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>>15718511

Look here, probe! We have tried to be nice, but you keep shooting at us. So now, we fight!

So are the Orz we see their own species or just androsynth which have been taken over by a parasite which is the Orz?

INB4 squeezing the juice.

They're still one of the most original and interesting scifi races/enemies in video games. And it's been 26 years since that game was released.

>>15718552

Oh fuck I never thought about that. But I mean, the Orz we see are so far from what we know the Androsynths looked like, to the point where they float and have tentacles, so I imagine it's more likely we see either some sort of pet or servant to the Orz, or the actual Orz that've picked a form that TrueSpace natives can understand.

>>15718609

It's really just me going off the quote of something like "there are no Androsynth, only Orz now" that I think the Arilou say. If the Orz had said it themselves I wouldn't have thought anything of it, but since it was the Arilou, I think they are implying the Orz replace the Androsynth. I also think that would make sense as a foil to the Arilou convincing the other races like humans to join their family, as the Orz imply they fuse or something. (need to check the wiki)

>>15718601

The Slylandro probes aren't a race. They're just probes that hunt down and destroy things because the Slylandro are shit at coding.

>>15719501

With enough time through errors in their replication they may have evolved into something different.

But you're right from a lore standpoint. I just like the idea of an enemy that can be shut down by learning a code from a side mission and how your dialog options change as you constantly get assaulted by them. This game was filled with little details that made a huge impression.

>>15719748

*frumple*

Peace, and maybe more?

>>15718615

THIS PROBE IS NOT HOSTILE. DO NOT ATTACK.

>>15719961

That's nice Scooby Do sample.

How is this shit https://store.steampowered.com/app/271260/Star_Control_Origins/

>>15720370

I don't care how much private property I have to rocket launcher. I'm going to make sure every single disgusting alien is sent back across the boarder of space.

>>15720373

It's okay I guess, not bad for a CURRENT YEAR game but nowhere near as good as SCII. Main detractors are the writing not being as good and it being quite short.

>>15720400

Fred and Paul are just as much rich faggots trying to profit as Brad is, anyone who trusts either party is the true cuck. Just play both games, although you probably will have to wait somewhere between ten years and forever for Ghosts of the Precursors.

>>15720373

Honestly it's actually pretty good but i'm still mad about what that company pulled to the original creators.

>combat is still pretty fun, like 2 you can totally break the game with your flagship

>there's no time limit like 2 until a certain point in the mid late game so you can feel free to explore and loot worlds as much as you want

>ayys are generally pretty good though i didn't like any of them as much as the Yehat

As a side not they pull a couple totally not versions of the classic ayys like the Arilou Lalee'laaay kinda sorta show up, the Melnorme sorta show up, as do the Orz as plot points.

>voice acting is really good for some reason

<it's buggy as fuck holy shit, game tends to crash or freeze fairly often. good thing it constantly auto saves

Overall it's worth a pirate, if they didn't act like massive kikes to the original developers i'd say it's worth a buy.

>>15720422

You mean wait somewhere between Now and Forever, right?

>>15720475

AYYY

>>15720422

>Ghosts of the Precursors

Are you sure it isn't canned? I haven't heard shit from it for a year now

>>15720400

I liked the out there idea that isn't really what Ilwrath look like, because exoskeletons can't really get that big without causing problems. So, it's a bunch of tiny sapient jumping spiders that puppeteer a far more intimidating avatar of their species to be taken seriously (though, they're still far too gullible).

>>15720557

>exoskeletons can't really get that big

How about in space? Maybe their world has lower gravity then Earth?

>>15720557

>exoskeletons can't really get that big without causing problems

I think you're confusing the rationale for why insects have a certain maximum size. It's all about the limitations of how they breath. They could get that big if they ditched their tracheal system and had true lungs.

>>15721659

Wasn't there a period in the Earth's history where bugs were fucking enormous because of a higher oxygen content in our atmosphere?

>>15721699

Yes, the largest arthopod was a milipede like creature that was up to 6 meters long.

So what did you guys think of the reboot?

