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User:Valaggar

2009-03-19T17:25:58Z

Valaggar: removed shit from page

If one existed, one might also mention that one has played the Starflight games, though it really doesn't matter — we're all going to die anyway.

I am fluent in Romanian, English and [[Orzese]]. I also speak '''some''' Spanish and Turkish.

List of The Ur-Quan Masters Mods

2009-02-20T12:46:58Z

Valaggar: whoops, small mistake

Current [[The Ur-Quan Masters]] mods include:
*[[Adjusted Ship Price Mod]]
*[[Elvish Pillager's Crazy Mod]]
*[[Kohr-Ah Death's Mods]]
*[http://www.freewebs.com/lightmanuqm/ UQM+]

Unrealeased The Ur-Quan Masters mods include:
*Nicholai's mod (appears to be abandoned). See its [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=4022.0 UQM forum thread] (and its [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3423.0 original forum thread]).
*The Cookies Mod (appears to be abandoned) See its [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3051.0 UQM forum thread].
*Project 6014. See its [http://forum.uqm.stack.nl/index.php?topic=4409.30 main UQM forum thread] and its [http://starcontrol.classicgaming.gamespy.com/forum/index.php?topic=1736.0 SCDB forum thread].

[[Category:Mods| ]]

List of The Ur-Quan Masters Mods

2009-02-20T12:45:59Z

Valaggar: Nicholai's mod appears to be abandoned, added Cedric's mod

Current [[The Ur-Quan Masters]] mods include:
*[[Adjusted Ship Price Mod]]
*[[Elvish Pillager's Crazy Mod]]
*[[Kohr-Ah Death's Mods]]
*[http://www.freewebs.com/lightmanuqm/ UQM+]

Unrealeased The Ur-Quan Masters mods include:
*Nicholai's mod (appears to be abandoned). See its [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=4022.0 UQM forum thread] (and its [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3423.0 original forum thread]).
*The Cookies Mod (appears to be abandoned) See its [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3051.0 main UQM forum thread].
*Project 6014. See its [http://forum.uqm.stack.nl/index.php?topic=4409.30 UQM forum thread] and its [http://starcontrol.classicgaming.gamespy.com/forum/index.php?topic=1736.0 SCDB forum thread].

[[Category:Mods| ]]

The Captain

2009-02-01T14:29:44Z

Valaggar: Edited to make clear what "in Japanese" refers to

[[Image:Sc2_end_zelnick_children.png|right]]
'''The Captain''' has gone by many names, by many historians. However, most final historical records indicate that the key figure in the defeat of the [[Hierarchy]] was a [[Human]] named Zelnick.

:''In the first release of [[Star Control II]], there was no default name; the first act in a new game was to name the captain and [[The Flagship|the flagship]]. The later released 3DO version named the captain '''Zelnick''' and the flagship '''Vindicator'''. In the Japanese version, the captain was Isamu and the flagship Kamui.

The Captain was born in a cave on the the colony world of [[Unzervalt]] in the [[Vela]] system, the son of an officer from the [[Tobermoon]] and a Research Team engineer. From a very young age he showed an unusual aptitude for communicating with [[Precursor]] computer systems, including the mainframe computer operating the factory that produced The Flagship. After Captain [[I. Burton]] was killed in a [[Slylandro]] [[Probe]] attack, he took control of the Unzervalt mission and piloted The Flagship from Unzervalt back to [[Earth]], and is generally agreed to have played a pivotal role in the events of our region of space from 2154-2159.

Full details on The Captain are sketchy. Only one known [[:Image:Sc2_end_free_earth.png|image]], taken during his recovery after escaping the destruction of the [[Sa-Matra]] is available of The Captain during these events. From it, and from knowledge of the history of Unzervalt itself, we can conclude that he was [[Human]], male, probably Caucasian, and under 20 Earth years of age at the beginning of his mission.

The Captain is believed to have had other adventures besides this one, but is known to have eventually retired peacefully with the [[Syreen]] [[Talana]] to Unzervalt. It is generally believed that The Captain and Talana had an intimate, romantic encounter aboard the [[Gaia]] [[Starbase]] during the events of Star Control II.

The Pkunk have predicted that The Captain will have fourteen children, and that he will die at an early age. The degree of accuracy of this prediction is unknown; it is also unknown what the Pkunk mean by "early age" (as it is possible that they are much more long-lived than the Humans).

He is one of the most legendary humans ever to travel the stars.

==Titles==
*''Captain'' (of [[The Flagship]] and its escorts)
*''[[Great Hero]]'' (later replaced by "''[[Great Enemy]]''") of the [[Umgah]]
*''[[Great Teacher]]'' of the [[Thraddash]] [[Thraddash#Culture Twenty|Culture Twenty]]
*''Ultron Saint'' of the [[Utwig]]

[[Category:Game Characters|Captain, The]]
[[Category:Human|Captain, The]]

Timeline

2009-01-27T10:50:19Z

Valaggar: more "standardized" and visible way of linking to the references page

{|
|c. 250,000 BCE||The [[Precursor]]s appeared on the galactic scene
|-
|c. 22,000 BCE||The [[Faz]] joined the [[Sentient Milieu]]
|-
|c. 20,000 BCE||[[Dnyarri]] discovered by the [[Ur-Quan]]
|-
|c. 17,500 BCE||[[Dnyarri]] overthrown, the [[Path of Now and Forever]] and the [[Eternal Doctrine]] formulated, [[the Words]] uttered and the [[Mael-Num]] driven from their homeworld.
|-
|1940||The [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] begin forming plans to attack [[Earth]]
|-
|2015||[[Small war of 2015]], leading to the storage of all weapons of mass destruction in so called [[Peace Vaults]]
|-
|2019||Creation of the first [[Androsynth]]
|-
|2025||First year without war on Earth
|-
|2035||Cataclysm caused by a [[Deep Child]] makes [[Syra]] uninhabitable forcing [[Syreen]] to flee
|-
|2075||[[Yehat]] discover and "uplift" the [[Shofixti]]
|-
|2085||The [[Clone Revolt]]
|-
|c. 2098||Ur-Quan Kzer-Za enslave first species in our region of space (the [[Thraddash]])
|-
| ||Ur-Quan Kzer-Za defeat the [[Umgah]]
|-
|2111||Ur-Quan Kzer-Za subjugate the [[Spathi]]
|-
|c. 2112||Ur-Quan Kzer-Za defeat the [[Ilwrath]]
|-
|2112||The [[Chenjesu]] first contact Earth
|-
|2116||Founding of the [[Alliance of Free Stars]]
|-
|2119||[[The Insult]] (most probably; possibly in 2126)
|-
|2134||Discovery of a [[Precursor]] facility on [[Unzervalt]]
|-
| ||Chenjesu and [[Mmrnmhrm]] defeated and [[slave shield|slave-shielded]] on [[Procyon II]]
|-
| ||[[Humans]] defeated and slave-shielded on Earth
|-
|2142||Destruction of the [[Gg]] by the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]]
|-
|c. 2145||Destruction of the [[Burvixese]] by the Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah
|-
|2155||Arrival of the [[Precursor]] [[The Flagship|ship]] at Earth; Start of the [[Star Control II]] game
|}

==Graphical timeline of the Ur-Quan Conflicts==
The events marked by blue are known to have occurred within a specific year or time frame. Those events marked by red represent the best-guess estimates as to when the actual events occurred.

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:See [[Timeline/References|here]].

[[Category:Historical events| ]]

Talk:VUX

2009-01-23T17:38:40Z

Valaggar: /* VUX neck */ reply

== UH ==

Actually the reason the VUX hate humans is because upon the first meeting between the two races, the human captain(forgot his name) made a remark about how UGLY he thought the VUX was, and his crew laughed. The VUX, being obsessive metrosexuals, took enough offense to this to hate all humans forever. All you have to do to figure this out is encounter a VUX intruder, converse, and keep asking them why they hate humans. I don't know why you didn't figure this out.

:You're mixing some things up. You ''start out'' with the "knowledge" that the insult is the reason the VUX hate humans. The Starbase Commander tells you, and so does the game manual. After you keep apologising the VUX finally reveal the truth:
:''AIEEE! Human! You have hounded and hounded and hounded us with your pitiful apologies! It's driving us crazy! STOP! Please STOP! We give up. We accept! We accept! We will no longer hold Rand's insult against your species. You are forgiven for all eternity, just stop apologizing! But now you have forced us to reveal our REAL reason for hating you humans an embarrassing reason with no acceptable justification, but nonetheless undeniable! Human! You are SOOO ugly, SOOO hideous to us that we will NEVER be able to find peace with your species! Whenever we see your kind, we just want to kick you!... stomp on you!... squish you!... ...vaporize your ugly faces from the entire universe! We know its unreasonable! We know that you had no choice about how you look! We know that it is cruel fate that the Creator made you appear like putrid excretion but WE JUST CAN'T HANDLE IT!''

== Must add data from SC1 manual... ==

...to the article. I provide the data here for convenience:

'''PAGE 21'''

''The process of synthetic reconstruction of the VUX produced evidence of a plodding, homely race whose dedication to duty is matched only by its temperamental outlook. The VUX is a bipedal assemblage of an octopus and a slug, and has inherited the least appealing features of both. With its single, unblinking eye, the VUX is sensitive to wide-spectrum EMR, and well-adapted to the low-light environment of its home world. The VUX’s physical repulsiveness is matched by technological advances and enormous linguistic-perceptive powers. This language translation ability allowed one VUX ship to intercept the communications of one Cruiser’s commander, who had just sighted the VUX on his laser display. The Captain’s offhand remark about VUXian looks led to a severe Xenoform backlash. The offended VUX, nursing a sense of collective insult, soon attached itself to the Hierarchy. To this day, the VUX find pleasure in repaying the Earthling insult; their crews’ unblinking eyes glisten in unison at the sight of a sizzling Cruiser which has taken the force of a VUX laser full-bore. Nonetheless, SSRII’s resident Socioanthropsychs claim that the VUX’s hostility may not be''

'''PAGE 22'''

''engraved in duralloy. They urge future overtures towards the VUX once the Alliance smashes the Hierarchy threat.'' [[User:Valaggar|Valaggar]] 21:17, 12 February 2008 (CET)

== VUX neck ==

From the quote:

''Now if you don't mind, stop nodding your head like that. We VUX do not share this range of motion and it appears as though your neck is broken and you are a jabbering corpse. Ugh.''

This indicates that they 'have' neck which is fixed in position (therefore, neck is not broken), while captain's head nods, and this appears to VUX, as if human's neck is broken.

[[User:Masterius|Masterius]] 12:14, 21 January 2009 (CET)

:That is one interpretation, but it is not the only interpretation - at best the statement is ambiguous. Look at it the other way around: Can the sentence still make sense if the VUX don't have necks? I would argue that it can. If they were to say "Our necks do not share...", then it would be much more definite. --[[User:Fyzixfighter|Fyzixfighter]] 19:23, 21 January 2009 (CET)

::But why won't they say "as though your ''head'' is broken"? If they didn't have necks, they wouldn't mention them, as they would perfectly know that necks ''are'' not rigid. They have met Yehat before, and birds' necks are flexible. But if they had rigid necks and say Captain about "neck is broken"", this clearly shows their bigoted nature and makes sence. [[User:Masterius|Masterius]] 14:39, 22 January 2009 (CET)
::Plus, for them saying "Our necks do not share" would be again against their bigotry, as they are not interested in serious discussions with Captain, and simply want to insult Captain with what they see different to them and with what they associate Captain's flexible human neck. [[User:Masterius|Masterius]] 18:02, 23 January 2009 (CET)

:::Stop making stupid posts, Masterius. That quote is ambiguous, period. Full stop. End of story.
:::Fuck off. [[User:Valaggar|Valaggar]] 18:38, 23 January 2009 (CET)

Talk:List of alien life-forms

2009-01-01T10:19:03Z

Valaggar: what do we do with the alien lifeform articles

So are the articles about the Algolites, Charg beast, Dgrunti etc. (i.e. the articles that are superseded by sections of this article) going to disappear or not? [[User:Valaggar|Valaggar]] 11:19, 1 January 2009 (CET)

Alien lifeforms

2009-01-01T10:17:50Z

Valaggar: Redirecting to List of alien life-forms

#REDIRECT [[List of alien life-forms]]

Alien life-forms

2009-01-01T10:17:46Z

Valaggar: Redirecting to List of alien life-forms

#REDIRECT [[List of alien life-forms]]

List of alien life-forms

2009-01-01T10:14:48Z

Valaggar: /* Chimt */ no need for a separate article here

__NOTOC__

Below is a list of all alien life-forms encountered by [[The Captain]] or his crew, or mentioned by [[Canon|reliable]] sources. This does not include generic [[Table of bio types|bio types]] (although it includes unique ones) or sentient [[List of races|races]] (with the possible exception of [["They"|"Them"]]).

===Algolites===
{{main|Algolites}}
Mentioned by the [[Melnorme]]. The term "Algolites" refers to either the totality of life-forms inhabiting Algol IV, or to a sentient species living of that planet. Most of the atmosphere of their world was stripped off in an accident involving [[Spathi]] colonists who wanted to make "a few minor, climatic adjustments", but who panicked and fled when the terraforming equipment went out of control. As a result, the Algolites are now extinct.

===Charg beast===
Mentioned by the [[Pkunk]]. The Charg beast, although it is a ferocious creature, still cannot single-handedly defeat a pack of Ibids, a feat for which it needs assistance from seven or eight Wrinkle Dogs.

===Chimt===
Mentioned by the [[Utwig]]. The Chimt are something with which the Utwig claim to have at one point shared their homeworld. They are described as having tendrils of some sort and as having emerged from the [[Murky Bog]]. The Chimt are connected with the events that precipitated [[Utwig#Mask Etiquette|Utwig Mask Etiquette]]. An Utwig captain explains that "the tendrils of the Chimt infiltrated the vast sky canopies of [[Fahz]] and then the veils fell! Suddenly, the Utwig were stunned by a collective realization! All immediately and urgently donned veils of every description!" However, any references on this subject are obscure and not easily understood without further explanation by the Utwig. Interestingly, the story of the Chimt resembles a similar creation story found in some [[Human]] religions about the Garden of Eden. What became of the Chimt, or even whether they actually existed, is unknown.

===Dgrunti===
Mentioned by the [[Shofixti]] in the context of the insult "wallowing, phlegm-filled Dgrunti belly-licker".

===Dhrang===
Mentioned by the Shofixti in the context of the insult "You pitiful imitation of six-weeks dead Dhrang!"

===Dravatz===
Mentioned by [[Fwiffo]] in the context of the claim that the Spathi "possess the best qualities of both the clam and the Dravatz".

===Drell===
Mentioned by the Utwig. The Drells were worn alive by the Utwig as masks during their ancient past, when they realized that the face is the source of all negative aspects of a sentient being. Apparently, the Utwig now find strange the idea of wearing a living creature as a mask.

===Evil Ones===
{{main|Evil Ones}}
Encountered on [[Spathiwa]]. The Evil Ones are quickly-breeding, carnivorous teddy bear-like creatures who appeared on Spathiwa four centuries before the events of [[Star Control II]], transported there by an unknown agency (possibly the [[Umgah]]), and who preyed on the Spathi. This greatly accelerated the Spathi's progress, causing them to advance from the bronze age to the atomic age in less than a century, after which the Spathi fled Spathiwa and settled on the planet's moon.

===Grah===
{{main|Grah (life-form)}}
Mentioned by the [[Ilwrath]] and the [[Role Playing Resource Guide]]. The Grah became extinct as a result of a bureaucratic error committed by the Ilwrath, who had been using the Grah for ritual sacrifices for some time, carefully maintaining them on the brink of extinction. This led to a decrease of "quality death in ceremony", being one of the major factors that precipitated the [[Ilwrath#Recent events|Ilwrath revolution of 2147]].

===Ibid===
Mentioned by the Pkunk. The Ibids group into packs to protect themselves from the ferocious Charg beast and possibly other predators. The Charg beast cannot successfully assault a pack of Ibids unless aided by seven or eight Wrinkle Dogs.

===Iccamullon===
Mentioned by the [[Star Control II]] manual. The Iccamullon are a species of giant plants with blue flowers, native to [[Unzervalt]]. The databanks from the Precursor installation on the planet identified several plants, but specifically the Iccamullon, as possible food sources for the early Human colonists; the plants have the same proteins, sugars and starches as found in traditional Earth crops. The colonists harvested these plants for food and eventually planted crops, possibly including the Iccamullon.

===Libixx===
Mentioned by the Star Control II manual. The Libixx are one of the species native to Unzervalt. They are red-brown in color and resemble winged rabbits. Their cell structure, internal organs, and flesh are very similar to that of Earth mammals. It is no surprise that the beasts were identified by the databanks at the Precursor installation on Unzervalt as one of the possible animals that could be used for food. The Libixx were probably used principally as a meat source; The Captain himself was raised on Libixx meat and Ortog milk as a youth on Unzervalt.

===Ortog===
Mentioned by the Star Control II manual. The Ortog are one of the species native to Unzervalt. They are 2,000 pound creatures resembling a cross between a cow and a lizard, having six legs and pendulous udders. Their cell structure, internal organs, and flesh are very similar to that of Earth mammals. The Ortog were identified by the databanks at the Precursor installation on Unzervalt as one of the possible animals that could be used for food. Much like cows on Earth, the colonists used the Ortog as a source of both meat and milk. They also were known to make clothing out of Ortog hide. The Captain himself was raised on Ortog milk and Libixx meat as a youth on Unzervalt.

===Pootworm===
Mentioned by the Pkunk in the context of a pseudo-philosophical discourse meant to prove The Captain that he is alive, when they first greet him in space. The Pkunk claim that they love the Pootworm and could not conceive of doing even the slightest harm to it.

===Sneegel bird===
Mentioned by the Pkunk. The sneegel birds are apparently migratory. During migration, they fly in flocks.

===Talking Pet===
{{main|Talking Pet}}
Encountered in dialogues with the [[Ur-Quan]], and on [[Beta Orionis I]]. The Talking Pets are the descendants of the [[Dnyarri]] whom the Ur-Quan, as punishment for having enslaved their race, reduced to sub-sentience and forced to serve aboard [[Dreadnought]]s and [[Marauder]]s as translators. [[Talking Pet (device)|One of them]] was genetically engineered back to sentience by the Umgah, and eventually [[Paranormal phenomena#Mental compulsion|took control]] of the whole Umgah race. The Captain captures this Talking Pet, and he proves to be of great use in the final attack on the [[Sa-Matra]].

==="They"===
{{main|"They"}}
Encountered by [[Bukowski]] on [[Eta Vulpeculae II]], the [[Androsynth]]'s adopted [[List of homeworlds|homeworld]]. "They" are mysterious and sinister [[Dimension|extradimensional]] beings whom the [[Arilou Lalee'lay]] describe as being dangerous parasites. It is unknown whether they are sentient. Their projections into [[TrueSpace]] are the [[Orz]].

===Trooba Fern===
Mentioned by the Utwig. The Trooba Fern is a plant which they use to make the masks of the Expression of Ultimate Gratitude, together with beetle secretions.

===VUX Beast===
{{main|VUX Beast}}
Encountered on [[Delta Lyncis I]]. The VUX Beast is a monstrous predator which [[ZEX]] greatly desires to possess; he offers to trade the [[Shofixti Maidens]] for the Beast, although the trade cannot be completed due to the Beast escaping and killing ZEX. The Captain then recovers the Maidens from ZEX's menagerie. There is only one known VUX Beast in existence.

===Wart Wumpet===
Mentioned by the Pkunk. The Wart Wumpet can vomit a small, round gobbet stone, whose surface sometimes has little nodules filled with a viscous fluid. The stone lands into a moving stream and can be swallowed by fish.

===Wrinkle Dog===
Mentioned by the Pkunk. The Wrinkle Dog is a creature that can assist Charg beasts in attacking packs of Ibids. Wrinkle Dogs generally do so in groups of seven or eight.

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

Fuel Tank

2008-12-24T20:05:16Z

Valaggar: typo

[[Image:Fuel_tank_module.png|right]]
'''Fuel Tanks''' act as containment and storage for [[The Flagship]]'s fuel. Without fuel, The Flagship cannot travel through [[HyperSpace]] nor send [[Planet Lander|landers]] to planet surfaces.

The standard fuel tank has a capacity of 50 units.

After purchasing the necessary technology from the [[Melnorme]] the [[High-Efficiency Fuel Tank]] becomes available.

[[Category:Flagship Modules]]

Talk:The Flagship

2008-12-24T16:40:50Z

Valaggar: reply

==Since I just posted about this elsewhere==

SIS should definitely not be the primary name. It's never actually used in the game's *text*, which is the actual canon source -- what it's called in the source code, which is not part of the *finished game itself* (not part of the experience of playing the game), is irrelevant, even if it's a convenient term for fans to throw around.

It should either be referred to as "Vindicator" or "Flagship" (of the New Alliance of Free Stars), with the latter being the preferable choice.

Friend Fyzixfighter,

I have added a -spoiler warning- in this part of the wiki. I acted in good faith as you already understood. I read the main page about the spoilers section after you have repaired my addition(spoiler warning).

This is not my wiki to control and I respect that. Allow me to express my disagreement though.

Concerning the part about the destruction of the flagship, what exactly does it serve?

You, or someone, might say "hey this is a plot element of the flagship", yes I agree with that. Why don't you add a plot section(like in wikipedia)? You can put all the spoilers in a plot section.

I went in the flagship part because I had a question concerning the sideway guns and instead I found that the ship is going to be destroyed. Whenever I go to (for example)wikipedia to check if a movie is good, I skip the plot and I check the criticism and the general receive of the press. Here, in this article, how could I ever skip it?

What is the purpose of giving information for a weapon system (in the game) to someone who doesn't know the game, when in the same time you throw him spoilers?

Don't get me wrong, I understand the "spoiler policy" of this wiki, does this wiki understand how to manage it's "spoiler policy" though?

Thank you.

:I've replied on [[User talk:Fyzixfighter#Concerning_the_Flagship|my talk page]]. --[[User:Fyzixfighter|Fyzixfighter]] 18:47, 22 December 2008 (CET)

This article looks a little sparse. Couldn't we merge the flagship module pages into here? --[[User:Shiver|Shiver]] 00:37, 24 December 2008 (CET)

:I've added the List of modules in the See also part for now (as it's particularly relevant for the subject). I don't really see a need to merge this page with the flagship module pages — all that would do is make this page ugly. If it ain't broken, don't fix it. [[User:Valaggar|Valaggar]] 17:40, 24 December 2008 (CET)

The Flagship

2008-12-24T16:33:38Z

Valaggar: see also List of Flagship Modules

[[Image:2c2_intro_building_sis.png|thumb|320px|Colonists watch as the Flagship is assembled on Unzervalt.]]
'''The Flagship''' refers to the [[Precursor]] vessel flown by [[The Captain]] in [[Star Control II]]. It is also known as the ''Vindicator'', the default name on the 3DO version of [[Star Control II]], though the name can be changed during the game. The name ''SIS'' (an abbreviation for ''Super Integrated Starship'') is also sometimes used; it is how the ship is referred to internally in the code, but never in the actual game or manuals.

Despite its immense size by both [[Alliance]] and [[Hierarchy]] standards, The Flagship is actually a Precursor tugboat designed as a multi-purpose "workhorse".{{ref|1}} The ship proper is a framework created by the automated Precursor base on [[Unzervalt]]. Separate [[List of Flagship Modules|modules]] can be attached to this framework. The modules have varying effects from increasing the ship's maneuverability and speed to storing crew and other supplies. The ship can also be fitted with a host of weapons and energy systems as well as having docking space for up to 12 other smaller [[List of Ships|ships]]. The Flagship can also carry up to ten [[Planet Lander]]s, which are useful for collecting resources ([[List of mineral types|minerals]] and [[biological data]]) and [[:Category:Alien Artifacts|artifacts]]. Planet Lander missions are generally preceded by a thorough scan for minerals (using low-power deep-radar),{{ref|2}} large organisms (by detecting the substances they absorb and/or excrete){{ref|3}} and energy sources, which usually indicate the presence of alien artifacts.

This ship becomes the flagship of the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]] and is integral in that group's completion of its ultimate objective. Sadly, it has to be sacrificed to destroy the [[Sa-Matra]] and thereby end the [[Ur-Quan]] threat, by delivering and providing additional power to the [[Chmmr]]-improved [[Utwig Bomb]].

:''See also:'' [[Mark II]], [[List of Flagship Modules]]

==Trivia==

In the PC version The Flagship's engine was green unlike in 3DO/UQM version, where it is red. In Ur-Quan Masters the only screen where the engine is still green is the outfit screen.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}{{IRC1998}}
::<_Stilgar> Fwiffo- what WAS the Mark II? 
::<Fwiffo> The Mark II was a precursor cruiser as opposed to a precursor tug which is what you guys flew.
{{note|2}}''[[Star Control II]] manual, p. 39 (PC).''
{{note|3}}''[[Star Control II]] manual, p. 40 (PC) or pg. 15 (3DO).''

[[Category:Ships (Specific)|Flagship, The]]
[[Category:Precursor Technology|Flagship, The]]
[[Category:Human|Flagship, The]]

Category talk:Ships

2008-12-24T16:28:45Z

Valaggar: reply

Hey guys, where is the Tug? You can't have a wiki on Star Control without the Tug. --[[User:Shiver|Shiver]] 00:33, 24 December 2008 (CET)
:Tug? You mean [http://wiki.uqm.stack.nl/wiki/The_Flagship The Flagship]? In [http://wiki.uqm.stack.nl/Category:Ships_(Specific) Category:Ships (Specific)]? (*creates "Precursor tug" to "The Flagship" redirect*) [[User:Valaggar|Valaggar]] 17:28, 24 December 2008 (CET)

Precursor Tug

2008-12-24T16:27:10Z

Valaggar: Redirecting to The Flagship

#REDIRECT [[The Flagship]]

User talk:Valaggar

2008-12-20T13:35:24Z

Valaggar: reply

Do no modify my user pages, including my to do list. If you think something should be different there, put it on the talk page. — [[User:Svdb|SvdB]] 02:34, 2 June 2007 (CEST)

Hey Val, while I appreciate your enthusiasm, it's not good form to simply blank a page you think should be deleted. While I agree for the most part on those pages, some may not, so it's generally considered polite to put a comment on the talk page - and then wait awhile (like a few days or a week) for people to reply. I've turned the individual star pages into the appropriate redirects, but I'm more hesitant about the constellation pages. As such, I'm reverting those ones back - we can discuss their value and future on their respective talk pages, again giving others a chance to respond. --[[User:Fyzixfighter|Fyzixfighter]] 11:53, 16 June 2007 (CEST)

:I apologize for taking action in such a rude manner - I sometimes make such blunders. See my thesis at [[Category talk:Constellations]]. [[User:Valaggar|Valaggar]] 13:22, 16 June 2007 (CEST)

I've been editing this wiki for a very long time under various IP addresses without registering a username. I think I'm just fine with anonymous contributions. So no thanks for the whole registration thing. --[[User:24.117.122.78|24.117.122.78]] 10:54, 26 June 2007 (CEST)

Valaggar, you could probably ask Meep-Eep what his date of birth was and have him tell you. No need to be an internet detective about it. --[[User:Shiver|Shiver]] 23:03, 19 December 2008 (CET)

:Yeah, but it's more fun this way, and he probably wouldn't tell me anyway, based on his edit summaries when he deleted my guesses. Anyway, it seems that my last guess was wrong too (somehow), so I'm just going to creep back to the shadows where I've been lurking for such a long time already. [[User:Valaggar|Valaggar]] 14:35, 20 December 2008 (CET)

=Uziana.com=
I read your reply to the article. Nice. hehehe. --[[User:PsiPhi|PsiPhi]] 18:16, 19 October 2007 (CEST)

Serge van den Boom

2008-12-19T20:19:09Z

Valaggar: on second thought, that's no guess, it's easily deducible from the information at hand. And we know more than that, in fact.

'''Serge van den Boom''' is a member of the [[The Ur-Quan Masters]] core team and administrator of the The Ur-Quan Masters project's [http://bugs.uqm.stack.nl/ Bugzilla] installation (where he is also the default assignee for bugs related to building the UQM source on non-Windows OS-es, content, gameplay and netplay), of the [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum The Ur-Quan Masters Forum], and of the [[Ultronomicon]]. He uses the nickname "Meep-Eep" (sometimes spelled meep-eep) on the forum, on the The Ur-Quan Masters-related IRC channels and on the [http://starcontrol.classicgaming.gamespy.com/forum Star Control Discussion Board]. The SCDB is also where he got into the UQM project, due to a post by [[Chris Nelson]] requesting help for reverse-engineering certain 3DO file formats.

On the Ultronomicon, he uses the username [[User:Svdb|Svdb]], the initials of his name.

He and [[Michael Chapman Martin]] have been [http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/08/11/ur-quan.html interviewed] by LinuxDevCenter.com on 11th of August, 2005 on the subject of [[The Ur-Quan Masters]], at the time in version 0.4.0.

He uses [[wikipedia:Linux|Linux]] as his main operating system.

He was born in 1978, somewhere after the first week of August.

==External links==
[http://www.linkedin.com/in/sergevandenboom Serge van den Boom's LinkedIn profile]

[[Category:People]]

Serge van den Boom

2008-12-19T20:04:36Z

Valaggar: added link to his LinkedIn profile (couldn't resist the temptation of trying again to guess his age, either; sorry)

'''Serge van den Boom''' is a member of the [[The Ur-Quan Masters]] core team and administrator of the The Ur-Quan Masters project's [http://bugs.uqm.stack.nl/ Bugzilla] installation (where he is also the default assignee for bugs related to building the UQM source on non-Windows OS-es, content, gameplay and netplay), of the [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum The Ur-Quan Masters Forum], and of the [[Ultronomicon]]. He uses the nickname "Meep-Eep" (sometimes spelled meep-eep) on the forum, on the The Ur-Quan Masters-related IRC channels and on the [http://starcontrol.classicgaming.gamespy.com/forum Star Control Discussion Board]. The SCDB is also where he got into the UQM project, due to a post by [[Chris Nelson]] requesting help for reverse-engineering certain 3DO file formats.

On the Ultronomicon, he uses the username [[User:Svdb|Svdb]], the initials of his name.

He and [[Michael Chapman Martin]] have been [http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/08/11/ur-quan.html interviewed] by LinuxDevCenter.com on 11th of August, 2005 on the subject of [[The Ur-Quan Masters]], at the time in version 0.4.0.

He uses [[wikipedia:Linux|Linux]] as his main operating system.

He was born in 1978.

==External links==
[http://www.linkedin.com/in/sergevandenboom Serge van den Boom's LinkedIn profile]

[[Category:People]]

Ur-Quan Warp Pod

2008-10-14T17:30:23Z

Valaggar: rmv speculation

[[Image:Urquan warp pod.png|right|32px]]
The only '''Ur-Quan Warp Pod''' ever recovered and studied by Alliance scientists was recovered by [[The Captain]] in the Second War. A [[Ur-Quan_Kzer-Za|Kzer-Za]] [[Dreadnought]] had been severely damaged from a battle with a [[Ur-Quan_Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] [[Marauder]], but by some freak accident had managed to make a soft landing on the surface of Alpha Pavonis VII, and failed to engage its automatic self-destruct mechanism on the death of its crew. The [[Arilou Lalee'lay]] learned of this incident and, after salvaging the wreck for what they could, informed The Captain that he could obtain Ur-Quan technology from the wreck if he chose. This was especially necessary if he wished to use [[QuasiSpace]] travel; the same exotic energy field used to enter [[HyperSpace]], carefully modified, can be used to generate an artificial [[portal]] from HyperSpace to QuasiSpace using the phenomenon known as [[Inter-Dimensional Fatigue]], though this is much more difficult and requires specialized technology that, to our knowledge, only the Arilou possess. Their own [[QuasiSpace Portal Spawner|Portal Spawners]] are powered by comparatively weak warp pods; since their purposes involve reconnaissance and subterfuge more than large-scale transport or combat, they prefer to build their Arilou Lalee'lay [[Skiff|Skiffs]] as small, quick vessels. In order to fit such a device on [[The Flagship]], they required a much more powerful warp pod, and since it was impossible to reach or modify The Flagship's own warp pod hidden inside its [[Precursor]] framework, they had to use the Dreadnought's surviving starboard warp pod.

A basic piece of starship machinery, the warp pod is a device for generating a field of unconventional space-time conditions that allow starships to "push up" from [[TrueSpace]] into HyperSpace. Warp pods are a basic feature of starfaring technology, and the engineering principles involved in building them are almost identical from race to race. However, the larger the mass that must be transported, the bigger the warp pod must be. Therefore building a massive ship the size of an Ur-Quan Kzer-Za Dreadnought or Kohr-Ah Marauder requires a highly efficient warp pod technology, one reason that no local species other than the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] and the [[Chmmr]] have built Dreadnought-sized vessels.

==Gameplay notes==
===Sources of information===

The [[Arilou Lalee'lay]] on [[Falayalaralfali]] send [[The Captain]] to retrieve the Warp Pod, providing the exact location. The [[Melnorme]] also sell the location of the wreck as a "current event". The [[Thraddash]] also make a vague reference to a severely damaged Dreadnought heading towards Alpha Pavonis.

===Acquistion===

The Warp Pod can be extracted from the [[Dreadnought]] wreck on [[Alpha Pavonis VII]].

===Uses===

The Arilou Lalee'lay on Falayalaralfali require the Warp Pod to be able to mount a [[Portal Spawner]] on a ship as large as [[The Flagship]].

