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A FanSequel, ''Starflight: The Lost Colony'' was released in 2010. It can be downloaded [[https://www.indiedb.com/games/starflight-the-lost-colony here.]]. Another FanSequel, ''Starflight: Heroes of Arth'' was released in 2019, and is a GameMod of ''Lost Colony''. It can be downloaded [[https://www.indiedb.com/mods/starflight-heroes-of-arth/ here]].
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A FanSequel, ''Starflight: ''[[VideoGame/StarflightTheLostColony Starflight: The Lost Colony'' Colony ]]'' was released in 2010. It can be downloaded [[https://www.indiedb.com/games/starflight-the-lost-colony here.]]. Another FanSequel, ''Starflight: Heroes of Arth'' was released in 2019, and is a GameMod of ''Lost Colony''. It can be downloaded [[https://www.indiedb.com/mods/starflight-heroes-of-arth/ here]].
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A FanSequel, ''Starflight: The Lost Colony'' was released in 2010. It can be downloaded [[https://www.indiedb.com/games/starflight-the-lost-colony here.]]. Another FanSequel, ''Starflight: Heroes of Arth'' was released in 2019, and is a GameMod of ''Lost Colony''. It can be downloaded [[https://www.indiedb.com/mods/starflight-heroes-of-arth/ here]].
A FanSequel, ''Starflight: The Lost Colony'' was released in 2010. It can be downloaded [[https://www.indiedb.com/games/starflight-the-lost-colony here.]]. Another FanSequel, ''Starflight: Heroes of Arth'' was released in 2019, and is a GameMod of ''Lost Colony''. It can be downloaded [[https://www.indiedb.com/mods/starflight-heroes-of-arth/ here]].
* OurWormholesAreDifferent: The anomaly in 2 that can take you a million years in the past, before the nebula was created. [[spoiler: You need to go back in time to get plot critical elements to defeat the Uhl.]]
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** The Veloxi are not quite vestigial by the first game, but they're definitely past their prime; they've travelled space for a hundred thousand years and much of the Old Empire's tech was originally based on theirs, but now it's inferior to Arth's best, and their [[MacGuffin focusing stone]] was stolen by a human pirate over a millenium ago, weakening their HiveMind.
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** The Veloxi are not quite vestigial by the first game, but they're definitely past their prime; they've travelled traveled space for a hundred thousand years and much of the Old Empire's tech was originally based on theirs, but now it's inferior to Arth's best, and their [[MacGuffin focusing stone]] was stolen by a human pirate over a millenium ago, weakening their HiveMind.
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A FanSequel, ''Starflight: The Lost Colony'' was released in 2010. It can be downloaded [[https://www.indiedb.com/games/starflight-the-lost-colony here.]]
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This game spawned one sequel, ''[=StarFlight=] 2'', and an unofficial sequel, ''ProtoStar'', since by that time Electronic Arts and Binary Systems parted ways. For some time there was word that there might be a third game in development, but at this time it's considered to be VaporWare.
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This game spawned one sequel, ''[=StarFlight=] 2'', and an unofficial sequel, ''ProtoStar'', ''[=ProtoStar=]'', since by that time Electronic Arts and Binary Systems parted ways. For some time there was word that there might be a third game in development, but at this time it's considered to be VaporWare.
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A FanSequel, ''Starflight: The Lost Colony'' was released in 2010. It can be downloaded [[https://www.indiedb.com/games/starflight-the-lost-colony here.]]
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* DifferentStatesOfAmerica: Logs you can find in the ruins of Earth mention an Emperor of the United States.
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* GaiasLament: A dark humor version. A log you can find on the ruins of Earth talks about beavers going extinct, which were the last animal species besides humans on Earth at the time. The Environmental Protection Agency is said to close after this "due to lack of any environment to protect."
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* FinalSolution: The Numlox and Phlegmak (the First Wave) were wiped out in their entirety by the Old Empire. Also see AbsoluteXenophobe.
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** The Numlox and Phlegmak (the First Wave) were wiped out in their entirety by the Old Empire. Also see AbsoluteXenophobe.
** [[spoiler: The Ancients are doing this to all sentient life in the galaxy, although this is because they are actually the fuel source your ship uses, and they have no way of communicating with "normal" life, thinking its a virus killing its people. ]]
** The Numlox and Phlegmak (the First Wave) were wiped out in their entirety by the Old Empire. Also see AbsoluteXenophobe.
** [[spoiler: The Ancients are doing this to all sentient life in the galaxy, although this is because they are actually the fuel source your ship uses, and they have no way of communicating with "normal" life, thinking its a virus killing its people. ]]
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* TheEeyore: The hat of the Dweenle species in the second game.
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* ActionGirl: Your G'Nunk crewmember is always a female.
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** [[spoiler: The Ancients (endurium)]]
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** [[spoiler: The Ancients (endurium)]](endurium). The very fuel in your starship is actually intelligent life.]]