Random content from the creators

>>15721715

wasn't it 2½ meters?

>>15721764

>Ars Poznica

>>15721750

Something like that, it was big and scary which is the important thing.

>>15721833

I'll take millipedes over centipedes any day. House centipedes are the epitome of disgusting.

>>15721833

>>15721855

You millipedes can't fool me, I know it's you posting. I'm gonna squash every one of you.

>>15721820

>Sometimes I'm glad we live in the current year.

>implying big arthropods wouldn't sweet as hell, because they would actually be big enough for a pet-grade brain.

>>15721848

>scary

not anymore so than a buffalo or a cassowary.

>>15721865

>wanting to squash millipedes that secrete zyklon b

>>15719961

>>15720316

Some *campers* are very good for *games*. Orz have made *happy* business in *fun times*.

>>15720422

>>15720425

Fred and Paul sold their souls and only recently have come to understand that they've paid a terrible price.

Brad did nothing wrong.

I want to culturally enrich xenos

what are some games with that?

>>15721733

>he knows

Don't speak to me or my Androsynth son ever again.

>>15724605

Star Control 2 lol. Seriously though the Syreen men died and only women are left. And through a weird turn of events that the Arilou totally have nothing to do with, they are virtually identical to humans…

>>15724646

You can also literally culturally enrich the rino guys on the other side of the galaxy.

The number of niggers in this thread who can't comprehend the orz. First, it's a singular extradimensional entity, like an elder god. The androsynth were studying extradimensional entities and I think trying to ascend to the level of the precursors. What their objective is isn't clear. That the orz get frumpled if you ask about them suggests that it was more than just the androsynth creating an opening, but were destroyed purposefully.

Pair this with the conversations with the arilou about them changing the scent of humans so they wouldn't be noticed and you get a clearer picture. The orz would destroy you had the arilou not protected humans because of some inborn human potential.

>>15724646

the syreen men are less than 10% of their population. They are too valuable and intrinsic to the survival of the species that the women can't permit them to asire to dangerous tasks so they remain below the slave shield.

If all the men were gone they would be at risk of extinction

>>15728511

How does that even work? I mean even if most of their men died, after one or two generations they would be back at a normal 50/50, wouldn't them? For humans, at least.

>>15729195

Not every organism has a 50/50 sex ratio.

>>15728511

>If all the men were gone they would be at risk of extinction

No, because as mentioned they're reproductively compatible with humans.

what a slutty song

hey what if all syreen men are shotas

>>15730702

Most of the men (hell, most of all of them) got killed when their planet turned into a volcano for reasons later explained in SC2. From the Ultronomicon wiki:

>Apart from a few survivors on the planet, only the recently created Syreen Space Patrol, the vast majority of which were female, remained. During a period of a few years, they made preparations for an exodus, gathering survivors from the surface and outfitting the orbital facilities with makeshift, mostly sub-luminal drives, and created the Habitat fleet.

>Everything that remained of the Syreen civilization was less than ten thousand people, among which only five hundred were males, living aboard improvised Habitats and the Penetrators of the Space Patrol. Voyaging through HyperSpace at an incredibly slow pace, they began looking for a new world.

>>15726969

I found it weird how they ask if you'd like to "see their *toys*" (or something to that affect, and then immediately follow up with that. That's one thing I thought would also support the parasite theory, as if the androsynth are not yet completely taken over and are trying to warn the captain. Especially since the Orz follow up with "Androsynth are so silly." As if trying to shush them.

>>15721859

Admiral Zex did nothing wrong

>>15730899

>tfw we'll never get a true SC3 that answers these mysteries

>>15724519

Hi, Brad. Killed yourself, yet?

>>15732093

Going through the dialogue again, the Arilou directly refer to them as parasites. Case closed, I guess?

>>15732246

>Siding with the nodevving copyright trolls instead of the underdog actually having made a game

>>15732483

Maybe he just likes to twist the knife

>>15732618

Anon, it is time to face your fears and fill them with hot lead. Just don't do it in real life, bullets aren't cheap.

>>15720412

>>15720370

EDF 5 when?

