Burvixese

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The Burvixese were a fictional race of sentient, turtle-like aliens native to Arcturus I that are mentioned in the PC game Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters. The Burvixese had relations with several other races, namely the Gg, the Utwig and the Druuge. When the Gg had come under attack by the Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah, who learned of the Gg's existence through their hyperwave broadcasts, the Gg shared this information with its neighbors before they were annihilated by the Kohr-Ah.

The Burvixese then warned the neighboring Druuge that a Kohr-Ah fleet was heading toward Druuge space following Druuge hyperwave transmissions. Not wishing to share the fate of the Gg, the Druuge secretly installed a powerful hyperwave 'caster on the Burvixese moon and activated it while shutting down their own in hopes of tricking the Kohr-Ah fleet into thinking the Burvixese were the source of the Druuge hypercasts. Unfortuately for the Burvixese, the Kohr-Ah fell for the Druuge ruse and the Burvixese were destroyed in a genocidal orbital bombardment.

There is still a Hypercaster device on one of the Burvixese planets, north of Druuge space. If obtained, the player can use it in much the same way as the Umgah hypercaster, or trade it to the Druuge (who want to eliminate the evidence of their deeds) for a full load of fuel. If the player loads the Flagship with a full load of increased-capacity fuel tanks, over a thousand units of fuel can be obtained in exchange for the hypercaster-and since fuel is worth a not-inconsiderable amount of RUs, taking the fuel back to the Starbase will provide the player with enough resources to purchase and man a small fleet.