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Elestan: Renaming links ("Star Control Universe" -> "Ur-Quan Masters Universe")

2021-05-14T16:49:13Z

Renaming links ("Star Control Universe" -> "Ur-Quan Masters Universe")

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	==Does the [[Black Spathi Squadron]] exist?==		==Does the [[Black Spathi Squadron]] exist?==
	:We don't know for sure whether it exists in the [[~~Star Control~~ Universe]], but it doesn't exist in the Star Control II game.		:We don't know for sure whether it exists in the [[Ur-Quan Masters Universe]], but it doesn't exist in the Star Control II game.
	:The only reference to a Black Spathi Squadron is the rumour told to you by [[Hayes\|Starbase Commander Hayes]]. A rumour which he doesn't believe himself. A [http://web.archive.org/web/20051203152329/http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/bss/history.shtml webpage] about the Black Spathi Squadron exists in The [[Pages of Now and Forever]], but the page is a joke and the images it contains are doctored.		:The only reference to a Black Spathi Squadron is the rumour told to you by [[Hayes\|Starbase Commander Hayes]]. A rumour which he doesn't believe himself. A [http://web.archive.org/web/20051203152329/http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/bss/history.shtml webpage] about the Black Spathi Squadron exists in The [[Pages of Now and Forever]], but the page is a joke and the images it contains are doctored.

FlashyInfinitum: thx wayback machine for backing it up

2018-10-28T22:56:45Z

thx wayback machine for backing it up

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	==Does the [[Black Spathi Squadron]] exist?==		==Does the [[Black Spathi Squadron]] exist?==
	:We don't know for sure whether it exists in the [[Star Control Universe]], but it doesn't exist in the Star Control II game.		:We don't know for sure whether it exists in the [[Star Control Universe]], but it doesn't exist in the Star Control II game.
	:The only reference to a Black Spathi Squadron is the rumour told to you by [[Hayes\|Starbase Commander Hayes]]. A rumour which he doesn't believe himself. A [http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/bss/history.shtml webpage] about the Black Spathi Squadron exists in The [[Pages of Now and Forever]], but the page is a joke and the images it contains are doctored.		:The only reference to a Black Spathi Squadron is the rumour told to you by [[Hayes\|Starbase Commander Hayes]]. A rumour which he doesn't believe himself. A [http://web.archive.org/web/20051203152329/http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/bss/history.shtml webpage] about the Black Spathi Squadron exists in The [[Pages of Now and Forever]], but the page is a joke and the images it contains are doctored.

	==What's this about [[DataPlate]]s?==		==What's this about [[DataPlate]]s?==

Donutcity: recajiggered

2015-12-28T23:50:44Z

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-==I hear there's some way to get a cloaking device for the [[The Flagship|Precursor ship]]. Where can I find it?==
+==Does the [[Black Spathi Squadron]] exist?==
 :There's no such thing.
 :The box in which the original [[Star Control II]] came had a screenshot of an earlier version of the game on the back, in which a [[Cloaking device|cloaking device]] could be seen in the devices menu.
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 :A trace of the cloaking device can be found in the Star Control code which was released to the public, in the form of a definition of an (unused) flag named "FLAGSHIP_CLOAKED".
 [[Category:FAQs]]
 [[Category:Trivia]]

Donutcity: /* I hear there's some way to get a cloaking device for the Precursor ship. Where can I find it? */

2015-07-18T19:49:27Z

I hear there's some way to get a cloaking device for the Precursor ship. Where can I find it?

