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'''<big>Attention troper -- heed this recorded message! This works page speaks with the voice and authority of the Ur-Quan!</big>''' |
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''[[Star Control]]'' is a series of [[Shoot Em Ups|shoot-'em-up]]/ActionAdventure games built around space battles modelled on but expanded from ''[[Space War]]''. |
''[[Star Control]]'' is a series of [[Shoot Em Ups|shoot-'em-up]]/ActionAdventure games built around space battles modelled on but expanded from ''[[Space War]]''. |
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All three ''Star Control'' games are available from Good Old Games (www.gog.com). An excellent -- and ''free'' -- port of ''Star Control II'' to modern systems, called ''The Ur-Quan Masters'', is also available [http://sc2.sourceforge.net from this page]. [[But Wait! There's More!]] A [[Fan Sequel]] to ''Star Control 2'', called ''Project 6014'', is being developed [http://code.google.com/p/project6014/ here]. |
All three ''Star Control'' games are available from Good Old Games (www.gog.com). An excellent -- and ''free'' -- port of ''Star Control II'' to modern systems, called ''The Ur-Quan Masters'', is also available [http://sc2.sourceforge.net from this page]. [[But Wait! There's More!]] A [[Fan Sequel]] to ''Star Control 2'', called ''Project 6014'', is being developed [http://code.google.com/p/project6014/ here]. |
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'''<big>PRIORITY OVER-RIDE. NEW BEHAVIOR DICTATED. MUST BREAK SUBJECT INTO COMPONENT TROPES.</big>''' |
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== Tropes == |
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: The story is never explained in-game. |
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The story is never explained in-game. |
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* [[Artificial Human|Artificial Humans]]: The Androsynth. |
* [[Artificial Human|Artificial Humans]]: The Androsynth. |
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* [[You Require More Vespene Gas]]: [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Starbucks]], generated via mining colonies and Starbases. |
* [[You Require More Vespene Gas]]: [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Starbucks]], generated via mining colonies and Starbases. |
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{{tropelist|''Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters'' provides examples of:}} |
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== Tropes A - F == |
== Tropes A - F == |
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* [[Absolute Xenophobe]]: The Kohr-Ah cannot feel safe or secure while a single member of a single other sentient species survives. Their trauma runs too deep. |
* [[Absolute Xenophobe]]: The Kohr-Ah cannot feel safe or secure while a single member of a single other sentient species survives. Their trauma runs too deep. |
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{{tropelist|''Star Control 3'' provides examples of:}} |
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== Tropes == |
== Tropes == |
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* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]]: All Ploxis names seem to start with "pl". |
* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]]: All Ploxis names seem to start with "pl". |
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* [[Retcon]]: The intro tells you that instead of simply being unconscious from being caught in Sa-Matra's explosion, your character was briefly transported into the future to see the Eternal Ones killing everyone. |
* [[Retcon]]: The intro tells you that instead of simply being unconscious from being caught in Sa-Matra's explosion, your character was briefly transported into the future to see the Eternal Ones killing everyone. |
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* [[Re Lex]]: Apparently all alien languages are relexes of English, as {{spoiler|the Precursor tells you that "all races who developed mathematics" had the confusion between "Eternal Ones" and "Eternal1".}} |
* [[Re Lex]]: Apparently all alien languages are relexes of English, as {{spoiler|the Precursor tells you that "all races who developed mathematics" had the confusion between "Eternal Ones" and "Eternal1".}} |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: ICOM, your onboard hint machine, looks ''exactly'' like [[A Space Odyssey|HAL 9000]]. Lampshaded, too, in one of the Captain's responses. |
* [[Shout-Out]]: ICOM, your onboard hint machine, looks ''exactly'' like [[2001: A Space Odyssey (Film)|HAL 9000]]. Lampshaded, too, in one of the Captain's responses. |
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* [[Simpleton Voice]]: The Doogs speak in one. |
* [[Simpleton Voice]]: The Doogs speak in one. |
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* [[This Is a Drill]]: One of the weapons of the Daktaklakpak Vivisector. |
* [[This Is a Drill]]: One of the weapons of the Daktaklakpak Vivisector. |