Talking Pet - Revision history

PRH at 13:48, 23 June 2018

2018-06-23T13:48:05Z

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	All species that have had dealing with [[Ur-Quan]] are familiar with the small, ~~quadripedal~~ creatures with atrophied limbs and huge craniums called '''Talking Pets'''. The Ur-Quan find inter-species translation as a supremely demeaning task, opting instead for employing Talking Pets, who, in their own small chambers, appear to speak and listen on behalf of the Ur-Quan. However, the Ur-Quan always make themselves visible during communications and make it clear that they, in fact, are the source of the communications and the Talking Pets are merely translation tools. Each Ur-Quan ship, whether [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za\|Kzer-Za]] or [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah\|Kohr-Ah]], comes equipped with at least a Talking Pet.		All species that have had dealing with [[Ur-Quan]] are familiar with the small, quadrupedal creatures with atrophied limbs and huge craniums called '''Talking Pets'''. The Ur-Quan find inter-species translation as a supremely demeaning task, opting instead for employing Talking Pets, who, in their own small chambers, appear to speak and listen on behalf of the Ur-Quan. However, the Ur-Quan always make themselves visible during communications and make it clear that they, in fact, are the source of the communications and the Talking Pets are merely translation tools. Each Ur-Quan ship, whether [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za\|Kzer-Za]] or [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah\|Kohr-Ah]], comes equipped with at least a Talking Pet.

	Until the events of [[Star Control II]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.		Until the events of [[Star Control II]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.

PRH at 13:28, 23 June 2018

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	Until the events of [[Star Control II]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.		Until the events of [[Star Control II]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.

	~~Thus, after~~ the Ur-Quan ~~successfully defeated~~ the [[~~Dnyarri~~]] in their [[Ur-Quan#Slave revolt\|slave revolt]] and all Dnyarri except those remaining on the surface of [[Glilandy]] had been exterminated, the orbiting Ur-Quan captains who held Glilandy under siege decided that extermination would be too kind for the Dnyarri. Instead, the Ur-Quan decided to use their former masters as slaves, in revenge for their generations of suffering and as a reminder of their great victory. Ur-Quan scientists were able to extract the last of the Dnyarri population and genetically alter them, devolving their intelligence and personality down to sub-sentient levels, leaving them little more than biological machines.		The Talking Pets are the genetic descendants of the sentient [[Dnyarri]] species who had once enslaved the original Ur-Quan and the [[Sentient Milieu]] through mental compulsion. After the Ur-Quan successfully defeated the Dnyarri in their [[Ur-Quan#Slave revolt\|slave revolt]] and all Dnyarri except those remaining on the surface of [[Glilandy]] had been exterminated, the orbiting Ur-Quan captains who held Glilandy under siege decided that extermination would be too kind for the Dnyarri. Instead, the Ur-Quan decided to use their former masters as slaves, in revenge for their generations of suffering and as a reminder of their great victory. Ur-Quan scientists were able to extract the last of the Dnyarri population and genetically alter them, devolving their intelligence and personality down to sub-sentient levels, leaving them little more than biological machines.

	Unfortunately, Ur-Quan genetic manipulation technology was not subtle enough to erase all traces of the Dnyarri's former intellectual capacity or to detect the traces that remained. When the [[Umgah]], with their far superior genetic engineering abilities, managed to examine a Talking Pet recovered from a [[Dreadnought]] crash, they were able to augment its intelligence and racial memory far past its original abilities, turning it into a powerful [[Talking Pet (device)\|neo-Dnyarri]] that played a crucial role in [[The Captain]]'s efforts to destroy the [[Sa-Matra]] and defeat the Ur-Quan.		Unfortunately, Ur-Quan genetic manipulation technology was not subtle enough to erase all traces of the Dnyarri's former intellectual capacity or to detect the traces that remained. When the [[Umgah]], with their far superior genetic engineering abilities, managed to examine a Talking Pet recovered from a [[Dreadnought]] crash, they were able to augment its intelligence and racial memory far past its original abilities, turning it into a powerful [[Talking Pet (device)\|neo-Dnyarri]] that played a crucial role in [[The Captain]]'s efforts to destroy the [[Sa-Matra]] and defeat the Ur-Quan.

