Syreen
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Template:Infobox Star Control race The Syreen are a fictional race of beings featured in the sci-fi Star Control computer game series.
In the Star Control 2 era, they are located in Betelgeuse, on a world offered to them by Kzer-Za after the Mycon ruined their original homeworld Syra with their Deep Children terraformers. Understandably, the Syreen carry a fearsome grudge of revenge and hatred against the destroyers of their world.
Physically, the Syreen are just like humans with the exception of their bright blue skin. There is some discussion regarding their common origins. Syreen males are not seen on the starships, and were mostly obliterated in the said homeworld cataclysm.
The Syreen Penetrator vessel is purposefully phallic in appearance, and features a weak, energy-conserving main weapon. Secondary weapon - Syreen song - allows Penetrator captains to lure some of the enemy ship's crew into space, to be collected by the Syreen and used as crew on the vessel. Actually, Syreen ships enter combat with only a fraction of their maximum crew capacity filled. Obviously, this weapon has no effect on the unmanned Slylandro probes.