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*ENJOY THE SAUCE*---
"Orz crew, encased in robotic, armored exoskeleton, can exit the ship from the aft portholes and enter an enemy ship by burning a hole in its hull. These Orz Marines then start roaming the enemy ship’s corridors, killing any enemy crew member they encounter. Especially useful in large groups, the Marines can blast a ship entirely by themselves. Any Marine aboard an enemy ship when it explodes will jet back out into space and set a return course for the Nemesis."
(excerpt on the Orz race from The Ultronomicon)
It's under Conceptual Art because I'm mostly redesigning the Orz Space Marine (which never really had a design to begin with...) ^.~
Orz, Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters © Toys for Bob, Accolade
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GO! GO! GO!
Go ORZ, it's your *birthday*. We're gonna *party* like it's your *birthday*.
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Orz will always *dancing* with their *GO GO*! }(:°v°:){
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I've recently been getting into Star Control 2 thanks to a let's player, and I am getting fascinated with the Orz. they are friggen scary, do the wrong thing and they "see you" and wipe you out. I like this pic, you can look at it as "Look at that Orz go, fight our enemy" or "OH CRAP, WE CAN'T STOP THEM!"
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No, Boomer2K6. His star Control 2 Ur-Quan Masters LP is super comprehensive, has a great sort of dry sense of humor, and does a lot of Sci-fi games, mostly Trek games.
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Yeah...
The Mycon are almost as weird, but its a safe bet they'll fight you anyway whereas with the Orz, nothing is as it seems.
More people need to know about Star Control 2. Sooo ahead of its time. ;D
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I am *expanding*!
This is quite *squishy*!
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It is too much *joke* >( °v° )<
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... never tick the Orz off they can and will kill you. Very nice art work I love it. I really like the way that the feet and arms are set up. A set up like that seems very practical, I also like the guns set up the way they are as well.
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*frumple* is the grim reaper.
Thanks~! I tried to play up the theme of "surgical strike"; clawed arms and feet for prying open hulls, and anti-personnel guns (though, considering the variety of species to fight, the marines would probably need to switch out weaponry...) ;Þ
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OK wow, one line ORZ ascii is probably not much less cool then the drawing, I just LOVE these...
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that is a sweet pic. I have been wanting to design an orz battle suit, i was thinking of making it look more humanoid but i think you have the right idea of making it more like their body structure.
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Thanks! This concept definitely needs to be fleshed out more (it's a crying shame the only thing we have for the space marine's look is that tiny "man icon" in Super Melee) :<
I'd probably ditch the feet pods too and make it more aquatic (although Commander Hayes mentions the Orz "walking about the starbase in their exosuits"...) *shrug*
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It is *Squishy* to *Smell* this picture!
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It's just like the Orz to take pleasure in the sight of an enemy vessel gutted from the inside out~ ♫
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No problem! As a *happy camper* you might like my Syreen homeworld pic. [link] It's for Project 6014: a Star Control 2 fan sequel which should have a playable demo at the end of the month. We could always use another talented artist on the team!
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*sigh* i wish...! ::is getting swamped with other work lately::
But(!) I still want to do more SC2 designs on the side (just that it'll take a reeeeally long time to roll out, since it's just a hobby...)
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I completely understand. It's just a hobby to me too and can be hard to find the time. I wish I could find a job making art professionally. You know you're working too hard on your hobby when family is calling because they think you died or something. (true story!)
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Pfff, if anything that just means you know you have enough free time to see your projects to their glorious end. 
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THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!! O.O Holy crap!!
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Oh thanks~ ^^ (glad you know it was BACK THEN WHEN GAMES HAD REAL CLASS...)
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I'm of the opinion that Star Control II is, to quote Axis Denied, "the greatest space adventure there ever was"! Those wacky, madcap Orz and their indecipherable language were just one of the many aspects that made that game an absolute BLAST ta play through each time ya played it. X3
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What's really amazing is the sheer level of depth to the game. So many distinct species with so many rich backstories.
I still get teary-eyed reading the heartbreaking backstory of the Ur-Quan. ,_, AND THEY'RE THE BAD GUYS.
But alas. Kids these days with their Starcraft and Mass Effect don't realize what they're missing. ¦Þ
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well, both those games have pretty good story's. Sorry, my anti nostalgia-nazi programming is kicking in.
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*oops, "core ideas" might be a bit of an exaggeration on my part. I meant like core game mechanics: like choosing combat/diplomacy with alien races and how it'll affect your outcome.
The actual core ideas have been around for much longer, before video games.
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It's not just nostalgia. It's continuity. All art today is the result of being influenced by art that came before it.
I think those newer games are great too, but I believe- especially in the case of Mass Effect- they owe their core ideas to the existence of earlier games like Star Control II.
My main beef is with younger (or ignorant) gamers who lack appreciation for what came before.
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Just hope your crew has a 1 in 6 chance of killing the marine, or something like that.
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Jesus Christ in a handbasket, this is hardcore.
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Jesus Christ is secretly a Pkunk. ''<
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Dang. That's very cool. I'm currently imagining what it must be like for the person who has this as their last sight before death: very creepy. Now, I don't know much about the Orz (or, really, anything), but I can see the functionality in the design, so it makes sense. Good job.
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What it must be like? They probably regret having ever asked the Orz about the Androsynth...
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::dons the Mask of Rampant Jubilation and Jumping With Ecstatic Glee::
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Thank you for recording the moment when hive mind multidimensional parrot-beaked space fish cease to be funny IN ANY WAY.
I must show this to my friends now.
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Cripes, I remember vividly being a kid in 1992 watching my brother attempt diplomacy with the Orz.
And we really wanted to know what happened to the Androsynth too... @_@;
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Do you think their theme music plays over loudspeakers in the armor as it claws its way down narrow hallways machine-gunning random shards of metal at the crew? There's no point if they're not having fun, after all.
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You mean their comm music (and not their little victory music) right? I think they play the music OUTSIDE of the armor AT the targeted crew. 
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OHMYHOLYCRAP that Orz is scary looking!
Those *silly cows* better watch out!
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