{{QuestNav}}

[[Category:Alien Artifacts]]

Talk:Main Page

2008-10-14T11:51:09Z

Valaggar: /* The Ur-Quan Quiz */ reply

This warning isn't really the "first", "last", nor "only" spoiler warning. -- [[User:Svdb|SvdB]] 13:24, 27 Oct 2004 (CEST)

Then call it The Spoiler Warning of Now and Forever. If you really think it's over the top, you can tone it down, but I think it gets the point accross well. [[User:Mmrnmhrm|Mmrnmhrm]] 17:30, 27 Oct 2004 (CEST)

What is the status of the data on this page? Can it all be copied over the main wikipedia due to being free license or is it different to normal wikipedia?
:I would think the folks over at Wikipedia would probably truncate or reject some of our more indepth articles, the logic being that we're the indepth SC2 wiki, and they're the not-so-indepth everything wiki. Aside from that, I would ask the author of the article in question, first. -[[User:Luminar|Luminar]] 00:53, 26 March 2006 (CET)

==The Ur-Quan Quiz==

Hey, I just finished a personality quiz based on characters of SC2:
http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/the-urquan-quiz
Would this have any place on this site or do you not feature content created by fans? Thanks!

Elvish Pillager's Crazy Mod has its own section devoted to it so I guess you could make a wiki page for that. If you want webspace to host that quiz, The Pages of Now and Forever would be a better place to look.

--[[User:Shiver|Shiver]] 05:27, 14 October 2008 (CEST)

:[[EP-Mod]] only has a page devoted to it because it is a major modification. This quiz is just a minor project. This site is primarily for information on Star Control (both the universe and the games). [[User:Valaggar|Valaggar]] 13:51, 14 October 2008 (CEST)

==Spam==

As long as the spam is looking to delete the bottom-most section, it might as well be a one that's not so important.

:It's not that important actually. There's already a link to the copyright page on the bottom of every page here.
:— [[User:Svdb|SvdB]] 11:12, 28 January 2006 (CET)

:I daresay the spam has developed to a more malicious and overwhelming level rather than just petty and annoying. How long has this crap been going on for, and is there any way we can actually prevent or protect against spam before it actually happens, because otherwise all of the work on this wiki is going to be counter-vandalism. I feel kind of bad myself for choking up the change log with pseudo-reversions rather than actual article work. -[[User:Luminar|Luminar]] 16:58, 9 March 2006 (CET)

::Perhaps we can implement a bot-defense system such as a captcha (prompting users to type in a random word that appears in an image) on either a per-registration, per-login, or per-post basis. Per-post would be the most effective, but it might be a hindrance to actual contributors.
::I think the newer versions of mediawiki come with a captcha option... it's certainly worth a try. -[[User:Fadookie|Fadookie]] 07:56, 10 March 2006 (CET)

:::I just noticed that on wikiquote, they automatically detect when you are adding external links to a page and generate a captcha. (Captchas are not generated for normal editing.) If there's any way for us to enable this feature, I think we ought to ASAP. It should help tremendously with hindering spammers, while not getting in the way of day-to-day wiki operations for our editors. -[[User:Fadookie|Fadookie]] 17:25, 14 April 2006 (CEST)

::::I just realized someone had already enabled this feature when I was adding an external link to the music section. That's good then, hopefully it will deter the link spammers. -[[User:Fadookie|Fadookie]] 19:24, 14 April 2006 (CEST)

:::::Yeah, on the 11 March. It doesn't so much deter spam as make automated spam impractical. And it's quite noticable. We now only have the occasional manual spammer. — [[User:Svdb|SvdB]] 12:37, 15 April 2006 (CEST)

==Suggestions==
I suggest putting links to the other SC2-related websites on the mainpage, e.g.
Forum http://uqm.stack.nl/forum, sf.net, bug-report-page, etc.
-[[User:HaJo|HaJo]] 22 February 2006 (CET)
:Well, there is already a wikilink to the [[Links]] page down in the lower left. --[[User:Fyzixfighter|Fyzixfighter]] 01:47, 23 February 2006 (CET)

Perhaps this page should be protected since it sees a lot of vandalism?
--[[User:Luminar|Luminar]] 21:53, 24 February 2006 (CET)

:That wouldn't help. They'd just pick another page. This way at least it's easy to see, and it's better that this page is spammed than some article page.
:— [[User:Svdb|SvdB]] 05:43, 25 February 2006 (CET)

Assertion 1: Ur-quan masters equivalent of Star Control II. Assertion 2: Star Control I and Star Control III are in existence. Assertion 3: Full knowledge of Star Control requires full knowledge of series. Assertion 4: Database identified as Ultronomicon deals exclusively with Ur-quan Masters. Conclusion A: Star Control databases must include information on Star Control I and Star Control III. Conclusion B: Database identified as Ultronomicon is incomplete. Query: Units identified as Humans from Earth are directed to either affirm or negate this argument. [[User:Daktaklakpak|Daktaklakpak]] 00:35, 10 February 2007 (CET)

The Ultronomicon is not for SC3 stuff. See your talk page. — [[User:Svdb|SvdB]] 18:05, 10 February 2007 (CET)

Statment: Information reveiwed. Query: Reasons as to ordering. Assertion 1: Wikis allow fanfic articles. Assertion 1 sub a: See [[Black Spathi Squadron]]. Assertion 2: SC3 equivalent of fanfic and/or cannon. Conclusion: Exclusion of SC3 equivalent of prejeduce. -An attempt to be logical by [[User:Daktaklakpak|Daktaklakpak]] 22:00, 14 February 2007 (CET)

:The BSS page is not fanfic. The page does briefly include a reference/meta-information to the use of the BSS in fanfic. In reality, we've tried specifically to keep fanfic out. As SvdB has already pointed out to you ''numerous'' times, the Ultronomicon is dedicated to the description of the Star Control universe as intended by TFB (see [[Canon]]). The BSS is in that universe, hence the page. SC3 was not created by TFB, therefore none of the mythology, history, or other information of the SC universe it presents will be included in the Ultronomicon. period. This is not prejudice, as those of us of this opinion have likely played SC3, measured it and found it lackluster in comparison to TFB's SC1 and SC2. If you want to add information from SC1 or SC2, please do. Otherwise, please refrain from continuing to flog a decaying equine. --[[User:Fyzixfighter|Fyzixfighter]] 22:38, 14 February 2007 (CET)

Daktaklakpak: You'll find that the administrators of the Ultronomicon are on one line regarding this policy. If you want to contribute, there's still plenty to be done. But what you're doing now is just a waste of time. — [[User:Svdb|SvdB]] 00:04, 15 February 2007 (CET)

Query: Ownership of Trademark equivalent of Accolade. -Another attempt at logic by [[User:Daktaklakpak|Daktaklakpak]] 01:20, 16 February 2007 (CET)

Hi there. Sorry, this is probably not the best place, but I don't know where else to put my comment. I'd like to see more screenshots of the actual game. I've never played or seen The Ur-Quan Masters or Star Control, and so to fully understand and learn about them I need to SEE something....... I came here from the Wikipedia article about Star Control.
Yours interestedly,
Gregor --[[User:89.196.12.185|89.196.12.185]] 12:51, 10 July 2007 (CEST)

== Nice work ==

I haven't really been paying attention to the developments on the Ultronomicon, but I must say it keeps getting better. I'm glad to see that people are still spending time on it.

As I see it, the weak points at the moment are the overview pages. In particular the [[Main Page]] and some of the pages it links to are pretty bad (mainly the layout). As those are the pages which a first-time visitor will see first, improving them could significally help the general impression people get when they visit the Ultronomicon.
— [[User:Svdb|SvdB]] 21:42, 23 March 2008 (CET)

Dnyarri

2008-10-13T19:06:34Z

Valaggar: also highly intelligent (see starbase analysis)

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]].

==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.''

[[Category:Races]]
[[Category:Dnyarri]]

X-Form

2008-10-13T13:58:47Z

Valaggar: /* Notes and references */ removed unnecessary extra paragraphs which were not really necessary

__NOTOC__
[[Image:Star_control_i_x-form_databank.png|thumb|225px|Starship Databank Entry]]

Flexibility is the key to survival. The robotic [[Mmrnmhrm]] understood this concept, as proven by their agreement to join the [[Chenjesu]] in their "Process", but their warships have integrated this concept wholly and fully. The Mmrnmhrm '''X-Form''', also known as the Mmrnmhrm '''Transformer''', could quickly transform from the slow but powerful X-Wing form to the quick stinging Y-Wing form.{{ref|1}}

==Navigation==
===X-Wing===
The X-Wing form has the dubious honor of being the slowest ship in the game, even slower than the [[VUX]] [[Intruder]]. However, while terribly slow, the X-Wing form has an excellent turning rate, allowing it to quickly bring its formidable weaponry to bear upon its opponents.

===Y-Wing===
The quick Y-Wing form relies on the concept of "If you can’t hit me, you can’t kill me". One of the fastest ships in the game, the Y-Wing form is only somewhat hampered by its slow turn-rate. In this form, the ship can quite effectively evade enemy shots if flown by a skilled pilot.

==Armament==
===Primary===
====X-Wing====
The X-Wing form is equipped with a powerful twin-laser array that deal enormous damage at a short range. This weapon rapidly depletes the modest energy store of the Transformer, so use the laser array with care.

====Y-Wing====
The Y-Wing form uses long-range twin missile launchers with fair tracking systems. While the missiles cause little damage individually, their range when correctly mixed with the Y-Wing form’s immense speed can slowly demolish a ship, causing slow but constant attritional damage from a safe distance. Being able to outrun most ships, the Y-Wing form is vital to winning any battle.

===Secondary===
The secondary ability of the Transformer is to switch between the X-Wing and Y-Wing modes. This is a fairly intensive process, and will fully deplete the combat batteries of the Transformer.

It is worth noting that [[VUX]] [[limpet]]s will affect the two forms separately — limpets that attach to the ship while it is in X-Wing form will only affect its maneuverability in X-Wing form, and the same is true of the Y-Wing form.{{ref|2}}

== Tactical Overview ==
When piloted skillfully the Transformer can prove a lethal adversary to most ships, either by attrition or by short and deadly laser-blast. An experienced pilot can use the flexibility of the versatile Transformer to overcome most ships.

An effective tactical use of the X-Form's transformation capability combines the strengths of both forms in a repeated hit-and-run strategy. The Y-Wing Form's high acceleration and top speed are effective at rapidly getting out of range of an enemy to recharge combat batteries. Once out of range, the X-Wing Form's high maneuverability can be used to quickly rotate around to face the enemy. Another quick switch allows to the Y-Wing allows the Transformer to attack with the long-range, homing missiles before inertia carries it too far away, and to retreat again from the enemy as the wrap-around effect and inertia eventually bring the enemy ship uncomfortably close once more.

Strong Against: Nearly every ship not listed below.

Weak Against: The [[Chmmr]] [[Avatar]], with its ZapSats able to neutralize the Y-Wing form's missiles, a more powerful laser with greater range than the X-Wing form, is deadly to the Transformer, leaving little choice but attempting a suicide-run with its lasers hot. The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] [[Marauder]] can effectively lay mines which the slow-turning Y-Wing form can hardly evade. [[Chenjesu]] [[Broodhome]] Crystaline Shots can do the same but it takes a good aim. The [[Yehat]] [[Terminator]]’s shield turns it into a major adversary. An unwary pilot can find the Earthling [[Cruiser]] rather deadly too. The [[Androsynth]] [[Guardian]] in blazer form can outrun and easily out maneuver the Y-Wing, making it difficult to avoid a costly collision and forcing the X-Form to rely on its short range X-Wing lasers. Finally, the [[Ilwrath]] [[Avenger]], with its cloaking device, can render the Y-Wing form's tracking missiles almost useless and force the Transformer into a deadly close-range exchange.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''The names for the two forms are found in the [[Star Control II]] manual, p. 85 (PC) or p. 36 (3DO).''
{{note|2}}''From a [http://forum.uqm.stack.nl/index.php?topic=4259.msg55489#msg55489 mail] by [[Paul Reiche III]] to a [[Star Control II]] player:''
::I should probably come up with some good rationale, but game-design-wise I think we were looking for ways to encourage the player to shift forms. When play-testing the Mmrnmhrm we noticed that more advanced players would engage in a very slow and (to some) boring strategy of remaining at long distance, constantly shooting missiles. By allowing the limpets to be negated in the alternate form, the player would be more likely to shift in order to avoid the limpet slowdown.

::So for a rationale, hmm... Perhaps the Mmrnmhrm ship has total redundancy between key functional systems for its 2 forms, including hull plates. That way damage, besides loss of crew, would not affect the functionality of the alternate form.

{{ShipBox|image=X-Form_icon.png|link=xform|race=[[Mmrnmhrm]]|crew=20|value=19|batt=10|regen=0.29 / 0.14|primary=Laser cannons / Missiles|prim-rate=0 / 20|prim-cost=1 / 1|secondary=Switch forms|sec-rate=0|sec-cost=10|speed=20 / 50|turn=0.33 / 0.07|accel=2.5 / 10|mass=3}}

[[Category:Mmrnmhrm]]

X-Form

2008-10-13T13:12:45Z

Valaggar: note on VUX limpets and changing forms (complete with PR3 quote)

__NOTOC__
[[Image:Star_control_i_x-form_databank.png|thumb|225px|Starship Databank Entry]]

Flexibility is the key to survival. The robotic [[Mmrnmhrm]] understood this concept, as proven by their agreement to join the [[Chenjesu]] in their "Process", but their warships have integrated this concept wholly and fully. The Mmrnmhrm '''X-Form''', also known as the Mmrnmhrm '''Transformer''', could quickly transform from the slow but powerful X-Wing form to the quick stinging Y-Wing form.{{ref|1}}

==Navigation==
===X-Wing===
The X-Wing form has the dubious honor of being the slowest ship in the game, even slower than the [[VUX]] [[Intruder]]. However, while terribly slow, the X-Wing form has an excellent turning rate, allowing it to quickly bring its formidable weaponry to bear upon its opponents.

===Y-Wing===
The quick Y-Wing form relies on the concept of "If you can’t hit me, you can’t kill me". One of the fastest ships in the game, the Y-Wing form is only somewhat hampered by its slow turn-rate. In this form, the ship can quite effectively evade enemy shots if flown by a skilled pilot.

==Armament==
===Primary===
====X-Wing====
The X-Wing form is equipped with a powerful twin-laser array that deal enormous damage at a short range. This weapon rapidly depletes the modest energy store of the Transformer, so use the laser array with care.

====Y-Wing====
The Y-Wing form uses long-range twin missile launchers with fair tracking systems. While the missiles cause little damage individually, their range when correctly mixed with the Y-Wing form’s immense speed can slowly demolish a ship, causing slow but constant attritional damage from a safe distance. Being able to outrun most ships, the Y-Wing form is vital to winning any battle.

===Secondary===
The secondary ability of the Transformer is to switch between the X-Wing and Y-Wing modes. This is a fairly intensive process, and will fully deplete the combat batteries of the Transformer.

It is worth noting that [[VUX]] [[limpet]]s will affect the two forms separately — limpets that attach to the ship while it is in X-Wing form will only affect its maneuverability in X-Wing form, and the same is true of the Y-Wing form.{{ref|2}}

== Tactical Overview ==
When piloted skillfully the Transformer can prove a lethal adversary to most ships, either by attrition or by short and deadly laser-blast. An experienced pilot can use the flexibility of the versatile Transformer to overcome most ships.

An effective tactical use of the X-Form's transformation capability combines the strengths of both forms in a repeated hit-and-run strategy. The Y-Wing Form's high acceleration and top speed are effective at rapidly getting out of range of an enemy to recharge combat batteries. Once out of range, the X-Wing Form's high maneuverability can be used to quickly rotate around to face the enemy. Another quick switch allows to the Y-Wing allows the Transformer to attack with the long-range, homing missiles before inertia carries it too far away, and to retreat again from the enemy as the wrap-around effect and inertia eventually bring the enemy ship uncomfortably close once more.

Strong Against: Nearly every ship not listed below.

Weak Against: The [[Chmmr]] [[Avatar]], with its ZapSats able to neutralize the Y-Wing form's missiles, a more powerful laser with greater range than the X-Wing form, is deadly to the Transformer, leaving little choice but attempting a suicide-run with its lasers hot. The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] [[Marauder]] can effectively lay mines which the slow-turning Y-Wing form can hardly evade. [[Chenjesu]] [[Broodhome]] Crystaline Shots can do the same but it takes a good aim. The [[Yehat]] [[Terminator]]’s shield turns it into a major adversary. An unwary pilot can find the Earthling [[Cruiser]] rather deadly too. The [[Androsynth]] [[Guardian]] in blazer form can outrun and easily out maneuver the Y-Wing, making it difficult to avoid a costly collision and forcing the X-Form to rely on its short range X-Wing lasers. Finally, the [[Ilwrath]] [[Avenger]], with its cloaking device, can render the Y-Wing form's tracking missiles almost useless and force the Transformer into a deadly close-range exchange.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''The names for the two forms are found in the [[Star Control II]] manual, p. 85 (PC) or p. 36 (3DO).''
{{note|2}}''From a [http://forum.uqm.stack.nl/index.php?topic=4259.msg55489#msg55489 mail] by [[Paul Reiche III]] to a [[Star Control II]] player:''
::I should probably come up with some good rationale, but game-design-wise
::I think we were looking for ways to encourage the player to shift forms.
::When play-testing the Mmrnmhrm we noticed that more advanced players
::would engage in a very slow and (to some) boring strategy of remaining
::at long distance, constantly shooting missiles. By allowing the limpets
::to be negated in the alternate form, the player would be more likely to
::shift in order to avoid the limpet slowdown.

::So for a rationale, hmm... Perhaps the Mmrnmhrm ship has total
::redundancy between key functional systems for its 2 forms, including
::hull plates. That way damage, besides loss of crew, would not affect
::the functionality of the alternate form.

{{ShipBox|image=X-Form_icon.png|link=xform|race=[[Mmrnmhrm]]|crew=20|value=19|batt=10|regen=0.29 / 0.14|primary=Laser cannons / Missiles|prim-rate=0 / 20|prim-cost=1 / 1|secondary=Switch forms|sec-rate=0|sec-cost=10|speed=20 / 50|turn=0.33 / 0.07|accel=2.5 / 10|mass=3}}

[[Category:Mmrnmhrm]]

Nemesis

2008-10-10T17:03:33Z

Valaggar: /* Secondary */ the Marine also instakills a crewmember upon boarding the ship

__NOTOC__
[[Image:Orz_Nemesis_Icon.png|right]]
Underestimating the [[Orz]] [[Nemesis]] would likely be the last mistake anyone can ever make. Like its name suggests, this ship is a goddess of revenge, coming to inflict pain and vengeance on the galaxy. Never, under any circumstances, chase after the Nemesis!

==Navigation==
The Nemesis is fairly quick, has a fair turn-rate and good acceleration. Its relatively large footprint makes dodging incoming fire difficult, although not impossible.

==Armament==
===Primary===
The Nemesis is armed with a moderately powerful howitzer cannon which is remarkable in that it can be rotated to different firing positions during combat by holding the secondary weapon button while using the turning controls. The rotational turret allows usage as a strafing weapon or as a backwards utilized attacker-repellent. The energy costs of this weapon are rather large, however, and it can only fire volleys of two or three shots at a time. Each hit from the howitzer kills three crew members.

===Secondary===
Orz crew, encased in robotic, armored exo-skeleton, can exit the ship from the aft portholes — launched by holding the secondary button while pressing the fire button — and enter an enemy ship by burning a hole in its hull. These Orz Marines then start roaming the enemy ship’s corridors, killing any enemy crewmember they encounter. However, there is also a small risk that an Orz Marine itself will fall victim to the enemy crew and be killed. Especially useful in large groups, the Marines can blast a ship entirely by themselves. Any Marine aboard an enemy ship when it explodes will jet back out into space and set a return course for the Nemesis. The Marines are also very adept at using a [[Leyland Gravity Whip]] to speed them towards their target, a tactic for which they have been specially trained.

When the Marine boards an enemy ship, it instantly kills one crew member. Afterward, for every marine aboard an enemy ship, every half second, a random decision is made. Half of the time, an enemy crew member will be killed and the Marine survives, 7 out of 16 times, the Marine survives without inflicting any damage, and 1 out of 16 times the marine dies without doing any further damage. On average, a Marine can kill nine crew members before dying.

== Tactical Overview ==
A very effective ship that rarely fails, although prolonged combat against multiple opponents can take a heavy toll.

===Strong Against===
[[Chmmr]] [[Avatar]]: Showing it your aft and blasting it with the howitzer is a sound strategy, as the Nemesis can break through the tractor beam and as soon as the ZapSats are down, the Avatar is marine-meat.

[[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] [[Dreadnought]] and to some degree [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] [[Marauder]] are both in danger. The [[Chenjesu]] [[Broodhome]] is virtually helpless against the marines as is the [[VUX]] [[Intruder]] and the [[Mycon]] [[Podship]].

===Tenuous Against===
[[Ilwrath]] [[Avenger]]: The cloak allows it to hide from the space marines, making it immune to space marine attacks while cloaked. However, due to the Avenger's slow speed, turning, and short firing range, the Orz Nemesis can fire at various places through trial-and-error using its rotating cannon to fire from behind, damaging the Avenger bit-by-bit.

[[Utwig]] [[Jugger]]: The marines bounce off the shields but no energy is fed to their batteries by the impact, so they can be used to take down the Jugger's shields. However, if the Jugger can shoot down the Marines and get close to the Nemesis its usual frontal-assault tactics may win the day.

[[Shofixti]] [[Scout]]: A very hot Scout pilot can evade the marines long enough to use a wrap-around slingshot maneuver to catch the Nemesis unaware, but if not the Orz is likely to be the victor.

===Weak Against===
[[Androsynth]] [[Guardian]]: The Blazer form destroys marines on impact, and the bubbles provide an excellent defensive screen. Also, the Nemesis’s aft section appears to have been designed exactly to be wedged by a blazer.

The [[Pkunk]] [[Fury]], [[Slylandro]] [[Probe]] and [[Arilou]] [[Skiff]] can effortlessly pull out of marine’s grasp and use hit-n-run attacks to whack the unready Nemesis. So long as they manage to evade the marines, the [[X-form]] and the [[Spathi]] [[Eluder]] can pose a pain in the butt to any Nemesis captain. The [[Thraddash]] [[Torch]], with its Afterburner, makes short work of the Nemesis as well, being able to outrun the Marines with ease, while simultaneously roasting any that get in the way.

{{ShipBox|image=Nemesis_icon.png|link=nemesis|race=[[Orz]]|crew=16|value=23|batt=20|regen=0.142|primary=Howitzer|prim-cost=6|prim-rate=5|secondary=Space Marine|sec-cost=0|sec-rate=12|speed=35|turn=0.5|accel=5|mass=4}}

[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Orz]]

List of mineral types

2008-10-06T12:29:01Z

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{{safe}}
===The minerals===
{|border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 class="sortable"
!Mineral!!Category!!Deposits
|-
|Hydrogen||Common||
|-
|Helium ||Common||Noble World - Light
|-
|Lithium ||Common||Cimmerian World - Medium Opalescent World - Light
|-
|Beryllium||Base Metal||Plutonic World - Huge Crimson World - Light
|-
|Boron ||Base Metal||Plutonic World - Huge Crimson World - Light
|-
|Carbon ||Common||Carbide World - Heavy×3 Organic World - Heavy
|-
|Nitrogen||Common||
|-
|Oxygen ||Corrosive||Redux World - Medium
|-
|Fluorine||Corrosive||Halide World - Medium Redux World - Medium
|-
|Neon||Noble Gas||Fluorescent World - Huge Noble World - Light
|-
|Sodium ||Base Metal||Cracked World - Huge
|-
|Magnesium||Base Metal||Iodine World - Light
|-
|Aluminum ||Base Metal||Xenolithic World - Huge Dust World - Light Selenic World - Light Water World - Light
|-
|Silicon ||Common||Maroon World - Medium Opalescent World - Light
|-
|Phosphorus||Common||Ultraviolet World - Huge Maroon World - Medium
|-
|Sulfur ||Corrosive||Metal World - Medium Redux World - Medium
|-
|Chlorine||Corrosive||Chlorine World - Heavy×2 Redux World - Medium
|-
|Argon||Noble Gas||Noble World - Light Opalescent World - Light
|-
|Potassium||Base Metal||Dust World - Light Fluorescent World - Light Vinylogous World - Light
|-
|Calcium ||Base Metal||Selenic World - Medium Alkali World - Medium
|-
|Scandium ||Base Metal||Ultraviolet World - Medium
|-
|Titanium ||Base Metal||Plutonic - Light Vinylogous World - Light
|-
|Vanadium ||Base Metal||Metal World - Medium Azure World - Light
|-
|Chromium ||Base Metal||Cracked World - Huge
|-
|Manganese||Base Metal||Cracked World - Huge
|-
|Iron ||Base Metal||Magnetic World - Heavy Metal World - Huge Magma World - Light Selenic World - Light Water World - Light
|-
|Cobalt ||Base Metal||Ultramarine World - Medium
|-
|Nickel ||Base Metal||Metal World - Heavy Magnetic World - Medium Magma World - Light
|-
|Copper ||Base Metal||Copper World - Huge×2 Metal World - Heavy
|-
|Zinc ||Base Metal||Magnetic World - Heavy Chlorine World - Light
|-
|Gallium ||Base Metal||Chlorine World - Trace
|-
|Germanium||Base Metal||Xenolithic World - Trace
|-
|Arsenic ||Common||Opalescent World - Light Vinylogous World - Light
|-
|Selenium||Common||
|-
|Bromine||Corrosive||Redux World - Medium Crimson World - Light Halide World - Medium×2
|-
|Krypton||Noble Gas||Ultramarine World - Medium Noble World - Light
|-
|Rubidium ||Base Metal||Primordial World - Medium
|-
|Strontium ||Base Metal||Alkali World - Medium
|-
|Yttrium ||Base Metal||Yttric World - Huge
|-
|Zirconium ||Base Metal||Redux World - Light
|-
|Niobium ||Base Metal||Magnetic World - Light
|-
|Molybdenum||Base Metal||Azure World - Light Water World - Trace
|-
|Technetium||Radioactive||Cracked World - Huge Fluorescent World - Huge
|-
|Ruthenium||Base Metal||Telluric World - Medium
|-
|Rhodium ||Base Metal||Maroon World - Medium
|-
|Palladium||Precious||Cracked World - Huge Oolite World - Huge Treasure World - Heavy
|-
|Silver ||Precious||Oolite World - Huge Treasure World - Heavy×2 Metal World - Medium
|-
|Cadmium ||Base Metal||Maroon World - Medium Purple World - Medium
|-
|Indium ||Base Metal||Azure World - Light
|-
|Tin ||Base Metal||Water World - Light
|-
|Antimony ||Base Metal||
|-
|Tellurium||Base Metal||
|-
|Iodine||Corrosive||Iodine World - Heavy Halide World - Medium Redux World - Medium
|-
|Xenon||Noble Gas||Noble World - Light
|-
|Cesium||Base Metal||Maroon World - Medium Primordial World - Medium
|-
|Barium||Base Metal||Alkali World - Medium Primordial World - Medium Crimson World - Light
|-
|Lanthanum ||Rare Earth||Lanthanide World - Medium Plutonic World - Medium
|-
|Cerium ||Rare Earth||Lanthanide World - Medium Plutonic World - Medium
|-
|Praseo-dymium||Rare Earth||Green World - Heavy Lanthanide World - Medium
|-
|Neodymium ||Rare Earth||Green World - Heavy Lanthanide World - Medium
|-
|Promethium ||Rare Earth||Lanthanide World - Medium
|-
|Samarium ||Rare Earth||Lanthanide World - Medium Opalescent World - Light
|-
|Europium ||Rare Earth||
|-
|Gadolinium ||Rare Earth||Lanthanide World - Medium Opalescent World - Light
|-
|Terbium ||Rare Earth||Lanthanide World - Medium
|-
|Dyprosium ||Rare Earth||
|-
|Holmium ||Rare Earth||Oolite World - Huge Ultramarine World - Medium
|-
|Erbium ||Rare Earth||Oolite World - Huge
|-
|Thulium ||Rare Earth||Oolite World - Huge
|-
|Ytterbium ||Rare Earth||Oolite World - Huge Yttric - Huge
|-
|Lutetium ||Rare Earth||Oolite World - Huge
|-
|Hafnium ||Base Metal||
|-
|Tantalum||Base Metal||Hydrocarbon - Light
|-
|Tungsten||Base Metal||Iodine World - Trace
|-
|Rhenium ||Base Metal||Purple World - Medium Vinylogous World - Light
|-
|Osmium ||Base Metal||Super-Dense World - Medium
|-
|Iridium ||Precious||Cracked World - Huge Oolite World - Huge Treasure World - Heavy Telluric World - Medium
|-
|Platinum||Precious||Treasure World - Heavy Xenolithic World - Light
|-
|Gold ||Precious||Auric World - Huge×3 Treasure World - Heavy Ultraviolet World - Huge
|-
|Mercury ||Base Metal||Infrared World - Heavy
|-
|Thallium||Base Metal||Telluric World - Medium
|-
|Lead ||Base Metal||Super-Dense World - Medium Magma World - Light Water World - Light
|-
|Bismuth ||Base Metal||Crimson World - Light Dust World - Light Hydrocarbon World - Light
|-
|Polonium||Radioactive||Cracked World - Huge Ultraviolet World - Huge
|-
|Astatine||Radioactive||Halide World - Medium Plutonic World - Medium Radioactive World - Medium
|-
|Radon||Noble Gas||Fluorescent World - Light Noble World - Light
|-
|Francium ||Radioactive||Plutonic World - Medium Radioactive World - Medium
|-
|Radium ||Radioactive||Radioactive World - Medium
|-
|Actinium ||Radioactive||Rainbow World - Heavy Radioactive World - Medium
|-
|Thorium ||Radioactive||Rainbow World - Heavy Radioactive World - Medium
|-
|Protactinium||Radioactive||Rainbow World - Heavy Radioactive World - Medium
|-
|Uranium ||Radioactive||Metal World - Heavy Water World - Trace
|-
|Neptunium ||Radioactive||Rainbow World - Heavy
|-
|Plutonium ||Radioactive||Rainbow World - Heavy
|-
|Ozone ||Common||Rainbow World - Huge×2
|-
|Free Radicals ||Common||Chondrite World - Heavy Organic World - Heavy
|-
|Carbon Dioxide ||Common||Organic World - Heavy
|-
|Carbon Monoxide ||Common||
|-
|Ammonia ||Common||Primordial World - Huge Cimmerian World - Medium Urea World - Light
|-
|Methane ||Common||Primordial World - Huge Cimmerian World - Medium
|-
|Sulfuric Acid ||Common||Acid World - Heavy
|-
|Hydrochloric Acid||Common||Acid World - Heavy Chlorine World - Heavy×2
|-
|Hydrocyanic Acid ||Common||Acid World - Heavy
|-
|Formic Acid ||Common||Acid World - Heavy
|-
|Phosphoric Acid ||Common||Acid World - Heavy
|-
|Formaldehyde ||Common||Organic World - Heavy Urea World - Medium
|-
|Cyano-acetylene ||Common||Cyanic World - Huge
|-
|Methanol ||Common||Chondrite World - Heavy Cimmerian World - Medium
|-
|Ethanol ||Common||
|-
|Silicon Monoxide ||Common||
|-
|Titanium Oxide ||Common||
|-
|Zirconium Oxide ||Common||
|-
|Water ||Common||
|-
|Silicon Compounds||Common||
|-
|Metal Oxides ||Common||
|-
|Quantum Black Holes||Exotic||
|-
|Neutronium ||Exotic||Ruby World - Medium
|-
|Magnetic Monopoles ||Exotic||Magnetic World - Trace
|-
|Degenerate Matter ||Exotic||Quasi-Degenerate World - Medium
|-
|Super Fluids ||Exotic||Sapphire World - Medium
|-
|Aguuti Nodules ||Exotic||Emerald World - Huge
|-
|Iron Compounds ||Common||
|-
|Aluminum Compounds||Common||
|-
|Nitrous Oxide ||Common||
|-
|Radioactives ||Common||
|-
|Hydro-carbons ||Common||Hydrocarbon World - Huge
|-
|Carbon Compounds ||Common||
|-
|[[Antimatter]] ||Exotic||Emerald World - Medium
|-
|Charon Dust ||Exotic||
|-
|Reisburg Helices||Exotic||Sapphire World - Huge
|-
|[[Tzo Crystals]] ||Exotic||Ruby World - Huge Pellucid World - Trace
|-
|Calcium Compounds||Common||
|-
|Nitric Acid ||Common||Acid World - Heavy
|}

===Mineral values===
This table shows the RU you can receive at the [[Starbase]] at [[Earth]], per unit of minerals.
{|border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
!Category !!Value
|-
|Common ||1
|-
|Corrosive ||2
|-
|Base Metal ||3
|-
|Noble Gas ||4
|-
|Rare Earth ||5
|-
|Precious ||6
|-
|Radioactive||8
|-
|Exotic ||25
|}

===Mineral amounts===
The number of deposits on the surface of a planet is randomly chosen from the range in the 'quantity' column of the deposit size table below.
The amount of mineral units within one deposit is determined from the "quality" column in the deposit size table below, together with the size of the star which the planet orbits, and some randomness.

Specifically, the quality is determined as follows. First an intermediate quality value is calculated by choosing a random number in the range 0-99, adding the quality modifier from the deposit size table times 10, as well as the quality modifier from the star size table times 10.
If the intermediate quality value is less than 150, then the image for the deposit will be small; if it is 150 or higher, but no more than 225, then the image will be medium-sized; if it is 225 or higher, than the image will be large.

The actual quality of the deposit is acquired from the intermediate quality value by dividing it by 10, and then adding 1.

