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Dnyarri

2019-11-27T23:02:37Z

Jupitair: messed up the ref formatting lmao

The '''Dnyarri''' were an ancient, extremely evil, highly intelligent and lazy{{ref|1}} race capable of [[mental compulsion]] (a single Dnyarri could psychically control an entire planet){{ref|2}}. They resembled large, brown toads with two suckers at the end of each of the four legs, a grossly pulsating skull and sinister looking face. Their discovery by a young [[Ur-Quan]] scout allowed the psychic Dnyarri to quickly dominate the [[Sentient Milieu]]. The Ur-Quan were enslaved for thousands of years under the Dnyarri's yoke, and were eventually split in to the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Kzer-Za]] and the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah.]]

The Dnyarri favored the [[Ur-Quan]] over the other species of the Milieu, due to their weak resistance to mind control. They used the Ur-Quan to wipe out many member races of the Milieu over time. During this period, the Dnyarri re-engineered the Ur-Quan DNA into two types, the green (Kzer-Za) who were the political leaders and scientists, and the black (Kohr-Ah) who were the builders, warriors, and general "do"ers.

After the Dnyarri had grown complacent, and had given some time free to the Ur-Quan, the Green Ur-Quan researcher [[Kzer-Za (Character)|Kzer-Za]] found out that the Dnyarri had to disconnect from a slave's mind if the slave experienced extreme pain. Kzer-za broadcast this discovery to the rest of the Ur-Quan, who started inflicting pain and agony upon themselves to relinquish their minds from the Dnyarri control. The freed Ur-Quan slaughtered the Dnyarri en masse.

Death wasn't a good enough punishment for the Dnyarri in the eyes of the Ur-Quan. As they had been engineered, so too did the Ur-Quan re-engineer the Dnyarri into sub-sentience, making eternal slaves of them, using them to communicate for them whenever they communicated with a species they felt was less advanced than they were (which was often). These [[Talking Pet]]s are used aboard all [[Dreadnought]] and [[Marauder]] vessels.

The [[Arilou]] recently found a [[Talking Pet (device)|Talking Pet]] in the wreckage of a Dreadnought at Alpha Pavonis VII. They took it to the [[Umgah]] at Beta Orionis to heal it back to health. The Umgah, unfortunately, nursed it back to full, sentient, evil health, complete with its mind control powers.

The Arilou, [[Chenjesu]] and the Ur-Quan describe the Dnyarri as the most evil race known to this galaxy. The [[Taalo]] fled to [[*Pretty Space*]] because of the Dnyarri, at least according to the [[Orz]].

Some have speculated that the Hypno-Toad from Futurama may be a reference to the Dnyarri, including [[Paul Reiche III]]{{ref|3}}.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}{{IRC1998}}
::<Deep-Reep> i wonder what a dnyarri ship would look like.
::<Fwiffo> About Dynarri Ships: They are lazy as they are evil. They would never work up a sweat designing or building anything new when they could just take a ship technology from a thrall race.
{{note|2}}''[[Role Playing Resource Guide]], p. 24.''
{{note|3}} [https://forum.uqm.stack.nl/index.php?topic=1651.0 Forum post on UQM website]
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Dnyarri

2019-11-27T22:58:28Z

Jupitair: added relevant trivia info

The '''Dnyarri''' were an ancient, extremely evil, highly intelligent and lazy{{ref|1}} race capable of [[mental compulsion]] (a single Dnyarri could psychically control an entire planet){{ref|2}}. They resembled large, brown toads with two suckers at the end of each of the four legs, a grossly pulsating skull and sinister looking face. Their discovery by a young [[Ur-Quan]] scout allowed the psychic Dnyarri to quickly dominate the [[Sentient Milieu]]. The Ur-Quan were enslaved for thousands of years under the Dnyarri's yoke, and were eventually split in to the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Kzer-Za]] and the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah.]]

The Dnyarri favored the [[Ur-Quan]] over the other species of the Milieu, due to their weak resistance to mind control. They used the Ur-Quan to wipe out many member races of the Milieu over time. During this period, the Dnyarri re-engineered the Ur-Quan DNA into two types, the green (Kzer-Za) who were the political leaders and scientists, and the black (Kohr-Ah) who were the builders, warriors, and general "do"ers.

