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[[Star Control II]] is referenced on multiple occasions in later works:

*There exists a weapon named [[Wimbli's Trident]] in [[Toys for Bob]]'s game [[wikipedia:The Horde|The Horde]].
*In the [[wikipedia:Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar|Dark Avatar]] expansion to [[wikipedia:Galactic Civilizations II|Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords]], the Drengin race has split into two factions/subraces: the normal Drengin, which desire the use of other races as slaves, and the genocidal Korath (a clear reference to the name [[Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah|Kohr-Ah]]), which desire the annihilation of all non-Drengin sentience. This situation is extremely reminiscent of the one existing between the two [[Ur-Quan]] subraces. Furthermore, at the beginning of the Dark Avatar campaign, the alliance of good-aligned races has been defeated by the Drengin, and Earth is covered by a giant forcefield, although in this case it was the humans who erected it to protect themselves from the Drengin.
*The developers of Galactic Civilizations II have also confessed to have drawn their inspiration for the Dread Lords and Arnor races from the [[Precursor]]s of Star Control II. [http://www.galciv2.com/journals.aspx?aid=100331&c=1]
*Terran Battlecruisers in the game [[wikipedia:StarCraft|StarCraft]] look very similar to an Ur-Quan [[Dreadnought]], possessing the "Yamato Gun" ability which closely resembles the Dreadnought's Fusion Blaster. [http://uqm.stack.nl/forum/index.php?topic=3732.msg48232#msg48232]
*It is believed by some (including [[Fred Ford]] and [[Paul Reiche III]]) that Babylon 5 borrowed some elements from the Star Control Universe.{{ref|1}}
*The creators of Strange Adventures in Infinite Space and its sequel, Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space, have confided that they drew their inspiration for the game from Star Control II.
*An anti-American/anti-Israeli propaganda mural in the former US embassy in Tehran seems inspired by the cover art for [[Star Control]].[http://gridskipper.com/archives/entries/065/65146.php]
*The web-game [http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/ The Kingdom of Loathing] has a [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Set_an_Open_Course_for_the_Virgin_Booty_(Map) group of islands] shaped like an arrow, pointing to the northwest, but to nothing in particular, as the [[Rainbow World]]s in Star Control II. On each of these islands a rainbow pearl could be found. Also, once upon a time, an Eluder could be seen from [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/The_LAAAAME_Observatory The LAAAAME Observatory].
*A [[Supox]] appeared on the fifth panel of [http://www.erfworld.com/2009/11/book-2-%E2%80%93-page-5/ this strip of ''Erfworld''], disguised as a potted plant.
*The Mass Effect series has plot and gameplay elements that display similarities to Star Control II.
*The word "PKUNK" in the third panel of [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/25/ this ''Penny Arcade'' strip] is an homage to Star Control II.
*The comic strip [http://www.angryflower.com/loving.gif Bob the Angry Flower] did a direct homage to the original Star Control.
*Star Control has been mentioned as one of the inspirations of the multiplayer space combat browser game [http://www.astroflux.net/ Astroflux] ([http://forum.astroflux.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=943#p5014]).
*The mobile game [https://www.angrybirds.com/play/angry-birds-seasons Angry Birds: Seasons] contains [http://realgamerreviews.com/angry-birds-seasons-star-control-2-tribute/ a level] containing the [[Flagship]] and a [[Spathi]] [[Eluder]].

:''See also: [[Influences and References]]''

==Notes and references==
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::<Manta> Fwiffo: Has anyone ever brought up parallels between Babylon 5 and Star Control?
::<Fwiffo> Babylon 5 causes a certain amount of stomping around the office screaming.
::<Fwiffo> Babylon 5 steals from us. We steal from known space.

==See also==
*[[Influences and references]]

[[Category:Trivia]]
[[Category:About the Star Control series]]

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