, even conflicting accounts. It is possible that the Captain of the Flagship endured transdimensional mitosis on 17 February 2155 as the Flagship entered [[TrueSpace]] at [[Sol]], resulting in thousands of Captains in thousands of dimensions, each tasked with liberating Earth from the Slave Shield and each taking a different path{{ref|1}}. Another theory{{ref|2}} is that the Umgah hacked the Flagship's log and created so many alternate histories that no one can determine which is correct. A third and and downright cockamamy theory{{ref|3}} has emerged with no credibility whatsoever: that all of these events are a petroleum-age computer game in which the occurrence and chronology are determined by a "player" in the comfort of their own home!

===Events of 2155===
At the onset, the Hierarchy consisted of the Kzer-Za, seven [[Battle Thralls]] and four slave shielded worlds; the [[Humans]] were the only [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]] member and the [[Kohr-Ah]] were a superpower. The [[Arilou]], [[Druuge]], [[Orz]], [[Pkunk]] and [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] were all non-aligned while the [[Supox]] and [[Utwig]] had a bilateral alliance.

The Flagship defeats the last remnants of [[Earthguard]]: a disabled Ilrwath [[Avenger]] that was passing the [[Sol]] system, and a frightened [[Spathi]] captain named [[Fwiffo]] who can be persuaded to defect to the Alliance, which in turn helps convince the [[The Safe Ones|Spathi government]] to follow suit.

The Zoq-Fot-Pik were already on the edge of Ur-Quan space, prompting them to initiate contact with the [[Earth Starbase]], which was already becoming the ''de facto'' capital of the New Alliance.

The [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]] involves Earth's two nearest neighbours, the aggressive [[Ilwrath]] Battle Thralls and the playful [[Pkunk]]. The Pkunk are losing badly and tell the Captain that they want to migrate back to [[Yehat]] space to rejoin their sister race. The [[Yehat]] were an Alliance member who defected to the Hierarchy in the later stages of the Slave War by withdrawing from a battle against the Kzer-Za and stranding the [[Shofixti]]. Many of the Starship Clans are deeply ashamed of the this, compounded by the fearless sacrifice by the Shofixti, who caused a mini supernova in their sun that destroyed all of the Kzer-Za ships and the Shofixti race. Their neighbours, the [[VUX]] and [[Mycon]] are both powerful Battle Thralls in a relatively quiet sector of space. The Druuge are a powerful merchant state that has been doing underhanded business with the [[Burvixese]] and [[Utwig]]. The [[Thraddash]] have been ordered by the Kzer-Za to hold position, while the [[Umgah]] have been pulling major pranks despite dealing with a dangerous [[Talking Pet]].

Another major issue facing this corner of the galaxy is the increasing contact with mysterious and powerful red probes that "...come in peace" and then obliterate all ships in their path.

===Events of 2159===
By most accounts, the Kohr-Ah defeat the Kzer-Za in 2159 and begin the Death March to exterminate all life.

If the Captain has been thorough, the Alliance consists of a dozen worlds and the Flagship is a powerful warship; a Pkunk has become Queen of the Yehat, who are again supporting the Alliance; the Shofixti have procreated from the brink of extinction, the Syreen have crippled the Mycon fleet and their Starbase Captain Talana has become the romantic interest of the Captain; the "Dilwrath" and Thraddash annihilated each other in a brief war; the Supox and Utwig have attacked both Ur-Quan races; and the Druuge continue their underhanded business.

If the Captain has been succinct, the New Alliance will boast the Humans, Chmmr, Supox, Syreen and Utwig, with support from the Pkunk.

Whether the Captain has been thorough or succinct, he will need to have a Precursor bomb that the Chmmr will have attached to his Precursor ship that he will pilot into the heart of the Ur-Quan's Precursor ship, the Sa-Matra. If he succeeds at this Final Mission, the Ur-Quan will be defeated and the Slave Shields can be destroyed. If he fails, the Death March will plod on until it reaches its final destination: Earth. If the Captain takes too long, the Kohr-Ah will have exterminated any number of races before the Sa-Matra is destroyed.

===Aftermath===
Again, the sheer number of people claiming to be ''The'' Captain makes it difficult to piece together this history. According to those Captains who have destroyed the Sa-Matra, the Chmmr led the Allies in mopping up the remaining Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za ships. These Captains conveniently woke from an explosion-induced coma in time to see the [[Slave Shield]] come down at [[Earth]] and pursue a relationship with [[Talana]], with whom they retire on Unzervalt. Other Captains tell grisly tales of detonating the Utwig bomb in Deep Space, of surrendering to Ur-Quan forces, or of being destroyed by red spinning probes.

==Belligerents==

===Ur-Quan Hierarchy===
Led by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]], the [[Hierarchy]] is an interstellar empire that follows the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to conquer and enslave all races.

===Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah===
The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] are a sister race of the Kzer-Za and follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all sentient races.

===New Alliance of Free Stars===
Led by the [[Humans]] and following in the footsteps of the original [[Alliance of Free Stars]], the [[New Alliance]] is a guerrilla army comprising many of the races that the Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah seek to enslave or exterminate.

===Unaffiliated races===
A handful of races [[Neutral|never align]] with any of the major factions but participate heavily in the conflict, namely the [[Druuge]], [[Melnorme]] and [[Slylandro]].

==Theatres and Key Battles==
===Theatres===
* [[Doctrinal Conflict|Doctrinal War]] (Kzer-Za vs Kohr-Ah)
* [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]]
* [[Ilwrath-Thraddash war]]
* [[Supox and Utwig offensive against the Kohr-Ah]]
* [[Yehat Revolution]]

===Key Battles===
''non-canonical designations:''
* [[Ambush at Organon|Battle of Organon (Syreen vs Mycon)]]
* [[Battle of Zeta Hyades]] (New Alliance vs Druuge)
* [[Final Mission]]

==Notes and References==
{{note|1}} — This is complete fan fiction and has no connection to the canon at all.
{{note|2}} — Not actually a theory, actually an Umgah joke.
{{note|3}} — Easily the most ridiculous of the three theories.

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[[Category:Hierarchy]]
[[Category:Kohr-Ah]]
[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Androsynth

2023-12-17T18:28:41Z

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{{Extinct|name=Androsynth|image=[[File:AndrosynthCaptain_Portrait.png]]|caption=A typical Androsynth crew.|homeworld=[[Eta Vulpeculae II]]|coordinates=358.7 : 256.6|organizations=[[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]] ([[battle thrall]])|ship=[[Guardian]]}}

The '''Androsynth''' are a missing species that were a genetically engineered offshoot of [[Humans]], developed after the [[Small War of 2015]] but before the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]]. Abused religiously and for their legal expendability, they abandoned their progenitors in a mass exodus. They eventually settled in the Vulpeculae constellation, former territory of the vanished [[Taalo]]. Later, the Androsynth were conquered by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy|Hierarchy]], joining them as [[Battle Thralls]] in the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]], and fighting against their former Human masters and the [[Alliance of Free Stars]]. Several years after the war's end, the Androsynth disappeared under mysterious circumstances due to the dangerous [[Inter-Dimensional Fatigue]] research they had been undertaking. This disappearance is apparently caused by the [[Orz]], who seemed to come from out of nowhere, drawn to Vulpeculae by the Androsynth's experiments.{{ref|1}}

==Description==
The original Androsynth were all created from a few (or perhaps only one) genetic encodings. An [[SSRII]] report claims that they are obsessed with aesthetics (the Androsynth were even named, by a member of the SSRII team, the "fashion design engineers of space warfare"){{ref|2}}, which, the report states, is reflected in the design of their ship, the [[Guardian]]. However, other sources cast doubt over this.{{ref|3}}

All seem to have an asymmetrical hairstyle, brushing their hair to the right of their heads. In addition to this, all Androsynth wear gray uniforms with a triangular insignia and a band on their forehead.

The Androsynth are without functioning genitalia. However, one of the primary areas in which they focused their energy in the first three decades after fleeing from Earth was reproduction; this might have been accomplished through cloning.{{ref|4}}

Androsynth names are alphanumeric, being composed of a group of uppercase letters, a dash and a number (AK-47 or HAL-2001, for example). Generally the letters are in the first part of the name and the numbers in the second, though there are some known exceptions to this pattern, such as 1040-EZ and XR4-TI.

==History==
===Origins===
The story of the Androsynth begins in the initial renaissance of peaceful development of science and technology in the first days after the [[Small War of 2015]]. The United Nations, fearing a future global holocaust if the development of weapons of mass destruction continued, had prohibited research in such areas. Among the remaining avenues for scientific expansion was biotechnology, which was the quickest of all disciplines to flourish.

In 2019, a brilliant Swiss scientist named [[Hsien Ho]], at the Zurich BioTeknik, combining the now-complete human genome map with sophisticated genetic-engineering techniques, was able to perfect the technology of artificial parthenogenesis. Ho's clones were, judging solely by external appearance, Humans; however, their genes were modified so that they were unable to reproduce.

===Slavery===
As the clones were slowly maturing, a new religious order, [[Homo Deus]] — also known as the "Godly Men" — was formed in the aftermath of the Small War and the emotional turmoil caused by the destruction of the Holy Lands, centered on the belief that the Millennium was near — on March 11, 2046, Heaven and Earth would join, and each devout person would be elevated to a divine status. The cult's charismatic founder, [[Jason MacBride]], a former used car salesman, was able to amass millions of poor, disillusioned, and impressionable followers.

Meanwhile, Hsien Ho's clones had already become adults. Seeing them as a threat to his "Godly Men", Jason MacBride fought to have the clones declared sub-human. Calling them "Androsynth", or the "fake men", he used the vast resources of his Homo Deus organization to strip the clones of their human rights. Sadly, as the years passed, the Androsynth became little better than well-treated slaves.

The day March 11, 2046 came and went, and no detectable change in the human condition took place. MacBride, blaming the inaccuracy of his prophecy on a "lack of genuinely devout people", withdrew from public life, fading into obscurity; his fortune and power rapidly waned as well.

===Exodus===
In the spring of 2085, the Androsynth, numbering tens of thousands and spread across the globe since 2070, broke away from their physically and mentally weaker [[Human]] creators and masters and disappeared to parts unknown. One of the events that triggered the eventual rebellion and exodus occurred when a group of scientists in Eurasia used several Androsynth as disposable guinea pigs in a highly dangerous physics experiment. The abortive Hamburg Revolt ensued, in which the Androsynth briefly seized control of that city's port.{{ref|5}} Although this initial act of defiance was ultimately futile, it did push the Androsynth to instead seek a haven in space rather than on Earth, laying the groundwork for the successful and final [[Clone Revolt]].

The beginning of the uprising was well orchestrated. Leading up to the actual Clone Revolt, Androsynth working at spaceflight facilities across Earth had prepared several thousand spaceships for the exodus. Within a day's time, every spaceflight facility on the planet was taken over by the Androsynth, aided by a number of underground Human sympathizers. Aboard thousands of stolen spacecraft, the entire Androsynth population was evacuated. Two days later, the clones had captured every off-world base, both in Earth's orbit and on its satellite, [[Luna]].

For two months, the Androsynth rebels, with the help of their huge [[wikipedia:maser|MASER]] weaponry improvised from energy broadcast units, held off attempt after attempt by the newly founded United Nations space military force, [[Star Control (Organization)|Star Control]], to retake the bases. Meanwhile, the Androsynth were outfitting eight of the space stations, including the recently constructed [[StarLight Hilton]], for interstellar flight. Unable to overcome the Androsynth strongholds with conventional weapons, the United Nations decided to unlock the [[Peace Vaults]], where Earth's ancient stockpiles of nuclear warheads and orbital lasers had been dismantled and stored. However, before the mass destruction weaponry could be reassembled, the new Androsynth fleet left Earth orbit with high speed.

The Human military fleet was too slow to catch the rebels, but an unarmed ten-thruster ore freighter returning from a Titanium mining operation in the Asteroid Belt was able to make a high-V interception on the Androsynth fleet, witnessing their transition to [[HyperSpace]] in what the pilot termed a "great red hole" with a diameter of over 500 meters.

===The War===
Little is known about the Androsynth's history after their emigration. However, they eventually arrived at the Vulpeculae constellation, the same region the [[Taalo]] inhabited in the days of the [[Sentient Milieu]]. Finding [[Eta Vulpeculae II]] a suitably Earth-like world, they settled there and began expanding, soon having a bustling population and a colonial sphere of influence throughout Vulpeculae space. They even established uneasy but peaceful interstellar relations with their [[Spathi]] neighbors, much to the Spathi's surprise. During this brief period of autonomy, the Androsynth invested most of their energy into reproduction and armament research.

They had barely been free for fifteen years when the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] [[Hierarchy]] entered our region of space. The invaders quickly conquered the [[Thraddash]], the [[Umgah]], the [[Ilwrath]], but were halted in their rimward advance by the [[Chenjesu]] and [[Mmrnmhrm]]'s initial defense force. Unfazed, the Ur-Quan headed spinward, encountering and subjugating the [[Spathi]] before turning their attention to the Androsynth at about the same time that the Humans were recruited into the [[Alliance of Free Stars]]. The reclusive Androsynth had no advance warning of the Ur-Quan advance and were taken utterly by surprise when the Hierarchy invaded their territory. It took only a few short weeks of intense interplanetary combat for the Androsynth to be subjugated. After three decades of freedom, the Androsynth were once again slaves.

The Androsynth used the militaristic aims of the Hierarchy and their status as [[Battle Thralls]] to satiate a desire for revenge against their former Human masters. As such, the Androsynth became one of the Humans' most feared enemies in the war, second only to the [[Ilwrath]]. The thought of having to face the incredible speed and maneuverability of Androsynth [[Guardian]] vessels in Blazer attack mode — or worse, a Hit-and-Run squadron employing Guardians specially modified for extended Blazer range — instilled fear in every Human crewmember serving the [[Coreward Front]], a fear amplified by the knowledge that the Androsynth had good reason for their hatred. [[Cruiser]] captains became obsessed with their invisible enemies and their inevitable vengeance, often mistaking nearby asteroids for Guardians and madly destroying them in bursts of what was colloquially termed "clone fever". Many Humans also feared that, should the Alliance be defeated, the Androsynth would exact heavy revenge on Earth itself.

After the war ended in 2134, with the Humans defeated and Earth [[Slave Shield|slave-shield]]ed, the Ur-Quan left for their second [[Doctrinal Conflict]], leaving their slaves more or less unattended.

===Disappearance===
At least a decade after the end of the war, an Androsynth Guardian discovered a set of [[Precursor]] [[list of Precursor relics|artifacts]] somewhere in the [[Alpha Lalande]] system. The devices generated waves of a previously unknown space-time phenomenon, which the Androsynth scientists termed [[Dimensional Fatigue]] (or DF for short), that allowed for the observation of other [[dimension]]s. Hoping to be able to develop new and improved forms of [[hyperdrive]] and [[HyperWave]], the Androsynth began studying this new technology. However, this research led to their eventual disappearance, about three to five years later.

Exactly how this happened is unclear. Some of the nearby races such as the [[VUX]] (who are attacked by the [[Orz]] for asking too many questions about the Androsynth) and the [[Spathi]] appear to have noticed the sudden absence of the Androsynth. Additionally, the Spathi, the [[Melnorme]], and the [[Arilou]] all draw a connection between the disappeance of the Androsynth and the appearance of the Orz, but none of them know or offer further details about these events. The most extensive details come from an investigation by [[The Captain]] of the Androsynth homeworld during the events of [[Star Control II]]. Initially the [[Planet Lander|lander]] crew discovers evidence of a relatively recent, massive land war, though strangely no evidence of an invasion from space nor any corpses. Upon examining the remnants of scientific research institutes in the civilization's ruins, the crew discovers incomplete computer records that detailed the Androsynth's DF research and their scientists' subsequent breakthrough — contact with an extra-dimensional, alien life form. The fragmentary records show that, soon after this contact event, several requests were made for information about "reality aberrations", the "mosquito mange", ghosts, poltergeists and other similar malevolent entities, requests that grew more and more urgent, almost frantic, up until the abrupt end of the computer record. Science Officer [[Bukowski]] of [[The Flagship]], who investigates the ruins, himself almost goes mad as he learns more about the Androsynth's final moments; he destroys the computers, knowing that the information therein is dangerous, that even knowing could alert [["They"|"Them"]] and would put the whole of Humanity in danger. "They" had already detected Bukowski, and were "moving toward him".

The Orz, who now inhabit Androsynth space, explain that the clones made some *slippery places* (presumably [[portal]]s or something similar) through which the Orz were able to *smell* them, as well as the [[TrueSpace]] dimension, which was previously unknown to the Orz. The Orz then pushed his/their *fingers* through the *slippery places* and into TrueSpace, *pulling* the Androsynth, against the clones' wish. The Arilou account, though vague, seems to support this, stating, "The Androsynth showed themselves, and something noticed them. There are no more Androsynth now. Only Orz."

It still remains a mystery exactly what the fate of the Androsynth was; the possibilities suggest anything up to and including having been eaten by the Orz. It is not known whether there are any Androsynth who survived.{{ref|6}}

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}{{IRC1998}}
::<LordR-man> Fwiffo- What really happened to the Androsynth in sc2? 
::<Fwiffo> In regards to the Androsynth: They were snagged by the entity who/which projected its fingers into our dimension (which looked to us as the Orz.)
{{note|2}}''From the [[Star Control]] manual, p. 23 (PC).''
{{note|3}}''From a [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=2719.msg34333#msg34333 mail] by [[Paul Reiche III]] to a [[Star Control II]] player:''
::Hi Maria,

::Good question! My initial intention was that, yes, they were gay, or more properly, strictly monosexual. About the time Fred and I were working on Star Control II, I had my first friendships with openly gay folks. It always has felt good to me to discard a prejudice and I hoped to share that opportunity in teeny-weeny little way with the people who played my games. BUT, when I shared this notion with our publisher, some folks took this to mean that they should use stereotypes for humor, as for instance the "fashion designers of space" crap that ended-up in the manual. I feel like I should have been more courageous getting that comment edited out and if it offended anyone, I feel really bad about that.

::Hopefully as the future unfolds, we will find our species more accepting of others and more appreciative of individual expression... either that or we should all get jetpacks. I'm cool either way.

::Sincerely,

::- Paul Reiche

::Ps. By the way, now I am not so sure that all the Androsynth are male. I imagine they might descend from a few clonal lines, so I expect there would be both male and female and perhaps some neutrals.
{{note|4}}''From the [[Star Control II]] manual, p. 68, 69 (3DO).''
{{note|5}}''This event in Eurasia and the Hamburg Revolt are only mentioned in the [[Star Control]] manual.''
{{note|6}}{{FredMail}}
::<nowiki>:</nowiki> Were ALL the Androsynth destroyed when the Orz came?

::Perceptive lad. This was a leading plot candidate for our theoretical sequel.

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Second Doctrinal Conflict

2023-01-03T23:42:01Z

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{{DoctrinalWar
|name=Second Doctrinal War
|image=[[File:Sa-matra generators down.png]]
|caption=The Sa-Matra with generators disabled
|duration=c.2155 - c.2159
|location=our corner of the Galaxy
|result=* Kohr-Ah victory in the second [[Doctrinal Conflict]] * Decisive victory for either New Alliance or Kohr-Ah forces
|belligerent1='''[[New Alliance of Free Stars]]''' 
* [[Human]]
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Chmmr]]
* [[Orz]]
* [[Pkunk]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Supox-Utwig Alliance]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Yehat Rebels]]
* [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]
|belligerent2='''[[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]]'''
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]
* [[Ilwrath]]
* [[Mycon]]
* [[Umgah]]
* [[VUX]]
* [[Yehat|Yehat (Royalists)]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Thraddash]]
|belligerent3=''[[Neutral|unaffiliated races]]'' 
* [[Druuge]]
* [[Melnorme]]
* [[Slylandro]]
|belligerent4='''[[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]]'''
}}

The '''Second Doctrinal Conflict''' or '''Second Doctrinal War''' is a ''non-canonical'' term referring to the events of [[Star Control II]]. It is a major galactic war that synthesises the [[Doctrinal Conflict]] and the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]], bringing nearly two dozen races into three major factions.

==Background==
The '''Doctrinal Conflict''' is an ideological rivalry between the two [[Ur-Quan]] sister species. The military and foreign policies of both subspecies are aggressive and expansionist, but they do not agree on how to treat conquered races. The [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] follow the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to establish an organized imperial structure in which subdued worlds become either subservient Battle Thralls or isolated Fallow Slaves. The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all races. The '''First Doctrinal War''' was waged quite some time ago, with the Kzer-Za emerging victorious after finding the [[Sa-Matra]], a [[Precursor]] ship.

The '''Ur-Quan Slave War''' was Kzer-Za invasion of our corner of the galaxy from AD 2098 to 2134. As the Kzer-Za subjugated worlds and built up the Hierarchy, the [[Chenjesu]] and [[Mmrnmhrm]] formed the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] to counter the threat. The Alliance grew along with the Hierarchy, but was eventually defeated in detail. For twenty years the Kzer-Za ruled our corner of the galaxy, with their imperial Battle Thralls enforcing order over the Fallow Slaves.

==The War==
A Human scientific mission to the [[Vela]] system lost contact with Earth and the Alliance during the war. Isolated, they constructed a [[Precursor]] ship of their own and returned on 17 February 2155 to Earth, under the leadership of [[The Captain]] and hoping to assist the war effort. After learning the fate of the old Alliance, [[The Captain]] and [[Hayes|Starbase Commander Hayes]] establish the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] to finally defeat the Ur-Quan. As the Captain is building the Alliance, he learns of the Kohr-Ah and of their invasion of Kzer-Za space.

The details of the war are difficult to piece together because thousands of people claim to be "'''The Captain'''" have varying, even conflicting accounts. It is possible that the Captain of the Flagship endured transdimensional mitosis on 17 February 2155 as the Flagship entered [[TrueSpace]] at [[Sol]], resulting in thousands of Captains in thousands of dimensions, each tasked with liberating Earth from the Slave Shield and each taking a different path{{ref|1}}. Another theory{{ref|2}} is that the Umgah hacked the Flagship's log and created so many alternate histories that no one can determine which is correct. A third and and downright cockamamy theory{{ref|3}} has emerged with no credibility whatsoever: that all of these events are a petroleum-age computer game in which the occurrence and chronology are determined by a "player" in the comfort of their own home!

===Events of 2155===
At the onset, the Hierarchy consisted of the Kzer-Za, seven [[Battle Thralls]] and four slave shielded worlds; the [[Humans]] were the only [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]] member and the [[Kohr-Ah]] were a superpower. The [[Arilou]], [[Druuge]], [[Orz]], [[Pkunk]] and [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] were all non-aligned while the [[Supox]] and [[Utwig]] had a bilateral alliance.

The Flagship defeats the last remnants of [[Earthguard]]: a disabled Ilrwath [[Avenger]] that was passing the [[Sol]] system, and a frightened [[Spathi]] captain named [[Fwiffo]] who can be persuaded to defect to the Alliance, which in turn helps convince the [[The Safe Ones|Spathi government]] to follow suit.

The Zoq-Fot-Pik were already on the edge of Ur-Quan space, prompting them to initiate contact with the [[Earth Starbase]], which was already becoming the ''de facto'' capital of the New Alliance.

The [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]] involves Earth's two nearest neighbours, the aggressive [[Ilwrath]] Battle Thralls and the playful [[Pkunk]]. The Pkunk are losing badly and tell the Captain that they want to migrate back to [[Yehat]] space to rejoin their sister race. The [[Yehat]] were an Alliance member who defected to the Hierarchy in the later stages of the Slave War by withdrawing from a battle against the Kzer-Za and stranding the [[Shofixti]]. Many of the Starship Clans are deeply ashamed of the this, compounded by the fearless sacrifice by the Shofixti, who caused a mini supernova in their sun that destroyed all of the Kzer-Za ships and the Shofixti race. Their neighbours, the [[VUX]] and [[Mycon]] are both powerful Battle Thralls in a relatively quiet sector of space. The Druuge are a powerful merchant state that has been doing underhanded business with the [[Burvixese]] and [[Utwig]]. The [[Thraddash]] have been ordered by the Kzer-Za to hold position, while the [[Umgah]] have been pulling major pranks despite dealing with a dangerous [[Talking Pet]].

Another major issue facing this corner of the galaxy is the increasing contact with mysterious and powerful red probes that "...come in peace" and then obliterate all ships in their path.

===Events of 2159===
By most accounts, the Kohr-Ah defeat the Kzer-Za in 2159 and begin the Death March to exterminate all life.

If the Captain has been thorough, the Alliance consists of a dozen worlds and the Flagship is a powerful warship; a Pkunk has become Queen of the Yehat, who are again supporting the Alliance; the Shofixti have procreated from the brink of extinction, the Syreen have crippled the Mycon fleet and their Starbase Captain Talana has become the romantic interest of the Captain; the "Dilwrath" and Thraddash annihilated each other in a brief war; the Supox and Utwig have attacked both Ur-Quan races; and the Druuge continue their underhanded business.

If the Captain has been succinct, the New Alliance will boast the Humans, Chmmr, Supox, Syreen and Utwig, with support from the Pkunk.

Whether the Captain has been thorough or succinct, he will need to have a Precursor bomb that the Chmmr will have attached to his Precursor ship that he will pilot into the heart of the Ur-Quan's Precursor ship, the Sa-Matra. If he succeeds at this Final Mission, the Ur-Quan will be defeated and the Slave Shields can be destroyed. If he fails, the Death March will plod on until it reaches its final destination: Earth. If the Captain takes too long, the Kohr-Ah will have exterminated any number of races before the Sa-Matra is destroyed.

===Aftermath===
Again, the sheer number of people claiming to be ''The'' Captain makes it difficult to piece together this history. According to those Captains who have destroyed the Sa-Matra, the Chmmr led the Allies in mopping up the remaining Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za ships. These Captains conveniently woke from an explosion-induced coma in time to see the [[Slave Shield]] come down at [[Earth]] and pursue a relationship with [[Talana]], with whom they retire on Unzervalt. Other Captains tell grisly tales of detonating the Utwig bomb in Deep Space, of surrendering to Ur-Quan forces, or of being destroyed by red spinning probes.

==Belligerents==

===Ur-Quan Hierarchy===
Led by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]], the [[Hierarchy]] is an interstellar empire that follows the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to conquer and enslave all races.

===Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah===
The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] are a sister race of the Kzer-Za and follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all sentient races.

===New Alliance of Free Stars===
Led by the [[Humans]] and following in the footsteps of the original [[Alliance of Free Stars]], the [[New Alliance]] is a guerrilla army comprising many of the races that the Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah seek to enslave or exterminate.

===Unaffiliated races===
A handful of races [[Neutral|never align]] with any of the major factions but participate heavily in the conflict, namely the [[Druuge]], [[Melnorme]] and [[Slylandro]].

==Theatres and Key Battles==
===Theatres===
* [[Doctrinal Conflict|Doctrinal War]] (Kzer-Za vs Kohr-Ah)
* [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]]
* [[Ilwrath-Thraddash war]]
* [[Supox and Utwig offensive against the Kohr-Ah]]
* [[Yehat Revolution]]

===Key Battles===
''non-canonical designations:''
* [[Ambush at Organon|Battle of Organon (Syreen vs Mycon)]]
* [[Battle of Zeta Hyades]] (New Alliance vs Druuge)
* [[Final Mission]]

==Notes and References==
{{note|1}} — This is complete fan fiction and has no connection to the canon at all.
{{note|2}} — Not actually a theory, actually an Umgah joke.
{{note|3}} — Easily the most ridiculous of the three theories.

[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]
[[Category:Kohr-Ah]]
[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Second Doctrinal Conflict

2023-01-03T23:38:44Z

Donutcity: syntax

{{DoctrinalWar
|name=Second Doctrinal War
|image=[[File:Sa-matra generators down.png]]
|caption=The Sa-Matra with generators disabled
|duration=c.2155 - c.2159
|location=our corner of the Galaxy
|result=* Kohr-Ah victory in the second [[Doctrinal Conflict]] * Decisive victory for either New Alliance or Kohr-Ah forces
|belligerent1='''[[New Alliance of Free Stars]]''' 
* [[Human]]
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Chmmr]]
* [[Orz]]
* [[Pkunk]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Supox-Utwig Alliance]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Yehat Rebels]]
* [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]
|belligerent2='''[[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]]'''
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]
* [[Ilwrath]]
* [[Mycon]]
* [[Umgah]]
* [[VUX]]
* [[Yehat|Yehat (Royalists)]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Thraddash]]
|belligerent3=''[[Neutral|unaffiliated races]]'' 
* [[Druuge]]
* [[Melnorme]]
* [[Slylandro]]
|belligerent4='''[[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]]'''
}}

The '''Second Doctrinal Conflict''' or '''Second Doctrinal War''' is a ''non-canonical'' term referring to the events of [[Star Control II]]. It is a major galactic war that synthesises the [[Doctrinal Conflict]] and the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]], bringing nearly two dozen races into three major factions.

==Background==
The '''Doctrinal Conflict''' is an ideological rivalry between the two [[Ur-Quan]] sister species. The military and foreign policies of both subspecies are aggressive and expansionist, but they do not agree on how to treat conquered races. The [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] follow the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to establish an organized imperial structure in which subdued worlds become either subservient Battle Thralls or isolated Fallow Slaves. The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all races. The '''First Doctrinal War''' was waged quite some time ago, with the Kzer-Za emerging victorious after finding the [[Sa-Matra]], a [[Precursor]] ship.

The '''Ur-Quan Slave War''' was Kzer-Za invasion of our corner of the galaxy from AD 2098 to 2134. As the Kzer-Za subjugated worlds and built up the Hierarchy, the [[Chenjesu]] and [[Mmrnmhrm]] formed the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] to counter the threat. The Alliance grew along with the Hierarchy, but was eventually defeated in detail. For twenty years the Kzer-Za ruled our corner of the galaxy, with their imperial Battle Thralls enforcing order over the Fallow Slaves.

==The War==
A Human scientific mission to the [[Vela]] system lost contact with Earth and the Alliance during the war. Isolated, they constructed a [[Precursor]] ship of their own and returned on 17 February 2155 to Earth, under the leadership of [[The Captain]] and hoping to assist the war effort. After learning the fate of the old Alliance, [[The Captain]] and [[Hayes|Starbase Commander Hayes]] establish the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] to finally defeat the Ur-Quan. As the Captain is building the Alliance, he learns of the Kohr-Ah and of their invasion of Kzer-Za space.

The details of the war are difficult to piece together because thousands of people claim to be "'''The Captain'''" have varying, even conflicting accounts. It is possible that the Captain of the Flagship endured some sort of transdimensional mitosis on 17 February 2155 as the Flagship entered [[TrueSpace]] at [[Sol]], resulting in thousands of Captains in thousands of dimensions, each tasked with liberating Earth from the Slave Shield and each taking a different path{{ref|1}}. Another theory{{ref|2}} is that the Umgah hacked the Flagship's log and created so many alternate histories that no one is sure which one is correct. A third and and downright cockamamy theory{{ref|3}} has emerged that has no credibility whatsoever: that all of these events are nothing more that a petroleum-age computer game in which the occurrence and chronology are determined by a "player" in the comfort of their own home!

===Events of 2155===
At the onset, the Hierarchy consisted of the Kzer-Za, seven [[Battle Thralls]] and four slave shielded worlds; the [[Humans]] were the only [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]] member and the [[Kohr-Ah]] were a superpower. The [[Arilou]], [[Druuge]], [[Orz]], [[Pkunk]] and [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] were all non-aligned while the [[Supox]] and [[Utwig]] had a bilateral alliance.

The Flagship defeats the last remnants of [[Earthguard]]: a disabled Ilrwath [[Avenger]] that was passing the [[Sol]] system, and a frightened [[Spathi]] captain named [[Fwiffo]] who can be persuaded to defect to the Alliance, which in turn helps convince the [[The Safe Ones|Spathi government]] to follow suit.

The Zoq-Fot-Pik were already on the edge of Ur-Quan space, prompting them to initiate contact with the [[Earth Starbase]], which was already becoming the ''de facto'' capital of the New Alliance.

The [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]] involves Earth's two nearest neighbours, the aggressive [[Ilwrath]] Battle Thralls and the playful [[Pkunk]]. The Pkunk are losing badly and tell the Captain that they want to migrate back to [[Yehat]] space to rejoin their sister race. The [[Yehat]] were an Alliance member who defected to the Hierarchy in the later stages of the Slave War by withdrawing from a battle against the Kzer-Za and stranding the [[Shofixti]]. Many of the Starship Clans are deeply ashamed of the this, compounded by the fearless sacrifice by the Shofixti, who caused a mini supernova in their sun that destroyed all of the Kzer-Za ships and the Shofixti race. Their neighbours, the [[VUX]] and [[Mycon]] are both powerful Battle Thralls in a relatively quiet sector of space. The Druuge are a powerful merchant state that has been doing underhanded business with the [[Burvixese]] and [[Utwig]]. The [[Thraddash]] have been ordered by the Kzer-Za to hold position, while the [[Umgah]] have been pulling major pranks despite dealing with a dangerous [[Talking Pet]].

Another major issue facing this corner of the galaxy is the increasing contact with mysterious and powerful red probes that "...come in peace" and then obliterate all ships in their path.

===Events of 2159===
By most accounts, the Kohr-Ah defeat the Kzer-Za in 2159 and begin the Death March to exterminate all life.

