Free Stars Universe
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A community for discussion/memes/fan art of the Free Stars (formerly Star Control) series of games.
No NSFW content.
BlueSky feed I made for news/posts: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kwli6p2w35cj3csr3we4by7g/feed/freestarsuniv
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Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pistolshrimp/free-stars-children-of-infinity/posts/4080050
Discord: https://discord.gg/rasVCDmYKp
Pistol Shrimp BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pistolshrimpgames.com
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A thread for everyone to introduce themselves and share some memories about their first encounter with Star Control.
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By @androidarts.bsky.social
They have tons of cool UQM art at their website: http://www.androidarts.com/ including this piece.
From the artist: "After the partial destruction of the ZFP homeworld by the Kohr-Ah, the ZFP realized that keeping all the eggs in one basket is not such a good idea. They contacted the Melnorme, who soon purchased bio data collected by the ZFP scouts... along with a collection of canopic jars allegedly containing remains of a Zebranky. This netted the ZFP some 450 credits, which they promptly spent on design guidelines for a starbase with an advanced Point Defence and Fusion Blaster defensive system. This new Starbase design would be used to establish several remote colonies.
The Umgah had found out about the deal, and immediately offered over fifteen hundred credits worth of information for the Zebranky data - an offer the Melnorme could not resist.
What happened next is shrouded in mystery since the Umgah lost contact with the secret colony where the experiments on the bio data took place. Nevertheless, the Umgah were overjoyed by the end result.
The Zebranky are returning home."
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By @androidarts.bsky.social
They have tons of cool UQM art at their website: http://www.androidarts.com/ including this piece.
From the artist: "These little creatures could vary in appearance just like house cats do. Maybe they have a lot of latent/dormant genes to prevent inbreeding. They'd have to, since their entire species is repopulated by just one male and 6 females.
I made them pretty small because they can produce new adults in just a few months. To grow from single cell to adult in that time would require a lot of food and energy. Another reason for their small size is that I want to stay away from doing too many human sized (and human proportionate) aliens. With drawn stuff, one has the liberty to avoid the 'man-in-suit' feel which sci-fi often presents."
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The Ur-Quan Masters from The Compleat DM: Game Design Insights and Analysis
(thecompleatdm.substack.com)
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By @androidarts.bsky.social
They have tons of cool UQM art at their website: http://www.androidarts.com/ including this piece.
From the artist: "I based their anatomy on the word 'Twig'. Balls for head."
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By @androidarts.bsky.social
They have tons of cool UQM art at their website: http://www.androidarts.com/ including this piece.
From the artist: "A chibi linup. Yet unsure about proportions/scale."
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By @androidarts.bsky.social
They have tons of cool UQM art at their website: http://www.androidarts.com/ including this piece.
From the artist: "Ship scaling is a tricky matter. I think Star Control needs to set itself apart from the starship-size measuring contest we see in most sci-fi. Maybe building smaller ships is advantageous in the SC universe, as if there's some sort of sweet spot. Without such a restriction, it's easy to escalate things to 2.5km dreadnoughts battling swarms of 8m attack fighters, and that's not what SC is about. The way the ships in SC move, their armament, and crew count, is more reminiscent of nimble torpedo boats and war planes. Perhaps only the ancient races figured out how to make larger ships practical."
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By @androidarts.bsky.social
They have tons of cool UQM art at their website: http://www.androidarts.com/ including this piece.
From the artist: "Daktaklakpak, K'tang and Ploxis lookalikes. While SC3 might lose its canon status, it did have some memorable races so I wanted to somehow preserve those in paraphrased designs. These roughs are the beginnings of that.
In regards to the Androsynth, we're given the impression that they are all male. However, it's possible, even probable that gendered (and androgynous) designs were made back on Earth. Did they choose to group up according to gender (or lack of)? They likely reproduce by cloning anyways, and they were supposed to be gay according to the devs.
The Druuge, will they be changed by the artefacts given to them by the Utwig, or remain rotten? I don't really address this in my story as they are left behind."
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By @androidarts.bsky.social
They have tons of cool UQM art at their website: http://www.androidarts.com/ including this piece.
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