Fyzixfighter: rv - i don't think that reference is enough to say some are lingually challenged

2008-02-14T16:41:19Z

rv - i don't think that reference is enough to say some are lingually challenged

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	All species that have had dealing with [[Ur-Quan]] are familiar with the small, quadripedal creatures with atrophied limbs and huge craniums called '''Talking Pets'''. The Ur-Quan find inter-species translation as a supremely demeaning task, opting instead for employing Talking Pets, who, in their own small chambers, appear to speak and listen on behalf of the Ur-Quan. However, the Ur-Quan always make themselves visible during communications and make it clear that they, in fact, are the source of the communications and the Talking Pets are merely translation tools. Each Ur-Quan ship, whether [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za\|Kzer-Za]] or [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah\|Kohr-Ah]], comes equipped with at least a Talking Pet. ~~Apparently, not all Talking Pets are multilingual.{{ref\|1}}~~		All species that have had dealing with [[Ur-Quan]] are familiar with the small, quadripedal creatures with atrophied limbs and huge craniums called '''Talking Pets'''. The Ur-Quan find inter-species translation as a supremely demeaning task, opting instead for employing Talking Pets, who, in their own small chambers, appear to speak and listen on behalf of the Ur-Quan. However, the Ur-Quan always make themselves visible during communications and make it clear that they, in fact, are the source of the communications and the Talking Pets are merely translation tools. Each Ur-Quan ship, whether [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za\|Kzer-Za]] or [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah\|Kohr-Ah]], comes equipped with at least a Talking Pet.

	Until the events of [[Star Control II]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.		Until the events of [[Star Control II]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.
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	Unfortunately, Ur-Quan genetic manipulation technology was not subtle enough to erase all traces of the Dnyarri's former intellectual capacity or to detect the traces that remained. When the [[Umgah]], with their far superior genetic engineering abilities, managed to examine a Talking Pet recovered from a [[Dreadnought]] crash, they were able to augment its intelligence and racial memory far past its original abilities, turning it into a powerful [[Talking Pet (device)\|neo-Dnyarri]] that played a crucial role in [[The Captain]]'s efforts to destroy the [[Sa-Matra]] and defeat the Ur-Quan.		Unfortunately, Ur-Quan genetic manipulation technology was not subtle enough to erase all traces of the Dnyarri's former intellectual capacity or to detect the traces that remained. When the [[Umgah]], with their far superior genetic engineering abilities, managed to examine a Talking Pet recovered from a [[Dreadnought]] crash, they were able to augment its intelligence and racial memory far past its original abilities, turning it into a powerful [[Talking Pet (device)\|neo-Dnyarri]] that played a crucial role in [[The Captain]]'s efforts to destroy the [[Sa-Matra]] and defeat the Ur-Quan.

	~~==Notes and references==~~
	~~{{note\|1}}''[[Star Control]] manual, p. 20.''~~

	[[Category:Ur-Quan]]		[[Category:Ur-Quan]]
	[[Category:Alien life-forms]]		[[Category:Alien life-forms]]

Valaggar: multilingual Talking Pets

2008-02-14T13:26:10Z

multilingual Talking Pets

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	All species that have had dealing with [[Ur-Quan]] are familiar with the small, quadripedal creatures with atrophied limbs and huge craniums called '''Talking Pets'''. The Ur-Quan find inter-species translation as a supremely demeaning task, opting instead for employing Talking Pets, who, in their own small chambers, appear to speak and listen on behalf of the Ur-Quan. However, the Ur-Quan always make themselves visible during communications and make it clear that they, in fact, are the source of the communications and the Talking Pets are merely translation tools. Each Ur-Quan ship, whether [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za\|Kzer-Za]] or [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah\|Kohr-Ah]], comes equipped with at least a Talking Pet.		All species that have had dealing with [[Ur-Quan]] are familiar with the small, quadripedal creatures with atrophied limbs and huge craniums called '''Talking Pets'''. The Ur-Quan find inter-species translation as a supremely demeaning task, opting instead for employing Talking Pets, who, in their own small chambers, appear to speak and listen on behalf of the Ur-Quan. However, the Ur-Quan always make themselves visible during communications and make it clear that they, in fact, are the source of the communications and the Talking Pets are merely translation tools. Each Ur-Quan ship, whether [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za\|Kzer-Za]] or [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah\|Kohr-Ah]], comes equipped with at least a Talking Pet. Apparently, not all Talking Pets are multilingual.{{ref\|1}}