If the Captain has been thorough, the Alliance consists of a dozen worlds and the Flagship is a powerful warship; a Pkunk has become Queen of the Yehat, who are again supporting the Alliance; the Shofixti have procreated from the brink of extinction, the Syreen have crippled the Mycon fleet and their Starbase Captain Talana has become the romantic interest of the Captain; the "Dilwrath" and Thraddash annihilated each other in a brief war; the Supox and Utwig have attacked both Ur-Quan races; and the Druuge continue their underhanded business.

If the Captain has been succinct, the New Alliance will boast the Humans, Chmmr, Supox, Syreen and Utwig, with support from the Pkunk.

Whether the Captain has been thorough or succinct, he will need to have a Precursor bomb that the Chmmr will have attached to his Precursor ship that he will pilot into the heart of the Ur-Quan's Precursor ship, the Sa-Matra. If he succeeds at this Final Mission, the Ur-Quan will be defeated and the Slave Shields can be destroyed. If he fails, the Death March will plod on until it reaches its final destination: Earth. If the Captain takes too long, the Kohr-Ah will have exterminated any number of races before the Sa-Matra is destroyed.

===Aftermath===
Again, the sheer number of people claiming to be ''The'' Captain makes it difficult to piece together this history. According to those Captains who have destroyed the Sa-Matra, the Chmmr led the Allies in mopping up the remaining Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za ships. These Captains conveniently woke from an explosion-induced coma in time to see the [[Slave Shield]] come down at [[Earth]] and pursue a relationship with [[Talana]], with whom they retire on Unzervalt. Other Captains tell grisly tales of detonating the Utwig bomb in Deep Space, of surrendering to Ur-Quan forces, or of being destroyed by red spinning probes.

==Belligerents==

===Ur-Quan Hierarchy===
Led by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]], the [[Hierarchy]] is an interstellar empire that follows the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to conquer and enslave all races.

===Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah===
The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] are a sister race of the Kzer-Za and follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all sentient races.

===New Alliance of Free Stars===
Led by the [[Humans]] and following in the footsteps of the original [[Alliance of Free Stars]], the [[New Alliance]] is a guerrilla army comprising many of the races that the Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah seek to enslave or exterminate.

===Unaffiliated races===
A handful of races [[Neutral|never align]] with any of the major factions but participate heavily in the conflict, namely the [[Druuge]], [[Melnorme]] and [[Slylandro]].

==Theatres and Key Battles==
===Theatres===
* [[Doctrinal Conflict|Doctrinal War]] (Kzer-Za vs Kohr-Ah)
* [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]]
* [[Ilwrath-Thraddash war]]
* [[Supox and Utwig offensive against the Kohr-Ah]]
* [[Yehat Revolution]]

===Key Battles===
''non-canonical designations:''
* [[Ambush at Organon|Battle of Organon (Syreen vs Mycon)]]
* [[Battle of Zeta Hyades]] (New Alliance vs Druuge)
* [[Final Mission]]

==Notes and References==
{{note|1}} — This is complete fan fiction and has no connection to the canon at all.
{{note|2}} — Not actually a theory, actually an Umgah joke.
{{note|3}} — Easily the most ridiculous of the three theories.

[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]
[[Category:Kohr-Ah]]
[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Second Doctrinal Conflict

2023-01-03T23:37:44Z

Donutcity: morphology

{{DoctrinalWar
|name=Second Doctrinal War
|image=[[File:Sa-matra generators down.png]]
|caption=The Sa-Matra with generators disabled
|duration=c.2155 - c.2159
|location=our corner of the Galaxy
|result=* Kohr-Ah victory in the second [[Doctrinal Conflict]] * Decisive victory for either New Alliance or Kohr-Ah forces
|belligerent1='''[[New Alliance of Free Stars]]''' 
* [[Human]]
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Chmmr]]
* [[Orz]]
* [[Pkunk]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Supox-Utwig Alliance]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Yehat Rebels]]
* [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]
|belligerent2='''[[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]]'''
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]
* [[Ilwrath]]
* [[Mycon]]
* [[Umgah]]
* [[VUX]]
* [[Yehat|Yehat (Royalists)]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Thraddash]]
|belligerent3=''[[Neutral|unaffiliated races]]'' 
* [[Druuge]]
* [[Melnorme]]
* [[Slylandro]]
|belligerent4='''[[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]]'''
}}

The '''Second Doctrinal Conflict''' or '''Second Doctrinal War''' is a ''non-canonical'' term referring to the events of [[Star Control II]]. It is a major galactic war that synthesises the [[Doctrinal Conflict]] and the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]], bringing nearly two dozen races into three major factions.

==Background==
The '''Doctrinal Conflict''' is an ideological rivalry between the two [[Ur-Quan]] sister species. The military and foreign policies of both subspecies are aggressive and expansionist, but they do not agree on how to treat conquered races. The [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] follow the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to establish an organized imperial structure in which subdued worlds become either subservient Battle Thralls or isolated Fallow Slaves. The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all races. The '''First Doctrinal War''' was waged quite some time ago, with the Kzer-Za emerging victorious after finding the [[Sa-Matra]], a [[Precursor]] ship.

The '''Ur-Quan Slave War''' was Kzer-Za invasion of our corner of the galaxy from AD 2098 to 2134. As the Kzer-Za subjugated worlds and built up the Hierarchy, the [[Chenjesu]] and [[Mmrnmhrm]] formed the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] to counter the threat. The Alliance grew along with the Hierarchy, but was eventually defeated in detail. For twenty years the Kzer-Za ruled our corner of the galaxy, with their imperial Battle Thralls enforcing order over the Fallow Slaves.

==The War==
A Human scientific mission to the [[Vela]] system lost contact with Earth and the Alliance during the war. Isolated, they constructed a [[Precursor]] ship of their own and returned on 17 February 2155 to Earth, under the leadership of [[The Captain]] and hoping to assist the war effort. After learning the fate of the old Alliance, [[The Captain]] and [[Hayes|Starbase Commander Hayes]] establish the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] to finally defeat the Ur-Quan. As the Captain is building the Alliance, he learns of the Kohr-Ah and of their invasion of Kzer-Za space.

The details of the war are difficult to piece together because thousands of people claiming to be "'''The Captain'''" each have varying accounts. It is possible that the Captain of the Flagship endured some sort of transdimensional mitosis on 17 February 2155 as the Flagship entered [[TrueSpace]] at [[Sol]], resulting in thousands of Captains in thousands of dimensions, each tasked with liberating Earth from the Slave Shield and each taking a different path{{ref|1}}. Another theory{{ref|2}} is that the Umgah hacked the Flagship's log and created so many alternate histories that no one is sure which one is correct. A third and and downright cockamamy theory{{ref|3}} has emerged that has no credibility whatsoever: that all of these events are nothing more that a petroleum-age computer game in which the occurrence and chronology are determined by a "player" in the comfort of their own home!

===Events of 2155===
At the onset, the Hierarchy consisted of the Kzer-Za, seven [[Battle Thralls]] and four slave shielded worlds; the [[Humans]] were the only [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]] member and the [[Kohr-Ah]] were a superpower. The [[Arilou]], [[Druuge]], [[Orz]], [[Pkunk]] and [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] were all non-aligned while the [[Supox]] and [[Utwig]] had a bilateral alliance.

The Flagship defeats the last remnants of [[Earthguard]]: a disabled Ilrwath [[Avenger]] that was passing the [[Sol]] system, and a frightened [[Spathi]] captain named [[Fwiffo]] who can be persuaded to defect to the Alliance, which in turn helps convince the [[The Safe Ones|Spathi government]] to follow suit.

The Zoq-Fot-Pik were already on the edge of Ur-Quan space, prompting them to initiate contact with the [[Earth Starbase]], which was already becoming the ''de facto'' capital of the New Alliance.

The [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]] involves Earth's two nearest neighbours, the aggressive [[Ilwrath]] Battle Thralls and the playful [[Pkunk]]. The Pkunk are losing badly and tell the Captain that they want to migrate back to [[Yehat]] space to rejoin their sister race. The [[Yehat]] were an Alliance member who defected to the Hierarchy in the later stages of the Slave War by withdrawing from a battle against the Kzer-Za and stranding the [[Shofixti]]. Many of the Starship Clans are deeply ashamed of the this, compounded by the fearless sacrifice by the Shofixti, who caused a mini supernova in their sun that destroyed all of the Kzer-Za ships and the Shofixti race. Their neighbours, the [[VUX]] and [[Mycon]] are both powerful Battle Thralls in a relatively quiet sector of space. The Druuge are a powerful merchant state that has been doing underhanded business with the [[Burvixese]] and [[Utwig]]. The [[Thraddash]] have been ordered by the Kzer-Za to hold position, while the [[Umgah]] have been pulling major pranks despite dealing with a dangerous [[Talking Pet]].

Another major issue facing this corner of the galaxy is the increasing contact with mysterious and powerful red probes that "...come in peace" and then obliterate all ships in their path.

===Events of 2159===
By most accounts, the Kohr-Ah defeat the Kzer-Za in 2159 and begin the Death March to exterminate all life.

If the Captain has been thorough, the Alliance consists of a dozen worlds and the Flagship is a powerful warship; a Pkunk has become Queen of the Yehat, who are again supporting the Alliance; the Shofixti have procreated from the brink of extinction, the Syreen have crippled the Mycon fleet and their Starbase Captain Talana has become the romantic interest of the Captain; the "Dilwrath" and Thraddash annihilated each other in a brief war; the Supox and Utwig have attacked both Ur-Quan races; and the Druuge continue their underhanded business.

If the Captain has been succinct, the New Alliance will boast the Humans, Chmmr, Supox, Syreen and Utwig, with support from the Pkunk.

Whether the Captain has been thorough or succinct, he will need to have a Precursor bomb that the Chmmr will have attached to his Precursor ship that he will pilot into the heart of the Ur-Quan's Precursor ship, the Sa-Matra. If he succeeds at this Final Mission, the Ur-Quan will be defeated and the Slave Shields can be destroyed. If he fails, the Death March will plod on until it reaches its final destination: Earth. If the Captain takes too long, the Kohr-Ah will have exterminated any number of races before the Sa-Matra is destroyed.

===Aftermath===
Again, the sheer number of people claiming to be ''The'' Captain makes it difficult to piece together this history. According to those Captains who have destroyed the Sa-Matra, the Chmmr led the Allies in mopping up the remaining Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za ships. These Captains conveniently woke from an explosion-induced coma in time to see the [[Slave Shield]] come down at [[Earth]] and pursue a relationship with [[Talana]], with whom they retire on Unzervalt. Other Captains tell grisly tales of detonating the Utwig bomb in Deep Space, of surrendering to Ur-Quan forces, or of being destroyed by red spinning probes.

==Belligerents==

===Ur-Quan Hierarchy===
Led by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]], the [[Hierarchy]] is an interstellar empire that follows the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to conquer and enslave all races.

===Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah===
The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] are a sister race of the Kzer-Za and follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all sentient races.

===New Alliance of Free Stars===
Led by the [[Humans]] and following in the footsteps of the original [[Alliance of Free Stars]], the [[New Alliance]] is a guerrilla army comprising many of the races that the Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah seek to enslave or exterminate.

===Unaffiliated races===
A handful of races [[Neutral|never align]] with any of the major factions but participate heavily in the conflict, namely the [[Druuge]], [[Melnorme]] and [[Slylandro]].

==Theatres and Key Battles==
===Theatres===
* [[Doctrinal Conflict|Doctrinal War]] (Kzer-Za vs Kohr-Ah)
* [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]]
* [[Ilwrath-Thraddash war]]
* [[Supox and Utwig offensive against the Kohr-Ah]]
* [[Yehat Revolution]]

===Key Battles===
''non-canonical designations:''
* [[Ambush at Organon|Battle of Organon (Syreen vs Mycon)]]
* [[Battle of Zeta Hyades]] (New Alliance vs Druuge)
* [[Final Mission]]

==Notes and References==
{{note|1}} — This is complete fan fiction and has no connection to the canon at all.
{{note|2}} — Not actually a theory, actually an Umgah joke.
{{note|3}} — Easily the most ridiculous of the three theories.

[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]
[[Category:Kohr-Ah]]
[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Ur-Quan

2023-01-03T23:36:22Z

Donutcity: capitalized title

{{UrQuanNav}}

:''This page is about the Ur-Quan species as a whole. See [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] and [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] for more specific information on the two modern subspecies.''

The '''Ur-Quan''' are one of the oldest species known to the [[Alliance]] and are by far the greatest political and military power known to the galaxy for the past twenty millennia. Until their recent defeat by the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] they were the dominant force in our galaxy, and countless sentient races' development have been halted by enslavement or genocide at their hands.

The Ur-Quan as we know them today are divided into two subspecies, the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] and the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]], which form separate cultural and political units and are thus treated in separate articles. This article is about the Ur-Quan species as a whole, including their development before the formal creation of the Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah subraces. For details on the separate cultural paths taken by the Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah, see the relevant articles.

==Physiology==

The Ur-Quan originally resembled externally a brown, 10-meter-long and 2-meter-thick variation of the predatory caterpillars native to [[Earth]]'s Hawaiian Islands.

They have long, multisegmented bodies with four arms protruding from the frontal segment; they also have clawed legs on the posterior section of their bodies, which they use for clinging to the ceiling, while the anterior legs are longer and can function as grippers and manipulators.

The Ur-Quan's most anterior body segment, or its head, possesses a plethora of sensory organs, giving their face a wide variety of horrific expressions.

Unlike many sentient species, the Ur-Quan were not social animals; they were, instead, solitary hunters, with all of their very limited repertoire of social instincts relegated to the field of sex and reproduction. Ur-Quan individuals were instinctively fiercely territorial against each other and against most other species, which they either hunted as food or chased off as potential predators or rivals.

==History==
===Evolution and civilization===
The Ur-Quan evolved on a harsh, hostile world outside the region of space mapped by the [[Chenjesu]], competing for survival with a variety of physically-superior species (according to the [[Melnorme]]) before developing tools to cope with them. Either contradicting this account or referring to a later period, the Kohr-Ah characterize their early existence as "a world where one species is the dominant killer, one's only threat is one's brother, one's sister, anyone of one's species", suggesting a situation that hindered the development of civilization. They were solitary hunters who had to defeat their strong territorial nature, and the deep hatred between each other, to found a mighty technological culture.

===Sentient Milieu===
The Ur-Quan eventually learned to harness nuclear energy, and used this technology to create vehicles capable of traveling through interplanetary space. Having begun to explore their solar system, they were contacted by the [[Taalo]], who had just discovered them and considered them as potential members of the [[Sentient Milieu]]. The Ur-Quan at first reacted with panic and fear, initiating combat against the Taalo vessels as possible attackers or conquerors; the Taalo, however, understanding the Ur-Quan's genetic predisposition to xenophobia, remained patient. Upon finally opening negotiations with the Taalo, the Ur-Quan were shocked to discover that confronting the Taalo face-to-face did not trigger their instincts of territoriality as did all other animal species, thanks to the Taalo's unique physiology that caused them to appear as no more than simple rocks.

The shock of their newfound ability to communicate as equals with other sentients without being tormented with feelings of terror and hatred -- something the Ur-Quan still had to struggle with among themselves -- was enough to make the Ur-Quan amenable to the Taalo's proposal to join the Milieu. The Ur-Quan soon registered as Sentient Milieu members and, though their instincts still made them unable to interact peacefully with the other members of the Milieu, were eager to find a useful role within the Milieu cooperative. The Ur-Quan soon found that they made ideal Milieu scouts; individual Ur-Quan could not only tolerate but enjoyed the prospect of piloting tiny, single-occupant ships to uncharted regions of the galaxy to report their findings, and the many Ur-Quan scouts gathered huge amounts of data, exploring great chunks of uncharted space.

===Dnyarri Slave Empire===
Then as now, the primary mystery most sentient species sought to investigate was the disappearance of the [[Precursors]]. The Ur-Quan scouts were a new and invaluable asset in searching for Precursor artifacts.

One Ur-Quan scout discovered a planet, later known as [[Glilandy]], that showed readings particularly reminiscent of Precursor artifacts. Unfortunately, those readings turned out to be generated by the emanations of an incredibly powerful race of psychic sentients known as the [[Dnyarri]]. Ur-Quan minds are particularly susceptible to psychic manipulation, and at the very moment the Ur-Quan scout landed on the planet, his mind was seized by the Dnyarri and examined. Learning of the immense wealth of resources and labor to be had in the Sentient Milieu, the Dnyarri forced the Ur-Quan to return to the Milieu capital planet with hundreds of Dnyarri as cargo, and within a month the Dnyarri had seized control of all Milieu races and spread themselves throughout the Milieu, using the industry of a hundred worlds for their own vulgar amusements.

The Taalo were immune to Dnyarri control; thus, they had to resort to brute force for dealing with them. The Dnyarri compelled the other Milieu races to raze the Taalo homeworld. The Taalo did not fight back (though it is possible that they fled to [[*Pretty Space*]]). To this day, the Ur-Quan still feel guilty for this barbarous act, even though they were under mental control and had no choice.

The easily compelled Ur-Quan were the favoured slaves of the Dnyarri, and the agents of the extermination of several races deemed "worthless" due to their inefficiency and lack of speed, such as the [[Drall]] and the [[Yuli]].

As time went on, the Dnyarri decided to use the Ur-Quan's own science to genetically engineer the Ur-Quan into physically distinct subspecies or castes to perform certain tasks. One group of Ur-Quan were optimized for intellectual tasks, performing scientific and engineering research to improve the Slave Empire's infrastructure and conducting administration and management on the Dnyarri's behalf. The other Ur-Quan, meant to serve as manual laborers and soldiers, were optimized for strength and diligence in performing manual tasks. The brown exterior of the Ur-Quan originally disappeared in these genetic alterations, leaving the administrative Ur-Quan with a green skin, and the workers with a black skin.

===Slave revolt===
After twenty five centuries, the Dnyarri grew lax in their dominance, and loosened the mental chains connecting them with their slaves, at times even allowing temporary moments of self-control. A Green Ur-Quan scientist named [[Kzer-Za (Character)|Kzer-Za]], during such a moment, realized that the Dnyarri masters disconnected from dying slaves in order to avoid being dragged down into death as well. Once Kzer-Za was assured of this fact, he seized an opportune moment to inject himself with a lethal dose of acidic poison. His extreme pain and impending death forcing the Dnyarri to release his mind, Kzer-Za broadcast an extremely powerful transmission across the whole planet and into space, making public his discoveries.

Upon hearing Kzer-Za's message, Ur-Quan everywhere began a mass movement, seizing any moment of weakness on the part of the Dnyarri to injure themselves in any way possible, inflicting whatever pain and physical trauma was necessary to distract the local Dnyarri controller enough to track it down and kill it. The Ur-Quan gained longer and longer periods of self-control, during which they developed a variety of torture devices such as the [[Excruciator (Ur-Quan)|Excruciator]], a device that could be implanted in an Ur-Quan brain and provided gruesome levels of agony that left the Ur-Quan physically functional yet continuously protected against psychic domination.

The Ur-Quan finally succeeded in purging the Slave Empire of the Dnyarri. Only a few scattered, terrified Dnyarri remained, on the planet Glilandy, for which the Ur-Quan decided that death was not fitting enough a punishment. Instead, the Ur-Quan used their genetic engineering skills to transform the Dnyarri into nonsentient biological tools, the Talking Pets, to perform the most demeaning task of translating to and from the languages of alien races, whom the Ur-Quan now deemed grossly inferior.

All of the surviving Ur-Quan rebels had only survived by subjecting themselves to intense, continuous pain for years. Driven by a deep, core conviction that their enslavement was an aberration that must never happen again, and that had been allowed to happen by the Ur-Quan's weakness in allowing other species to exist freely, they established two radical, different paths to ensure their eternal freedom. However, while the two resulting paths appear overtly insane to other sentients, the enslavement by the Dnyarri and the induced pain necessary for revolt significantly traumatized the Ur-Quan race as a whole such that they see the paths as internally reasonable and acceptable behavior.{{ref|1}}

===Doctrinal Conflict===
The Green Ur-Quan, as natural administrators, came up with a sophisticated blueprint for future cultural development known as the [[Path of Now and Forever]]. They named their new civilization the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za after the martyred scientist-hero, and were able to construct a unique form of force field called a [[slave shield]], with which they hoped to eventually contain all species that would not actively submit to Ur-Quan dominance. Facing one of the remaining Milieu members, the [[Faz]], with this choice, the Faz chose to be slave-shielded.

At this time, however, the Black Ur-Quan rebelled against the idea of being controlled by Green Ur-Quan theory. They viewed the Green as having become effete and weakened by their position as administrators for the Dnyarri, and viewed themselves, who had done most of the actual labor in maintaining the Empire, as more worthy. One of the Black leaders, a fleet commander and military hero of the Slave Revolt named [[Kohr-Ah (Character)|Kohr-Ah]], came forward with his own [[Eternal Doctrine]], challenging the Path of Now and Forever's complexity and claiming true safety could only be assured by the simple destruction of all other species. The Black Ur-Quan enthusiastically responded to Kohr-Ah's proposal and formed their own civilization based on his principles and named after him, starting with the genocide of the [[Yuptar]].

The newly named Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah races confronted each other over the homeworld of the last remaining Milieu race, the [[Mael-Num]], thus allowing them to escape. Neither side willing to submit, they began the great [[Doctrinal War]], and, their forces evenly matched, would have destroyed each other had the Kzer-Za not found by chance a great, powerful Precursor Battleship which they called the [[Sa-Matra]], with which they sliced through the Kohr-Ah fleets in days. Unwilling to destroy their brothers or be too confident in the rightness of their doctrine, however, the Kzer-Za came to an agreement with the Kohr-Ah that they and their doctrines would coexist and would periodically ritually re-fight the Doctrinal War to determine which of the two cultures would dominate the other. They thus traveled in opposite directions around the galaxy, the Kzer-Za leaving behind a trail of enslaved civilizations, and the Kohr-Ah leaving a trail of dead worlds. Many thousands of civilizations have tried and failed to resist the Ur-Quan, who have leveraged their immensely developed technological achievements into an ability to efficiently organize a [[Hierarchy]] of conquests in the Kzer-Za case or efficiently and precisely destroy civilizations outright in the Kohr-Ah case.

No developing civilization was able to survive the assault of the technologically superior and strongly motivated Ur-Quan subspecies until they met again and fought their second Doctrinal War when, during the events of [[Star Control II]], the species of the New Alliance of Free Stars were able to use the distraction afforded by their war with each other to find a way to destroy the [[Sa-Matra]] and defeat both Ur-Quan subspecies. The defeat of the Ur-Quan marks the first chance in twenty thousand years for new civilizations to develop without the looming threat of being cut short by an Ur-Quan fleet.

Reports vary on the fate of the Ur-Quan race after the destruction of the Sa-Matra. One report states that the remnants Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah fleets fled towards the [[Wikipedia:Magellanic_Clouds|Magellanic clouds]]. While another claims that the Ur-Quan fleets fell into disarray and were defeated by [[Chmmr]] and [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]] forces. In either of these outcomes, it is uncertain how or even if either Ur-Quan subspecies will adapt their doctrine to deal with the new galactic society.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''[[Paul Reiche III]], describing the Ur-Quan, stated, "My own take on [them] came from my relationships with people who had experienced significant childhood abuse and how those traumas produced distinctly odd behaviors in adults. [Their] doctrines were the overtly crazy but internally reasonable responses to their treatment by the Dynarri, and the pain they had to endure to win their freedom from slavery." ([http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_29/176-Late-1980s-and-Beyond The Escapist, "The 1980s and Beyond"])''

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|name=Human
|image=[[File:HumanCaptain_Portrait.png]]
|caption=Human crew on the bridge of a Cruiser.
|homeworld=[[Sol]] III ([[Earth]])
|coordinates=175.2 : 145.0
|organizations=[[Alliance of Free Stars]] (2116-2134), [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy|Hierarchy Fallow Slave]] (2134- c.2159), [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] (founder 2155-)
|ship=[[Cruiser]]
}}

'''Humans''', also known as ''[[Earthling|Earthlings]]'', and ''Hunams'' (by the [[Spathi]]), are a relatively young race native to [[Earth]], the third planet of the [[Sol]] system.

==Biology==
Humans descended from primates: omnivorous social creatures that had to co-operate and use clever strategies to scrounge food and defend themselves from larger predators. Physically, humans are similar to many (though not all) spacefaring species, including a bipedal configuration with mobile graspers (hands and feet) with a wide range of motion and a dedicated sensory appendage (a ''coconut'' or "head"). The Humans describe this physiology as ''humanoid''. (Perhaps the [[Syreen]] could use the term ''Syrenoid''. {{ref|2}})

The Earthlings have managed to evolve a decent technological culture in a relatively short time with no assistance or uplifting from any other sentient race (although they have been the subject of [[Arilou Lalee'lay]] experiments).

==Government==
Earth was administered by a confederal system called the [[United Nations]] until 2134 when it was conquered by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] during the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]]. The Humans chose to take the [[Oath of Fealty]] and were incorporated into the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]] as [[Fallow Slave|Fallow Slaves]]. It is unknown what type of global administration has developed under the [[Slave Shield]].

A clandestine scientific expedition on [[Unzervalt]] lost contact with Earth during the Slave War and evolved into the only known colony of free humans. On 17 February 2155, a [[The Flagship|ship from Unzervalt]] arrived at Earth made contact with the other Humans aboard the [[Earth Starbase|Starbase]]. The partnership between the Flagship and Starbase represented the only free Humans; the administration could be classified as a provisional military government.

==History==
===Recent history===
In the last few centuries of pre-interstellar Human development (the 18th to 20th centuries), Human technological progress and industrial development exploded at an amazing rate. As Earth developed increasingly powerful radio transmission capabilities in the 1930s, these broadcasts were detected by various races, such as the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]], who began to form plans of attacking Earth as early as 1940.{{ref|4}} Meanwhile, other races, such as the [[Chenjesu]], prepared themselves to warn the Humans of this threat though they still deemed the Humans insufficiently prepared to assist in any organized opposition to the coming threat. Since neither the Chenjesu nor any other alien species would openly contact Earth until many years later, Humans were forced to make the difficult transition to a high-technological society on their own, a fact that has earned them respect from species like the [[Yehat]]. Still, the other alien races native to the Humans' region of space also watched with interest and surprise, as the Humans quickly developed into a nascent spacefaring race.

However, as these technological advances were made, the Human civilization continued to be mired in inter-nation conflicts as it had been since Humanity's early history. This pattern was finally shattered by the [[Small War of 2015]], in which several Middle Eastern nations initiated a strategic nuclear exchange of fewer than a dozen missiles. Even the use of such a small percentage of the available nuclear arsenals killed almost a million Humans, however. This shocking catastrophe finally provided the spur for Humans to overcome their deep-seated ideological disagreements. The leaders of the industrialized nations and the Third World, meeting in the United Nations headquarters in New York, decided to take action. Within six months, the UN Security Council had established a large peacekeeping army, and decided to confiscate all mass destruction weapons from all around the globe. The disassembled components of the mass destruction weapons were stored in giant subterranean [[Peace Vault]]s. Other actions taken by the UN included forbidding both weapon research and the sale of smaller arms, and closely monitoring laser applications to prevent the design of dangerous weapons. A ten-year concerted effort by the United Nations and the leaders of its member states finally led to the abolition of intraspecies war among Humans in the year 2025.

It was in this time that the Humans gave rise to the [[Androsynth]], a race of artificial clones of Humans, whose right to be recognized as fellow Humans had been withdrawn due to a wave of religious hysteria. Their enhanced strength and intelligence as well as their easily exploitable legal status made them highly useful tools for Humans in the coming century of high technological development.

It was in the 21st century that human sublight space travel became highly advanced, allowing Humans to explore, exploit and colonize most of their own inner star system, concentrated mostly in factory bases on their own satellite, Luna, and in the asteroid belt between the inner and outer systems. The United Nations formed its first major new military arm since the Peacekeeping Army, a space-based regulatory office known as [[Star Control (Organization)|Star Control]], established with a permanent headquarters in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Humans began working on discovering the secret of [[HyperSpace]] travel; unfortunately for them, the highest-level workers on [[hyperdrive]] included many Androsynth, and in the [[Slave Revolt of 2085]] all Androsynth, with the help of Human sympathizers, managed to successfully hijack all of Earth's orbital space stations. The Androsynth used their high intelligence and the many technological secrets they had hoarded from their masters to modify the space station's equipment into technology far beyond anything Humans had yet seen; defending themselves from Star Control forces with powerful MASER weapons, they soon created the first hyperdrive systems known in Sol space and pushed up out of Human history for the rest of the century.

===First Contact===
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It was at the beginning of the 22nd century when Humans first made contact with a truly alien race.{{ref|3}} The [[Chenjesu]], who had been aware of Humanity since the 1930s, now saw that the situation with the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] had grown desperate; Ur-Quan hostilities had broken out within range of Sol and, though great in technological sophistication, the Chenjesu and their [[Mmrnmhrm]] allies lacked the resources and labor to expand their fleets quickly enough to match the swelling [[Hierarchy]] of [[Battle Thralls]], while their new [[Yehat]] and [[Shofixti]] allies were still too far away to assist in the main conflict. As a race with a large population, powerful industrial technology, and easy access to many natural resources, the Humans were the ally the Chenjesu desperately needed. In 2112, Humans had pushed out the farthest they ever had from their sun, building a major installation on the dwarf planet Ceres. Then, a messenger ship from the Chenjesu accosted the Humans at [[Ceres Base]], begging for their help in what they termed the "Great Crucible of Sentience".

The Humans were immensely shell-shocked, having been in the unusual state of utter isolation from alien races for their whole history. They rallied admirably, though, and spent the next several months consulting with Chenjesu ambassadors about the full extent of the atrocities, consulting recordings of the Ur-Quan in action and sending delegations to travel through HyperSpace with the Chenjesu to visit worlds that had already been devastated by Ur-Quan attack. Finally, the Humans agreed among themselves to join the Chenjesu cause. On August 1, 2116, the highest official of the United Nations, High Provost [[Ivana Or-Kachov]], along with [[Star Control (Organization)|Star Control]]'s General [[Juan O'Reilly]], signed a concord with the [[Alliance of Free Stars]]' civilian Secretary of Space [[Zeep-Zeep]] (of the Yehat) and Commander-in-Chief [[Bzrrak Ktazzz]] (of the Chenjesu) pledging Earth's full commitment to the war in return for Alliance protection.

The speed with which Humans were thrust into such a perilous situation without even a basic experience in dealing with other sentient races may have contributed to such diplomatic blunders as the disastrous Human/[[Syreen]] crew exchange, an accidental human attack on an [[Arilou Lalee'lay|Arilou]] fleet, and the Great [[Insult]] that poisoned relations with the [[VUX]]. Nonetheless the Human industrial base became crucial in the war effort; a massive, worldwide effort was made to reignite the engines of war formerly concentrated in the nation of the United States of America. In a nod both to expediency and tradition, the final assembly centers for the new starships of Earth were established in the city of Detroit, Michigan, long a bastion of Earth's heavy industry. Additionally, it was Star Control's [[SSRII|Synthetic Special Reconstruction and Intergalactic Intelligence]] division that pieced together diverse data to come up with the first detailed profiles on Hierarchy races available to the Alliance — though these profiles have since been shown to be somewhat flawed and biased. Star Control itself in this era became one of the major operations centers of the Alliance, directing many fleets of many races.

Interestingly, it was Earth's entrance into the Alliance that coincided with the sudden appearance of a fleet of the Arilou Lalee'lay, a race no other race had ever encountered before, around Luna with desires to join the Alliance. Suspicions of some connection between the Arilou and Humans seem to have been borne out by recent events.

Humans fought bravely in the war, producing a relatively crude but numerous and flexible fleet that fought on multiple fronts, while also providing many officers and crew for allied fleets. Those who had chosen to maintain the Peace Vaults in the first days of the Peacekeeping Army were vindicated; even the Chenjesu were shocked by the total destructive power represented by the sheer number of the old alliances' nuclear warheads and the United States' half-finished orbital laser defense systems. Primitive as they were, refitted for ship-to-ship combat they became the reliable and ubiquitous weapons system of the Earthling [[Cruiser]].

Unfortunately, the Alliance proved unable to hold off the Hierarchy forces forever, and once the [[Sa-Matra]] came into play the Alliance was doomed. The Ur-Quan Kzer-Za, having very little respect for the complex bureaucratic jumble that characterized human government, insisted that the human terms of surrender be decided upon by a purely democratic vote, which led to humans becoming a [[slave shield|slave-shield]]ed fallow species in the year 2134.
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===After the War===
By chance, however, it had been a Human expedition that went to the [[Precursor]] ruins on [[Vela]] 1 in that same year, just before the war ended; when the Humans were marooned there, the world was renamed [[Unzervalt]] ("Our World"). The story is well known of how the Humans activated the Precursor factory there and created a great [[The Flagship|Precursor ship]], the equivalent of an all-purpose cruiser/service tug, which they managed to send away from the planet before they were discovered and shielded by the Ur-Quan. It was this Precursor ship, The Flagship, commanded by the famous young [[The Captain|Captain]], that returns to Earth in 2155 and joins with Commander [[Hayes]] of the [[Earth Starbase|Hierarchy Starbase]] maintained in Earth orbit, launching a series of guerrilla actions against the Hierarchy. The ragtag fleet known as the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] is lead by these Humans for most of its career, and it is their actions that eventually lead to the downfall of both Ur-Quan subspecies in 2159, freeing the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Kzer-Za]] slaves and preventing a wholesale [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] genocide. For all their faults, the free races of the galaxy owe the Humans a great debt.

