The Captain

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 commander and the flagship. The later released 3DO version named the captain Zelnick and the flagship the Vindicator.]

Zelnick was born on the the colony world of Unzervalt in the Vela system, and showed an unusual aptitude for reverse-engineering Precursor technology. After the original captain was killed in a Slylandro Probe attack, he captained and piloted the SIS from Unzervalt back to Earth, and is generally agreed to have played a pivotal role in the events of the quadrant from 2154-2159.

Full details on The Captain are sketchy. Only one known image, taken during his recovery from escaping the destruction of the Sa-Matra is available of Zelnick during his time as a captain. From it, and from knowledge of the history of Unzervalt itself, we can conclude that Zelnick was Human, male, probably Caucasian, and under 20 Earth years old at the beginning of his mission.

Zelnick is believed to have had other adventures besides this one, but is known to have eventually retired peacefully with the Syreen Talana to Unzervalt.

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