Shofixti

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The Shofixti are a fictional race of beings featured in the sci-fi Star Control computer game series.

Shofixti
Ship	Scout
Homeworld	Delta Gorno II
Contacts	Humans, Yehat, Ur-Quan, VUX
Quote(s)	"Kyaiee!" "My people blew up the sun, heh heh heh heh!"

The Shofixti are a marsupial-like species that were uplifted by the Yehat. Their culture has a code of honor similar to Bushido, and their spacecraft are equipped with a powerful self-destruct bomb called a "Glory Device" that makes their otherwise weak Scout a dangerous foe as a kamikaze weapon.

With their friend the Yehat, at the beginning of the Ur-Quan Slave War they joined the Alliance of Free Stars against the Hierarchy of Battle Thralls. At the end of the war (between Star Control I and II), after the conquest of the Humans and the withdrawal of the Yehat, the Shofixti caused their own sun to go nova with a Precursor device to destroy the Ur-Quan invasion fleet. This destroyed their entire species, with the exception of a group of female Shofixti in cryogenic suspension in Admiral ZEX's zoo and the brothers Tanaka and Katana who continued to patrol their sterile home system.

It is possible in the game to repopulate the Shofixti race, as long as Tanaka (or failing that, Katana) is not destroyed, by bringing the lonely warrior "Rat-babes galore!". Repopulating the race has the effect of permanently dramatically reducing the cost of crew by 2 RU, from either 3 RU or 5 RU depending on other game factors (directly related to how the player manages his/her crew), as well as instigating a civil war amongst the Yehat. However convincing either of the remaining Shofixti is difficult at first as Tanaka and Katana will attack the player on sight believing that they are the enemy due to their damaged scanners. Attempting to reason with either one is doomed to failure, but insulting them will break through to them, assuming the player escapes from combat several times and continues insulting the proud warrior. The Shofixti warrior eventually remembers that Ur-Quan do not fling insults, preferring instead to fling fusion blasts.

[edit] Shofixti Scout

The Shofixti Scout has a quick turn rate and average speed. At full capacity it has a small complement of six crew. Cautious pilots should be able to stand off medium sized ships with the primary gun, a weak but fairly quick firing energy dart, aptly named the Mendoukusai energy dart (Mendoukusai is Japanese for "bothersome"). While the Mendokusai is a weak weapon, a skillful Shofixti pilot can often score several hits while closing with larger ships. Against larger ships, the "glory device" is brought into play; the Scout pilot should try to close and activate it before he is dishonored. The glory device is rightly feared by opponents; when detonated at close range, it can destroy fully-crewed small and medium-sized ships in one fell blow. Even large ships like the Kohr-Ah Marauder or Kzer-Za Dreadnought will suffer crippling damage if the Scout manages to activate the glory device at point-blank range. The glory device is activated by three switches which must be flipped in sequence to detonate the bomb. Shofixti pilots almost invariably hit the first two the moment they enter the same solar system as the enemy, and spend the rest of the battle with one paw suspended over the third. Nobody ever said Shofixti pilots were quite sane, but their methods are undeniably effective.