	Until the events of [[Star Control II]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.		Until the events of [[Star Control II]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.
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	Unfortunately, Ur-Quan genetic manipulation technology was not subtle enough to erase all traces of the Dnyarri's former intellectual capacity or to detect the traces that remained. When the [[Umgah]], with their far superior genetic engineering abilities, managed to examine a Talking Pet recovered from a [[Dreadnought]] crash, they were able to augment its intelligence and racial memory far past its original abilities, turning it into a powerful [[Talking Pet (device)\|neo-Dnyarri]] that played a crucial role in [[The Captain]]'s efforts to destroy the [[Sa-Matra]] and defeat the Ur-Quan.		Unfortunately, Ur-Quan genetic manipulation technology was not subtle enough to erase all traces of the Dnyarri's former intellectual capacity or to detect the traces that remained. When the [[Umgah]], with their far superior genetic engineering abilities, managed to examine a Talking Pet recovered from a [[Dreadnought]] crash, they were able to augment its intelligence and racial memory far past its original abilities, turning it into a powerful [[Talking Pet (device)\|neo-Dnyarri]] that played a crucial role in [[The Captain]]'s efforts to destroy the [[Sa-Matra]] and defeat the Ur-Quan.

			==Notes and references==
			{{note\|1}}''[[Star Control]] manual, p. 20.''

	[[Category:Ur-Quan]]		[[Category:Ur-Quan]]
	[[Category:Alien life-forms]]		[[Category:Alien life-forms]]

Valaggar: fixes

2008-02-13T22:36:45Z

fixes

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	All species that have had dealing with [[Ur-Quan]] are familiar with the small, quadripedal creatures with atrophied limbs and huge ~~crania~~ called '''Talking Pets'''. ~~In all communications with the~~ Ur-Quan ~~the Ur~~-~~Quan themselves gesture animatedly with their palps but never deign to actually speak;~~ instead~~, the~~ Talking Pets, in their own small chambers, ~~carry on separate communications and~~ appear to speak and listen on behalf of the Ur-Quan. However, the Ur-Quan always make themselves visible during communications and make it clear that they, in fact, are the source of the communications and the Talking Pets are merely tools ~~for telepathic translation~~.		All species that have had dealing with [[Ur-Quan]] are familiar with the small, quadripedal creatures with atrophied limbs and huge craniums called '''Talking Pets'''. The Ur-Quan find inter-species translation as a supremely demeaning task, opting instead for employing Talking Pets, who, in their own small chambers, appear to speak and listen on behalf of the Ur-Quan. However, the Ur-Quan always make themselves visible during communications and make it clear that they, in fact, are the source of the communications and the Talking Pets are merely translation tools. Each Ur-Quan ship, whether [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za\|Kzer-Za]] or [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah\|Kohr-Ah]], comes equipped with at least a Talking Pet.

	Each Ur-Quan ship, whether [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za\|Kzer-Za]] or [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah\|Kohr-Ah]], comes equipped with a single Talking Pet for the exclusive use of that ship's captain — on a [[Dreadnought]], it is the Lord (the only Ur-Quan on board); on a [[Marauder]], the ship's highest ranking Death. Until the events of [[Star Control II]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.		Until the events of [[Star Control II]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.

	The Ur-Quan Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah share a cultural conviction that they are superior to all other species and that, alone among sentients, the Ur-Quan have the right to freedom; this is the basis for the Kzer-Za's [[Path of Now and Forever\|pattern of conquest]] and the Kohr-Ah's [[Eternal Doctrine\|pattern of genocide]]. One consequence of this belief is their extreme resistance to adopting any cultural practices from other species for their own use, especially language. To communicate with a life form in its own language is, to some degree, to see the world from its perspective and think on its level, and the Ur-Quan regard all such communication as a form of contamination by lower life forms that must be minimized.		Thus, after the Ur-Quan successfully defeated the [[Dnyarri]] in their [[Ur-Quan#Slave revolt\|slave revolt]] and all Dnyarri except those remaining on the surface of [[Glilandy]] had been exterminated, the orbiting Ur-Quan captains who held Glilandy under siege decided that extermination would be too kind for the Dnyarri. Instead, the Ur-Quan decided to use their former masters as slaves, in revenge for their generations of suffering and as a reminder of their great victory. Ur-Quan scientists were able to extract the last of the Dnyarri population and genetically alter them, devolving their intelligence and personality down to sub-sentient levels, leaving them little more than biological machines.

