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Deep space freight haulers. Typical characterized by their southern drawls and baseball caps.
Whales in outer space were first popularized as a concept by the film Star Trek IV. This concept covers all types of cetaceans, including dolphins and narwhals.
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Headquartered on Earth, Starfleet is the diplomatic, exploratory, research, and paramilitary defence force of the United Federation of Planets in the Star Trek universe.
A superweapon is a structure or character with amazing powers and amazing costs. This weapon can turn the battle to its owner's side single-handedly, but is usually the most expensive and time consuming to construct.
A symbiote is any living creature that coexists with another, usually proving a benefit of some sort. It gives it's host the ultimate power, but at a cost.
One of the two warring factions in the Homeworld series.
The Tau Empire is a conglomerate of unified races all under the direction of the Ethereals, a race of politically gifted and enigmatic leaders. The Tau have a strict caste system in place that ensures everyone has a place within Tau society. They work for the "Greater Good".
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
The Terrans are a race of futuristic humanoids that appear in the Starcraft universe. They are noted for their ability to quickly adapt to new terrains and use any natural resources to their advantage.
Games set in, or focused primarily around, the years between 1960 and 1969.
The period between 2100 and 2199.
One of the playable races in Sins of a Solar Empire. The Advent were forced off their home planet, now they come back for revenge against the Trade Order.
The Black Fleet is an armada of massive Darkness-aligned tetrahedral vessels, known as Pyramids.
The Covenant Civil War was an event in Covenant history which began in October 2552, with the Separatists, led by the Elites, breaking away from the Loyalists.
The Daleks are a race of mutant aliens from the planet Skaro, who travel in armoured metallic shell. They are the most iconic creatures in the popular British Sci-Fi show, Doctor Who, and have featured as the main antagonist in several Doctor Who games.
A parasitic life form in the Halo universe, which serves as a secondary antagonist throughout the series. It has no known origin, though it is rumored to be extragalactic.
The ancient race responsible for the Halo ringworlds, thought to be long absent from the universe.
In the Mass Effect franchise, the Reapers are a hyper-advanced machine race that appear periodically every 50,000 years to bring a close to a "cycle" in which the Reapers harvest all the advanced forms of life.
An ancient and incredibly powerful alien race. They are the main enemies in the Freespace franchise.
An enigmatic and proud alien species in the Freespace universe. Are both adversaries and allies throughout the series.
The Thin Man is an enemy unit featured in XCOM: Enemy Unknown. A fairly common unit, it has average attack power and health.
The TimeSplitters are a semi-alien race who travel through time, space and dimensions. They are the main antagonists in the series and were created by Jacob Crow as "humankind's genetic superiors". There are five types of TimeSplitter in the whole series, all vastly different in appearance; no real explanation has ever been given as to why the TimeSplitters have changed so radically from game to game.
One of the playable races in Sins of a Solar Empire. The TEC are a makeshift force to protect the Trade Order.
A pre-TMNT Mirage Comics species. They're anthropomorphic triceratops aliens, and they're mostly warmongering.
Turn-based games divide game actions into distinct parts, called turns. This gives the player time to strategically choose actions as the battle or events unfold.
An alien race that travels from galaxy to galaxy, consuming all living matter it finds and harvesting its genetic code in order to evolve.
UAC are a fictional research company located on Mars.
In the Star Trek universe, a group of spacefaring species joined together as one in the United Federation of Planets (UFP) to explore the universe in peace. Their member species include: Andorians, Humans, Tellerites, and Vulcans.
Major religion of the game Dead Space. Members believe that the scientist Michael Altman discovered an alien artifact on Earth and was later assassinated for it.
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