Notes on Encounters with Races in Starflight


The Thrynn

The home planet is called Thoss. This is at 129,33 - Orbit 4. If
you should happen to try and orbit this planet they will warn you
off. The Elowan will tell you that they and the Thyrnn both
originally came from this system. The second planet in this
system was the homeworld of the Elowan, who later fled to avoid
severe abuse by the Thrynn.

A cross nexus (continuum flux) at 98,79 takes you to a Gartuzoid
nebula where you will find the shimmering ball.

The Cross shaped constellation in Gartuzoid space marks the nexus
of a number of continuum fluxes.

At 18,50 fifth planet you will find the Tesseract, a Thrynn
artifact stolen by the Uhlek.

At 112,200 third planet 59Nx64W you will find the red cylinder.

The Docahedron is an ancient distress beacon that attracts any
ship in the area. The Thrynn do not know its location.

The Thrynn will trade endurium for plutonium.

The Elowan use plutonium in their ships.

You must use lasers when fighting the Gartuzoid. Upspin system of
the staff is Harrison's base, New Scotland. There is a rod
located there, which creates a laser deflection sheild around a
ship.

According to the Thrynn 148,63 second planet is the Uhlek base.
The Thrynn say that a black egg device dropped on this planet
would destroy the Uhleks. The Thrynn think that is would be a
real good idea for you to do this as soon as possible. Those
captains will bother to check the map to verify this. 

The Spemin copied their ship design from the Gartuzoid, but they
are easy to destroy. The Thrynn have no idea why the Gartuzoid
tolerate the Spemin, perhaps they are not worth the trouble to
destroy.

The Thrynn destroy the minstrels, thinking that they are spies
for other races.

The Whining Device will translate Spemin speech.

There is a device of the Ancients that is destroying life in the
Galaxy.

The crystal pearl is in the city of the Ancients. This is a warp
out device for when a ship is heavily damaged.

154,62 42Sx13W second planet, there is a fairly large ruin.

The Thrynn thought that all humans had been destroyed. They also
say that the derelict ship at 175,94 is Group Nine. They are also
aware of the Mechan Nine group that has been waiting.

The Thrynn dream of a new empire. That is why they are willing to
buy artifacts.

The Thrynn may eventually want to ally with you. If you do you
will no longer be welcome by the Elowan, who will open fire on
you without warning.

The Veloxi

Encountered Veloxi at 197,71 188,73. These coordinates are far
removed from the Veloxi home territory, therefore they must do a
lot of exploring on their own.

All males are drones, females kill each other. The queen lays all
eggs. The great dream of Veloxi males is to fertilize the Queen,
even though they lose their heads afterwards!

They are aware of the distress call at 175,94.

The most important system of the Veloxi is protected by drones.
Answer all questions correctly. "By six multiples is the yes
answer to the probe." The most perfect number is six. Six legs.
Six was the sacred number of the ancients.

They also refer to the "prophecy of the egg."

There are many interesting life forms at 149,133. The Veloxi
study them also. There are lots of minerals in the mountains on
the molten planet of this sytem.

The Veloxi are happy that the Old Empire was wiped out. "Too much
scoundrel activity."

The Nomad space probes left over from the Old Empire are annoying
to the Veloxi.

In 3120 Veloxi and Empire had a treaty to fight the first wave,
but the Empire did not hold up its end of the bargain. As a
result, when the second wave struck, the Veloxi stood by and
watched the weak Empire crumble.

Harrison stole the focusing stone in 3300, and the Veloxi are
still upset.

Veloxi legend holds that the Ancients were the ancestors of the
Veloxi. The Elowan will tell you that they are mistaken in this
misguided belief. "They breed false wisdom in the matter of the
Ancients."

192,152. The Great Egg made by the ancients looks just like the
Veloxi Egg. 

The Most Magnificent Hexagon is on the Sacred Planet Spexi. The
small Egg that is there is the most sacred of all Veloxi
possessions.

As your encounters with the Veloxi continue, they may eventually
make you an honorary Veloxi, which means that you won't have to
pay tribute in order to talk with them anymore.

Votiputox is the hive world of the Veloxi, this is where the
queen is. The queen used the Focusing Stone to communicate with
the drones.


