The Ur-Quan Masters Discussion Forum

So, the Star Control races have widely varied personalities, and many of us could expect to find some of his traits mirrored in the nature of one or more of the races.
So I've made this thread in a glimpse of true genius. It is meant to host posts about what traits of which races are characteristic for you. You can structure your post as you want, but if you're out of inspiration, you can use my example's layout.

I start:
I seem to be mostly similar to the Utwig, as I'm constantly whining about their voice - but this is an exception; that voice has wounded me deeply. This shouldn't be considered natural for me.
Another trait I share with the Utwig is the tendency to exaggerate certain things (just like they exaggerate the Ultron's powers and the Bomb's blast radius) - or otherwise said the Utwig and I both are constantly Valaggaring.
I also resemble the Arilou/Slylandro in a limited degree, as I too am rather curious. And the Kohr-Ah in their single-mindedness and intransigency/stubbornness.
What I do NOT resemble in any way is the Thraddash race. I mean, I have no respect for force whatsoever, plus I hate smoking and cigars.

Your turn!

Hmm...

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Slylandro! Yes, their personality is most like my own from the SC races. I share their endless curiosity towards the universe. I would so like to go out to explore the galaxy, or at least the nearest objects like Mars. I am a little depressed by the fact that I might never be able to get off this boring old rock  due to our primitive technology. Doesn't ruin my life, though. I can sit here and wonder about things as I read about the latest astronomical discoveries. At least my situation is a little better than Slylandros'. If I happened to get rich, in the future, I might be able to visit the orbit before my death. Not very likely, though.

I was surprised, upon going through the list of races, to decide that I was most like the Arilou.

Now I'll rank YOU guys!

Valaggar: Spathi
meep-eep: Chenjesu
Shiver: Syreen

You know, I'm sensing a theme with these posts. ;)

I'm going to go with Slylandro, too, with how curious and bright they are towards everything.  That's just like me in full fan mode.

ZOQ-FOT-PIK

Yes, all 3 of them. 

I'm gonna try and do every Star Control alien race with actual dialogue. Here goes!



Arilou: Meep-Eep - This guy has been there. He knows, but will not divulge the whole story.

Chmmr: Death999 - Helps out the small and helpless while kicking ass in fifteen different directions. Tends to be a bit humorless.

Druuge: Accolade?

Dnyarri: Electronic Arts?

Ilwrath: Derek Smart?

Kohr-Ah: Tiberian - Tiberian leaves a burning trail of death and destruction in his wake and doesn't give two craps about it.

Melnorme: Cedric - One of the older races originating from the opposite end of the galaxy (New Zealand, LOL). This guy is all business.

Mmrnmhrm: Stara - This guy has no distinct personality whatsoever but is really good at melee.

Mycon: Valaggar - Rambles without making much sense. Probably comes back to life after sustaining fatal injuries.

Orz: Zanthius - No one else is nearly insane or hilarious enough to play the role of the Orz but this guy.

Pkunk: OxD3C0DE - Smart, witty and easy-going. Maybe a bit of a goof sometimes.

Shofixti: Amiga_Nut - Pretty cool, but a bit tempermental. This guy totally hates Elvish Pillager, but I have no idea why. Maybe he should get his sensors fixed.

Slylandro: Lukipela - Very smart and stable but also naive. Talks too frickin' much (see his post count).

Spathi - Don't know. This needs someone sissy-like and funny, I guess.

Supox: Arne - This guy is totally chillax (relax + chill) all the time and just does whatever. You tend not to see a lot of him, maybe he'll get a bigger part in the sequel.

Syreen: Shiver - This guy totally chillaxes (relax + chill) almost all the time. He likes to kick back, put his feet up, throw on sunglasses and just do whatever, mang. But every once in a while, someone or something gets under his skin and he absolutely flips out and goes ballistic. Whatever causes this outburst can sometimes be dire, but is more often trivial and irrelevant.

Thraddash: ConsulBob - Takes highly illogical stances at a whim and suddenly becomes fanatical over them. Will go on and on about minutiae, then spontaneously change the subject. Very argumentative and often frustrating to deal with. Someone suggested I use RType06 instead, but I must confess I haven't paid attention to his posts enough to pass judgement.