==Relations with other races==
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===Arilou===
The most interesting connection Humans have with other races, however, is with the [[Arilou Lalee'lay]]; indeed, the name "Arilou Lalee'lay" is a name from an ancient human culture, the Celts. Though there was little opportunity to discuss this matter during the war, from the Arilou's first appearance Humans recognized the appearance of Arilou and Arilou Skiffs as being identical to those of the beings from the human 20th century known as "Roswell Grays" and their vessels, "flying saucers". Recent Human history was peppered with incidents of Humans claiming to have observed disc-shaped alien craft traveling through the atmosphere (such as in the famous incident over Roswell, New Mexico), even of memories of being captured, studied and modified by small, mysterious beings inside such craft, often resulting in repeated visits to check up on the progress of their "patients", sometimes resulting in mysterious and sudden pregnancies. Though often dismissed as cases of hysteria and rumor -- as was, indeed, often the case, the so-called "flying saucer craze" or "UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) craze" becoming one of the greatest human fads of the late twentieth century -- modern investigations found top-secret records from studies conducted by that time's national governments, such as the United States Army's Project Blue Book, of legitimate, unexplainable instances of encounters with aliens whose descriptions exactly matched the Arilou. On closer investigation, vaguer references from Humans' past about such creatures as elves, faerie, duendes, and so on seem to resonate with the modern stories of UFOs.

Widespread suspicion and hostility toward the Arilou continued throughout the course of the war, and during the Second War, when the Arilou reappeared as The Captain's personal benefactors, he was able to confront them about these rumors, which, surprisingly, they gladly confirmed, naming themselves as the elves and Roswell Grays of Human mythology, though maddeningly reluctant to give specific details.

It now seems undeniable that Humans' reputation for being an isolated race with no outside contact was exaggerated; indeed, that very situation may have been purposely engineered by the one race that had a close and continued yet clandestine and one-sided relationship with Humans for their whole history. The Arilou have implied they have been intimately involved with the development of the human species from the very beginning, perhaps being responsible for the evolution of the human species itself, or at least for the origins of Human civilization; we know that their only real purpose in joining the Alliance was to protect Humanity from possible total destruction, and after the slave-shielding of Earth they immediately withdrew. The Arilou hold a paternal attitude toward Humans which they insist is benevolent; they seem to have, in a series of carefully timed interventions, been steering the human race toward a specific destiny, as the Arilou's tools — or perhaps their heirs. For this purpose the main procedure seems to have been the careful crafting of the structure of Human instinct (instinct being a characteristic the Arilou claim to entirely lack) through both genetic and social engineering. The Arilou claim to have been primarily responsible for preventing Human interaction with extra-dimensional entities like the [[Orz]], the perils of which very quickly consumed the [[Androsynth]] after their separation from the main Human species. Some even speculate a connection between the Arilou and The Captain's affinity for Precursor technology that made the Second War possible, given that the Arilou claimed to have visited Unzervalt close to the time of The Captain's birth.

===Ilwrath===
Some of Human personality traits may come from their status as "naked apes", having a highly flexible body capable of using many tools but itself greatly lacking in resilience or natural defenses, compared to races with protective exoskeletons or natural venom weapons. One consequence of this combination of their relatively high awareness of danger with relatively vulnerable bodies is that the Humans' potential for the experience of pain and fear is very high, making them a favorite victim of [[Ilwrath]] religious rituals.

===Syreen===
Arilou engineering might lend an explanation to the odd relationship Humans have with the [[Syreen]]; the two species are physiologically almost identical, the only difference being a blue-colored element in Syreen skin pigmentation and various signs of their having been adapted to a higher-temperature climate; moreover, the two species are ''genetically'' almost identical, and have in fact proven to be cross-fertile and capable of sexual reproduction. For this to be a coincidence of convergent evolution is statistically impossible, and indicates the two races must have a common ancestor and must have been separated very recently in their evolutionary history. The obvious explanation is that the Arilou either took Syreen stock to Earth to begin breeding Humans or Human stock to Syra to begin breeding Syreen -- Arilou attitudes toward the two indicate the former is more probably true.

If this is so, there is a very good chance that the Syreen either function as a control group for the Arilou/Human experiment, or else are simply an abandoned original population. Indeed, the Arilou fleet, which had been accompanying the Syreen fleet at the end of the Second War, vanished to leave the Syreen defenseless once they heard the Humans had been safely slave-shielded, indicating their lack of interest in the Syreen.

This relationship appears even more likely when we examine the resemblance Syreen society bears to Human society. The Syreen's natural mode of existence, based on peaceful cooperation, balanced and harmonious relationships with natural forces, and strong appreciation of sensual and aesthetic pleasures closely resembles the paradise long dreamt of by Human mystics and philosophers and striven for by Human political reformers, but never achieved in Human history. Syreen historical development followed a path of combining hunter-gatherer tribes into agricultural collectives, until society was unified into a peaceful agrarian super-community. Humans, for some reason, never experienced this sociological transformation; the Agricultural Revolution, rather than putting military dominance and political power into the hands of a collective agrarian system, instead served to funnel resources to the hunting and raiding cultures, whose competitive, expansionist cultural system absorbed the agrarian societies and forced them into a resource-hoarding, conquest-seeking model of society, leading to the system of militaristic empires and nation-states that defined Earth history.

Furthermore, the Syreen, like the Humans, defined much of their society's roles based on a gender binary based on sex, but unlike in Humans, in Syreen society the feminine dominated the masculine. Human society almost became the inverse of the Syreen, with the masculine, for most of their history, seen as having natural priority over the feminine, so that Earth's leadership and military even now is male-dominated, just as the Syreen's was female-dominated.

Humans, in other words, lived as though they had the instincts and ecological niche of predators like the Yehat, even though their ecological niche as farmers and builders should have created a Syreen-like society. It seems plausible that this is the Arilou's doing, using the Humans' combined desire for prosperity in peacetime and victory in wartime in order to push the Humans to great technological sophistication far in advance of the unaltered Syreen.

The molding of Humans into a high-technology competitive society may also be responsible for another major difference between Humans and Syreen; though Humans have long been known to have detectable psychic potential, training in the use of psychic abilities has never existed beyond the most rudimentary degree in Human society, while in Syreen society it has been commonplace and formed part of the basis for the Syreen's complex rituals of social interaction, as well as being the technological foundation of the Syreen's defense systems.

===VUX===
Interestingly, the [[VUX]] race has had a highly negative history with Humans. The VUX race appears highly distasteful to Human eyes, and Humans had long regarded Captain [[Jeffry L. Rand]]'s inadvertent insult of a VUX captain as one of their greatest diplomatic missteps. However, it later transpired that the VUX culture, placing far more emphasis on vanity and personal appearance than Humans did, was repelled by Human appearance to a far greater degree, and the VUX had only played up the incident of the Insult to justify their own irrational desire to destroy the Human species because of their visceral reaction to its appearance.

===Yehat===
The Humans share an unusually strong fraternal bond with the [[Yehat]]. The Yehat found a great deal more in common with the Humans than with other races, greatly respecting the fact that Humans, like the Yehat, had progressed to the age of space travel through a bloody history of intraspecies war and cultural conflict without the civilizing influence of "higher" races. Humans' similar long experience with warfare had led them to develop a concept of "honor", strong personal integrity among even enemies, similar to the code that formed the basis of Yehat law and morality. The Yehat thus saw the Humans as spiritual siblings, and in communication with Humans, they consciously chose to reference many of their cultural concepts with similar concepts from Human history, primarily the milieu of medieval Europe. Similarly, they drew many parallels between the hybrid culture that their [[Shofixti]] charges developed and that of feudal Japan. The Captain's own Human upbringing gave him enough sympathy for the Yehat, and enough Yehat sympathy for him, that he was able to successfully engineer the [[Yehat Revolution]] against their Ur-Quan-allied [[Veep-Neep Dynasty|Veep-Neep]] rulers in the Second War.
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==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''The Melnorme greeting (when hostile) "You have disappointed us, though to be truthful we had some hints that our relationship would be difficult at first due to your species' emotional immaturity," and the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za reply to a line of The Captain (after being compelled by the neo-Dnyarri to seek death at the hands of the Ur-Quan) "We have been lenient with your species, because you are so immature. Now this attitude has changed. You WILL be held responsible for your malfeasance!"''
{{note|2}} ''Non-canonical term''
{{note|3}}''[[Star Control II]] manual, pg. 6 (PC) or pg. 2 (3DO)''
{{note|4}}''Both Commander [[Hayes]] and the 3DO manual (pg. 2) give the year of first contact as 2112. The PC manual (pg. 10) states that Ceres Base was built in 2112 and the Chenjesu made first contact three years later.

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Ceres Base

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'''Ceres Base''', alternatively known also as '''Ceres Station''', built in 2112 on the dwarf planet Ceres, in the Asteroid Belt, was the largest and most remote [[Human]] settlement prior to the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]].

In either 2112 or 2115{{ref|1}}, the [[Chenjesu]] appeared at this installation, initiating the Human's first extraterrestrial contact, leading to [[Earth]]'s participation in the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] in the war against the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]], and Ceres Base's emergence as Earth's primary outpost in the Belt.

After the Chenjesu and [[Mmrnmhrm]] were defeated in 2134, the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] proceeded to methodically conquer the remaining Alliance races. Weeks later, Ceres Base was destroyed and Earth was soon enclosed in the Slave Shield.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''Both Commander [[Hayes]] and the 3DO manual give the year of first contact as 2112. The PC manual states that Ceres Base was built in 2112 and the Chenjesu made first contact three years later.''

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Ceres Base

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'''Ceres Base''', alternatively known also as '''Ceres Station''', represented the greatest accomplishment of [[Human]] race in colonizing space prior to the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]]. Built in 2112 on the asteroid Ceres, it was the largest and most remote installation at the time. The [[Chenjesu]] appeared at this base and initiated humanity's first extraterrestrial contact, in either 2112 or 2115.{{ref|1}} This led to [[Earth]]'s participation in the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] and the war with the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]]. During the war, Ceres Base became Earth's primary outpost in the Asteroid Belt. Once the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] defeated the Chenjesu and [[Mmrnmhrm]] forces in 2134, they proceeded to methodically conquer the remaining Alliance races, including the Humans. It was not until a few weeks later, when Ceres Base fell to the Hierarchy, that humanity realized the impossibility of winning the war. Three days after the fall of this outpost, the Ur-Quan decisively conquered Earth.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''Both Commander [[Hayes]] and the 3DO manual give the year of first contact as 2112. The PC manual states that Ceres Base was built in 2112 and the Chenjesu made first contact three years later.''

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Orz

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|name=Orz
|image=[[File:OrzComm.png]]
|caption=Orz *fingers*
|homeworld=[[Gamma Vulpeculae I]]
|coordinates=371.3 : 253.7
|organizations=[[New Alliance of Free Stars]] [[Neutral|(optional)]]
|ship=[[Nemesis]]
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The '''Orz''' (pronounced {{IPA|/ɒz/}} or {{IPA|/oɹz/}}) are — is — an alien species/projections of an extradimensional entity first encountered by [[The Captain]] in former [[Androsynth]] space. Despite a notable distaste for the human-derived Androsynth and for the mysterious [[Arilou]], the Orz would happily join with the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] and provide [[the Captain]] with their powerful [[Nemesis]] starship designs, if desired.

==Description==

Orz appear as gill-breathers who resemble yellow parrotfishes with eyestalks, though it is not known if this is their actual true form (or if such terms are actually applicable to them). Direct conversation with Orz, despite the translation difficulties, usually leads to the conclusion that the Orz come from another dimension; additionally the [[Arilou]] describe the Orz as "dimensional travellers." When asked about their origins, the Orz explain that, though both the Arilou and the Orz are from the *outside*, the Arilou are from *above* while the Orz are from [[*Below*|*below*]]. The precise meaning of this explanation is still up to debate. There are three possible interpretations — if *above* refers to QuasiSpace, *below* would then likely refer to another, similar dimension located on the "other side" of [[HyperSpace]] and [[TrueSpace]]; if *outside* refers to QuasiSpace, then *above* and *below* might be regions of QuasiSpace; *above* and *below* may also stand for an obscure characteristic of the Orz in contrast to Arilou.

There has been some discussion — confirmed by [[Fred Ford]] and [[Paul Reiche III]] — that the Orz as they are seen in normal space are actually a projection of some higher-dimensional being, namely [[They|Them]].{{ref|1}} The Orz-entity refers to what is seen of itself in the known dimensions as its *fingers* and explains that it is not like other races who are *many bubbles*. In essence, all Orz may be multiple manifestations of ''the same creature''. The Orz sometimes refer to themselves in the singular third person, although whether this is another quirk of the Orz's odd speech pattern or a reference to their true essence is unclear.

==Origin==

The Orz are a newcomer to [[TrueSpace]] that appeared suddenly in the vicinity of the [[Vulpeculae]] constellation, the adopted homeworlds of the [[Androsynth]]. As the Androsynth vanished about the same time the Orz arrived, it is reasonable to think that the Orz did something to them, but asking the Orz about the subject infuriates them. The [[Melnorme]] and the [[Spathi]] state that the Orz caused the Androsynth disappearance, but both admit that this is their belief and not an actual certainty. Based on comments from the [[Arilou]], it is possible that the [[Inter-Dimensional Fatigue]] experiments that were being performed by the Androsynth (and perhaps the [[Taalo]] before them) brought the Vulpeculae constellation to the Orz's attention.

[[Image:orz_captain.png|right|110px|Orz Nemesis captain]]
Just where the Orz resided before arriving in the area of Vulpeculae is unknown. The Orz indicate that they like TrueSpace and even prefer it over their origin dimension and are now in the process of fully moving into TrueSpace. They also denote that they have no intention of returning at any time to their original home.

==Relations with other races==
Only a few of the races in Star Control II mention the Orz at all. This is not surprising as they appear to be new in TrueSpace. The relations that they do have are as mysterious as the Orz themselves.

===Androsynth===
The appearance of the Orz coincided with the disappearance of the Androsynth from the same location. In fact, both the Arilou and the Orz themselves suggest that it was the [[Dimensional Fatigue|IDF]] research of the Androsynth which enabled the Orz to come to TrueSpace.

Whether the Orz themselves were the cause for the disappearance of the Androsynth is the subject of a lot of speculation. Evidence for it exists, but is very circumstantial. Whatever their involvement, asking too much about the Androsynth is enough reason for the Orz to attack you.

===Arilou Lalee'lay===
Dialogues with both the Arilou and Orz suggest that they have had contact outside of TrueSpace. The Orz do not like the Arilou very much, and complain that the Arilou are always "*jumping in front*". Conversely, the Arilou warn not to trust the Orz, as they are dangerous.

===Melnorme===
The Melnorme know of the existence of the Orz, and that they appeared when the Androsynth disappeared. Whether they've met them in person is unclear. While there is a Melnorme trader in Orz space, the Orz never mention Melnorme.

===Spathi===
The Spathi also mention that the Orz entered this space when the Androsynth disappeared. They think that they are creepy and warn against an alliance. This is all based on their own speculation though, and arguably the Spathi would object to an alliance with almost any race on this basis. Whether they have met the Orz in person or only heard about them from descriptions is unclear.

===Taalo===
The Orz mention the Taalo on several occasions. They seem to have been in contact over a longer period of time. According to the Orz, the Taalo have fled TrueSpace to [[*Pretty Space*]], to which the Orz can also go. The Orz refer to [[Delta Vulpeculae II-C]] as the Taalo *playground*, where the Taalo "are making *Time jokes*", and the Orz *chase* the Taalo and *play* with them. The Orz consider the Taalo to be better *campers* than the Humans. As the Orz language isn't very clear, it may be that this is all in the past though.

===VUX===
The Orz briefly mention the VUX, as being "*silly cows*" for asking too many questions about the Androsynth, which prompted the Orz to attack the VUX. (*silly cows* are races disliked by Orz)

==Theories==
There are various theories to explain the various mysteries surrounding the Orz.

===The Orz are [[They|Them]]===
There are theories that the Orz are in fact the ghost-like creatures that the Androsynth IDF researchers (and [[Bukowski]], probably) ran into. They are mostly based on the fact that ''They'' were coming into this world just before the Androsynth disappeared, which was when the Orz appeared. Even when accepting that the timing of the appearance of the Orz is not a coincidence, they do not have to be ''Them''. The Orz could have detected the Androsynth in the same way as ''They'' did.

It has been confirmed (in the 2007 [[IRC chats with Toys For Bob|chat]]) that the Orz is/are a part of Them, or rather the projection of Them into TrueSpace.

===The Orz killed the Androsynth===
This is based again on the timing of the appearance of the Orz and the disappearance of the Androsynth, combined with the fact that the Orz refuse to talk about the Androsynth. If this is true, then the Orz would be responsible for the violent land war that wiped out the Androsynth civilization. This is suggested by both the Melnorme and the Spathi. In the same dialogues however, it is made clear that they don't actually know that. A reliable source explicitly asserts that the Androsynth were indeed "snagged" by the Orz entity.{{ref|2}}

===The Orz are altered Androsynth===
This theory is a variation of the idea that the Orz are responsible for the disappearance of the Androsynth. In this theory, "snagged" is interpreted as meaning some kind of infection or possession that transformed the Androsynth into the Orz. Usually this theory is proposed as a way to explain the mysterious lack of Androsynth corpses in the ruins of their city. The [[Arilou]] description of malignant, parasitic creatures from Beyond (''Them'') and reference to the Androsynth and Orz as an example are also usually taken as evidence of this theory.

===The Orz are protecting races by killing those who ask too many questions about the Androsynth===
This reflects the remarks made by the Arilou about parasites from beyond that can detect you when you show yourself. If you reject the theory that the Orz killed the Androsynth, this would provide an alternative explanation that connects 'Them', the disappearance of the Androsynth, and the Orz. In this case, the Orz, like the Arilou, would be attempting to keep TrueSpace races ignorant of and thus invisible to the extradimensional parasites. This theory has been shown to be false in the 2007 [[IRC chats with Toys For Bob|IRC chat]] with [[Toys for Bob]] (see [[#The Orz are Them|The Orz are Them]]).

===The Orz snagged the Androsynth to protect them from [[They|Them]]===
This one is a variation of the theory previously presented, that also explains what the Orz did to the Androsynth.
However, this appears to contradict the Arilou's statements that the Orz are dangerous and not to be trusted. This theory has been shown to be false in the 2007 [[IRC chats with Toys For Bob|IRC chat]] with [[Toys for Bob]] (see [[#The Orz are Them|The Orz are Them]]).

===The Orz seek to take advantage of indigenous races in some undefined way===
The Orz say they dislike the Arilou because they are "jumping in front." The Arilou claim to have changed humans to protect them from the "parasites" that would like to find them. It may be that the Orz want space and races that the Arilou do not control as these would be easier to conquer or manipulate.

==Translating Orz Communications==
{{main|Orz communications}}
The translation computer aboard [[The Flagship]] is not able to accurately translate many of the words the Orz are using. While in most cases the meaning can be approximated from the context, an exact translation is usually highly speculative

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}{{IRC2007}}
::23:55 <+Cap`n`Kyth> One thing I've wondered - is Orz the same as 'Them', or is Orz "competing" with 'Them' over the Androsynth (like food?), or protecting the Androsynth from 'Them' - by *pulling* the Androsynth away before 'They' can find the Androsynth again? 
::23:57 <+PR3> The Orz is part of Them, the projection of Them into TrueSpace.
{{note|2}}{{IRC1998}}
::<LordR-man> Fwiffo- What really happened to the Androsynth in sc2? 
::<Fwiffo> In regards to the Androsynth: They were snagged by the entity who/which projected its fingers into our dimension (which looked to us as the Orz.)

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[[Category:Game Characters]]

Spathiwa

2021-09-14T17:23:19Z

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|local name=Spathiwa
|image=spathiwa3D.jpg
|sat a=Pellucid
|sat a name=[[Epsilon Gruis Ia]]
|type=Water
|caption=Original Spathi Homeworld
|orbit=11.5
|mass=1.75
|atmo=1.96 atm
|radius=1.20
|temp=31
|gravity=1.21
|weather=Class 1
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|tectonics=Class 1
|tilt=14
|map=spathiwaMap.png
|species=[[Spathi]] (their former homeworld)
|ishomeworld=yes
|star=Epsilon Gruis
}}
'''Spathiwa''' is the [[Spathi]] name for their [[list of homeworlds|homeworld]], Epsilon Gruis I (241.6 : 368.7). It is the only planet that orbits the star Epsilon Gruis, or [[Yuffo]] as the Spathi call it, and a single moon orbits the planet.

The Spathi race evolved on this [[Water World]], in time forming a nascent, sedentary civilization. At least four centuries prior to the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] events, the voracious [[Evil Ones]] suddenly appeared on Spathiwa, transported to the surface by some unknown force, an act that fit the style of [[Umgah]] practical jokes. Ultimately, after more than a century of migrating from continent to continent to escape this alien threat, the Spathi departed from the planet completely and settled on their moon.

Should [[The Captain]] rid Spathiwa of the Evil Ones threat, the Spathi will return to their homeworld and encapsulate themselves in a [[slave shield]]. It would be revealed that their delegation to the Earth Star Base was a recon mission to study the Slave Shield and reverse engineer it.

[[Category:Planets]]
[[Category:Spathi]]

Spathiwa

2021-09-14T17:21:38Z

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|name=Epsilon Gruis I
|local name=Spathiwa
|image=spathiwa3D.jpg
|sat a=Pellucid
|sat a name=[[Epsilon Gruis Ia]]
|type=Water
|caption=Original Spathi Homeworld
|orbit=11.5
|mass=1.75
|atmo=1.96 atm
|radius=1.20
|temp=31
|gravity=1.21
|weather=Class 1
|day=0.75
|tectonics=Class 1
|tilt=14
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|species=[[Spathi]] (their former homeworld)
|ishomeworld=yes
|star=Epsilon Gruis
}}
'''Spathiwa''' is the [[Spathi]] name for their [[list of homeworlds|homeworld]], Epsilon Gruis I (241.6 : 368.7). It is the only planet that orbits the star Epsilon Gruis, or [[Yuffo]] as the Spathi call it, and a single moon orbits the planet.

The Spathi race evolved on this [[Water World]], in time forming a nascent, sedentary civilization. At least four centuries prior to the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] events, the voracious [[Evil Ones]] suddenly appeared on Spathiwa, transported to the surface by some unknown force, an act that fit the style of [[Umgah]] practical jokes. Ultimately, after more than a century of migrating from continent to continent to escape this alien threat, the Spathi departed from the planet completely and settled on their moon. Should [[The Captain]] rid Spathiwa of the Evil Ones threat, the Spathi will return to their homeworld and encapsulate themselves in a [[slave shield]].

[[Category:Planets]]
[[Category:Spathi]]

Yehat Rebels

2021-07-09T23:47:24Z

Donutcity: added "Human allies"

{{Rebel
|name=Yehat Rebels
|image=[[File:Yehat Ally.png|350px|center]]
|caption=Yehat Rebels greeting the Captain
|leader=[[Cheep-Guava]]
|clans=*[[Zeep-Zeep Clan]] (launched the rebellion) *[[Veep-Kreep Clan]]
|allies=[[Pkunk]], [[Human]], [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]]
|affiliation=[[New Alliance of Free Stars]]
}}

The '''Yehat Rebels''' are the [[Yehat]] Starship Clans who break allegiance to the [[Veep-Neep Dynasty|Veep-Neep Queen]] if [[The Captain]] proves to them that the [[Shofixti]] race has survived. They fight against the [[Yehat Royalists|Royalists]] in the [[Yehat Revolution]] and eventually manage to unseat the Queen from the [[High Perch of Caer Zeep-Reep|High Perch]]. Their [[Sphere of Influence]] is light purple.

During the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]], the Veep-Neep Queen ordered Yehat forces to abandon the Shofixti and the other [[Alliance|Allies]] and defect to the [[Hierarchy]] in the mid 2130s. Upon seeing a Shofixti in the late 2150s, the shame of their dishonorable retreat became unbearable, so the Rebels resolve to restore their honor by removing the dishonorable Queen, ending two thousand years of peace amongst Yehat.

The Rebels support the [[New Alliance]] by proving [[Terminator]] ships during any encounter to the Flagship's escort fleet.

[[Category:Yehat]]
[[Category:Organizations]]

Ur-Quan Hierarchy

2021-06-27T14:46:40Z

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{{UrQuanNav}}

The '''Ur-Quan Hierarchy''', also known as the '''Hierarchy of Battle Thralls''' or simply the '''Hierarchy''', is an interstellar empire created by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] to manage their conquests that perpetuate the [[Path of Now and Forever]]. In our corner of the galaxy, the Hierarchy consists of the Ur-Quan, seven '''[[Battle Thralls]]''' and at least four '''[[Fallow Slave|Fallow Slaves]]''', including the Humans.

As the Kzer-Ah become embroiled in the [[Second Doctrinal Conflict|Doctrinal War]] against the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]], the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] is established in 2155 and the Hierarchy begins to unravel as Battle Thralls start defecting or attacking one another.

==History==
It is unknown how this system has operated in past regions conquered by the Kzer-Za; they did not bring along the ships of any previously conquered races upon attacking our region, though it is possible that at least part of the crew of their [[Dreadnought]]s originate from other regions. Also, the growing instability of our own Hierarchy near the time of the [[Doctrinal Conflict]] suggests that it might be dangerous for the Ur-Quan to keep Battle Thralls outside their direct supervision and control.

The Kzer-Za have a policy of modifying alien cultures to varying degrees in order to pacify them and make them useful to the Hierarchy after conquest. The extent of this most likely depends highly on the situation. For instance, the Kzer-Za were forced to take radical steps to prevent a nuclear war among the [[Thraddash]] — replacing Culture 18 with Culture 19 — while apparently leaving the [[Yehat]] clan system intact after both of those species became Battle Thralls. On [[Earth]], they destroyed all [[Human]] dwellings, monuments and archaeological sites older than 500 years, including some of which the Humans were not even aware, apparently to forcibly uproot a culture they found troublesome and allow it to be completely replaced with a more Ur-Quan-friendly one. How often this was practiced for conquered worlds is unknown, though the [[Spathi]] claim to have undergone a similar process.

==Enemies==
From February 2155 onwards, the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] emerges as a counterweight to Hierarchy dominance, leading the Kzer-Za to threaten [[The Captain]] with the decimation of Earth should he continue to violate the [[Oath of Fealty]].

The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] are a rival superpower to the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za and both are engaged in the [[Doctrinal Conflict]]. On 17 February 2159, the Kohr-Ah begin the [[Death March]] to exterminate all races, be they members of the Hierarchy, Alliance or [[neutral]].

==Command Structure==
The '''[[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]''' are the supreme commanders of the Hierarchy. When a race is conquered, they are given the choice to become [[Battle Thrall|Battle Thralls]] or [[Fallow Slave|Fallow Slaves]].

'''Battle Thralls''' are essentially henchmen who obey Kzer-Za commands and act as agents to help subdue other species, and thus keep some degree of political autonomy and the freedom to travel through space. They are responsible for occupying Fallow Slave systems to ensure compliance and they are forbidden from fighting civil wars and conflicts against other Thralls.

'''Fallow Slaves''' are races that take the [[Oath of Fealty]] and then their homeworld is encased in a [[Slave Shield]]. They are maintain a [[Starbase]] by providing resources, crew and labor for the construction, repair, and refueling of Hierarchy vessels. Transport between the Starbase and the planetary surface is performed only under Ur-Quan supervision. Violation of the Oath is punishable by destruction of the shielded planet and thus the entire race.

==Membership==
As of February 2155, the Hierarchy consists of the Ur-Quan Kzer-Ah, seven Battle Thralls and four Fallow Slaves.

===Leaders===
*[[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]

===Hierarchy Battle Thralls===
*[[Ilwrath]]
*[[Mycon]]
*[[Spathi]]
*[[Thraddash]]
*[[Umgah]]
*[[VUX]]
*[[Yehat]]

===Fallow Slaves===
*[[Faz]]
*[[Syreen]]
*[[Humans]]
*[[Chenjesu]] and [[Mmrnmhrm]] (together on a single world)

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[[Category:Kzer-Za]]
[[Category: Hierarchy]]

Battle Thrall

2021-06-27T14:45:51Z

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{{UrQuanNav}}

The '''Battle Thralls''' of the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]] are races that have pledged to serve the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] by carrying out military objectives against free worlds and enforcing the [[Oath of Fealty]]. Each new world that is subjugated by the Hierarchy is offered a choice to join as Battle Thralls, or as [[Fallow Slave|Fallow Slaves]], by taking the Oath. It is unknown whether Battle Thrall status is permanent or if these worlds face the Oath once their objectives are completed.

Thralls appear to exercise autonomy, but not total independence over domestic affairs. During the first [[Ur-Quan Slave War|Slave War]], the Hierarchy recognized the [[Veep-Neep Dynasty]] in the [[Yehat|Yehat’s]] power struggle, but completely intervened in [[Thraddash]] politics to install Culture 19.

The Hierarchy permits their interstellar travel, but not violence against other Battle Thralls, or law-abiding Fallow Slaves. The setup is essentially an alliance of subservient stars.

===Hierarchy Battle Thralls during the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] ([[Star Control I]]):===
*[[Mycon]] - only known race to actively seek out the Ur-Quan and request Battle Thrall status.
*[[Spathi]] - intended to become a fallow species, but were tricked by the Umgah into becoming thralls.
*[[Androsynth]]
*[[VUX]]
*[[Ilwrath]]
*[[Umgah]]
*[[Thraddash]] - did not directly participate in the Ur-Quan Slave War.{{ref|1}}

===Hierarchy Battle Thralls at the beginning of [[Star Control II]]:===
*[[Yehat]] - the only former [[Alliance of Free Stars|Alliance]] member to choose Battle Thrall status, the Hierarchy [[Veep-Neep]] government can later be [[Yehat Rebellion|overthrown]] by pro-[[New Alliance|New-Alliance]] Starship Clan [[Yehat Rebels|Revolutionaries]].
*[[Mycon]]
*[[Spathi]] - can defect to the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]], then will soon after encase their [[Spathiwa|homeworld]] in a slave shield.
*[[VUX]]
*[[Thraddash]] - the Hierarchy's Culture 19 government can later be overthrown by pro-New-Alliance Culture 20 government.
*[[Ilwrath]]
*[[Umgah]] - eventually enslaved by the [[Talking Pet (device)|neo-Dnyarri]], but revert to Battle Thrall status once freed.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''The [[Thraddash]] claim to have been Battle Thralls at the time, told to "guard the flank". They are usually not included in such lists because there is no mention of the Thraddash in Star Control I.''

[[Category:Kzer-Za]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]

Battle Thrall

2021-06-27T14:44:51Z

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{{UrQuanNav}}

The '''Battle Thralls''' of the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]] are races that have pledged to serve the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] by carrying out military objectives against free worlds and enforcing the [[Oath of Fealty]]. Each new world that is subjugated by the Hierarchy is then offered a choice to join Hierarchy as Thralls, or as [[Fallow Slave|Fallow Slaves]], by taking the Oath. It is unknown whether Battle Thrall status is permanent or if these worlds face the Oath once their objectives are completed.

Thralls appear to exercise autonomy, but not total independence over domestic affairs. During the first [[Ur-Quan Slave War|Slave War]], the Hierarchy recognized the [[Veep-Neep Dynasty]] in the [[Yehat|Yehat’s]] power struggle, but completely intervened in [[Thraddash]] politics to install Culture 19.

The Hierarchy permits their interstellar travel, but not violence against other Battle Thralls, or law-abiding Fallow Slaves. The setup is essentially an alliance of subservient stars.

===Hierarchy Battle Thralls during the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] ([[Star Control I]]):===
*[[Mycon]] - only known race to actively seek out the Ur-Quan and request Battle Thrall status.
*[[Spathi]] - intended to become a fallow species, but were tricked by the Umgah into becoming thralls.
*[[Androsynth]]
*[[VUX]]
*[[Ilwrath]]
*[[Umgah]]
*[[Thraddash]] - did not directly participate in the Ur-Quan Slave War.{{ref|1}}

===Hierarchy Battle Thralls at the beginning of [[Star Control II]]:===
*[[Yehat]] - the only former [[Alliance of Free Stars|Alliance]] member to choose Battle Thrall status, the Hierarchy [[Veep-Neep]] government can later be [[Yehat Rebellion|overthrown]] by pro-[[New Alliance|New-Alliance]] Starship Clan [[Yehat Rebels|Revolutionaries]].
*[[Mycon]]
*[[Spathi]] - can defect to the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]], then will soon after encase their [[Spathiwa|homeworld]] in a slave shield.
*[[VUX]]
*[[Thraddash]] - the Hierarchy's Culture 19 government can later be overthrown by pro-New-Alliance Culture 20 government.
*[[Ilwrath]]
*[[Umgah]] - eventually enslaved by the [[Talking Pet (device)|neo-Dnyarri]], but revert to Battle Thrall status once freed.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''The [[Thraddash]] claim to have been Battle Thralls at the time, told to "guard the flank". They are usually not included in such lists because there is no mention of the Thraddash in Star Control I.''