>>15731170

Well said my beautiful friend! There is truly nothing wrong with merely wishing to express yourself with a harmless hobby! Only close minded ignorants would say otherwise!

>>15729318

we can't have nice things

So is early game combat meant to be impossibly hard or am I fucking myself for playing Star Control 2 on Android?

>>15740754

Your mothership is going to be pretty shit until you get some more thrusters and maneuvering jets on it. Also you might be getting raped by Slylandro Probes, that's normal if all you've got are some slow-ass Earthling Cruisers- emergency jump and run away.

>>15730899

I think it was more like a threat. Kinda like asking someone who's pissing you off "You wanna get your head kicked in? No of course you don't"

>>15740754

When the slylandro probes get too close for the earthling missiles, just try your best to aim the front of the ship at the probe, it'll back off.

>>15718511

>easy to kill with the spathi butt missile

>later on you get the code for free victory

they're free money.

>>15740754

just use the spathi ship with the rear missile, all you need to do is run away while shooting.

>>15748416

Thanks, it worked but took a long time because the probe kept trying to do a 180 and come at me from the front.

The Ur-Quan did nothing wrong. You would seal every xenos too if it meant humanity would be safe forever too.

>>15756965

The Ur-Quan did one thing wrong.

They opposed humanity.

>>15718511

>Islam.gif

>>15766325

You either git gud at exploration, or you look up some helpful tips like this list http://wiki.uqm.stack.nl/List_of_top_early_mineral_planets

Combat is great for gaining RU, and with the spathi ship fighting the Slylandro probes should involve zero danger, so that's another point for gitting gud.

>>15766600 (checked)

Thanks for poining me to this site, it has a bunch of non-spoiler tips for starting out.

>>15720373

It was actually pretty good and worth playing.

>Alien races were interesting and fun to talk to

>Exploration was rewarding and you didn't have to explore unless you wanted to (for the most part)

>Music was great, including the remixed tracks

>Personally never experienced any crashes, slowdowns, or freezes in a complete playthrough

>Ship customization was actually fairly good

>The dialogue was also pretty good

<But there wasn't enough of it

<Combat started off good but went downhill due to the absolutely horrible battle AI barely putting up a resistance at all

<Ships that aren't your flagship generally aren't worth ever actually using, since your flagship can keep a distance from almost any enemy and pepper them with long-range nukes

<Problem is made worse due to maps being large battle arenas as opposed to a smaller wrapping arena

<Lacks that early 90s sci-fi appeal from the original series

<Some conversations with lesser characters/races are just text boxes as opposed to full screen displays (biggest flaw of the game, no exceptions)

Honestly though, what confuses me is that Stardock wanted the Star Control license to make this game, whenever they've been building up Galactic Civilizations in a way that almost mirrors Star Control. They obviously always wanted to make this game. I don't know why they didn't.

>Drengin put Earth under a slave shield

>Splinter faction called Korath fight the Drengin because they would rather destroy all other life

>Altarians are blue humans with psionic powers

There are more similarities, but I can't remember anything's name right now.

>>15768132

Hillary got what she deserved. :^)

>>15721855

But we haven't even gotten to egg casings

>>15766325

http://wiki.uqm.stack.nl/Spoiler-Free_Star_Map

>>15772205

There is no unbiased source. Your best bet for neutrality is to read the actual legal documents released by both sides. Read the demands made by both parties. There is no reason to take anyone's word at face value, since anyone trying to describe what is happening is putting their own spin on the factual legal documentation.

As for what actually happened behind the scenes before the whole legal battle occured, it's anybody's guess. Both sides would have copies of the e-mail communications. I would imagine they would be released by one party to prove that they were being cooperative all along, but the lack of said previous communications being aired implies the opposite. Or maybe they'd rather not release said communications until the legal battle is over.

>>15766325

You just have to suck it up and do some mining until you either beef up your main ship, or recruit races who have ships which hard counter the guys you're looking to fight. Early on the commander should tell you about a signal coming from Rigel, iirc. Do that, those guys are a decent counter to Illwrath, then you can farm.