Deposit sizes:
{|border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
!Description!!Quantity!!Quality
|-
|Trace ||0-1||+0
|-
|Light ||0-4||+0
|-
|Medium||0-4||+5
|-
|Heavy ||0-4||+10
|-
|Huge ||0-8||+10
|}
Where the minerals table says "×2" or "×3", there will be multiple series of deposits. So for example a Carbide World will have as many Carbon deposits as the total value of a throw of 3 5-sided dice with numbers from 0 to 4.

The effect of star size on deposit quality:
{|border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
!Size!!Quality
|-
|Dwarf||+0
|-
|Giant||+5
|-
|Super Giant||+10
|}

[[Category:Lists|Mineral types]]

Influences and references

2008-09-28T13:07:32Z

Valaggar: /* Starflight influences */ removed some tenuous parallels, improved phrasing

{{incomplete}}

The [[Star Control|Star Control 1]] manual mentions "Inspired by the Works of Fiction of: [[wikipedia:Orson Scott Card|Orson Scott Card]], [[wikipedia:Larry Niven|Larry Niven]], [[wikipedia:Andre Norton|Andre Norton]], [[wikipedia:David Brin|David Brin]], [[wikipedia:Robert A. Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein]], [[wikipedia:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]], [[wikipedia:Jack Vance|Jack Vance]], [[wikipedia:Alan Dean Foster|Alan Dean Foster]], [[wikipedia:Keith Laumer|Keith Laumer]], [[wikipedia:A. E. Van Vogt|A.E. Van Vogt]], [[wikipedia:E. E. Smith|E.E. "Doc" Smith]], [[wikipedia:Joe Haldeman|Joe Haldeman]], [[wikipedia:Dan Simmons|Dan Simmons]], [[wikipedia:Fred Saberhagen|Fred Saberhagen]] and 100 worthy others."

==Alien design==
The names of certain races introduced in [[Star Control II]] are taken from the so-called "[[Professor Zorg's Guide to Alien Etiquette]]" (the copy-protection of Star Control): [[Orz]], [[Pkunk]], [[Slylandro]], [[Supox]], [[Thraddash]] (as "Thrddash"), [[Utwig]], and [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]].

The name [[Androsynth]] is taken from the Greek "andros" ("man") and "synthetic" from Greek "syn" ("together") and "thesis" ("put"), or as the [[Star Control II]] manual says it "fake men".

The pink triangle on the suits of the Androsynth in [[SuperMelee]] is a [[wikipedia:Pink triangle|gay symbol]].{{ref|1}}

The Star Control 2 manual describes the [[Chenjesu]] as being "a bit more equal" than the other [[Alliance]] races, which is a reference to a [[wikipedia:Seven Commandments|similar statement]] found in ''[[wikipedia:Animal Farm|Animal Farm]]'' by [[wikipedia:George Orwell|George Orwell]].

The name [[Druuge]] is pronounced almost exactly like the ancient Persian word "druj" - a term of [[wikipedia:Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian religion]] that is very roughly translated as "daeva (demon) of lies". Since the Druuge are proven liars and resemble the [[wikipedia:Daeva|daevas]], which are described as "beings with combined human and animal characteristics," this may have been an influence.

The [[Ilwrath]] were named after a friend of the creators  named McIlwraith.

The name [[Melnorme]] is a reference to jazz singer [[wikipedia:Mel Tormé|Mel Tormé]].

The [[Mycon]] is taken from the Greek prefix "myc-" or "myco-", which means Fungus.

The [[Orz]] and the disappearance of the [[Androsynth]] were influenced by [[wikipedia:H. P. Lovecraft|H. P. Lovecraft]]'s writings. .

Utricularia, as in ''[[Supox]] Utricularia'', is a genus of carnivorous plants more commonly known as [[Wikipedia:Bladderwort|Bladderwort]].

The [[Shofixti]] are inspired by the historical [[wikipedia:History of Japan|Japanese culture]].
"[[Kyabetsu]]", the name of the former Shofixti homeworld, means "cabbage". The tiny main gun of their [[Scout]] ships is called the Mendokusai Energy Dart; "Mendoukusai" in Japanese means "irritating; bothersome."

[[Spathi]] is "Sword" in Greek. It is possible that the name is meant to be very ironical, because the Spathi are so cowardly. Also, the rumours of the Black Spathi Squadron might be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:VMA-214|Black Sheep Squadron]] from World War 2.

The [[Syreen]] are based on the [[wikipedia:Siren|Siren]]s from classical mythology. They were sea nymphs who would use enchanting song to lure ships onto the cliffs.

The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]]'s [[Eternal Doctrine]] might be inspired by the objective of the [[Wikipedia:Githyanki|githyanki]] (from ''[[wikipedia:Dungeons & Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'') to exterminate every other race who could possibly enslave them again. Also similar to the bifurcation the [[Ur-Quan]] race, a faction (the [[Wikipedia:Githzerai|githzerai]]) opposed such a course of action and split with the githyanki.

The [[Yehat]] are inspired in part by the [[wikipedia:Scottish clan|Scottish clan]]s; the uplift of the Shofixti is inspired by [[Wikipedia:David Brin|David Brin]]'s [[Wikipedia:Uplift Universe|Uplift]] series.

===Larry Niven influences===
A number of aliens draw some of their inspiration from Niven's [[wikipedia:Known Space|Known Space]] novels. Fred and Paul have openly admitted in a [[TFB chat protocols|1998 IRC chat]] to being influenced by these novels.{{ref|2}}
*The [[Dnyarri]] are very similar in description, powers, and history to the [[wikipedia:Thrint|Thrint]]un race, "a long-extinct species which ruled the galaxy through telepathic mind control." Like the [[wikipedia:Grogs|Grogs]], the Talking Pets are devolved forms of a once-great race.
*The [[Precursors]] are also slightly similar to the Thrintun who likewise left behind relics to be used by the modern-day characters in Niven's novels and who were given a vague moniker, "Slavers", by later races since their real name was unknown.
*Though not physiologically, the [[Spathi]] resemble less advanced versions of the cowardly [[wikipedia:Pierson's Puppeteer|Pierson's Puppeteer]]s.
*The [[Arilou]], in their speculated capacity as genetic manipulators of humanity, are also similar to the Puppeteers.
*The [[Melnorme]], like the [[wikipedia:Outsiders (Known Space)|Outsiders]], are traveling merchants who trade in information and will answer any question for the right price.
**The [[Keel-Verezy]] may be similar to the [[wikipedia:Starseed|Starseeds]], sharing a similar relation with the [[Melnorme]] as the starseeds with the Outsiders.
*The [[Shofixti]] are similar in appearance and warlike tendencies to the [[wikipedia:kzin|kzin]].

===Starflight influences===
The creators of [[Star Control]] and [[Star Control II]] worked in the making of the [[wikipedia:Starflight|Starflight]] games as well, and numerous SC elements are inspired from the SF universe:
*Gameplay elements
**Exploration in the Starflight games also had three parts: planet (with a landing vehicle that could stun lifeforms and collect minerals), interplanetary and hyperspace (with portals leading to planetary systems).
**A starbase fulfilled a similar role to the [[Earth Starbase]] in Star Control II — elements appearing in both SC2 and SF are hiring crew, installing modules, receiving notices and analyzing artifacts.
**In the Starflight games there were also a number of artifacts (though some of them were bought instead of found), including an "Uhl weapon" performing a function similar to the [[Utwig Bomb]] — the neutralization of the final boss in the game; even more resembling the Utwig Bomb, in the first Starflight there existed artifacts of the Phlegmak, a long-disappeared species, named "Black Egg Bombs", capable of destroying entire planets.
**The useless [[Wimbli's Trident]] and [[Glowing Rod]] resemble some similar, useless "alien curiosities" from the Starflight games.
*Several lines in Star Control II are clear puns on lines from Starflight and Starflight II. Notably, the quirky speech patterns of the [[Orz]] seem based on those of Starflight's Veloxi ([[Greg Johnson]], one of the Starflight developers, was the one who fleshed out the Orz dialogue).
*Starflight's Crystal Planet, built by the Ancients to cleanse the galaxy of Endurium-using life-forms by flaring their suns, seems an influence for both the [[Sa-Matra]] and the [[Eternal Doctrine]] (or the [[Path of Now and Forever]]).
*The name [[Arilou Lalee'lay]] may originate from the Starflight II race name Aeoruiiaeo.
*In terms of external morphology, the [[Umgah]] resemble the Spemin (both SF games).
**The cowardly Spemin might have also been an influence for the design of the [[Spathi]].
*Psychologically and in terms of general appearance, the [[Utwig]] resemble the Dweenle (SF2).
*The [[VUX]] appear to be influenced by the Lieu Vadish.
*The ceremonious religion of the Tandelou (SF2), the belief that their rituals are of essential importance for the Universe, and their worship of the Most Valuable Thing, might have been an influence for the design of the [[Utwig]]. Also, it is necessary to return the Most Valuable Thing to the Tandelou to convince them to cooperate, similar to returning the Ultron to the Utwig.
**Some elements of the Tandelou religion (cosmic alignments, portents and omens) are similar to parts of [[Pkunk]] culture.
*In terms of external morphology and psychology (empathy), the [[Supox]] greatly resemble the Elowan (SF1).
*Hayes' theory about the [[Mmrnmhrm]] being colonizing robots resembles the fact that the Mechan of SF1 were robots built with the purpose of colonizing planets in advance for the Noah project.
*Physically, the [[Mycon]] resemble the Nathracch (SF2). In terms of behavior, they resemble the Gazurtoid (both SF games).
*Psychologically and culturally the [[Thraddash]] resemble the G'Nunk (SF2); in addition, in order to make friends with both species it is necessary to kill many of them.
**Another similarity between the G'Nunk and the Thraddash is the worship of an artifact, the Most Valuable Thing and the [[Aqua Helix]] respectively, which is kept in a temple on one of the race's worlds and can be stolen by the player over the course of the game.
*The [[Melnorme]] are possibly also inspired from the Humna Humna, the merchant race in Starflight II.
*"Interstar" in "[[Interstar Credits]]" is probably inspired from the name of the space organization of the people of Arth, Interstel.

==Dialogue==
The default name of [[The Captain]], Zelnick, may come from Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of [[Crystal Dynamics]] at the time when 3DO version of Star Control II was being made. The producer of the 3DO version of Star Control II was Crystal Dynamics.

====Arilou====
The [[Arilou]]'s final line "Be seeing you..." may be a reference to the TV series [[wikipedia:The Prisoner|The Prisoner]].

====Ilwrath====
One of the gods that the [[Ilwrath]] used to worship was called "Awk of Seds", a reference to the text processing programs [[wikipedia:AWK programming language|awk]] and [[wikipedia:sed|sed]].

[[wikipedia:Captain Satellite|Captain Satellite]], which the [[Ilwrath]] confess to have watched on [[Channel 44]] prior to [[Dogar and Kazon]]'s transmissions, was a show on KTVU-2 in Oakland, California.

====Melnorme====
The Melnorme line "This very morning, I was just saying to subordinate Ochre `Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum! I smell the feet of a Hu-Hu-Man!'" refers to the fairy tale [[Wikipedia:Jack and the Beanstalk|Jack and the Beanstalk]], where an ogre (a flesh-eating giant) speaks the line "Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman.". The similarity between the subordinate's name "Ochre" and "ogre" is probably not a coincidence either.

The phrase "itchy pods" from the Melnorme line "I had itchy pods this morning, Captain, and here you are!" may come from the wives' tale of "itchy palms" that predict wealth. It may have also been influenced, consciously or unconsciously, by [[wikipedia:Dr. Seuss|Dr. Seuss]]' book "On Beyond Zebra", which introduces the letter "ITCH" with the line "And 'way, 'way past Z is a letter called ITCH. And the ITCH is for Itch-a-pods, animals which [...]".

====Mycon====
The Mycon phrase "The Juffo-Wup is strong in this place." (without the definite article in the DOS version) is a variation on the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] phrase "The Force is strong in this place."

====Pkunk====
[[The Captain]]'s remark to the [[Pkunk]] "Hey! Bird-brains! Got any fruit loops? Har-har-har!" refers to a brand of breakfast cereal called [[wikipedia:Froot Loops|Froot Loops]], which features a toucan resembling the Pkunk as its mascot.

The Pkunk say that they insult their foes to keep from "wrapping around" to evil; this is a programmer's joke about the nature of integers under the C programming language (and many others.) If you increase a number past its maximum (for example, 127 in an 8-bit integer) it suddenly becomes negative (-128, in this example).

The Pkunk mention channeling a ancient warrior called [[Rumdumdaddy]], which is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Ramtha|Ramtha]], an ancient Lemurian warrior that [[wikipedia:JZ Knight|JZ Knight]] claims to channel.

Many Pkunk dialog is a play on Far East/New Age philosophies. The Pkunk's observation that everyone in their past lives were famous, rich or interesting, and that hence other people don't reincarnate makes fun of the readings of so-called psychic mediums, who generally try to inspire faith by telling people what they want to hear. Along these same lines, The Captain mentions a [[wikipedia:Ouija|Ouija Board]], another common element of some New Age philosophies, when dissuading the Pkunk from returning to the Yehat.

A Pkunk greeting, "Auspicious portents and serendipitous omens have foretold your arrival", resembles a Tandelou greeting from [[wikipedia:Starflight 2|Starflight 2]], "Mysterious signs and ambiguous portents have foretold your arrival".

====Shofixti====
[[Tanaka]]'s opening comments, "you killed my father, my mother, my many brothers, all six of my sisters - in fact, my entire race! Prepare to die," may pay homage to the movie [[wikipedia:The Princess Bride|The Princess Bride]], in which the character [[wikipedia:Inigo Montoya|Inigo Montoya]] has prepared a similar comment for when he confronts his father's murderer, [[wikipedia:Count Rugen|Count Rugen]].

====Slylandro====
When you choose the aggressive lines to speak towards the [[Slylandro]] [[Probe]]s, the third time you get the response "ENACTING THIRD LAW." before combat is initiated. This refers to Isaac Asimov's [[wikipedia:Three Laws of Robotics|Three Laws of Robotics]]. The third law says "A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.".

The [[Slylandro]] explain that the Probes were programmed "to seek out new life and new civilizations... to boldly go where no
catalog item 2418-B... Remote Self-Replicating Robot Explorer Probe had gone before", a reference to Star Trek.

====Spathi====
When the [[Spathi]] [[The Safe Ones|Safe Ones]] ask the player for the [[Secret Spathi Cypher]], one of the incorrect options is "Wagh-nagl Fthagn", which spelled a little bit differently ("Wgah'nagl Fhtagn") comes from "''Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!''", a liturgical phrase in H. P. Lovecraft's [[wikipedia:Cthulhu mythos|Cthulhu mythos]].

One of the other options for the Spathi Cypher, "Gort, merenga!" comes from the movie "[[wikipedia:The Day the Earth Stood Still|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]".

====Starbase====
When [[The Captain]] gets to choose the name for the [[New Alliance of Free Stars|new alliance]], one of his options is "The United Federation of Worlds", a reference to the [[Wikipedia:United Federation of Planets|United Federation of Planets]] from Star Trek. [[Starbase]] Commander [[Hayes]] will reply to this choice by saying "we will make it so", another reference to Star Trek, where captain [[Wikipedia:Jean-Luc Picard|Jean-Luc Picard]] would frequently order to "make it so".

Commander Hayes mentions early on that the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] annihilated Buenos Aires. This is most likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Robert A. Heinlein|Robert Heinlein]]'s novel [[wikipedia:Starship Troopers|Starship Troopers]], where the alien race humanity is fighting against similarly destroy Argentina's capital.

Commander Hayes also mentions that when the Ur-Quan destroyed much of mankind's history, they also destroyed several places without any known value. These places likely correspond to locations in popular fiction and mythology. They are:
*"kilometer of land in central Iraq" - possibly the biblical [[Wikipedia:Babel|Babel]], [[Wikipedia:The Nameless City|The Nameless City]] from the works of H. P. Lovecraft, or [[Wikipedia:Iram of the Pillars|Iram of the Pillars]]
*"several targets in the Amazon rain forest" - possibly [[Wikipedia:El Dorado|El Dorado]] or simply just other undiscovered city centers in the Amazon jungle
*"something deep under the surface [of the Antarctic icecap]" - possibly a reference to the alien city discovered in H. P. Lovecraft's ''[[Wikipedia:At the Mountains of Madness|At the Mountains of Madness]]''
*"broad swath of the ocean floor in the south-eastern Atlantic" - possibly [[Wikipedia:Atlantis|Atlantis]], or possibly the south Pacific, underwater city of [[Wikipedia:R'lyeh|R'lyeh]] where [[Wikipedia:Cthulhu|Cthulhu]] rests.

The idea of a "[[psychon]]" present in Commander Hayes' statement that when an electric current is fed into the [[Taalo Shield]] "all evidence of psychon interaction is flatlined" possibly originates from [[wikipedia:Sir John Eccles|Sir John Eccles]]' theory, presented in his book "[[wikipedia:How the Self Controls Its Brain|How the Self Controls Its Brain]]".

The [[wikipedia:Roadside Picnic|Roadside Picnic]] might be the inspiration for the 'Empties'. In the novel they are one of the common alien artifacts found in the Zones. In the game they are a [[Precursor]] [[list of Precursor relics|artifact]] that Commander Hayes mentions in relation to the [[Ultron]].

The 'Singing Hoops', another Precursor artifact that Hayes mentions in relation to the Ultron, may have been inspired by the "talking rings" from the 1960 film, [[wikipedia:The Time Machine (1960 film)|The Time Machine]], that when spun retold the "last recorded voice of civilized man".

====Utwig====
When the [[Utwig]] are trying to tell you what to do with the [[Precursor Bomb]], at one point they say that the "Bomb must be...Hugged?" This is likely a reference to the movie [[Wikipedia:Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb|Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]].

One of the ways that the Utwig determined that the [[Ultron]] could have been saved was by cushioning the fall with a fuzzy wumpus. A Wumpus is a mysterious monster from the famous, early computer game [[Wikipedia:Hunt the Wumpus|Hunt the Wumpus]].

When describing the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]], the Utwig say that their stated purpose is "to seek out new life and new civilizations...and then annihilate them," a clear play on the mission statement of the [[Wikipedia:Starship Enterprise|Starship Enterprise]] of [[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]] fame.

The Utwig parting phrase "May the Ultron be with you!" is a variation on the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] phrase "May the Force be with you."

The [[Chief Groo]]'s name may originate from [[wikipedia:Groo the Wanderer|Groo the Wanderer]]'s name.

====VUX====
The description of the constellation that is described as "the snake-like creature who has swallowed the elephantine beast" in the DOS version ("the long, thin creature who has swallowed the huge beast." in the 3DO version and UQM) is a reference to the children's book [[wikipedia:Le Petit Prince|Le Petit Prince]] by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, which [http://www.korczak.com/Exupery/englisch/i.html describes and shows] an image of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.

The VUX say that [[Captain Rand]]'s [[Insult]] fixed their attitude setting at "ABHOR", which may be a reference to [[Professor Zorg's Guide to Alien Etiquette]] from Star Control 1, where the player was to select the correct attitude for a given situation; one of the answers was "ABHOR", again in all caps.

====Yehat====
"[[Cheep-Guava]]", the name of the head of the [[Yehat]] revolution, is a pun on "[[Wikipedia:Che Guevara|Che Guevara]]", the Cuban revolutionary leader.

====Zoq-Fot-Pik====
When first meeting the [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] at their homeworld, they warn you not to try stealing their atmosphere, a reference to [[Wikipedia:Spaceballs|Spaceballs]].

The coordinates "...ziggerfau-gerrrnuf, Ah-ah, Pahoy-hoy" of the Zoq-Fot-Pik homeworld given in their initial encounter refers to Hawaiian words for two types of [[Wikipedia:lava|lava]] flows, "Aa" and "Pahoehoe".

At one point, the Zoq claims its species has psychic powers. The Pik scoffs at this claim, mentioning several apparently failed attempts at psychic demonstrations such as fixing broken chronometers and bending dorfs, eventually calling the Zoq a faker. This conversation is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Uri Geller|Uri Geller]], who also claimed to use mental powers to make stopped watches start and to bend spoons.

====Other====
The Mosquito Mange is mentioned in the [[Androsynth]] computer records immediately prior to their disappearance. It is a reference to the term found in Roadside Picnic referring to graviconcentrates - areas of heightened and directed gravity.

Deep radar or deep-radar, mentioned by Commander Hayes and the Star Control II manual, p. 39 (PC), is likely a reference to the homologous device from Larry Niven's Known Space universe. In addition, the deep-radar from Star Control can apparently penetrate massive bodies (just like Niven's one), as it is used to detect mineral deposits.

==Ship Captains==
Numerous [[list of ship captain names|ship captain names]] are actually references.

====Androsynth====
*'''1040-EZ''' is a common [[wikipedia:Form 1040EZ|tax return form]] in the United States.
*'''976-KILL''' is probably meant as an American phone number. It may also refer to the movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094597/ 976-EVIL]. The "976" prefix is reserved for pay services.
*'''[[wikipedia:AK-47|AK-47]]''' is the famous Avtomat Kalashnikova assault rifle
*'''BHS-79''' ''(just a wild guess here- is this the initials of one of the high schools they attended, and their graduation date?)''
*'''BIM-XT''' is an anagram for the [[wikipedia:IBM XT|IBM XT]] personal computer from the early 1980s
*'''BOOJI-1''' is a possible reference to the character [[wikipedia:Booji Boy|Booji Boy]] from the band [[wikipedia:Devo|Devo]].
*'''CRC-16''' is a 16 bits "[[wikipedia:Cyclic redundancy check|Cyclic redundancy check]] (an error-detecting checksum).
*'''DORN-3''' may be a reference to artist John Alfred Dorn III, who did several illustrations for the novels of [[wikipedia:Stanisław Lem|Stanisław Lem]]. It could also be a reference to actor [[wikipedia:Michael Dorn|Michael Dorn]], who played Lt. Worf on ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.
*'''DOS-1.0''' is a reference to one or all of the various early disk operating systems ([[wikipedia:PC-DIS|PC-DOS]], [[wikipedia:MS-DOS|MS-DOS]], [[wikipedia:Apple DOS|Apple DOS]], etc).
*'''HAL-2001''' is a reference to the [[wikipedia:HAL 9000|HAL 9000]] computer from [[wikipedia:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]]'s and [[wikipedia:Stanley Kubrick|Stanley Kubrick]]'s [[wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey]]
*'''JOR-15''' might be a reference to [[wikipedia:Jor-El|Jor-El]], superman's biological father in the DC comics universe.
*'''KORB-7B''' might refer to [[wikipedia:Lawrence Korb|Lawrence Korb]], a former US Secretary of Defense heavily involved in military security. May also refer to Roger Corby, an android from the original Star Trek episode [[wikipedia:What Are Little Girls Made Of?|What Are Little Girls Made Of?]]
*'''ME-262''' is a reference to the Messerschmitt [[wikipedia:Me-262|Me-262]], the first operational jet powered aircraft.
*'''NECRO-99''' may be a reference to the robot NECRON-99 from the movie [[wikipedia:Wizards (movie)|Wizards]].
*'''SR-71''' is a reference to the Lockheed [[wikipedia:SR-71|SR-71 Blackbird]], an advanced reconnaissance aircraft.
*'''[[wikipedia:Merkur XR4Ti|XR4-TI]]''' was a car model manufactured by the short-lived [[wikipedia:Merkur|Merkur]] brand.

====Druuge====
*'''Moola''' is a play on "moolah", an English slang word for money.
*'''Duulard''' could be a play on "dullard," which is slang for a boring person.
*All Druuge names have doubled vowels.

====Human====
*'''Adama''' is the captain of the [[wikipedia:Battlestar Galactica|Battlestar Galactica]] in the television series by the same name.
*'''Belt''' is a reference to Henry Belt, captain of a solar sail vessel in Jack Vance's short story ''Sail 25''.
*'''Buck''' refers to [[wikipedia:Buck Rogers|Buck Rogers]], a character who appeared in popular sci-fi comic strips and serials in the late 30's, as well as a later television series.
*'''Decker''' is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Willard Decker|Willard Decker]], captain of the [[wikipedia:Starship Enterprise|Starship Enterprise]] NCC-1701 in the movie [[wikipedia:Star Trek: The Motion Picture|Star Trek: The Motion Picture]].
*'''Ender''' is a reference to the main character of the Orson Scott Card novel [[wikipedia:Ender's Game|Ender's Game]].
*'''Graeme''' is a reference to Donal Graeme, a protagonist in the [[wikipedia: Childe Cycle|Childe Cycle]] novels by [[wikipedia:Gordon R. Dickson|Gordon R. Dickson]]. ''(This may also be a reference to other characters in this series with this same lastname.)''
*'''Halleck''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Gurney Halleck|Gurney Halleck]] of the [[wikipedia:Dune universe|Dune series]].
*'''Kirk''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:James T. Kirk|James T. Kirk]], captain of the [[wikipedia:Starship Enterprise|Starship Enterprise]] NCC-1701 in the original series of [[wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]].
*'''Pike''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Christopher Pike|Christopher Pike]], captain of the [[wikipedia:Starship Enterprise|Starship Enterprise]] NCC-1701 in the pilot episode of [[wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Pirx|Pirx]]''' is a reference to a fictional test pilot in a series of stories by Stanisław Lem.
*'''Solo''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Han Solo|Han Solo]], captain of the [[wikipedia:Millennium Falcon|Millennium Falcon]] in [[wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] episode 4 through 6.
*'''Spiff''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Spaceman Spiff|Spaceman Spiff]], a fantasy identity of Calvin from [[wikipedia:Calvin and Hobbes|Calvin and Hobbes]]
*'''Trent''' is a reference to Jeff Trent, civilian airline pilot from [[wikipedia:Plan 9 from Outer Space|Plan 9 from Outer Space]]
*'''Tuf''' is a reference to Haviland Tuf, the protagonist in [[wikipedia:Tuf Voyaging|Tuf Voyaging]] by [[wikipedia:George R.R. Martin|George R.R. Martin]].
*'''VanRijn''' is a reference to the merchant prince Nicholas Van Rijn in [[wikipedia:Poul Anderson|Poul Anderson]]'s stories.
*'''Wu''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Louis Wu|Louis Wu]], the protagonist of Larry Niven's [[wikipedia:Ringworld|Ringworld series]].

====Ilwrath====
*'''[[wikipedia:Gorgon|Gorgon]]''' is a famous Greek mythological creature, of which [[wikipedia:Medusa|Medusa]] was one.
*'''Kalgon''' might refer to [[wikipedia:Calgon|Calgon]], a cleansing product. It may also refer to the villain of the notoriously bad 1988 film [[wikipedia:Space_Mutiny|Space Mutiny]].
*'''Taragon''' likely refers to the spice [[wikipedia:tarragon|tarragon]]
*'''[[wikipedia:Baylor University|Baylor]]''' is a university in Waco, Texas.

====Kohr-Ah====
*All of the captain names are '''Death''' followed by a [[wikipedia:Prime_number|prime number]].

====Mycon====
*'''Znuff''' could be a reference to the 1984 rock group [[wikipedia:Enuff Z'nuff|Enuff Z'nuff]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Spork|Spork]]''' is an eating utensil, a hybrid of a spoon and a fork.

====Pkunk====
*'''Crow''' may refer to [[wikipedia:Crow T. Robot|Crow T. Robot]] from [[wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mystery Science Theater 3000]] as well as the obvious type of bird.
*'''Ernie''' is likely a reference to the British cartoon [[wikipedia:Ernie (comic strip)|Ernie]].
*'''Tweety''' is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Tweety|Tweety Bird]].
*'''WudStok''' is Snoopy's friend [[wikipedia:Woodstock (Peanuts)|Woodstock]] in the comic strip [[wikipedia:Peanuts|Peanuts]].

====Shofixti====
*'''Bonsai!''' is actually [[wikipedia:Bonsai|the Japanese art of pruning trees]], but is most likely a reference to the cry [[wikipedia:Ten thousand years|Banzai]].
*'''Busu''' is a Japanese word for ugly
*'''Chimchim''' most likely refers to the pet chimpanzee in [[wikipedia:Speed Racer|Speed Racer]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Daikon|Daikon]]''' is a giant, white radish popular in Japanese cooking.
*'''[[wikipedia:Gaijin|Gaijin]]''' is a disparaging Japanese term for foreigner.
*'''Genjiro''' is possibly a reference to the character Genjiro Tani, a mentor to [[wikipedia:Skyrider (Kamen Rider)|Skyrider]] and [[wikipedia:Kamen Rider Super-1|Kamen Rider Super-1]] in the Japanese [[wikipedia:Kamen Rider series|Kamen Rider series]].
*'''Ginzu''' is probably the [[wikipedia:Ginsu|Ginsu knife]].
*'''Hiyata''' is a reference to the title character of the Japanese show [[wikipedia:Ultraman|Ultraman]], where it can also be spelled "Hayata".
*'''Ichiban''' is the Japanese word for the number 1, or first
*'''Kimba''' refers to the main character in the Japanese animation [[wikipedia:Kimba the White Lion|Kimba, the White Lion]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Katana|Katana]]''' is a Japanese sword.
*'''[[wikipedia:Kudzu|Kudzu]]''' is an Asian plant that can be found in southern Japan.
*'''Naninani''' is Japanese for "such and such"
*'''[[wikipedia:Sushi|Sushi]]''' is Japanese for seasoned rice, usually associated with raw fish.
*'''Tanaka''' is a fairly common [[wikipedia:Japanese name|Japanese surname]] and may also be a reference to the creator of the [[wikipedia:Godzilla|Godzilla]] series, [[wikipedia:Tomoyuki Tanaka|Tomoyuki Tanaka]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Tofu|Tofu]]''' is bean curd, popular in Japanese cooking.
*'''Tora-3''' refers to the radio call announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. [[wikipedia:Tora Tora Tora|Tora! Tora! Tora!]]
*'''Wasabe''' is a Japanese condiment, usually spelled [[wikipedia:Wasabi|wasabi]].

====Spathi====
*'''Jinkeze''' is a reference to the catchphrase of [[Wikipedia:Velma Dinkley|Velma Dinkley]], a main character in the [[Wikipedia:Scooby-Doo|Scooby-Doo]] cartoons, which she says when she is scared or surprised.

====Supox====
*'''Crinoid''' is a reference to the Krynoids, hostile sentient plants in the [[wikipedia:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]] episode ''The Seeds of Doom''.
*'''Trifid''' is a reference to the carnivorous, mobile (and possibly intelligent) plants in [[wikipedia:The Day of the Triffids|The Day of the Triffids]].
*All of the other captain names are parts or types of plants.

====Syreen====
*'''Aelita''' refers to the early Soviet sci-fi novel ''Aelita'' by [[wikipedia:Alexei Tolstoy|Alexei Tolstoy]] or to a silent film [[wikipedia:Aelita|Aelita:Queen of Mars]] based on it.
*'''Alia''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Alia Atreides|St. Alia of the Knife]], the sister of [[wikipedia:Paul Atreides|Paul Atreides]] in the [[wikipedia:Dune universe|Dune series]].
*'''Alura''' is possibly a reference either to Princess Allura in the [[wikipedia:Voltron|Voltron]] cartoon series or to the mother of [[wikipedia:Supergirl|Supergirl]].
*'''Ardala''' is a reference to the Princess Ardala, nemesis of Buck Rogers.
*'''Be'lit''' is a possible reference to [[wikipedia:Belit|Belit]], a pirate queen in the [[wikipedia:Conan the Barbarian|Conan the Barbarian]] stories.
*'''Brawne''' refers to Brawne Lamia, a character in Dan Simmons' [[wikipedia:Hyperion Cantos|Hyperion Cantos]] books.
*'''Dale''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Dale Arden|Dale Arden]], the girlfriend of [[wikipedia:Flash Gordon|Flash Gordon]].
*'''Danning''' is a reference to the actress [[wikipedia:Sybil Danning|Sybil Danning]].
*'''Dejah''' may be a reference to Dejah Thoris Burroughs (Deety) in Robert A. Heinlein's [[wikipedia:The Number of the Beast (novel)|The Number of the Beast]], or to Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, in the [[wikipedia:Barsoom series|Barsoom series]] by [[wikipedia:Edgar Rice Burroughs|Edgar Rice Burroughs]].
*'''Maya''' refers to the attractive female [[wikipedia:Space 1999|Space: 1999]] character gifted with shapeshifing abilties.
*'''Munro''' possibly refers to another genre actress, [[wikipedia:Caroline Munro|Caroline Munro]].
*'''Penny''' possibly refers to the lead female character in the movie [[wikipedia:The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension|The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]], or the character of Penny Robinson in the television show Lost in Space.
*'''Ripley''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Ellen Ripley|Lieutenant Ripley]], as portrayed by [[wikipedia:Sigourney Weaver|Sigourney Weaver]] in the movie [[wikipedia:Alien (movie)|Alien]].
*'''Sparta''' is a reference to the beautiful female protagonist with a mysterious past in the Venus Prime series by [[wikipedia:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[wikipedia:Paul Preuss|Paul Preuss]].
*'''Teela''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Teela Brown|Teela Brown]], one of the heroines of the Larry Niven's [[wikipedia:Ringworld|Ringworld]] novels.
*'''Yarr''' may be a reference to [[wikipedia:Natasha Yar|Natasha Yar]] who appeared in [[wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]].

====Umgah====
*'''Bob''' is possibly a reference to the creators themselves: [[Toys For Bob]].
*'''Brewz'k''' is likely the slang word "brewski".
*'''Ei'Ei'o''' is probably referring to the refrain of the children's song ''[[wikipedia:Old MacDonald Had a Farm|Old MacDonald Had a Farm]]''. The name was used before in [[Professor Zorg's Guide to Alien Etiquette]] in [[Star Control 1]].

