VUX
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Template:Infobox Star Control race The VUX are a fictional race of beings featured in the sci-fi Star Control computer game series.
The VUX are green, tentacular creatures with a long snout and one visible eye. They are noted for their fiendishly extreme dislike of humans (with the exception of Admiral ZEX, a sexual deviant who is attracted to humans), and will be more than happy to engage in combat whenever the revolting visage of a human appears on their communication screens.
The name of the species is actually Vux, while VUX is an acronym for Very Ugly Xenoform, originating from Captain Rand's famous first encounter between humans and the VUX. Due to the touchy VUX overhearing this comment, it didn't go too well, and is cited as the reason in the bad interracial relations that plagued mankind's future with the VUX. This slowed the VUX's joining into the Alliance of Free Stars, resulting in the Hierarchy getting to them first.
Arguably the most famous VUX figure ever is the eccentric Admiral ZEX, who - unlike other examples of his species - actually likes the humans. Despite being responsible for significant victories in the Alliance-Hierarchy war and having notable recognition for his sublime strategic genius, ZEX has officially been exiled from VUX society due to his unusual interests, and forced to live on an isolated world where he constructs and expands his private Zoo of all animals he finds beautiful.
The VUX are said to have the best universal translators of any race in Star Control, with the possible exception of the precursors and the Ur-Quan
The VUX Intruder is at best, a difficult vessel to use properly. Its main weapon is an extremely powerful gigawatt laser with a somewhat short range. However, the Intruder is such a slow and unmanoeuvrable ship that it seldom has good chances to put that great weapon to use. In fact, usually the only hope for the VUX vessel is to pray for a benign starting point in the battle - that is, right next to the enemy, which is often delivered by their special Thruster Nacelles. Instead of making their ship fast, VUX decided to make all other ships as slow by launching green limpet cocoons from the ship's rear. These limpets, the second weapon, cling onto other ships and degenerate their manoeuvrability.
Standard tactics for the VUX intruder dictate trying to cook the nearby enemy upon warp in, followed by making a beeline for the nearby planet and executing a gravity whip. The Intruder should at that point be flying at such a speed that it can limpet an enemy with a fair degree of impunity, until the enemy ship is physically almost unable to move.