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	==I hear there's some way to get a cloaking device for the [[The Flagship\|Precursor ship]]. Where can I find it?==		==I hear there's some way to get a cloaking device for the [[The Flagship\|Precursor ship]]. Where can I find it?==
	:There's no such thing.		:There's no such thing.
	:The box in which the original [[Star Control II]] came had a screenshot of an earlier version of the game on the back, in which a cloaking device could be seen in the devices menu.		:The box in which the original [[Star Control II]] came had a screenshot of an earlier version of the game on the back, in which a [[Cloaking device\|cloaking device]] could be seen in the devices menu.
	:This led to rumors on [http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~starcontrol/board/YaBB.pl the Star Control boards] of [http://www.star-control.com/ the Pages of Now and Forever] that the released Star Control II still contained a cloaking device somewhere. Angelfish, one of the regulars on that board, eventually claimed to have found it, and went as far as to mock up some screen shots to "prove" it. [http://web.archive.org/web/20000416005343/http%3A//www.cam.org/~lafranc/sc4board/messages/5029.html His posting] can be found on [http://web.archive.org/ the WayBack machine], and [http://www.star-control.com/images/faq/cloak.gif the fake screen shots] on the Pages of Now and Forever.		:This led to rumors on [http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~starcontrol/board/YaBB.pl the Star Control boards] of [http://www.star-control.com/ the Pages of Now and Forever] that the released Star Control II still contained a cloaking device somewhere. Angelfish, one of the regulars on that board, eventually claimed to have found it, and went as far as to mock up some screen shots to "prove" it. [http://web.archive.org/web/20000416005343/http%3A//www.cam.org/~lafranc/sc4board/messages/5029.html His posting] can be found on [http://web.archive.org/ the WayBack machine], and [http://www.star-control.com/images/faq/cloak.gif the fake screen shots] on the Pages of Now and Forever.
	:While [[Toys For Bob]] eventually denied the existence of a cloaking device for the Precursor ship, the hoax was for some time still frequently played on newcomers to Star Control and the [http://uqm.stack.nl/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl old The Ur-Quan Masters boards].		:While [[Toys For Bob]] eventually denied the existence of a cloaking device for the Precursor ship, the hoax was for some time still frequently played on newcomers to Star Control and the [http://uqm.stack.nl/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl old The Ur-Quan Masters boards].

Oldlaptop: Remove link to disambiguation page (which itself links to this page)

2012-01-22T01:18:21Z

Remove link to disambiguation page (which itself links to this page)

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	==I hear there's some way to get a [[cloaking device]] for the [[The Flagship\|Precursor ship]]. Where can I find it?==		==I hear there's some way to get a cloaking device for the [[The Flagship\|Precursor ship]]. Where can I find it?==
	:There's no such thing.		:There's no such thing.
	:The box in which the original [[Star Control II]] came had a screenshot of an earlier version of the game on the back, in which a cloaking device could be seen in the devices menu.		:The box in which the original [[Star Control II]] came had a screenshot of an earlier version of the game on the back, in which a cloaking device could be seen in the devices menu.

Fyzixfighter: Reverted edits by 67.23.240.225 (Talk) to last revision by Svdb

2011-05-27T02:26:13Z

Reverted edits by 67.23.240.225 (Talk) to last revision by Svdb

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	~~Wow~~, ~~thats~~ a ~~ralely clever~~ way of ~~thinking~~ about it!		==I hear there's some way to get a [[cloaking device]] for the [[The Flagship\|Precursor ship]]. Where can I find it?==
			:There's no such thing.
			:The box in which the original [[Star Control II]] came had a screenshot of an earlier version of the game on the back, in which a cloaking device could be seen in the devices menu.
			:This led to rumors on [http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~starcontrol/board/YaBB.pl the Star Control boards] of [http://www.star-control.com/ the Pages of Now and Forever] that the released Star Control II still contained a cloaking device somewhere. Angelfish, one of the regulars on that board, eventually claimed to have found it, and went as far as to mock up some screen shots to "prove" it. [http://web.archive.org/web/20000416005343/http%3A//www.cam.org/~lafranc/sc4board/messages/5029.html His posting] can be found on [http://web.archive.org/ the WayBack machine], and [http://www.star-control.com/images/faq/cloak.gif the fake screen shots] on the Pages of Now and Forever.
			:While [[Toys For Bob]] eventually denied the existence of a cloaking device for the Precursor ship, the hoax was for some time still frequently played on newcomers to Star Control and the [http://uqm.stack.nl/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl old The Ur-Quan Masters boards].
			:{{FredMail}}
			::O.K., O.K. I must admit the conversation threads relating to the cloaking device have been the most amusing to someone who knows the truth and after six years I don't think it will diminish the game to put this matter to rest. No, there is no cloaking device. Yes, there was going to be one, but we couldn't figure out a way, given the limitations of two players fighting on the same screen, to make it functionally better/more interesting than the [[Ilwrath]]'s.
			:A trace of the cloaking device can be found in the Star Control code which was released to the public, in the form of a definition of an (unused) flag named "FLAGSHIP_CLOAKED".

