Speaking with the Shofixti at the Gorno stars reveals three scouts are on patrol – putting these two pieces of info together takes you to an area of space with a couple of solar systems to explore.
The Chmmr picked up a faint distress signal from a Shofixti scout vessel exploring uncharted space, but they can’t quite tell where, giving you only a general area. There’s detailed explanations for what happened to each of the other races, from both the Chmmru and Earth base guy, and a mystery to solve. Set not long after the end of SC2, it takes place in a mostly new map, shifted to the South West of the old galaxy.
Started because the guy behind it was tired of waiting for a true SC2 sequel, this is touted as Star Control 2.5 and – if the demo is any indication – is probably one of the best fan homages I’ve come across. The demo is only about 30 minutes long, but it has tremendous potential and is easily one of the best pieces of fan-work that I’ve seen. But if I missed it, then did others no doubt.
I only discovered the demo yesterday, despite it coming out in November 2010, so am definitely late to the party.
