Bio Types

In Star Control II, the Planet Lander can collect data about certain organisms that inhabit the planet surface. The following table shows the most important attributes of these creatures. "Value" is how many units of biological data the organism is worth, and "Hit Points" represents how many shots it takes to stun a given organism.

Name	Image	Type	Awareness	Value	Hit Points	Speed	Danger
Roto-Dendron		Sessile	N/A	1	1	Static	Harmless
Macrocilla		Sessile	N/A	6	1	Static	Harmless
Splort Wort		Sessile	N/A	3	1	Static	Low
Whackin' Bush		Sessile	N/A	5	3	Static	Moderate 1
Slot Machine Tree		Sessile	N/A	2	10	Static	Harmless
Neon Worm		Wanderer	N/A	1	2	Slow	Harmless
Stiletto Urchin		Coward	Moderate	8	5	Slow	Harmless
Deluxe Blob		Hunter	Low	2	2	Slow	Low
Glowing Medusa		Wanderer	N/A	3	8	Slow	Moderate
Carousel Beast		Hunter	Moderate	10	15	Slow	EXTREME
Mysterious Bees		Hunter	Moderate	3	3	Med	Low
Hopping Blobby		Coward	Moderate	2	1	Med	Harmless
Blood Monkey		Wanderer	N/A	2	2	Med	Low
Yompin Yiminy		Hunter	High	4	6	Med	Moderate
Amorphous Trandicula		Wanderer	N/A	9	12	Med	EXTREME
Crazy Weasel		Hunter	High	3	1	Fast	Low
Merry Whumpet		Coward	High	1	1	Fast	Harmless
Fungal Squid		Hunter	Low	7	8	Fast	Moderate
Penguin Cyclops		Coward	High	15	2	Fast	Low
Chicken		Coward	Low	1	1	Fast	Low
Bubble Vine		Wanderer	N/A	6	2	Slow	Low
Bug-Eyed Bait		Coward	High	4	2	Slow	Low
Goo Burger		Sessile	N/A	8	5	Static	Low
Evil One 2		Sessile	N/A	1	1	Static	EXTREME
Brainbox Bulldozers 2		Wanderer	N/A	0	1	Slow	Harmless
ZEX's Beauty 2		Hunter	High	15	15	Fast	EXTREME

¹ The Whackin' Bush is listed in the Role Playing Resource Guide as being harmless, but it is clear from the source code that they are actually moderately dangerous.

² The Evil ones, the Brainbox Bulldozers, and ZEX's Beauty have a special function within the game, and can be found only on a specific location.

A planet contains at most 3 different types of creatures.

The "type" column shows the type of behavior of the creature. Sessile creatures do not move. Wanderers move around randomly. Cowards move away from the lander. Hunters move towards the lander.

The "awareness" column determines the chance that a creature will notice the lander. It is only applicable for Cowards and Hunters. When the lander enters the direct environment of a creature, there's a fixed chance every frame (35 times per second) that it will be noticeed. When it leaves the direct environment again, the creature goes back to random wandering.

 

Description	chance to be detected
Low	5%
Moderate	10%
High	15%

The "value" column determines the amount of bio units that the creature is worth.

The "hit points" column determines how often you have to shoot the creature for it to be stunned.

The "speed" column determines how fast the creature moves.

The "danger" column determines the chance that a creature will kill a crew member of the lander, every frame that the lander is in contact with the creature (35 times per second).

 

Description	chance to hit
Harmless	0
Low	6/128
Moderate	13/128
EXTREME	26/128