====Ur-Quan====
*While all captain's names are '''Lord''' followed by a number, '''Lord 666''' is notable as a reference to the [[wikipedia:Number of the Beast|Number of the Beast]]. There is no known pattern to their numbers, unlike the Kohr-Ah.

====Utwig====
*'''Endo''' might refer to a slang word for [[Wikipedia:marijuana|marijuana]]. In Japanese, this is also type of pea.
*'''Manny''' might refer to the main character in [[wikipedia:Robert A. Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein]]'s book [[wikipedia:the Moon Is a Harsh Mistress|The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress]].
*'''Nestor''' might refer to the [[Wikipedia:NS-2|NS-2]], a robot model in Asimov's "[[Wikipedia:Little Lost Robot|Little Lost Robot]]" that can, by inaction, allow a human to be harmed.
*'''Jujuby''' might be an alternate spelling of '[[Wikipedia:Jujube|Jujube]]', which is the fruit of a certain tree, also known as the "Chinese Date".

====VUX====
*'''[[wikipedia:Program Information File|PIF]]''' is a file extension used in early versions of [[wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]].
*'''VIP''' is an acronym meaning "very important person".
*'''YUK''' likely comes from the work "yuck" -- an appropriate name, given the VUX's appearance.
*'''[[wikipedia:zit|ZIT]]''' likely comes from the skin blemish of the same name.
*'''NRF''' may refer to the toy gun brand [[wikipedia:Nerf|Nerf]].

====Yehat====
*'''Beep-eep''' could refer to the token sound made by the [[wikipedia:RWile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Road Runner]] in various [[wikipedia:Looney Tunes|Looney Tunes]] animations and products.
*All the rest of their captains' names simply change the first letter.

====Zoq-Fot-Pik====
*'''RinTin''' is likely named after the famous movie dog [[wikipedia:Rin Tin Tin|Rin Tin Tin]].
*'''TikTak''' is likely a reference to the [[wikipedia:Tic Tac (candy)|Tic Tac]] breath mints or to the children's game [[wikipedia:Tic-tac-toe|Tic-tac-toe]].

==Ship Designs==
*The '''[[Arilou]]'s [[Skiff]]''' vessel is reminiscent of the 'traditional' flying saucers or UFO's.
*The '''[[Earthling]] [[Cruiser]]''' seems to be inspired by the Federation Starships from [[wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]].
*The '''[[Ilwrath]] [[Avenger]]''' shares the same approximate configuration as both the [[wikipedia:Klingon starships|Klingon Bird-of-Prey]] and the [[wikipedia:Romulan starships|Romulan Warbird]] from Star Trek.
*The '''[[Mmrnmhrm]] [[X-Form]]''' takes inspiration for both of its transformation forms from two popular [[wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] Rebellion fighters -- the [[wikipedia:X-Wing|X-Wing]] and the [[wikipedia:Y-Wing|Y-Wing]], respectively.
*The '''[[Syreen]] [[Penetrator]]''' is shaped after the [[wikipedia:V-2 rocket|V-2 rocket]], and a dildo.
*The '''[[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] [[Dreadnought]]''' seems to be inspired by the [[wikipedia:Battlestar Galactica (ship)|Battlestar command ships]] from Battlestar Galactica.
*The '''[[VUX]] [[Intruder]]''' looks very similar to the D7 class Klingon starship.
*The '''[[Chmmr]] [[Avatar]]''' looks similar to [[wikipedia:Vic Viper|Vic Viper]] of the [[wikipedia:Gradius series|Gradius series]] (the ZapSats may replace the option pods). The ZapSats also strongly resemble the Uhl Weapon from Starflight II, though it did not have the two mouse-like ears.

==Star and constellation names==
According to the [[HyperSpace]] starmap, the names for the HyperSpace stars and constellations were taken from "traditional astronomical designations." These are the in-game star and constellation names that don't directly correspond to real life astronomical designations. Others such as Lalande and Wolf, while not the name of actual constellations, appear to be derived from astronomical designations.
*'''Almagest''' is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Almagest|Almagest]], an astronomical treatise written by [[Wikipedia:Ptolemy|Claudius Ptolemaius]] and describing his geocentric theory.
*'''Arianni''' may be a reference to the "inner earth people" with the same name mentioned in a purported [http://www.reversespins.com/byrd.html missing diary] of [[wikipedia:Admiral Byrd|Admiral Byrd]]. Alternative origins may be Arianna Reiche ([[Paul Reiche III]]'s daughter), the [[Wikipedia:Ariane (rocket)|Ariane rockets]], which were the primary launch vehicle of the European Space Agency in the latter portion of the 20th century, the planet [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/places/article/69410.html Ariannus] from the original [[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]], the [[wikipedia:Arianism|Arianist]] religious doctrine, the [[wikipedia:Aryan|Arian/Aryan]] (Proto-Indo-European) people or the ancient Greek historian [[wikipedia:Arrian|Arrian]].
*'''Brahe''' is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Tycho Brahe|Tycho Brahe]], the famous Danish astronomer of the 16th century.
*'''Cerenkov''' is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov|Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov]], a Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate.
*'''Chandrasekhar''' is a reference to the Indian-American astrophysicist [[Wikipedia:Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar|Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]], famous for his work on stellar evolution and black holes.
*'''Copernicus''' is a reference [[Wikipedia:Nicolaus Copernicus|Nicolaus Copernicus]], the polish astronomer who proposed the sun was the center of the solar system.
*'''Gorno''' is a possible reference to the [[Wikipedia:Gorn|Gorn]], a race in [[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]].
*'''Hyginus''' is a reference to the attributed author of [[Wikipedia:Poeticon astronomicon|Poeticon astronomicon]].
*'''Hyperion''' is a reference to the main setting of Dan Simmons' [[wikipedia:Hyperion Cantos|Hyperion Cantos]]; in turn, the denomination is taken from the name of the mythological Titan [[wikipedia:Hyperion (mythology)|Hyperion]].
*'''Illuminati''' is a reference to a variety of conspiracy theories, especially those of the [[Wikipedia:Illuminati|Bavarian Illuminati]].
*'''Kepler''' is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Johannes Kepler|Johannes Kepler]] who discovered the three laws of planetary motion.
*'''Klystron''' is a reference to a kind of vacuum tube used in early radar systems.
*'''Lentilis''' is probably a reference to the Lentili from David Brin's short story [[Wikipedia:Sshhh ...|Sshhh ...]].
*'''Lipi''' is possibly a misspelling of "[[wikipedia:Lupus (constellation)|Lupus]]", an existing constellation.
*'''Maksutov''' is likely a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Maksutov telescope|Maksutov telescope]] invented by the Russian optician [[Wikipedia:Dimtri Maksutov|Dimtri Maksutov]].
*'''Mersenne''' is a reference to [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Mersenne.html Marin Mersenne] a Minim friar who lived in France from 1588-1648 and was a major founder of number theory.
*'''Metis''' is a [[wikipedia:Metis (moon)|moon of Jupiter]], and correspondingly a [[wikipedia:Metis (mythology)|character]] in Greek mythology.
*'''Olber''' is likely a reference to [[Wikipedia:Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers|Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers]], a German astronomer.
*'''Organon''' is likely a reference to either Francis Bacon's book [[Wikipedia:Novum Organum|The New Organon]] or Aristotle's [[Wikipedia:Organon|Organon]], after which Bacon's book was named. Alternatively it could be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Organia|Organia]], an important location in [[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]], or to the [[Wikipedia:Organa family|Organa family]] in the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] universe.
*'''Ptolemae''' is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Ptolemy|Claudius Ptolemaius]], an ancient astronomer whose Geocentric views Copernicus replaced.
*'''Raynet''' is possibly a misspelling of "[[wikipedia:Wolf-Rayet|Rayet]]", an existing astronomical designation. It could also be a reference to British amateur radio network [[Wikipedia:RAYNET|RAYNET]].
*'''Saurus''' is possibly a reference to [[wikipedia:Eden Phillpotts|Eden Phillpotts]] novel ''Saurus''. It is also similar to the Greek word for "reptile".
*'''Squidi'''
*'''Vitalis'''
*'''Zeeman''' is possibly a reference to the physicist [[Wikipedia:Pieter Zeeman|Pieter Zeeman]] for whom a [[Wikipedia:Zeeman (crater)|crater]] on the moon is named.

==Other==
*'''[[Leyland Gravity Whip]]s''' are named after Robert Leyland, a Toys For Bob programmer.

*The name and appearance of most '''[[Table of bio types|bio types]]''' found on planets originate in some way from real (living or not) things. The less obvious ones are listed below:
**'''Roto-Dendron''' is likely a [[wikipedia:Portmanteau|portmanteau]] of "[[wikipedia:Roto|roto]]" and "[[wikipedia:Rhododendron|rhododendron]]" (the name of a real plant).
**'''Macrocilla''' is probably a misspelling of "macrocilia", i.e. macroscopic [[wikipedia:Cilium|cilia]].
**In '''Splort Wort''', "splort" is an onomatopoeia for the shooting of a liquid, and "wort" is old English for "herb".
**The '''Bug-Eyed Bait''' resembles a worm, and indeed, worms are used as bait in fishing. Also, the large eyes of the creature justify the epithet "bug-eyed".

*The Pkunk Fury tactic of rotating while firing in all directions is refered to in the Star Control II manual as '''Death Blossom'''; this term originates from the movie [[wikipedia:The Last Starfighter|The Last Starfighter]] where it is used to describe a similar manoeuvre.

*Talana's uniform is near-identical to Princess Leia's dancer outfit from [[wikipedia:Star_Wars_Episode_V:_The_Empire_Strikes_Back|The Empire Strikes Back]].

*Hellbore Cannons are a reference to Keith Laumer's [[wikipedia:Bolo_%28tank%29#Bolo_offensive_systems|Bolos]].

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}[[Paul Reiche III]] explained the connection between the Androsynth and his own "friendships with openly gay folks" in an [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=2719.msg34333#msg34333 email exchange with a fan].
{{note|2}}{{IRC1998}}
::<Manta> Fwiffo: Has anyone ever brought up parallels between Babylon 5 and Star Control? 
::<Fwiffo> Babylon 5 causes a certain amount of stomping around the office screaming. 
::<Fwiffo> Babylon 5 steals from us. We steal from known space. 
::<Fwiffo> And Larry in known space steals from others.

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[[Category:Trivia]]

Paranormal phenomena

2008-09-15T18:19:41Z

Valaggar: /* Psychic compulsion */ rmv speculative sentence

This page describes actual paranormal phenomena apparently occurring in the [[Star Control]] universe.

==Paranormal phenomena==
===Psychic compulsion===
'''Psychic''' or '''mental compulsion''' is the ability to control and read the minds of others. The [[Chmmr]] intimate that most races that naturally possess this ability are inimical in nature. Psychic compulsion appears in at least two instances within the [[Star Control Universe]].

The classic example of a race with this innate ability is the [[Dnyarri]]. Just as the Chmmr profile suggests, the Dnyarri were a very hostile and pernicioius race, as is evident of their take-over of the [[Sentient Milieu]]. The only race known to be able to resist this compulsion were the [[Taalo]], due to their rock-like physiology. Their [[Taalo Shield]] bestowed this immunity upon other races too, and proves to be most valuable in containing the [[neo-Dnyarri]], thus helping greatly in the liberation of this region of space from the [[Ur-Quan]].

Dnyarri psychic compulsion has a limited range, but its effects may last longer than the effective psychic contact with the compulsive being, as evidenced by the Umgah's and [[The Captain]]'s compulsion. A weakness in the Dnyarri's compulsion powers is that, should the target die while being compelled, the Dnyarri will be dragged down to death as well, and that the Dnyarri cannot compel beings experiencing intense pain; this led to their eventual downfall in the face of the Ur-Quan [[Ur-Quan#Slave revolt|slave revolt]], the latter using [[Excruciator (Ur-Quan)|Excruciator]]s to shield themselves from the Dnyarri.

Apparently, the subjective experience of a being under mental compulsion is somewhat similar to a [[wikipedia:Trance|trance]]; [[The Captain]]'s compulsion (when he is forced to seek death at the hands of his enemies) is reportedly felt as if "the screen went dark", "like [he] fell asleep, or was unconscious", yet he is still able to feel that somebody else is in control of his mind and body. The Umgah are lucid enough to understand that the neo-Dnyarri has a "Big Plan", although they never learn any details except that it involves revenge against the Ur-Quan, the neo-Dnyarri being extremely angry with them. Beings under compulsion also intone words slowly and rhythmically, speaking in simple sentences, mostly imperatives addressed to the speaker himself; in addition, the Umgah's sense of humor is greatly diminished while under compulsion. The degree of control that the Dnyarri has on any given slave is unknown, though in one instance, when asked to tell a joke, a compelled Umgah intones "WHEN. IS. A. SLAVE. NOT. A. SLAVE. ANSWER. WHEN. HE. IS. A. SLAVE. MASTER." — a sentence easily attributable to the Dnyarri.

The [[Syreen]], to some extent, are capable of psychic compulsion.{{ref|1}} Syreen use psionic amplifiers to coerce a hodge-podge of alien races to serve aboard [[Penetrator]]s. An extension of this technology is the [[Penetrator#Secondary|Syreen Song]], a hypnosis field emitted by the ribbed structure of the ships hull, which when used in combat allows the Penetrator to steal its opponent's crew.

Both the [[Pkunk]] and [[Utwig]] (through the [[Ultron]]) imply that they possess some sort of psychic ability that allows them to influence people and events. However, there has been no definitive evidence proving either of these claims.

===Clairvoyance===
'''Clairvoyance''' is the ability to perceive, consciously or unconsciously, contemporary events and places by other means than the scientifically proven senses.''
*Some [[Human]]s with high [[#Esper rating|esper ratings]]
*[[Pkunk]] (unconfirmed)
*[[Utwig]] (through the employment of the [[Ultron]]; unconfirmed)

===Precognition===
'''Precognition''' is the ability to perceive, consciously or unconsciously, the future or possible futures.
*[[Pkunk]] (unconfirmed)
*[[Utwig]] (through the employment of the [[Ultron]]; unconfirmed)
*[[Tzo Crystal]]s (according to the Melnorme)
*The [[MetaChron]] (predicts only its own destruction)

===Telepathy===
'''Telepathy''' is the ability to exchange information by the use of other senses than the standard ones.
*[[Arilou]]
*[[Pkunk]] (unconfirmed)
*Talented [[Zoq]] Seers can detect very powerful psionic emanations

===Talking to the dead===
*Pkunk (unconfirmed)

===Reincarnation===
*Pkunk (unconfirmed, except for [[Fury]])

==Paranormal concepts==
===Esper rating===
An '''esper rating''' or '''esper potential''' appears to be a measure of a person's psionic abilities. Commander [[Hayes]] mentions esper ratings twice. One time is when the [[Pkunk]] are absorbed by the [[Yehat]]. He says that certain crew members with high esper ratings fell unconscious, overcome by a feeling that something very wrong had happened. Another time he mentions it is when [[The Captain]] brings the [[Taalo Shield]] in for study. Hayes claims that whenever you put a charge anywhere through the shield, all crewmen with high esper potentials get a bad headache, and "all evidence of [[#Psychon|psychon]] interaction is flatlined.". Besides the six people on the [[Earth Starbase]] who react to the Pkunk disappearance, Ensigns [[Hodgkins]] and [[Witherspoon]], who reacted to the Taalo Shield, are the only crew members specifically identified as having noticeable esper ratings.
:''See also: Wikipedia article for [[wikipedia:esper|esper]]''

===Psychon===
In the Star Control universe, a psychon appears to be a particle responsible for paranormal phenomena, since the [[Taalo Shield]] flatlines all psychon interaction nearby if an electric current is fed into it. It may be the same psychon from Sir John Eccles' psychon theory that he described in ''How the Self Controls Its Brain''.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}{{IRC2007}}
::23:11 <@Meep-Eep> < Mormont> How strong is the Syreen song compared to a Dnyarri?
::23:13 <+PR3> Syreen song = glass of white wine vs. Dynarri compulsion = intravenous lab alcohol+horse tranquilizer

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Talk:X-Form

2008-09-04T07:20:18Z

Valaggar: use {{ref}} because it's from a manual?

If we include strategies here, then this should include a notice on using the Y-form to accelerate into a charge, then coasting in on the X-form, leaving enough time to recover battery.

Also, is it worth pointing out that X-form vs Ilwrath, though a slugfest slanted against the X-form, still has a good strategy and a bad strategy?

That is, a good strategy is for the X-form to ram the Ilwrath with lasers blazing, then use a touch of thrust coming off the bounce to get a good, medium range while moving away from the Ilwrath, yet tempting the Ilwrath to continue its charge. Ideally, the Ilwrath will have to traverse the 'hot spot' at a low relative velocity.

Yes, severe damage will be taken, but it comes out better than the naive 'charge' strategy.
- [[User:Death 999|Death 999]] 13:48, 22 Dec 2005 (EST)

The names X-Wing and Y-Wing can't possibly be canon. Are they?
--[[User:Shiver|Shiver]] 14:46, 3 September 2008 (CEST)

:See page 85 in the SC2 PC manual (or page 36 in the 3DO manual). I don't know if it appears anywhere else in the canon, such as the code or dialogue (though I'm pretty sure it's not in the dialogue). --[[User:Fyzixfighter|Fyzixfighter]] 21:00, 3 September 2008 (CEST)

::I see it. Guess we'd better leave it alone. --[[User:Shiver|Shiver]] 08:57, 4 September 2008 (CEST)

:::It might need a reference in the Notes and references section if it's from a manual. [[User:Valaggar|Valaggar]] 09:20, 4 September 2008 (CEST)

Zex' beauty

2008-08-30T10:11:51Z

Valaggar: Zex' beauty moved to ZEX's Beauty: fixed misspelling in title

#REDIRECT [[ZEX's Beauty]]

ZEX's Beauty

2008-08-30T10:11:51Z

Valaggar: Zex' beauty moved to ZEX's Beauty: fixed misspelling in title

#REDIRECT [[VUX Beast]]

User:Zeracles/History of the Star Control fan universe/Things that have been omitted from the SCFU History

2008-08-29T12:09:49Z

Valaggar: /* Individuals */ typo, briefly -> one post. BTW, anybody knows where the names "Liber AL vel Legis" and "Jubal-lun-Sul" spring from?

These are notes to accompany the history, which will otherwise be cold and clinical.
Anything which should be mentioned, but which doesn't make it in by tripping one of the usual flags or whatever, can go here.
As you may have guessed, the title of this article is a [http://starcontrol.classicgaming.gamespy.com/forum/index.php?topic=972.45 light mockery of Lukipela's efforts].
=Individuals=
Some choose different usernames in different regions of the SCFU.
*Meep-Eep (SCDB) = meep-eep (UQMF) = Svdb (ultronomicon) = Meep-Eep (sourceforge)
*Michael Martin (UQMF) = Mcmartin (ultronomicon) = mcmartin (sourceforge)
*a_stupid_box (SCDB, c. 2003) = Sedodes (SCDB, now)
*Liber AL vel Legis (SCDB) = Jubal-lun-Sul (UQMF) = Valaggar (ultronomicon)
:This case is a little tricky. Valaggar was this fellow's username at SCDB and UQMF in mid 2007 or so. Then it was, for only one post, "Ghost of Valaggar" (UQMF), and then "Valaggar Redux" (SCDB, UQMF) until about mid 2008 when it became "Valaggah Redux". More recently on the SCDB this became "happy fun Red", then (most recently) "Liber AL vel Legis", with "Jubal-lun-Sul" at UQMF.
*Alana (SCDB) = alanahikarichan (UQMF) = ? (LJ)
:''See also:'' [http://starcontrol.classicgaming.gamespy.com/forum/index.php?topic=972.0 things that have been omitted from SC history] at SCDB.

Elvish Pillager's Crazy Mod

2008-08-28T11:54:23Z

Valaggar: replaced anew (order or operations oversight in "fix" fixed)

Eli Dupree, Elvish Pillager on the [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/ UQM forums], created an extensive mod of [[The Ur-Quan Masters]] that changes all [[Super Melee]] [[ships]] and even some of its rules. The most recent version of the mod can be found [http://www.mediafire.com/?cd5ghldnez5 here], and a Windows build [http://www.mediafire.com/?2hymyxzjlrz here].

==Gameplay==
:''(As per version 1.4.2)''

===Rule changes===
*14 planets at once instead of just one (and since they're randomly distributed, there'll often be clusters and large empty spaces.). They are destructible, having 42 hit points, and respawn at a constant rate when they're destroyed.
*10 asteroids that sometimes home randomly in one of the players, annoying him (they don't home in the AI player).
*Up to 30 ships per team instead of just 14.
*There is no limit on the number of the objects in the arena at any given time.
*Destroyed ships and asteroids keep inertia while exploding. (graphical change)
*The camera is slightly more zoomed out, especially during the [[victory ditty]].
*Projectiles remain in the arena even after the destruction of the ship that launched them and after the ensuing victory ditty.
*Planet collisions do less damage: instead of killing 1/4 of the ship's crew to a minimum of 1, they kill 1/8 to a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 5, and if a ship sticks to the planet and collides many times within a few frames, no extra damage is done. On the other hand, there's a small increase in damage proportional to the collision speed.
*The AI doesn't handle the ships well. The Weak Cyborg may use ship specials.
*In the full game, [[The Flagship]] moves four times faster in Super Melee and in [[HyperSpace]]; the game is started with 1,000,000 RU. Selling VUX Intruders also gives 1,000 [[Biological data|Biological Unit]]s, and pressing F8 in a game compiled with a debug configuration instantly starts the final battle with the [[Sa-Matra]] regardless of the point in the game where the player is.

===Ship changes===
*[[Androsynth]] Guardian
**Primary: Dual white laser, medium range, 1 damage, fast energy consumption
**Secondary: [[Blazer]] mode, can be stopped at will
**[[Super Melee]] [[Table of ship values|cost]]: 24
*[[Arilou]] Skiff
**Special notes:
***Now has inertia
**Primary: Fast, long-range projectiles which deal no damage, instead increasing the acceleration and the maximum speed of the enemy ship exponentially.
**Secondary: Relatively safe teleport
**Super Melee cost: 28
*[[Chenjesu]] Broodhome
**Primary: Now is homing
**Secondary: Now has point defense
**Super Melee cost: 23
*[[Chmmr]] Avatar
**Special notes: 9 [[Avatar#Additional|ZapSats]] defending half of the ship, with reduced hitpoints
**Primary: Triple focused X-Ray laser
**Secondary: Faster tractor beam
**Super Melee cost: 39
*[[Druuge]] Mauler
**Primary: Shoots faster, pushes impacted ship or projectile backwards much more violently, has unlimited range (thus can hit the Druuge itself)
**Secondary: Unchanged
**Super Melee cost: 15
*[[Earthling]] Cruiser
**Primary: MX missile that accelerates constantly
**Secondary: Faster point defense, no energy cost
**Super Melee cost: 38
*[[Ilwrath]] Avenger
**Primary: Triple flamethrower
**Secondary: Launches several gouts of sticky fire — projectiles which start at the ship's velocity, do not collide with enemy projectiles, and attach to the enemy ship upon hitting it, dealing approximately 8 damage over time.
**Super Melee cost: 41
*[[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] Marauder
**Primary: Now homes in to the enemy when released (high speed)
**Secondary: FRIED blasts last much longer and destroy planets on touch
**Super Melee cost: 47
*[[Melnorme]] Trader
**Primary: Starspray — a spray of random Melnorme projectiles of various sizes/colours
**Secondary: Now is cheaper, and its effects last after the Trader is destroyed.
**Super Melee cost: 21
*[[Mmrnmhrm]] X-Form
**Special notes:
***Now has 64 facings instead of 16 (a laser-like line which deals no damage at impact and ignores collisions indicates the exact facing)
***While this ship (in X-Form) is in the arena, all asteroids are tractored toward it
***The X-Form has slow turning, acceleration and maximum speed, while the Y-Form is fast and nimble
**Primary: Launches the asteroids in front of the ship forward as projectiles which deal 6 damage at impact and bounce. Costs no energy, but has a slight recoil.
**Secondary: Change to Y-Form (which has no primary and does not attract asteroids)
**Super Melee cost: 32
*[[Mycon]] Podship
**Special notes: Automatic, faster regeneration (still costs energy, but less)
**Primary: Now can be held a-la-Kohr-Ah Marauder before being released (granting it speed and invincibility at the expense of homing), after which it behaves like a normal Mycon plasmoid.
**Secondary: Allows for faster turning, consumes energy very fast
**Super Melee cost: 37
*[[Orz]] Nemesis
**Special notes: An invincible Space Marine spawns with the Nemesis, attacking the enemy ship.
**Primary: Double bazooka
**Secondary: For 7 seconds the Nemesis is indestructible and damages anything it hits. Gulps all energy.
**Super Melee cost: 43
*[[Pkunk]] Fury
**Special notes:
***Slows down the game (intentional, not bug)
***Takes only 1 point of damage from planets
***Regenerates energy normally
**Primary: Launches an additional three projectiles which go in the same directions but have velocity relative to the ship.
**Secondary: Rear-facing tongue which deals 100 damage.
**Super Melee cost: 36
*[[Shofixti]] Carrier
**Special notes:
***Now looks like the Vindicator
***Now has 144 crew instead of 6
**Primary: Six-directional Mendokusai machine gun
**Secondary: Launches a Scout which explodes when the Special button is released (costs 6 crew and half the battery). The Scout may be controlled with the arrow keys (the Carrier cannot be piloted during this time).
**Super Melee cost: 34
*[[Slylandro]] Probe
**Special notes: Now has inertia and normal turning
**Primary: Launches 8 non-homing nukes forward
**Secondary: Accelerates the ship backwards, spawning asteroids in front of it.
**Super Melee cost: 27
*[[Spathi]] Eluder
**Primary: Disperses a very large number of normal Spathi forward bullets. Gulps all energy.
**Secondary: Faster B.U.T.T. missile with a longer range that kills 3 crew
**Super Melee cost: 35
*[[Supox]] Blade
**Special notes: Now has 18 crew instead of 12
**Primary: Shoots with 3 invincible Glob bullets. They do not collide with enemy Glob bullets, but when they encounter any other enemy projectile, they keep colliding until the latter is destroyed.
**Secondary: Puts the ship into a temporary mode with double turn speed, triple max speed, triple acceleration, and immunity to damage from planet collisions. It costs 1 energy every 2 [[Super-Melee#Frame rate|frames]] and lasts until the Blade runs out of energy.
**Super Melee cost: 26
*[[Syreen]] Penetrator
**Special notes: Has an invincible ZapSat and a "mace" (which uses [[Blazer]] graphics) with inertia sticked to the ship via a purple rope. Collision with either the mace or the rope deals damage (note that they are not solid — may be passed through).
**Primary: Short-range laser that bends towards the enemy
**Secondary: Forces enemy ship to turn and thrust towards the Penetrator.
**Super Melee cost: 42
*[[Thraddash]] Torch
**Special notes: Is slow, turns slowly, and has 42 crew.
**Primary: Non-homing shot with afterburner
**Secondary: Homing shot with afterburner (costs more energy and reloads slower)
**Super Melee cost: 40
*[[Umgah]] Drone
**Primary: Instantly destroys anything it touches except Supox Glob bullets; planets are destroyed after a short delay (the cone deals 18 damage per [[Super-Melee#Frame rate|frame]] to them)
**Secondary: Unchanged
**Super Melee cost: 26
*[[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] Dreadnought
**Special notes: Double acceleration
**Primary: Returns to the ship like a homing boomerang if it doesn't hit anything, giving the Dreadnought back the energy consumed by firing; note that it still has limited lifetime
**Secondary: Launches 4 fighters which cost no crew. There is virtually no limit to the amount of fighters which may be in the arena at any given time, and the fighters aim better than the original ones and shoot at asteroids. They become unable to shoot and they return to ship when they run out of fuel. They also return to ship when the battle is over, but without actually disappearing.
**Super Melee cost: 45
*[[Utwig]] Jugger
**Special notes: May not regenerate energy by any means; has a large stockpile of energy
**Primary: Extremely fast firing rate
**Secondary: Does not recharge the Jugger's energy
**Super Melee cost: 27
*[[VUX]] Intruder
**Special notes: Faster energy regeneration; always starts far from the enemy
**Primary: Nigh infinite range laser (Often goes around the arena many times if fired at an angle)
**Secondary: Repel incoming projectiles
**Super Melee cost: 22
*[[Yehat]] Terminator
**Special notes: Intermittent permanent shielding
**Primary: Unchanged
**Secondary: Pulls the Terminator towards the enemy with a high speed, like the Chmmr tractor beam in reverse
**Super Melee cost: 38
*[[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] Stinger
**Special notes: Made of 31 segments which look like a normal [[Stinger]]. Each segment has 6 crew. The player controls the head segment, and the other segments follow it; when the head segment is destroyed, the next one takes its place. Only the head segment takes damage from planet collisions.
**Primary: Long range homing spit.
**Secondary: Long tongue which is not stopped by colliding with projectiles.
**Super Melee cost: 16

===Bugs===
*Graphical glitches in the fleet selection screen (due to the large number of ships per team).

==See also==
*[http://eli.cedarswampstudios.org The Pillager's Den]
*[http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3465.0 "New crazy mod" thread at the UQM forums]

[[Category:Mods]]

Elvish Pillager's Crazy Mod

2008-08-27T12:18:28Z

Valaggar: replaced links to source and build with my version (ZFP and Arilou-hits-Mycon bugs fixed and that's all)

Eli Dupree, Elvish Pillager on the [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/ UQM forums], created an extensive mod of [[The Ur-Quan Masters]] that changes all [[Super Melee]] [[ships]] and even some of its rules. The most recent version of the mod can be found [http://www.mediafire.com/?expn1mwixyv here], and a Windows build [http://www.mediafire.com/?uju1d74nwt0 here].

==Gameplay==
:''(As per version 1.4.2)''

===Rule changes===
*14 planets at once instead of just one (and since they're randomly distributed, there'll often be clusters and large empty spaces.). They are destructible, having 42 hit points, and respawn at a constant rate when they're destroyed.
*10 asteroids that sometimes home randomly in one of the players, annoying him (they don't home in the AI player).
*Up to 30 ships per team instead of just 14.
*There is no limit on the number of the objects in the arena at any given time.
*Destroyed ships and asteroids keep inertia while exploding. (graphical change)
*The camera is slightly more zoomed out, especially during the [[victory ditty]].
*Projectiles remain in the arena even after the destruction of the ship that launched them and after the ensuing victory ditty.
*Planet collisions do less damage: instead of killing 1/4 of the ship's crew to a minimum of 1, they kill 1/8 to a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 5, and if a ship sticks to the planet and collides many times within a few frames, no extra damage is done. On the other hand, there's a small increase in damage proportional to the collision speed.
*The AI doesn't handle the ships well. The Weak Cyborg may use ship specials.
*In the full game, [[The Flagship]] moves four times faster in Super Melee and in [[HyperSpace]]; the game is started with 1,000,000 RU. Selling VUX Intruders also gives 1,000 [[Biological data|Biological Unit]]s, and pressing F8 in a game compiled with a debug configuration instantly starts the final battle with the [[Sa-Matra]] regardless of the point in the game where the player is.

