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ArilouThe Arilou Lalee'lay, usually called Arilou, for short, are a fictional race of beings featured in the sci-fi Star Control computer game series. - Ship: Skiff
- Homeworld: Falayalaralfali (in QuasiSpace)
- Contacts: Humans, Umgah, Orz, *Nnngn*
- Quotes: "Our motives are multiple, our desires complex."
The Arilou are based upon ancient legends of a land of the gods at Arulu, from Egyptian and Sumerian mythology. Physiology Almost nothing is known about the Arilou beyond physical appearances. Conversely, the Arilou appear to know humanity very well, a fact which is considered somewhat disturbing. The Arilou are short humanoids with glowing eyes, nostrils with no nose, and a diminutive mouth unused for communication. They have pale skin and hypercephalic skulls, the spitting image of popular depictions of alien encounters in the late 20th century. In the closing credits of the PC version of Star Control II, they are compared to alien coverups in Roswell and others. The Arilou are also known to be pan-dimensional beings, extending through planes of existence like reeds through a pond surface. The Arilou, like fellow pan-dimensionals the Orz, however, are somewhat uncommunicative on the subject. Philosophy The Arilou seem to enjoy pranks, a trait shared by their neighbors, the Umgah. Their sudden disappearance after Earth was slave-shielded by the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za task force shows their typical disconnectedness with the other sentient races of the galaxy excepting humanity. The Arilou attitude toward humans is paternal, and they often refer to humans as their children. In fact, the sole reason the Arilou joined the Alliance of Free Stars was to protect the humans. The Arilou even adopted their name from the Celts, on Earth. Their connection with humans extends far deeper into the species' past, and the Arilou have said that they knew "the first human." This suggests that, like the Yehat with the Shofixti, the strange xenoforms are responsible for uplifting human culture into sentience. Whether or not this is true, they admitted to experimenting on humanity to make them invisible to other-dimensional parasites. They are obviously intent on protecting humanity, despite, or because of, their role in its origins. History What the Arilou have chosen to share with humans is information directly concerning the human species, and not much of that. They served in the Alliance from 2116 until the close of the war, then vanished to what they call a "nook in *time*," or a small protected area of the dimension they call QuasiSpace. Since the destruction of the Sa-Matra and the silence of the Kohr-Ah death fleets, they have again come into contact with the galaxy, in Star Control 3, though like much more in this game, this was ignored by fans in a feat of krypto-revisionism.
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