			==What's this about [[DataPlate]]s?==
			: As with the cloaking device, the DataPlates were an abandoned idea.
			:{{PaulMail}}
			::Regarding the mysterious, purple thingy -- that's a 'DataPlate' which was a class of game item that we ended up not using. The idea was that you could buy, find and sell ideas, concepts and technology in this abstract form. We did the art and included it in the game, but later on we changed the items to be more interesting, more tangible things like the [[Aqua Helix]] and [[Wimbli's Trident\|Wimbly's Trident]] [''sic''].
			:The source code to the game, as it was released to the public, contains some leftover code for the DataPlates.
			:Also three images for DataPlates are included (they are called miscdata.91.png, miscdata.92.png, and miscdata.93.png in [[The Ur-Quan Masters]]).

			==Does the [[Black Spathi Squadron]] exist?==
			:We don't know for sure whether it exists in the [[Star Control Universe]], but it doesn't exist in the Star Control II game.
			:The only reference to a Black Spathi Squadron is the rumour told to you by [[Hayes\|Starbase Commander Hayes]]. A rumour which he doesn't believe himself. A [http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/bss/history.shtml webpage] about the Black Spathi Squadron exists in The [[Pages of Now and Forever]], but the page is a joke and the images it contains are doctored.
			[[Category:FAQs]]
			[[Category:Trivia]]

67.23.240.225: xenhyqhzAsHsVaCHRR

2011-05-27T00:41:01Z

xenhyqhzAsHsVaCHRR

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	~~==I hear there's some way to get a [[cloaking device]] for the [[The Flagship\|Precursor ship]]. Where can I find it?==~~		Wow, thats a ralely clever way of thinking about it!
	~~:There's no such thing.~~
	~~:The box in which the original [[Star Control II]] came had a screenshot of an earlier version of the game on the back~~, ~~in which a cloaking device could be seen in the devices menu.~~
	:This led to rumors on [http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~starcontrol/board/YaBB.pl the Star Control boards] of [http://www.star-control.com/ the Pages of Now and Forever] that the released Star Control II still contained a cloaking device somewhere. Angelfish, one of the regulars on that board, eventually claimed to have found it, and went as far as to mock up some screen shots to "prove" it. [http://web.archive.org/web/20000416005343/http%3A//www.cam.org/~lafranc/sc4board/messages/5029.html His posting] can be found on [http://web.archive.org/ the WayBack machine], and [http://www.star-control.com/images/faq/cloak.gif the fake screen shots] on the Pages of Now and Forever.
	:While [[Toys For Bob]] eventually denied the existence of a cloaking device for the Precursor ship, the hoax was for some time still frequently played on newcomers to Star Control and the [http://uqm.stack.nl/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl old The Ur-Quan Masters boards].
	~~:{{FredMail}}~~
	::O.K., O.K. I must admit the conversation threads relating to the cloaking device have been the most amusing to someone who knows the truth and after six years I don't think it will diminish the game to put this matter to rest. No, there is no cloaking device. Yes, there was going to be one, but we couldn't figure out a way~~, given the limitations~~ of ~~two players fighting on the same screen, to make it functionally better/more interesting than the [[Ilwrath]]'s.~~
	~~:A trace of the cloaking device can be found in the Star Control code which was released to the public, in the form of a definition of an (unused) flag named "FLAGSHIP_CLOAKED".~~

	~~==What's this about [[DataPlate]]s?==~~
	~~: As with the cloaking device, the DataPlates were an abandoned idea.~~
	~~:{{PaulMail}}~~
	::Regarding the mysterious, purple thingy -- that's a 'DataPlate' which was a class of game item that we ended up not using. The idea was that you could buy, find and sell ideas, concepts and technology in this abstract form. We did the art and included it in the game, but later on we changed the items to be more interesting, more tangible things like the [[Aqua Helix]] and [[Wimbli's Trident\|Wimbly's Trident]] [''sic''].
	~~:The source code to the game, as it was released to the public, contains some leftover code for the DataPlates.~~
	~~:Also three images for DataPlates are included (they are called miscdata.91.png, miscdata.92.png, and miscdata.93.png in [[The Ur-Quan Masters]]).~~