===Ship changes===
*[[Androsynth]] Guardian
**Primary: Dual white laser, medium range, 1 damage, fast energy consumption
**Secondary: [[Blazer]] mode, can be stopped at will
**[[Super Melee]] [[Table of ship values|cost]]: 24
*[[Arilou]] Skiff
**Special notes:
***Now has inertia
**Primary: Fast, long-range projectiles which deal no damage, instead increasing the acceleration and the maximum speed of the enemy ship exponentially.
**Secondary: Relatively safe teleport
**Super Melee cost: 28
*[[Chenjesu]] Broodhome
**Primary: Now is homing
**Secondary: Now has point defense
**Super Melee cost: 23
*[[Chmmr]] Avatar
**Special notes: 9 [[Avatar#Additional|ZapSats]] defending half of the ship, with reduced hitpoints
**Primary: Triple focused X-Ray laser
**Secondary: Faster tractor beam
**Super Melee cost: 39
*[[Druuge]] Mauler
**Primary: Shoots faster, pushes impacted ship or projectile backwards much more violently, has unlimited range (thus can hit the Druuge itself)
**Secondary: Unchanged
**Super Melee cost: 15
*[[Earthling]] Cruiser
**Primary: MX missile that accelerates constantly
**Secondary: Faster point defense, no energy cost
**Super Melee cost: 38
*[[Ilwrath]] Avenger
**Primary: Triple flamethrower
**Secondary: Launches several gouts of sticky fire — projectiles which start at the ship's velocity, do not collide with enemy projectiles, and attach to the enemy ship upon hitting it, dealing approximately 8 damage over time.
**Super Melee cost: 41
*[[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] Marauder
**Primary: Now homes in to the enemy when released (high speed)
**Secondary: FRIED blasts last much longer and destroy planets on touch
**Super Melee cost: 47
*[[Melnorme]] Trader
**Primary: Starspray — a spray of random Melnorme projectiles of various sizes/colours
**Secondary: Now is cheaper, and its effects last after the Trader is destroyed.
**Super Melee cost: 21
*[[Mmrnmhrm]] X-Form
**Special notes:
***Now has 64 facings instead of 16 (a laser-like line which deals no damage at impact and ignores collisions indicates the exact facing)
***While this ship (in X-Form) is in the arena, all asteroids are tractored toward it
***The X-Form has slow turning, acceleration and maximum speed, while the Y-Form is fast and nimble
**Primary: Launches the asteroids in front of the ship forward as projectiles which deal 6 damage at impact and bounce. Costs no energy, but has a slight recoil.
**Secondary: Change to Y-Form (which has no primary and does not attract asteroids)
**Super Melee cost: 32
*[[Mycon]] Podship
**Special notes: Automatic, faster regeneration (still costs energy, but less)
**Primary: Now can be held a-la-Kohr-Ah Marauder before being released (granting it speed and invincibility at the expense of homing), after which it behaves like a normal Mycon plasmoid.
**Secondary: Allows for faster turning, consumes energy very fast
**Super Melee cost: 37
*[[Orz]] Nemesis
**Special notes: An invincible Space Marine spawns with the Nemesis, attacking the enemy ship.
**Primary: Double bazooka
**Secondary: For 7 seconds the Nemesis is indestructible and damages anything it hits. Gulps all energy.
**Super Melee cost: 43
*[[Pkunk]] Fury
**Special notes:
***Slows down the game (intentional, not bug)
***Takes only 1 point of damage from planets
***Regenerates energy normally
**Primary: Launches an additional three projectiles which go in the same directions but have velocity relative to the ship.
**Secondary: Rear-facing tongue which deals 100 damage.
**Super Melee cost: 36
*[[Shofixti]] Carrier
**Special notes:
***Now looks like the Vindicator
***Now has 144 crew instead of 6
**Primary: Six-directional Mendokusai machine gun
**Secondary: Launches a Scout which explodes when the Special button is released (costs 6 crew and half the battery). The Scout may be controlled with the arrow keys (the Carrier cannot be piloted during this time).
**Super Melee cost: 34
*[[Slylandro]] Probe
**Special notes: Now has inertia and normal turning
**Primary: Launches 8 non-homing nukes forward
**Secondary: Accelerates the ship backwards, spawning asteroids in front of it.
**Super Melee cost: 27
*[[Spathi]] Eluder
**Primary: Disperses a very large number of normal Spathi forward bullets. Gulps all energy.
**Secondary: Faster B.U.T.T. missile with a longer range that kills 3 crew
**Super Melee cost: 35
*[[Supox]] Blade
**Special notes: Now has 18 crew instead of 12
**Primary: Shoots with 3 invincible Glob bullets. They do not collide with enemy Glob bullets, but when they encounter any other enemy projectile, they keep colliding until the latter is destroyed.
**Secondary: Puts the ship into a temporary mode with double turn speed, triple max speed, triple acceleration, and immunity to damage from planet collisions. It costs 1 energy every 2 [[Super-Melee#Frame rate|frames]] and lasts until the Blade runs out of energy.
**Super Melee cost: 26
*[[Syreen]] Penetrator
**Special notes: Has an invincible ZapSat and a "mace" (which uses [[Blazer]] graphics) with inertia sticked to the ship via a purple rope. Collision with either the mace or the rope deals damage (note that they are not solid — may be passed through).
**Primary: Short-range laser that bends towards the enemy
**Secondary: Forces enemy ship to turn and thrust towards the Penetrator.
**Super Melee cost: 42
*[[Thraddash]] Torch
**Special notes: Is slow, turns slowly, and has 42 crew.
**Primary: Non-homing shot with afterburner
**Secondary: Homing shot with afterburner (costs more energy and reloads slower)
**Super Melee cost: 40
*[[Umgah]] Drone
**Primary: Instantly destroys anything it touches except Supox Glob bullets; planets are destroyed after a short delay (the cone deals 18 damage per [[Super-Melee#Frame rate|frame]] to them)
**Secondary: Unchanged
**Super Melee cost: 26
*[[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] Dreadnought
**Special notes: Double acceleration
**Primary: Returns to the ship like a homing boomerang if it doesn't hit anything, giving the Dreadnought back the energy consumed by firing; note that it still has limited lifetime
**Secondary: Launches 4 fighters which cost no crew. There is virtually no limit to the amount of fighters which may be in the arena at any given time, and the fighters aim better than the original ones and shoot at asteroids. They become unable to shoot and they return to ship when they run out of fuel. They also return to ship when the battle is over, but without actually disappearing.
**Super Melee cost: 45
*[[Utwig]] Jugger
**Special notes: May not regenerate energy by any means; has a large stockpile of energy
**Primary: Extremely fast firing rate
**Secondary: Does not recharge the Jugger's energy
**Super Melee cost: 27
*[[VUX]] Intruder
**Special notes: Faster energy regeneration; always starts far from the enemy
**Primary: Nigh infinite range laser (Often goes around the arena many times if fired at an angle)
**Secondary: Repel incoming projectiles
**Super Melee cost: 22
*[[Yehat]] Terminator
**Special notes: Intermittent permanent shielding
**Primary: Unchanged
**Secondary: Pulls the Terminator towards the enemy with a high speed, like the Chmmr tractor beam in reverse
**Super Melee cost: 38
*[[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] Stinger
**Special notes: Made of 31 segments which look like a normal [[Stinger]]. Each segment has 6 crew. The player controls the head segment, and the other segments follow it; when the head segment is destroyed, the next one takes its place. Only the head segment takes damage from planet collisions.
**Primary: Long range homing spit.
**Secondary: Long tongue which is not stopped by colliding with projectiles.
**Super Melee cost: 16

===Bugs===
*Graphical glitches in the fleet selection screen (due to the large number of ships per team).

==See also==
*[http://eli.cedarswampstudios.org The Pillager's Den]
*[http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3465.0 "New crazy mod" thread at the UQM forums]

[[Category:Mods]]

Links

2008-08-25T13:29:25Z

Valaggar: /* Alternative content for the Ur-Quan Masters */ some links have rotten; one link has changed. IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR WRITING TO BE EDITED MERCILESSLY AND REDISTRIBUTED AT WILL, THEN DON'T SUBMIT IT

{{Safe}}

==Official [[The Ur-Quan Masters]] web pages==
===Relating to the actual game===
*[http://sc2.sourceforge.net/ The Ur-Quan Masters home]
*[http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/ The Ur-Quan Masters forum]
*[http://uqm.stack.nl/cgi-bin/bugs/index.cgi The Bugzilla bug database for The Ur-Quan Masters]
*[http://uqm.stack.nl/files/snapshots/ Subversion snapshots of The Ur-Quan Masters] (including Windows binaries)
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/sc2/ The SourceForge project page]
*[http://sc2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/sc2/trunk/ The subversion web interface to the sources of The Ur-Quan Masters]

===Relating to the [[Precursors Remixing Team|remixing project]]===
*[http://www.spacesynth.net/precursors/ Precursors home]

==[[Star Control]] related web pages==
===Game information===
*[http://www.star-control.com/ The Pages of Now & Forever] - The center of the Star Control community on the net
*[[Wikipedia:Star Control|Star Control entry at Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.mobygames.com/game_group/sheet/gameGroupId,41/ Star Control series at MobyGames]
*[http://dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Action/Space_Combat/Star_Control_Series/ Star Control series at Open Directory]
*[http://sa-matra.net/quotes Page listing the Star Control 2 dialogue (DOS version)].

====Game Documentation====
*The original [http://www.abandonia.com/files/extras/Star%20Control%202_Manual.zip Star Control 2 manual], from Abandonia
*The original [http://www.abandonia.com/files/extras/Starmap.jpg the Deluxe Star Control 2 starmap], from Abandonia

===[[Toys For Bob]] information===
*[http://www.toysforbob.com/ The Toys For Bob home page]

===Similar games===
*[http://timewarp.sourceforge.net/ Star Control TimeWarp] - A Super-Melee clone with network play, multiple ships in the arena at once and multiple new ship designs
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/aftermath-wars/ Aftermath Wars] - A Super-Melee clone (in very early development) with stunning graphics
*[http://www.xenoclone.com/ Xeno Versus: Space Melee] - A space combat game inspired by Super-Melee
*[http://www.fileplanet.com/hosteddl.aspx?/hst/s/t/starcon/clones/Star_Control_Online_Alpha_2.0.exe Star Control Online] - A Super-Melee clone with up to fourteen ships in the arena at once (uses Super-Melee graphics)
*[http://www.fileplanet.com/dl/dl.asp?/classicgaming/clones/frungy.zip Frungy] - A fan interpretation of the famous [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] sport [[Frungy]]

===Fan-made projects ===
Mods and games based on the SC2 universe / code.

====Modified The Ur-Quan Masters code====

*[http://eli.cedarswampstudios.org/1.4.1-src.tar.gz Elvish Pillager's Crazy Mod (1.4.1)] — see [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3465.0 this thread] and its [[Elvish Pillager's Crazy Mod|Ultronomicon article]]
*[http://eli.cedarswampstudios.org/balance-mod-1.0.2-src.tar.gz Elvish Pillager's Balance Mod for Netplay]
*[http://uqm-mods.sourceforge.net/ Kohr-Ah Death's UQM for cheaters mods]

====Accessibility mods for The Ur-Quan Masters====
*Nic's [http://www.submedia.net/uqm/accessibility.zip mining graphics for the color-blind]
*Valaggar's [http://ceruopran.googlepages.com/VLdruuge.zip mint green Druuge projectiles]

====Translations====
See the [[translations]] page.

====Alternative content for the Ur-Quan Masters====

See also the [[Star Control Music]] page.

*Lance_Vader's and Valaggar's Utwig voicepack] ([http://www.mediafire.com/?95xig0tx9eb without effects], [http://www.mediafire.com/?aznxsyiz9ic with effects])
*Nic's [http://www.submedia.net/uqm/yellow-fried.uqm Yellow Kohr-Ah FRIED] (DOS SC2 original)

====Non-computer games====

*[http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3479.0 Star Control Boardgame]

===Fan pages===
If you've got a Star Control related web site you want others to know of, place it here!

[[Category:About the Star Control series]]

Elvish Pillager's Crazy Mod

2008-08-21T19:38:18Z

Valaggar: updated for 1.4.2; Win32 build not final, not sure about the accuracy of the ship prices, someone say how many sticky fires an Avenger launches, some wording fixes may be warranted

Eli Dupree, Elvish Pillager on the [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/ UQM forums], created an extensive mod of [[The Ur-Quan Masters]] that changes all [[Super Melee]] [[ships]] and even some of its rules. The most recent version of the mod can be found [http://eli.cedarswampstudios.org/1.4.2-src.tar.gz here], and a Windows build [http://www.savefile.com/files/1736767 here].

==Gameplay==
:''(As per version 1.4.2)''

===Rule changes===
*14 planets at once instead of just one (and since they're randomly distributed, there'll often be clusters and large empty spaces.). They are destructible, having 42 hit points, and respawn at a constant rate when they're destroyed.
*10 asteroids that sometimes home randomly in one of the players, annoying him (they don't home in the AI player).
*Up to 30 ships per team instead of just 14.
*There is no limit on the number of the objects in the arena at any given time.
*Destroyed ships and asteroids keep inertia while exploding. (graphical change)
*The camera is slightly more zoomed out, especially during the [[victory ditty]].
*Projectiles remain in the arena even after the destruction of the ship that launched them and after the ensuing victory ditty.
*Planet collisions do less damage: instead of killing 1/4 of the ship's crew to a minimum of 1, they kill 1/8 to a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 5, and if a ship sticks to the planet and collides many times within a few frames, no extra damage is done. On the other hand, there's a small increase in damage proportional to the collision speed.
*The AI doesn't handle the ships well. The Weak Cyborg may use ship specials.
*In the full game, [[The Flagship]] moves four times faster in Super Melee and in [[HyperSpace]]; the game is started with 1,000,000 RU. Selling VUX Intruders also gives 1,000 [[Biological Unit]]s, and pressing F8 in a game compiled with a debug configuration instantly starts the final battle with the [[Sa-Matra]] regardless of the point in the game where the player is.

===Ship changes===
*[[Androsynth]] Guardian
**Primary: Dual white laser, medium range, 1 damage, fast energy consumption
**Secondary: [[Blazer]] mode, can be stopped at will
**[[Super Melee]] [[Table of ship values|cost]]: 24
*[[Arilou]] Skiff
**Special notes:
***Now has inertia
**Primary: Fast, long-range projectiles which deal no damage, instead increasing the acceleration and the maximum speed of the enemy ship exponentially. They crash the game upon colliding with a Mycon Podship.
**Secondary: Relatively safe teleport
**Super Melee cost: 28
*[[Chenjesu]] Broodhome
**Primary: Now is homing
**Secondary: Now has point defense
**Super Melee cost: 23
*[[Chmmr]] Avatar
**Special notes: 9 [[Avatar#Additional|ZapSats]] defending half of the ship, with reduced hitpoints
**Primary: Triple focused X-Ray laser
**Secondary: Faster tractor beam
**Super Melee cost: 39
*[[Druuge]] Mauler
**Primary: Shoots faster, pushes impacted ship or projectile backwards much more violently, has unlimited range (thus can hit the Druuge itself)
**Secondary: Unchanged
**Super Melee cost: 15
*[[Earthling]] Cruiser
**Primary: MX missile that accelerates constantly
**Secondary: Faster point defense, no energy cost
**Super Melee cost: 38
*[[Ilwrath]] Avenger
**Primary: Triple flamethrower
**Secondary: Launches several gouts of sticky fire — projectiles which start at the ship's velocity, do not collide with enemy projectiles, and attach to the enemy ship upon hitting it, dealing approximately 8 damage over time.
**Super Melee cost: 41
*[[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]] Marauder
**Primary: Now homes in to the enemy when released (high speed)
**Secondary: FRIED blasts last much longer and destroy planets on touch
**Super Melee cost: 47
*[[Melnorme]] Trader
**Primary: Starspray — a spray of random Melnorme projectiles of various sizes/colours
**Secondary: Now is cheaper, and its effects last after the Trader is destroyed.
**Super Melee cost: 21
*[[Mmrnmhrm]] X-Form
**Special notes:
***Now has 64 facings instead of 16 (a laser-like line which deals no damage at impact and ignores collisions indicates the exact facing)
***While this ship (in X-Form) is in the arena, all asteroids are tractored toward it
***The X-Form has slow turning, acceleration and maximum speed, while the Y-Form is fast and nimble
**Primary: Launches the asteroids in front of the ship forward as projectiles which deal 6 damage at impact and bounce. Costs no energy, but has a slight recoil.
**Secondary: Change to Y-Form (which has no primary and does not attract asteroids)
**Super Melee cost: 32
*[[Mycon]] Podship
**Special notes: Automatic, faster regeneration (still costs energy, but less)
**Primary: Now can be held a-la-Kohr-Ah Marauder before being released (granting it speed and invincibility at the expense of homing), after which it behaves like a normal Mycon plasmoid.
**Secondary: Allows for faster turning, consumes energy very fast
**Super Melee cost: 37
*[[Orz]] Nemesis
**Special notes: An invincible Space Marine spawns with the Nemesis, attacking the enemy ship.
**Primary: Double bazooka
**Secondary: For 7 seconds the Nemesis is indestructible and damages anything it hits. Gulps all energy.
**Super Melee cost: 43
*[[Pkunk]] Fury
**Special notes:
***Slows down the game (intentional, not bug)
***Takes only 1 point of damage from planets
***Regenerates energy normally
**Primary: Launches an additional three projectiles which go in the same directions but have velocity relative to the ship.
**Secondary: Rear-facing tongue which deals 100 damage.
**Super Melee cost: 36
*[[Shofixti]] Carrier
**Special notes:
***Now looks like the Vindicator
***Now has 144 crew instead of 6
**Primary: Six-directional Mendokusai machine gun
**Secondary: Launches a Scout which explodes when the Special button is released (costs 6 crew and half the battery). The Scout may be controlled with the arrow keys (the Carrier cannot be piloted during this time).
**Super Melee cost: 34
*[[Slylandro]] Probe
**Special notes: Now has inertia and normal turning
**Primary: Launches 8 non-homing nukes forward
**Secondary: Accelerates the ship backwards, spawning asteroids in front of it.
**Super Melee cost: 27
*[[Spathi]] Eluder
**Primary: Disperses a very large number of normal Spathi forward bullets. Gulps all energy.
**Secondary: Faster B.U.T.T. missile with a longer range that kills 3 crew
**Super Melee cost: 35
*[[Supox]] Blade
**Special notes: Now has 18 crew instead of 12
**Primary: Shoots with 3 invincible Glob bullets. They do not collide with enemy Glob bullets, but when they encounter any other enemy projectile, they keep colliding until the latter is destroyed.
**Secondary: Puts the ship into a temporary mode with double turn speed, triple max speed, triple acceleration, and immunity to damage from planet collisions. It costs 1 energy every 2 [[Super-Melee#Frame rate|frames]] and lasts until the Blade runs out of energy.
**Super Melee cost: 26
*[[Syreen]] Penetrator
**Special notes: Has an invincible ZapSat and a "mace" (which uses [[Blazer]] graphics) with inertia sticked to the ship via a purple rope. Collision with either the mace or the rope deals damage (note that they are not solid — may be passed through).
**Primary: Short-range laser that bends towards the enemy
**Secondary: Forces enemy ship to turn and thrust towards the Penetrator.
**Super Melee cost: 42
*[[Thraddash]] Torch
**Special notes: Is slow, turns slowly, and has 42 crew.
**Primary: Non-homing shot with afterburner
**Secondary: Homing shot with afterburner (costs more energy and reloads slower)
**Super Melee cost: 40
*[[Umgah]] Drone
**Primary: Instantly destroys anything it touches except Supox Glob bullets; planets are destroyed after a short delay (the cone deals 18 damage per [[Super-Melee#Frame rate|frame]] to them)
**Secondary: Unchanged
**Super Melee cost: 26
*[[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] Dreadnought
**Special notes: Double acceleration
**Primary: Returns to the ship like a homing boomerang if it doesn't hit anything, giving the Dreadnought back the energy consumed by firing; note that it still has limited lifetime
**Secondary: Launches 4 fighters which cost no crew. There is virtually no limit to the amount of fighters which may be in the arena at any given time, and the fighters aim better than the original ones and shoot at asteroids. They become unable to shoot and they return to ship when they run out of fuel. They also return to ship when the battle is over, but without actually disappearing.
**Super Melee cost: 45
*[[Utwig]] Jugger
**Special notes: May not regenerate energy by any means; has a large stockpile of energy
**Primary: Extremely fast firing rate
**Secondary: Does not recharge the Jugger's energy
**Super Melee cost: 27
*[[VUX]] Intruder
**Special notes: Faster energy regeneration; always starts far from the enemy
**Primary: Nigh infinite range laser (Often goes around the arena many times if fired at an angle)
**Secondary: Repel incoming projectiles
**Super Melee cost: 22
*[[Yehat]] Terminator
**Special notes: Intermittent permanent shielding
**Primary: Unchanged
**Secondary: Pulls the Terminator towards the enemy with a high speed, like the Chmmr tractor beam in reverse
**Super Melee cost: 38
*[[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] Stinger
**Special notes: Made of 31 segments which look like a normal [[Stinger]]. Each segment has 6 crew. The player controls the head segment, and the other segments follow it; when the head segment is destroyed, the next one takes its place. Only the head segment takes damage from planet collisions.
**Primary: Long range homing spit.
**Secondary: Long tongue which is not stopped by colliding with projectiles.
**Super Melee cost: 16

===Bugs===
*Graphical glitches in the fleet selection screen (due to the large number of ships per team).
*The Stinger may crash upon entering the arena (this happens less frequently with an AI-controlled Stinger).

==See also==
*[http://eli.cedarswampstudios.org The Pillager's Den]
*[http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3465.0 "New crazy mod" thread at the UQM forums]

[[Category:Mods]]

Talk:Death March

2008-07-28T08:52:44Z

Valaggar: nope, they don't

Actually, the order is not necessarilly fixed. The Kohr-Ah always start with the Druuge, but every next race is the one that happens to be closest to the current location. It could theoretically be possible, with good timing of the various game events, such as the Ilwrath fight against the Thraddash, or the Thraddash fight against the Kohr-Ah, to have a different order. I haven't tried it though. — [[User:Svdb|SvdB]] 00:34, 5 April 2007 (CEST)

If the code says it, then it's not necessary to test this. [[User:Valaggar|Valaggar]] 12:24, 5 April 2007 (CEST)

Well, it may in practice turn out that however you time the particular events, the closest race will always be the same one. Although I guess that it won't in the case of the Ilwrath and the Thraddash. — [[User:Svdb|SvdB]] 14:35, 5 April 2007 (CEST)

:speaking of the thraddash, do their efforts delay the death march (if set against the kohr-ah)? [[User:85.64.228.215|85.64.228.215]] 15:16, 27 July 2008 (CEST)

::Nay, they dinnae. [[User:Valaggar|Valaggar]] 10:52, 28 July 2008 (CEST)

Ur-Quan

2008-07-01T09:50:55Z

Valaggar: /* Physiology */ bits from the SC1 manual

{{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 resembled externally a brown, 10-meters-long and 2-meters-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]], described by the Kohr-Ah 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", a world populated by a variety of species physically superior to the Ur-Quan, until the Ur-Quan developed tools to cope with them. 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]]. Unfortunately, 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.

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 a being dragged down into death also. 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 crazy 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 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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[[Category:Races]]
[[Category:Ur-Quan| ]]

Adjusted Ship Price Mod

2008-06-14T12:56:43Z

Valaggar: placed Kohr-Ah where it belongs (in the game's way of alphabetizing the ships)

The '''Adjusted Ship Price Mod''', designed by Shiver and Elvish Pillager of the [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/ UQM forums] and implemented by Elvish Pillager, is a tentative attempt to balance the costs of [[The Ur-Quan Masters]]' ships to improve the netplay experience for top players. Cedric6014, the current organizer of all veteran-level tournaments, has stated that he will consider using the mod for his tournaments when it will be available for all operating systems.{{ref|1}}

The most recent version of the mod can be found [http://eli.cedarswampstudios.org/balance-mod-1.0.3-src.tar.gz here], and a Windows build [http://koti.mbnet.fi/lonnberg/uqm-balanced-1.03-win32.zip here].

Below are the adjusted prices, as per version 1.0.3.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1"
!Ship name !! Original price !! Adjusted price
|-
|[[Androsynth]] [[Guardian]]
|align="center"| 15 ||align="center"| 20
|-
|[[Arilou Lalee'lay]] [[Skiff]]
|align="center"| 16 ||align="center"| 14
|-
|[[Chenjesu]] [[Broodhome]]
|align="center"| 28 ||align="center"| 22
|-
|[[Chmmr]] [[Avatar]]
|align="center"| 30 ||align="center"| 26
|-
|[[Druuge]] [[Mauler]]
|align="center"| 17 ||align="center"| 20
|-
|[[Earthling]] [[Cruiser]]
|align="center"| 11 ||align="center"| 12
|-
|[[Ilwrath]] [[Avenger]]
|align="center"| 10 ||align="center"| 8
|-
|[[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]] [[Marauder]]
|align="center"| 30 ||align="center"| 30
|-
|[[Melnorme]] [[Trader]]
|align="center"| 18 ||align="center"| 20
|-
|[[Mmrnmhrm]] [[X-form]]
|align="center"| 19 ||align="center"| 22
|-
|[[Mycon]] [[Podship]]
|align="center"| 21 ||align="center"| 14
|-
|[[Orz]] [[Nemesis]]
|align="center"| 23 ||align="center"| 22
|-
|[[Pkunk]] [[Fury]]
|align="center"| 20 ||align="center"| 14
|-
|[[Shofixti]] [[Scout]]
|align="center"| 5 ||align="center"| 6
|-
|[[Slylandro]] [[Probe]]
|align="center"| 17 ||align="center"| 18
|-
|[[Spathi]] [[Eluder]]/Discriminator
|align="center"| 18 ||align="center"| 12
|-
|[[Supox]] [[Blade]]
|align="center"| 16 ||align="center"| 10
|-
|[[Syreen]] [[Penetrator]]
|align="center"| 13 ||align="center"| 14
|-
|[[Thraddash]] [[Torch]]
|align="center"| 10 ||align="center"| 200{{ref|2}}
|-
|[[Umgah]] [[Drone]]
|align="center"| 7 ||align="center"| 6
|-
|[[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za]] [[Dreadnought]]
|align="center"| 30 ||align="center"| 18
|-
|[[Utwig]] [[Jugger]]
|align="center"| 22 ||align="center"| 22
|-
|[[VUX]] [[Intruder]]
|align="center"| 12 ||align="center"| 12
|-
|[[Yehat]] [[Terminator]]
|align="center"| 23 ||align="center"| 16
|-
|[[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] [[Stinger]]
|align="center"| 6 ||align="center"| 6
|}

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}''See [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3816.msg49621#msg49621 this post] on the UQM forums.''
{{note|2}}''This is intended as a de-facto ban on the Torch, which is viewed by most top players as supremely boring to play with or against if the player with the Torch plays to win (such matches will continue for even half an hour, and will inevitably result in the victory of the Torch)''

:''See also:'' [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3816.0 "Adjusted Ship Price Mod - Get it while it's hot!" thread at the UQM forums]

[[Category:Mods]]

Influences and references

2008-05-21T13:55:30Z

Valaggar: /* Alien design */ githyanki/Eternal Doctrine (someone please find a contextual synonym to "intention")

{{incomplete}}

The [[Star Control|Star Control 1]] manual mentions "Inspired by the Works of Fiction of: [[wikipedia:Orson Scott Card|Orson Scott Card]], [[wikipedia:Larry Niven|Larry Niven]], [[wikipedia:Andre Norton|Andre Norton]], [[wikipedia:David Brin|David Brin]], [[wikipedia:Robert A. Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein]], [[wikipedia:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]], [[wikipedia:Jack Vance|Jack Vance]], [[wikipedia:Alan Dean Foster|Alan Dean Foster]], [[wikipedia:Keith Laumer|Keith Laumer]], [[wikipedia:A. E. Van Vogt|A.E. Van Vogt]], [[wikipedia:E. E. Smith|E.E. "Doc" Smith]], [[wikipedia:Joe Haldeman|Joe Haldeman]], [[wikipedia:Dan Simmons|Dan Simmons]], [[wikipedia:Fred Saberhagen|Fred Saberhagen]] and 100 worthy others."

==Alien design==
The names of certain races introduced in [[Star Control II]] are taken from the so-called "[[Professor Zorg's Guide to Alien Etiquette]]" (the copy-protection of Star Control): [[Orz]], [[Pkunk]], [[Slylandro]], [[Supox]], [[Thraddash]] (as "Thrddash"), [[Utwig]], and [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]].

The name [[Androsynth]] is taken from the Greek "andros" ("man") and "synthetic" from Greek "syn" ("together") and "thesis" ("put"), or as the [[Star Control II]] manual says it "fake men".

The pink triangle on the suits of the Androsynth in [[SuperMelee]] is a [[wikipedia:Pink triangle|gay symbol]].{{ref|1}}

The Star Control 2 manual describes the [[Chenjesu]] as being "a bit more equal" than the other [[Alliance]] races, which is a reference to a [[wikipedia:Seven Commandments|similar statement]] found in ''[[wikipedia:Animal Farm|Animal Farm]]'' by [[wikipedia:George Orwell|George Orwell]].

The name [[Druuge]] is pronounced almost exactly like the ancient Persian word "druj" - a term of [[wikipedia:Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian religion]] that is very roughly translated as "daeva (demon) of lies". Since the Druuge are proven liars and resemble the [[wikipedia:Daeva|daevas]], which are described as "beings with combined human and animal characteristics," this may have been an influence.

The [[Ilwrath]] were named after a friend of the creators  named McIlwraith.

The name [[Melnorme]] is a reference to jazz singer [[wikipedia:Mel Tormé|Mel Tormé]].

The [[Mycon]] is taken from the Greek prefix "myc-" or "myco-", which means Fungus.

The [[Orz]] and the disappearance of the [[Androsynth]] were influenced by [[wikipedia:H. P. Lovecraft|H. P. Lovecraft]]'s writings. .

Utricularia, as in ''[[Supox]] Utricularia'', is a genus of carnivorous plants more commonly known as [[Wikipedia:Bladderwort|Bladderwort]].

The [[Shofixti]] are inspired by the historical [[wikipedia:History of Japan|Japanese culture]].
"[[Kyabetsu]]", the name of the former Shofixti homeworld, means "cabbage". The tiny main gun of their [[Scout]] ships is called the Mendokusai Energy Dart; "Mendoukusai" in Japanese means "irritating; bothersome."

[[Spathi]] is "Sword" in Greek. It is possible that the name is meant to be very ironical, because the Spathi are so cowardly. Also, the rumours of the Black Spathi Squadron might be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:VMA-214|Black Sheep Squadron]] from World War 2.

The [[Syreen]] are based on the [[wikipedia:Siren|Siren]]s from classical mythology. They were sea nymphs who would use enchanting song to lure ships onto the cliffs.

The [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah]]'s [[Eternal Doctrine]] might be inspired by the [[Wikipedia:Githyanki|githyanki]]'s intention to exterminate every other race who could possibly enslave them again (the [[Wikipedia:Githzerai|githzerai]] and the githyanki split precisely because of this violent intention of the latter).

The [[Yehat]] are inspired in part by the [[wikipedia:Scottish clan|Scottish clan]]s; the uplift of the Shofixti is inspired by [[Wikipedia:David Brin|David Brin]]'s [[Wikipedia:Uplift Universe|Uplift]] series.

===Larry Niven influences===
A number of aliens draw some of their inspiration from Niven's [[wikipedia:Known Space|Known Space]] novels. Fred and Paul have openly admitted in a [[TFB chat protocols|1998 IRC chat]] to being influenced by these novels.{{ref|2}}
*The [[Dnyarri]] are very similar in description, powers, and history to the [[wikipedia:Thrint|Thrint]]un race, "a long-extinct species which ruled the galaxy through telepathic mind control." Like the [[wikipedia:Grogs|Grogs]], the Talking Pets are devolved forms of a once-great race.
*The [[Precursors]] are also slightly similar to the Thrintun who likewise left behind relics to be used by the modern-day characters in Niven's novels and who were given a vague moniker, "Slavers", by later races since their real name was unknown.
*Though not physiologically, the [[Spathi]] resemble less advanced versions of the cowardly [[wikipedia:Pierson's Puppeteer|Pierson's Puppeteer]]s.
*The [[Arilou]], in their speculated capacity as genetic manipulators of humanity, are also similar to the Puppeteers.
*The [[Melnorme]], like the [[wikipedia:Outsiders (Known Space)|Outsiders]], are traveling merchants who trade in information and will answer any question for the right price.
**The [[Keel-Verezy]] may be similar to the [[wikipedia:Starseed|Starseeds]], sharing a similar relation with the [[Melnorme]] as the starseeds with the Outsiders.
*The [[Shofixti]] are similar in appearance and warlike tendencies to the [[wikipedia:kzin|kzin]].

===Starflight influences===
The creators of [[Star Control]] and [[Star Control II]] worked in the making of the [[wikipedia:Starflight|Starflight]] games as well, and numerous SC elements are inspired from the SF universe:
*Gameplay elements
**Exploration in the Starflight games also had three parts: planet (with a landing vehicle that could stun lifeforms and collect minerals), interplanetary and hyperspace (with portals leading to planetary systems).
**A starbase fulfilled a similar role to the [[Earth Starbase]] in Star Control II — elements appearing in both SC2 and SF are hiring crew, installing modules, receiving notices and analyzing artifacts.
**In the Starflight games there were also a number of artifacts (though some of them were bought instead of found), including an "Uhl weapon" performing a function similar to the [[Utwig Bomb]] — the neutralization of the final boss in the game; even more resembling the Utwig Bomb, in the first Starflight there existed artifacts of the Phlegmak, a long-disappeared species, named "Black Egg Bombs", capable of destroying entire planets.
**The useless [[Wimbli's Trident]] and [[Glowing Rod]] resemble some similar, useless "alien curiosities" from the Starflight games.
*Several lines in Star Control II are clear puns on lines from Starflight and Starflight II. Notably, the quirky speech patterns of the [[Orz]] seem based on those of Starflight's Veloxi ([[Greg Johnson]], one of the Starflight developers, was the one who fleshed out the Orz dialogue).
*Starflight's Crystal Planet, built by the Ancients to cleanse the galaxy of Endurium-using life-forms by flaring their suns, seems an influence for both the [[Sa-Matra]] and the [[Eternal Doctrine]] (or the [[Path of Now and Forever]]).
*That the [[Ilwrath]] call their star the [[Green Eye of Dogar]] might have been influenced by SF2's Tandelou calling the Anomaly "The Great Eye of Thdok-Bryg-Ahhh".
*The Uhl, an extradimensional energy being that mind-controls alien races (such as the Leghk, Umanu or Lowar), might have been an influence for the Orz.
*The name [[Arilou Lalee'lay]] may originate from the Starflight II race name Aeoruiiaeo.
*In terms of external morphology, the [[Umgah]] resemble the Spemin (both SF games). In terms of behavior, they are somewhat similar to the Teeelveee (SF2).
**The Spemin might have also been an influence for the design of the [[Spathi]], as both races are cowardly.
*Culturally, psychologically and in terms of general appearance, the [[Utwig]] resemble the Dweenle (SF2).
*The [[VUX]] appear to be influenced by the Lieu Vadish.
*The ceremonious nature of the Tandelou (SF2) might have been an influence for the design of the [[Utwig]]. Also, by returning the Most Valuable Thing to the Tandelou, the civil war among the Tandelou Eshvey and the Tandelou Eshvara ceases, just like by returning the Ultron to the Utwig, they cease being depressed; in addition, both artifacts are seemingly useless.
**Some elements of the Tandelou religion (cosmic alignments, portents and omens) are similar to parts of [[Pkunk]] culture.
*In terms of external morphology and psychology (empathy), the [[Supox]] greatly resemble the Elowan (SF1).
*Hayes' theory about the [[Mmrnmhrm]] being colonizing robots resembles the fact that the Mechan of SF1 were robots built with the purpose of colonizing planets in advance for the Noah project.
*Physically, the [[Mycon]] resemble the Nathracch (SF2). In terms of behavior, they resemble the Gazurtoid (both SF games).
*Psychologically and culturally the [[Thraddash]] resemble the G'Nunk (SF2); in order to make friends with both species it is necessary to kill many of them.
**Another similarity between the G'Nunk and the Thraddash is the worship of an artifact, the Most Valuable Thing and the [[Aqua Helix]] respectively, which is kept in a temple on one of the race's worlds and can be stolen by the player over the course of the game.
*The [[Melnorme]] are possibly also inspired from the Humna Humna, the merchant race in Starflight II.
*"Interstar" in "[[Interstar Credits]]" is probably inspired from the name of the space organization of the people of Arth, Interstel.

