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Star Control - Spathi by ~professorhazard:iconprofessorhazard:


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Originally drawn as an identification portrait in the OMNIDEX, the predecessor to Fiktionary Dot Com.

The Spathi are the cowards of the Star Control universe. On the left side of this picture, in the shadows, you can see the looming faces of their "allies" in the Ur-Quan Hierarchy; on the right, you see their "enemies", the Alliance of Free Stars. I have always felt that the Spathi are both unwanted by and untrusting of both sides, and would much prefer to just be left alone forever.

The wiggly line on the stomach that makes it look like the spathi is making a 8S face (or rather OS face) is either just a natural pectoral armor plate or is actually the Spathi's never-before-seen mouth. I observed the detail on one of the original artworks found in the first game's instruction manual.
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The Spathi are funny. Of course they'd like to be left alone, if you've made it far enough in Starcon 2 you'll know!

~Ra'akone
Yes, that's true.

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So accurate to their psyche. Afraid of everything, and nothing! hee hee hee...

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Why don't you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free.

--Steppenwolf
And I think I detect the familiar six eyes of an Ur-Quan on the top left! Nice touch!

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Why don't you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free.

--Steppenwolf
Yep, if you study the eyes, you'll be able to identify nearly every race in the SC1-era galaxy. Thanks for the fave!

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Had to fave it. A game in my top... 3 or 4 of all time, and one of my favourite races, done perfectly, I just had to.

Looking again, all else I can identify is Umgah and Mmrnmhrm eyes. Oh well.

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Why don't you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free.

--Steppenwolf
Clockwise from lower left: Dnyarri, Umgah, Mycon, VUX, Ilwrath, Ur-Quan, two Androsynth bridge the gap, Human, Syreen, Chenjesu, Ariloulaleelay, Shofixti, Yehat, Mmrmnhrm.

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I see. Well done!

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Why don't you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free.

--Steppenwolf
Thank you!

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