	~~==Does the [[Black Spathi Squadron]] exist?==~~
	~~:We don't know for sure whether it exists in the [[Star Control Universe]], but it doesn't exist in the Star Control II game.~~
	:The only reference to a Black Spathi Squadron is the rumour told to you by [[Hayes\|Starbase Commander Hayes]]. A rumour which he doesn't believe himself. A [http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/bss/history.shtml webpage] about ~~the Black Spathi Squadron exists in The [[Pages of Now and Forever]], but the page is a joke and the images~~ it ~~contains are doctored.~~
	~~[[Category:FAQs]]~~
	~~[[Category:Trivia]]~~

Svdb: /* I hear there's some way to get a cloaking device for the Precursor ship. Where can I find it? */ fix link

2009-09-21T21:56:34Z

I hear there's some way to get a cloaking device for the Precursor ship. Where can I find it?: fix link

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	:There's no such thing.		:There's no such thing.
	:The box in which the original [[Star Control II]] came had a screenshot of an earlier version of the game on the back, in which a cloaking device could be seen in the devices menu.		:The box in which the original [[Star Control II]] came had a screenshot of an earlier version of the game on the back, in which a cloaking device could be seen in the devices menu.
	:This led to rumors on [http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~starcontrol/board/YaBB.pl the Star Control boards] of [http://www.star-control.com/ the Pages of Now and Forever] that the released Star Control II still contained a cloaking device somewhere. Angelfish, one of the regulars on that board, eventually claimed to have found it, and went as far as to mock up some screen shots to "prove" it. [http://web.archive.org/web/20000416005343/http%3A//www.cam.org/~lafranc/sc4board/messages/5029.html His posting] can be found on [http://web.archive.org/ the WayBack machine], and [http://www.~~classicgaming~~.com/~~starcontrol~~/faq~~/images~~/cloak.gif the fake screen shots] on the Pages of Now and Forever.		:This led to rumors on [http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~starcontrol/board/YaBB.pl the Star Control boards] of [http://www.star-control.com/ the Pages of Now and Forever] that the released Star Control II still contained a cloaking device somewhere. Angelfish, one of the regulars on that board, eventually claimed to have found it, and went as far as to mock up some screen shots to "prove" it. [http://web.archive.org/web/20000416005343/http%3A//www.cam.org/~lafranc/sc4board/messages/5029.html His posting] can be found on [http://web.archive.org/ the WayBack machine], and [http://www.star-control.com/images/faq/cloak.gif the fake screen shots] on the Pages of Now and Forever.
	:While [[Toys For Bob]] eventually denied the existence of a cloaking device for the Precursor ship, the hoax was for some time still frequently played on newcomers to Star Control and the [http://uqm.stack.nl/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl old The Ur-Quan Masters boards].		:While [[Toys For Bob]] eventually denied the existence of a cloaking device for the Precursor ship, the hoax was for some time still frequently played on newcomers to Star Control and the [http://uqm.stack.nl/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl old The Ur-Quan Masters boards].
	:{{FredMail}}		:{{FredMail}}

Svdb: Found a trace of the flagship code in the sources

2008-08-11T20:56:38Z

Found a trace of the flagship code in the sources

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	:{{FredMail}}		:{{FredMail}}
	::O.K., O.K. I must admit the conversation threads relating to the cloaking device have been the most amusing to someone who knows the truth and after six years I don't think it will diminish the game to put this matter to rest. No, there is no cloaking device. Yes, there was going to be one, but we couldn't figure out a way, given the limitations of two players fighting on the same screen, to make it functionally better/more interesting than the [[Ilwrath]]'s.		::O.K., O.K. I must admit the conversation threads relating to the cloaking device have been the most amusing to someone who knows the truth and after six years I don't think it will diminish the game to put this matter to rest. No, there is no cloaking device. Yes, there was going to be one, but we couldn't figure out a way, given the limitations of two players fighting on the same screen, to make it functionally better/more interesting than the [[Ilwrath]]'s.
			:A trace of the cloaking device can be found in the Star Control code which was released to the public, in the form of a definition of an (unused) flag named "FLAGSHIP_CLOAKED".