==Dialogue==
The default name of [[The Captain]], Zelnick, may come from Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of [[Crystal Dynamics]] at the time when 3DO version of Star Control II was being made. The producer of the 3DO version of Star Control II was Crystal Dynamics.

====Arilou====
The [[Arilou]]'s final line "Be seeing you..." may be a reference to the TV series [[wikipedia:The Prisoner|The Prisoner]].

====Ilwrath====
One of the gods that the [[Ilwrath]] used to worship was called "Awk of Seds", a reference to the text processing programs [[wikipedia:AWK programming language|awk]] and [[wikipedia:sed|sed]].

[[wikipedia:Captain Satellite|Captain Satellite]], which the [[Ilwrath]] confess to have watched on [[Channel 44]] prior to [[Dogar and Kazon]]'s transmissions, was a show on KTVU-2 in Oakland, California.

====Melnorme====
The Melnorme line "This very morning, I was just saying to subordinate Ochre `Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum! I smell the feet of a Hu-Hu-Man!'" refers to the fairy tale [[Wikipedia:Jack and the Beanstalk|Jack and the Beanstalk]], where an ogre (a flesh-eating giant) speaks the line "Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman.". The similarity between the subordinate's name "Ochre" and "ogre" is probably not a coincidence either.

The phrase "itchy pods" from the Melnorme line "I had itchy pods this morning, Captain, and here you are!" may come from the wives' tale of "itchy palms" that predict wealth. It may have also been influenced, consciously or unconsciously, by [[wikipedia:Dr. Seuss|Dr. Seuss]]' book "On Beyond Zebra", which introduces the letter "ITCH" with the line "And 'way, 'way past Z is a letter called ITCH. And the ITCH is for Itch-a-pods, animals which [...]".

====Mycon====
The Mycon phrase "The Juffo-Wup is strong in this place." (without the definite article in the DOS version) is a variation on the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] phrase "The Force is strong in this place."

====Pkunk====
[[The Captain]]'s remark to the [[Pkunk]] "Hey! Bird-brains! Got any fruit loops? Har-har-har!" refers to a brand of breakfast cereal called [[wikipedia:Froot Loops|Froot Loops]], which features a toucan resembling the Pkunk as its mascot.

The Pkunk say that they insult their foes to keep from "wrapping around" to evil; this is a programmer's joke about the nature of integers under the C programming language (and many others.) If you increase a number past its maximum (for example, 127 in an 8-bit integer) it suddenly becomes negative (-128, in this example).

The Pkunk mention channeling a ancient warrior called [[Rumdumdaddy]], which is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Ramtha|Ramtha]], an ancient Lemurian warrior that [[wikipedia:JZ Knight|JZ Knight]] claims to channel.

Many Pkunk dialog is a play on Far East/New Age philosophies. The Pkunk's observation that everyone in their past lives were famous, rich or interesting, and that hence other people don't reincarnate makes fun of the readings of so-called psychic mediums, who generally try to inspire faith by telling people what they want to hear. Along these same lines, The Captain mentions a [[wikipedia:Ouija|Ouija Board]], another common element of some New Age philosophies, when dissuading the Pkunk from returning to the Yehat.

A Pkunk greeting, "Auspicious portents and serendipitous omens have foretold your arrival", resembles a Tandelou greeting from [[wikipedia:Starflight 2|Starflight 2]], "Mysterious signs and ambiguous portents have foretold your arrival".

====Shofixti====
[[Tanaka]]'s opening comments, "you killed my father, my mother, my many brothers, all six of my sisters - in fact, my entire race! Prepare to die," may pay homage to the movie [[wikipedia:The Princess Bride|The Princess Bride]], in which the character [[wikipedia:Inigo Montoya|Inigo Montoya]] has prepared a similar comment for when he confronts his father's murderer, [[wikipedia:Count Rugen|Count Rugen]].

====Slylandro====
When you choose the aggressive lines to speak towards the [[Slylandro]] [[Probe]]s, the third time you get the response "ENACTING THIRD LAW." before combat is initiated. This refers to Isaac Asimov's [[wikipedia:Three Laws of Robotics|Three Laws of Robotics]]. The third law says "A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.".

The [[Slylandro]] explain that the Probes were programmed "to seek out new life and new civilizations... to boldly go where no
catalog item 2418-B... Remote Self-Replicating Robot Explorer Probe had gone before", a reference to Star Trek.

====Spathi====
When the [[Spathi]] [[The Safe Ones|Safe Ones]] ask the player for the [[Secret Spathi Cypher]], one of the incorrect options is "Wagh-nagl Fthagn", which spelled a little bit differently ("Wgah'nagl Fhtagn") comes from "''Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!''", a liturgical phrase in H. P. Lovecraft's [[wikipedia:Cthulhu mythos|Cthulhu mythos]].

One of the other options for the Spathi Cypher, "Gort, merenga!" comes from the movie "[[wikipedia:The Day the Earth Stood Still|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]".

====Starbase====
When [[The Captain]] gets to choose the name for the [[New Alliance of Free Stars|new alliance]], one of his options is "The United Federation of Worlds", a reference to the [[Wikipedia:United Federation of Planets|United Federation of Planets]] from Star Trek. [[Starbase]] Commander [[Hayes]] will reply to this choice by saying "we will make it so", another reference to Star Trek, where captain [[Wikipedia:Jean-Luc Picard|Jean-Luc Picard]] would frequently order to "make it so".

Commander Hayes mentions early on that the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] annihilated Buenos Aires. This is most likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Robert A. Heinlein|Robert Heinlein]]'s novel [[wikipedia:Starship Troopers|Starship Troopers]], where the alien race humanity is fighting against similarly destroy Argentina's capital.

Commander Hayes also mentions that when the Ur-Quan destroyed much of mankind's history, they also destroyed several places without any known value. These places likely correspond to locations in popular fiction and mythology. They are:
*"kilometer of land in central Iraq" - possibly the biblical [[Wikipedia:Babel|Babel]], [[Wikipedia:The Nameless City|The Nameless City]] from the works of H. P. Lovecraft, or [[Wikipedia:Iram of the Pillars|Iram of the Pillars]]
*"several targets in the Amazon rain forest" - possibly [[Wikipedia:El Dorado|El Dorado]] or simply just other undiscovered city centers in the Amazon jungle
*"something deep under the surface [of the Antarctic icecap]" - possibly a reference to the alien city discovered in H. P. Lovecraft's ''[[Wikipedia:At the Mountains of Madness|At the Mountains of Madness]]''
*"broad swath of the ocean floor in the south-eastern Atlantic" - possibly [[Wikipedia:Atlantis|Atlantis]], or possibly the south Pacific, underwater city of [[Wikipedia:R'lyeh|R'lyeh]] where [[Wikipedia:Cthulhu|Cthulhu]] rests.

The idea of a "[[psychon]]" present in Commander Hayes' statement that when an electric current is fed into the [[Taalo Shield]] "all evidence of psychon interaction is flatlined" possibly originates from [[wikipedia:Sir John Eccles|Sir John Eccles]]' theory, presented in his book "[[wikipedia:How the Self Controls Its Brain|How the Self Controls Its Brain]]".

The [[wikipedia:Roadside Picnic|Roadside Picnic]] might be the inspiration for the 'Empties'. In the novel they are one of the common alien artifacts found in the Zones. In the game they are a [[Precursor]] [[list of Precursor relics|artifact]] that Commander Hayes mentions in relation to the [[Ultron]].

The 'Singing Hoops', another Precursor artifact that Hayes mentions in relation to the Ultron, may have been inspired by the "talking rings" from the 1960 film, [[wikipedia:The Time Machine (1960 film)|The Time Machine]], that when spun retold the "last recorded voice of civilized man".

====Utwig====
When the [[Utwig]] are trying to tell you what to do with the [[Precursor Bomb]], at one point they say that the "Bomb must be...Hugged?" This is likely a reference to the movie [[Wikipedia:Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb|Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]].

One of the ways that the Utwig determined that the [[Ultron]] could have been saved was by cushioning the fall with a fuzzy wumpus. A Wumpus is a mysterious monster from the famous, early computer game [[Wikipedia:Hunt the Wumpus|Hunt the Wumpus]].

When describing the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]], the Utwig say that their stated purpose is "to seek out new life and new civilizations...and then annihilate them," a clear play on the mission statement of the [[Wikipedia:Starship Enterprise|Starship Enterprise]] of [[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]] fame.

The Utwig parting phrase "May the Ultron be with you!" is a variation on the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] phrase "May the Force be with you."

The [[Chief Groo]]'s name may originate from [[wikipedia:Groo the Wanderer|Groo the Wanderer]]'s name.

====VUX====
The description of the constellation that is described as "the snake-like creature who has swallowed the elephantine beast" in the DOS version ("the long, thin creature who has swallowed the huge beast." in the 3DO version and UQM) is a reference to the children's book [[wikipedia:Le Petit Prince|Le Petit Prince]] by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, which [http://www.korczak.com/Exupery/englisch/i.html describes and shows] an image of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.

The VUX say that [[Captain Rand]]'s [[Insult]] fixed their attitude setting at "ABHOR", which may be a reference to [[Professor Zorg's Guide to Alien Etiquette]] from Star Control 1, where the player was to select the correct attitude for a given situation; one of the answers was "ABHOR", again in all caps.

====Yehat====
"[[Cheep-Guava]]", the name of the head of the [[Yehat]] revolution, is a pun on "[[Wikipedia:Che Guevara|Che Guevara]]", the Cuban revolutionary leader.

====Zoq-Fot-Pik====
When first meeting the [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] at their homeworld, they warn you not to try stealing their atmosphere, a reference to [[Wikipedia:Spaceballs|Spaceballs]].

The coordinates "...ziggerfau-gerrrnuf, Ah-ah, Pahoy-hoy" of the Zoq-Fot-Pik homeworld given in their initial encounter refers to Hawaiian words for two types of [[Wikipedia:lava|lava]] flows, "Aa" and "Pahoehoe".

At one point, the Zoq claims its species has psychic powers. The Pik scoffs at this claim, mentioning several apparently failed attempts at psychic demonstrations such as fixing broken chronometers and bending dorfs, eventually calling the Zoq a faker. This conversation is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Uri Geller|Uri Geller]], who also claimed to use mental powers to make stopped watches start and to bend spoons.

====Other====
The Mosquito Mange is mentioned in the [[Androsynth]] computer records immediately prior to their disappearance. It is a reference to the term found in Roadside Picnic referring to graviconcentrates - areas of heightened and directed gravity.

Deep radar or deep-radar, mentioned by Commander Hayes and the Star Control II manual, p. 39 (PC), is likely a reference to the homologous device from Larry Niven's Known Space universe. In addition, the deep-radar from Star Control can apparently penetrate massive bodies (just like Niven's one), as it is used to detect mineral deposits.

==Ship Captains==
Numerous [[list of ship captain names|ship captain names]] are actually references.

====Androsynth====
*'''1040-EZ''' is a common [[wikipedia:Form 1040EZ|tax return form]] in the United States.
*'''976-KILL''' is probably meant as an American phone number. It may also refer to the movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094597/ 976-EVIL]. The "976" prefix is reserved for pay services.
*'''[[wikipedia:AK-47|AK-47]]''' is the famous Avtomat Kalashnikova assault rifle
*'''BHS-79''' ''(just a wild guess here- is this the initials of one of the high schools they attended, and their graduation date?)''
*'''BIM-XT''' is an anagram for the [[wikipedia:IBM XT|IBM XT]] personal computer from the early 1980s
*'''BOOJI-1''' is a possible reference to the character [[wikipedia:Booji Boy|Booji Boy]] from the band [[wikipedia:Devo|Devo]].
*'''CRC-16''' is a 16 bits "[[wikipedia:Cyclic redundancy check|Cyclic redundancy check]] (an error-detecting checksum).
*'''DORN-3''' may be a reference to artist John Alfred Dorn III, who did several illustrations for the novels of [[wikipedia:Stanisław Lem|Stanisław Lem]]. It could also be a reference to actor [[wikipedia:Michael Dorn|Michael Dorn]], who played Lt. Worf on ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.
*'''DOS-1.0''' is a reference to one or all of the various early disk operating systems ([[wikipedia:PC-DIS|PC-DOS]], [[wikipedia:MS-DOS|MS-DOS]], [[wikipedia:Apple DOS|Apple DOS]], etc).
*'''HAL-2001''' is a reference to the [[wikipedia:HAL 9000|HAL 9000]] computer from [[wikipedia:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]]'s and [[wikipedia:Stanley Kubrick|Stanley Kubrick]]'s [[wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey]]
*'''JOR-15''' might be a reference to [[wikipedia:Jor-El|Jor-El]], superman's biological father in the DC comics universe.
*'''KORB-7B''' might refer to [[wikipedia:Lawrence Korb|Lawrence Korb]], a former US Secretary of Defense heavily involved in military security. May also refer to Roger Corby, an android from the original Star Trek episode [[wikipedia:What Are Little Girls Made Of?|What Are Little Girls Made Of?]]
*'''ME-262''' is a reference to the Messerschmitt [[wikipedia:Me-262|Me-262]], the first operational jet powered aircraft.
*'''NECRO-99''' may be a reference to the robot NECRON-99 from the movie [[wikipedia:Wizards (movie)|Wizards]].
*'''SR-71''' is a reference to the Lockheed [[wikipedia:SR-71|SR-71 Blackbird]], an advanced reconnaissance aircraft.
*'''[[wikipedia:Merkur XR4Ti|XR4-TI]]''' was a car model manufactured by the short-lived [[wikipedia:Merkur|Merkur]] brand.

====Druuge====
*'''Moola''' is a play on "moolah", an English slang word for money.
*'''Duulard''' could be a play on "dullard," which is slang for a boring person.
*All Druuge names have doubled vowels.

====Human====
*'''Adama''' is the captain of the [[wikipedia:Battlestar Galactica|Battlestar Galactica]] in the television series by the same name.
*'''Belt''' is a reference to Henry Belt, captain of a solar sail vessel in Jack Vance's short story ''Sail 25''.
*'''Buck''' refers to [[wikipedia:Buck Rogers|Buck Rogers]], a character who appeared in popular sci-fi comic strips and serials in the late 30's, as well as a later television series.
*'''Decker''' is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Willard Decker|Willard Decker]], captain of the [[wikipedia:Starship Enterprise|Starship Enterprise]] NCC-1701 in the movie [[wikipedia:Star Trek: The Motion Picture|Star Trek: The Motion Picture]].
*'''Ender''' is a reference to the main character of the Orson Scott Card novel [[wikipedia:Ender's Game|Ender's Game]].
*'''Graeme''' is a reference to Donal Graeme, a protagonist in the [[wikipedia: Childe Cycle|Childe Cycle]] novels by [[wikipedia:Gordon R. Dickson|Gordon R. Dickson]]. ''(This may also be a reference to other characters in this series with this same lastname.)''
*'''Halleck''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Gurney Halleck|Gurney Halleck]] of the [[wikipedia:Dune universe|Dune series]].
*'''Kirk''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:James T. Kirk|James T. Kirk]], captain of the [[wikipedia:Starship Enterprise|Starship Enterprise]] NCC-1701 in the original series of [[wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]].
*'''Pike''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Christopher Pike|Christopher Pike]], captain of the [[wikipedia:Starship Enterprise|Starship Enterprise]] NCC-1701 in the pilot episode of [[wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Pirx|Pirx]]''' is a reference to a fictional test pilot in a series of stories by Stanisław Lem.
*'''Solo''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Han Solo|Han Solo]], captain of the [[wikipedia:Millennium Falcon|Millennium Falcon]] in [[wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] episode 4 through 6.
*'''Spiff''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Spaceman Spiff|Spaceman Spiff]], a fantasy identity of Calvin from [[wikipedia:Calvin and Hobbes|Calvin and Hobbes]]
*'''Trent''' is a reference to Jeff Trent, civilian airline pilot from [[wikipedia:Plan 9 from Outer Space|Plan 9 from Outer Space]]
*'''Tuf''' is a reference to Haviland Tuf, the protagonist in [[wikipedia:Tuf Voyaging|Tuf Voyaging]] by [[wikipedia:George R.R. Martin|George R.R. Martin]].
*'''VanRijn''' is a reference to the merchant prince Nicholas Van Rijn in [[wikipedia:Poul Anderson|Poul Anderson]]'s stories.
*'''Wu''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Louis Wu|Louis Wu]], the protagonist of Larry Niven's [[wikipedia:Ringworld|Ringworld series]].

====Ilwrath====
*'''[[wikipedia:Gorgon|Gorgon]]''' is a famous Greek mythological creature, of which [[wikipedia:Medusa|Medusa]] was one.
*'''Kalgon''' might refer to [[wikipedia:Calgon|Calgon]], a cleansing product.
*'''Taragon''' likely refers to the spice [[wikipedia:tarragon|tarragon]]
*'''[[wikipedia:Baylor University|Baylor]]''' is a university in Waco, Texas.

====Kohr-Ah====
*All of the captain names are '''Death''' followed by a [[wikipedia:Prime_number|prime number]].

====Mycon====
*'''Znuff''' could be a reference to the 1984 rock group [[wikipedia:Enuff Z'nuff|Enuff Z'nuff]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Spork|Spork]]''' is an eating utensil, a hybrid of a spoon and a fork.

====Pkunk====
*'''Crow''' may refer to [[wikipedia:Crow T. Robot|Crow T. Robot]] from [[wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mystery Science Theater 3000]] as well as the obvious type of bird.
*'''Ernie''' is likely a reference to the British cartoon [[wikipedia:Ernie (comic strip)|Ernie]].
*'''Tweety''' is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Tweety|Tweety Bird]].
*'''WudStok''' is Snoopy's friend [[wikipedia:Woodstock (Peanuts)|Woodstock]] in the comic strip [[wikipedia:Peanuts|Peanuts]].

====Shofixti====
*'''Bonsai!''' is actually [[wikipedia:Bonsai|the Japanese art of pruning trees]], but is most likely a reference to the cry [[wikipedia:Ten thousand years|Banzai]].
*'''Busu''' is a Japanese word for ugly
*'''Chimchim''' most likely refers to the pet chimpanzee in [[wikipedia:Speed Racer|Speed Racer]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Daikon|Daikon]]''' is a giant, white radish popular in Japanese cooking.
*'''[[wikipedia:Gaijin|Gaijin]]''' is a disparaging Japanese term for foreigner.
*'''Genjiro''' is possibly a reference to the character Genjiro Tani, a mentor to [[wikipedia:Skyrider (Kamen Rider)|Skyrider]] and [[wikipedia:Kamen Rider Super-1|Kamen Rider Super-1]] in the Japanese [[wikipedia:Kamen Rider series|Kamen Rider series]].
*'''Ginzu''' is probably the [[wikipedia:Ginsu|Ginsu knife]].
*'''Hiyata''' is a reference to the title character of the Japanese show [[wikipedia:Ultraman|Ultraman]], where it can also be spelled "Hayata".
*'''Ichiban''' is the Japanese word for the number 1, or first
*'''Kimba''' refers to the main character in the Japanese animation [[wikipedia:Kimba the White Lion|Kimba, the White Lion]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Katana|Katana]]''' is a Japanese sword.
*'''[[wikipedia:Kudzu|Kudzu]]''' is an Asian plant that can be found in southern Japan.
*'''Naninani''' is Japanese for "such and such"
*'''[[wikipedia:Sushi|Sushi]]''' is Japanese for seasoned rice, usually associated with raw fish.
*'''Tanaka''' is a fairly common [[wikipedia:Japanese name|Japanese surname]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Tofu|Tofu]]''' is bean curd, popular in Japanese cooking.
*'''Tora-3''' refers to the radio call announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. [[wikipedia:Tora Tora Tora|Tora! Tora! Tora!]]
*'''Wasabe''' is a Japanese condiment, usually spelled [[wikipedia:Wasabi|wasabi]].

====Spathi====
*'''Jinkeze''' is a reference to the catchphrase of [[Wikipedia:Velma Dinkley|Velma Dinkley]], a main character in the [[Wikipedia:Scooby-Doo|Scooby-Doo]] cartoons, which she says when she is scared or surprised.

====Supox====
*'''Crinoid''' is a reference to the Krynoids, hostile sentient plants in the [[wikipedia:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]] episode ''The Seeds of Doom''.
*'''Trifid''' is a reference to the carnivorous, mobile (and possibly intelligent) plants in [[wikipedia:The Day of the Triffids|The Day of the Triffids]].
*All of the other captain names are parts or types of plants.

====Syreen====
*'''Aelita''' refers to the early Soviet sci-fi novel ''Aelita'' by [[wikipedia:Alexei Tolstoy|Alexei Tolstoy]] or to a silent film [[wikipedia:Aelita|Aelita:Queen of Mars]] based on it.
*'''Alia''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Alia Atreides|St. Alia of the Knife]], the sister of [[wikipedia:Paul Atreides|Paul Atreides]] in the [[wikipedia:Dune universe|Dune series]].
*'''Alura''' is possibly a reference either to Princess Allura in the [[wikipedia:Voltron|Voltron]] cartoon series or to the mother of [[wikipedia:Supergirl|Supergirl]].
*'''Ardala''' is a reference to the Princess Ardala, nemesis of Buck Rogers.
*'''Be'lit''' is a possible reference to [[wikipedia:Belit|Belit]], a pirate queen in the [[wikipedia:Conan the Barbarian|Conan the Barbarian]] stories.
*'''Brawne''' refers to Brawne Lamia, a character in Dan Simmons' [[wikipedia:Hyperion Cantos|Hyperion Cantos]] books.
*'''Dale''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Dale Arden|Dale Arden]], the girlfriend of [[wikipedia:Flash Gordon|Flash Gordon]].
*'''Danning''' is a reference to the actress [[wikipedia:Sybil Danning|Sybil Danning]].
*'''Dejah''' may be a reference to Dejah Thoris Burroughs (Deety) in Robert A. Heinlein's [[wikipedia:The Number of the Beast (novel)|The Number of the Beast]], or to Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, in the [[wikipedia:Barsoom series|Barsoom series]] by [[wikipedia:Edgar Rice Burroughs|Edgar Rice Burroughs]].
*'''Maya''' refers to the attractive female [[wikipedia:Space 1999|Space: 1999]] character gifted with shapeshifing abilties.
*'''Munro''' possibly refers to another genre actress, [[wikipedia:Caroline Munro|Caroline Munro]].
*'''Penny''' possibly refers to the lead female character in the movie [[wikipedia:The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension|The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]], or the character of Penny Robinson in the television show Lost in Space.
*'''Ripley''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Ellen Ripley|Lieutenant Ripley]], as portrayed by [[wikipedia:Sigourney Weaver|Sigourney Weaver]] in the movie [[wikipedia:Alien (movie)|Alien]].
*'''Sparta''' is a reference to the beautiful female protagonist with a mysterious past in the Venus Prime series by [[wikipedia:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[wikipedia:Paul Preuss|Paul Preuss]].
*'''Teela''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Teela Brown|Teela Brown]], one of the heroines of the Larry Niven's [[wikipedia:Ringworld|Ringworld]] novels.
*'''Yarr''' may be a reference to [[wikipedia:Natasha Yar|Natasha Yar]] who appeared in [[wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]].

====Umgah====
*'''Bob''' is possibly a reference to the creators themselves: [[Toys For Bob]].
*'''Brewz'k''' is likely the slang word "brewski".
*'''Ei'Ei'o''' is probably referring to the refrain of the children's song ''[[wikipedia:Old MacDonald Had a Farm|Old MacDonald Had a Farm]]''. The name was used before in [[Professor Zorg's Guide to Alien Etiquette]] in [[Star Control 1]].

====Ur-Quan====
*While all captain's names are '''Lord''' followed by a number, '''Lord 666''' is notable as a reference to the [[wikipedia:Number of the Beast|Number of the Beast]]. There is no known pattern to their numbers, unlike the Kohr-Ah.

====Utwig====
*'''Endo''' might refer to a slang word for [[Wikipedia:marijuana|marijuana]]. In Japanese, this is also type of pea.
*'''Manny''' might refer to the main character in [[wikipedia:Robert A. Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein]]'s book [[wikipedia:the Moon Is a Harsh Mistress|The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress]].
*'''Nestor''' might refer to the [[Wikipedia:NS-2|NS-2]], a robot model in Asimov's "[[Wikipedia:Little Lost Robot|Little Lost Robot]]" that can, by inaction, allow a human to be harmed.
*'''Jujuby''' might be an alternate spelling of '[[Wikipedia:Jujube|Jujube]]', which is the fruit of a certain tree, also known as the "Chinese Date".

====VUX====
*'''[[wikipedia:Program Information File|PIF]]''' is a file extension used in early versions of [[wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]].
*'''VIP''' is an acronym meaning "very important person".
*'''YUK''' likely comes from the work "yuck" -- an appropriate name, given the VUX's appearance.
*'''[[wikipedia:zit|ZIT]]''' likely comes from the skin blemish of the same name.
*'''NRF''' may refer to the toy gun brand [[wikipedia:Nerf|Nerf]].

====Yehat====
*'''Beep-eep''' could refer to the token sound made by the [[wikipedia:RWile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Road Runner]] in various [[wikipedia:Looney Tunes|Looney Tunes]] animations and products.
*All the rest of their captains' names simply change the first letter.

====Zoq-Fot-Pik====
*'''RinTin''' is likely named after the famous movie dog [[wikipedia:Rin Tin Tin|Rin Tin Tin]].
*'''TikTak''' is likely a reference to the [[wikipedia:Tic Tac (candy)|Tic Tac]] breath mints or to the children's game [[wikipedia:Tic-tac-toe|Tic-tac-toe]].

==Ship Designs==
*The '''[[Arilou]]'s [[Skiff]]''' vessel is reminiscent of the 'traditional' flying saucers or UFO's.
*The '''[[Earthling]] [[Cruiser]]''' seems to be inspired by the Federation Starships from [[wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]].
*The '''[[Ilwrath]] [[Avenger]]''' shares the same approximate configuration as both the [[wikipedia:Klingon starships|Klingon Bird-of-Prey]] and the [[wikipedia:Romulan starships|Romulan Warbird]] from Star Trek.
*The '''[[Mmrnmhrm]] [[X-Form]]''' takes inspiration for both of its transformation forms from two popular [[wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] Rebellion fighters -- the [[wikipedia:X-Wing|X-Wing]] and the [[wikipedia:Y-Wing|Y-Wing]], respectively.
*The '''[[Syreen]] [[Penetrator]]''' is shaped after the [[wikipedia:V-2 rocket|V-2 rocket]], and a dildo.
*The '''[[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] [[Dreadnought]]''' seems to be inspired by the [[wikipedia:Battlestar Galactica (ship)|Battlestar command ships]] from Battlestar Galactica.
*The '''[[VUX]] [[Intruder]]''' looks very similar to the D7 class Klingon starship.
*The '''[[Chmmr]] [[Avatar]]''' looks similar to [[wikipedia:Vic Viper|Vic Viper]] of the [[wikipedia:Gradius series|Gradius series]] (the ZapSats may replace the option pods). The ZapSats also strongly resemble the Uhl Weapon from Starflight II, though it did not have the two mouse-like ears.

==Star and constellation names==
According to the [[HyperSpace]] starmap, the names for the HyperSpace stars and constellations were taken from "traditional astronomical designations." These are the in-game star and constellation names that don't directly correspond to real life astronomical designations. Others such as Lalande and Wolf, while not the name of actual constellations, appear to be derived from astronomical designations.
*'''Almagest''' is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Almagest|Almagest]], an astronomical treatise written by [[Wikipedia:Ptolemy|Claudius Ptolemaius]] and describing his geocentric theory.
*'''Arianni''' may be a reference to the "inner earth people" with the same name mentioned in a purported [http://www.reversespins.com/byrd.html missing diary] of [[wikipedia:Admiral Byrd|Admiral Byrd]]. Alternative origins may be Arianna Reiche ([[Paul Reiche III]]'s daughter), the [[Wikipedia:Ariane (rocket)|Ariane rockets]], which were the primary launch vehicle of the European Space Agency in the latter portion of the 20th century, the planet [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/places/article/69410.html Ariannus] from the original [[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]], the [[wikipedia:Arianism|Arianist]] religious doctrine, the [[wikipedia:Aryan|Arian/Aryan]] (Proto-Indo-European) people or the ancient Greek historian [[wikipedia:Arrian|Arrian]].
*'''Brahe''' is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Tycho Brahe|Tycho Brahe]], the famous Danish astronomer of the 16th century.
*'''Cerenkov''' is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov|Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov]], a Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate.
*'''Chandrasekhar''' is a reference to the Indian-American astrophysicist [[Wikipedia:Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar|Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]], famous for his work on stellar evolution and black holes.
*'''Copernicus''' is a reference [[Wikipedia:Nicolaus Copernicus|Nicolaus Copernicus]], the polish astronomer who proposed the sun was the center of the solar system.
*'''Gorno''' is a possible reference to the [[Wikipedia:Gorn|Gorn]], a race in [[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]].
*'''Hyginus''' is a reference to the attributed author of [[Wikipedia:Poeticon astronomicon|Poeticon astronomicon]].
*'''Hyperion''' is a reference to the main setting of Dan Simmons' [[wikipedia:Hyperion Cantos|Hyperion Cantos]]; in turn, the denomination is taken from the name of the mythological Titan [[wikipedia:Hyperion (mythology)|Hyperion]].
*'''Illuminati''' is a reference to a variety of conspiracy theories, especially those of the [[Wikipedia:Illuminati|Bavarian Illuminati]].
*'''Kepler''' is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Johannes Kepler|Johannes Kepler]] who discovered the three laws of planetary motion.
*'''Klystron''' is a reference to a kind of vacuum tube used in early radar systems.
*'''Lentilis''' is probably a reference to the Lentili from David Brin's short story [[Wikipedia:Sshhh ...|Sshhh ...]].
*'''Lipi''' is possibly a misspelling of "[[wikipedia:Lupus (constellation)|Lupus]]", an existing constellation.
*'''Maksutov''' is likely a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Maksutov telescope|Maksutov telescope]] invented by the Russian optician [[Wikipedia:Dimtri Maksutov|Dimtri Maksutov]].
*'''Mersenne''' is a reference to [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Mersenne.html Marin Mersenne] a Minim friar who lived in France from 1588-1648 and was a major founder of number theory.
*'''Metis''' is a [[wikipedia:Metis (moon)|moon of Jupiter]], and correspondingly a [[wikipedia:Metis (mythology)|character]] in Greek mythology.
*'''Olber''' is likely a reference to [[Wikipedia:Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers|Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers]], a German astronomer.
*'''Organon''' is likely a reference to either Francis Bacon's book [[Wikipedia:Novum Organum|The New Organon]] or Aristotle's [[Wikipedia:Organon|Organon]], after which Bacon's book was named. Alternatively it could be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Organia|Organia]], an important location in [[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]], or to the [[Wikipedia:Organa family|Organa family]] in the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] universe.
*'''Ptolemae''' is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Ptolemy|Claudius Ptolemaius]], an ancient astronomer whose Geocentric views Copernicus replaced.
*'''Raynet''' is possibly a misspelling of "[[wikipedia:Wolf-Rayet|Rayet]]", an existing astronomical designation. It could also be a reference to British amateur radio network [[Wikipedia:RAYNET|RAYNET]].
*'''Saurus''' is possibly a reference to [[wikipedia:Eden Phillpotts|Eden Phillpotts]] novel ''Saurus''. It is also similar to the Greek word for "reptile".
*'''Squidi'''
*'''Vitalis'''
*'''Zeeman''' is possibly a reference to the physicist [[Wikipedia:Pieter Zeeman|Pieter Zeeman]] for whom a [[Wikipedia:Zeeman (crater)|crater]] on the moon is named.

==Other==
*'''[[Leyland Gravity Whip]]s''' are named after Robert Leyland, a Toys For Bob programmer.

*The name and appearance of most '''[[Table of bio types|bio types]]''' found on planets originate in some way from real (living or not) things. The less obvious ones are listed below:
**'''Roto-Dendron''' is likely a [[wikipedia:Portmanteau|portmanteau]] of "[[wikipedia:Roto|roto]]" and "[[wikipedia:Rhododendron|rhododendron]]" (the name of a real plant).
**'''Macrocilla''' is probably a misspelling of "macrocilia", i.e. macroscopic [[wikipedia:Cilium|cilia]].
**In '''Splort Wort''', "splort" is an onomatopoeia for the shooting of a liquid, and "wort" is old English for "herb".
**The '''Bug-Eyed Bait''' resembles a worm, and indeed, worms are used as bait in fishing. Also, the large eyes of the creature justify the epithet "bug-eyed".