	Thus, after the Ur-Quan successfully defeated the [[Dnyarri]] in ~~the~~ [[Ur-Quan#Slave ~~Revolt~~\|~~Slave Revolt~~]] and all Dnyarri except those remaining on the surface of [[Glilandy]] had been exterminated, the orbiting Ur-Quan captains who held Glilandy under siege decided that extermination would be too kind for the Dnyarri. Instead, the Ur-Quan decided to use their former masters as slaves, in revenge for their generations of suffering and as a reminder of their great victory. With the Sentient Milieu gone the Ur-Quan might be forced to once more learn new languages and cultures to communicate with races in the future; their new Dnyarri slaves could help them minimize the contamination of such communication with their telepathic abilities.

	~~Protected by [[Excruciator (Ur-Quan)\|Excruciators]],~~ Ur-Quan scientists were able to extract the last of the Dnyarri population and genetically alter them, devolving their intelligence and personality down to sub-sentient levels, leaving them little more than ~~programmable~~ biological machines. These genetically altered Dnyarri were able to allow the Ur-Quan to communicate simply by thinking in speech at them; their powerful telepathic abilities allowed them to automatically take such speech and render it in a receiver species' language in an appropriate format. The Humans of the [[Division of Synthetic Special Reconstruction, Intergalactic Intelligence\|SSRII]] named these devolved Dnyarri "Talking Pets", the name by which the [[Alliance]] termed them throughout the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] and during the later conflict. The Ur-Quan's galaxy-spanning activities, especially the Kzer-Za's massive [[Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]], would likely have been impossible without the Talking Pets, which provided them a means of effectively dealing with a huge variety of alien civilizations with very little effort to understand them on their own part.

	Unfortunately, Ur-Quan genetic manipulation technology was not subtle enough to erase all traces of the Dnyarri's former intellectual capacity or to detect the traces that remained. When the [[Umgah]], with their far superior genetic engineering abilities, managed to examine a Talking Pet recovered from a [[Dreadnought]] crash, they were able to augment its intelligence and racial memory far past its original abilities, turning it into a powerful [[Talking Pet (device)\|neo-Dnyarri]] that played a crucial role in [[The Captain]]'s efforts to destroy the [[Sa-Matra]] and defeat the Ur-Quan.		Unfortunately, Ur-Quan genetic manipulation technology was not subtle enough to erase all traces of the Dnyarri's former intellectual capacity or to detect the traces that remained. When the [[Umgah]], with their far superior genetic engineering abilities, managed to examine a Talking Pet recovered from a [[Dreadnought]] crash, they were able to augment its intelligence and racial memory far past its original abilities, turning it into a powerful [[Talking Pet (device)\|neo-Dnyarri]] that played a crucial role in [[The Captain]]'s efforts to destroy the [[Sa-Matra]] and defeat the Ur-Quan.

PsiPhi: fixing Ur-Quan wikis; 12 down

2007-10-31T20:47:04Z

fixing Ur-Quan wikis; 12 down

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	All species that have had dealing with [[Ur-Quan]] are familiar with the small, quadripedal creatures with atrophied limbs and huge crania called '''Talking Pets'''. In all communications with the Ur-Quan the Ur-Quan themselves gesture animatedly with their palps but never deign to actually speak; instead, the Talking Pets, in their own small chambers, carry on separate communications and appear to speak and listen on behalf of the Ur-Quan. However, the Ur-Quan always make themselves visible during communications and make it clear that they, in fact, are the source of the communications and the Talking Pets are merely tools for telepathic translation.		All species that have had dealing with [[Ur-Quan]] are familiar with the small, quadripedal creatures with atrophied limbs and huge crania called '''Talking Pets'''. In all communications with the Ur-Quan the Ur-Quan themselves gesture animatedly with their palps but never deign to actually speak; instead, the Talking Pets, in their own small chambers, carry on separate communications and appear to speak and listen on behalf of the Ur-Quan. However, the Ur-Quan always make themselves visible during communications and make it clear that they, in fact, are the source of the communications and the Talking Pets are merely tools for telepathic translation.

	Each Ur-Quan ship, whether [[Kzer-Za]] or [[Kohr-Ah]], comes equipped with a single Talking Pet for the exclusive use of that ship's captain — on a [[Dreadnought]], it is the Lord (the only Ur-Quan on board); on a [[Marauder]], the ship's highest ranking Death. Until the events of [[Star Control II]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.		Each Ur-Quan ship, whether [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za\|Kzer-Za]] or [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah\|Kohr-Ah]], comes equipped with a single Talking Pet for the exclusive use of that ship's captain — on a [[Dreadnought]], it is the Lord (the only Ur-Quan on board); on a [[Marauder]], the ship's highest ranking Death. Until the events of [[Star Control II]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.

