Shofixti

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

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 begininning 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 is not destroyed. Repopulating the race has the effect of dramatically reducing the cost of crew, as well as instigating a civil war amongst the Yehat. Template:Cvg-char-stub

The ship is very manuverable and if held in reserve can finish off larger vesels with it's primary gun. It can also be primed to explode, minimising the chance of loosing it to no effect should the battle turn adverse.