[[Category:Kzer-Za]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]

Battle Thrall

2021-06-27T14:44:26Z

Donutcity: rewrote the book

{{UrQuanNav}}

The ‘’’Battle Thralls’’’ of the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]] are races that have pledged to serve the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] by carrying out military objectives against free worlds and enforcing the [[Oath of Fealty]]. Each new world that is subjugated by the Hierarchy is then offered a choice to join Hierarchy as Thralls, or as [[Fallow Slave|Fallow Slaves]], by taking the Oath. It is unknown whether Battle Thrall status is permanent or if these worlds face the Oath once their objectives are completed.

Thralls appear to exercise autonomy, but not total independence over domestic affairs. During the first [[Ur-Quan Slave War|Slave War]], the Hierarchy recognized the [[Veep-Neep Dynasty]] in the [[Yehat|Yehat’s]] power struggle, but completely intervened in [[Thraddash]] politics to install Culture 19.

The Hierarchy permits their interstellar travel, but not violence against other Battle Thralls, or law-abiding Fallow Slaves. The setup is essentially an alliance of subservient stars.

===Hierarchy Battle Thralls during the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] ([[Star Control I]]):===
*[[Mycon]] - only known race to actively seek out the Ur-Quan and request Battle Thrall status.
*[[Spathi]] - intended to become a fallow species, but were tricked by the Umgah into becoming thralls.
*[[Androsynth]]
*[[VUX]]
*[[Ilwrath]]
*[[Umgah]]
*[[Thraddash]] - did not directly participate in the Ur-Quan Slave War.{{ref|1}}

===Hierarchy Battle Thralls at the beginning of [[Star Control II]]:===
*[[Yehat]] - the only former [[Alliance of Free Stars|Alliance]] member to choose Battle Thrall status, the Hierarchy [[Veep-Neep]] government can later be [[Yehat Rebellion|overthrown]] by pro-[[New Alliance|New-Alliance]] Starship Clan [[Yehat Rebels|Revolutionaries]].
*[[Mycon]]
*[[Spathi]] - can defect to the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]], then will soon after encase their [[Spathiwa|homeworld]] in a slave shield.
*[[VUX]]
*[[Thraddash]] - the Hierarchy's Culture 19 government can later be overthrown by pro-New-Alliance Culture 20 government.
*[[Ilwrath]]
*[[Umgah]] - eventually enslaved by the [[Talking Pet (device)|neo-Dnyarri]], but revert to Battle Thrall status once freed.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''The [[Thraddash]] claim to have been Battle Thralls at the time, told to "guard the flank". They are usually not included in such lists because there is no mention of the Thraddash in Star Control I.''

[[Category:Kzer-Za]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]

Doctrinal Conflict

2021-06-20T18:47:59Z

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{{War
|name=Doctrinal Conflict
|image=[[File:Marauder icon.png]] [[File:Dreadnought icon.png]]
|caption=Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za ships
|duration=mid 22nd century
|location=our corner of the galaxy
|result=TBD
|belligerent1=[[Eternal Doctrine]]
* [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kzer-Za]]
|belligerent2=[[Path of Now and Forever]]
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Kohr-Ah]]
}}

The [[Ur-Quan]] '''Doctrinal Conflict''' or '''Doctrinal War''' is the conflict between the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] and [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] to prove which Doctrine (the Kzer-Za [[Path of Now and Forever]] or the Kohr-Ah [[Eternal Doctrine]]) is superior.

The Conflict began when the two Ur-Quan subspecies first started enforcing their Doctrines, immediately following the revolt against the [[Dnyarri]]. The Kzer-Za had already enslaved the [[Faz]] and the Kohr-Ah had burned the worlds of the [[Yuptar]]. The two great fleets met above the homeworld of the [[Mael-Num]], the last free race of the [[Sentient Milieu]]. The Kohr-Ah had come to destroy it, the Kzer-Za to imprison it.

In the tense moment, one of the fleets opened fire and the standoff suddenly became a fierce civil war. During the ensuing conflict the Mael-num managed to escape. With both the Kzer-Za and the Kohr-Ah fleets nearly evenly matched, the civil war would likely have resulted in the complete destruction of the entire Ur-Quan race had the Kzer-Za not found a mysterious [[Precursor]] warship. This vessel, later called the [[Sa-Matra]], broke the stalemate and ended the decades long war in a matter of days. The Kohr-Ah fleets were reduced to a fraction of their original numbers as the Sa-Matra devastated their ranks.

The Kzer-Za, victorious, were still uncertain that their way was the better one, the one that would guarantee their freedom. Because of this, rather than enslaving the Kohr-Ah, they sent them out into the unknown of the galaxy and instructed them to carry out the Eternal Doctrine as they orbited it. The Kzer-Za moved out in the opposite direction, taking the Sa-Matra with them. It was decided that when they next met, the two subraces would fight a ritual war to discover the true superiority between the Doctrines. The loser would step aside and the winner would take the Sa-Matra as a prize and use it to enact their will upon the galaxy.

It is during this [[Second Doctrinal Conflict]] that [[Star Control II]] occurs.

[[Category:Ur-Quan]]
[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Doctrinal Conflict

2021-06-20T18:47:31Z

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{{UrQuanNav}}

{{War
|name=Doctrinal Conflict
|image=[[File:Marauder icon.png]] [[File:Dreadnought icon.png]]
|caption=Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za ships
|duration=mid 22nd century
|location=our corner of the galaxy
|result=TBD
|belligerent1=[[Eternal Doctrine]]
* [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kzer-Za]]
* [[Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]]
|belligerent2=[[Path of Now and Forever]]
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Kohr-Ah]]
}}

The [[Ur-Quan]] '''Doctrinal Conflict''' or '''Doctrinal War''' is the conflict between the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] and [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] to prove which Doctrine (the Kzer-Za [[Path of Now and Forever]] or the Kohr-Ah [[Eternal Doctrine]]) is superior.

The Conflict began when the two Ur-Quan subspecies first started enforcing their Doctrines, immediately following the revolt against the [[Dnyarri]]. The Kzer-Za had already enslaved the [[Faz]] and the Kohr-Ah had burned the worlds of the [[Yuptar]]. The two great fleets met above the homeworld of the [[Mael-Num]], the last free race of the [[Sentient Milieu]]. The Kohr-Ah had come to destroy it, the Kzer-Za to imprison it.

In the tense moment, one of the fleets opened fire and the standoff suddenly became a fierce civil war. During the ensuing conflict the Mael-num managed to escape. With both the Kzer-Za and the Kohr-Ah fleets nearly evenly matched, the civil war would likely have resulted in the complete destruction of the entire Ur-Quan race had the Kzer-Za not found a mysterious [[Precursor]] warship. This vessel, later called the [[Sa-Matra]], broke the stalemate and ended the decades long war in a matter of days. The Kohr-Ah fleets were reduced to a fraction of their original numbers as the Sa-Matra devastated their ranks.

The Kzer-Za, victorious, were still uncertain that their way was the better one, the one that would guarantee their freedom. Because of this, rather than enslaving the Kohr-Ah, they sent them out into the unknown of the galaxy and instructed them to carry out the Eternal Doctrine as they orbited it. The Kzer-Za moved out in the opposite direction, taking the Sa-Matra with them. It was decided that when they next met, the two subraces would fight a ritual war to discover the true superiority between the Doctrines. The loser would step aside and the winner would take the Sa-Matra as a prize and use it to enact their will upon the galaxy.

It is during this [[Second Doctrinal Conflict]] that [[Star Control II]] occurs.

[[Category:Ur-Quan]]
[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Doctrinal Conflict

2021-06-20T18:41:23Z

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{{War
|name=Doctrinal Conflict
|image=[[File:Marauder icon.png]] [[File:Dreadnought icon.png]]
|caption=Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za ships
|duration=mid 22nd century
|location=our corner of the galaxy
|result=TBD
|belligerent1=[[Eternal Doctrine]]
* [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]]
* [[Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]]
|belligerent2=[[Path of Now and Forever]]
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Kzer-Za]]
}}

The [[Ur-Quan]] '''Doctrinal Conflict''' or '''Doctrinal War''' is the conflict between the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] and [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] to prove which Doctrine (the Kzer-Za [[Path of Now and Forever]] or the Kohr-Ah [[Eternal Doctrine]]) is superior.

The Conflict began when the two Ur-Quan subspecies first started enforcing their Doctrines, immediately following the revolt against the [[Dnyarri]]. The Kzer-Za had already enslaved the [[Faz]] and the Kohr-Ah had burned the worlds of the [[Yuptar]]. The two great fleets met above the homeworld of the [[Mael-Num]], the last free race of the [[Sentient Milieu]]. The Kohr-Ah had come to destroy it, the Kzer-Za to imprison it.

In the tense moment, one of the fleets opened fire and the standoff suddenly became a fierce civil war. During the ensuing conflict the Mael-num managed to escape. With both the Kzer-Za and the Kohr-Ah fleets nearly evenly matched, the civil war would likely have resulted in the complete destruction of the entire Ur-Quan race had the Kzer-Za not found a mysterious [[Precursor]] warship. This vessel, later called the [[Sa-Matra]], broke the stalemate and ended the decades long war in a matter of days. The Kohr-Ah fleets were reduced to a fraction of their original numbers as the Sa-Matra devastated their ranks.

The Kzer-Za, victorious, were still uncertain that their way was the better one, the one that would guarantee their freedom. Because of this, rather than enslaving the Kohr-Ah, they sent them out into the unknown of the galaxy and instructed them to carry out the Eternal Doctrine as they orbited it. The Kzer-Za moved out in the opposite direction, taking the Sa-Matra with them. It was decided that when they next met, the two subraces would fight a ritual war to discover the true superiority between the Doctrines. The loser would step aside and the winner would take the Sa-Matra as a prize and use it to enact their will upon the galaxy.

It is during this [[Second Doctrinal Conflict]] that [[Star Control II]] occurs.

[[Category:Ur-Quan]]
[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Crimson Corporation

2021-06-20T18:33:11Z

Donutcity: syntax

{{Agency
|name=Crimson Corporation
|race=[[Druuge]]
|type=Corporatist Central Government
|status=Active
}}

The '''Crimson Corporation''' is the business syndicate that controls and operates everything [[Druuge]]. All Druuge are employees of the Corporation. The Corporation operates all trade and business transactions within the Druuge civilization, most of which occur at the Corporation's Central Trade World of [[Zeta Persei I]].

Earlier in Druuge history, there existed several businesses, each vying for superiority. It was only when anti-monopoly laws were relaxed that a single company achieved dominance. The early Crimson Corporation absorbed all other companies through leveraged buyout tactics, eventually becoming the sole owner of all the Druuge planets — including the atmosphere and sunlight, not just the land. This monolithic corporation became the ''de facto'' culture and governing body of the Druuge.

All Druuge seek for the betterment of the Corporation, not out of a sense of community, but, being highly individualistic, for the personal benefit packages. The Corporation improves the individual Druuge's quality of life through what they term the "Dribble-Down" effect. An individual profits more by being further up the ladder. Should the Corporation be losing money, it cuts costs by laying off the employees at the bottom of the ladder. Ex-employees of the Corporation are no longer eligible for such fringe benefits such as breathing. The penalty for trespassing on company property and stealing company property like air and sunlight is to be fed to the [[furnace]], literally. Thus the voluntary job turnover rate is extremely low. Retirement plans in the Corporation usually contain provisions that include breathing benefits, though at reduced levels.{{ref|1}}

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''[[Role Playing Resource Guide]], pg. 26

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Druuge]]

Doctrinal Conflict

2021-06-20T18:26:03Z

Donutcity: added War box

{{UrQuanNav}}

{{War
|name=Doctrinal Conflict
|image=[[File:Marauder icon.png]] [[File:Dreadnought icon.png]]
|caption=Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za ships
|duration=the 2150s
|location=our corner of the galaxy
|result=TBD
|belligerent1=[[Eternal Doctrine]]
* [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]]
* [[Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]]
|belligerent2=[[Path of Now and Forever]]
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Kzer-Za]]
}}

The [[Ur-Quan]] '''Doctrinal Conflict''' or '''Doctrinal War''' is the conflict between the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] and [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] to prove which Doctrine (the Kzer-Za [[Path of Now and Forever]] or the Kohr-Ah [[Eternal Doctrine]]) is superior.

The Conflict began when the two Ur-Quan subspecies first started enforcing their Doctrines, immediately following the revolt against the [[Dnyarri]]. The Kzer-Za had already enslaved the [[Faz]] and the Kohr-Ah had burned the worlds of the [[Yuptar]]. The two great fleets met above the homeworld of the [[Mael-Num]], the last free race of the [[Sentient Milieu]]. The Kohr-Ah had come to destroy it, the Kzer-Za to imprison it.

In the tense moment, one of the fleets opened fire and the standoff suddenly became a fierce civil war. During the ensuing conflict the Mael-num managed to escape. With both the Kzer-Za and the Kohr-Ah fleets nearly evenly matched, the civil war would likely have resulted in the complete destruction of the entire Ur-Quan race had the Kzer-Za not found a mysterious [[Precursor]] warship. This vessel, later called the [[Sa-Matra]], broke the stalemate and ended the decades long war in a matter of days. The Kohr-Ah fleets were reduced to a fraction of their original numbers as the Sa-Matra devastated their ranks.

The Kzer-Za, victorious, were still uncertain that their way was the better one, the one that would guarantee their freedom. Because of this, rather than enslaving the Kohr-Ah, they sent them out into the unknown of the galaxy and instructed them to carry out the Eternal Doctrine as they orbited it. The Kzer-Za moved out in the opposite direction, taking the Sa-Matra with them. It was decided that when they next met, the two subraces would fight a ritual war to discover the true superiority between the Doctrines. The loser would step aside and the winner would take the Sa-Matra as a prize and use it to enact their will upon the galaxy.

It is during this [[Second Doctrinal Conflict]] that [[Star Control II]] occurs.

[[Category:Ur-Quan]]
[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Uranus

2021-06-17T18:11:25Z

Donutcity: syntax

{{PlanetBox|name=Uranus|image=RaceBox Missing Image.png|caption=aka Sol VII|orbit=19.1|mass=14.5|atmo=Super Thick|radius=4.11|temp=-217|gravity=0.86|weather=Class 8|day=0.71|tectonics=None|tilt=98|type=[[List of planet types#Gas Giant|Gas Giant]]|sat=No satellites}}
'''Uranus''' is the seventh planet in the [[Sol]] system and is a [[List of planet types#Gas Giant|Gas Giant]]. While in orbit about this planet, it is easy to see that its axial tilt is close to ninety degrees, unlike any other planet in the solar system. Uranus has a series of rings about it (visible neither from [[Earth]] nor in the game) and its five major moons are unexplorable.

There is nothing of interest in Uranus; all scans come up empty.

[[Category:Planets]]

Second Doctrinal Conflict

2021-06-17T18:01:03Z

Donutcity: /* Events of 2155 */

{{DoctrinalWar
|name=Second Doctrinal War
|image=[[File:Sa-matra generators down.png]]
|caption=The Sa-Matra with generators disabled
|duration=c.2155 - c.2159
|location=our corner of the Galaxy
|result=* Kohr-Ah victory in the second [[Doctrinal Conflict]] * Decisive victory for either New Alliance or Kohr-Ah forces
|belligerent1='''[[New Alliance of Free Stars]]''' 
* [[Human]]
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Chmmr]]
* [[Orz]]
* [[Pkunk]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Supox-Utwig Alliance]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Yehat Rebels]]
* [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]
|belligerent2='''[[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]]'''
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]
* [[Ilwrath]]
* [[Mycon]]
* [[Umgah]]
* [[VUX]]
* [[Yehat|Yehat (Royalists)]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Thraddash]]
|belligerent3=''[[Neutral|unaffiliated races]]'' 
* [[Druuge]]
* [[Melnorme]]
* [[Slylandro]]
|belligerent4='''[[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]]'''
}}

The '''Second Doctrinal Conflict''' or '''Second Doctrinal War''' is a ''non-canonical'' term referring to the events of [[Star Control II]]. It is a major galactic war that synthesises the [[Doctrinal Conflict]] and the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]], bringing nearly two dozen races into three major factions.

==Background==
The '''Doctrinal Conflict''' is an ideological rivalry between the two [[Ur-Quan]] sister species. The military and foreign policies of both subspecies are aggressive and expansionist, but they do not agree on how to treat conquered races. The [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] follow the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to establish an organized imperial structure in which subdued worlds become either subservient Battle Thralls or isolated Fallow Slaves. The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all races. The '''First Doctrinal War''' was waged quite some time ago, with the Kzer-Za emerging victorious after finding the [[Sa-Matra]], a [[Precursor]] ship.

The '''Ur-Quan Slave War''' was Kzer-Za invasion of our corner of the galaxy from AD 2098 to 2134. As the Kzer-Za subjugated worlds and built up the Hierarchy, the [[Chenjesu]] and [[Mmrnmhrm]] formed the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] to counter the threat. The Alliance grew along with the Hierarchy, but was eventually defeated in detail. For twenty years the Kzer-Za ruled our corner of the galaxy, with their imperial Battle Thralls enforcing order over the Fallow Slaves.

==The War==
A Human scientific mission to the [[Vela]] system lost contact with Earth and the Alliance during the war. Isolated, they constructed a [[Precursor]] ship of their own and returned on 17 February 2155 to Earth, under the leadership of [[The Captain]] and hoping to assist the war effort. After learning the fate of the old Alliance, [[The Captain]] and [[Hayes|Starbase Commander Hayes]] found the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] to finally defeat the Ur-Quan. As the Captain is building the Alliance, he learns of the Kohr-Ah and of their invasion of Kzer-Za space.

The details of the war are difficult to piece together because thousands of people claiming to be "'''The Captain'''" each have varying accounts. It is possible that the Captain of the Flagship endured some sort of transdimensional mitosis on 17 February 2155 as the Flagship entered [[TrueSpace]] at [[Sol]], resulting in thousands of Captains in thousands of dimensions, each tasked with liberating Earth from the Slave Shield and each taking a different path{{ref|1}}. Another theory{{ref|2}} is that the Umgah hacked the Flagship's log and created so many alternate histories that no one is sure which one is correct. A third and and downright cockamamy theory{{ref|3}} has emerged that has no credibility whatsoever: that all of these events are nothing more that a petroleum-age computer game in which the occurrence and chronology are determined by a "player" in the comfort of their own home!

===Events of 2155===
At the onset, the Hierarchy consisted of the Kzer-Za, seven [[Battle Thralls]] and four slave shielded worlds; the [[Humans]] were the only [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]] member and the [[Kohr-Ah]] were a superpower. The [[Arilou]], [[Druuge]], [[Orz]], [[Pkunk]] and [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] were all non-aligned while the [[Supox]] and [[Utwig]] had a bilateral alliance.

The Flagship defeats the last remnants of [[Earthguard]]: a disabled Ilrwath [[Avenger]] that was passing the [[Sol]] system, and a frightened [[Spathi]] captain named [[Fwiffo]] who can be persuaded to defect to the Alliance, which in turn helps convince the [[The Safe Ones|Spathi government]] to follow suit.

The Zoq-Fot-Pik were already on the edge of Ur-Quan space, prompting them to initiate contact with the [[Earth Starbase]], which was already becoming the ''de facto'' capital of the New Alliance.

The [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]] involves Earth's two nearest neighbours, the aggressive [[Ilwrath]] Battle Thralls and the playful [[Pkunk]]. The Pkunk are losing badly and tell the Captain that they want to migrate back to [[Yehat]] space to rejoin their sister race. The [[Yehat]] were an Alliance member who defected to the Hierarchy in the later stages of the Slave War by withdrawing from a battle against the Kzer-Za and stranding the [[Shofixti]]. Many of the Starship Clans are deeply ashamed of the this, compounded by the fearless sacrifice by the Shofixti, who caused a mini supernova in their sun that destroyed all of the Kzer-Za ships and the Shofixti race. Their neighbours, the [[VUX]] and [[Mycon]] are both powerful Battle Thralls in a relatively quiet sector of space. The Druuge are a powerful merchant state that has been doing underhanded business with the [[Burvixese]] and [[Utwig]]. The [[Thraddash]] have been ordered by the Kzer-Za to hold position, while the [[Umgah]] have been pulling major pranks despite dealing with a dangerous [[Talking Pet]].

Another major issue facing this corner of the galaxy is the increasing contact with mysterious and powerful red probes that "...come in peace" and then obliterate all ships in their path.

===Events of 2159===
By most accounts, the Kohr-Ah defeat the Kzer-Za in 2159 and begin the Death March to exterminate all life.

If the Captain has been thorough, the Alliance consists of a dozen worlds and the Flagship is a powerful warship; a Pkunk has become Queen of the Yehat, who are again supporting the Alliance; the Shofixti have procreated from the brink of extinction, the Syreen have crippled the Mycon fleet and their Starbase Captain Talana has become the romantic interest of the Captain; the "Dilwrath" and Thraddash annihilated each other in a brief war; the Supox and Utwig have attacked both Ur-Quan races; and the Druuge continue their underhanded business.

If the Captain has been succinct, the New Alliance will boast the Humans, Chmmr, Supox, Syreen and Utwig, with support from the Pkunk.

Whether the Captain has been thorough or succinct, he will need to have a Precursor bomb that the Chmmr will have attached to his Precursor ship that he will pilot into the heart of the Ur-Quan's Precursor ship, the Sa-Matra. If he succeeds at this Final Mission, the Ur-Quan will be defeated and the Slave Shields can be destroyed. If he fails, the Death March will plod on until it reaches its final destination: Earth. If the Captain takes too long, the Kohr-Ah will have exterminated any number of races before the Sa-Matra is destroyed.

===Aftermath===
Again, the sheer number of people claiming to be ''The'' Captain makes it difficult to piece together this history. According to those Captains who have destroyed the Sa-Matra, the Chmmr led the Allies in mopping up the remaining Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za ships. These Captains conveniently woke from an explosion-induced coma in time to see the [[Slave Shield]] come down at [[Earth]] and pursue a relationship with [[Talana]], with whom they retire on Unzervalt. Other Captains tell grisly tales of detonating the Utwig bomb in Deep Space, of surrendering to Ur-Quan forces, or of being destroyed by red spinning probes.

==Belligerents==

===Ur-Quan Hierarchy===
Led by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]], the [[Hierarchy]] is an interstellar empire that follows the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to conquer and enslave all races.

===Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah===
The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] are a sister race of the Kzer-Za and follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all sentient races.

===New Alliance of Free Stars===
Led by the [[Humans]] and following in the footsteps of the original [[Alliance of Free Stars]], the [[New Alliance]] is a guerrilla army comprising many of the races that the Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah seek to enslave or exterminate.

===Unaffiliated races===
A handful of races [[Neutral|never align]] with any of the major factions but participate heavily in the conflict, namely the [[Druuge]], [[Melnorme]] and [[Slylandro]].

==Theatres and Key Battles==
===Theatres===
* [[Doctrinal Conflict|Doctrinal War]] (Kzer-Za vs Kohr-Ah)
* [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]]
* [[Ilwrath-Thraddash war]]
* [[Supox and Utwig offensive against the Kohr-Ah]]
* [[Yehat Revolution]]

===Key Battles===
''non-canonical designations:''
* [[Ambush at Organon|Battle of Organon (Syreen vs Mycon)]]
* [[Battle of Zeta Hyades]] (New Alliance vs Druuge)
* [[Final Mission]]

==Notes and References==
{{note|1}} — This is complete fan fiction and has no connection to the canon at all.
{{note|2}} — Not actually a theory, actually an Umgah joke.
{{note|3}} — Easily the most ridiculous of the three theories.

[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]
[[Category:Kohr-Ah]]
[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Second Doctrinal Conflict

2021-06-17T17:59:38Z

Donutcity: /* Events of 2155 */

{{DoctrinalWar
|name=Second Doctrinal War
|image=[[File:Sa-matra generators down.png]]
|caption=The Sa-Matra with generators disabled
|duration=c.2155 - c.2159
|location=our corner of the Galaxy
|result=* Kohr-Ah victory in the second [[Doctrinal Conflict]] * Decisive victory for either New Alliance or Kohr-Ah forces
|belligerent1='''[[New Alliance of Free Stars]]''' 
* [[Human]]
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Chmmr]]
* [[Orz]]
* [[Pkunk]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Supox-Utwig Alliance]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Yehat Rebels]]
* [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]
|belligerent2='''[[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]]'''
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]
* [[Ilwrath]]
* [[Mycon]]
* [[Umgah]]
* [[VUX]]
* [[Yehat|Yehat (Royalists)]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Thraddash]]
|belligerent3=''[[Neutral|unaffiliated races]]'' 
* [[Druuge]]
* [[Melnorme]]
* [[Slylandro]]
|belligerent4='''[[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]]'''
}}

The '''Second Doctrinal Conflict''' or '''Second Doctrinal War''' is a ''non-canonical'' term referring to the events of [[Star Control II]]. It is a major galactic war that synthesises the [[Doctrinal Conflict]] and the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]], bringing nearly two dozen races into three major factions.

==Background==
The '''Doctrinal Conflict''' is an ideological rivalry between the two [[Ur-Quan]] sister species. The military and foreign policies of both subspecies are aggressive and expansionist, but they do not agree on how to treat conquered races. The [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] follow the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to establish an organized imperial structure in which subdued worlds become either subservient Battle Thralls or isolated Fallow Slaves. The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all races. The '''First Doctrinal War''' was waged quite some time ago, with the Kzer-Za emerging victorious after finding the [[Sa-Matra]], a [[Precursor]] ship.

The '''Ur-Quan Slave War''' was Kzer-Za invasion of our corner of the galaxy from AD 2098 to 2134. As the Kzer-Za subjugated worlds and built up the Hierarchy, the [[Chenjesu]] and [[Mmrnmhrm]] formed the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] to counter the threat. The Alliance grew along with the Hierarchy, but was eventually defeated in detail. For twenty years the Kzer-Za ruled our corner of the galaxy, with their imperial Battle Thralls enforcing order over the Fallow Slaves.

==The War==
A Human scientific mission to the [[Vela]] system lost contact with Earth and the Alliance during the war. Isolated, they constructed a [[Precursor]] ship of their own and returned on 17 February 2155 to Earth, under the leadership of [[The Captain]] and hoping to assist the war effort. After learning the fate of the old Alliance, [[The Captain]] and [[Hayes|Starbase Commander Hayes]] found the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] to finally defeat the Ur-Quan. As the Captain is building the Alliance, he learns of the Kohr-Ah and of their invasion of Kzer-Za space.

The details of the war are difficult to piece together because thousands of people claiming to be "'''The Captain'''" each have varying accounts. It is possible that the Captain of the Flagship endured some sort of transdimensional mitosis on 17 February 2155 as the Flagship entered [[TrueSpace]] at [[Sol]], resulting in thousands of Captains in thousands of dimensions, each tasked with liberating Earth from the Slave Shield and each taking a different path{{ref|1}}. Another theory{{ref|2}} is that the Umgah hacked the Flagship's log and created so many alternate histories that no one is sure which one is correct. A third and and downright cockamamy theory{{ref|3}} has emerged that has no credibility whatsoever: that all of these events are nothing more that a petroleum-age computer game in which the occurrence and chronology are determined by a "player" in the comfort of their own home!

===Events of 2155===
At the onset, the Hierarchy consisted of the Kzer-Za, seven [[Battle Thralls]] and four slave shielded worlds; the [[Humans]] were the only [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]] member and the [[Kohr-Ah]] were a superpower. The [[Arilou]], [[Druuge]], [[Orz]], [[Pkunk]] and [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] were all non-aligned while the [[Supox]] and [[Utwig]] had a bilateral alliance.

The Flagship defeats the last remnants of [[Earthguard]]: a disabled Ilrwath [[Avenger]] that was passing the [[Sol]] system, and a frightened [[Spathi]] captain named [[Fwiffo]] who can be persuaded to defect to the Alliance, which in turn helps convince the [[The Safe Ones|Spathi government]] to follow suit.

The Zoq-Fot-Pik were already on the edge of Ur-Quan space, prompting them to initiate contact with the [[Earth Starbase]], which was already becoming the ''de facto'' capital of the New Alliance.

The [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]] involves Earth's two nearest neighbours, the aggressive [[Ilwrath]] Battle Thralls and the playful [[Pkunk]]. The Pkunk are losing badly and tell the Captain that they want to migrate back to [[Yehat]] space to rejoin their sister race. The [[Yehat]] were an Alliance member who defected to the Hierarchy in the later stages of the Slave War by withdrawing from a battle against the Kzer-Za and stranding the [[Shofixti]]. Many of the Starship Clans are deeply ashamed of the this, compounded by the fearless sacrifice by the Shofixti, who caused a mini supernova in their sun that destroyed all of the Kzer-Za ships and the Shofixti race. Their neighbours, the [[VUX]] and [[Mycon]] are both powerful Battle Thralls in a relatively quiet sector of space. The Druuge are a powerful merchant state that has been doing underhanded business with the [[Burvixese]] and [[Utwig]]. The [[Thraddash]] have been ordered by the Kzer-Za to hold position, while the [[Umgah]] have been pulling major pranks despite dealing with a dangerous [[Talking Pet]].

Another major issue facing this region of space is the increasing contact with mysterious and powerful red probes that "...come in peace" and then obliterate all ships in their path.

===Events of 2159===
By most accounts, the Kohr-Ah defeat the Kzer-Za in 2159 and begin the Death March to exterminate all life.

If the Captain has been thorough, the Alliance consists of a dozen worlds and the Flagship is a powerful warship; a Pkunk has become Queen of the Yehat, who are again supporting the Alliance; the Shofixti have procreated from the brink of extinction, the Syreen have crippled the Mycon fleet and their Starbase Captain Talana has become the romantic interest of the Captain; the "Dilwrath" and Thraddash annihilated each other in a brief war; the Supox and Utwig have attacked both Ur-Quan races; and the Druuge continue their underhanded business.

If the Captain has been succinct, the New Alliance will boast the Humans, Chmmr, Supox, Syreen and Utwig, with support from the Pkunk.

Whether the Captain has been thorough or succinct, he will need to have a Precursor bomb that the Chmmr will have attached to his Precursor ship that he will pilot into the heart of the Ur-Quan's Precursor ship, the Sa-Matra. If he succeeds at this Final Mission, the Ur-Quan will be defeated and the Slave Shields can be destroyed. If he fails, the Death March will plod on until it reaches its final destination: Earth. If the Captain takes too long, the Kohr-Ah will have exterminated any number of races before the Sa-Matra is destroyed.

===Aftermath===
Again, the sheer number of people claiming to be ''The'' Captain makes it difficult to piece together this history. According to those Captains who have destroyed the Sa-Matra, the Chmmr led the Allies in mopping up the remaining Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za ships. These Captains conveniently woke from an explosion-induced coma in time to see the [[Slave Shield]] come down at [[Earth]] and pursue a relationship with [[Talana]], with whom they retire on Unzervalt. Other Captains tell grisly tales of detonating the Utwig bomb in Deep Space, of surrendering to Ur-Quan forces, or of being destroyed by red spinning probes.

==Belligerents==

===Ur-Quan Hierarchy===
Led by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]], the [[Hierarchy]] is an interstellar empire that follows the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to conquer and enslave all races.

===Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah===
The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] are a sister race of the Kzer-Za and follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all sentient races.

===New Alliance of Free Stars===
Led by the [[Humans]] and following in the footsteps of the original [[Alliance of Free Stars]], the [[New Alliance]] is a guerrilla army comprising many of the races that the Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah seek to enslave or exterminate.

===Unaffiliated races===
A handful of races [[Neutral|never align]] with any of the major factions but participate heavily in the conflict, namely the [[Druuge]], [[Melnorme]] and [[Slylandro]].

==Theatres and Key Battles==
===Theatres===
* [[Doctrinal Conflict|Doctrinal War]] (Kzer-Za vs Kohr-Ah)
* [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]]
* [[Ilwrath-Thraddash war]]
* [[Supox and Utwig offensive against the Kohr-Ah]]
* [[Yehat Revolution]]

===Key Battles===
''non-canonical designations:''
* [[Ambush at Organon|Battle of Organon (Syreen vs Mycon)]]
* [[Battle of Zeta Hyades]] (New Alliance vs Druuge)
* [[Final Mission]]

==Notes and References==
{{note|1}} — This is complete fan fiction and has no connection to the canon at all.
{{note|2}} — Not actually a theory, actually an Umgah joke.
{{note|3}} — Easily the most ridiculous of the three theories.

[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]
[[Category:Kohr-Ah]]
[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Second Doctrinal Conflict

2021-06-17T17:55:52Z

Donutcity: /* The War */ typo

{{DoctrinalWar
|name=Second Doctrinal War
|image=[[File:Sa-matra generators down.png]]
|caption=The Sa-Matra with generators disabled
|duration=c.2155 - c.2159
|location=our corner of the Galaxy
|result=* Kohr-Ah victory in the second [[Doctrinal Conflict]] * Decisive victory for either New Alliance or Kohr-Ah forces
|belligerent1='''[[New Alliance of Free Stars]]''' 
* [[Human]]
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Chmmr]]
* [[Orz]]
* [[Pkunk]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Supox-Utwig Alliance]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Yehat Rebels]]
* [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]
|belligerent2='''[[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]]'''
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]
* [[Ilwrath]]
* [[Mycon]]
* [[Umgah]]
* [[VUX]]
* [[Yehat|Yehat (Royalists)]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Thraddash]]
|belligerent3=''[[Neutral|unaffiliated races]]'' 
* [[Druuge]]
* [[Melnorme]]
* [[Slylandro]]
|belligerent4='''[[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]]'''
}}

The '''Second Doctrinal Conflict''' or '''Second Doctrinal War''' is a ''non-canonical'' term referring to the events of [[Star Control II]]. It is a major galactic war that synthesises the [[Doctrinal Conflict]] and the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]], bringing nearly two dozen races into three major factions.

