Dark Star One: Difference between revisions

 

----

* [[Aerith and Bob]]: Among our colorful cast, we have weird names like Kayron, Jow'son, Naara and Jiju. On the normal side, Robert, Simon, Ramirez, Ventura, and Jack.

* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: At some point in the past the Terran language became the standard spoken language for all empires. Most races still use their written language in-game.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: The manual contains detailed backgrounds on each of the game's races.

* [[Bee People]]: The Arrack, although they're more like ants. They even refer to their race as a whole as "The Collective."

* [[Boss Banter]]: Literal example! When you fight a pirate gang, all the while, the Pirate Boss will pepper you with taunts. Special mention goes to one from the Raptor Pirate Boss.

* [[Boss in Mook Clothing]]: The Bosses of pirate gangs boast stronger weapons and tougher armor and shields than the norm, plus, they are immune to any of the Plasma Cannon's offensive abilities (I.E. Overload, EMP, Timeshock). To top it off, they have improved versions of their races special ability. Terran Bosses just have a smarter AI that maneuvers better. Mortoks fire what looks like Super Missiles. Raptors fire homing missiles. Oc'to use drones that fly in formation. Arrack can blink up to three times instead of once. Thul generate a mirror image when cloaking.

* [[Casual Interstellar Travel]]: For the most part, it would seem like this, with only pirate ambush parties to break the peace.

* [[Escort Mission]]: Many story missions and sidequests are this. You can also sign up as an escort pilot for a freighter.

* [[Exposition Fairy]]: Eona, your erstwhile copilot.

* [[Five-Man Band]]:

** [[The Hero]]: Kayron

** Occupied systems are much more difficult than pirate gangs, because its all too easy to be swarmed if you get careless, and then become an instant [[Bullet Hell]]. You fight three waves of pirates, whose total number usually includes fifteen fighters. If you survive, you are rewarded with a tidy sum of credits and an artifact for the Darkstar.

* [[My Brain Is Big]]: The Oc'to are to this game as the Psilons were to ''[[Master of Orion]]''. They indulge in many fields of science and philosophy, and have made many radical advances and achievements, ranging from teaching quantum mechanics to young children to cloning matter.

* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: In one story mission, you go to an Arrack system that was devastated by a savage war, in search of a Thul cruiser. The system is within a massive [[Asteroid Thicket]] of scrap metal, there are shipwrecks all around and the planet is a sickly pinkish color. The effect is greater if you come back after the mission, where you're all alone with nothing besides wreckage to keep you company.

* [[Oh My Gods]]: With the Raptor's [[Fantasy Pantheon|massive pantheon]] including over threehundred gods, some will utter this or a varient of it.

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Dark Star One]]