	The Ur-Quan Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah share a cultural conviction that they are superior to all other species and that, alone among sentients, the Ur-Quan have the right to freedom; this is the basis for the Kzer-Za's [[Path of Now and Forever\|pattern of conquest]] and the Kohr-Ah's [[Eternal Doctrine\|pattern of genocide]]. One consequence of this belief is their extreme resistance to adopting any cultural practices from other species for their own use, especially language. To communicate with a life form in its own language is, to some degree, to see the world from its perspective and think on its level, and the Ur-Quan regard all such communication as a form of contamination by lower life forms that must be minimized.		The Ur-Quan Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah share a cultural conviction that they are superior to all other species and that, alone among sentients, the Ur-Quan have the right to freedom; this is the basis for the Kzer-Za's [[Path of Now and Forever\|pattern of conquest]] and the Kohr-Ah's [[Eternal Doctrine\|pattern of genocide]]. One consequence of this belief is their extreme resistance to adopting any cultural practices from other species for their own use, especially language. To communicate with a life form in its own language is, to some degree, to see the world from its perspective and think on its level, and the Ur-Quan regard all such communication as a form of contamination by lower life forms that must be minimized.

Fyzixfighter: Reverted edit of 203.72.56.203, changed back to last version by Fyzixfighter

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Reverted edit of 203.72.56.203, changed back to last version by Fyzixfighter

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	:''This article refers to the [[Ur-Quan]] translator species of talking pets. For information about the specific Talking Pet who became [[The Captain]]'s neo-Dnyarri ally see: [[Talking Pet (device)]].		:''This article refers to the [[Ur-Quan]] translator species of talking pets. For information about the specific Talking Pet who became [[The Captain]]'s neo-Dnyarri ally see: [[Talking Pet (device)]].

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	:''This article refers to the [[Ur-Quan]] translator species of talking pets. For information about the specific Talking Pet who became [[The Captain]]'s neo-Dnyarri ally see: [[Talking Pet (device)]].		:''This article refers to the [[Ur-Quan]] translator species of talking pets. For information about the specific Talking Pet who became [[The Captain]]'s neo-Dnyarri ally see: [[Talking Pet (device)]].

Fyzixfighter: missed one

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	All species that have had dealing with [[Ur-Quan]] are familiar with the small, quadripedal creatures with atrophied limbs and huge crania called '''Talking Pets'''. In all communications with the Ur-Quan the Ur-Quan themselves gesture animatedly with their palps but never deign to actually speak; instead, the Talking Pets, in their own small chambers, carry on separate communications and appear to speak and listen on behalf of the Ur-Quan. However, the Ur-Quan always make themselves visible during communications and make it clear that they, in fact, are the source of the communications and the Talking Pets are merely tools for telepathic translation.		All species that have had dealing with [[Ur-Quan]] are familiar with the small, quadripedal creatures with atrophied limbs and huge crania called '''Talking Pets'''. In all communications with the Ur-Quan the Ur-Quan themselves gesture animatedly with their palps but never deign to actually speak; instead, the Talking Pets, in their own small chambers, carry on separate communications and appear to speak and listen on behalf of the Ur-Quan. However, the Ur-Quan always make themselves visible during communications and make it clear that they, in fact, are the source of the communications and the Talking Pets are merely tools for telepathic translation.

	Each Ur-Quan ship, whether [[Kzer-Za]] or [[Kohr-Ah]], comes equipped with a single Talking Pet for the exclusive use of that ship's captain — on a [[Dreadnought]], it is the Lord (the only Ur-Quan on board); on a [[Marauder]], the ship's highest ranking Death. Until the events of ~~the~~ [[~~Second War~~]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.		Each Ur-Quan ship, whether [[Kzer-Za]] or [[Kohr-Ah]], comes equipped with a single Talking Pet for the exclusive use of that ship's captain — on a [[Dreadnought]], it is the Lord (the only Ur-Quan on board); on a [[Marauder]], the ship's highest ranking Death. Until the events of [[Star Control II]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.

