Talk:Star Control: Origins

IP dispute history

Masem put in a lot of effort summarizing the legal dispute. I have to admit, it's really compelling and very well sourced for the most part. But I agree with the tag that it was perhaps too detailed, especially on the more ambiguous and esoteric issues. My suggestion is to start reworking the original Star Control article to track the IP ownership over the years. Or maybe even split that article into a new Star Control series article, with a separate article for the original game itself. Masem, if you wanted to take a shot at it, I could try to provide support. Would be good to get this article into a state where we can remove the tags. Shooterwalker (talk) 02:07, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

That's reasonable. I think this is a complex situation that understanding the history from 20 years ago and the recent developments should be reasonably documented. --Masem (t) 02:46, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

It seems impossible to talk about this game and avoid covering the legal issues. Thanks for working on this. You're doing a solid job, and I'll try to help where I can. Shooterwalker (talk) 03:14, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Orz and Androsynth

The races of the Orz and Androsynth, from Star Control 2 are featured in an Easter Egg in Star Control: Origins.

This Easter Egg can be found in SC:O at the Alpha Horos solar system.

In the system there are various ruins referring to a race that was studying breaking into other dimensions with bad consequences.

The conversation at the final ruin is as follows:

We found another of those labs, sir. Biggest one yet.

This one has a pretty big apparatus in it as well. Lots of important looking pylons if you get my drift. The computers here have been corrupted as well. Just a short audio log. Translator's working on it now. Ok, here we go: 'There's intelligence beyond the fabric! Translation is... problematic. But they don't seem hostile! They say we're very nice *campers* and that this place *SMELLS* good.'

Audio logs cut off there, Captain. Weird. This place doesn't smell that good at all.

— Star Control: Origins (2019/01/07)

History

Orz

The Orz are a race from Star Control 2, which use language such as *campers* and *smell* when speaking due to bad translator results from the human players starship.

Androsynth

The Androsynth are a race of human clones. In Star Control 2 they experimented with other dimensions and were "seen" by the Orz. In Star Control 2 the Androsynth are no longer around but the Orz are in the space the Androsynth used to occupy.