==Background==
The '''Doctrinal Conflict''' is an ideological rivalry between the two [[Ur-Quan]] sister species. The military and foreign policies of both subspecies are aggressive and expansionist, but they do not agree on how to treat conquered races. The [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] follow the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to establish an organized imperial structure in which subdued worlds become either subservient Battle Thralls or isolated Fallow Slaves. The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all races. The '''First Doctrinal War''' was waged quite some time ago, with the Kzer-Za emerging victorious after finding the [[Sa-Matra]], a [[Precursor]] ship.

The '''Ur-Quan Slave War''' was Kzer-Za invasion of our corner of the galaxy from AD 2098 to 2134. As the Kzer-Za subjugated worlds and built up the Hierarchy, the [[Chenjesu]] and [[Mmrnmhrm]] formed the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] to counter the threat. The Alliance grew along with the Hierarchy, but was eventually defeated in detail. For twenty years the Kzer-Za ruled our corner of the galaxy, with their imperial Battle Thralls enforcing order over the Fallow Slaves.

==The War==
A Human scientific mission to the [[Vela]] system lost contact with Earth and the Alliance during the war. Isolated, they constructed a [[Precursor]] ship of their own and returned on 17 February 2155 to Earth, under the leadership of [[The Captain]] and hoping to assist the war effort. After learning the fate of the old Alliance, [[The Captain]] and [[Hayes|Starbase Commander Hayes]] found the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] to finally defeat the Ur-Quan. As the Captain is building the Alliance, he learns of the Kohr-Ah and of their invasion of Kzer-Za space.

The details of the war are difficult to piece together because thousands of people claiming to be "'''The Captain'''" each have varying accounts. It is possible that the Captain of the Flagship endured some sort of transdimensional mitosis on 17 February 2155 as the Flagship entered [[TrueSpace]] at [[Sol]], resulting in thousands of Captains in thousands of dimensions, each tasked with liberating Earth from the Slave Shield and each taking a different path{{ref|1}}. Another theory{{ref|2}} is that the Umgah hacked the Flagship's log and created so many alternate histories that no one is sure which one is correct. A third and and downright cockamamy theory{{ref|3}} has emerged that has no credibility whatsoever: that all of these events are nothing more that a petroleum-age computer game in which the occurrence and chronology are determined by a "player" in the comfort of their own home!

===Events of 2155===
At the onset, the Hierarchy consisted of the Kzer-Za, seven [[Battle Thralls]] and four slave shielded worlds, the [[Humans]] were the only [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]] member and the [[Kohr-Ah]] were a superpower. The [[Arilou]], [[Druuge]], [[Orz]], [[Pkunk]] and [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] were all non-aligned while the [[Supox]] and [[Utwig]] had a bilateral alliance.

The Flagship defeats the last remnants of [[Earthguard]]: a disabled Ilrwath [[Avenger]] that was passing the [[Sol]] system, and a frightened [[Spathi]] captain named [[Fwiffo]] who can be persuaded to defect to the Alliance, which in turn helps convince the [[The Safe Ones|Spathi government]] to follow suit.

The Zoq-Fot-Pik were already on the edge of Ur-Quan space, prompting them to initiate contact with the [[Earth Starbase]], which was already becoming the ''de facto'' capital of the New Alliance.

The [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]] involves Earth's two nearest neighbours, the aggressive [[Ilwrath]] Battle Thralls and the playful [[Pkunk]]. The Pkunk are losing badly and tell the Captain that they want to migrate back to [[Yehat]] space to rejoin their sister race. The [[Yehat]] were an Alliance member who defected to the Hierarchy in the later stages of the Slave War by withdrawing from a battle against the Kzer-Za and stranding the [[Shofixti]]. Many of the Starship Clans are deeply ashamed of the this, compounded by the fearless sacrifice by the Shofixti, who caused a mini supernova in their sun that destroyed all of the Kzer-Za ships and the Shofixti race. Their neighbours, the [[VUX]] and [[Mycon]] are both powerful Battle Thralls in a relatively quiet sector of space. The Druuge are a powerful merchant state that has been doing underhanded business with the [[Burvixese]] and [[Utwig]]. The [[Thraddash]] have been ordered by the Kzer-Za to hold position, while the [[Umgah]] have been pulling major pranks despite dealing with a dangerous [[Talking Pet]].

Another major issue facing this region of space is the increasing contact with mysterious and powerful red probes that "...come in peace" and then obliterate all ships in their path.

===Events of 2159===
By most accounts, the Kohr-Ah defeat the Kzer-Za in 2159 and begin the Death March to exterminate all life.

If the Captain has been thorough, the Alliance consists of a dozen worlds and the Flagship is a powerful warship; a Pkunk has become Queen of the Yehat, who are again supporting the Alliance; the Shofixti have procreated from the brink of extinction, the Syreen have crippled the Mycon fleet and their Starbase Captain Talana has become the romantic interest of the Captain; the "Dilwrath" and Thraddash annihilated each other in a brief war; the Supox and Utwig have attacked both Ur-Quan races; and the Druuge continue their underhanded business.

If the Captain has been succinct, the New Alliance will boast the Humans, Chmmr, Supox, Syreen and Utwig, with support from the Pkunk.

Whether the Captain has been thorough or succinct, he will need to have a Precursor bomb that the Chmmr will have attached to his Precursor ship that he will pilot into the heart of the Ur-Quan's Precursor ship, the Sa-Matra. If he succeeds at this Final Mission, the Ur-Quan will be defeated and the Slave Shields can be destroyed. If he fails, the Death March will plod on until it reaches its final destination: Earth. If the Captain takes too long, the Kohr-Ah will have exterminated any number of races before the Sa-Matra is destroyed.

===Aftermath===
Again, the sheer number of people claiming to be ''The'' Captain makes it difficult to piece together this history. According to those Captains who have destroyed the Sa-Matra, the Chmmr led the Allies in mopping up the remaining Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za ships. These Captains conveniently woke from an explosion-induced coma in time to see the [[Slave Shield]] come down at [[Earth]] and pursue a relationship with [[Talana]], with whom they retire on Unzervalt. Other Captains tell grisly tales of detonating the Utwig bomb in Deep Space, of surrendering to Ur-Quan forces, or of being destroyed by red spinning probes.

==Belligerents==

===Ur-Quan Hierarchy===
Led by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]], the [[Hierarchy]] is an interstellar empire that follows the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to conquer and enslave all races.

===Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah===
The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] are a sister race of the Kzer-Za and follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all sentient races.

===New Alliance of Free Stars===
Led by the [[Humans]] and following in the footsteps of the original [[Alliance of Free Stars]], the [[New Alliance]] is a guerrilla army comprising many of the races that the Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah seek to enslave or exterminate.

===Unaffiliated races===
A handful of races [[Neutral|never align]] with any of the major factions but participate heavily in the conflict, namely the [[Druuge]], [[Melnorme]] and [[Slylandro]].

==Theatres and Key Battles==
===Theatres===
* [[Doctrinal Conflict|Doctrinal War]] (Kzer-Za vs Kohr-Ah)
* [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]]
* [[Ilwrath-Thraddash war]]
* [[Supox and Utwig offensive against the Kohr-Ah]]
* [[Yehat Revolution]]

===Key Battles===
''non-canonical designations:''
* [[Ambush at Organon|Battle of Organon (Syreen vs Mycon)]]
* [[Battle of Zeta Hyades]] (New Alliance vs Druuge)
* [[Final Mission]]

==Notes and References==
{{note|1}} — This is complete fan fiction and has no connection to the canon at all.
{{note|2}} — Not actually a theory, actually an Umgah joke.
{{note|3}} — Easily the most ridiculous of the three theories.

[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]
[[Category:Kohr-Ah]]
[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Second Doctrinal Conflict

2021-06-17T17:55:29Z

Donutcity: /* The War */ correction

{{DoctrinalWar
|name=Second Doctrinal War
|image=[[File:Sa-matra generators down.png]]
|caption=The Sa-Matra with generators disabled
|duration=c.2155 - c.2159
|location=our corner of the Galaxy
|result=* Kohr-Ah victory in the second [[Doctrinal Conflict]] * Decisive victory for either New Alliance or Kohr-Ah forces
|belligerent1='''[[New Alliance of Free Stars]]''' 
* [[Human]]
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Chmmr]]
* [[Orz]]
* [[Pkunk]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Supox-Utwig Alliance]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Yehat Rebels]]
* [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]
|belligerent2='''[[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]]'''
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]
* [[Ilwrath]]
* [[Mycon]]
* [[Umgah]]
* [[VUX]]
* [[Yehat|Yehat (Royalists)]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Thraddash]]
|belligerent3=''[[Neutral|unaffiliated races]]'' 
* [[Druuge]]
* [[Melnorme]]
* [[Slylandro]]
|belligerent4='''[[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]]'''
}}

The '''Second Doctrinal Conflict''' or '''Second Doctrinal War''' is a ''non-canonical'' term referring to the events of [[Star Control II]]. It is a major galactic war that synthesises the [[Doctrinal Conflict]] and the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]], bringing nearly two dozen races into three major factions.

==Background==
The '''Doctrinal Conflict''' is an ideological rivalry between the two [[Ur-Quan]] sister species. The military and foreign policies of both subspecies are aggressive and expansionist, but they do not agree on how to treat conquered races. The [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] follow the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to establish an organized imperial structure in which subdued worlds become either subservient Battle Thralls or isolated Fallow Slaves. The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all races. The '''First Doctrinal War''' was waged quite some time ago, with the Kzer-Za emerging victorious after finding the [[Sa-Matra]], a [[Precursor]] ship.

The '''Ur-Quan Slave War''' was Kzer-Za invasion of our corner of the galaxy from AD 2098 to 2134. As the Kzer-Za subjugated worlds and built up the Hierarchy, the [[Chenjesu]] and [[Mmrnmhrm]] formed the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] to counter the threat. The Alliance grew along with the Hierarchy, but was eventually defeated in detail. For twenty years the Kzer-Za ruled our corner of the galaxy, with their imperial Battle Thralls enforcing order over the Fallow Slaves.

==The War==
A Human scientific mission to the [[Vela]] system lost contact with Earth and the Alliance during the war. Isolated, they constructed a [[Precursor]] ship of their own and returned on 17 February 2155 to Earth, under the leadership of [[The Captain]] and hoping to assist the war effort. After learning the fate of the old Alliance, [[The Captain]] and [[Hayes|Starbase Commander Hayes]] found the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] to finally defeat the Ur-Quan. As the Captain is building the Alliance, he learns of the Khor-Ah and of their invasion of Kzer-Za space.

The details of the war are difficult to piece together because thousands of people claiming to be "'''The Captain'''" each have varying accounts. It is possible that the Captain of the Flagship endured some sort of transdimensional mitosis on 17 February 2155 as the Flagship entered [[TrueSpace]] at [[Sol]], resulting in thousands of Captains in thousands of dimensions, each tasked with liberating Earth from the Slave Shield and each taking a different path{{ref|1}}. Another theory{{ref|2}} is that the Umgah hacked the Flagship's log and created so many alternate histories that no one is sure which one is correct. A third and and downright cockamamy theory{{ref|3}} has emerged that has no credibility whatsoever: that all of these events are nothing more that a petroleum-age computer game in which the occurrence and chronology are determined by a "player" in the comfort of their own home!

===Events of 2155===
At the onset, the Hierarchy consisted of the Kzer-Za, seven [[Battle Thralls]] and four slave shielded worlds, the [[Humans]] were the only [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]] member and the [[Kohr-Ah]] were a superpower. The [[Arilou]], [[Druuge]], [[Orz]], [[Pkunk]] and [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] were all non-aligned while the [[Supox]] and [[Utwig]] had a bilateral alliance.

The Flagship defeats the last remnants of [[Earthguard]]: a disabled Ilrwath [[Avenger]] that was passing the [[Sol]] system, and a frightened [[Spathi]] captain named [[Fwiffo]] who can be persuaded to defect to the Alliance, which in turn helps convince the [[The Safe Ones|Spathi government]] to follow suit.

The Zoq-Fot-Pik were already on the edge of Ur-Quan space, prompting them to initiate contact with the [[Earth Starbase]], which was already becoming the ''de facto'' capital of the New Alliance.

The [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]] involves Earth's two nearest neighbours, the aggressive [[Ilwrath]] Battle Thralls and the playful [[Pkunk]]. The Pkunk are losing badly and tell the Captain that they want to migrate back to [[Yehat]] space to rejoin their sister race. The [[Yehat]] were an Alliance member who defected to the Hierarchy in the later stages of the Slave War by withdrawing from a battle against the Kzer-Za and stranding the [[Shofixti]]. Many of the Starship Clans are deeply ashamed of the this, compounded by the fearless sacrifice by the Shofixti, who caused a mini supernova in their sun that destroyed all of the Kzer-Za ships and the Shofixti race. Their neighbours, the [[VUX]] and [[Mycon]] are both powerful Battle Thralls in a relatively quiet sector of space. The Druuge are a powerful merchant state that has been doing underhanded business with the [[Burvixese]] and [[Utwig]]. The [[Thraddash]] have been ordered by the Kzer-Za to hold position, while the [[Umgah]] have been pulling major pranks despite dealing with a dangerous [[Talking Pet]].

Another major issue facing this region of space is the increasing contact with mysterious and powerful red probes that "...come in peace" and then obliterate all ships in their path.

===Events of 2159===
By most accounts, the Kohr-Ah defeat the Kzer-Za in 2159 and begin the Death March to exterminate all life.

If the Captain has been thorough, the Alliance consists of a dozen worlds and the Flagship is a powerful warship; a Pkunk has become Queen of the Yehat, who are again supporting the Alliance; the Shofixti have procreated from the brink of extinction, the Syreen have crippled the Mycon fleet and their Starbase Captain Talana has become the romantic interest of the Captain; the "Dilwrath" and Thraddash annihilated each other in a brief war; the Supox and Utwig have attacked both Ur-Quan races; and the Druuge continue their underhanded business.

If the Captain has been succinct, the New Alliance will boast the Humans, Chmmr, Supox, Syreen and Utwig, with support from the Pkunk.

Whether the Captain has been thorough or succinct, he will need to have a Precursor bomb that the Chmmr will have attached to his Precursor ship that he will pilot into the heart of the Ur-Quan's Precursor ship, the Sa-Matra. If he succeeds at this Final Mission, the Ur-Quan will be defeated and the Slave Shields can be destroyed. If he fails, the Death March will plod on until it reaches its final destination: Earth. If the Captain takes too long, the Kohr-Ah will have exterminated any number of races before the Sa-Matra is destroyed.

===Aftermath===
Again, the sheer number of people claiming to be ''The'' Captain makes it difficult to piece together this history. According to those Captains who have destroyed the Sa-Matra, the Chmmr led the Allies in mopping up the remaining Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za ships. These Captains conveniently woke from an explosion-induced coma in time to see the [[Slave Shield]] come down at [[Earth]] and pursue a relationship with [[Talana]], with whom they retire on Unzervalt. Other Captains tell grisly tales of detonating the Utwig bomb in Deep Space, of surrendering to Ur-Quan forces, or of being destroyed by red spinning probes.

==Belligerents==

===Ur-Quan Hierarchy===
Led by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]], the [[Hierarchy]] is an interstellar empire that follows the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to conquer and enslave all races.

===Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah===
The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] are a sister race of the Kzer-Za and follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all sentient races.

===New Alliance of Free Stars===
Led by the [[Humans]] and following in the footsteps of the original [[Alliance of Free Stars]], the [[New Alliance]] is a guerrilla army comprising many of the races that the Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah seek to enslave or exterminate.

===Unaffiliated races===
A handful of races [[Neutral|never align]] with any of the major factions but participate heavily in the conflict, namely the [[Druuge]], [[Melnorme]] and [[Slylandro]].

==Theatres and Key Battles==
===Theatres===
* [[Doctrinal Conflict|Doctrinal War]] (Kzer-Za vs Kohr-Ah)
* [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]]
* [[Ilwrath-Thraddash war]]
* [[Supox and Utwig offensive against the Kohr-Ah]]
* [[Yehat Revolution]]

===Key Battles===
''non-canonical designations:''
* [[Ambush at Organon|Battle of Organon (Syreen vs Mycon)]]
* [[Battle of Zeta Hyades]] (New Alliance vs Druuge)
* [[Final Mission]]

==Notes and References==
{{note|1}} — This is complete fan fiction and has no connection to the canon at all.
{{note|2}} — Not actually a theory, actually an Umgah joke.
{{note|3}} — Easily the most ridiculous of the three theories.

[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]
[[Category:Kohr-Ah]]
[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Second Doctrinal Conflict

2021-06-17T17:53:29Z

Donutcity: syntax

{{DoctrinalWar
|name=Second Doctrinal War
|image=[[File:Sa-matra generators down.png]]
|caption=The Sa-Matra with generators disabled
|duration=c.2155 - c.2159
|location=our corner of the Galaxy
|result=* Kohr-Ah victory in the second [[Doctrinal Conflict]] * Decisive victory for either New Alliance or Kohr-Ah forces
|belligerent1='''[[New Alliance of Free Stars]]''' 
* [[Human]]
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Chmmr]]
* [[Orz]]
* [[Pkunk]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Supox-Utwig Alliance]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Yehat Rebels]]
* [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]
|belligerent2='''[[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]]'''
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]
* [[Ilwrath]]
* [[Mycon]]
* [[Umgah]]
* [[VUX]]
* [[Yehat|Yehat (Royalists)]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Thraddash]]
|belligerent3=''[[Neutral|unaffiliated races]]'' 
* [[Druuge]]
* [[Melnorme]]
* [[Slylandro]]
|belligerent4='''[[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]]'''
}}

The '''Second Doctrinal Conflict''' or '''Second Doctrinal War''' is a ''non-canonical'' term referring to the events of [[Star Control II]]. It is a major galactic war that synthesises the [[Doctrinal Conflict]] and the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]], bringing nearly two dozen races into three major factions.

==Background==
The '''Doctrinal Conflict''' is an ideological rivalry between the two [[Ur-Quan]] sister species. The military and foreign policies of both subspecies are aggressive and expansionist, but they do not agree on how to treat conquered races. The [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] follow the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to establish an organized imperial structure in which subdued worlds become either subservient Battle Thralls or isolated Fallow Slaves. The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all races. The '''First Doctrinal War''' was waged quite some time ago, with the Kzer-Za emerging victorious after finding the [[Sa-Matra]], a [[Precursor]] ship.

The '''Ur-Quan Slave War''' was Kzer-Za invasion of our corner of the galaxy from AD 2098 to 2134. As the Kzer-Za subjugated worlds and built up the Hierarchy, the [[Chenjesu]] and [[Mmrnmhrm]] formed the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] to counter the threat. The Alliance grew along with the Hierarchy, but was eventually defeated in detail. For twenty years the Kzer-Za ruled our corner of the galaxy, with their imperial Battle Thralls enforcing order over the Fallow Slaves.

==The War==
A Human scientific mission to the [[Vela]] system lost contact with Earth and the Alliance during the war. Isolated, they constructed a [[Precursor]] ship of their own and returned on 17 February 2155 to Earth, under the leadership of [[The Captain]] and hoping to assist the war effort. After learning the fate of the old Alliance, [[The Captain]] and [[Hayes|Starbase Commander Hayes]] found the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] to finally defeat the Ur-Quan. As the Captain is building the Alliance, he learns of the Kzer-Za and of their invasion of Kzer-Za space.

The details of the war are difficult to piece together because thousands of people claiming to be "'''The Captain'''" each have varying accounts. It is possible that the Captain of the Flagship endured some sort of transdimensional mitosis on 17 February 2155 as the Flagship entered [[TrueSpace]] at [[Sol]], resulting in thousands of Captains in thousands of dimensions, each tasked with liberating Earth from the Slave Shield and each taking a different path{{ref|1}}. Another theory{{ref|2}} is that the Umgah hacked the Flagship's log and created so many alternate histories that no one is sure which one is correct. A third and and downright cockamamy theory{{ref|3}} has emerged that has no credibility whatsoever: that all of these events are nothing more that a petroleum-age computer game in which the occurrence and chronology are determined by a "player" in the comfort of their own home!

===Events of 2155===
At the onset, the Hierarchy consisted of the Kzer-Za, seven [[Battle Thralls]] and four slave shielded worlds, the [[Humans]] were the only [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]] member and the [[Kohr-Ah]] were a superpower. The [[Arilou]], [[Druuge]], [[Orz]], [[Pkunk]] and [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] were all non-aligned while the [[Supox]] and [[Utwig]] had a bilateral alliance.

The Flagship defeats the last remnants of [[Earthguard]]: a disabled Ilrwath [[Avenger]] that was passing the [[Sol]] system, and a frightened [[Spathi]] captain named [[Fwiffo]] who can be persuaded to defect to the Alliance, which in turn helps convince the [[The Safe Ones|Spathi government]] to follow suit.

The Zoq-Fot-Pik were already on the edge of Ur-Quan space, prompting them to initiate contact with the [[Earth Starbase]], which was already becoming the ''de facto'' capital of the New Alliance.

The [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]] involves Earth's two nearest neighbours, the aggressive [[Ilwrath]] Battle Thralls and the playful [[Pkunk]]. The Pkunk are losing badly and tell the Captain that they want to migrate back to [[Yehat]] space to rejoin their sister race. The [[Yehat]] were an Alliance member who defected to the Hierarchy in the later stages of the Slave War by withdrawing from a battle against the Kzer-Za and stranding the [[Shofixti]]. Many of the Starship Clans are deeply ashamed of the this, compounded by the fearless sacrifice by the Shofixti, who caused a mini supernova in their sun that destroyed all of the Kzer-Za ships and the Shofixti race. Their neighbours, the [[VUX]] and [[Mycon]] are both powerful Battle Thralls in a relatively quiet sector of space. The Druuge are a powerful merchant state that has been doing underhanded business with the [[Burvixese]] and [[Utwig]]. The [[Thraddash]] have been ordered by the Kzer-Za to hold position, while the [[Umgah]] have been pulling major pranks despite dealing with a dangerous [[Talking Pet]].

Another major issue facing this region of space is the increasing contact with mysterious and powerful red probes that "...come in peace" and then obliterate all ships in their path.

===Events of 2159===
By most accounts, the Kohr-Ah defeat the Kzer-Za in 2159 and begin the Death March to exterminate all life.

If the Captain has been thorough, the Alliance consists of a dozen worlds and the Flagship is a powerful warship; a Pkunk has become Queen of the Yehat, who are again supporting the Alliance; the Shofixti have procreated from the brink of extinction, the Syreen have crippled the Mycon fleet and their Starbase Captain Talana has become the romantic interest of the Captain; the "Dilwrath" and Thraddash annihilated each other in a brief war; the Supox and Utwig have attacked both Ur-Quan races; and the Druuge continue their underhanded business.

If the Captain has been succinct, the New Alliance will boast the Humans, Chmmr, Supox, Syreen and Utwig, with support from the Pkunk.

Whether the Captain has been thorough or succinct, he will need to have a Precursor bomb that the Chmmr will have attached to his Precursor ship that he will pilot into the heart of the Ur-Quan's Precursor ship, the Sa-Matra. If he succeeds at this Final Mission, the Ur-Quan will be defeated and the Slave Shields can be destroyed. If he fails, the Death March will plod on until it reaches its final destination: Earth. If the Captain takes too long, the Kohr-Ah will have exterminated any number of races before the Sa-Matra is destroyed.

===Aftermath===
Again, the sheer number of people claiming to be ''The'' Captain makes it difficult to piece together this history. According to those Captains who have destroyed the Sa-Matra, the Chmmr led the Allies in mopping up the remaining Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za ships. These Captains conveniently woke from an explosion-induced coma in time to see the [[Slave Shield]] come down at [[Earth]] and pursue a relationship with [[Talana]], with whom they retire on Unzervalt. Other Captains tell grisly tales of detonating the Utwig bomb in Deep Space, of surrendering to Ur-Quan forces, or of being destroyed by red spinning probes.

==Belligerents==

===Ur-Quan Hierarchy===
Led by the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]], the [[Hierarchy]] is an interstellar empire that follows the [[Path of Now and Forever]] to conquer and enslave all races.

===Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah===
The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] are a sister race of the Kzer-Za and follow the [[Eternal Doctrine]] to exterminate all sentient races.

===New Alliance of Free Stars===
Led by the [[Humans]] and following in the footsteps of the original [[Alliance of Free Stars]], the [[New Alliance]] is a guerrilla army comprising many of the races that the Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah seek to enslave or exterminate.

===Unaffiliated races===
A handful of races [[Neutral|never align]] with any of the major factions but participate heavily in the conflict, namely the [[Druuge]], [[Melnorme]] and [[Slylandro]].

==Theatres and Key Battles==
===Theatres===
* [[Doctrinal Conflict|Doctrinal War]] (Kzer-Za vs Kohr-Ah)
* [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war]]
* [[Ilwrath-Thraddash war]]
* [[Supox and Utwig offensive against the Kohr-Ah]]
* [[Yehat Revolution]]

===Key Battles===
''non-canonical designations:''
* [[Ambush at Organon|Battle of Organon (Syreen vs Mycon)]]
* [[Battle of Zeta Hyades]] (New Alliance vs Druuge)
* [[Final Mission]]

==Notes and References==
{{note|1}} — This is complete fan fiction and has no connection to the canon at all.
{{note|2}} — Not actually a theory, actually an Umgah joke.
{{note|3}} — Easily the most ridiculous of the three theories.

[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]
[[Category:Kohr-Ah]]
[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Ur-Quan Slave War

2021-06-17T17:51:17Z

Donutcity: added reference and link to second war

{{SlaveWar
|name=Ur-Quan Slave War
|image=[[File:Guardian icon.png]] [[File:X-Form icon.png]]
|caption=Androsynth Guardian & Mmrnmhrm X-Form
|duration=2098-2134
|location=our corner of the Galaxy
|result=* Decisive Hierarchy victory * Chenjesu, Humans, Mmrnmhrm, Syreen become Fallow Slaves * Yehat become Battle Thralls * Shofixti are presumed extinct
|belligerent1='''[[Alliance of Free Stars]]''' 
* [[Chenjesu]]
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Humans]]
* [[Mmrnmhrm]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Yehat]]
|belligerent2='''[[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]]'''
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]
* [[Androsynth]]
* [[Ilwrath]]
* [[Mycon]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Umgah]]
* [[VUX]] 
}}

The '''Ur-Quan Slave War''', also called the '''(Great) Crucible of Sentience''', the '''Ur-Quan Conflict''', or simply the '''Great War''', was the original conflict between the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] and the [[Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]] that lasted from 2098 to 2134 AD.

Although decisive, the war was inconclusive, and laid the foundation for the [[Second Doctrinal Conflict]].

==Beginning of Ur-Quan aggression==
===First detection===
The first contact between the two sides occurred when the [[Chenjesu]]'s extraordinary complex [[HyperSpace|HyperWave]] sensing abilities detected the intrusion of a previously unknown species, the Ur-Quan, into the far antispinward reaches of known space, in the Ophiuchi constellation. The strange, discordant signal, which they were unable to translate at the time, was an Ur-Quan hunting cry, calling Lords toward an area of many developed sentient civilizations.

===Thraddash, Umgah, and Ilwrath subjugation===
The Chenjesu, unable to communicate with the Ur-Quan, failed to detect the Ur-Quan's first major battles with the [[Thraddash]] in [[Draco]]nis. When the Thraddash had been fully subjugated, the Chenjesu watched as the Ur-Quan conquered the [[Umgah]], who had until then maintained an apparently benign but aloof presence in the spacefaring community. The Ur-Quan then turned rimward and conquered the technologically underdeveloped [[Ilwrath]]. The Ilwrath's warlike culture proved fertile ground for Ur-Quan propaganda and with the benefit of new and improved technology tailored to their sadistic combat style, they greatly enhanced the now quite imposing Hierarchy military whose attention now turned to the ripe resources and population of [[Earth]] and the riches of the Chenjesu civilization at [[Procyon]] beside it.

==Alliance-Hierarchy conflict==
===Creation of Alliance and expansion of Hierarchy===
In response, the Chenjesu formed a makeshift military alliance with their friends, the [[Mmrnmhrm]], to directly counter Ur-Quan aggression. Together the two races were able to temporarily repel the Ur-Quan, who, undeterred, turned aside from their defensive lines and began to send forces further spinward toward the [[Spathi]] and [[Androsynth]]. As they conquered those two races and began using the Spathi and Androsynth manpower and ships to bolster their fleets, the Chenjesu, realizing the enormity of the threat, began to negotiate with the most militarily powerful of the local races they knew of to form a true military alliance — the Alliance of Free Stars — capable of withstanding the growing Hierarchy of Battle Thralls. The two sides began to race to amass troops. The Chenjesu quickly gained the support of the military powerhouses of the [[Yehat]] and [[Shofixti]], and initiated first contact in 2112 with the still-primitive [[Humans]] and their dormant military and industrial potential.

Unfortunately the Umgah had already accepted status as [[Battle Thralls]] rather than lose their freedom; after the Ur-Quan had quickly cowed the Spathi into submission, the Umgah, trifling with the Spathi for amusement, tricked them into likewise joining the Hierarchy, swelling their ranks with their numerous (if cowardly) forces. These combined forces made short work of the hopelessly outnumbered Androsynth and were able to harness the Androsynth's technological genius and deep hatred of the Humans in the Alliance to bolster their forces. On the Alliance side, the formal entry of the Humans to the Alliance in 2116 precipitated the unexpected appearance of the [[Arilou Lalee'lay]], who appeared by unknown means at Earth's moon, [[Luna]], and inexplicably asked to join the Alliance. Alliance authorities, unwilling to turn away allies, however mysterious, agreed, and the Arilou became a powerful wild card during the war.

===VUX situation===
After the subjugation of the Androsynth was completed, Ur-Quan forces began increasingly to pull away from the contested territory near Earth as incoming Yehat and Shofixti forces, bolstered by Earth's growing [[Star Control (Organization)|Star Control]] military, took greater tolls on the Hierarchy. More and more forces went spinward, now attacking the [[VUX]], with whom the Yehat had only had sporadic and hostile contacts. An attempt to investigate Ur-Quan activity in this area and, if possible, recruit the VUX to help the Alliance cause ended disastrously in the famous incident of [[the Insult]] of Captain [[Jeffry L. Rand]]. Rand's blunder apparently destroyed any chance of VUX cooperation or even communication with Alliance forces, leaving them to watch helplessly as the Hierarchy conquered and absorbed the VUX. Hierarchy forces then finally made contact with the home stars of the Yehat and Shofixti, but the fortifications there were far too strong for Hierarchy forces even after the assimilation of the VUX and their brilliant tactical genius Admiral [[ZEX]].

===Mycon and Syreen involvement===
The Ur-Quan pulled out coreward, toward Brahe; no known races lived there, and Alliance forces dared speculate that the Hierarchy was now satisfied and choosing to end hostilities and retreat. Unfortunately, it turned out that the [[Mycon]] race, which had existed undetected until now, had openly initiated communications with the Ur-Quan asking to join the Hierarchy voluntarily. The Alliance were unable to determine why, only knowing that the Mycon's unique Podship technology greatly multiplied the sheer firepower potential of the Ur-Quan forces, making them far more offensively powerful. At the last moment, the advance of the Hierarchy through Mycon space forced the flight of the also previously unknown neighbors to the Mycon, the [[Syreen]], who had been wandering in fleets of habitats and vessels since the recent destruction of their home planet [[Syra]]. Flying desperately just ahead of the Mycon advance and increasingly harried by raids from the unscrupulous [[VUX]], they were forced to join the Alliance despite their extreme military weakness; though their fleet was small and primitive, their unique form of hypnotic technology proved an effective tactical device to help reduce the Hierarchy's advantage.

With no other major races willing or able to join either side, there was nothing left for it but increasing escalation of hostilities, fought along what the Alliance termed the [[Coreward Front]] running through the [[Indi]] and [[Mira]] constellations. The struggle continued for over ten years and many legendary battles were fought, such as the famous [[Battle in Draco]]. The Hierarchy's apparent military advantages never quite allowed them to gain a permanent foothold against the embattled Alliance.

==Defeat of the Alliance==
===Chenjesu and Mmrnmhrm===
Finally, in 2134, the Ur-Quan successfully pushed the Alliance back beyond Raynet, and immediately seized the opportunity this gave them. Though Procyon was heavily defended by the Chenjesu, the Ur-Quan finally chose to use the decisive ace in the hole they had reserved until then, the [[Sa-Matra]]. The powerful Chenjesu fleet was helpless against it, and the Chenjesu and Mmrnmhrm main defense fleets had no time even to send more than a few scattered distress transmissions before the Sa-Matra utterly destroyed them. Their homeworld devastated, the Chenjesu leaders of the Alliance attempted to send a transmission — never received — advocating a new strategy of retreat and surrender, taking advantage of Ur-Quan largesse in allowing conquered races to live settled and mostly uninterfered-with lives as [[fallow slave]]s to somehow develop a covert resistance among [[slave shield|slave-shielded]] species and seek a technological answer to the Sa-Matra's power. The Mmrnmhrm, lacking their own homeworld, chose to join the Chenjesu in becoming fallow slaves at [[Procyon II]] and integrate themselves into their plans.

