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This is my personal staging area for putting articles and whatnot together. For articles, I like to pull all the relevant conversation elements together, to write a rough draft combining as much of that information as possible, and to come back a couple days later to turn it into an actual article.
 
This is my personal staging area for putting articles and whatnot together. For articles, I like to pull all the relevant conversation elements together, to write a rough draft combining as much of that information as possible, and to come back a couple days later to turn it into an actual article.
  
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==Internal Discrepancies==
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*[[User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Scout]]
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*Syreen
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*[[User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Navigation Mechanics]]
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**diurnal cycle difference in PC and 3DO versions
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*[[User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/list of ships]]
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**SC2 manual: homeworld in the Arianni constellation
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*[[User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/table of ships properties]]
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**SC2 manual: homeworld called Syrea
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*[[User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Star Control Music]]
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**Beta Copernicus I as a shattered world: 1.06 g (not slightly less like Talana says), no atmosphere (what happened to the sulfur clouds), and not very hot
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*[[User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Star Control Universe]]
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*Rand's ship: Miwok in SC2 manual, Far Voyager in Hayes' account
 
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*Yehat ruling clan: Veep-Neep according to Yehat, Veep-Zeep according to Hayes
 
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*Different versions of "The Words"
 
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*Kohr-Ah wipe out Arilou sphere of influence - (actually, i've never gone back to their homeworld to see what happens afterwards)
 
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*Yehat Spheres of Influence after rebellion starts - can encounter Rebels and Royalists in both
 
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*Timeline difference from SC1 to SC2
 
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*Battle of Draco probably not in Draconis (home of the Thraddash)
 
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*Unzervalt - Vela I in the game, Vela II in the SC2 manual
 
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*Spathi ship - Discriminator in SC1, Eluder in SC2
 
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*According to the resource guide, the Faz joined the Sentient Milieu 2000 years ago, long after the first Doctrinal Conflict
 
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*Where's the Beast on Alpha Cerenkov I after it eats ZEX?
 
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*First Probe attack on Tobermoon just disabled it, not destroying it and everyone on board.
 
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*Specific 3DO differences
 
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**no MetaChron
 
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**Syreen don't give homeworld location
 
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**Mycon don't give homeworld location
 
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**Slylandro Probes don't reference origin location
 
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**RU value of Exotics
 
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**Default names and where you start out
 
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**number of escorts
 
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**Price goes up for why the bridge turned purple
 
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**fate of the Ur-Quan at the end
 
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**different description of drag force in Hyperspace
 
  
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==Footnote template creation testbed==
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==Template testing==
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===inline text===
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[[User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:groups]]
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Mary had a little lamb {{User:Fyzixfighter/fref|name="lamb"|fnum=1}}
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{{User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:groups}}
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[[User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:quests]]
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{{User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:quests}}
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[[User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:milieu]]
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{{User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:milieu}}
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[[User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:hierarchy]]
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{{User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:hierarchy}}
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[[User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:alliance]]
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{{User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:alliance}}
  
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===Notes and references===
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==RaceBox tweaking==
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{{User:Fyzixfighter/fnote|name="lamb"|fnum=1}}
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(parameters copied from example on talk page)
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{| style="float:right;margin:0" border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0|
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|
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{|
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| colspan=2 |
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{| style="background-color:rgb(187,187,187);text-align:center" border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=100%|
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|width=20%|
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| '''Your Master'''
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|width=20% style="text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"|<small>[http://www.sa-matra.net/quotes/ur-quan Q]/[http://uqm.stack.nl/diff/urquan.html -]</small>
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|}
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|-
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|colspan=2|[[Image:Kzer-ZaComm.png]]
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|-
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| colspan=2 style="color:white;background-color:black;text-align:center" | <small>I for one welcome our new alien overlords</small>
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|-
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top" | '''Homeworld:'''
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| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top" | Alpha Beta Soupa IV
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|-
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top" | '''Coordinates:'''
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| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top" | 123.4 : 567.8
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|-
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top" | '''Member of:'''
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| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top" | Empire of Jacius
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|-
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| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top" | '''Ship:'''
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| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top" | [[Dreadnought]]
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|-
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| colspan=2 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style="text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom" width=100%|<small>'''dialog: PC/UQM'''</small>
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|}
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|}
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==Possible influences/references==
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Need to follow up on these, check original source
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* Utwig description of homeworld as a Murky Bog as a reference to Beta Aquarii planet Sadal Suud, home of Llorio the Murthe, in "Rhialto the Marvellous" (Jack Vance, 1984) as a "a steaming quagmire infested by owls, gnats and rodents."
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* Beta Corvi and Slylandro as a reference to Beta Corviki race (from planet IV, a gas giant) in "Dramatic Mission" of Anne McCaffrey's "The Ship that Sang"
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* Theodore Sturgeon's "The golden helix", and Beta Librae/Supox?