After the Dnyarri had grown complacent, and had given some time free to the Ur-Quan, the Green Ur-Quan researcher [[Kzer-Za (Character)|Kzer-Za]] found out that the Dnyarri had to disconnect from a slave's mind if the slave experienced extreme pain. Kzer-za broadcast this discovery to the rest of the Ur-Quan, who started inflicting pain and agony upon themselves to relinquish their minds from the Dnyarri control. The freed Ur-Quan slaughtered the Dnyarri en masse.

Death wasn't a good enough punishment for the Dnyarri in the eyes of the Ur-Quan. As they had been engineered, so too did the Ur-Quan re-engineer the Dnyarri into sub-sentience, making eternal slaves of them, using them to communicate for them whenever they communicated with a species they felt was less advanced than they were (which was often). These [[Talking Pet]]s are used aboard all [[Dreadnought]] and [[Marauder]] vessels.

The [[Arilou]] recently found a [[Talking Pet (device)|Talking Pet]] in the wreckage of a Dreadnought at Alpha Pavonis VII. They took it to the [[Umgah]] at Beta Orionis to heal it back to health. The Umgah, unfortunately, nursed it back to full, sentient, evil health, complete with its mind control powers.

The Arilou, [[Chenjesu]] and the Ur-Quan describe the Dnyarri as the most evil race known to this galaxy. The [[Taalo]] fled to [[*Pretty Space*]] because of the Dnyarri, at least according to the [[Orz]].

Some have speculated that the Hypno-Toad from Futurama may be a reference to the Dnyarri, including [[Paul Reiche III]]<ref>https://forum.uqm.stack.nl/index.php?topic=1651.0</ref>.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}{{IRC1998}}
::<Deep-Reep> i wonder what a dnyarri ship would look like.
::<Fwiffo> About Dynarri Ships: They are lazy as they are evil. They would never work up a sweat designing or building anything new when they could just take a ship technology from a thrall race.
{{note|2}}''[[Role Playing Resource Guide]], p. 24.''

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Rainbow World

2015-06-09T02:13:46Z

Jupitair:

[[Image:Rainbow world from orbit.png|right]]
'''Rainbow Worlds''' are "worlds whose radiant energies defy all scanners producing a rainbow-like image". When seen from space they appear yellow. There are 10 of them in the area of space in which [[Star Control II]] takes place. Each one is the first planet orbiting a star. When seen from [[HyperSpace]], these stars lie on two lines intersecting at [[Groombridge]]. It is believed that the arrow-like pattern they form is supposed to point the direction of the [[Precursor]] departure.{{ref|1}} {{ref|2}}

The Spathi mention a Precursor text referring to what they translated as "10 artificial `waste disposal sites`". Similarly, the [[Slylandro]] [[Joyous Lifting]] remembers that the "Shaggy Ones" (the Precursors) either discovered or assembled a set of 10 worlds and organized them in some pattern. He describes the location of two such worlds. The [[Thraddash]] likewise have discovered ancient text fragments which describe "Precursor Dumps" and state that the "Dumps are in some kind of pattern." It is generally assumed that these are all references to the rainbow worlds.

Rainbow Worlds are rich in already-processed radioactives, but more importantly, the [[Melnorme]] give 500 [[credits]] for the whereabouts of each newly discovered world. It is sufficient to orbit the planet for its location to be registered in a ship's log; no scan of any kind is required.

==Table of Rainbow World locations==
{|border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
!World!!Star Location!!Referred to by
|-
|Beta Pegasi I ||039.5 : 745.8||[[Slylandro]]
|-
|Epsilon Draconis I||283.6 : 785.7||[[Thraddash]]
|-
|Epsilon Lipi I ||543.7 : 827.0||
|-
|Beta Leporis I ||766.6 : 866.6||[[Supox]]
|-
|Gamma Aquarii I ||853.4 : 879.7||
|-
|Groombridge I ||996.0 : 904.2||[[Slylandro]]
|-
|Alpha Andromedae I||862.5 : 700.0||
|-
|Gamma Reticuli I ||741.6 : 508.3||
|-
|Gamma Kepler I ||602.0 : 297.9||
|-
|Zeta Sextantis I ||468.1 : 091.6||[[Tanaka]]/[[Katana]]
|}

===Pattern in HyperSpace===
[[Image:Rainbow worlds.jpg]]

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}{{PaulMail}}
::the arrow points the direction of the Precursor Migration -- and the supposed direction for the sequel to follow.
{{note|2}}''From the dialog at the [[Slylandro]] [[Source|homeworld]]:''
::"We were told the planets were... again this is confusing... organized (?) in some pattern which in some way alluded to the Shaggy Ones' ultimate fate."

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