The Elowan

The Elowan honor truth and beauty.

Their second homeworld was destroyed by sun flaring. The Thrynn
also have taken a heavy toll on their population.

The Thrynn eat the headfruit under the mistaken belief that it
will make them more intelligent.

148,63 Homeworld of Elan

129,33 is the system that the Thrynn and the Elowan originally
occupied together. The fourth planet is the Thrynn homeowrld of
Thoss. The Elowan came from the second planet.

Someday to the ground will fall
Iridani, Echt and Gaal.
Up we'll grow with branches tall,
then to Akteron they'll call,
and at last it too will fall
the brightest seedling of them all.

This rhyme mentions the Four Seedlings, a constellation in Elowan
space that is used by them as a landmark.

The Elowan have discovered that Arth's sun will flare in the 10th
month of the current year. They also know that the Thrynn sun
will flare in the ninth month, but are not planning to divulge
that information to the Thrynn. 

Knowledge of the Ancients:

All that the Elowam know about the Ancients is based on the songs
of the Minstrels.

The Ancients came from another Galaxy, died out long ago, and
were the first race. The Veloxi's claim that they are descended
directly from the Ancients is "conceited folly."

None knew more of the Ancients than the members of the Institute.
This knowledge may have been lost forever, since the Elowan do
not know its hiding place.

The task of the Crystal Planet, created by the Ancients, is to
destroy all life. The Elowan do not know why. The Crystal Planet
passed through the Dead Zone, destroyed alll life their, and now
orbits in a more intermidiate zone, outward of the Dead Zone.
After accomplishing its mission there it will move on. An
artifact is needed to approach the Crystal Planet, otherwise you
will be attacked somehow. You need to find the Crystal cone in
order to find the "nexus of control" on the Crystal PLanet. This
is an area of the planet vulberable to attack, according to the
Elowan, but they have had no success in breaking its
impregnability.


The Thrynn met the Empire first and convinced them that the
Elowan were not sentient. This occurred in 2770. When the two
races were first taken into the Empire, a black market for
headfruit developed that lasted into the last days of the Empire.


Place no trust in the Thrynn, for they are not what they appear,
and will do harm if given the chance.

Since the end of the Empire the Thrynn have been viciously
attacking the Elowan. "The Empire can no longer judge them."

Homeworlds are strongly defended by all races, "and you may not
land there."

Like the Thrynn, the Elowan thought that all Empire colony worlds
had been destroyed.

If you want useful information from the Spemin, you have to force
it out of them.

The Uhleks and the Gartuzoids have fled from the wave of flaring
suns. They are the strongest races at this time. Every 100 score
years the Uhlek move out. They first came out in the center of
the Galaxy. The Gartuzoids have forgotten why they must migrate,
they only know they are on a holy crusade.

The Uhleks are possesed of One Mind, that they are all part of.
The mind itself is buried in a subterranean cavern.

The Gartuzoid know little. It is not worth the time and trouble
to attempt to get information from them. The Uhlek speak only
with their weapons.

The Minstrels, which the Elowan call the Dalasa Alia, are old
beyond counting and wise beyond measure. "Little do we know of
what goes on within their hearts." Perhaps only the Minstrels
know the truth about the Ancients.


The Minstrels

Encounters with the Mistrels are rare, and very short. They break
communication very quickly, and communicate in verse. There is a
Minstrel located in the vicinity of 96,80. As of this writing I
have not talked to it more than once.


The Spemin

The Spemin are a worthless race of blob-like creatures who
possess little technology of their own development, and who
procreate at a furious rate. Throughout history they have allied
with the strongest race and have not been destroyed yet. When you
first encounter them they will bluster about their own pretended
superiority, but if you raise shields, arm weapons and maintain a
hostile attitude, they will chicken out and become your devoted
slaves. At that point you can interrogate them and they will give
you the little information they know.

There are three fluxes into Uhlek space: 106,39  64,186  35,186

81,98 on the first planet you will find the Focusing Stone. 

They know about the Crystal Planet.

The Uhlek Homeworld is 55,32.

There are many ruins of the Ancients in Spemin territory. The
City of the Ancients is located in a nebula outward of the home
planet located at 82,148.
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