*The Pkunk Fury tactic of rotating while firing in all directions is refered to in the Star Control II manual as '''Death Blossom'''; this term originates from the movie [[wikipedia:The Last Starfighter|The Last Starfighter]] where it is used to describe a similar manoeuvre.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}[[Paul Reiche III]] explained the connection between the Androsynth and his own "friendships with openly gay folks" in an [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=2719.msg34333#msg34333 email exchange with a fan].
{{note|2}}{{IRC1998}}
::<Manta> Fwiffo: Has anyone ever brought up parallels between Babylon 5 and Star Control? 
::<Fwiffo> Babylon 5 causes a certain amount of stomping around the office screaming. 
::<Fwiffo> Babylon 5 steals from us. We steal from known space. 
::<Fwiffo> And Larry in known space steals from others.

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Influences and references

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The [[Star Control|Star Control 1]] manual mentions "Inspired by the Works of Fiction of: [[wikipedia:Orson Scott Card|Orson Scott Card]], [[wikipedia:Larry Niven|Larry Niven]], [[wikipedia:Andre Norton|Andre Norton]], [[wikipedia:David Brin|David Brin]], [[wikipedia:Robert A. Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein]], [[wikipedia:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]], [[wikipedia:Jack Vance|Jack Vance]], [[wikipedia:Alan Dean Foster|Alan Dean Foster]], [[wikipedia:Keith Laumer|Keith Laumer]], [[wikipedia:A. E. Van Vogt|A.E. Van Vogt]], [[wikipedia:E. E. Smith|E.E. "Doc" Smith]], [[wikipedia:Joe Haldeman|Joe Haldeman]], [[wikipedia:Dan Simmons|Dan Simmons]], [[wikipedia:Fred Saberhagen|Fred Saberhagen]] and 100 worthy others."

==Alien design==
The names of certain races introduced in [[Star Control II]] are taken from the so-called "[[Professor Zorg's Guide to Alien Etiquette]]" (the copy-protection of Star Control): [[Orz]], [[Pkunk]], [[Slylandro]], [[Supox]], [[Thraddash]] (as "Thrddash"), [[Utwig]], and [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]].

The name [[Androsynth]] is taken from the Greek "andros" ("man") and "synthetic" from Greek "syn" ("together") and "thesis" ("put"), or as the [[Star Control II]] manual says it "fake men".

The pink triangle on the suits of the Androsynth in [[SuperMelee]] is a [[wikipedia:Pink triangle|gay symbol]].{{ref|1}}

The Star Control 2 manual describes the [[Chenjesu]] as being "a bit more equal" than the other [[Alliance]] races, which is a reference to a [[wikipedia:Seven Commandments|similar statement]] found in ''[[wikipedia:Animal Farm|Animal Farm]]'' by [[wikipedia:George Orwell|George Orwell]].

The name [[Druuge]] is pronounced almost exactly like the ancient Persian word "druj" - a term of [[wikipedia:Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian religion]] that is very roughly translated as "daeva (demon) of lies". Since the Druuge are proven liars and resemble the [[wikipedia:Daeva|daevas]], which are described as "beings with combined human and animal characteristics," this may have been an influence.

The [[Ilwrath]] were named after a friend of the creators  named McIlwraith.

The name [[Melnorme]] is a reference to jazz singer [[wikipedia:Mel Tormé|Mel Tormé]].

The [[Mycon]] is taken from the Greek prefix "myc-" or "myco-", which means Fungus.

The [[Orz]] and the disappearance of the [[Androsynth]] were influenced by [[wikipedia:H. P. Lovecraft|H. P. Lovecraft]]'s writings. .

Utricularia, as in ''[[Supox]] Utricularia'', is a genus of carnivorous plants more commonly known as [[Wikipedia:Bladderwort|Bladderwort]].

The [[Shofixti]] are inspired by the historical [[wikipedia:History of Japan|Japanese culture]].
"[[Kyabetsu]]", the name of the former Shofixti homeworld, means "cabbage". The tiny main gun of their [[Scout]] ships is called the Mendokusai Energy Dart; "Mendoukusai" in Japanese means "irritating; bothersome."

[[Spathi]] is "Sword" in Greek. It is possible that the name is meant to be very ironical, because the Spathi are so cowardly. Also, the rumours of the Black Spathi Squadron might be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:VMA-214|Black Sheep Squadron]] from World War 2.

The [[Syreen]] are based on the [[wikipedia:Siren|Siren]]s from classical mythology. They were sea nymphs who would use enchanting song to lure ships onto the cliffs.

The [[Yehat]] are inspired in part by the [[wikipedia:Scottish clan|Scottish clan]]s; the uplift of the Shofixti is inspired by [[Wikipedia:David Brin|David Brin]]'s [[Wikipedia:Uplift Universe|Uplift]] series.

===Larry Niven influences===
A number of aliens draw some of their inspiration from Niven's [[wikipedia:Known Space|Known Space]] novels. Fred and Paul have openly admitted in a [[TFB chat protocols|1998 IRC chat]] to being influenced by these novels.{{ref|2}}
*The [[Dnyarri]] are very similar in description, powers, and history to the [[wikipedia:Thrint|Thrint]]un race, "a long-extinct species which ruled the galaxy through telepathic mind control." Like the [[wikipedia:Grogs|Grogs]], the Talking Pets are devolved forms of a once-great race.
*The [[Precursors]] are also slightly similar to the Thrintun who likewise left behind relics to be used by the modern-day characters in Niven's novels and who were given a vague moniker, "Slavers", by later races since their real name was unknown.
*Though not physiologically, the [[Spathi]] resemble less advanced versions of the cowardly [[wikipedia:Pierson's Puppeteer|Pierson's Puppeteer]]s.
*The [[Arilou]], in their speculated capacity as genetic manipulators of humanity, are also similar to the Puppeteers.
*The [[Melnorme]], like the [[wikipedia:Outsiders (Known Space)|Outsiders]], are traveling merchants who trade in information and will answer any question for the right price.
**The [[Keel-Verezy]] may be similar to the [[wikipedia:Starseed|Starseeds]], sharing a similar relation with the [[Melnorme]] as the starseeds with the Outsiders.
*The [[Shofixti]] are similar in appearance and warlike tendencies to the [[wikipedia:kzin|kzin]].

===Starflight influences===
The creators of [[Star Control]] and [[Star Control II]] worked in the making of the [[wikipedia:Starflight|Starflight]] games as well, and numerous SC elements are inspired from the SF universe:
*Gameplay elements
**Exploration in the Starflight games also had three parts: planet (with a landing vehicle that could stun lifeforms and collect minerals), interplanetary and hyperspace (with portals leading to planetary systems).
**A starbase fulfilled a similar role to the [[Earth Starbase]] in Star Control II — elements appearing in both SC2 and SF are hiring crew, installing modules, receiving notices and analyzing artifacts.
**In the Starflight games there were also a number of artifacts (though some of them were bought instead of found), including an "Uhl weapon" performing a function similar to the [[Utwig Bomb]] — the neutralization of the final boss in the game; even more resembling the Utwig Bomb, in the first Starflight there existed artifacts of the Phlegmak, a long-disappeared species, named "Black Egg Bombs", capable of destroying entire planets.
**The useless [[Wimbli's Trident]] and [[Glowing Rod]] resemble some similar, useless "alien curiosities" from the Starflight games.
*Several lines in Star Control II are clear puns on lines from Starflight and Starflight II. Notably, the quirky speech patterns of the [[Orz]] seem based on those of Starflight's Veloxi ([[Greg Johnson]], one of the Starflight developers, was the one who fleshed out the Orz dialogue).
*Starflight's Crystal Planet, built by the Ancients to cleanse the galaxy of Endurium-using life-forms by flaring their suns, seems an influence for both the [[Sa-Matra]] and the [[Eternal Doctrine]] (or the [[Path of Now and Forever]]).
*That the [[Ilwrath]] call their star the [[Green Eye of Dogar]] might have been influenced by SF2's Tandelou calling the Anomaly "The Great Eye of Thdok-Bryg-Ahhh".
*The Uhl, an extradimensional energy being that mind-controls alien races (such as the Leghk, Umanu or Lowar), might have been an influence for the Orz.
*The name [[Arilou Lalee'lay]] may originate from the Starflight II race name Aeoruiiaeo.
*In terms of external morphology, the [[Umgah]] resemble the Spemin (both SF games). In terms of behavior, they are somewhat similar to the Teeelveee (SF2).
**The Spemin might have also been an influence for the design of the [[Spathi]], as both races are cowardly.
*Culturally, psychologically and in terms of general appearance, the [[Utwig]] resemble the Dweenle (SF2).
*The [[VUX]] appear to be influenced by the Lieu Vadish.
*The ceremonious nature of the Tandelou (SF2) might have been an influence for the design of the [[Utwig]]. Also, by returning the Most Valuable Thing to the Tandelou, the civil war among the Tandelou Eshvey and the Tandelou Eshvara ceases, just like by returning the Ultron to the Utwig, they cease being depressed; in addition, both artifacts are seemingly useless.
**Some elements of the Tandelou religion (cosmic alignments, portents and omens) are similar to parts of [[Pkunk]] culture.
*In terms of external morphology and psychology (empathy), the [[Supox]] greatly resemble the Elowan (SF1).
*Hayes' theory about the [[Mmrnmhrm]] being colonizing robots resembles the fact that the Mechan of SF1 were robots built with the purpose of colonizing planets in advance for the Noah project.
*Physically, the [[Mycon]] resemble the Nathracch (SF2). In terms of behavior, they resemble the Gazurtoid (both SF games).
*Psychologically and culturally the [[Thraddash]] resemble the G'Nunk (SF2); in order to make friends with both species it is necessary to kill many of them.
**Another similarity between the G'Nunk and the Thraddash is the worship of an artifact, the Most Valuable Thing and the [[Aqua Helix]] respectively, which is kept in a temple on one of the race's worlds and can be stolen by the player over the course of the game.
*The [[Melnorme]] are possibly also inspired from the Humna Humna, the merchant race in Starflight II.
*"Interstar" in "[[Interstar Credits]]" is probably inspired from the name of the space organization of the people of Arth, Interstel.

==Dialogue==
The default name of [[The Captain]], Zelnick, may come from Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of [[Crystal Dynamics]] at the time when 3DO version of Star Control II was being made. The producer of the 3DO version of Star Control II was Crystal Dynamics.

====Arilou====
The [[Arilou]]'s final line "Be seeing you..." may be a reference to the TV series [[wikipedia:The Prisoner|The Prisoner]].

====Ilwrath====
One of the gods that the [[Ilwrath]] used to worship was called "Awk of Seds", a reference to the text processing programs [[wikipedia:AWK programming language|awk]] and [[wikipedia:sed|sed]].

[[wikipedia:Captain Satellite|Captain Satellite]], which the [[Ilwrath]] confess to have watched on [[Channel 44]] prior to [[Dogar and Kazon]]'s transmissions, was a show on KTVU-2 in Oakland, California.

====Melnorme====
The Melnorme line "This very morning, I was just saying to subordinate Ochre `Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum! I smell the feet of a Hu-Hu-Man!'" refers to the fairy tale [[Wikipedia:Jack and the Beanstalk|Jack and the Beanstalk]], where an ogre (a flesh-eating giant) speaks the line "Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman.". The similarity between the subordinate's name "Ochre" and "ogre" is probably not a coincidence either.

The phrase "itchy pods" from the Melnorme line "I had itchy pods this morning, Captain, and here you are!" may come from the wives' tale of "itchy palms" that predict wealth. It may have also been influenced, consciously or unconsciously, by [[wikipedia:Dr. Seuss|Dr. Seuss]]' book "On Beyond Zebra", which introduces the letter "ITCH" with the line "And 'way, 'way past Z is a letter called ITCH. And the ITCH is for Itch-a-pods, animals which [...]".

====Mycon====
The Mycon phrase "The Juffo-Wup is strong in this place." (without the definite article in the DOS version) is a variation on the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] phrase "The Force is strong in this place."

====Pkunk====
[[The Captain]]'s remark to the [[Pkunk]] "Hey! Bird-brains! Got any fruit loops? Har-har-har!" refers to a brand of breakfast cereal called [[wikipedia:Froot Loops|Froot Loops]], which features a toucan resembling the Pkunk as its mascot.

The Pkunk say that they insult their foes to keep from "wrapping around" to evil; this is a programmer's joke about the nature of integers under the C programming language (and many others.) If you increase a number past its maximum (for example, 127 in an 8-bit integer) it suddenly becomes negative (-128, in this example).

The Pkunk mention channeling a ancient warrior called [[Rumdumdaddy]], which is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Ramtha|Ramtha]], an ancient Lemurian warrior that [[wikipedia:JZ Knight|JZ Knight]] claims to channel.

Many Pkunk dialog is a play on Far East/New Age philosophies. The Pkunk's observation that everyone in their past lives were famous, rich or interesting, and that hence other people don't reincarnate makes fun of the readings of so-called psychic mediums, who generally try to inspire faith by telling people what they want to hear. Along these same lines, The Captain mentions a [[wikipedia:Ouija|Ouija Board]], another common element of some New Age philosophies, when dissuading the Pkunk from returning to the Yehat.

A Pkunk greeting, "Auspicious portents and serendipitous omens have foretold your arrival", resembles a Tandelou greeting from [[wikipedia:Starflight 2|Starflight 2]], "Mysterious signs and ambiguous portents have foretold your arrival".

====Shofixti====
[[Tanaka]]'s opening comments, "you killed my father, my mother, my many brothers, all six of my sisters - in fact, my entire race! Prepare to die," may pay homage to the movie [[wikipedia:The Princess Bride|The Princess Bride]], in which the character [[wikipedia:Inigo Montoya|Inigo Montoya]] has prepared a similar comment for when he confronts his father's murderer, [[wikipedia:Count Rugen|Count Rugen]].

====Slylandro====
When you choose the aggressive lines to speak towards the [[Slylandro]] [[Probe]]s, the third time you get the response "ENACTING THIRD LAW." before combat is initiated. This refers to Isaac Asimov's [[wikipedia:Three Laws of Robotics|Three Laws of Robotics]]. The third law says "A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.".

The [[Slylandro]] explain that the Probes were programmed "to seek out new life and new civilizations... to boldly go where no
catalog item 2418-B... Remote Self-Replicating Robot Explorer Probe had gone before", a reference to Star Trek.

====Spathi====
When the [[Spathi]] [[The Safe Ones|Safe Ones]] ask the player for the [[Secret Spathi Cypher]], one of the incorrect options is "Wagh-nagl Fthagn", which spelled a little bit differently ("Wgah'nagl Fhtagn") comes from "''Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!''", a liturgical phrase in H. P. Lovecraft's [[wikipedia:Cthulhu mythos|Cthulhu mythos]].

One of the other options for the Spathi Cypher, "Gort, merenga!" comes from the movie "[[wikipedia:The Day the Earth Stood Still|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]".

====Starbase====
When [[The Captain]] gets to choose the name for the [[New Alliance of Free Stars|new alliance]], one of his options is "The United Federation of Worlds", a reference to the [[Wikipedia:United Federation of Planets|United Federation of Planets]] from Star Trek. [[Starbase]] Commander [[Hayes]] will reply to this choice by saying "we will make it so", another reference to Star Trek, where captain [[Wikipedia:Jean-Luc Picard|Jean-Luc Picard]] would frequently order to "make it so".

Commander Hayes mentions early on that the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] annihilated Buenos Aires. This is most likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Robert A. Heinlein|Robert Heinlein]]'s novel [[wikipedia:Starship Troopers|Starship Troopers]], where the alien race humanity is fighting against similarly destroy Argentina's capital.

Commander Hayes also mentions that when the Ur-Quan destroyed much of mankind's history, they also destroyed several places without any known value. These places likely correspond to locations in popular fiction and mythology. They are:
*"kilometer of land in central Iraq" - possibly the biblical [[Wikipedia:Babel|Babel]], [[Wikipedia:The Nameless City|The Nameless City]] from the works of H. P. Lovecraft, or [[Wikipedia:Iram of the Pillars|Iram of the Pillars]]
*"several targets in the Amazon rain forest" - possibly [[Wikipedia:El Dorado|El Dorado]] or simply just other undiscovered city centers in the Amazon jungle
*"something deep under the surface [of the Antarctic icecap]" - possibly a reference to the alien city discovered in H. P. Lovecraft's ''[[Wikipedia:At the Mountains of Madness|At the Mountains of Madness]]''
*"broad swath of the ocean floor in the south-eastern Atlantic" - possibly [[Wikipedia:Atlantis|Atlantis]], or possibly the south Pacific, underwater city of [[Wikipedia:R'lyeh|R'lyeh]] where [[Wikipedia:Cthulhu|Cthulhu]] rests.

The idea of a "[[psychon]]" present in Commander Hayes' statement that when an electric current is fed into the [[Taalo Shield]] "all evidence of psychon interaction is flatlined" possibly originates from [[wikipedia:Sir John Eccles|Sir John Eccles]]' theory, presented in his book "[[wikipedia:How the Self Controls Its Brain|How the Self Controls Its Brain]]".

The [[wikipedia:Roadside Picnic|Roadside Picnic]] might be the inspiration for the 'Empties'. In the novel they are one of the common alien artifacts found in the Zones. In the game they are a [[Precursor]] [[list of Precursor relics|artifact]] that Commander Hayes mentions in relation to the [[Ultron]].

The 'Singing Hoops', another Precursor artifact that Hayes mentions in relation to the Ultron, may have been inspired by the "talking rings" from the 1960 film, [[wikipedia:The Time Machine (1960 film)|The Time Machine]], that when spun retold the "last recorded voice of civilized man".

====Utwig====
When the [[Utwig]] are trying to tell you what to do with the [[Precursor Bomb]], at one point they say that the "Bomb must be...Hugged?" This is likely a reference to the movie [[Wikipedia:Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb|Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]].

One of the ways that the Utwig determined that the [[Ultron]] could have been saved was by cushioning the fall with a fuzzy wumpus. A Wumpus is a mysterious monster from the famous, early computer game [[Wikipedia:Hunt the Wumpus|Hunt the Wumpus]].

When describing the [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]], the Utwig say that their stated purpose is "to seek out new life and new civilizations...and then annihilate them," a clear play on the mission statement of the [[Wikipedia:Starship Enterprise|Starship Enterprise]] of [[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]] fame.

The Utwig parting phrase "May the Ultron be with you!" is a variation on the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] phrase "May the Force be with you."

The [[Chief Groo]]'s name may originate from [[wikipedia:Groo the Wanderer|Groo the Wanderer]]'s name.

====VUX====
The description of the constellation that is described as "the snake-like creature who has swallowed the elephantine beast" in the DOS version ("the long, thin creature who has swallowed the huge beast." in the 3DO version and UQM) is a reference to the children's book [[wikipedia:Le Petit Prince|Le Petit Prince]] by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, which [http://www.korczak.com/Exupery/englisch/i.html describes and shows] an image of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.

The VUX say that [[Captain Rand]]'s [[Insult]] fixed their attitude setting at "ABHOR", which may be a reference to [[Professor Zorg's Guide to Alien Etiquette]] from Star Control 1, where the player was to select the correct attitude for a given situation; one of the answers was "ABHOR", again in all caps.

====Yehat====
"[[Cheep-Guava]]", the name of the head of the [[Yehat]] revolution, is a pun on "[[Wikipedia:Che Guevara|Che Guevara]]", the Cuban revolutionary leader.

====Zoq-Fot-Pik====
When first meeting the [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] at their homeworld, they warn you not to try stealing their atmosphere, a reference to [[Wikipedia:Spaceballs|Spaceballs]].

The coordinates "...ziggerfau-gerrrnuf, Ah-ah, Pahoy-hoy" of the Zoq-Fot-Pik homeworld given in their initial encounter refers to Hawaiian words for two types of [[Wikipedia:lava|lava]] flows, "Aa" and "Pahoehoe".

At one point, the Zoq claims its species has psychic powers. The Pik scoffs at this claim, mentioning several apparently failed attempts at psychic demonstrations such as fixing broken chronometers and bending dorfs, eventually calling the Zoq a faker. This conversation is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Uri Geller|Uri Geller]], who also claimed to use mental powers to make stopped watches start and to bend spoons.

====Other====
The Mosquito Mange is mentioned in the [[Androsynth]] computer records immediately prior to their disappearance. It is a reference to the term found in Roadside Picnic referring to graviconcentrates - areas of heightened and directed gravity.

Deep radar or deep-radar, mentioned by Commander Hayes and the Star Control II manual, p. 39 (PC), is likely a reference to the homologous device from Larry Niven's Known Space universe. In addition, the deep-radar from Star Control can apparently penetrate massive bodies (just like Niven's one), as it is used to detect mineral deposits.

==Ship Captains==
Numerous [[list of ship captain names|ship captain names]] are actually references.

====Androsynth====
*'''1040-EZ''' is a common [[wikipedia:Form 1040EZ|tax return form]] in the United States.
*'''976-KILL''' is probably meant as an American phone number. It may also refer to the movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094597/ 976-EVIL]. The "976" prefix is reserved for pay services.
*'''[[wikipedia:AK-47|AK-47]]''' is the famous Avtomat Kalashnikova assault rifle
*'''BHS-79''' ''(just a wild guess here- is this the initials of one of the high schools they attended, and their graduation date?)''
*'''BIM-XT''' is an anagram for the [[wikipedia:IBM XT|IBM XT]] personal computer from the early 1980s
*'''BOOJI-1''' is a possible reference to the character [[wikipedia:Booji Boy|Booji Boy]] from the band [[wikipedia:Devo|Devo]].
*'''CRC-16''' is a 16 bits "[[wikipedia:Cyclic redundancy check|Cyclic redundancy check]] (an error-detecting checksum).
*'''DORN-3''' may be a reference to artist John Alfred Dorn III, who did several illustrations for the novels of [[wikipedia:Stanisław Lem|Stanisław Lem]]. It could also be a reference to actor [[wikipedia:Michael Dorn|Michael Dorn]], who played Lt. Worf on ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.
*'''DOS-1.0''' is a reference to one or all of the various early disk operating systems ([[wikipedia:PC-DIS|PC-DOS]], [[wikipedia:MS-DOS|MS-DOS]], [[wikipedia:Apple DOS|Apple DOS]], etc).
*'''HAL-2001''' is a reference to the [[wikipedia:HAL 9000|HAL 9000]] computer from [[wikipedia:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]]'s and [[wikipedia:Stanley Kubrick|Stanley Kubrick]]'s [[wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey]]
*'''JOR-15''' might be a reference to [[wikipedia:Jor-El|Jor-El]], superman's biological father in the DC comics universe.
*'''KORB-7B''' might refer to [[wikipedia:Lawrence Korb|Lawrence Korb]], a former US Secretary of Defense heavily involved in military security. May also refer to Roger Corby, an android from the original Star Trek episode [[wikipedia:What Are Little Girls Made Of?|What Are Little Girls Made Of?]]
*'''ME-262''' is a reference to the Messerschmitt [[wikipedia:Me-262|Me-262]], the first operational jet powered aircraft.
*'''NECRO-99''' may be a reference to the robot NECRON-99 from the movie [[wikipedia:Wizards (movie)|Wizards]].
*'''SR-71''' is a reference to the Lockheed [[wikipedia:SR-71|SR-71 Blackbird]], an advanced reconnaissance aircraft.
*'''[[wikipedia:Merkur XR4Ti|XR4-TI]]''' was a car model manufactured by the short-lived [[wikipedia:Merkur|Merkur]] brand.

====Druuge====
*'''Moola''' is a play on "moolah", an English slang word for money.
*'''Duulard''' could be a play on "dullard," which is slang for a boring person.
*All Druuge names have doubled vowels.

====Human====
*'''Adama''' is the captain of the [[wikipedia:Battlestar Galactica|Battlestar Galactica]] in the television series by the same name.
*'''Belt''' is a reference to Henry Belt, captain of a solar sail vessel in Jack Vance's short story ''Sail 25''.
*'''Buck''' refers to [[wikipedia:Buck Rogers|Buck Rogers]], a character who appeared in popular sci-fi comic strips and serials in the late 30's, as well as a later television series.
*'''Decker''' is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Willard Decker|Willard Decker]], captain of the [[wikipedia:Starship Enterprise|Starship Enterprise]] NCC-1701 in the movie [[wikipedia:Star Trek: The Motion Picture|Star Trek: The Motion Picture]].
*'''Ender''' is a reference to the main character of the Orson Scott Card novel [[wikipedia:Ender's Game|Ender's Game]].
*'''Graeme''' is a reference to Donal Graeme, a protagonist in the [[wikipedia: Childe Cycle|Childe Cycle]] novels by [[wikipedia:Gordon R. Dickson|Gordon R. Dickson]]. ''(This may also be a reference to other characters in this series with this same lastname.)''
*'''Halleck''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Gurney Halleck|Gurney Halleck]] of the [[wikipedia:Dune universe|Dune series]].
*'''Kirk''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:James T. Kirk|James T. Kirk]], captain of the [[wikipedia:Starship Enterprise|Starship Enterprise]] NCC-1701 in the original series of [[wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]].
*'''Pike''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Christopher Pike|Christopher Pike]], captain of the [[wikipedia:Starship Enterprise|Starship Enterprise]] NCC-1701 in the pilot episode of [[wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Pirx|Pirx]]''' is a reference to a fictional test pilot in a series of stories by Stanisław Lem.
*'''Solo''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Han Solo|Han Solo]], captain of the [[wikipedia:Millennium Falcon|Millennium Falcon]] in [[wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] episode 4 through 6.
*'''Spiff''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Spaceman Spiff|Spaceman Spiff]], a fantasy identity of Calvin from [[wikipedia:Calvin and Hobbes|Calvin and Hobbes]]
*'''Trent''' is a reference to Jeff Trent, civilian airline pilot from [[wikipedia:Plan 9 from Outer Space|Plan 9 from Outer Space]]
*'''Tuf''' is a reference to Haviland Tuf, the protagonist in [[wikipedia:Tuf Voyaging|Tuf Voyaging]] by [[wikipedia:George R.R. Martin|George R.R. Martin]].
*'''VanRijn''' is a reference to the merchant prince Nicholas Van Rijn in [[wikipedia:Poul Anderson|Poul Anderson]]'s stories.
*'''Wu''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Louis Wu|Louis Wu]], the protagonist of Larry Niven's [[wikipedia:Ringworld|Ringworld series]].

====Ilwrath====
*'''[[wikipedia:Gorgon|Gorgon]]''' is a famous Greek mythological creature, of which [[wikipedia:Medusa|Medusa]] was one.
*'''Kalgon''' might refer to [[wikipedia:Calgon|Calgon]], a cleansing product.
*'''Taragon''' likely refers to the spice [[wikipedia:tarragon|tarragon]]
*'''[[wikipedia:Baylor University|Baylor]]''' is a university in Waco, Texas.

====Kohr-Ah====
*All of the captain names are '''Death''' followed by a [[wikipedia:Prime_number|prime number]].

====Mycon====
*'''Znuff''' could be a reference to the 1984 rock group [[wikipedia:Enuff Z'nuff|Enuff Z'nuff]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Spork|Spork]]''' is an eating utensil, a hybrid of a spoon and a fork.

====Pkunk====
*'''Crow''' may refer to [[wikipedia:Crow T. Robot|Crow T. Robot]] from [[wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mystery Science Theater 3000]] as well as the obvious type of bird.
*'''Ernie''' is likely a reference to the British cartoon [[wikipedia:Ernie (comic strip)|Ernie]].
*'''Tweety''' is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Tweety|Tweety Bird]].
*'''WudStok''' is Snoopy's friend [[wikipedia:Woodstock (Peanuts)|Woodstock]] in the comic strip [[wikipedia:Peanuts|Peanuts]].

====Shofixti====
*'''Bonsai!''' is actually [[wikipedia:Bonsai|the Japanese art of pruning trees]], but is most likely a reference to the cry [[wikipedia:Ten thousand years|Banzai]].
*'''Busu''' is a Japanese word for ugly
*'''Chimchim''' most likely refers to the pet chimpanzee in [[wikipedia:Speed Racer|Speed Racer]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Daikon|Daikon]]''' is a giant, white radish popular in Japanese cooking.
*'''[[wikipedia:Gaijin|Gaijin]]''' is a disparaging Japanese term for foreigner.
*'''Genjiro''' is possibly a reference to the character Genjiro Tani, a mentor to [[wikipedia:Skyrider (Kamen Rider)|Skyrider]] and [[wikipedia:Kamen Rider Super-1|Kamen Rider Super-1]] in the Japanese [[wikipedia:Kamen Rider series|Kamen Rider series]].
*'''Ginzu''' is probably the [[wikipedia:Ginsu|Ginsu knife]].
*'''Hiyata''' is a reference to the title character of the Japanese show [[wikipedia:Ultraman|Ultraman]], where it can also be spelled "Hayata".
*'''Ichiban''' is the Japanese word for the number 1, or first
*'''Kimba''' refers to the main character in the Japanese animation [[wikipedia:Kimba the White Lion|Kimba, the White Lion]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Katana|Katana]]''' is a Japanese sword.
*'''[[wikipedia:Kudzu|Kudzu]]''' is an Asian plant that can be found in southern Japan.
*'''Naninani''' is Japanese for "such and such"
*'''[[wikipedia:Sushi|Sushi]]''' is Japanese for seasoned rice, usually associated with raw fish.
*'''Tanaka''' is a fairly common [[wikipedia:Japanese name|Japanese surname]].
*'''[[wikipedia:Tofu|Tofu]]''' is bean curd, popular in Japanese cooking.
*'''Tora-3''' refers to the radio call announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. [[wikipedia:Tora Tora Tora|Tora! Tora! Tora!]]
*'''Wasabe''' is a Japanese condiment, usually spelled [[wikipedia:Wasabi|wasabi]].

====Spathi====
*'''Jinkeze''' is a reference to the catchphrase of [[Wikipedia:Velma Dinkley|Velma Dinkley]], a main character in the [[Wikipedia:Scooby-Doo|Scooby-Doo]] cartoons, which she says when she is scared or surprised.

====Supox====
*'''Crinoid''' is a reference to the Krynoids, hostile sentient plants in the [[wikipedia:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]] episode ''The Seeds of Doom''.
*'''Trifid''' is a reference to the carnivorous, mobile (and possibly intelligent) plants in [[wikipedia:The Day of the Triffids|The Day of the Triffids]].
*All of the other captain names are parts or types of plants.

====Syreen====
*'''Aelita''' refers to the early Soviet sci-fi novel ''Aelita'' by [[wikipedia:Alexei Tolstoy|Alexei Tolstoy]] or to a silent film [[wikipedia:Aelita|Aelita:Queen of Mars]] based on it.
*'''Alia''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Alia Atreides|St. Alia of the Knife]], the sister of [[wikipedia:Paul Atreides|Paul Atreides]] in the [[wikipedia:Dune universe|Dune series]].
*'''Alura''' is possibly a reference either to Princess Allura in the [[wikipedia:Voltron|Voltron]] cartoon series or to the mother of [[wikipedia:Supergirl|Supergirl]].
*'''Ardala''' is a reference to the Princess Ardala, nemesis of Buck Rogers.
*'''Be'lit''' is a possible reference to [[wikipedia:Belit|Belit]], a pirate queen in the [[wikipedia:Conan the Barbarian|Conan the Barbarian]] stories.
*'''Brawne''' refers to Brawne Lamia, a character in Dan Simmons' [[wikipedia:Hyperion Cantos|Hyperion Cantos]] books.
*'''Dale''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Dale Arden|Dale Arden]], the girlfriend of [[wikipedia:Flash Gordon|Flash Gordon]].
*'''Danning''' is a reference to the actress [[wikipedia:Sybil Danning|Sybil Danning]].
*'''Dejah''' may be a reference to Dejah Thoris Burroughs (Deety) in Robert A. Heinlein's [[wikipedia:The Number of the Beast (novel)|The Number of the Beast]], or to Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, in the [[wikipedia:Barsoom series|Barsoom series]] by [[wikipedia:Edgar Rice Burroughs|Edgar Rice Burroughs]].
*'''Maya''' refers to the attractive female [[wikipedia:Space 1999|Space: 1999]] character gifted with shapeshifing abilties.
*'''Munro''' possibly refers to another genre actress, [[wikipedia:Caroline Munro|Caroline Munro]].
*'''Penny''' possibly refers to the lead female character in the movie [[wikipedia:The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension|The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]], or the character of Penny Robinson in the television show Lost in Space.
*'''Ripley''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Ellen Ripley|Lieutenant Ripley]], as portrayed by [[wikipedia:Sigourney Weaver|Sigourney Weaver]] in the movie [[wikipedia:Alien (movie)|Alien]].
*'''Sparta''' is a reference to the beautiful female protagonist with a mysterious past in the Venus Prime series by [[wikipedia:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[wikipedia:Paul Preuss|Paul Preuss]].
*'''Teela''' is a reference to [[wikipedia:Teela Brown|Teela Brown]], one of the heroines of the Larry Niven's [[wikipedia:Ringworld|Ringworld]] novels.
*'''Yarr''' may be a reference to [[wikipedia:Natasha Yar|Natasha Yar]] who appeared in [[wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]].

====Umgah====
*'''Bob''' is possibly a reference to the creators themselves: [[Toys For Bob]].
*'''Brewz'k''' is likely the slang word "brewski".
*'''Ei'Ei'o''' is probably referring to the refrain of the children's song ''[[wikipedia:Old MacDonald Had a Farm|Old MacDonald Had a Farm]]''. The name was used before in [[Professor Zorg's Guide to Alien Etiquette]] in [[Star Control 1]].

====Ur-Quan====
*While all captain's names are '''Lord''' followed by a number, '''Lord 666''' is notable as a reference to the [[wikipedia:Number of the Beast|Number of the Beast]]. There is no known pattern to their numbers, unlike the Kohr-Ah.

