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It’s finally here and on time.  The first page of Eth’s “That Ur-Quan Master”.  This is not a solo comic; Eth worked with Jesse Dew, who provided penciling and inking for the comic.

Each page is a continuation of a story of a Dreadnought captain during the Ur-Quan Conflict before Star Control II.

In my previous post, I wondered what the Ur-Quan is holding in its tentacles.  When I read the first page of TUQM, it hit me:  It’s the scepter that the Ur-Quan holds in the tiny animation frames during melee combat in Star Control.  When the player launches fighters, it quickly holds the scepter horizontally with two tentacles.

The scepter gets swapped with a buzzing pink wand device that confuses the Ur-Quan captain, resulting in not being able to launch a fighter.  It’s an interesting idea that the scepter could be used to directly control Ur-Quan fighters instead of just representing a symbol of authority.

Announcing a new weekly SC-related webcomic: That Ur-Quan Master by Ethan Fleischer and Jesse Dew.  Follow the story of the lowest-ranked battle thralls aboard a Dreadnought during the Ur-Quan Conflict.

Experience:
A.  Fascinating alien cuisine.
B.  Practical jokes perpetrated against the most dangerous sentient species known.
C.  Substance abuse among the stars.  And,
D.  A plethora of absurd haberdashery.
- Eth

If anyone is curious about what “a plethora of absurd haberdashery” is , it is an excessive amount of sewing materials such as threads, needles and buttons.

Add That Ur-Quan Master to your bookmarks and check the website next week to see what happens next. Keep up the good work, Eth and Jesse.

Links
That Ur-Quan Master
SCDB: That Ur-Quan Master #1
New Star Control Webcomic: That Ur-Quan Master

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Eth's last preview

On September 4, Eth (Ethan Fleischer) posted his final preview frame and told everyone on SCDB that his comic would launch in a week.  Tomorrow, it will be one week, so hopefully we should see some more updates sometime soon.

Although I have no idea what the plot will be for this comic, I’ll post some observations that readers may find interesting:

• Different races boarding each other ships.  For example, an Umgah on a VUX Intruder.
• There is an image of an Ilwrath throwing a dead Spathi into a furnace with an Umgah shouting “WAIT!”  Could it be a Druuge Mauler furnace?
• There is an image of a human talking to a Spathi wearing a red cap.  The comic involves humans other than The Captain?  Maybe an encounter with the The Safe Ones (Spathi High Council)?
• What is the green Ur-Quan holding in the first picture?  Could it be an excruciator, a device that would cause the Dnyarri great pain to prevent them from controlling their minds?
• When the Ilwrath says “Is this passing strange”, what is he talking about?  What happened to the Umgah’s face?  Who went through the door on the right?

I love seeing Star Control art and I can’t wait to see the comic in its complete form.  In addition to drawing, Eth also has experience in animation.  He has a Star Control website titled “Famous Battles of the Ur-Quan Conflict”.  It contains screenshots from other ports of the first Star Control with a plot written by Eth from the perspective of an Earth historian named Eth Erasmus Blackthorne.

I can’t wait to see more.  Thanks Eth for taking the time to share your comic with the world.

Links
It’s Coming…
Famous Battles of the Ur-Quan Conflict

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