Ultronomicon:Game events

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The purpose of this article is to clarify which events are mandatory and which are optional. Some articles in Ultronomicon assume the best-case scenario with the player completing all quests and events in the best way, but there is some discussion that this is not the ideal way to cover the events of Star Control II.

Mandatory events can be safely documented with no restrictions in the Ultronomicon. Optional events should be stated as such in the Ultronomicon, either in a separate "Optional events" section, or in the main article as "If The Captain does x, y occurs."

This page is still very much a work in progress. Please feel free to add or modify what you see here. If you disagree with any of the following points, please add "(disputed, see talk)" and bring it up in the talk page.

Mandatory events

These events will occur if the player successfully completes the game. Each child event represents events that must occur in order for the parent event to occur. Historical events are all considered mandatory, as are any of the events mentioned at the end of the game (except for the "blooper reel", of course).

Needed to finish the game

Destroy the Sa-Matra

• Obtain the Talking Pet (device)
  • Obtain the Taalo Shield
    • Meet the Orz
• Install the amplified Utwig Bomb onto The Flagship
  • Meet and ally with the Chmmr
    • Remove the Ilwrath from Procyon
      • Convince the Ilwrath to attack the Thraddash
        • Obtain a HyperWave Broadcaster
    • Obtain the Sun Device
      • Remove most of the Mycon from Beta Brahe
        • Convince the Mycon to go to Organon
          • Meet and ally with the Syreen
            • Obtain the Deep Child Egg Case Fragments
            • Discover that the Mycon destroyed Syra
  • Obtain the Utwig Bomb
    • Fight against five Druuge Maulers at Zeta Hyades VI-B.
      • Fix the Ultron (the Supox and the Utwig declare war on the Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah as a result of this)
        • Obtain the broken Ultron
          • Meet the Supox
        • Obtain the Rosy Sphere
          • Meet and trade with the Druuge
        • Obtain the Aqua Helix
          • Meet with the Thraddash
        • Obtain the Clear Spindle
          • Meet with the Pkunk

Assumed as mandatory

These events are assumed, either because the game would be nearly impossible to complete without them¹, or simply because it "makes sense" in the game. Each child event represents events that must occur in order for the parent event to occur.

• Meet the Ur-Quan drone¹
• Convince Commander Hayes to ally with The Captain¹
  • Supply the Earth Starbase with radioactives
  • Explore Luna and salvage the Moon Base
  • Defeat a half-crippled Ilwrath Avenger
• Meet Captain Fwiffo at Pluto (Note: Fwiffo may or may not join; this is not mandatory)
• Slylandro Probes run rampant throughout the galaxy (Note: Meeting the Slylandro is not considered mandatory)
• The Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah do not defeat the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za in the Second Doctrinal Conflict, although they are winning (Note: This means that the Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah don't end up cleansing any other races)

Optional events (explicit)

While anything not mentioned above should be considered optional, the following list contains events that are explicitly optional. The main purpose of this list is to clarify events that might be considered mandatory, but are actually optional.

1. The Ilwrath and the Thraddash do not necessarily wipe each other out.
   • It can be assumed that The Captain destroys the Sa-Matra before the Ilwrath and Thraddash wipe each other out.
   • Since the remaining Chmmr and allied fleets manage to defeat the remaining Dreadnought and Marauder fleets, it can also be assumed that they can defeat or control the remaining battle thralls as well—including the Ilwrath and the Thraddash.
2. Captain Fwiffo does not necessarily join The Captain's fleet.
   • It is possible to goad Fwiffo into fighting by selecting "You attacked our lander -- killed our crew! Prepare to die.", an option immediately available when The Captain first talks to Fwiffo.
   • It is also possible to complete the game without ever meeting Fwiffo on Pluto.
3. The Captain doesn't necessarily meet with the Slylandro to stop their Probes
   • This probably doesn't require much of an explanation. Beyond their friendship and some interesting background information (especially about their glowy bits), the Slyalandro gasbags provide nothing towards the final goal of destroying the Sa-Matra.
4. Allying with the Zoq-Fot-Pik and subsequently saving them.