Star Control 2 - Battle Against the Sa-Matra

[Gamernatic]

ya know. i would hate to be the ur- quan piloting this thing.

"baby. dodo. twit. jerk. moron. dummy."

BOOM! "yaaay! it finally stopped!

HAJLELLUJAH!

"nooooooo!!!!"

[Xerardo84V]

What about an Arilou ship here?

[spoofmaker1]

who else thought that sa-matra would have its own super epic battle music?

[thaandiesel]

so many years later, this game is still the shit for doing things like this, tha tare amusing as hell. ncie yob yo!

[alphacentfanguy]

Actually, I take hat back. After you destroy the shield generators, no new bullets are created. I got lucky on my second playthrough, having my Fury destroy both types of bullets before dying.

[alphacentfanguy]

I just beat the Sa Matra with the Fury. The second part, getting the flagship close, is completely a matter of luck.

...

Stupid.

Jerk.

Baby.

Twit.

Loser.

Dummy.

[patmac251188]

Would have loved if the last one reincarnated.

[Lunion100]

I play with Druuge, and is very efective against Samatra......Only one was necesary...

[Maridianokusho]

@Lunion100 As a fact, for amateurs, the Fury is best, because it's the only ship you can fly that's fast enough to escape the comets. And if you're spinning the Fury while shootihng, more shots would hit..

But you're right, it also works well with a Mauler.

Beneath the efficiency of the Avatar (shown in Bisqwit's Star Control 2 speedrun (part 4/5))

Utwig Jugger and Yehat Terminator do their job well, too.

[Maridianokusho]

@Lunion100 And with 'wider' piloting-skills you even may manage the energy-cores with an Umgah Drone or an Arilou Lalee'lay Skiff (from Falayalaralfali) or a Supox Blade.. (;

[Lunion100]

@Maridianokusho Yes, Utwig, Yehaat, P-kuk, , Supox, Arilow, and Chmmr are very efective....And I like to choose the druuge, because is an "Interestellar Shoot gun", and when you are shooting, you are tripping on the map faster than the commets, only you must to hit it well, only two shoots you need to destroy the each shield....By the way is amazing the power of the Druuge against the Chmmr Avatar.....Tractor Bean, Shoot, Shoot, Shoot, Shoot,,,,....Boom......

[Maridianokusho]

@Lunion100 Yes! I recently tried it with the Mauler, it makes fun! ^^

[Lunion100]

@Maridianokusho  Yes, here we go...!

[Maridianokusho]

@Lunion100 "Huuuaaaaaaarrrr.."!!! ^^

[lastxwriter]

Yay, Pkunk!

[oxbowthegreat]

the sa-matra should be in super melee, herp-a-derp.

[Maridianokusho]

@oxbowthegreat And how should you pilot the Sa Matra?

Forgetting, that the Sa Matra would be far too big, had far too much crew; and think of the weapon-fire that would fill up the combat space completely that nothing could stand it...

No, a medium-equipped Precurser Starship would have been possible, I think...

[teemuruskeepaa]

Is this video mocking at me? ;)

[pgunn01]

You would've been safer with your Chmmr letting the green blobs push you - it's slower but safer letting them push you over the max speed of the fireballs and only firing at the shield generators when you have the opportunity (that is, when chance brings you near them). Another option is to use the Yehat in mostly the same way - use Pkunk/Yehat to take down the shields, and Chmmr to mop-up the blobbies and fireballs (not replaced when shields are down).

[Maridianokusho]

@pgunn01 Same with  the Utwig Jugger. ^^

[rebelanarch]

i read about it in an faq. they're suppose to give you more ships every year you visit them before they finally go get themselves "absorbed" by the yehat, for some reason they never gave me any extra ones after the first visit. i was playing UQM version 3 or something.

[rebelanarch]

yeah.. very troublesome. if i knew how tough it was to get close to the s-matra with those damn green blobs, i would have kept my arilou and pkunk ships alive til the final battle. i had to reload an earlier game to start the yehat revolution to get more pkunks. i beat this game the first time using the cyborg exploit.

[patmac251188]

@rebelanarch Cyborg exploit?

[rebelanarch]

@patmac251188 just check out the freeware version of it the Ur-Quan Masters. there's a mode which auto-determines the outcome of any battle.

[rebelanarch]

maybe but the thraddash would leave you once you steal the aqua helix. and you can't get more thrad ships if you get the illwrath to trash them.

[ONNIHOLTTA]

2:50 lol

[ONNIHOLTTA]

Chmmr isnt so good against it... the green balls throw u away. I owned Sa-Matra with 1 or 2 pkunk

[lestef23]

Pkunk RULES!!!! =D

[Weegee9999]

Heck yeah! Regenerating ammo from insults? That'd be the perfect job for me!

[TheBrownBaron]

Actually, the best ship to use against the sa matra is the utwig Jugger.

[wrzenk]

Who'da thought the Pkunk would save the universe? Best game ever!

[ytbsucks]

Hmmm, as far as I remember, I whacked Sa- matra with Avatars, it took some time because of bouncer balls, but was not very hard.

[gamerolled]

you have a skiff, why not use it? That has auto targeting capabilities and can make a swift escape even after flying head-on at the sa matra

[gamerolled]

dude, where did the skiff come from?

[xok]

utwig all the way, makes it so easy and is way faster than the guy in this video.

[phuturephunk]

Also, I forgot..

Its doubly awesome when you screw up and it resurrects! Best ship in the game.

[phuturephunk]

The Fury was the only ship I managed to beat the Sa Matra with. I was impressed the first time I did it

[wooka21]

I wonder why in starcontorl the human are morons because they dont make ships for war. The Human cruiser sucks. its has it purpose but come on!

[rebelanarch]

the only problem with the humie star trek ship is ... the arseholes nerfed its speed. if it was at least as fast as a pkunk, it could destroy anything with the longest-range homing-missiles in this game

[wooka21]

yea it could :)

[DoomRater]

I usually use the Terminators to tackle the shields- basically I bounce off the green things with my shields and then wait patiently until I'm within range and fire. As long as I don't fire my thrusters I remain at the insane movement rate and move faster than the fireballs. I can kinda do it with the Pkunk, but I'm not as good at it.

[kevingener]

Only Pkunk Fury, Chmmr Avatar, Yehat Terminator, and Utwig Jugger can Destroy Sa Matra's guards in the Final, even the Vindicator.

[kefkakrazy]

Avatar has a really bad time of it, as this video demonstrates. But yeah, most of the other ships have no chance. I can see a Supox ship having a shot, possibly, but most of the other ships that would rock this thing are unobtainable in campaign.

[Alexyvil]

Lol yeah, it's funny how the pkunks loves to insult to get ammo.

[patmac251188]

Worm

Wimp

Moron

Nerd

[SpringLionCub]

@patmac251188 Dodo

Moron

Dummy

Baby

[Maridianokusho]

@patmac251188 Twink, Dodo, Stupid, Fool, Junk, Dummy, Looser, Baby ... Church?? xD

[AdmiralThrakhath]

When you beat the last generator, use the ship to destroy the remaining fireballs. That way the Precursor Vessel can fly in unharmed.

[LittleGeorgeChrist]

The Pkunk are sexy...

[OvaltinePatrol]

The Pkunk power their weapons with infantile insults. That is so great.