	==What's this about [[DataPlate]]s?==		==What's this about [[DataPlate]]s?==
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	:{{PaulMail}}		:{{PaulMail}}
	::Regarding the mysterious, purple thingy -- that's a 'DataPlate' which was a class of game item that we ended up not using. The idea was that you could buy, find and sell ideas, concepts and technology in this abstract form. We did the art and included it in the game, but later on we changed the items to be more interesting, more tangible things like the [[Aqua Helix]] and [[Wimbli's Trident\|Wimbly's Trident]] [''sic''].		::Regarding the mysterious, purple thingy -- that's a 'DataPlate' which was a class of game item that we ended up not using. The idea was that you could buy, find and sell ideas, concepts and technology in this abstract form. We did the art and included it in the game, but later on we changed the items to be more interesting, more tangible things like the [[Aqua Helix]] and [[Wimbli's Trident\|Wimbly's Trident]] [''sic''].
	:~~Unlike with the cloaking device, the~~ source code to the game, as it was released to the public, contains some leftover code for the DataPlates.		:The source code to the game, as it was released to the public, contains some leftover code for the DataPlates.
	:Also three images for DataPlates are included (they are called miscdata.91.png, miscdata.92.png, and miscdata.93.png in [[The Ur-Quan Masters]]).		:Also three images for DataPlates are included (they are called miscdata.91.png, miscdata.92.png, and miscdata.93.png in [[The Ur-Quan Masters]]).

Valaggar: old boards

2007-09-07T10:26:34Z

old boards

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	:The box in which the original [[Star Control II]] came had a screenshot of an earlier version of the game on the back, in which a cloaking device could be seen in the devices menu.		:The box in which the original [[Star Control II]] came had a screenshot of an earlier version of the game on the back, in which a cloaking device could be seen in the devices menu.
	:This led to rumors on [http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~starcontrol/board/YaBB.pl the Star Control boards] of [http://www.star-control.com/ the Pages of Now and Forever] that the released Star Control II still contained a cloaking device somewhere. Angelfish, one of the regulars on that board, eventually claimed to have found it, and went as far as to mock up some screen shots to "prove" it. [http://web.archive.org/web/20000416005343/http%3A//www.cam.org/~lafranc/sc4board/messages/5029.html His posting] can be found on [http://web.archive.org/ the WayBack machine], and [http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/faq/images/cloak.gif the fake screen shots] on the Pages of Now and Forever.		:This led to rumors on [http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~starcontrol/board/YaBB.pl the Star Control boards] of [http://www.star-control.com/ the Pages of Now and Forever] that the released Star Control II still contained a cloaking device somewhere. Angelfish, one of the regulars on that board, eventually claimed to have found it, and went as far as to mock up some screen shots to "prove" it. [http://web.archive.org/web/20000416005343/http%3A//www.cam.org/~lafranc/sc4board/messages/5029.html His posting] can be found on [http://web.archive.org/ the WayBack machine], and [http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/faq/images/cloak.gif the fake screen shots] on the Pages of Now and Forever.
	:While [[Toys For Bob]] eventually denied the existence of a cloaking device for the Precursor ship, the hoax is still frequently played on newcomers to ~~the~~ Star Control and the [http://uqm.stack.nl/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl The Ur-Quan Masters boards].		:While [[Toys For Bob]] eventually denied the existence of a cloaking device for the Precursor ship, the hoax was for some time still frequently played on newcomers to Star Control and the [http://uqm.stack.nl/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl old The Ur-Quan Masters boards].
	:{{FredMail}}		:{{FredMail}}
	::O.K., O.K. I must admit the conversation threads relating to the cloaking device have been the most amusing to someone who knows the truth and after six years I don't think it will diminish the game to put this matter to rest. No, there is no cloaking device. Yes, there was going to be one, but we couldn't figure out a way, given the limitations of two players fighting on the same screen, to make it functionally better/more interesting than the [[Ilwrath]]'s.		::O.K., O.K. I must admit the conversation threads relating to the cloaking device have been the most amusing to someone who knows the truth and after six years I don't think it will diminish the game to put this matter to rest. No, there is no cloaking device. Yes, there was going to be one, but we couldn't figure out a way, given the limitations of two players fighting on the same screen, to make it functionally better/more interesting than the [[Ilwrath]]'s.