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'''The Captain''' has gone by many names, by many historians. However, most final historical records indicate that the key figure in the defeat of the [[Hierarchy]] was a [[Human]] named Zelnick. <br />
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:''In the first release of [[Star Control II]], there was no default name; the first act in a new game was to name the captain and [[The Flagship|the flagship]]. The later released 3DO version named the captain '''Zelnick''' and the flagship '''Vindicator'''. In the Japanese version, the captain was Isamu and the flagship Kamui.<br />
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The Captain was born in a cave on the the colony world of [[Unzervalt]] in the [[Vela]] system, the son of an officer from the [[Tobermoon]] and a Research Team engineer. From a very young age he showed an unusual aptitude for communicating with [[Precursor]] computer systems, including the mainframe computer operating the factory that produced The Flagship. After Captain [[I. Burton]] was killed in a [[Slylandro]] [[Probe]] attack, he took control of the Unzervalt mission and piloted The Flagship from Unzervalt back to [[Earth]], and is generally agreed to have played a pivotal role in the events of our region of space from 2154-2159.<br />
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Full details on The Captain are sketchy. Only one known [[:Image:Sc2_end_free_earth.png|image]], taken during his recovery after escaping the destruction of the [[Sa-Matra]] is available of The Captain during these events. From it, and from knowledge of the history of Unzervalt itself, we can conclude that he was [[Human]], male, probably white, and under 20 Earth years of age at the beginning of his mission, making his birthdate circa 2134.<br />
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The Captain is believed to have had other adventures besides this one, but is known to have eventually retired peacefully on Unzervalt with the [[Talana]] of the [[Syreen]]. It is generally believed that The Captain and Talana had an intimate, romantic encounter aboard the [[Gaia]] [[Starbase]] during the events of Star Control II, but no one is sure because the lights were off.<br />
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The Pkunk have predicted that The Captain will have fourteen children, and that he will die at an early age. The degree of accuracy of this prediction is unknown; it is also unknown what the Pkunk mean by "early age" (as it is possible that they are much more long-lived than the Humans).<br />
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He is one of the most legendary humans ever to travel the stars.<br />
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The default name in the 3DO version of Star Control 2 and in The Ur-Quan Masters, Zelnick, is named after Strauss Zelnick, the president of Crystal Dynamics at the time the 3DO version of Star Control 2 was being finished.{{ref|1}}<br />
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==Titles==<br />
*''Captain'' (of [[The Flagship]] and its escorts)<br />
*''[[Great Hero]]'' (later replaced by "''[[Great Enemy]]''") of the [[Umgah]]<br />
*''[[Great Teacher]]'' of the [[Thraddash]] [[Thraddash#Culture Twenty|Culture Twenty]]<br />
*''Ultron Saint'' of the [[Utwig]]<br />
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== Notes and references ==<br />
{{note|1}}''From an [http://www.star-control.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=232&p=4655#p4655 August 2010 comment] by [[Fred Ford]] on the [[SCDB]], in a thread discussing the name of the captain:''<br />
: At the time we were finishing SC2 for 3DO the president of Crystal Dynamics was Strauss Zelnick.<br />
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''See Also:'' [[Gameplay Challenges]]<br />
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[[Category:Game Characters|Captain, The]]<br />
[[Category:Human|Captain, The]]<br />
[[Category:Alliance of Free Stars]]</div>Rbrink