===Humans===
Following the subjugation at Procyon II, Earth was next in line for attack, and the Humans were quickly defeated by a massive, multilateral attack. Without the support of the powerful Chenjesu and Mmrnmhrm, the remaining defenders of the [[Sol]] system had no chance of standing against a combined attack by the entire Hierarchy. The Star Control forces, soon separated from their allies, were pushed back all the way within the Sol system, but heroically continued to fight until their entire force had been destroyed; finally, with all their materiel and troops gone, the Humans agreed to surrender terms, and elected to go through the pain of becoming fallow, which they had been told to do by the Chenjesu and Mmrnmhrm, rather than fighting for their enemies.

===Syreen and Arilou===
Seeing the Alliance in tatters, the Shofixti and Yehat rushed back spinward to defend their home systems, leaving no one at the Coreward Front but the meager Arilou and Syreen fleets. Expecting a final defense against the Hierarchy, the Syreen were shocked to find the Arilou wordlessly scattering and vanishing, leaving them no choice but to surrender to the Hierarchy as well (possibly following the [[final defense at Raynet]]), choosing fallow status and being relocated to a new world, [[Gaia]], in the Betelgeuse system.

===Shofixti and Yehat===
The Hierarchy now turned spinward again toward the two hardest nuts to crack, the martial cultures of the Shofixti and Yehat. As the Hierarchy reached the [[Delta Gorno]] system, the Yehat, who had prepared a desperate strategy to use their outnumbered fleets as a tactical wedge to divide and weaken the Hierarchy forces, suddenly withdrew under orders from the [[Veep-Neep Queen]], who had seemingly lost her heart for combat. Against the protests of the Starship Clans, the Yehat left the Shofixti to fend for themselves; without Yehat support, there was no strategic possibility of even forcing significant casualties on the Hierarchy. The Shofixti fleet nonetheless fought valiantly, using the only weapon they had left, their self-destructing [[glory device|Glory Device]]s, to destroy squadron after Ur-Quan squadron. Even so, their entire fleet had soon been consumed and their homeworld left undefended; unknown to either the Yehat or the Hierarchy they had prepared one final act of defiance. As the bulk of the Hierarchy fleet stationed itself in Delta Gorno to put down the Shofixti resistance, the surviving Shofixti lowered a [[Precursor Bomb]] into their sun and activated it, causing the star suddenly to flare and flood the entire system with radiation — a massive re-creation of the Shofixti Glory Device. All Shofixti forces had been called back to the system to participate in the final defense, and with a few scattered exceptions the entirety of their race was killed by this Ultimate Glory Device; even so, a third of the Ur-Quan fleet had been taken with them.

Unfortunately, this was not enough to change the outcome of the war. Shocked and horrified by the Shofixti's fate, the Starship Clans' protests were fruitless; unwilling to undermine the cultural source of her throne's legitimacy, the Queen finally ended the war by formally surrendering to the Ur-Quan and, moreover, volunteering the Yehat's services as Battle Thralls to prevent the dismantling of their military. Official hostilities now ceased, and the Ur-Quan, after putting into place the various Hierarchy Starbases as signs of dominance over the fallow slaves and implementing maintenance and control systems among the Battle Thralls, began to turn to their own concerns, vanishing from public sight, it is now known, to begin the [[Doctrinal Conflict]] against the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]].

==Post-war events==
The interbellum period lasted twenty years, and no one outside of what had been the special ops division of Star Control, [[Corridor Nine]], knew of a secret mission that had been sent to the [[Vela]] system just before war's end to investigate strange [[Precursor]] [[list of Precursor relics|relics]] there. Cut off from the Alliance forces, this expedition had become the makeshift colony of Vela I or [[Unzervalt]]. Eventually, the ancient Precursor technology was used to partially construct a functional Precursor cargo ship, to be known as [[The Flagship]]. Captained by a young man from Unzervalt, usually called [[The Captain]], this vessel emerged from Vela to restart guerrilla actions against the Ur-Quan and overthrow them in the events of [[Star Control II]].

==Campaigns==

The Campaigns of the Ur-Quan Slave War are as follows (taken from [[Star Control]] for Genesis, in rough chronological order):
* '''First Encounter''' - When spheres of influence meet, battle is inevitable.
::In a far sector along the Coreward Frontier, an Alliance resource development team has encountered a small Hierarchy ravage/reclaim unit. Both commanders face a similar decision: fortify their holdings then expand into enemy space, or make an immediate charge into the enemy's zone, hoping to disrupt his plans before they come to fruition.
* '''The Art Of War''' - Match your strength against your enemy's weakness.
::TO ALL COMMANDERS! It has come to the attention of the leadership that certain ships are especially vulnerable to attacks by particular enemy vessels. In your new assignment, beware of these fatal match-ups as you seek to destroy the enemy's Starbase. Consider multi-species, wingbeing pairs. That is all . . .
* '''Exterminate!''' - The Hierarchy must curb rampant Shofixti breeding!
::Perhaps the bravest species in the Alliance is the marsupial Shofixti. Though young as a sentient species, and near feral in psychology, no other race in the Free Stars is so quick and efficient at exploring and exploiting an uncharted region of space. One such Shofixti-built zone has attracted the attention of the Hierarchy, in the form of an Ur-Quan Dreadnought. Its mission: a seek-and-destroy sortie to eliminate all Alliance colony worlds. The only way the Shofixti can emerge victorious is to destroy the Dreadnought before all their colony worlds are lost.
* '''VUX Incursion''' - A VUX task force attacks an Alliance StarBase. (Sega Genesis only)
::Early in the Ur-Quan conflict a stupid mistake caused the VUX to side with the Hierarchy, when a foolish Earthling captain uttered "That's one ugly sucker!" without realizing how good VUX translation systems were. The enraged VUX, a tad touchy about their appearance, proceeded to mount a large assault force to destroy the Alliance StarBase.
* '''Proving Ground''' - The Spathi fleet meets the Mmrnmhrm in deep space.
::The newly conquered Spathi are commanded by their Ur-Quan overlords to capture the Mmrnmhrm Star Cluster mines as proof of their worth. The cowardly Spathi have no choice but to engage the tricky Mmrnmhrm in a pitched battle over a thinly populated region of space. The Spathi goal is to destroy all the Mmrnmhrm mining worlds, which supply a large portion of the Alliance income. The Mmrnmhrm must prevent this, at any cost.
* '''Lost in Space''' - A solitary Chenjesu must survive a harsh universe. (Sega Genesis only)
::A prototype ultra-stardrive has accidentally sent a Chenjesu Broodhome deep into hierarchy territory. Recognizing that survival is the most important consideration, the Chenjesu captain has planted a colony. Contact comes soon after . . .
* '''Beginner's Luck''' - A lone syreen must prevent Androsynth deployment.
::A single Syreen patrolling a distant star cluster comes across an Androsynth development. The newly commissioned Syreen commander decides to engage the Androsynth, thereby ending the threat, and quite possibly winning a quick promotion. The Syreen commander must quickly defeat the Androsynth before he can build additional ships. The Androsynth Alpha+ Commander must choose between defending its colony world, and its Starbase. Time is on the Androsynths' side, and the enemy must come to him.
* '''Escalation''' - A war of production.
::In an unexplored sector, the Hierarchy and Alliance detect each others presence from their newly constructed starbases. Though alone and vulnerable, each starbase has a substantial initial budget to build a new star fleet. Long range deep-radar scans of this region confirm the presence of Precursor artifacts and installations!
* '''Target Earth''' - Planet Earth comes under surprise attack. (Sega Genesis only)
::The Earthlings, at first a minor annoyance for the Hierarchy, have become an increasingly serious threat. Mass-produced Cruisers deployed from the Detroit Ship Yards have become the backbone of the Alliance fleet. The Hierarchy launches a daring attack to crush the threat once and for all. A wave of Ilwrath ambushes are followed by the massive Ur-Quan Dreadnoughts, with Androsynth and Umgah reinforcements close behind. Earth's Cruisers, with the help of a few visiting Alliance ships, stage a desperate battle for Earth's survival.
* '''Syreen's Song''' - A Syreen recruitment drive begins. (Sega Genesis only)
::The Syreen are looking for a few good beings, and have decided to begin their hunt deep in hierarchy space. As colony after colony vanishes, the outraged Hierarchy strikes back, assembling a task force to decimate the Syreen. The Hierarchy must strike with lightning speed. To hesitate is to face a Syreen force replete with captured colonists.
* '''Mushroom Cloud''' - A bold Alliance attack on the Mycons. (Sega Genesis only)
::Priority One Alpha, Visual Receptors Only: Star Control General Staff and Warship Captains . . . As is well known, the number of Mycon Podships in the theater of operations is increasing at an alarming rate. At last we have found the source! 14 solar hours ago, Long-range scouts uncovered a previously uncharted cluster of Mycon colonies. If these colonies are allowed to survive, the Mycons will overrun this quadrant within the month. These colonies must be destroyed at any cost! All Alliance vessels within 30 parsecs are ordered to join the effort. This is a Must Win situation. Good Luck!
* '''The Nebula''' - The Hierarchy assaults the Yehat homeworlds. (Sega Genesis only)
::After an exhaustive search, Ur-Quan spies have discovered the nebula that holds the secret homeworlds of the Yehat. The unsuspecting cluster is targeted for destruction. The inhabitants must use the flexibility of their many colonies and substantial cash reserves to defend against the Hierarchy's genocidal attack.
* '''Onslaught''' - The Ur-Quan offensive begins!
::An Armada of 6 Dreadnoughts approaches an established Alliance area of space. Can the Alliance withstand the onslaught in this thinly held star cluster? The Hierarchy seeks to conquer this region as a stepping stone to the core of the Free Stars, and the defeat of the entire Alliance fleet. The Alliance must annihilate the Ur-Quan menace.
* '''Counter Attack''' - The Alliance strikes back!
::For the moment the table is turned, and the Alliance has made a strong counter attack against newly established Hierarchy holdings. Multiple Alliance star fleets move through Hierarchy space towards a final rendevous for battle in Draco. An Alliance commander arrives in enemy space with a starbase and a small task force. Additional vessels must be commissioned immediately in order to mount an offensive. The Hierarchy sector-chief must attempt to hold out until the income from its mining worlds allow it to build enough forces to repel the attack.
* '''Total War''' - Two full fleets face off in a battle to the death!
::GENERAL ORDER 1216: For maximum flexibility in forthcoming combat situations, it is hereby designated that war fleets be composed of a mixture of ships from each of the available races. Due to shortages in raw materials, starbases are not available. Concentrate on making good use of Colonies and Fortifications, as well as your knowledge of ship-vs-ship tactical advantages. That is all . . .

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Ur-Quan Slave War

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|name=Ur-Quan Slave War
|image=[[File:Guardian icon.png]] [[File:X-Form icon.png]]
|caption=Androsynth Guardian & Mmrnmhrm X-Form
|duration=2098-2134
|location=our corner of the Galaxy
|result=* Decisive Hierarchy victory * Chenjesu, Humans, Mmrnmhrm, Syreen become Fallow Slaves * Yehat become Battle Thralls * Shofixti are presumed extinct
|belligerent1='''[[Alliance of Free Stars]]''' 
* [[Chenjesu]]
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Humans]]
* [[Mmrnmhrm]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Yehat]]
|belligerent2='''[[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]]'''
* [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]]
* [[Androsynth]]
* [[Ilwrath]]
* [[Mycon]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Umgah]]
* [[VUX]] 
}}

The '''Ur-Quan Slave War''', also sometimes called the '''(Great) Crucible of Sentience''', the '''Ur-Quan Conflict''', or simply the '''Great War''', is the original war between the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] and the [[Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]] that lasted from 2098 to 2134 AD.

==Beginning of Ur-Quan aggression==
===First detection===
The first contact between the two sides occurred when the [[Chenjesu]]'s extraordinary complex [[HyperSpace|HyperWave]] sensing abilities detected the intrusion of a previously unknown species, the Ur-Quan, into the far antispinward reaches of known space, in the Ophiuchi constellation. The strange, discordant signal, which they were unable to translate at the time, was an Ur-Quan hunting cry, calling Lords toward an area of many developed sentient civilizations.

===Thraddash, Umgah, and Ilwrath subjugation===
The Chenjesu, unable to communicate with the Ur-Quan, failed to detect the Ur-Quan's first major battles with the [[Thraddash]] in [[Draco]]nis. When the Thraddash had been fully subjugated, the Chenjesu watched as the Ur-Quan conquered the [[Umgah]], who had until then maintained an apparently benign but aloof presence in the spacefaring community. The Ur-Quan then turned rimward and conquered the technologically underdeveloped [[Ilwrath]]. The Ilwrath's warlike culture proved fertile ground for Ur-Quan propaganda and with the benefit of new and improved technology tailored to their sadistic combat style, they greatly enhanced the now quite imposing Hierarchy military whose attention now turned to the ripe resources and population of [[Earth]] and the riches of the Chenjesu civilization at [[Procyon]] beside it.

==Alliance-Hierarchy conflict==
===Creation of Alliance and expansion of Hierarchy===
In response, the Chenjesu formed a makeshift military alliance with their friends, the [[Mmrnmhrm]], to directly counter Ur-Quan aggression. Together the two races were able to temporarily repel the Ur-Quan, who, undeterred, turned aside from their defensive lines and began to send forces further spinward toward the [[Spathi]] and [[Androsynth]]. As they conquered those two races and began using the Spathi and Androsynth manpower and ships to bolster their fleets, the Chenjesu, realizing the enormity of the threat, began to negotiate with the most militarily powerful of the local races they knew of to form a true military alliance — the Alliance of Free Stars — capable of withstanding the growing Hierarchy of Battle Thralls. The two sides began to race to amass troops. The Chenjesu quickly gained the support of the military powerhouses of the [[Yehat]] and [[Shofixti]], and initiated first contact in 2112 with the still-primitive [[Humans]] and their dormant military and industrial potential.

Unfortunately the Umgah had already accepted status as [[Battle Thralls]] rather than lose their freedom; after the Ur-Quan had quickly cowed the Spathi into submission, the Umgah, trifling with the Spathi for amusement, tricked them into likewise joining the Hierarchy, swelling their ranks with their numerous (if cowardly) forces. These combined forces made short work of the hopelessly outnumbered Androsynth and were able to harness the Androsynth's technological genius and deep hatred of the Humans in the Alliance to bolster their forces. On the Alliance side, the formal entry of the Humans to the Alliance in 2116 precipitated the unexpected appearance of the [[Arilou Lalee'lay]], who appeared by unknown means at Earth's moon, [[Luna]], and inexplicably asked to join the Alliance. Alliance authorities, unwilling to turn away allies, however mysterious, agreed, and the Arilou became a powerful wild card during the war.

===VUX situation===
After the subjugation of the Androsynth was completed, Ur-Quan forces began increasingly to pull away from the contested territory near Earth as incoming Yehat and Shofixti forces, bolstered by Earth's growing [[Star Control (Organization)|Star Control]] military, took greater tolls on the Hierarchy. More and more forces went spinward, now attacking the [[VUX]], with whom the Yehat had only had sporadic and hostile contacts. An attempt to investigate Ur-Quan activity in this area and, if possible, recruit the VUX to help the Alliance cause ended disastrously in the famous incident of [[the Insult]] of Captain [[Jeffry L. Rand]]. Rand's blunder apparently destroyed any chance of VUX cooperation or even communication with Alliance forces, leaving them to watch helplessly as the Hierarchy conquered and absorbed the VUX. Hierarchy forces then finally made contact with the home stars of the Yehat and Shofixti, but the fortifications there were far too strong for Hierarchy forces even after the assimilation of the VUX and their brilliant tactical genius Admiral [[ZEX]].

===Mycon and Syreen involvement===
The Ur-Quan pulled out coreward, toward Brahe; no known races lived there, and Alliance forces dared speculate that the Hierarchy was now satisfied and choosing to end hostilities and retreat. Unfortunately, it turned out that the [[Mycon]] race, which had existed undetected until now, had openly initiated communications with the Ur-Quan asking to join the Hierarchy voluntarily. The Alliance were unable to determine why, only knowing that the Mycon's unique Podship technology greatly multiplied the sheer firepower potential of the Ur-Quan forces, making them far more offensively powerful. At the last moment, the advance of the Hierarchy through Mycon space forced the flight of the also previously unknown neighbors to the Mycon, the [[Syreen]], who had been wandering in fleets of habitats and vessels since the recent destruction of their home planet [[Syra]]. Flying desperately just ahead of the Mycon advance and increasingly harried by raids from the unscrupulous [[VUX]], they were forced to join the Alliance despite their extreme military weakness; though their fleet was small and primitive, their unique form of hypnotic technology proved an effective tactical device to help reduce the Hierarchy's advantage.

With no other major races willing or able to join either side, there was nothing left for it but increasing escalation of hostilities, fought along what the Alliance termed the [[Coreward Front]] running through the [[Indi]] and [[Mira]] constellations. The struggle continued for over ten years and many legendary battles were fought, such as the famous [[Battle in Draco]]. The Hierarchy's apparent military advantages never quite allowed them to gain a permanent foothold against the embattled Alliance.

==Defeat of the Alliance==
===Chenjesu and Mmrnmhrm===
Finally, in 2134, the Ur-Quan successfully pushed the Alliance back beyond Raynet, and immediately seized the opportunity this gave them. Though Procyon was heavily defended by the Chenjesu, the Ur-Quan finally chose to use the decisive ace in the hole they had reserved until then, the [[Sa-Matra]]. The powerful Chenjesu fleet was helpless against it, and the Chenjesu and Mmrnmhrm main defense fleets had no time even to send more than a few scattered distress transmissions before the Sa-Matra utterly destroyed them. Their homeworld devastated, the Chenjesu leaders of the Alliance attempted to send a transmission — never received — advocating a new strategy of retreat and surrender, taking advantage of Ur-Quan largesse in allowing conquered races to live settled and mostly uninterfered-with lives as [[fallow slave]]s to somehow develop a covert resistance among [[slave shield|slave-shielded]] species and seek a technological answer to the Sa-Matra's power. The Mmrnmhrm, lacking their own homeworld, chose to join the Chenjesu in becoming fallow slaves at [[Procyon II]] and integrate themselves into their plans.

===Humans===
Following the subjugation at Procyon II, Earth was next in line for attack, and the Humans were quickly defeated by a massive, multilateral attack. Without the support of the powerful Chenjesu and Mmrnmhrm, the remaining defenders of the [[Sol]] system had no chance of standing against a combined attack by the entire Hierarchy. The Star Control forces, soon separated from their allies, were pushed back all the way within the Sol system, but heroically continued to fight until their entire force had been destroyed; finally, with all their materiel and troops gone, the Humans agreed to surrender terms, and elected to go through the pain of becoming fallow, which they had been told to do by the Chenjesu and Mmrnmhrm, rather than fighting for their enemies.

===Syreen and Arilou===
Seeing the Alliance in tatters, the Shofixti and Yehat rushed back spinward to defend their home systems, leaving no one at the Coreward Front but the meager Arilou and Syreen fleets. Expecting a final defense against the Hierarchy, the Syreen were shocked to find the Arilou wordlessly scattering and vanishing, leaving them no choice but to surrender to the Hierarchy as well (possibly following the [[final defense at Raynet]]), choosing fallow status and being relocated to a new world, [[Gaia]], in the Betelgeuse system.

===Shofixti and Yehat===
The Hierarchy now turned spinward again toward the two hardest nuts to crack, the martial cultures of the Shofixti and Yehat. As the Hierarchy reached the [[Delta Gorno]] system, the Yehat, who had prepared a desperate strategy to use their outnumbered fleets as a tactical wedge to divide and weaken the Hierarchy forces, suddenly withdrew under orders from the [[Veep-Neep Queen]], who had seemingly lost her heart for combat. Against the protests of the Starship Clans, the Yehat left the Shofixti to fend for themselves; without Yehat support, there was no strategic possibility of even forcing significant casualties on the Hierarchy. The Shofixti fleet nonetheless fought valiantly, using the only weapon they had left, their self-destructing [[glory device|Glory Device]]s, to destroy squadron after Ur-Quan squadron. Even so, their entire fleet had soon been consumed and their homeworld left undefended; unknown to either the Yehat or the Hierarchy they had prepared one final act of defiance. As the bulk of the Hierarchy fleet stationed itself in Delta Gorno to put down the Shofixti resistance, the surviving Shofixti lowered a [[Precursor Bomb]] into their sun and activated it, causing the star suddenly to flare and flood the entire system with radiation — a massive re-creation of the Shofixti Glory Device. All Shofixti forces had been called back to the system to participate in the final defense, and with a few scattered exceptions the entirety of their race was killed by this Ultimate Glory Device; even so, a third of the Ur-Quan fleet had been taken with them.

Unfortunately, this was not enough to change the outcome of the war. Shocked and horrified by the Shofixti's fate, the Starship Clans' protests were fruitless; unwilling to undermine the cultural source of her throne's legitimacy, the Queen finally ended the war by formally surrendering to the Ur-Quan and, moreover, volunteering the Yehat's services as Battle Thralls to prevent the dismantling of their military. Official hostilities now ceased, and the Ur-Quan, after putting into place the various Hierarchy Starbases as signs of dominance over the fallow slaves and implementing maintenance and control systems among the Battle Thralls, began to turn to their own concerns, vanishing from public sight, it is now known, to begin the [[Doctrinal Conflict]] against the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]].

==Post-war events==
The interbellum period lasted twenty years, and no one outside of what had been the special ops division of Star Control, [[Corridor Nine]], knew of a secret mission that had been sent to the [[Vela]] system just before war's end to investigate strange [[Precursor]] [[list of Precursor relics|relics]] there. Cut off from the Alliance forces, this expedition had become the makeshift colony of Vela I or [[Unzervalt]]. Eventually, the ancient Precursor technology was used to partially construct a functional Precursor cargo ship, to be known as [[The Flagship]]. Captained by a young man from Unzervalt, usually called [[The Captain]], this vessel emerged from Vela to restart guerrilla actions against the Ur-Quan and overthrow them in the events of [[Star Control II]].

==Campaigns==

The Campaigns of the Ur-Quan Slave War are as follows (taken from [[Star Control]] for Genesis, in rough chronological order):
* '''First Encounter''' - When spheres of influence meet, battle is inevitable.
::In a far sector along the Coreward Frontier, an Alliance resource development team has encountered a small Hierarchy ravage/reclaim unit. Both commanders face a similar decision: fortify their holdings then expand into enemy space, or make an immediate charge into the enemy's zone, hoping to disrupt his plans before they come to fruition.
* '''The Art Of War''' - Match your strength against your enemy's weakness.
::TO ALL COMMANDERS! It has come to the attention of the leadership that certain ships are especially vulnerable to attacks by particular enemy vessels. In your new assignment, beware of these fatal match-ups as you seek to destroy the enemy's Starbase. Consider multi-species, wingbeing pairs. That is all . . .
* '''Exterminate!''' - The Hierarchy must curb rampant Shofixti breeding!
::Perhaps the bravest species in the Alliance is the marsupial Shofixti. Though young as a sentient species, and near feral in psychology, no other race in the Free Stars is so quick and efficient at exploring and exploiting an uncharted region of space. One such Shofixti-built zone has attracted the attention of the Hierarchy, in the form of an Ur-Quan Dreadnought. Its mission: a seek-and-destroy sortie to eliminate all Alliance colony worlds. The only way the Shofixti can emerge victorious is to destroy the Dreadnought before all their colony worlds are lost.
* '''VUX Incursion''' - A VUX task force attacks an Alliance StarBase. (Sega Genesis only)
::Early in the Ur-Quan conflict a stupid mistake caused the VUX to side with the Hierarchy, when a foolish Earthling captain uttered "That's one ugly sucker!" without realizing how good VUX translation systems were. The enraged VUX, a tad touchy about their appearance, proceeded to mount a large assault force to destroy the Alliance StarBase.
* '''Proving Ground''' - The Spathi fleet meets the Mmrnmhrm in deep space.
::The newly conquered Spathi are commanded by their Ur-Quan overlords to capture the Mmrnmhrm Star Cluster mines as proof of their worth. The cowardly Spathi have no choice but to engage the tricky Mmrnmhrm in a pitched battle over a thinly populated region of space. The Spathi goal is to destroy all the Mmrnmhrm mining worlds, which supply a large portion of the Alliance income. The Mmrnmhrm must prevent this, at any cost.
* '''Lost in Space''' - A solitary Chenjesu must survive a harsh universe. (Sega Genesis only)
::A prototype ultra-stardrive has accidentally sent a Chenjesu Broodhome deep into hierarchy territory. Recognizing that survival is the most important consideration, the Chenjesu captain has planted a colony. Contact comes soon after . . .
* '''Beginner's Luck''' - A lone syreen must prevent Androsynth deployment.
::A single Syreen patrolling a distant star cluster comes across an Androsynth development. The newly commissioned Syreen commander decides to engage the Androsynth, thereby ending the threat, and quite possibly winning a quick promotion. The Syreen commander must quickly defeat the Androsynth before he can build additional ships. The Androsynth Alpha+ Commander must choose between defending its colony world, and its Starbase. Time is on the Androsynths' side, and the enemy must come to him.
* '''Escalation''' - A war of production.
::In an unexplored sector, the Hierarchy and Alliance detect each others presence from their newly constructed starbases. Though alone and vulnerable, each starbase has a substantial initial budget to build a new star fleet. Long range deep-radar scans of this region confirm the presence of Precursor artifacts and installations!
* '''Target Earth''' - Planet Earth comes under surprise attack. (Sega Genesis only)
::The Earthlings, at first a minor annoyance for the Hierarchy, have become an increasingly serious threat. Mass-produced Cruisers deployed from the Detroit Ship Yards have become the backbone of the Alliance fleet. The Hierarchy launches a daring attack to crush the threat once and for all. A wave of Ilwrath ambushes are followed by the massive Ur-Quan Dreadnoughts, with Androsynth and Umgah reinforcements close behind. Earth's Cruisers, with the help of a few visiting Alliance ships, stage a desperate battle for Earth's survival.
* '''Syreen's Song''' - A Syreen recruitment drive begins. (Sega Genesis only)
::The Syreen are looking for a few good beings, and have decided to begin their hunt deep in hierarchy space. As colony after colony vanishes, the outraged Hierarchy strikes back, assembling a task force to decimate the Syreen. The Hierarchy must strike with lightning speed. To hesitate is to face a Syreen force replete with captured colonists.
* '''Mushroom Cloud''' - A bold Alliance attack on the Mycons. (Sega Genesis only)
::Priority One Alpha, Visual Receptors Only: Star Control General Staff and Warship Captains . . . As is well known, the number of Mycon Podships in the theater of operations is increasing at an alarming rate. At last we have found the source! 14 solar hours ago, Long-range scouts uncovered a previously uncharted cluster of Mycon colonies. If these colonies are allowed to survive, the Mycons will overrun this quadrant within the month. These colonies must be destroyed at any cost! All Alliance vessels within 30 parsecs are ordered to join the effort. This is a Must Win situation. Good Luck!
* '''The Nebula''' - The Hierarchy assaults the Yehat homeworlds. (Sega Genesis only)
::After an exhaustive search, Ur-Quan spies have discovered the nebula that holds the secret homeworlds of the Yehat. The unsuspecting cluster is targeted for destruction. The inhabitants must use the flexibility of their many colonies and substantial cash reserves to defend against the Hierarchy's genocidal attack.
* '''Onslaught''' - The Ur-Quan offensive begins!
::An Armada of 6 Dreadnoughts approaches an established Alliance area of space. Can the Alliance withstand the onslaught in this thinly held star cluster? The Hierarchy seeks to conquer this region as a stepping stone to the core of the Free Stars, and the defeat of the entire Alliance fleet. The Alliance must annihilate the Ur-Quan menace.
* '''Counter Attack''' - The Alliance strikes back!
::For the moment the table is turned, and the Alliance has made a strong counter attack against newly established Hierarchy holdings. Multiple Alliance star fleets move through Hierarchy space towards a final rendevous for battle in Draco. An Alliance commander arrives in enemy space with a starbase and a small task force. Additional vessels must be commissioned immediately in order to mount an offensive. The Hierarchy sector-chief must attempt to hold out until the income from its mining worlds allow it to build enough forces to repel the attack.
* '''Total War''' - Two full fleets face off in a battle to the death!
::GENERAL ORDER 1216: For maximum flexibility in forthcoming combat situations, it is hereby designated that war fleets be composed of a mixture of ships from each of the available races. Due to shortages in raw materials, starbases are not available. Concentrate on making good use of Colonies and Fortifications, as well as your knowledge of ship-vs-ship tactical advantages. That is all . . .

[[Category:Historical events]]
[[Category:Wars]]
[[Category:Ur-Quan]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]
[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars]]

Table of bio types

2021-06-17T03:43:23Z

Donutcity: grammar

In [[Star Control II]], the [[Planet Lander]] can collect data about certain organisms that inhabit the planet surface. The following table shows the most important attributes of these creatures. "Value" is how many units of [[biological data]] the organism is worth, and "Hit Points" represents how many shots it takes to stun a given organism.

{|class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellpadding="2"
!Name !!class="unsortable"| Image !! Type !! Awareness !! Value !! Hit Points !! Speed !! Danger
|-------------------------------
|Roto-Dendron ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifea.1.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 1 || 1 || Static || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Macrocilla ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeb.0.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 6 || 1 || Static || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Splort Wort ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifec.2.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 3 || 1 || Static || Low
|-------------------------------
|Whackin' Bush ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifed.2.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 5 || 3 || Static || Moderate {{ref|1}}
|-------------------------------
|Slot Machine Tree ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifee.1.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 2 || 10 || Static || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Neon Worm ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifef.0.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 1 || 2 || Slow || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Stiletto Urchin ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeg.2.png]] || Coward || Moderate || 8 || 5 || Slow || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Deluxe Blob ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeh.0.png]] || Hunter || Low || 2 || 2 || Slow || Low
|-------------------------------
|Glowing Medusa ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifei.0.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 3 || 8 || Slow || Moderate
|-------------------------------
|Carousel Beast ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifej.0.png]] || Hunter || Moderate || 10 || 15 || Slow || EXTREME
|-------------------------------
|Mysterious Bees ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifek.0.png]] || Hunter || Moderate || 3 || 3 || Med || Low
|-------------------------------
|Hopping Blobby ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifel.2.png]] || Coward || Moderate || 2 || 1 || Med || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Blood Monkey ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifem.3.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 2 || 2 || Med || Low
|-------------------------------
|Yompin Yiminy ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifen.3.png]] || Hunter || High || 4 || 6 || Med || Moderate
|-------------------------------
|Amorphous Trandicula ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeo.1.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 9 || 12 || Med || EXTREME
|-------------------------------
|Crazy Weasel ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifep.2.png]] || Hunter || High || 3 || 1 || Fast || Low
|-------------------------------
|Merry Whumpet ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeq.0.png]] || Coward || High || 1 || 1 || Fast || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Fungal Squid ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifer.1.png]] || Hunter || Low || 7 || 8 || Fast || Moderate
|-------------------------------
|Penguin Cyclops ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifes.3.png]] || Coward || High || 15 || 2 || Fast || Low
|-------------------------------
|Chicken ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifet.0.png]] || Coward || Low || 1 || 1 || Fast || Low
|-------------------------------
|Bubble Vine ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifew.3.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 6 || 2 || Slow || Low
|-------------------------------
|Bug-Eyed Bait ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifex.3.png]] || Coward || High || 4 || 2 || Slow || Low
|-------------------------------
|Goo Burger ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifey.3.png]]|| Sessile || N/A || 8 || 5 || Static || Low
|-------------------------------
|[[Evil One]] {{ref|2}} ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeu.2.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 1 || 1 || Static || EXTREME
|-------------------------------
|Brainbox Bulldozers {{ref|2}} ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifev.1.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 0 || 1 || Slow || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|[[VUX Beast|ZEX's Beauty]] {{ref|2}} ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifez.0.png]] || Hunter || High || 15 || 15 || Fast || EXTREME
|}
{{note|1}} The Whackin' Bush is listed in the [[Role Playing Resource Guide]] as being ''harmless'', but it is clear from the source code that they are actually ''moderately dangerous''.
{{note|2}} The Evil Ones ([[Spathiwa]]), the Brainbox Bulldozers ([[Moon Base|Luna]]), and ZEX's Beauty ([[Delta Lyncis|Delta Lyncis I]]) are unique to one location each, and carry out special roles within the game.

A planet or moon contains at most 3 different types of creatures.

The "type" column shows the behavior of the creature. Sessile creatures do not move. Wanderers move around randomly. Cowards move away from the lander. Hunters move towards the lander.

The "awareness" column determines the chance that a creature will notice the lander. It is applicable for only Cowards and Hunters.
When the lander enters the direct environment of a creature, there's a fixed chance every frame (35 times per second) that it will be noticed. When it leaves the direct environment again, the creature goes back to random wandering.

{| border="1"
!Description!!chance to be detected
|-------------------------------
|Low ||5%
|-------------------------------
|Moderate||10%
|-------------------------------
|High ||15%
|}

The "value" column determines the amount of bio units that the creature is worth.