====Utwig====
*'''Endo''' might refer to a slang word for [[Wikipedia:marijuana|marijuana]]. In Japanese, this is also type of pea.
*'''Manny''' might refer to the main character in [[wikipedia:Robert A. Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein]]'s book [[wikipedia:the Moon Is a Harsh Mistress|The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress]].
*'''Nestor''' might refer to the [[Wikipedia:NS-2|NS-2]], a robot model in Asimov's "[[Wikipedia:Little Lost Robot|Little Lost Robot]]" that can, by inaction, allow a human to be harmed.
*'''Jujuby''' might be an alternate spelling of '[[Wikipedia:Jujube|Jujube]]', which is the fruit of a certain tree, also known as the "Chinese Date".

====VUX====
*'''[[wikipedia:Program Information File|PIF]]''' is a file extension used in early versions of [[wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]].
*'''VIP''' is an acronym meaning "very important person".
*'''YUK''' likely comes from the work "yuck" -- an appropriate name, given the VUX's appearance.
*'''[[wikipedia:zit|ZIT]]''' likely comes from the skin blemish of the same name.
*'''NRF''' may refer to the toy gun brand [[wikipedia:Nerf|Nerf]].

====Yehat====
*'''Beep-eep''' could refer to the token sound made by the [[wikipedia:RWile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Road Runner]] in various [[wikipedia:Looney Tunes|Looney Tunes]] animations and products.
*All the rest of their captains' names simply change the first letter.

====Zoq-Fot-Pik====
*'''RinTin''' is likely named after the famous movie dog [[wikipedia:Rin Tin Tin|Rin Tin Tin]].
*'''TikTak''' is likely a reference to the [[wikipedia:Tic Tac (candy)|Tic Tac]] breath mints or to the children's game [[wikipedia:Tic-tac-toe|Tic-tac-toe]].

==Ship Designs==
*The '''[[Arilou]]'s [[Skiff]]''' vessel is reminiscent of the 'traditional' flying saucers or UFO's.
*The '''[[Earthling]] [[Cruiser]]''' seems to be inspired by the Federation Starships from [[wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]].
*The '''[[Ilwrath]] [[Avenger]]''' shares the same approximate configuration as both the [[wikipedia:Klingon starships|Klingon Bird-of-Prey]] and the [[wikipedia:Romulan starships|Romulan Warbird]] from Star Trek.
*The '''[[Mmrnmhrm]] [[X-Form]]''' takes inspiration for both of its transformation forms from two popular [[wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] Rebellion fighters -- the [[wikipedia:X-Wing|X-Wing]] and the [[wikipedia:Y-Wing|Y-Wing]], respectively.
*The '''[[Syreen]] [[Penetrator]]''' is shaped after the [[wikipedia:V-2 rocket|V-2 rocket]], and a dildo.
*The '''[[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] [[Dreadnought]]''' seems to be inspired by the [[wikipedia:Battlestar Galactica (ship)|Battlestar command ships]] from Battlestar Galactica.
*The '''[[VUX]] [[Intruder]]''' looks very similar to the D7 class Klingon starship.
*The '''[[Chmmr]] [[Avatar]]''' looks similar to [[wikipedia:Vic Viper|Vic Viper]] of the [[wikipedia:Gradius series|Gradius series]] (the ZapSats may replace the option pods). The ZapSats also strongly resemble the Uhl Weapon from Starflight II, though it did not have the two mouse-like ears.

==Star and constellation names==
According to the [[HyperSpace]] starmap, the names for the HyperSpace stars and constellations were taken from "traditional astronomical designations." These are the in-game star and constellation names that don't directly correspond to real life astronomical designations. Others such as Lalande and Wolf, while not the name of actual constellations, appear to be derived from astronomical designations.
*'''Almagest''' is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Almagest|Almagest]], an astronomical treatise written by [[Wikipedia:Ptolemy|Claudius Ptolemaius]] and describing his geocentric theory.
*'''Arianni''' may be a reference to the "inner earth people" with the same name mentioned in a purported [http://www.reversespins.com/byrd.html missing diary] of [[wikipedia:Admiral Byrd|Admiral Byrd]]. Alternative origins may be Arianna Reiche ([[Paul Reiche III]]'s daughter), the [[Wikipedia:Ariane (rocket)|Ariane rockets]], which were the primary launch vehicle of the European Space Agency in the latter portion of the 20th century, the planet [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/places/article/69410.html Ariannus] from the original [[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]], the [[wikipedia:Arianism|Arianist]] religious doctrine, the [[wikipedia:Aryan|Arian/Aryan]] (Proto-Indo-European) people or the ancient Greek historian [[wikipedia:Arrian|Arrian]].
*'''Brahe''' is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Tycho Brahe|Tycho Brahe]], the famous Danish astronomer of the 16th century.
*'''Cerenkov''' is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov|Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov]], a Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate.
*'''Chandrasekhar''' is a reference to the Indian-American astrophysicist [[Wikipedia:Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar|Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]], famous for his work on stellar evolution and black holes.
*'''Copernicus''' is a reference [[Wikipedia:Nicolaus Copernicus|Nicolaus Copernicus]], the polish astronomer who proposed the sun was the center of the solar system.
*'''Gorno''' is a possible reference to the [[Wikipedia:Gorn|Gorn]], a race in [[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]].
*'''Hyginus''' is a reference to the attributed author of [[Wikipedia:Poeticon astronomicon|Poeticon astronomicon]].
*'''Hyperion''' is a reference to the main setting of Dan Simmons' [[wikipedia:Hyperion Cantos|Hyperion Cantos]]; in turn, the denomination is taken from the name of the mythological Titan [[wikipedia:Hyperion (mythology)|Hyperion]].
*'''Illuminati''' is a reference to a variety of conspiracy theories, especially those of the [[Wikipedia:Illuminati|Bavarian Illuminati]].
*'''Kepler''' is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Johannes Kepler|Johannes Kepler]] who discovered the three laws of planetary motion.
*'''Klystron''' is a reference to a kind of vacuum tube used in early radar systems.
*'''Lentilis''' is probably a reference to the Lentili from David Brin's short story [[Wikipedia:Sshhh ...|Sshhh ...]].
*'''Lipi''' is possibly a misspelling of "[[wikipedia:Lupus (constellation)|Lupus]]", an existing constellation.
*'''Maksutov''' is likely a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Maksutov telescope|Maksutov telescope]] invented by the Russian optician [[Wikipedia:Dimtri Maksutov|Dimtri Maksutov]].
*'''Mersenne''' is a reference to [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Mersenne.html Marin Mersenne] a Minim friar who lived in France from 1588-1648 and was a major founder of number theory.
*'''Metis''' is a [[wikipedia:Metis (moon)|moon of Jupiter]], and correspondingly a [[wikipedia:Metis (mythology)|character]] in Greek mythology.
*'''Olber''' is likely a reference to [[Wikipedia:Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers|Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers]], a German astronomer.
*'''Organon''' is likely a reference to either Francis Bacon's book [[Wikipedia:Novum Organum|The New Organon]] or Aristotle's [[Wikipedia:Organon|Organon]], after which Bacon's book was named. Alternatively it could be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Organia|Organia]], an important location in [[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]], or to the [[Wikipedia:Organa family|Organa family]] in the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] universe.
*'''Ptolemae''' is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Ptolemy|Claudius Ptolemaius]], an ancient astronomer whose Geocentric views Copernicus replaced.
*'''Raynet''' is possibly a misspelling of "[[wikipedia:Wolf-Rayet|Rayet]]", an existing astronomical designation. It could also be a reference to British amateur radio network [[Wikipedia:RAYNET|RAYNET]].
*'''Saurus''' is possibly a reference to [[wikipedia:Eden Phillpotts|Eden Phillpotts]] novel ''Saurus''. It is also similar to the Greek word for "reptile".
*'''Squidi'''
*'''Vitalis'''
*'''Zeeman''' is possibly a reference to the physicist [[Wikipedia:Pieter Zeeman|Pieter Zeeman]] for whom a [[Wikipedia:Zeeman (crater)|crater]] on the moon is named.

==Other==
*'''[[Leyland Gravity Whip]]s''' are named after Robert Leyland, a Toys For Bob programmer.

*The name and appearance of most '''[[Table of bio types|bio types]]''' found on planets originate in some way from real (living or not) things. The less obvious ones are listed below:
**'''Roto-Dendron''' is likely a [[wikipedia:Portmanteau|portmanteau]] of "[[wikipedia:Roto|roto]]" and "[[wikipedia:Rhododendron|rhododendron]]" (the name of a real plant).
**'''Macrocilla''' is probably a misspelling of "macrocilia", i.e. macroscopic [[wikipedia:Cilium|cilia]].
**In '''Splort Wort''', "splort" is an onomatopoeia for the shooting of a liquid, and "wort" is old English for "herb".
**The '''Bug-Eyed Bait''' resembles a worm, and indeed, worms are used as bait in fishing. Also, the large eyes of the creature justify the epithet "bug-eyed".

*The Pkunk Fury tactic of rotating while firing in all directions is refered to in the Star Control II manual as '''Death Blossom'''; this term originates from the movie [[wikipedia:The Last Starfighter|The Last Starfighter]] where it is used to describe a similar manoeuvre.

==Notes and references==
{{note|1}}[[Paul Reiche III]] explained the connection between the Androsynth and his own "friendships with openly gay folks" in an [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=2719.msg34333#msg34333 email exchange with a fan].
{{note|2}}{{IRC1998}}
::<Manta> Fwiffo: Has anyone ever brought up parallels between Babylon 5 and Star Control? 
::<Fwiffo> Babylon 5 causes a certain amount of stomping around the office screaming. 
::<Fwiffo> Babylon 5 steals from us. We steal from known space. 
::<Fwiffo> And Larry in known space steals from others.

[[Category:About the Star Control series]]
[[Category:Trivia]]

Bukowski

2008-05-18T20:34:18Z

Valaggar: removed Bukowski reference, fleshed out and fixed

Science Officer '''Bukowski''' is sent to investigate the ruins of the [[Androsynth]] on Eta Vulpeculae II. Having located an intact science center, he locks himself inside of the computer control cabin and begins investigating the logs. In the process, he grows gradually delirious, and begins ranting about the existence of [[They|"Them"]] — sinister extradimensional beings who could be alerted by simply knowing about them. After he severely damages the computers in the room in order to prevent anyone from finding out what he has learned, a badly injured Bukowski is relieved by Ensign [[Hawthorne]]. Interestingly, while writing the report, Hawthorne observes that Bukowski's cuts are now inexplicably worse than when he got him out of the control cabin; whether this is related to "Them" or is just the effect of Hawthorne being overexcited is unknown. Bukowski presumably recovers from his experience, as the number of crew members aboard the ship is unaffected.

[[Category:Minor Characters]]

List of alien life-forms

2008-05-15T20:05:34Z

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Below is a list of all alien life-forms encountered by [[The Captain]] or his crew, or mentioned by [[Canon|reliable]] sources. This does not include generic [[Table of bio types|bio types]] (although it includes unique ones) or sentient [[List of races|races]] (with the possible exception of [["They"|"Them"]]).

===Algolites===
{{main|Algolites}}
Mentioned by the [[Melnorme]]. The term "Algolites" refers to either the totality of life-forms inhabiting Algol IV, or to a sentient species living of that planet. Most of the atmosphere of their world was stripped off in an accident involving [[Spathi]] colonists who wanted to make "a few minor, climatic adjustments", but who panicked and fled when the terraforming equipment went out of control. As a result, the Algolites are now extinct.

===Charg beast===
Mentioned by the [[Pkunk]]. The Charg beast, although it is a ferocious creature, still cannot single-handedly defeat a pack of Ibids, a feat for which it needs assistance from seven or eight Wrinkle Dogs.

===Chimt===
{{main|Chimt}}
Mentioned by the [[Utwig]]. The Chimt are something with which the Utwig claim to have at one point shared their homeworld. They are described as having tendrils of some sort and as having emerged from the Murky Bog. The Chimt are connected with the events that precipitated [[Utwig#Mask Etiquette|Utwig Mask Etiquette]]. An Utwig captain explains that "the tendrils of the Chimt infiltrated the vast sky canopies of [[Fahz]] and then the veils fell! Suddenly, the Utwig were stunned by a collective realization! All immediately and urgently donned veils of every description!" However, any references on this subject are obscure and not easily understood without further explanation by the Utwig. Interestingly, the story of the Chimt resembles a similar creation story found in some [[Human]] religions about the Garden of Eden. What became of the Chimt, or even whether they actually existed, is unknown.

===Dgrunti===
Mentioned by the [[Shofixti]] in the context of the insult "wallowing, phlegm-filled Dgrunti belly-licker".

===Dhrang===
Mentioned by the Shofixti in the context of the insult "You pitiful imitation of six-weeks dead Dhrang!"

===Dravatz===
Mentioned by [[Fwiffo]] in the context of the claim that the Spathi "possess the best qualities of both the clam and the Dravatz".

===Drell===
Mentioned by the Utwig. The Drells were worn alive by the Utwig as masks during their ancient past, when they realized that the face is the source of all negative aspects of a sentient being. Apparently, the Utwig now find strange the idea of wearing a living creature as a mask.

===Evil Ones===
{{main|Evil Ones}}
Encountered on [[Spathiwa]]. The Evil Ones are quickly-breeding, carnivorous teddy bear-like creatures who appeared on Spathiwa four centuries before the events of [[Star Control II]], transported there by an unknown agency (possibly the [[Umgah]]), and who preyed on the Spathi. This greatly accelerated the Spathi's progress, causing them to advance from the bronze age to the atomic age in less than a century, after which the Spathi fled Spathiwa and settled on the planet's moon.

===Grah===
{{main|Grah (life-form)}}
Mentioned by the [[Ilwrath]] and the [[Role Playing Resource Guide]]. The Grah became extinct as a result of a bureaucratic error committed by the Ilwrath, who had been using the Grah for ritual sacrifices for some time, carefully maintaining them on the brink of extinction. This led to a decrease of "quality death in ceremony", being one of the major factors that precipitated the [[Ilwrath#Recent events|Ilwrath revolution of 2147]].

===Ibid===
Mentioned by the Pkunk. The Ibids group into packs to protect themselves from the ferocious Charg beast and possibly other predators. The Charg beast cannot successfully assault a pack of Ibids unless aided by seven or eight Wrinkle Dogs.

===Iccamullon===
Mentioned by the [[Star Control II]] manual. The Iccamullon are a species of giant plants with blue flowers, native to [[Unzervalt]]. The databanks from the Precursor installation on the planet identified several plants, but specifically the Iccamullon, as possible food sources for the early Human colonists; the plants have the same proteins, sugars and starches as found in traditional Earth crops. The colonists harvested these plants for food and eventually planted crops, possibly including the Iccamullon.

===Libixx===
Mentioned by the Star Control II manual. The Libixx are one of the species native to Unzervalt. They are red-brown in color and resemble winged rabbits. Their cell structure, internal organs, and flesh are very similar to that of Earth mammals. It is no surprise that the beasts were identified by the databanks at the Precursor installation on Unzervalt as one of the possible animals that could be used for food. The Libixx were probably used principally as a meat source; The Captain himself was raised on Libixx meat and Ortog milk as a youth on Unzervalt.

===Ortog===
Mentioned by the Star Control II manual. The Ortog are one of the species native to Unzervalt. They are 2,000 pound creatures resembling a cross between a cow and a lizard, having six legs and pendulous udders. Their cell structure, internal organs, and flesh are very similar to that of Earth mammals. The Ortog were identified by the databanks at the Precursor installation on Unzervalt as one of the possible animals that could be used for food. Much like cows on Earth, the colonists used the Ortog as a source of both meat and milk. They also were known to make clothing out of Ortog hide. The Captain himself was raised on Ortog milk and Libixx meat as a youth on Unzervalt.

===Pootworm===
Mentioned by the Pkunk in the context of a pseudo-philosophical discourse meant to prove The Captain that he is alive, when they first greet him in space. The Pkunk claim that they love the Pootworm and could not conceive of doing even the slightest harm to it.

===Sneegel bird===
Mentioned by the Pkunk. The sneegel birds are apparently migratory. During migration, they fly in flocks.

===Talking Pet===
{{main|Talking Pet}}
Encountered in dialogues with the [[Ur-Quan]], and on [[Beta Orionis I]]. The Talking Pets are the descendants of the [[Dnyarri]] whom the Ur-Quan, as punishment for having enslaved their race, reduced to sub-sentience and forced to serve aboard [[Dreadnought]]s and [[Marauder]]s as translators. [[Talking Pet (device)|One of them]] was genetically engineered back to sentience by the Umgah, and eventually [[Paranormal phenomena#Mental compulsion|took control]] of the whole Umgah race. The Captain captures this Talking Pet, and he proves to be of great use in the final attack on the [[Sa-Matra]].

==="They"===
{{main|"They"}}
Encountered by [[Bukowski]] on [[Eta Vulpeculae II]], the [[Androsynth]]'s adopted [[List of homeworlds|homeworld]]. "They" are mysterious and sinister [[Dimension|extradimensional]] beings whom the [[Arilou Lalee'lay]] describe as being dangerous parasites. It is unknown whether they are sentient. Their projections into [[TrueSpace]] are the [[Orz]].

===Trooba Fern===
Mentioned by the Utwig. The Trooba Fern is a plant which they use to make the masks of the Expression of Ultimate Gratitude, together with beetle secretions.

===VUX Beast===
{{main|VUX Beast}}
Encountered on [[Delta Lyncis I]]. The VUX Beast is a monstrous predator which [[ZEX]] greatly desires to possess; he offers to trade the [[Shofixti Maidens]] for the Beast, although the trade cannot be completed due to the Beast escaping and killing ZEX. The Captain then recovers the Maidens from ZEX's menagerie. There is only one known VUX Beast in existence.

===Wart Wumpet===
Mentioned by the Pkunk. The Wart Wumpet can vomit a small, round gobbet stone, whose surface sometimes has little nodules filled with a viscous fluid. The stone lands into a moving stream and can be swallowed by fish.

===Wrinkle Dog===
Mentioned by the Pkunk. The Wrinkle Dog is a creature that can assist Charg beasts in attacking packs of Ibids. Wrinkle Dogs generally do so in groups of seven or eight.

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

Ultronomicon:To-do

2008-05-15T19:50:14Z

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The purpose of this page is to provide a brief outline of tasks that still need completion on the Ultronomicon, and provide a benchmark for our progress.

''Note: This to do list has not yet been finalized. For the moment, just add anything you think we should be considering to the respective list below, and we'll discuss the 'final' version on [[Ultronomicon talk:To-do]].''

==General tasks==
*Work on expanding the [[:Category:Stubs|stub articles]].
*Check that existing articles conform to the [[Wikipedia:NPOV|NPOV]].
*Separate theory from fact in article texts. (See [[:Category:Pages marked as dubious]].)
*Make notes for all bits of information acquired from the manuals, the [[Role Playing Resource Guide]], [[IRC chats]] or fan mails.
*Make sure there are no links to [[:Category:Disambiguation|Disambiguation]] pages.
*Make sure all the articles are wikified, presentable, neither too convoluted nor too simple worded, and written in proper English.

==Specific articles that need work==
*[[Game Humor]] — Decide whether it will be kept or not.
*[[Pkunk]] — add information regarding religion and ceremonies and other things from the Pkunk dialogue
*[[Spathi]] — Add History section (some relevant information is already contained in the article, other can be found in the Evil Ones article)
*[[:Category:Ships|Ship]] articles — standardize Tactical Overview sections after [[Jugger]].
*[[:Category:Races|Race]] articles — standardize sections (possible layout: Appearance, Behavior, Culture and society, Technology, History, Relations with other races)
*These articles make good candidates for deletion:
**within [[:Category:Locations|Locations]]
***[[Beta Centauri]]
***[[Delta Centauri]]
***[[Epsilon Centauri]]
***[[Gamma Centauri]]
***[[Zeta Centauri]]
*These articles need to be created:
**[[:Category:Locations|Locations]]
***[[Gamma Serpentis]]
***[[Beta Luyten]]
***[[Delta Lyncis I]]
***[[Epsilon Camelopardalis]]
***[[Epsilon Scorpii]]
***[[Epsilon Camelopardalis I-A]]
***[[Beta Brahe I]]
**[[:Category:People|People]]
***[[Michael Chapman Martin]]
***[[Dan Nicholson]]
***[[Jouni Airaksinen]]
***[[Chris Nelson]]
***[[Robert Leyland]]
**[[Crystal Dynamics]]
**[[Legend Entertainment]]
**[[Pkunk-Yehat unification]]
**[[Thraddash offensive against the Kohr-Ah]]
**[[Homo Deus]]
**[[StarLight Hilton]]
**Create a [[Super-Melee tactics]] page (merge in [[Leyland Gravity Whip]])

==Miscellaneous==
*[http://uqm.stack.nl/wiki/Special:Upload Upload] more images where applicable, in order to enrich the content.
*Remove the unused template [[Template:Notice]], delete [http://uqm.stack.nl/wiki/Special:Unusedimages unused files] and [http://uqm.stack.nl/wiki/Special:BrokenRedirects broken redirects].

Chimt

2008-05-15T19:14:33Z

Valaggar: not necessarily like the Utwig

The [[Utwig]] claim to have at one point shared their homeworld with something called the '''Chimt'''. Little is known of the Chimt, except that they are described as having tendrils of some sort and that they emerged from the [[Murky Bog]]. The Chimt appear to be connected with the events that precipitated [[Utwig#Mask Ettiquette|Utwig Mask Etiquette]]. An Utwig captain remarks that "the tendrils of the Chimt infiltrated the vast sky canopies of Fahz and then the veils fell!" However, any references on this subject are obscure and not easily understood without further explanation by the Utwig. The story of the Chimt does resemble a similar creation story found in some [[Earth]] religions about the [[Wikipedia:Garden of Eden|Garden of Eden]]. Where the Chimt are now is not known - they could still be on [[Fahz]], they could have been destroyed by the falling veils or could have escaped into space after the falling, or they may not even be a true sentient race ''per se''.

[[Category:Alien life-forms]]
[[Category:Utwig]]

Evil Ones

2008-05-15T18:51:40Z

Valaggar: fast reproduction (search for "breed like Shofixti" in the Safe Ones' dialogue)

The '''Evil Ones''', as they are called by the [[Spathi]], are carnivorous teddy bear-like creatures who had suddenly taken residence on [[Spathiwa]], the Spathi home world.

While they are not intelligent, they are naturally cunning and fierce creatures with a large appetite. They seem to be particularly fond of Spathi meat, but aren't very interested in [[Humans]]. They will still ferociously attack Humans if they come too close though. They also breed very quickly.

These creatures "from the darkest pits of hell" (as described by the [[Safe Ones]]) appeared in large numbers on Spathiwa, seemingly out of nowhere "as though they had arrived suddenly on the surface of our planet transported there by some unknown agency". While it isn't explicitly stated, this resembles very closely an [[Umgah]] [[Umgah pranks|prank]].

Their appearance caused the Spathi to advance from bronze age to atomic technology in less than a century, until they reached the technological level to leave their home world for their inhospitable moon, where they have lived for three hundred years at the start of the [[Star Control II]] game. Curiously, despite their rapid advancement of technology, the Spathi imply that they never developed anything capable of overcoming the Evil Ones (although they may have simply lacked the courage). [[The Captain]] has the option of neutralizing these creatures, thereby allowing the Spathi to return to their homeworld and laying the foundation for an alliance between [[Human]]s and Spathi.

[[Category:Spathi]]
[[Category:Alien life-forms]]

The Captain

2008-05-15T18:40:53Z

Valaggar: Pkunk prediction about TC's future

[[Image:Sc2_end_zelnick_children.png|right]]
'''The Captain''' has gone by many names, by many historians. However, most final historical records indicate that the key figure in the defeat of the [[Hierarchy]] was a [[Human]] named Zelnick.

:''In the first release of [[Star Control II]], there was no default name; the first act in a new game was to name the captain and [[The Flagship|the flagship]]. The later released 3DO version named the captain '''Zelnick''' and the flagship '''Vindicator'''.''

The Captain was born in a cave on the the colony world of [[Unzervalt]] in the [[Vela]] system, the son of an officer from the [[Tobermoon]] and a Research Team engineer. From a very young age he showed an unusual aptitude for communicating with [[Precursor]] computer systems, including the mainframe computer operating the factory that produced The Flagship. After Captain [[I. Burton]] was killed in a [[Slylandro]] [[Probe]] attack, he took control of the Unzervalt mission and piloted The Flagship from Unzervalt back to [[Earth]], and is generally agreed to have played a pivotal role in the events of our region of space from 2154-2159.

Full details on The Captain are sketchy. Only one known [[:Image:Sc2_end_free_earth.png|image]], taken during his recovery after escaping the destruction of the [[Sa-Matra]] is available of The Captain during these events. From it, and from knowledge of the history of Unzervalt itself, we can conclude that he was [[Human]], male, probably Caucasian, and under 20 Earth years of age at the beginning of his mission.

The Captain is believed to have had other adventures besides this one, but is known to have eventually retired peacefully with the [[Syreen]] [[Talana]] to Unzervalt. It is generally believed that The Captain and Talana had an intimate, romantic encounter aboard the [[Gaia]] [[Starbase]] during the events of Star Control II.

The Pkunk have predicted that The Captain will have fourteen children, and that he will die at an early age. The degree of accuracy of this prediction is unknown; it is also unknown what the Pkunk mean by "early age" (as it is possible that they are much more long-lived than the Humans).

He is one of the most legendary humans ever to travel the stars.

==Titles==
*''Captain'' (of [[The Flagship]] and its escorts)
*''[[Great Hero]]'' (later replaced by "''[[Great Enemy]]''") of the [[Umgah]]
*''[[Great Teacher]]'' of the [[Thraddash]] [[Thraddash#Culture Twenty|Culture Twenty]]
*''Ultron Saint'' of the [[Utwig]]

[[Category:Game Characters|Captain, The]]
[[Category:Human|Captain, The]]

Ultronomicon:To-do

2008-05-15T18:36:16Z

Valaggar: /* Specific articles that need work */ Pkunk, Spathi

The purpose of this page is to provide a brief outline of tasks that still need completion on the Ultronomicon, and provide a benchmark for our progress.

''Note: This to do list has not yet been finalized. For the moment, just add anything you think we should be considering to the respective list below, and we'll discuss the 'final' version on [[Ultronomicon talk:To-do]].''

==General tasks==
*Work on expanding the [[:Category:Stubs|stub articles]].
*Check that existing articles conform to the [[Wikipedia:NPOV|NPOV]].
*Separate theory from fact in article texts. (See [[:Category:Pages marked as dubious]].)
*Make notes for all bits of information acquired from the manuals, the [[Role Playing Resource Guide]], [[IRC chats]] or fan mails.
*Make sure there are no links to [[:Category:Disambiguation|Disambiguation]] pages.
*Make sure all the articles are wikified, presentable, neither too convoluted nor too simple worded, and written in proper English.

==Specific articles that need work==
*[[Game Humor]] — Decide whether it will be kept or not.
*[[Pkunk]] — add information regarding religion and ceremonies and other things from the Pkunk dialogue
*[[Spathi]] — Add History section (some relevant information is already contained in the article, other can be found in the Evil Ones article)
*[[:Category:Ships|Ship]] articles — standardize Tactical Overview sections after [[Jugger]].
*[[:Category:Races|Race]] articles — standardize sections (possible layout: Appearance, Behavior, Culture and society, Technology, History, Relations with other races)
*These articles make good candidates for deletion:
**within [[:Category:Locations|Locations]]
***[[Beta Centauri]]
***[[Delta Centauri]]
***[[Epsilon Centauri]]
***[[Gamma Centauri]]
***[[Zeta Centauri]]
*These articles need to be created:
**[[:Category:Locations|Locations]]
***[[Gamma Serpentis]]
***[[Beta Luyten]]
***[[Epsilon Camelopardalis]]
***[[Epsilon Scorpii]]
***[[Epsilon Camelopardalis I-A]]
***[[Beta Brahe I]]
**[[:Category:People|People]]
***[[Michael Chapman Martin]]
***[[Dan Nicholson]]
***[[Jouni Airaksinen]]
***[[Chris Nelson]]
***[[Robert Leyland]]
**[[Crystal Dynamics]]
**[[Legend Entertainment]]
**[[Pkunk-Yehat unification]]
**[[Thraddash offensive against the Kohr-Ah]]
**[[Homo Deus]]
**[[StarLight Hilton]]
**Create a [[Super-Melee tactics]] page (merge in [[Leyland Gravity Whip]])

==Miscellaneous==
*[http://uqm.stack.nl/wiki/Special:Upload Upload] more images where applicable, in order to enrich the content.
*Remove the unused template [[Template:Notice]], delete [http://uqm.stack.nl/wiki/Special:Unusedimages unused files] and [http://uqm.stack.nl/wiki/Special:BrokenRedirects broken redirects].

Talk:List of Alien Artifacts

2008-05-15T17:48:58Z

Valaggar: Talk:List of Alien Artifacts moved to Talk:List of alien artifacts: decapitalized page title

#REDIRECT [[Talk:List of alien artifacts]]

Talk:List of devices

2008-05-15T17:48:58Z

Valaggar: Talk:List of Alien Artifacts moved to Talk:List of alien artifacts: decapitalized page title

This page is behaving strangely. The redirect link is not currently working, but I can see no reason why. I tried to edit it, and the preview turned out fine, but when I saved my changes did not show up. I can only assume this is because there was no difference between my edit and the current revision.
What's going on? Is it even possible to redirect to a category page?
(I attempted a revert to a previous version, but that didn't seem to work either. The only difference I saw was that one reads "Alien Artifacts" and the other, "Alien_Artifacts". -[[User:Fadookie|Fadookie]] 07:53, 24 Nov 2004 (CET)

You can't redirect to a category page. I reported this bug to the MediaWiki people some time ago (see http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=710). Regardless, I'm not sure this should be a category page. You can order items in a a list page as you want. It may even be a table with pictures of the artifacts in one column. -- [[User:Svdb|SvdB]] 15:45, 24 Nov 2004 (CET)

OK, next time i'll read the discussion first before editing :-) 
Maybe we should directly link to the [[:Category:Alien_Artifacts|Alien Artifacts category]] from the [[Main Page]]. -- [[User:Veinsworld|Veinsworld]] 11:31, 20 Jan 2005 (CET)

== Images ==

I've added some new images. I felt some of the older images provided by Fadookie were hard to see. I also added images for devices before you acquire them (when they are on a planet surface), and once they are on board your ship. For the Ultron, I added first the Broken Ultron and the Perfect Ultron next to it (there are two other images, as you add the needed parts to it, but that seemed a bit much - maybe an animated image?). Some objects (the Rosy Sphere, Clear Spindle, Quasispace Portal Spawner, Moon base) have only one image. I haven't updated the Glowing Rod or Wimbli's Trident images yet since they're "red herrings". I'll try to get to them. I don't have the Mycon Deep Child fumarole or the crashed Ur-Quan ship images yet. I'll try to get those soon too. I've been thinking. Since we've decided to include the Syreen Shuttle, although it has no image, we should also include the Slylandro Probe Self-Destruct Code. It is also analyzed at the Starbase, though it has no image.

--[[User:PsiPhi|PsiPhi]] 06:41, 9 Jul 2005 (CEST)

Yeah, they were kinda small cause I took them from the UQM content and didn't resize them.

Did you make these yourself, or were they taken from PONAF?
-[[User:Fadookie|Fadookie]] 08:23, 10 Jul 2005 (CEST)

I captured them myself and did the clean up in GIMP 2.0. I decided to make the background transparent so that they could be placed on any background. Unfortunately, this makes some difficult to see like the Clear Spindle ... though it is a "clear" Spindle. ;-) It's funny you mentioned PONAF, because I was using one of the maps there to quickly find the right planets for some of the items. After I posted this last update, I went to look at their list of alien devices and that's when I noticed that there IS a Syreen shuttle image. Like the Moon Base, I guess I just never looked in my inventory while I had these items. I'll try to add it soon. I'm fairly certain there is no image for the Slylandro Probe Code, but it IS something that can be analyzed at the Starbase, so I figured it should be included. I noticed that PONAF does not include it, most likely for lacking an image. One of the difficult things about capturing an image of the object while on the surface is that they are all animated (quite nicely). This made it a little difficult to decide which frame to capture. The Sun Device, in particular, was difficult to clean up because the planet surface colors were similar. I guess it would be ideal to take the images from the game code directly. I was thinking it would look nice if you could see an animated version of them, cycling through a few times and then stopping. Perhaps someone knows a better and faster way of doing this than I.

--[[User:PsiPhi|PsiPhi]] 08:47, 12 Jul 2005 (CEST)

You can get the images directly from the uqm content file. The .uqm files are internally normal .zip files, but just named .uqm because people kept unzipping them when installing.
- SvdB 21:00, 12 Jul 2005 (CEST)

These images should be redone. They should be taken directly from the content. Apart from the possible loss in quality, there's now also all sorts of dimension problems. So if someone has some free time on his hands... — [[User:Svdb|SvdB]] 08:19, 21 December 2005 (CET)

:I put in the missing images from UQM content. All the cargo images are the same size (16x16) and are resized here to 32x32, but the planet images are several different dimensions. I wasn't sure if those should also be resized. I'll leave that to someone else... --[[User:Fyzixfighter|Fyzixfighter]] 03:31, 15 January 2006 (CET)
::I think that the wiki software should be sufficient for resizing the planet images. Whatever looks good in the article should be sufficient, but the rule of thumb should probably be an approximate factor of 2.

::Also, by leaving the original images alone, they can be dynamically re-scaled as needed without loss.
::-[[User:Fadookie|Fadookie]] 01:51, 16 January 2006 (CET)

List of Alien Artifacts

2008-05-15T17:48:57Z

Valaggar: List of Alien Artifacts moved to List of alien artifacts: decapitalized page title

#REDIRECT [[List of alien artifacts]]