	The Ur-Quan Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah share a cultural conviction that they are superior to all other species and that, alone among sentients, the Ur-Quan have the right to freedom; this is the basis for the Kzer-Za's [[Path of Now and Forever\|pattern of conquest]] and the Kohr-Ah's [[Eternal Doctrine\|pattern of genocide]]. One consequence of this belief is their extreme resistance to adopting any cultural practices from other species for their own use, especially language. To communicate with a life form in its own language is, to some degree, to see the world from its perspective and think on its level, and the Ur-Quan regard all such communication as a form of contamination by lower life forms that must be minimized.		The Ur-Quan Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah share a cultural conviction that they are superior to all other species and that, alone among sentients, the Ur-Quan have the right to freedom; this is the basis for the Kzer-Za's [[Path of Now and Forever\|pattern of conquest]] and the Kohr-Ah's [[Eternal Doctrine\|pattern of genocide]]. One consequence of this belief is their extreme resistance to adopting any cultural practices from other species for their own use, especially language. To communicate with a life form in its own language is, to some degree, to see the world from its perspective and think on its level, and the Ur-Quan regard all such communication as a form of contamination by lower life forms that must be minimized.
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	Thus, after the Ur-Quan successfully defeated the [[Dnyarri]] in the [[Ur-Quan#Slave Revolt\|Slave Revolt]] and all Dnyarri except those remaining on the surface of [[Glilandy]] had been exterminated, the orbiting Ur-Quan captains who held Glilandy under siege decided that extermination would be too kind for the Dnyarri. Instead, the Ur-Quan decided to use their former masters as slaves, in revenge for their generations of suffering and as a reminder of their great victory. With the Sentient Milieu gone the Ur-Quan might be forced to once more learn new languages and cultures to communicate with races in the future; their new Dnyarri slaves could help them minimize the contamination of such communication with their telepathic abilities.		Thus, after the Ur-Quan successfully defeated the [[Dnyarri]] in the [[Ur-Quan#Slave Revolt\|Slave Revolt]] and all Dnyarri except those remaining on the surface of [[Glilandy]] had been exterminated, the orbiting Ur-Quan captains who held Glilandy under siege decided that extermination would be too kind for the Dnyarri. Instead, the Ur-Quan decided to use their former masters as slaves, in revenge for their generations of suffering and as a reminder of their great victory. With the Sentient Milieu gone the Ur-Quan might be forced to once more learn new languages and cultures to communicate with races in the future; their new Dnyarri slaves could help them minimize the contamination of such communication with their telepathic abilities.

	Protected by [[Excruciator (Ur-Quan)\|Excruciators]], Ur-Quan scientists were able to extract the last of the Dnyarri population and genetically alter them, devolving their intelligence and personality down to sub-sentient levels, leaving them little more than programmable biological machines. These genetically altered Dnyarri were able to allow the Ur-Quan to communicate simply by thinking in speech at them; their powerful telepathic abilities allowed them to automatically take such speech and render it in a receiver species' language in an appropriate format. The Humans of the [[Division of Synthetic Special Reconstruction, Intergalactic Intelligence\|SSRII]] named these devolved Dnyarri "Talking Pets", the name by which the [[Alliance]] termed them throughout the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] and during the ~~events of [[Star Control II]]~~. The Ur-Quan's galaxy-spanning activities, especially the Kzer-Za's massive [[Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]], would likely have been impossible without the Talking Pets, which provided them a means of effectively dealing with a huge variety of alien civilizations with very little effort to understand them on their own part.		Protected by [[Excruciator (Ur-Quan)\|Excruciators]], Ur-Quan scientists were able to extract the last of the Dnyarri population and genetically alter them, devolving their intelligence and personality down to sub-sentient levels, leaving them little more than programmable biological machines. These genetically altered Dnyarri were able to allow the Ur-Quan to communicate simply by thinking in speech at them; their powerful telepathic abilities allowed them to automatically take such speech and render it in a receiver species' language in an appropriate format. The Humans of the [[Division of Synthetic Special Reconstruction, Intergalactic Intelligence\|SSRII]] named these devolved Dnyarri "Talking Pets", the name by which the [[Alliance]] termed them throughout the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] and during the later conflict. The Ur-Quan's galaxy-spanning activities, especially the Kzer-Za's massive [[Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]], would likely have been impossible without the Talking Pets, which provided them a means of effectively dealing with a huge variety of alien civilizations with very little effort to understand them on their own part.