The "hit points" column determines how often you have to shoot the creature for it to be stunned.

The "speed" column determines how fast the creature moves.

The "danger" column determines the chance that a creature will kill a crew member of the lander, every frame that the lander is in contact with the creature (35 times per second).

{| border="1"
!Description!!chance to hit
|-------------------------------
|Harmless||0
|-------------------------------
|Low ||6/128
|-------------------------------
|Moderate||13/128
|-------------------------------
|EXTREME ||26/128
|}

[[Category:Lists|Bio types]]
[[Category:Alien life-forms|Bio types]]

Table of bio types

2021-06-17T03:40:52Z

Donutcity: added links

In [[Star Control II]], the [[Planet Lander]] can collect data about certain organisms that inhabit the planet surface. The following table shows the most important attributes of these creatures. "Value" is how many units of [[biological data]] the organism is worth, and "Hit Points" represents how many shots it takes to stun a given organism.

{|class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellpadding="2"
!Name !!class="unsortable"| Image !! Type !! Awareness !! Value !! Hit Points !! Speed !! Danger
|-------------------------------
|Roto-Dendron ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifea.1.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 1 || 1 || Static || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Macrocilla ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeb.0.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 6 || 1 || Static || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Splort Wort ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifec.2.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 3 || 1 || Static || Low
|-------------------------------
|Whackin' Bush ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifed.2.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 5 || 3 || Static || Moderate {{ref|1}}
|-------------------------------
|Slot Machine Tree ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifee.1.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 2 || 10 || Static || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Neon Worm ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifef.0.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 1 || 2 || Slow || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Stiletto Urchin ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeg.2.png]] || Coward || Moderate || 8 || 5 || Slow || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Deluxe Blob ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeh.0.png]] || Hunter || Low || 2 || 2 || Slow || Low
|-------------------------------
|Glowing Medusa ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifei.0.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 3 || 8 || Slow || Moderate
|-------------------------------
|Carousel Beast ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifej.0.png]] || Hunter || Moderate || 10 || 15 || Slow || EXTREME
|-------------------------------
|Mysterious Bees ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifek.0.png]] || Hunter || Moderate || 3 || 3 || Med || Low
|-------------------------------
|Hopping Blobby ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifel.2.png]] || Coward || Moderate || 2 || 1 || Med || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Blood Monkey ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifem.3.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 2 || 2 || Med || Low
|-------------------------------
|Yompin Yiminy ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifen.3.png]] || Hunter || High || 4 || 6 || Med || Moderate
|-------------------------------
|Amorphous Trandicula ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeo.1.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 9 || 12 || Med || EXTREME
|-------------------------------
|Crazy Weasel ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifep.2.png]] || Hunter || High || 3 || 1 || Fast || Low
|-------------------------------
|Merry Whumpet ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeq.0.png]] || Coward || High || 1 || 1 || Fast || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Fungal Squid ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifer.1.png]] || Hunter || Low || 7 || 8 || Fast || Moderate
|-------------------------------
|Penguin Cyclops ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifes.3.png]] || Coward || High || 15 || 2 || Fast || Low
|-------------------------------
|Chicken ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifet.0.png]] || Coward || Low || 1 || 1 || Fast || Low
|-------------------------------
|Bubble Vine ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifew.3.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 6 || 2 || Slow || Low
|-------------------------------
|Bug-Eyed Bait ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifex.3.png]] || Coward || High || 4 || 2 || Slow || Low
|-------------------------------
|Goo Burger ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifey.3.png]]|| Sessile || N/A || 8 || 5 || Static || Low
|-------------------------------
|[[Evil One]] {{ref|2}} ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeu.2.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 1 || 1 || Static || EXTREME
|-------------------------------
|Brainbox Bulldozers {{ref|2}} ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifev.1.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 0 || 1 || Slow || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|[[VUX Beast|ZEX's Beauty]] {{ref|2}} ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifez.0.png]] || Hunter || High || 15 || 15 || Fast || EXTREME
|}
{{note|1}} The Whackin' Bush is listed in the [[Role Playing Resource Guide]] as being ''harmless'', but it is clear from the source code that they are actually ''moderately dangerous''.
{{note|2}} The Evil Ones ([[Spathiwa]]), the Brainbox Bulldozers ([[Moon Base|Luna]], and ZEX's Beauty (Delta Lyncis I) are unique to one planet each, and carry out special roles within the game.

A planet contains at most 3 different types of creatures.

The "type" column shows the type of behavior of the creature. Sessile creatures do not move. Wanderers move around randomly. Cowards move away from the lander. Hunters move towards the lander.

The "awareness" column determines the chance that a creature will notice the lander. It is only applicable for Cowards and Hunters.
When the lander enters the direct environment of a creature, there's a fixed chance every frame (35 times per second) that it will be noticeed. When it leaves the direct environment again, the creature goes back to random wandering.

{| border="1"
!Description!!chance to be detected
|-------------------------------
|Low ||5%
|-------------------------------
|Moderate||10%
|-------------------------------
|High ||15%
|}

The "value" column determines the amount of bio units that the creature is worth.

The "hit points" column determines how often you have to shoot the creature for it to be stunned.

The "speed" column determines how fast the creature moves.

The "danger" column determines the chance that a creature will kill a crew member of the lander, every frame that the lander is in contact with the creature (35 times per second).

{| border="1"
!Description!!chance to hit
|-------------------------------
|Harmless||0
|-------------------------------
|Low ||6/128
|-------------------------------
|Moderate||13/128
|-------------------------------
|EXTREME ||26/128
|}

[[Category:Lists|Bio types]]
[[Category:Alien life-forms|Bio types]]

Table of bio types

2021-06-17T03:37:26Z

Donutcity: grammar

In [[Star Control II]], the [[Planet Lander]] can collect data about certain organisms that inhabit the planet surface. The following table shows the most important attributes of these creatures. "Value" is how many units of [[biological data]] the organism is worth, and "Hit Points" represents how many shots it takes to stun a given organism.

{|class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellpadding="2"
!Name !!class="unsortable"| Image !! Type !! Awareness !! Value !! Hit Points !! Speed !! Danger
|-------------------------------
|Roto-Dendron ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifea.1.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 1 || 1 || Static || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Macrocilla ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeb.0.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 6 || 1 || Static || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Splort Wort ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifec.2.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 3 || 1 || Static || Low
|-------------------------------
|Whackin' Bush ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifed.2.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 5 || 3 || Static || Moderate {{ref|1}}
|-------------------------------
|Slot Machine Tree ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifee.1.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 2 || 10 || Static || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Neon Worm ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifef.0.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 1 || 2 || Slow || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Stiletto Urchin ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeg.2.png]] || Coward || Moderate || 8 || 5 || Slow || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Deluxe Blob ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeh.0.png]] || Hunter || Low || 2 || 2 || Slow || Low
|-------------------------------
|Glowing Medusa ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifei.0.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 3 || 8 || Slow || Moderate
|-------------------------------
|Carousel Beast ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifej.0.png]] || Hunter || Moderate || 10 || 15 || Slow || EXTREME
|-------------------------------
|Mysterious Bees ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifek.0.png]] || Hunter || Moderate || 3 || 3 || Med || Low
|-------------------------------
|Hopping Blobby ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifel.2.png]] || Coward || Moderate || 2 || 1 || Med || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Blood Monkey ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifem.3.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 2 || 2 || Med || Low
|-------------------------------
|Yompin Yiminy ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifen.3.png]] || Hunter || High || 4 || 6 || Med || Moderate
|-------------------------------
|Amorphous Trandicula ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeo.1.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 9 || 12 || Med || EXTREME
|-------------------------------
|Crazy Weasel ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifep.2.png]] || Hunter || High || 3 || 1 || Fast || Low
|-------------------------------
|Merry Whumpet ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeq.0.png]] || Coward || High || 1 || 1 || Fast || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|Fungal Squid ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifer.1.png]] || Hunter || Low || 7 || 8 || Fast || Moderate
|-------------------------------
|Penguin Cyclops ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifes.3.png]] || Coward || High || 15 || 2 || Fast || Low
|-------------------------------
|Chicken ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifet.0.png]] || Coward || Low || 1 || 1 || Fast || Low
|-------------------------------
|Bubble Vine ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifew.3.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 6 || 2 || Slow || Low
|-------------------------------
|Bug-Eyed Bait ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifex.3.png]] || Coward || High || 4 || 2 || Slow || Low
|-------------------------------
|Goo Burger ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifey.3.png]]|| Sessile || N/A || 8 || 5 || Static || Low
|-------------------------------
|[[Evil One]] {{ref|2}} ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifeu.2.png]] || Sessile || N/A || 1 || 1 || Static || EXTREME
|-------------------------------
|Brainbox Bulldozers {{ref|2}} ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifev.1.png]] || Wanderer || N/A || 0 || 1 || Slow || Harmless
|-------------------------------
|[[VUX Beast|ZEX's Beauty]] {{ref|2}} ||bgcolor="black" align="center"| [[Image:Lifez.0.png]] || Hunter || High || 15 || 15 || Fast || EXTREME
|}
{{note|1}} The Whackin' Bush is listed in the [[Role Playing Resource Guide]] as being ''harmless'', but it is clear from the source code that they are actually ''moderately dangerous''.
{{note|2}} The Evil Ones, the Brainbox Bulldozers, and ZEX's Beauty are unique to one planet each, and carry out special roles within the game.

A planet contains at most 3 different types of creatures.

The "type" column shows the type of behavior of the creature. Sessile creatures do not move. Wanderers move around randomly. Cowards move away from the lander. Hunters move towards the lander.

The "awareness" column determines the chance that a creature will notice the lander. It is only applicable for Cowards and Hunters.
When the lander enters the direct environment of a creature, there's a fixed chance every frame (35 times per second) that it will be noticeed. When it leaves the direct environment again, the creature goes back to random wandering.

{| border="1"
!Description!!chance to be detected
|-------------------------------
|Low ||5%
|-------------------------------
|Moderate||10%
|-------------------------------
|High ||15%
|}

The "value" column determines the amount of bio units that the creature is worth.

The "hit points" column determines how often you have to shoot the creature for it to be stunned.

The "speed" column determines how fast the creature moves.

The "danger" column determines the chance that a creature will kill a crew member of the lander, every frame that the lander is in contact with the creature (35 times per second).

{| border="1"
!Description!!chance to hit
|-------------------------------
|Harmless||0
|-------------------------------
|Low ||6/128
|-------------------------------
|Moderate||13/128
|-------------------------------
|EXTREME ||26/128
|}

[[Category:Lists|Bio types]]
[[Category:Alien life-forms|Bio types]]

Earthguard

2021-06-17T03:31:21Z

Donutcity: grammar

{{Organizations
|name=Earthguard
|image=[[File:Drone vessel intercept.png|316px]]
|caption=The Ur-Quan Security Drone (small red disc) moves to intercept The Flagship on 17 February 2155.
|type=Coalition Occupation Authority
|location=[[Moon Base]] on [[Luna]]
|founded=2134
|dissolved=2155
|members=[[Ilwrath]] [[Spathi]]
|affiliation=[[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]]}}

'''Earthguard''' was established in 2134 by the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy|Hierarchy]] as occupational force in the [[Sol]] system. It comprised [[Ilwrath]] and [[Spathi]] ships and a '''[[Moon Base]]''' command post on [[Luna]].

Following the fall of Earth in 2134, the Ur-Quan opted to leave a larger than usual garrison to enforce the [[Oath of Fealty]] because of the [[Human]]'s aptitude for tenacity and cunning, the central role they had played in the [[Alliance of Free Stars]], as well as their homeworld's abundance in natural resources and industrial capacity. The Ilwrath and Spathi were the nearest [[Battle Thralls]] to Human space.

When the Kzer-Za disappeared to fight the [[Doctrinal Conflict]], discipline broke down. The Ilwrath left to join in the [[Ilwrath-Pkunk war|hunting of the Pkunk]], and their remaining Spathi subordinates soon let their own paranoia get the better of them. They accordingly made a series of "strategic redeployments" by moving the entire group to [[Mars]], then to [[Ganymede]], later to [[Titan]], and finally to [[Pluto]]. By rigging the [[Hierarchy]] [[Moon Base]] to appear active, the Spathi effectively kept the Humans from learning about this migration. Earthguard was further whittled down as Spathi ships one by one returned [[Spathiwa|home]].

When [[The Captain]] reached Sol on 17 February 2155, all that remained of the force was an [[Ur-Quan Security Drone]] orbiting [[Earth]] and [[Fwiffo|Captain Fwiffo]] aboard his [[StarRunner]] parked on Pluto.

The defeat/defection of Earthguard liberates Human-space just enough for the fledgling [[New Alliance of Free Stars|Alliance]] to begin operations.

[[Category:Human]]
[[Category:Kzer-Za]]
[[Category:Ilwrath]]
[[Category:Spathi]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]
[[Category:Organizations]]

Earth Starbase

2021-04-15T17:50:20Z

Donutcity: /* History */ syntax, removed redundancies

{{starbase
|name=Earth Starbase
|image=[[File:Starbase menu screenshot.png|center]]
|caption=The Earth Starbase menu
|location=[[Earth|Sol III]]
|commander=[[Hayes]]
|race=[[Human]]
|status=''de facto'' command post for the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]]
}}

The '''Earth Starbase''' is an [[Ur-Quan]]-built [[Starbase]] that has been in [[Earth]]'s orbit since the [[Human]] surrender to the [[Hierarchy]] in 2134. The facility is operated by a crew of 2000 Humans under the leadership of Starbase Commander [[Hayes]], formerly of [[Star Control (Organization)|Star Control]]. The base was meant to function as a servicing and refueling station for the wide variety of Hierarchy ships, so it was stocked with the most advanced Ur-Quan automation technology available. A Hierarchy resupply vessel was scheduled to visit the station every five years, but the schedule was interrupted in 2147 by the [[Second Doctrinal War]] when all [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Kzer-Za]] forces were recalled to fight the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]].

==History==

Starbase Commander [[Hayes]] and the crew had been aboard since the last Hierarchy resupply ship had transferred them from Earth's surface, through the [[Slave Shield]], in 2147, replacing the previous staff. Starbase crew members were chosen by the Ur-Quan for their experience working in space environments and frequently included military veterans from the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]]. Ironically this made them more likely to rebel once Ur-Quan supervision was lifted, as proved to be the case in this instance.

After more than 20 years incommunicado, the members of the expedition to [[Unzervalt]] arrived at Earth aboard [[The Flagship]] not knowing that the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] had ended. Itself incommunicado for 8 years, the Starbase's energy reserves were almost completely depleted and Hayes was unable to determine the identity of the approaching vessel, but assumed it to be a long-overdo Hierarchy resupply ship. Fearful and isolated, Hayes was hesitant to trust the rebel vessel, but nevertheless, the Flagship undertook mining operations within the Sol system to gather radioactive elements to bring the base back to full strength, then toasted an [[Ilwrath]] [[Avenger]] that had been dispatched to investigate the illegal activity in the system. This was enough to cement the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] and the Starbase became the nerve centre for the Flagship and the fledgling Alliance. Fortunately, the Ur-Quan machinery is flexible enough to interface with the [[Precursor]] software on The Flagship's computer, which is in turn capable of operating on the standard Hierarchy [[antimatter]]-conversion fuel synthesized at the Starbase. Most of The Flagship's replacement crew come from Starbase personnel, including many of its highly trained scientific specialists. Along with the Flagship itself, the Starbase stands as a symbol of Human resistance during the renewed fight against the [[Ur-Quan]].

In a stroke of good fortune, one of the engineers aboard the Starbase had smuggled from Earth illegal copies of the design documents for the Earthling [[Cruiser]]. Earth's fleets and shipyards were destroyed at the surrender and the last surviving Cruiser, the [[Tobermoon]] had been stranded with the Unzervalt mission.

:''See also: [[In-game Starbase services]]''

[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Starbase]]
[[Category:Human]]
[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]

Earth Starbase

2021-04-15T17:47:26Z

Donutcity: ellipsis

{{starbase
|name=Earth Starbase
|image=[[File:Starbase menu screenshot.png|center]]
|caption=The Earth Starbase menu
|location=[[Earth|Sol III]]
|commander=[[Hayes]]
|race=[[Human]]
|status=''de facto'' command post for the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]]
}}

The '''Earth Starbase''' is an [[Ur-Quan]]-built [[Starbase]] that has been in [[Earth]]'s orbit since the [[Human]] surrender to the [[Hierarchy]] in 2134. The facility is operated by a crew of 2000 Humans under the leadership of Starbase Commander [[Hayes]], formerly of [[Star Control (Organization)|Star Control]]. The base was meant to function as a servicing and refueling station for the wide variety of Hierarchy ships, so it was stocked with the most advanced Ur-Quan automation technology available. A Hierarchy resupply vessel was scheduled to visit the station every five years, but the schedule was interrupted in 2147 by the [[Second Doctrinal War]] when all [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Kzer-Za]] forces were recalled to fight the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]].

==History==

Starbase Commander [[Hayes]] and the crew had been aboard since the last Hierarchy resupply ship had transferred them from Earth's surface, through the [[Slave Shield]], in 2147, replacing the previous staff. Starbase crew members were chosen by the Ur-Quan for their experience working in space environments and frequently included military veterans from the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]]. Ironically this made them more likely to rebel once Ur-Quan supervision was lifted, as proved to be the case in this instance.

After more than 20 years incommunicado, the members of the expedition to [[Unzervalt]] arrived at Earth aboard [[The Flagship]] not knowing that the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] had ended. Itself incommunicado for 8 years, the Starbase's energy reserves were almost completely depleted and Hayes was unable to determine the identity of the approaching vessel, but assumed it to be a long-overdo Hierarchy resupply ship. Fearful and isolated, Hayes was hesitant to trust the rebel vessel, but nevertheless, the Flagship undertook mining operations within the Sol system to gather radioactive elements to bring the base back to full strength, then toasted an [[Ilwrath]] [[Avenger]] that had been dispatched to investigate the illegal activity in the system. This was enough to cement the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] and the Starbase became a resupply post for the Flagship and the fledgling Alliance. Fortunately, the Ur-Quan machinery is flexible enough to interface with the [[Precursor]] software on The Flagship's computer, and fortunately The Flaship is capable of operating on the standard Hierarchy [[antimatter]]-conversion fuel synthesized at the Starbase. Most of The Flagship's replacement crew also come from Starbase personnel, including many of its highly trained scientific specialists. Along with the Flagship itself, the Starbase stands as a symbol of Human resistance during the renewed fight against the [[Ur-Quan]].

In a stroke of good fortune, one of the engineers aboard the Starbase had smuggled from Earth illegal copies of the design documents for the Earthling [[Cruiser]]. Earth's fleets and shipyards were destroyed at the surrender and the last surviving Cruiser, the [[Tobermoon]] had been stranded with the Unzervalt mission.

:''See also: [[In-game Starbase services]]''

[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Starbase]]
[[Category:Human]]
[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars]]
[[Category:Hierarchy]]

Avatar

2021-04-15T17:26:55Z

Donutcity:

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[[Image:Notext_VR_avatar.png‎|thumb|306px|Fan-made image by VileRancour.]]
The [[Chmmr]] '''Avatar''' is the culmination of the [[Mmrnmhrm]] and [[Chenjesu]]'s combined technological prowess, replacing both the [[X-Form]] and [[Broodhome]]. The Avatar boasts the greatest firepower of any war ship to see mass-production in our corner of the galaxy. As [[The Process]] was initiated with the intent of creating a race powerful enough to defeat the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]], it is assumed that the Avatar was designed specifically to defeat the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]].

==Propulsion==
The Avatar possesses slightly higher maximum speed, acceleration and turning rate than both the Ur-Quan [[Dreadnought]] and [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] [[Marauder]]; its mobility is roughly average. It is quite large, however, and appropriate care should be taken near gravity wells.

==Armament==

===Primary===
The Chmmr have designed the most devastating laser in the galaxy, so powerful that it ionizes the solar wind, causing visible sparkles in the void. Capable of burning through the toughest of armor in moments, this laser makes head-to-head weapon exchanges with the Avatar a suicidal proposition. Some sources describe this primary weapon as a "heavy X-ray laser."{{ref|1}} Unlike the other laser weapons, the Avatar's laser inflicts two damage per hit. The laser fires continuously while the weapon button is held down, allowing it to trigger as much as 24 times a second. While undeniably powerful, this weapon's range is relatively short.

===Secondary===
To overcome its range deficiency, the Avatar is also outfitted with a powerful tractor beam capable of pulling ships into the Avatar's maw by generating a field of artificial gravity. The effect of the tractor beam depends on the mass of the targeted spaceship. Massive ships experience less gravitational acceleration than smaller ships. However, an affected ship must also be fast in order to overcome the pull of this device. Slow ships and lightweight ships will inevitably be dragged in. Non-inertial spacecraft such as the [[Arilou]] [[Skiff]], being unaffected by gravity, are immune to the tractor beam.

===Additional===
In addition to its already formidable arsenal, the Avatar is orbited by three automated laser turrets nicknamed "ZapSats". These are intended as both a form of protection and close range fire support. ZapSats will shoot repeatedly at any enemy projectile or ship within their reach. Given their high rate of fire, ZapSats are quite effective at negating a variety of different weapon systems. While all three ZapSats are functional, the Avatar is virtually unassailable when pitted against certain adversaries. Each ZapSat has 10 hit points.

== Tactical Overview ==
* While the Avatar is not the fastest of ships, its tractor beam indirectly improves its mobility. With judicious use of the tractor beam, the main weapon can quickly be brought to bear on many unfortunate foes. The tractor beam can also be used to interrupt an opponent's [[Leyland Gravity Whip|gravity whip]] or even pull an opponent into the planet. However, both the main laser and the tractor beam can deplete the Avatar's power banks if overused. Indiscriminate use of the tractor beam can also send an opponent into a high speed trajectory, potentially giving them an advantage.

* Ships that typically fare the best against the Avatar are those which can maintain a position outside of the Avatar's weapon range and shoot through its satellite ring. Ships capable of shielding themselves from damage can also threaten the Avatar by using their shield to overcome the Avatar's overwhelming firepower and attacking it from beyond its reach when able.

* The Avatar is quite vulnerable after its ring of ZapSats has been destroyed. When attacking ZapSats with a barrage of projectiles, more of your shots will connect if you shoot into the path of oncoming ZapSats as their orbit draws them toward your ship.

* The Avatar's laser is incredibly powerful, but it's also a narrow line that cannot reach anywhere other than the 16 standard angles. Enemy ships can align themselves between these angles and attack the Avatar if the pilot is not careful--a very bad thing when all three ZapSats have been destroyed. The tractor beam is sometimes able to pull an enemy ship out of the Avatar's "blind spot", and it works especially well for this when used preemptively as they try to maneuver into position.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''[[3DO]] version ship video''

{{ShipBox|image=Avatar_icon.png|link=avatar|race=[[Chmmr]]|crew=42|value=30|batt=42|regen=0.5|primary=Heavy X-ray Laser|prim-cost=2|prim-rate=0|secondary=Tractor Beam|sec-cost=1|sec-rate=0|speed=35|turn=0.25|accel=1.166|mass=10}}

[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Chmmr]]

Avatar

2021-04-15T17:25:46Z

Donutcity: wording

__NOTOC__
[[Image:Notext_VR_avatar.png‎|thumb|306px|Fan-made image by VileRancour.]]
The [[Chmmr]] '''Avatar''' is the culmination of the [[Mmrnmhrm]] and [[Chenjesu]]'s combined technological prowess, replacing both the [[X-Form]] and [[Broodhome]]. The Avatar boasts the greatest firepower of any war ship to see mass-production in our corner of the galaxy. As [[The Process]] was initiated with the intent of creating a race powerful enough to defeat the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]], it is assumed that the Avatar was designed specifically for the purpose of defeating the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]].

==Propulsion==
The Avatar possesses slightly higher maximum speed, acceleration and turning rate than both the Ur-Quan [[Dreadnought]] and [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] [[Marauder]]; its mobility is roughly average. It is quite large, however, and appropriate care should be taken near gravity wells.

==Armament==

===Primary===
The Chmmr have designed the most devastating laser in the galaxy, so powerful that it ionizes the solar wind, causing visible sparkles in the void. Capable of burning through the toughest of armor in moments, this laser makes head-to-head weapon exchanges with the Avatar a suicidal proposition. Some sources describe this primary weapon as a "heavy X-ray laser."{{ref|1}} Unlike the other laser weapons, the Avatar's laser inflicts two damage per hit. The laser fires continuously while the weapon button is held down, allowing it to trigger as much as 24 times a second. While undeniably powerful, this weapon's range is relatively short.

===Secondary===
To overcome its range deficiency, the Avatar is also outfitted with a powerful tractor beam capable of pulling ships into the Avatar's maw by generating a field of artificial gravity. The effect of the tractor beam depends on the mass of the targeted spaceship. Massive ships experience less gravitational acceleration than smaller ships. However, an affected ship must also be fast in order to overcome the pull of this device. Slow ships and lightweight ships will inevitably be dragged in. Non-inertial spacecraft such as the [[Arilou]] [[Skiff]], being unaffected by gravity, are immune to the tractor beam.

===Additional===
In addition to its already formidable arsenal, the Avatar is orbited by three automated laser turrets nicknamed "ZapSats". These are intended as both a form of protection and close range fire support. ZapSats will shoot repeatedly at any enemy projectile or ship within their reach. Given their high rate of fire, ZapSats are quite effective at negating a variety of different weapon systems. While all three ZapSats are functional, the Avatar is virtually unassailable when pitted against certain adversaries. Each ZapSat has 10 hit points.

== Tactical Overview ==
* While the Avatar is not the fastest of ships, its tractor beam indirectly improves its mobility. With judicious use of the tractor beam, the main weapon can quickly be brought to bear on many unfortunate foes. The tractor beam can also be used to interrupt an opponent's [[Leyland Gravity Whip|gravity whip]] or even pull an opponent into the planet. However, both the main laser and the tractor beam can deplete the Avatar's power banks if overused. Indiscriminate use of the tractor beam can also send an opponent into a high speed trajectory, potentially giving them an advantage.

* Ships that typically fare the best against the Avatar are those which can maintain a position outside of the Avatar's weapon range and shoot through its satellite ring. Ships capable of shielding themselves from damage can also threaten the Avatar by using their shield to overcome the Avatar's overwhelming firepower and attacking it from beyond its reach when able.

* The Avatar is quite vulnerable after its ring of ZapSats has been destroyed. When attacking ZapSats with a barrage of projectiles, more of your shots will connect if you shoot into the path of oncoming ZapSats as their orbit draws them toward your ship.

* The Avatar's laser is incredibly powerful, but it's also a narrow line that cannot reach anywhere other than the 16 standard angles. Enemy ships can align themselves between these angles and attack the Avatar if the pilot is not careful--a very bad thing when all three ZapSats have been destroyed. The tractor beam is sometimes able to pull an enemy ship out of the Avatar's "blind spot", and it works especially well for this when used preemptively as they try to maneuver into position.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''[[3DO]] version ship video''

{{ShipBox|image=Avatar_icon.png|link=avatar|race=[[Chmmr]]|crew=42|value=30|batt=42|regen=0.5|primary=Heavy X-ray Laser|prim-cost=2|prim-rate=0|secondary=Tractor Beam|sec-cost=1|sec-rate=0|speed=35|turn=0.25|accel=1.166|mass=10}}

[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Chmmr]]

Neutral

2021-04-15T17:19:44Z

Donutcity: /* Yehat Rebels */ ahead by a century

The events of [[Star Control II]] are part of a [[Second Doctrinal Conflict|major galactic war]] between the established [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]] and the atavist [[New Alliance of Free Stars]]. Several races are not aligned with either faction, but still interact with the members; there is no canonical term for these races.

The superpower status of the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] precludes them from joining any interstellar organization, but their stated goal of annihilating all other races cannot be considered a neutral policy.

==Neutral Worlds==

===Druuge===
The [[Druuge]] are shrewd businesspersons, first and foremost. They appear to have avoided [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy|Hierarchy]] membership by selling-out the neighbouring [[Burvixese]]. [[The Captain]] can have a range of interaction with them, including slave trade, barter and war, but the Druuge remain well outside of both the Alliance and the Hierarchy. They are known to maintain trade relations with the [[Utwig]].

===Melnorme===
The [[Melnorme]] are a transient and inevitably successful people who trade in advanced technology and intelligence. They can be a major help to the [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]] without entering any formal agreements, and it was them who sold the ill-fated [[Probe]] to the [[Slylandro]]. There are no reported links between the Melnorme and the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy|Hierarchy]] worlds. The Melnorme have no [[Sphere of Influence]].

===Slylandro===
The [[Slylandro]] are a gaseous people who live extremely long lives and cannot leave their homeworld. They tell the [[The Captain]] about receiving friendly visits from the [[Precursors]], the [[Ur-Quan]] and, more recently the [[Melnorme]]. The Slylandro have no [[Sphere of Influence]].

===Spathi===
The [[Spathi]] wanted to be [[Slave Shield|slave shielded]] in order to follow a policy of isolationism and neutrality. Due to a communication error, they became [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy|Battle Thralls]], but then defected to the New Alliance at their first opportunity and used the relationship to study the Slave Shield around [[Earth]], which they replicated at [[Spathiwa]].

==(Optional) Neutral Worlds==
Four worlds are free from the [[Hierarchy]] and will remain neutral unless the Captain invites them to join the [[New Alliance]]. These races did not participate in the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] and were never incorporated into the [[Hierarchy]].

===Orz===
The [[Orz]] came to our dimension after the Ur-Quan Slave War and settled in [[Androsynth]] space, which seems to explain why that race is extinct.

===Supox and Utwig===
The [[Supox-Utwig Alliance]] is the only known pact outside of the Hierarchy and Alliance. Both worlds sit along the border of Ur-Quan space and if the Captain plays his data plates right, both races will join the New Alliance simultaneously.

===Zoq-Fot-Pik===
The [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] homeworld is within Ur-Quan space, posing a grave danger to this plurinational race. They seek contact with the Captain soon after the New Alliance is founded and, if they join, will send a delegation to the [[Earth Starbase]]. Regardless of their status vis-à-vis the Alliance, they will send an S.O.S. to the Starbase as their space comes under attack by [[Kohr-Ah]] forces. If the Captain is unable to respond within a limited amount of time, the Zoq-Fot-Pik will be exterminated before the [[Death March]] even begins.

==Unofficial Alliance Members==
Three races affiliate themselves tactically with the [[New Alliance]] but do not make their ships available for construction at the starbase. Because of this detail, many Humans do not consider them to be full members of the Alliance. Two of these races are not under the [[Hierarchy]] either, meaning that they will remain effectively neutral if the Captain does not make contact.

===Arilou Lalee'lay===
The [[Arilou Lalee'lay]] were members of the original [[Alliance]] before disappearing in the final stages of the [[Ur-Quan Slave War|Slave War]]. In the late 2150s, they are (optionally) contacted by the Captain and provide aid to the New Alliance. They send a delegation to the [[Earth Starbase]] like a full member but do not allow for the construction of their ships, choosing instead to donate a few vessels during their visit.

===Pkunk===
The [[Pkunk]] are at war against the [[Battle Thrall]] [[Ilwrath]] and will eagerly support the New Alliance. They become heavily involved the in [[Yehat Revolution]] on the pro-Alliance Rebel side, but they do not formally enter into the Alliance nor the Hierarchy.

===Yehat Rebels===
The [[Yehat Rebels|Rebels]] are a faction of the [[Yehat]] torn between allegiance to their Queen and to their old Allies. The united [[Yehat]] were members of the original [[Alliance]] before defecting in 2134 to the [[Hierarchy]] and becoming [[Battle Thralls]]. They (might) eventually split into warring factions with the [[Yehat Royalists|Royalists]] continuing as Battle Thralls and the Rebels supporting the Alliance without becoming ''full members''.

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Races]]

New Alliance of Free Stars

2021-04-15T17:14:38Z

Donutcity: /* Friendly Relations */ clarity

{{Alliance
|name=New Alliance of Free Stars
|image=[[File:Star_Control_II_Support_Fleet.png|300px]]
|caption=The Allied Fleet before the Final Mission.
|type=Military Alliance
|location=[[Earth Starbase]]
|duration=2155 February 17: —Reactivation of [[Alliance]]
|members='''(up to 13)'''
* [[Human]] (Leaders)
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Chmmr]]
* [[Orz]]
* [[Pkunk]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Supox]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Thraddash]]
* [[Utwig]]
* [[Yehat Rebels]]
* [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]
|ships=[[The Flagship]] with [[List of ships|escort fleet]]
}}

The '''New Alliance of Free Stars''' is the usual name{{ref|1}} used to refer to the loose confederation of races that fights against the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]] and the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] in the [[Second Doctrinal Conflict]]. It is the continuation of the [[Alliance of Free Stars]].

==History==
The [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] (CE 2098 to 2134) was a major galactic conflict between the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy|Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]] and the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] that resulted in the decisive defeat of the Alliance. The [[Shofixti]] fought to their own extinction, the [[Arilou Lalee'lay]] vanished before the fighting was over, and the [[Yehat]] switched sides while the Chenjesu, Mmrnmhrm, Humans and Syreen were put under [[Slave Shield|slave shields]].