Latest revision as of 23:25, 8 November 2013

This is my personal staging area for putting articles and whatnot together. For articles, I like to pull all the relevant conversation elements together, to write a rough draft combining as much of that information as possible, and to come back a couple days later to turn it into an actual article.

Template testing[edit]

User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:groups

Alien Races in the Ur-Quan Masters Universe - notable groups

Sentient Milieu: Drall - Mael-Num - Taalo - Yuli - Yuptar - Faz - Ur-Quan
Ur-Quan Hierarchy: Battle Thralls: Thraddash - Umgah - Ilwrath - Spathi - Androsynth - VUX - Mycon - Yehat
Fallow Slaves: Faz - Chenjesu - Mmrnmhrm - Human - Syreen
Alliance of Free Stars: Chenjesu - Mmrnmhrm - Yehat - Shofixti - Human - Arilou - Syreen

User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:quests

Game objectives - required items

Sa-Matra Deep Child Egg Case Fragments - Syreen Shuttle - Sun Device - HyperWave Broadcaster
Clear Spindle - Aqua Helix - Rosy Sphere - Ultron - Utwig Bomb
Taalo Shield - Talking Pet (device)
Yehat Rebellion VUX Beast - Shofixti Maidens
QuasiSpace Ur-Quan Warp Pod - QuasiSpace Portal Spawner


User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:milieu

{{{name}}}
{{{image}}}
{{{caption}}}
Type: {{{type}}}
Status: {{{status}}}
Period: {{{period}}}
Duration: {{{duration}}}
Membership: {{{membership}}}
Known Members: {{{known}}}

User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:hierarchy

Ur-Quan Hierarchy - Known slave races
Pre-2135 Added post-2135
Battle Thralls: Thraddash - Umgah - Ilwrath - Spathi - Androsynth - VUX - Mycon Yehat
Fallow Slaves: Faz Chenjesu - Mmrnmhrm - Human - Syreen


User:Fyzixfighter/Sandbox/Template:alliance

Alliance of Free Stars - member races
Old Alliance: Chenjesu - Mmrnmhrm - Yehat - Shofixti - Human - Arilou - Syreen
New Alliance: Chmmr - Humans - Supox - Syreen - Utwig
Optional: Orz - Shofixti - Spathi - Thraddash - Zoq-Fot-Pik


RaceBox tweaking[edit]

(parameters copied from example on talk page)

Your Master Q/-
Kzer-ZaComm.png
I for one welcome our new alien overlords
Homeworld: Alpha Beta Soupa IV
Coordinates: 123.4 : 567.8
Member of: Empire of Jacius
Ship: Dreadnought
dialog: PC/UQM

Possible influences/references[edit]

Need to follow up on these, check original source

  • Utwig description of homeworld as a Murky Bog as a reference to Beta Aquarii planet Sadal Suud, home of Llorio the Murthe, in "Rhialto the Marvellous" (Jack Vance, 1984) as a "a steaming quagmire infested by owls, gnats and rodents."
  • Beta Corvi and Slylandro as a reference to Beta Corviki race (from planet IV, a gas giant) in "Dramatic Mission" of Anne McCaffrey's "The Ship that Sang"
  • Theodore Sturgeon's "The golden helix", and Beta Librae/Supox?
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