Umgah: Deus_Siddis - Very sideways-thinking. Says a lot of strange stuff. Most of it is drivel that should be disregarded immediately, but a small fraction of what he says is either hilarious or genius.

Utwig: Someone who whines too much about their personal life to the point that everyone finds them annoying. I don't think I've ever seen anyone do this even in Off Topic so this race is staying blank for now.

Ur-Quan: Elvish Pillager - He battles Tiberian (Kohr-Ah) for supremacy in the Doctrinal War, a war that will inevitably repeat itself into infinity as they struggle for dominance. EP tends to strategize and ponder more than his cold and murderous cousin. He also rubs a lot of people the wrong way. May or may not have good intentions.

VUX: NEMT - if anyone remembers him. Conceited snob and total jerk extraordinaire.

Yehat: AngusThermopyle - A man of few words. He has integrity and fights the good fight as best he can. Also, he should lighten the hell up once in a while and goof off like everyone else is doing.

Zoq-Fot-Pik: ZFP are intergalactic n00bs. I nominate human fluid sack, because who the heck is that n00blet and what is he up to?

Spathi? When did I last panic and flown away?

Now this really makes a lot more sense! I also act like possessed sometimes, honest. Plus sometimes (often?) I go on with what I'm saying without paying any attention to what my interlocutor says.
(PS: Mycon ramblings make sense; they're just not linked in any way to whatever you're saying to them)

Shiver: Good work with the Tiberian-Elvish_Pillager-Amiga_Nut trio.

EDIT: Where are the Androsynth, the Chenjesu, the Taalo, the Burvixese, the Zebranky, the Precursors, the Keel-Verezy (this one has to be Lurker)?

I'd have to say... no one race does the trick, but each of them has something;

Orz, due to their innocent-but-ever-so-sinister nature and general wackiness ("Yes! We do! Goodbye is the *Game*. Hello!! I am only joke.") at the same time.

Chmmr, because I do occasionally help people, but only if they show that they're willing to accept this help and aren't complete asshats. Also due to favouring of heavy offensive and defensive systems over propulsion systems for craft. ;D

Slylandro, unsurprisingly, due to the curiousity. But not the innocence. Definitely the forgetfulness as well.

The Mycon, because I often go off on little rants and rambles, although I don't get possessed by my ancestors very often. If at all. Much. Honestly!

Maybe the Umgah, because I have a bad sense of humour too.

Fine. So he has intentionally left them out. However, why leave them out? They're Fas-Cinating!

Umgah I'm told (=just rumored) to be funny :)
But then, I actually ain't.

I've got a really good candidate for Spathi:
Terminator. Just look at this thread (http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=1526.0) of him.

Spathi aren't that stupid.

Arilou - I know things that others do not... Muahahahahaaaa!!

Well, Okay, but I've been all over the place. Making games, Playing MMORPGs, Solving tech problems, Discussing ridiculous things like Pokemon Cards and Soul Calibur...

Oh hey, I just thought of something.

So, a close #2 would be Umgah, but I'm not saying why. :D

I'd say Ilwrath. I can be pretty violent when I'm very angry. but Spathi when I'm not angry . :P
and Mycon when I'm hungry !

Hmm...this is actually tough. I would say that I am a mix of several races...think of a genetic hybrid between the Kohr-Ah, the Kzer-Za, the Utwig, the Spathi, the Mycon, and the Dnyarri.

Kohr-Ah: I am somewhat saddistic, though I am not genocidal. And I love to creep people out.
Kzer-Za: I love to be in charge, though I also have a tragic past. I will do things that seem absurd or even wrong at first, but it's usually for peoples' own good.
Utwig: I whine sometimes after I've been hurt...or I do something stupid.
Spathi: I can be witty at times, especially when I'm nervous.
Mycon: I am somewhat religious, and I have some rather...different views.
Dnyarri: I am misunderstood and keep to myself often, though I have been told that I'm far beyond many other people my age in the respect of comprehension.

Yes indeed you are rather creepy

Indeed, sir.  Indeed.  I, too, am made terribly aware that this is not a fellow to be messed with.

