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* [[Loan Shark]]: Subverted. He will loan the player some funds in the event of an energy crisis, but his interest rates are extremely low.
* [[Loan Shark]]: Subverted. He will loan the player some funds in the event of an energy crisis, but his interest rates are extremely low.
* {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father]]}}: In the ending. Especially odd, when you consider VAL implies {{spoiler|the player is an Earth human.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father]]}}: In the ending. Especially odd, when you consider VAL implies {{spoiler|the player is an Earth human.}}
** {{spoiler|Maybe the [[Player Character|PC]] is an orphan?}}
** {{spoiler|Maybe the [[Player Character|PC]] is an orphan?}}
*** {{spoiler|Arona is a barely humanoid alien so that really doesn't work.}}
*** {{spoiler|Arona is a barely humanoid alien so that really doesn't work.}}


== The Groulien Salt Hogs ==
== The Groulien Salt Hogs ==
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* [[Combat Medic]]: They ''can'' fight, but they're lousy at it.
* [[Combat Medic]]: They ''can'' fight, but they're lousy at it.
* [[Creative Sterility]]: Their art consists of three boxes, stacked on top of each other. Naturally, it's the one piece of art nobody finds offensive.
* [[Creative Sterility]]: Their art consists of three boxes, stacked on top of each other. Naturally, it's the one piece of art nobody finds offensive.
* [[Mad Doctor]]: Criminal Greys will hurt anyone they heal, and can lead to visitor casualties if not caught.
* [[Never Live It Down]]: In-Universe: The bovine abductions. They don't ''do'' that any more, and wish everyone would stop commenting on it.
* [[The Greys]]: Of course.
* [[The Greys]]: Of course.
* [[Mad Doctor]]: Criminal Greys will hurt anyone they heal, and can lead to visitor casualties if not caught.
* [[The Medic]]
* [[The Medic]]
* [[Never Live It Down]]: In-Universe: The bovine abductions. They don't ''do'' that any more, and wish everyone would stop commenting on it.
* [[The Spock]]
* [[The Spock]]


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* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: Zedem seems like a Straw Deity for the Old Testament God.
* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: Zedem seems like a Straw Deity for the Old Testament God.
* [[The Fundamentalist]]
* [[Saintly Church]]: For all their traditionalism and moralising, the Zedem Monks are peaceful, take their asceticism seriously. and show genuine concern for their fellow sentients' spiritual well-being.
* [[Saintly Church]]: For all their traditionalism and moralising, the Zedem Monks are peaceful, take their asceticism seriously. and show genuine concern for their fellow sentients' spiritual well-being.
* [[Science Is Wrong]]: They do not get on with the empirical Turakken.
* [[Science Is Wrong]]: They do not get on with the empirical Turakken.
* [[Sex Is Evil]]: They get the least enjoyment out of the Love Nest and the love-producing Oroflex, as well as feuding with the Sirens.
* [[Sex Is Evil]]: They get the least enjoyment out of the Love Nest and the love-producing Oroflex, as well as feuding with the Sirens.
** The Zedem will, unless ''severely'' deprived, instead try to fulfil their 'love' need by praying at the temple, which actually does provide them with a small bonus (moreso if they are absolved by a resident monk). Go figure.
** The Zedem will, unless ''severely'' deprived, instead try to fulfil their 'love' need by praying at the temple, which actually does provide them with a small bonus (moreso if they are absolved by a resident monk). Go figure.
* [[The Fundamentalist]]


== The Grekka Targ ==
== The Grekka Targ ==
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A race of winged, scantily clad, beautiful humanoids. The only race in the game to have two genders, though the difference is purely aesthetic. Their leading organisation is the Siren Academy.
A race of winged, scantily clad, beautiful humanoids. The only race in the game to have two genders, though the difference is purely aesthetic. Their leading organisation is the Siren Academy.


* [[G-Rated Sex]] They dispense love in their Love Nests with a stream of hearts flowing out of their chests into their clients.
* [[Gender Flip]]: [[Word of God|Someone from Mucky Foot]] once said <ref> Mucky Foot is dead and there's not a lot of remaining Startopia fan sites, so you'll just have to trust me.</ref> that the Sirens are inherently [[Gender Flipped]]. The stacked hourglass-shaped Siren? Dude. The one looking like its suffering from [[Testosterone Poisoning]]? Chick.
* [[Gender Flip]]: [[Word of God|Someone from Mucky Foot]] once said <ref> Mucky Foot is dead and there's not a lot of remaining Startopia fan sites, so you'll just have to trust me.</ref> that the Sirens are inherently [[Gender Flipped]]. The stacked hourglass-shaped Siren? Dude. The one looking like its suffering from [[Testosterone Poisoning]]? Chick.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] They offer the in-game equivalent of prostitution. Which the player runs. On a bisexual basis.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] They offer the in-game equivalent of prostitution. Which the player runs. On a bisexual basis.
* [[G-Rated Sex]] They dispense love in their Love Nests with a stream of hearts flowing out of their chests into their clients.
* [[Human Aliens]]
* [[Human Aliens]]
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]