	Unfortunately, Ur-Quan genetic manipulation technology was not subtle enough to erase all traces of the Dnyarri's former intellectual capacity or to detect the traces that remained. When the [[Umgah]], with their far superior genetic engineering abilities, managed to examine a Talking Pet recovered from a [[Dreadnought]] crash, they were able to augment its intelligence and racial memory far past its original abilities, turning it into a powerful [[Talking Pet (device)\|neo-Dnyarri]] that played a crucial role in [[The Captain]]'s efforts to destroy the [[Sa-Matra]] and defeat the Ur-Quan.		Unfortunately, Ur-Quan genetic manipulation technology was not subtle enough to erase all traces of the Dnyarri's former intellectual capacity or to detect the traces that remained. When the [[Umgah]], with their far superior genetic engineering abilities, managed to examine a Talking Pet recovered from a [[Dreadnought]] crash, they were able to augment its intelligence and racial memory far past its original abilities, turning it into a powerful [[Talking Pet (device)\|neo-Dnyarri]] that played a crucial role in [[The Captain]]'s efforts to destroy the [[Sa-Matra]] and defeat the Ur-Quan.

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			:''This article refers to the [[Ur-Quan]] translator species of talking pets. For information about the specific Talking Pet who became [[The Captain]]'s neo-Dnyarri ally see: [[Talking Pet (device)]].

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	:''This article refers to the [[Ur-Quan]] translator species of talking pets. For information about the specific Talking Pet who became [[The Captain]]'s neo-Dnyarri ally see: [[Talking Pet (device)]]. [[Image:Urquan talkingpet.png]]		All species that have had dealing with [[Ur-Quan]] are familiar with the small, quadripedal creatures with atrophied limbs and huge crania called '''Talking Pets'''. In all communications with the Ur-Quan the Ur-Quan themselves gesture animatedly with their palps but never deign to actually speak; instead, the Talking Pets, in their own small chambers, carry on separate communications and appear to speak and listen on behalf of the Ur-Quan. However, the Ur-Quan always make themselves visible during communications and make it clear that they, in fact, are the source of the communications and the Talking Pets are merely tools for telepathic translation.

	All species that have had dealing with [[Ur-Quan]] are familiar with the small quadripedal creatures with atrophied limbs and huge crania called '''Talking Pets'''. In all communications with the Ur-Quan the Ur-Quan themselves gesture animatedly with their palps but never deign to actually speak; instead, the Talking Pets, in their own small chambers, carry on separate communications and appear to speak and listen on behalf of the Ur-Quan. However, the Ur-Quan always make themselves visible during communications and make it clear that they, in fact, are the source of the communications and the Talking Pets are merely tools for telepathic translation.

	Each Ur-Quan ship, whether [[Kzer-Za]] or [[Kohr-Ah]], comes equipped with a single Talking Pet for the exclusive use of that ship's captain — on a [[Dreadnought]], it is the Lord (the only Ur-Quan on board); on a [[Marauder]], the ship's highest ranking Death. Until the events of the [[Second War]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.		Each Ur-Quan ship, whether [[Kzer-Za]] or [[Kohr-Ah]], comes equipped with a single Talking Pet for the exclusive use of that ship's captain — on a [[Dreadnought]], it is the Lord (the only Ur-Quan on board); on a [[Marauder]], the ship's highest ranking Death. Until the events of the [[Second War]] made many aspects of the Ur-Quan's history clear, most [[Alliance]] members assumed the Talking Pets were merely a convenient translation device created by genetic engineering. However, the Talking Pets are far more; they are a crucial symbol of the Ur-Quan's status of dominance and of their long-ago escape from slavery.

	The Ur-Quan Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah share a cultural conviction that they are superior to all other species and that, alone among sentients, the Ur-Quan have the right to freedom; this is the basis for the Kzer-Za's pattern of conquest and the Kohr-Ah's pattern of genocide. One consequence of this belief is their extreme resistance to adopting any cultural practices from other species for their own use, especially language. To communicate with a life form in its own language is, to some degree, to see the world from its perspective and think on its level, and the Ur-Quan regard all such communication as a form of contamination by lower life forms that must be minimized.		The Ur-Quan Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah share a cultural conviction that they are superior to all other species and that, alone among sentients, the Ur-Quan have the right to freedom; this is the basis for the Kzer-Za's [[Path of Now and Forever\|pattern of conquest]] and the Kohr-Ah's [[Eternal Doctrine\|pattern of genocide]]. One consequence of this belief is their extreme resistance to adopting any cultural practices from other species for their own use, especially language. To communicate with a life form in its own language is, to some degree, to see the world from its perspective and think on its level, and the Ur-Quan regard all such communication as a form of contamination by lower life forms that must be minimized.