*monocle*

1. The true Utwig personality is the one after they get their Ultron back, not before. I.e. not whiny and depressed.
2. Don't heed the Utwig voice, at least after they get their Ultron back. Let's just say that they have been depressed for so long that their voice has remained stuck, or that they feel obligated to whine because they still have the Mask of Ultimate Embarrassment and Shame. Or that they don't actually have that voice.

Comprehension at a Dnyarri? What are you referring to? The ability to comprehend foreign languages or the ability to comprehend other people's feelings?

...while the Kohr-Ah are genocidal, and not at all sadistic, and they don't love to creep people out.

I agree.  I've seen no indication that they enjoy causing pain--only that they have no problem with killing (I would concede that they don't seem to care if they cause pain while doing this, but that isn't the same thing).  The killing, even, they seem to treat more as a duty--something that must be done.  The Ilwrath, on the other hand, are certainly sadistic--and a case could be made that the Umgah are, too.

And when you tell the Kohr-Ah they're creepy, they only say this:

They don't seem especially pleased or displeased at the description, only noting that is "justified".

Yes, the Kohr-ah are pretty understated, straightforward, and emotionless about what they do (unlike the Kzer-za, who show emotion more and like to use fear and intimidation). I'd say that makes them creepier and more disturbing, but I don't think that's their intention.

Actually, speaking of sadistic, doesn't the SC2 manual hint at the Kzer-za torturing people for information in reference to Chi and the rest of the missing Tobermoon crew?

I'm not completely sure, but I think that was along the lines of, "You imagined what might have happened to them," and wasn't saying that it did happen, or was SOP.

Yes, that was it. Those who wrote the manual probably intended that the Ur-Quan were guilty for that, but they made a few errors which leave the situation ambiguous:
Three days out, as you approached the perimeter of that cursed Oort Cloud, you found the Tobermoon - derelict and tumbling through space. The deep burns along her hull were mute evidence she'd seen combat. And lost. The discovery was, of course, a great shock to Captain Burton. Unconsciously she chewed her bottom lip, and for the first time her handsome face showed the awful strain of the past twenty years. She'd been engaged to Captain Chi. Through the decades she'd clung to the hope she'd see him again, kept alive the dream they'd shared of marriage and children and a life together. Now the dream was shattered. She knew he was gone, even though there was no body to mourn over. Strangely, there were no bodies at all on board. And most of the important ship systems were intact. Do you remember how Burton wondered, tears brimming in her blue eyes, if Officer Chi and the other crew members had been taken prisoner? How her words conjured up a picture in your mind of the Earthlings being tortured - their ordeal provoking mirth in the soul-less Ur-Quan.
- "Deep burns" - the Dreadnought Fusion Blaster makes a big hole, and fighters are vulnerable to point defense.
- "Vital systems intact" - Let's say that the Dreadnought didn't have time to salvage the vessel.
- They didn't discover the Unzervalt colony - true, the underground Precursor installation was not yet activated, and the colonists made their crops in a purposeful random pattern, but twenty thousand years along the Path of Now and Forever should have taught the Ur-Quan how to find even hidden colonies.

See this thread (http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3524.0).

Even ignoring the discrepancies in the story, all it really says is that Burton thought it was a possibility.  It seems to me that it's the kind of thing that people attribute to the enemy ("If they catch you they'll do HORRIBLE HORRIBLE THINGS.  Proof?  Well, I don't have any proof, but I heard from this one guy...") whether or not there's any evidence.  It's like, obviously they'd do that--they're the bad guys!

For me, Pkunk/Umgah, because I always try to have fun and relax about everything, and I do love making jokes, but also Spathi.  I'm a coward at heart.

Oh, and Supox, because I always end up imitating people.

Dag, I always thought the Umgah were funny after you freed them from the talking pet.  Maybe I just have a weakness for general silliness.

"Well pop my pupae! It human Earthling again!
It just doesn't learn, does it? To Arms! To Arms!... wait a minute! Don't HAVE any arms!
AIEE!! MY ARMS!! WHO HAS STOLEN MY ARMS!!! AIEEE!! ARM THIEF!!!
Har! Har! Har!... Never HAD any arms! Har! Har! Har!"