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* BizarreAlienSexes: The entire species of Ng'Kher'Arla transforms into one of three specific sexes, each with a distinct personality (Arla being friendly, Kher being paranoid, and Ng being hostile and xenophobic), depending on the time of month. On the last day of the month individuals change into a random sex and a species-wide mating orgy ensues.
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** There is actually an artifact called a Black Box that can be purchased from the Thyrrn for 30 cubic meters of endurium. [[spoiler: Starport can't figure out exactly what this is. [[SlicesDicesAndMakesJulienneFries It slices, it dices, it even makes julienne fries!]] ]]
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** There is actually is an artifact called a Black Box that can be purchased from the Thyrrn for 30 cubic meters of endurium. [[spoiler: Starport can't figure out exactly what this is. [[SlicesDicesAndMakesJulienneFries It slices, it dices, it even makes julienne fries!]] ]]
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* RedHerring: In the first game you can find a literal red herring as an item on a planet. It is ''just barely'' larger than the maximum cargo capacity of the lander vehicle, meaning you can never pick it up.
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* RunningGag: Two unseen characters named Xenon and Borno keep sending messages back and forth at the communications center of your home base. It begins with Xenon owing Borno money, they arrange for a meeting and Xenon never shows up. From there is quickly descends to both thinking the other is secretly planning to take them out and making their own plans accordingly. ''And'' it continues in the sequel.
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* WideOpenSandbox: One of the earliest examples, perhaps dangerously close to a QuicksandBox given the not-immediately-apparent TimedMission.
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[[GeniusProgramming Ah, did we mention it fit on two 360k floppies?]]
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* InvadingRefugees: As explained by the Minstrels, [[spoiler: the Phlegmak and Numlox of the First Wave, and the Uhlek and Gazurtoid of the Second Wave, were both fleeing the solar flares caused by the Crystal Planet on its path to rimward.]]
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** There is actually an artifact called a Black Box that can be purchased from the Thyrrn for 30 cubic meters of endurium. [[spoiler: Starport can't figure out exactly what this is. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veg-O-Matic It slices, it dices, it even makes julienne fries!]] ]]
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** There is actually an artifact called a Black Box that can be purchased from the Thyrrn for 30 cubic meters of endurium. [[spoiler: Starport can't figure out exactly what this is. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veg-O-Matic [[SlicesDicesAndMakesJulienneFries It slices, it dices, it even makes julienne fries!]] ]]
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* LesCollaborateurs: [[spoiler: The Veloxi know what the Ancients are and what they're doing, and have formed an alliance with them to protect them and their artifacts, in exchange for the Ancients leaving their stars alone and destroying all other races. The Elowan hint that they may just be making this alliance up, though.]]
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* LesCollaborateurs: [[spoiler: The Veloxi know what the Ancients are and what they're doing, and have formed an alliance with them to protect them and their artifacts, in exchange for the Ancients leaving their stars alone and destroying all other races. The Elowan hint that they may just be making this alliance up, though.]]
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** In the second game, the Uhl is immune to ''everything'' until it gets hit with the Uhl weapon.
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** The Uhl is an extra-dimensional being that ''really'' doesn't like life in our dimension because the neuro-electrical impulses in their bodies disrupt its "meditations", [[spoiler: so it assimilates the dominant species and uses them as bodyguards and enforcers.]]
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* ShoutOut: Setting off the Black Egg in the first game, under the right conditions, and your crew can give you this little gem.
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---> "Captain, I have sensed a disturbance. It's as if millions of voices cried out and then were suddenly silenced.]]
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** If you can somehow land on an AI race's homeworld (which requries destroying all the protecting ships and then flying off the edge of the screen before reinforcements arrive due to the Alien Distress Call), and take aboard the mysterious element xxx (which boasts a ridiculously high sale price in the description), the game crashes. Hope you took note of the "quit without saving" problem.
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* NoSell: The Gazurtoid are completely immune to missiles.
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** [[spoiler: The Ancients (endurium)]]
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* DeathBySex: The Veloxi Queen kills the males who fertilize her. Arth Veloxi have abandoned this practice.
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* CrutchCharacter: Androids make excellent starting navigators and engineers, but are untrainable. If you decide to use them, do so only until you have the money to train up Veloxi replacements.
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* TimeTravel: In the second game, [[spoiler: you can travel through a wormhole nearly a million years into the past, during the time when the Uhlek ruled the area. This is required to meet with the Leghk, who have vital equipment to win the game.]]
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This game is considered to be the [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual ancestor]] to the popular ''StarControl 2''. The fact that Paul Reiche III and presumably others were involved with both series helps.
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This game is considered to be the [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual ancestor]] to the popular ''StarControl 2''.''VideoGame/StarControlII''. The fact that Paul Reiche III and presumably others were involved with both series helps.
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* SolarFlareDisaster: How the [[spoiler: Crystal Planet]] destroys worlds.
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* SolarFlareDisaster: How The driving force of the plot is that this is happening en masse across the sector, forcing the protagonists to find planets to colonize. It is revealed that it's being caused by the [[spoiler: Crystal Planet]] destroys worlds. Planet, a weapon designed by the Ancients, who are also the fuel in your starship.]]
