Races
There were ten different races in Star Chamber, each of which combined two techs:
- Android – The Androids received offensive and defensive bonuses to all of their ships, but each of their ships cost slightly more to produce. They combined the techs of Cyber and Entropy
- Clave – A warlike race of anthropomorphic cats. The Clave received bonuses to the “leadership” of their heroes, and combined the techs of Life and Entropy
- Ferrier – A politically minded race, the Ferrier began the game with a citizen at the Star Chamber location. They combined the techs of Order and Mind
- Human - Usually constructing large fleets of scout ships, the Humans combined the techs of Order and Life
- Ixa – An octopus-like race that often employed pirate ships, the Ixa combined the techs of Order and Entropy
- Kej – An race of insect-like robots, the Kej received speed bonuses for all of their cruisers. They combined the techs of Order and Cyber
- Omior – A race of sentient plants, the Omior generally focused on “culture” and “destiny” more than any other race. They combined the techs of Mind and Life
- Silica – A race of mineral-based life forms, the Silica’s ships did not have shields, but received a bonus to their hulls and were the only ships to regenerate their hulls. The Silica combined the techs of Life and Cyber
- Thrass – A race of parasitic insects that inhabitted and controlled the minds of the other races. The Thrass had weaker ships that cost less to produce, and their cruisers reduced the opponent’s “influence” at minor planets. They combined the techs of Mind and Entropy
- Zhikanii – A race of economically minded slugs. The Zhikanii combined the techs of Mind and Cyber.
Read more about this topic: Star Chamber: The Harbinger Saga
Famous quotes containing the word races:
“While the white man keeps the impetus of his own proud, onward march, the dark races will yield and serve, perforce. But let the white man once have a misgiving about his own leadership, and the dark races will at once attack him, to pull him down into the old gulfs.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“I am obliged to confess that I do not regard the abolition of slavery as a means of warding off the struggle of the two races in the Southern states. The Negroes may long remain slaves without complaining; but if they are once raised to the level of freemen, they will soon revolt at being deprived of almost all their civil rights; and as they cannot become the equals of the whites, they will speedily show themselves as enemies.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)
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—Christian Dior (1905–1957)