In the late stages of the war, the Human's [[Corridor Nine]] dispatched a top-secret scientific expedition to investigate [[Precursor]] artifacts on [[Unzervalt]]. Those Humans lost contact with [[Earth]] but managed to go unnoticed by the Hierarchy, and thus stood as the only free colony of any Alliance race. [[The Captain]] was born on [[Unzervalt]] around the end of the war, and in 2155 he piloted [[The Flagship|a newly built Precursor tugboat]] to [[Earth]], where he came into contact with [[Hayes|Commander Hayes]] aboard the [[Earth Starbase]] and learned of the fate of the old Alliance. At that point, they resurrected the coalition, choosing from four optional names: the ''New Alliance of Free Stars'', ''The Concordance of Alien Nations'', ''The United Federation of Worlds'', or ''The Empire of {[[The Captain|the name that Player 1 picks for The Captain]]}''.

From its humble reincarnation, it was as a guerrilla army consisting of one [[Starbase]], two ships, and 2,051 Human crew. The spirit of the Alliance had endured 20 years of subjugation as original members were keen to re-enlist, hitherto uncontacted worlds enlisted, and a pair of Battle Thralls were (possibly) persuaded to defect and fight to liberate our corner of the galaxy from Ur-Quan rule.

==Command Structure==

===Leadership===
[[The Captain]] of [[The Flagship]] is the founder and leader of the New Alliance, taking charge of all exploration, foreign relations, military command, trade and [[Planet Lander|resource gathering]]. [[Hayes|Commander Hayes]] is in charge of the [[Earth Starbase]] and serves as the main liaison with Allied starship captains, as well as providing logistical support to the Captain. As other races join the Alliance, their leaders contribute to its missions, especially [[Fwiffo]], the Spathi captain, [[Talana]], Hayes' counterpart at the [[Syreen]] starbase, and [[Braky Girdy the First]], Queen of the newly reunited [[Pkunk]] and [[Yehat]].

===Headquarters===
The [[Earth Starbase]] serves as both the command and control centre for the New Alliance and as the support base for the The Flagship and its escort fleet. The crew consists of roughly 2000 Humans, under the leadership of Commander Hayes. When races formally join the Alliance, or seek contact with the Captain, they send delegations to the Starbase.

===Fleet===
[[Image:Flagship combat.png|200px|thumb|left|The Flagship]]
The [[Precursor]] tug constructed at [[Unzervalt]] becomes the [[The Flagship]] and beacon of hope of the New Alliance. Even with limited [[List of Flagship modules|modules]], it is able to hold it's own in battle and convince vanquished allies to rejoin the fight. It can carry up to ten [[Planet Lander|Planet Landers]] that are vital to the Alliance for collecting resources and [[List of devices|devices]] while exploring the surfaces of planets.

When the Flagship first calls at Earth, it is escorted by only the [[Tobermoon]], the last of the [[Earthling]] [[Cruiser|Cruisers]]. As the Alliance grows, fifteen [[List of ships|different ships]] become available for service in the fleet. Up to twelve ships at a time can escort the flagship and crew members can rotate between any of them.

==Membership==
There are 13 races who can be persuaded to join the coalition, but how many actually enlist is largely contingent on player actions. Just making contact with the Orz or Zoq-Fot-Pik will be enough for them to join; the same can be said for the Pkunk, but their ships will never be available for construction at the Starbase. To get the Shofixti or Syreen into the fold, the Captain will have to complete several complex objectives. Three other races will trade with the Captain, thus assisting the Alliance without actually joining.

===Full Members===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:purple;text-align:center" |Alliance Members
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify" | Up to ten full members send delegations to the Earth Starbase, including captains and construction plans that enable their ships to be built for the Flagship's escort fleet. Commander Hayes will typically report this information to the Captain.
|-
| [[Chmmr]] || liberated by the Alliance
|-
| [[Humans]] || founded the New Alliance in 2155
|-
| [[Orz]] || (optional member)
|-
| [[Shofixti]] || help persuade the Yehat to join
|-
| [[Spathi]] || defect to the Alliance and then to [[Neutral|neutrality]]
|-
| [[Supox]] || join concurrently with Utwig
|-
| [[Syreen]] || the Alliance helps them restore their fleet
|-
| [[Thraddash]] || (optional member) Battle Thralls who may be persuaded to defect
|-
| [[Utwig]] || join concurrently with Supox
|-
| {{nowrap-begin}}[[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]{{nowrap-end}} || (optional member)
|}

===Associate Members===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:purple;text-align:center" |Associate Members
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify" | Up to three allies will assist greatly and provide ships directly to the escort fleet but will not make their ships available for construction at the Starbase.
|-
| [[Arilou]] || visit the Starbase and outfit the Flagship to access [[QuasiSpace]]
|-
| [[Pkunk]] || provide ships and information to the Alliance before [[Yehat Civil War|re-joining the Yehat]] race
|-
| {{nowrap-begin}}[[Yehat Rebels]]{{nowrap-end}} || the Yehat are neutral towards the Alliance until The Captain starts the [[Yehat Civil War|Revolution]], after which Rebel ships join the escort fleet
|}

===Friendly Relations===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" |Friendly Relations
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify"| One race trades enough technology and intelligence to the Captain to be considered supporters of the Alliance, but they never give any military or political support and do not become members.
|-
| [[Melnorme]] || provide significant intelligence, technology upgrades and hyperscapce refuelling
|}

===Conditional Support===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" |Conditional Support
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify" | A pair of races can provide some ships to the New Alliance under the proper circumstances, but ultimately end up as enemies and are never considered Allies..
|-
| [[Druuge]] || trade relations exist until a [[Battle of Zeta Hyades|battle]] over the Utwig bomb leads to a state of war
|-
| [[Umgah]] || Battle Thralls who provide ships and resources after the Alliance liberates them from the [[Talking Pet (device)|Talking Pet]]
|}

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''Note that the "New Alliance of Free Stars" is one of the choices of terms in the game for the confederation. Other choices are available: "The Concordance of Alien Nations", "[[Wikipedia: United Federation of Planets|The United Federation of Worlds]]", and "The Empire of {[[The Captain]]}" ("The Captain" is replaced with the captain's name).''

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars| ]]

New Alliance of Free Stars

2021-04-15T17:13:13Z

Donutcity: /* Full Members */ ellipsis

{{Alliance
|name=New Alliance of Free Stars
|image=[[File:Star_Control_II_Support_Fleet.png|300px]]
|caption=The Allied Fleet before the Final Mission.
|type=Military Alliance
|location=[[Earth Starbase]]
|duration=2155 February 17: —Reactivation of [[Alliance]]
|members='''(up to 13)'''
* [[Human]] (Leaders)
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Chmmr]]
* [[Orz]]
* [[Pkunk]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Supox]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Thraddash]]
* [[Utwig]]
* [[Yehat Rebels]]
* [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]
|ships=[[The Flagship]] with [[List of ships|escort fleet]]
}}

The '''New Alliance of Free Stars''' is the usual name{{ref|1}} used to refer to the loose confederation of races that fights against the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]] and the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] in the [[Second Doctrinal Conflict]]. It is the continuation of the [[Alliance of Free Stars]].

==History==
The [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] (CE 2098 to 2134) was a major galactic conflict between the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy|Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]] and the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] that resulted in the decisive defeat of the Alliance. The [[Shofixti]] fought to their own extinction, the [[Arilou Lalee'lay]] vanished before the fighting was over, and the [[Yehat]] switched sides while the Chenjesu, Mmrnmhrm, Humans and Syreen were put under [[Slave Shield|slave shields]].

In the late stages of the war, the Human's [[Corridor Nine]] dispatched a top-secret scientific expedition to investigate [[Precursor]] artifacts on [[Unzervalt]]. Those Humans lost contact with [[Earth]] but managed to go unnoticed by the Hierarchy, and thus stood as the only free colony of any Alliance race. [[The Captain]] was born on [[Unzervalt]] around the end of the war, and in 2155 he piloted [[The Flagship|a newly built Precursor tugboat]] to [[Earth]], where he came into contact with [[Hayes|Commander Hayes]] aboard the [[Earth Starbase]] and learned of the fate of the old Alliance. At that point, they resurrected the coalition, choosing from four optional names: the ''New Alliance of Free Stars'', ''The Concordance of Alien Nations'', ''The United Federation of Worlds'', or ''The Empire of {[[The Captain|the name that Player 1 picks for The Captain]]}''.

From its humble reincarnation, it was as a guerrilla army consisting of one [[Starbase]], two ships, and 2,051 Human crew. The spirit of the Alliance had endured 20 years of subjugation as original members were keen to re-enlist, hitherto uncontacted worlds enlisted, and a pair of Battle Thralls were (possibly) persuaded to defect and fight to liberate our corner of the galaxy from Ur-Quan rule.

==Command Structure==

===Leadership===
[[The Captain]] of [[The Flagship]] is the founder and leader of the New Alliance, taking charge of all exploration, foreign relations, military command, trade and [[Planet Lander|resource gathering]]. [[Hayes|Commander Hayes]] is in charge of the [[Earth Starbase]] and serves as the main liaison with Allied starship captains, as well as providing logistical support to the Captain. As other races join the Alliance, their leaders contribute to its missions, especially [[Fwiffo]], the Spathi captain, [[Talana]], Hayes' counterpart at the [[Syreen]] starbase, and [[Braky Girdy the First]], Queen of the newly reunited [[Pkunk]] and [[Yehat]].

===Headquarters===
The [[Earth Starbase]] serves as both the command and control centre for the New Alliance and as the support base for the The Flagship and its escort fleet. The crew consists of roughly 2000 Humans, under the leadership of Commander Hayes. When races formally join the Alliance, or seek contact with the Captain, they send delegations to the Starbase.

===Fleet===
[[Image:Flagship combat.png|200px|thumb|left|The Flagship]]
The [[Precursor]] tug constructed at [[Unzervalt]] becomes the [[The Flagship]] and beacon of hope of the New Alliance. Even with limited [[List of Flagship modules|modules]], it is able to hold it's own in battle and convince vanquished allies to rejoin the fight. It can carry up to ten [[Planet Lander|Planet Landers]] that are vital to the Alliance for collecting resources and [[List of devices|devices]] while exploring the surfaces of planets.

When the Flagship first calls at Earth, it is escorted by only the [[Tobermoon]], the last of the [[Earthling]] [[Cruiser|Cruisers]]. As the Alliance grows, fifteen [[List of ships|different ships]] become available for service in the fleet. Up to twelve ships at a time can escort the flagship and crew members can rotate between any of them.

==Membership==
There are 13 races who can be persuaded to join the coalition, but how many actually enlist is largely contingent on player actions. Just making contact with the Orz or Zoq-Fot-Pik will be enough for them to join; the same can be said for the Pkunk, but their ships will never be available for construction at the Starbase. To get the Shofixti or Syreen into the fold, the Captain will have to complete several complex objectives. Three other races will trade with the Captain, thus assisting the Alliance without actually joining.

===Full Members===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:purple;text-align:center" |Alliance Members
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify" | Up to ten full members send delegations to the Earth Starbase, including captains and construction plans that enable their ships to be built for the Flagship's escort fleet. Commander Hayes will typically report this information to the Captain.
|-
| [[Chmmr]] || liberated by the Alliance
|-
| [[Humans]] || founded the New Alliance in 2155
|-
| [[Orz]] || (optional member)
|-
| [[Shofixti]] || help persuade the Yehat to join
|-
| [[Spathi]] || defect to the Alliance and then to [[Neutral|neutrality]]
|-
| [[Supox]] || join concurrently with Utwig
|-
| [[Syreen]] || the Alliance helps them restore their fleet
|-
| [[Thraddash]] || (optional member) Battle Thralls who may be persuaded to defect
|-
| [[Utwig]] || join concurrently with Supox
|-
| {{nowrap-begin}}[[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]{{nowrap-end}} || (optional member)
|}

===Associate Members===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:purple;text-align:center" |Associate Members
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify" | Up to three allies will assist greatly and provide ships directly to the escort fleet but will not make their ships available for construction at the Starbase.
|-
| [[Arilou]] || visit the Starbase and outfit the Flagship to access [[QuasiSpace]]
|-
| [[Pkunk]] || provide ships and information to the Alliance before [[Yehat Civil War|re-joining the Yehat]] race
|-
| {{nowrap-begin}}[[Yehat Rebels]]{{nowrap-end}} || the Yehat are neutral towards the Alliance until The Captain starts the [[Yehat Civil War|Revolution]], after which Rebel ships join the escort fleet
|}

===Friendly Relations===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" |Friendly Relations
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify"| One race trades enough technology and intelligence to the Captain to be considered supporters of the Alliance, but they never give any military or political support and do not become members.
|-
| [[Melnorme]] || provide significant intelligence and technology upgrades
|}

===Conditional Support===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" |Conditional Support
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify" | A pair of races can provide some ships to the New Alliance under the proper circumstances, but ultimately end up as enemies and are never considered Allies..
|-
| [[Druuge]] || trade relations exist until a [[Battle of Zeta Hyades|battle]] over the Utwig bomb leads to a state of war
|-
| [[Umgah]] || Battle Thralls who provide ships and resources after the Alliance liberates them from the [[Talking Pet (device)|Talking Pet]]
|}

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''Note that the "New Alliance of Free Stars" is one of the choices of terms in the game for the confederation. Other choices are available: "The Concordance of Alien Nations", "[[Wikipedia: United Federation of Planets|The United Federation of Worlds]]", and "The Empire of {[[The Captain]]}" ("The Captain" is replaced with the captain's name).''

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars| ]]

New Alliance of Free Stars

2021-04-15T17:12:42Z

Donutcity: /* Full Members */ typo

{{Alliance
|name=New Alliance of Free Stars
|image=[[File:Star_Control_II_Support_Fleet.png|300px]]
|caption=The Allied Fleet before the Final Mission.
|type=Military Alliance
|location=[[Earth Starbase]]
|duration=2155 February 17: —Reactivation of [[Alliance]]
|members='''(up to 13)'''
* [[Human]] (Leaders)
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Chmmr]]
* [[Orz]]
* [[Pkunk]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Supox]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Thraddash]]
* [[Utwig]]
* [[Yehat Rebels]]
* [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]
|ships=[[The Flagship]] with [[List of ships|escort fleet]]
}}

The '''New Alliance of Free Stars''' is the usual name{{ref|1}} used to refer to the loose confederation of races that fights against the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]] and the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] in the [[Second Doctrinal Conflict]]. It is the continuation of the [[Alliance of Free Stars]].

==History==
The [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] (CE 2098 to 2134) was a major galactic conflict between the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy|Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]] and the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] that resulted in the decisive defeat of the Alliance. The [[Shofixti]] fought to their own extinction, the [[Arilou Lalee'lay]] vanished before the fighting was over, and the [[Yehat]] switched sides while the Chenjesu, Mmrnmhrm, Humans and Syreen were put under [[Slave Shield|slave shields]].

In the late stages of the war, the Human's [[Corridor Nine]] dispatched a top-secret scientific expedition to investigate [[Precursor]] artifacts on [[Unzervalt]]. Those Humans lost contact with [[Earth]] but managed to go unnoticed by the Hierarchy, and thus stood as the only free colony of any Alliance race. [[The Captain]] was born on [[Unzervalt]] around the end of the war, and in 2155 he piloted [[The Flagship|a newly built Precursor tugboat]] to [[Earth]], where he came into contact with [[Hayes|Commander Hayes]] aboard the [[Earth Starbase]] and learned of the fate of the old Alliance. At that point, they resurrected the coalition, choosing from four optional names: the ''New Alliance of Free Stars'', ''The Concordance of Alien Nations'', ''The United Federation of Worlds'', or ''The Empire of {[[The Captain|the name that Player 1 picks for The Captain]]}''.

From its humble reincarnation, it was as a guerrilla army consisting of one [[Starbase]], two ships, and 2,051 Human crew. The spirit of the Alliance had endured 20 years of subjugation as original members were keen to re-enlist, hitherto uncontacted worlds enlisted, and a pair of Battle Thralls were (possibly) persuaded to defect and fight to liberate our corner of the galaxy from Ur-Quan rule.

==Command Structure==

===Leadership===
[[The Captain]] of [[The Flagship]] is the founder and leader of the New Alliance, taking charge of all exploration, foreign relations, military command, trade and [[Planet Lander|resource gathering]]. [[Hayes|Commander Hayes]] is in charge of the [[Earth Starbase]] and serves as the main liaison with Allied starship captains, as well as providing logistical support to the Captain. As other races join the Alliance, their leaders contribute to its missions, especially [[Fwiffo]], the Spathi captain, [[Talana]], Hayes' counterpart at the [[Syreen]] starbase, and [[Braky Girdy the First]], Queen of the newly reunited [[Pkunk]] and [[Yehat]].

===Headquarters===
The [[Earth Starbase]] serves as both the command and control centre for the New Alliance and as the support base for the The Flagship and its escort fleet. The crew consists of roughly 2000 Humans, under the leadership of Commander Hayes. When races formally join the Alliance, or seek contact with the Captain, they send delegations to the Starbase.

===Fleet===
[[Image:Flagship combat.png|200px|thumb|left|The Flagship]]
The [[Precursor]] tug constructed at [[Unzervalt]] becomes the [[The Flagship]] and beacon of hope of the New Alliance. Even with limited [[List of Flagship modules|modules]], it is able to hold it's own in battle and convince vanquished allies to rejoin the fight. It can carry up to ten [[Planet Lander|Planet Landers]] that are vital to the Alliance for collecting resources and [[List of devices|devices]] while exploring the surfaces of planets.

When the Flagship first calls at Earth, it is escorted by only the [[Tobermoon]], the last of the [[Earthling]] [[Cruiser|Cruisers]]. As the Alliance grows, fifteen [[List of ships|different ships]] become available for service in the fleet. Up to twelve ships at a time can escort the flagship and crew members can rotate between any of them.

==Membership==
There are 13 races who can be persuaded to join the coalition, but how many actually enlist is largely contingent on player actions. Just making contact with the Orz or Zoq-Fot-Pik will be enough for them to join; the same can be said for the Pkunk, but their ships will never be available for construction at the Starbase. To get the Shofixti or Syreen into the fold, the Captain will have to complete several complex objectives. Three other races will trade with the Captain, thus assisting the Alliance without actually joining.

===Full Members===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:purple;text-align:center" |Alliance Members
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify" | Up to ten full members send delegations to the Earth Starbase, including captains and ship construction plans that enable their ships to be built for the Flagship's escort fleet. Commander Hayes will typically report this information to the Captain.
|-
| [[Chmmr]] || liberated by the Alliance
|-
| [[Humans]] || founded the New Alliance in 2155
|-
| [[Orz]] || (optional member)
|-
| [[Shofixti]] || help persuade the Yehat to join
|-
| [[Spathi]] || defect to the Alliance and then to [[Neutral|neutrality]]
|-
| [[Supox]] || join concurrently with Utwig
|-
| [[Syreen]] || the Alliance helps them restore their fleet
|-
| [[Thraddash]] || (optional member) Battle Thralls who may be persuaded to defect
|-
| [[Utwig]] || join concurrently with Supox
|-
| {{nowrap-begin}}[[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]{{nowrap-end}} || (optional member)
|}

===Associate Members===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:purple;text-align:center" |Associate Members
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify" | Up to three allies will assist greatly and provide ships directly to the escort fleet but will not make their ships available for construction at the Starbase.
|-
| [[Arilou]] || visit the Starbase and outfit the Flagship to access [[QuasiSpace]]
|-
| [[Pkunk]] || provide ships and information to the Alliance before [[Yehat Civil War|re-joining the Yehat]] race
|-
| {{nowrap-begin}}[[Yehat Rebels]]{{nowrap-end}} || the Yehat are neutral towards the Alliance until The Captain starts the [[Yehat Civil War|Revolution]], after which Rebel ships join the escort fleet
|}

===Friendly Relations===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" |Friendly Relations
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify"| One race trades enough technology and intelligence to the Captain to be considered supporters of the Alliance, but they never give any military or political support and do not become members.
|-
| [[Melnorme]] || provide significant intelligence and technology upgrades
|}

===Conditional Support===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" |Conditional Support
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify" | A pair of races can provide some ships to the New Alliance under the proper circumstances, but ultimately end up as enemies and are never considered Allies..
|-
| [[Druuge]] || trade relations exist until a [[Battle of Zeta Hyades|battle]] over the Utwig bomb leads to a state of war
|-
| [[Umgah]] || Battle Thralls who provide ships and resources after the Alliance liberates them from the [[Talking Pet (device)|Talking Pet]]
|}

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''Note that the "New Alliance of Free Stars" is one of the choices of terms in the game for the confederation. Other choices are available: "The Concordance of Alien Nations", "[[Wikipedia: United Federation of Planets|The United Federation of Worlds]]", and "The Empire of {[[The Captain]]}" ("The Captain" is replaced with the captain's name).''

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars| ]]

New Alliance of Free Stars

2021-04-15T17:11:40Z

Donutcity: /* Headquarters */ readability

{{Alliance
|name=New Alliance of Free Stars
|image=[[File:Star_Control_II_Support_Fleet.png|300px]]
|caption=The Allied Fleet before the Final Mission.
|type=Military Alliance
|location=[[Earth Starbase]]
|duration=2155 February 17: —Reactivation of [[Alliance]]
|members='''(up to 13)'''
* [[Human]] (Leaders)
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Chmmr]]
* [[Orz]]
* [[Pkunk]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Spathi]]
* [[Supox]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Thraddash]]
* [[Utwig]]
* [[Yehat Rebels]]
* [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]
|ships=[[The Flagship]] with [[List of ships|escort fleet]]
}}

The '''New Alliance of Free Stars''' is the usual name{{ref|1}} used to refer to the loose confederation of races that fights against the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy]] and the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] in the [[Second Doctrinal Conflict]]. It is the continuation of the [[Alliance of Free Stars]].

==History==
The [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] (CE 2098 to 2134) was a major galactic conflict between the [[Ur-Quan Hierarchy|Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]] and the [[Alliance of Free Stars]] that resulted in the decisive defeat of the Alliance. The [[Shofixti]] fought to their own extinction, the [[Arilou Lalee'lay]] vanished before the fighting was over, and the [[Yehat]] switched sides while the Chenjesu, Mmrnmhrm, Humans and Syreen were put under [[Slave Shield|slave shields]].

In the late stages of the war, the Human's [[Corridor Nine]] dispatched a top-secret scientific expedition to investigate [[Precursor]] artifacts on [[Unzervalt]]. Those Humans lost contact with [[Earth]] but managed to go unnoticed by the Hierarchy, and thus stood as the only free colony of any Alliance race. [[The Captain]] was born on [[Unzervalt]] around the end of the war, and in 2155 he piloted [[The Flagship|a newly built Precursor tugboat]] to [[Earth]], where he came into contact with [[Hayes|Commander Hayes]] aboard the [[Earth Starbase]] and learned of the fate of the old Alliance. At that point, they resurrected the coalition, choosing from four optional names: the ''New Alliance of Free Stars'', ''The Concordance of Alien Nations'', ''The United Federation of Worlds'', or ''The Empire of {[[The Captain|the name that Player 1 picks for The Captain]]}''.

From its humble reincarnation, it was as a guerrilla army consisting of one [[Starbase]], two ships, and 2,051 Human crew. The spirit of the Alliance had endured 20 years of subjugation as original members were keen to re-enlist, hitherto uncontacted worlds enlisted, and a pair of Battle Thralls were (possibly) persuaded to defect and fight to liberate our corner of the galaxy from Ur-Quan rule.

==Command Structure==

===Leadership===
[[The Captain]] of [[The Flagship]] is the founder and leader of the New Alliance, taking charge of all exploration, foreign relations, military command, trade and [[Planet Lander|resource gathering]]. [[Hayes|Commander Hayes]] is in charge of the [[Earth Starbase]] and serves as the main liaison with Allied starship captains, as well as providing logistical support to the Captain. As other races join the Alliance, their leaders contribute to its missions, especially [[Fwiffo]], the Spathi captain, [[Talana]], Hayes' counterpart at the [[Syreen]] starbase, and [[Braky Girdy the First]], Queen of the newly reunited [[Pkunk]] and [[Yehat]].

===Headquarters===
The [[Earth Starbase]] serves as both the command and control centre for the New Alliance and as the support base for the The Flagship and its escort fleet. The crew consists of roughly 2000 Humans, under the leadership of Commander Hayes. When races formally join the Alliance, or seek contact with the Captain, they send delegations to the Starbase.

===Fleet===
[[Image:Flagship combat.png|200px|thumb|left|The Flagship]]
The [[Precursor]] tug constructed at [[Unzervalt]] becomes the [[The Flagship]] and beacon of hope of the New Alliance. Even with limited [[List of Flagship modules|modules]], it is able to hold it's own in battle and convince vanquished allies to rejoin the fight. It can carry up to ten [[Planet Lander|Planet Landers]] that are vital to the Alliance for collecting resources and [[List of devices|devices]] while exploring the surfaces of planets.

When the Flagship first calls at Earth, it is escorted by only the [[Tobermoon]], the last of the [[Earthling]] [[Cruiser|Cruisers]]. As the Alliance grows, fifteen [[List of ships|different ships]] become available for service in the fleet. Up to twelve ships at a time can escort the flagship and crew members can rotate between any of them.

==Membership==
There are 13 races who can be persuaded to join the coalition, but how many actually enlist is largely contingent on player actions. Just making contact with the Orz or Zoq-Fot-Pik will be enough for them to join; the same can be said for the Pkunk, but their ships will never be available for construction at the Starbase. To get the Shofixti or Syreen into the fold, the Captain will have to complete several complex objectives. Three other races will trade with the Captain, thus assisting the Alliance without actually joining.

===Full Members===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:purple;text-align:center" |Alliance Members
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify" | Up to ten full members send delegations to the Earth Starbase, including captain's and ship construction plans that enable their ships to be built for the Flagship's escort fleet. Commander Hayes will typically report this information to the Captain.
|-
| [[Chmmr]] || liberated by the Alliance
|-
| [[Humans]] || founded the New Alliance in 2155
|-
| [[Orz]] || (optional member)
|-
| [[Shofixti]] || help persuade the Yehat to join
|-
| [[Spathi]] || defect to the Alliance and then to [[Neutral|neutrality]]
|-
| [[Supox]] || join concurrently with Utwig
|-
| [[Syreen]] || the Alliance helps them restore their fleet
|-
| [[Thraddash]] || (optional member) Battle Thralls who may be persuaded to defect
|-
| [[Utwig]] || join concurrently with Supox
|-
| {{nowrap-begin}}[[Zoq-Fot-Pik]]{{nowrap-end}} || (optional member)
|}

===Associate Members===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:purple;text-align:center" |Associate Members
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify" | Up to three allies will assist greatly and provide ships directly to the escort fleet but will not make their ships available for construction at the Starbase.
|-
| [[Arilou]] || visit the Starbase and outfit the Flagship to access [[QuasiSpace]]
|-
| [[Pkunk]] || provide ships and information to the Alliance before [[Yehat Civil War|re-joining the Yehat]] race
|-
| {{nowrap-begin}}[[Yehat Rebels]]{{nowrap-end}} || the Yehat are neutral towards the Alliance until The Captain starts the [[Yehat Civil War|Revolution]], after which Rebel ships join the escort fleet
|}

===Friendly Relations===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" |Friendly Relations
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify"| One race trades enough technology and intelligence to the Captain to be considered supporters of the Alliance, but they never give any military or political support and do not become members.
|-
| [[Melnorme]] || provide significant intelligence and technology upgrades
|}

===Conditional Support===

{|border="1" width="75%" cellpadding="3"
!rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="15%" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" |Conditional Support
|-
|rowspan="0" colspan="2" width="40%" style="color:black;background-color:white;text-align:justify" | A pair of races can provide some ships to the New Alliance under the proper circumstances, but ultimately end up as enemies and are never considered Allies..
|-
| [[Druuge]] || trade relations exist until a [[Battle of Zeta Hyades|battle]] over the Utwig bomb leads to a state of war
|-
| [[Umgah]] || Battle Thralls who provide ships and resources after the Alliance liberates them from the [[Talking Pet (device)|Talking Pet]]
|}

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''Note that the "New Alliance of Free Stars" is one of the choices of terms in the game for the confederation. Other choices are available: "The Concordance of Alien Nations", "[[Wikipedia: United Federation of Planets|The United Federation of Worlds]]", and "The Empire of {[[The Captain]]}" ("The Captain" is replaced with the captain's name).''

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars| ]]

Alliance of Free Stars

2021-04-15T17:08:14Z

Donutcity: /* History */

{{Alliance
|name=Alliance of Free Stars
|image=[[File:Star_Control_I_Alliance_Victory_Screen.png|center|300px]]
|caption=The Alliance members.
|type=Military Alliance
|location=[[Supreme Council of The Alliance of Free Stars|Supreme Council]] of the Alliance of Free Stars
|duration=2110: —Foundation 2134: —Surrender of remaining members
|members='''(7)'''
* [[Chenjesu]] (Leaders)
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Humans]]
* [[Mmrnmhrm]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Yehat]]
|ships=[[List of ships|Allied fleet]]
}}

The '''Alliance of Free Stars''' was a cooperative coalition of seven starfaring races that was created during the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] to oppose the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] and their [[Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]]. It was ultimately unsuccessful in preventing the Ur-Quan from conquering the member races, but pockets of resistance remained even after the Alliance's defeat. After over 20 years of subjugation, the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] rose as a continuation of the original alliance, with most of the old members, as well as a number of new species, resuming the fight against the Ur-Quan.

==History==
The Alliance began circa 2110 as a mutual defense agreement between the [[Chenjesu]] and the [[Mmrnmhrm]], and was successful in turning away an initial incursion of Hierarchy forces. The [[Yehat]] and their foster species, the [[Shofixti]], joined the Alliance shortly thereafter. The [[Human]]s joined the Alliance in 2116, four years after first contact with the Chenjesu. A day after Earth joined, the [[Arilou]] appeared and requested entrance into the Alliance. The [[Syreen]] were the last to become a member, joining somewhat loosely in 2120.

The Alliance fought valiantly and and held off the Hierarchy's fleet until 2134. The Chenjesu, Mmrnmhrm, Humans and Syreen were encased in [[slave shield|slave shields]], the Yehat defected to [[Battle Thrall]] ranks, the Arilou disappeared, and the Shofixti sacrificed themselves in a "blaze of glory" using their [[Precursor Bomb]] rather than be enslaved.

The [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]], a revival of the original coalition, began to take shape in 2155 through the efforts of the [[Human]] [[The Captain|Captain]] from [[Unzervalt]].

==Departments:==
*[[Supreme Council of The Alliance of Free Stars]] —the ruling body of the Alliance
*[[ComSim Central]] —the training simulator for Alliance pilots
*[[New Alliance of Free Stars]] —the continuation of the Alliance, from 2155

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars| ]]

Alliance of Free Stars

2021-04-15T17:05:48Z

Donutcity:

{{Alliance
|name=Alliance of Free Stars
|image=[[File:Star_Control_I_Alliance_Victory_Screen.png|center|300px]]
|caption=The Alliance members.
|type=Military Alliance
|location=[[Supreme Council of The Alliance of Free Stars|Supreme Council]] of the Alliance of Free Stars
|duration=2110: —Foundation 2134: —Surrender of remaining members
|members='''(7)'''
* [[Chenjesu]] (Leaders)
* [[Arilou]]
* [[Humans]]
* [[Mmrnmhrm]]
* [[Shofixti]]
* [[Syreen]]
* [[Yehat]]
|ships=[[List of ships|Allied fleet]]
}}

The '''Alliance of Free Stars''' was a cooperative coalition of seven starfaring races that was created during the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] to oppose the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] and their [[Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]]. It was ultimately unsuccessful in preventing the Ur-Quan from conquering the member races, but pockets of resistance remained even after the Alliance's defeat. After over 20 years of subjugation, the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] rose as a continuation of the original alliance, with most of the old members, as well as a number of new species, resuming the fight against the Ur-Quan.

==History==
The Alliance began circa 2110 as a mutual defense agreement between the [[Chenjesu]] and the [[Mmrnmhrm]], and was successful in turning away an initial incursion of Hierarchy forces. The [[Yehat]] and their foster species, the [[Shofixti]], joined the Alliance shortly thereafter. The [[Human]]s joined the Alliance in 2116, four years after first contact with the Chenjesu. A day after Earth joined, the [[Arilou]] appeared and requested entrance into the Alliance. The [[Syreen]] were the last to become a member, joining somewhat loosely in 2120.

The Alliance fought valiantly and and held off the Hierarchy's fleet until 2134. The Chenjesu, Mmrnmhrm, Humans and Syreen were encased in [[slave shield|slave shields]], the Yehat defected to [[Battle Thrall]] ranks, the Arilou disappeared, and the Shofixti sacrificed themselves in a "blaze of glory" using their [[Precursor Bomb]] rather than be enslaved.

The [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]], a revival of the original Alliance, began to take shape in 2155 through the efforts of the [[Human]] [[The Captain|Captain]] from [[Unzervalt]].

==Departments:==
*[[Supreme Council of The Alliance of Free Stars]] —the ruling body of the Alliance
*[[ComSim Central]] —the training simulator for Alliance pilots
*[[New Alliance of Free Stars]] —the continuation of the Alliance, from 2155

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