21. When you first encounter the last surviving Shofixti captain, how do you get him to stop attacking you?
From Quiz "Star Control II": Storylines
Answer:
insult him repeatedly
When first making contact with Captain Tanaka, he immediately assumes (because his sensors are malfunctioning) that you are an Ur-Quan and looks to engage you in combat (a valiant little fellow indeed, considering his ship is about 1/50th the size of yours with a meager crew of one). No matter how friendly you try to be in your replies, he is convinced you are an enemy and drags you into a fight. At this point, you have two options: blow him away in one shot, or warp out of combat (a function usually reserved for surviving a losing battle against more fearsome foes). You can easily kill Tanaka, basically putting an early end to that subplot and dooming the Shofixti to all out extinction, but the trick is to warp out and continue talking to him. He continues to call your Ur-Quan and launch all kinds of insults your way. Each time, one of your available responses is an insult of your own. When you choose this response, Tanaka gets angrier and again engages you in combat, and again you must warp out. After doing this three or four times, he eventually comes to the realization that no Ur-Quan had ever insulted him before, and asks you who you are again. The choice response is something to the effect of "I'm a friend, you bumbling idiot", at which point he realizes he made a mistake, and finally warms up to you.