	Thus, after the Ur-Quan successfully defeated the [[Dnyarri]] in the [[Ur-Quan#Slave Revolt\|Slave Revolt]] and all Dnyarri except those remaining on the surface of [[Glilandy]] had been exterminated, the orbiting Ur-Quan captains who held Glilandy under siege decided that extermination would be too kind for the Dnyarri. Instead, the Ur-Quan decided to use their former masters as slaves, in revenge for their generations of suffering and as a reminder of their great victory. With the Sentient Milieu gone the Ur-Quan might be forced to once more learn new languages and cultures to communicate with races in the future; their new Dnyarri slaves could help them minimize the contamination of such communication with their telepathic abilities.		Thus, after the Ur-Quan successfully defeated the [[Dnyarri]] in the [[Ur-Quan#Slave Revolt\|Slave Revolt]] and all Dnyarri except those remaining on the surface of [[Glilandy]] had been exterminated, the orbiting Ur-Quan captains who held Glilandy under siege decided that extermination would be too kind for the Dnyarri. Instead, the Ur-Quan decided to use their former masters as slaves, in revenge for their generations of suffering and as a reminder of their great victory. With the Sentient Milieu gone the Ur-Quan might be forced to once more learn new languages and cultures to communicate with races in the future; their new Dnyarri slaves could help them minimize the contamination of such communication with their telepathic abilities.

	Protected by [[Excruciator (Ur-Quan)\|Excruciators]], Ur-Quan scientists were able to extract the last of the Dnyarri population and genetically alter them, devolving their intelligence and personality down to sub-sentient levels, leaving them little more than programmable biological machines. These genetically altered Dnyarri were able to allow the Ur-Quan to communicate simply by thinking in speech at them; their powerful telepathic abilities allowed them to automatically take such speech and render it in a receiver species' language in an appropriate format. The Humans of the [[Division of Synthetic Special Reconstruction, ~~Intergallactic~~ Intelligence\|SSRII]] named these devolved Dnyarri ~~'''~~Talking Pets~~'''~~, the name by which the [[Alliance]] termed them throughout the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] and [[~~Second War~~]]. The Ur-Quan's galaxy-spanning activities, especially the Kzer-Za's massive [[Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]], would likely have been impossible without the Talking Pets, which provided them a means of effectively dealing with a huge variety of alien civilizations with very little effort to understand them on their own part.		Protected by [[Excruciator (Ur-Quan)\|Excruciators]], Ur-Quan scientists were able to extract the last of the Dnyarri population and genetically alter them, devolving their intelligence and personality down to sub-sentient levels, leaving them little more than programmable biological machines. These genetically altered Dnyarri were able to allow the Ur-Quan to communicate simply by thinking in speech at them; their powerful telepathic abilities allowed them to automatically take such speech and render it in a receiver species' language in an appropriate format. The Humans of the [[Division of Synthetic Special Reconstruction, Intergalactic Intelligence\|SSRII]] named these devolved Dnyarri "Talking Pets", the name by which the [[Alliance]] termed them throughout the [[Ur-Quan Slave War]] and during the events of [[Star Control II]]. The Ur-Quan's galaxy-spanning activities, especially the Kzer-Za's massive [[Hierarchy of Battle Thralls]], would likely have been impossible without the Talking Pets, which provided them a means of effectively dealing with a huge variety of alien civilizations with very little effort to understand them on their own part.

	Unfortunately, Ur-Quan genetic manipulation technology was not subtle enough to erase all traces of the Dnyarri's former intellectual capacity or to detect the traces that remained. When the [[Umgah]], with their far superior genetic engineering abilities, managed to examine a Talking Pet recovered from a [[Dreadnought]] crash, they were able to augment its intelligence and racial memory far past its original abilities, turning it into a powerful [[Talking Pet (device)\|neo-Dnyarri]] that played a crucial role in the ~~Second War~~.		Unfortunately, Ur-Quan genetic manipulation technology was not subtle enough to erase all traces of the Dnyarri's former intellectual capacity or to detect the traces that remained. When the [[Umgah]], with their far superior genetic engineering abilities, managed to examine a Talking Pet recovered from a [[Dreadnought]] crash, they were able to augment its intelligence and racial memory far past its original abilities, turning it into a powerful [[Talking Pet (device)\|neo-Dnyarri]] that played a crucial role in [[The Captain]]'s efforts to destroy the [[Sa-Matra]] and defeat the Ur-Quan.

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