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The Androsynth victory ditty appears to be inspired by the 1977 song "Mongoloid" by Devo.

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The Arilou sound effects can also be found within the Sa-Matra ship file, although they are obviously not used in-game.

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The victory ditty is identified in the game files as "Victory Theme 24" by Dan Nicholson.

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The victory ditty is identified in the game files as "Victory Theme 13" by Dan Nicholson. The cannon sound is shared with the Orz Nemesis.

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The uncloaking sound effect is re-used by the Herald Eradicator in Star Control 3.

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According to Fred Ford, the F.R.I.E.D sound effect was vocalised by Paul Reiche III. The victory ditty is identified in the game files as "Victory Ditty 11" by Dan Nicholson. The ship file also contains some of the Ur-Quan fighter sound effects, though these are not used in-game.

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The victory ditty is identified in the game files as "Victory Theme 9" by Dan Nicholson.

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The Y-Wing missile sound is also used as the 'Dispatch planet lander' sound effect.

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According to Fred Ford, the Orz Marine sounds are all vocalised by Paul Reiche III. The victory ditty is identified in the game files as "Victory theme 17" by Dan Nicholson. The marine zap sound is identical to the Umgah Drone 'zip backwards' sound; the cannon sound is shared with the Druuge Mauler.

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The Pkunk insults are all voiced by Fred Ford. 'Nitwit' and 'Nerd' do not appear to be present in the DOS version, but do appear in the 3DO conversion so are included here for completeness. The weapon sound is shared with the Spathi and Zoq-Fot-Pik. The resurrection sound is from 'Messiah' by Handel. The victory ditty is identified in the game files as "Victory Tune 1" by Dan Nicholson.

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The victory ditty is identified in the game files as "Another ditty" by Dan Nicholson. The point defence weapon re-uses the Spathi BUTT sound effect. The gun sound effect does not change regardless of which weapon the flagship has equipped.

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The energy dart weapon sound is shared with the Thraddash Torch primary fire.

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The victory ditty is identified in the game files as "Victory Ditty 23" by Dan Nicholson.

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The primary fire sound effect is shared with the Pkunk Fury and Zoq-Fot-Pik Stinger. The BUTT sound effect is also used for the flagship point defence laser, and also as the generic 'failed' sound effect within the game menus. According to Fred Ford, the BUTT sound effect was vocalised by Paul Reiche III.

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The Supox Blade has the fewest sounds of all the Star Control 2 ships.

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The 'Recovering crew' sound is not located in the Syreen ship file, but is instead located alongside the generic menu sound effects in the main game files. According to Fred Ford, the syreen song was vocalised by Paul Reiche III.

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The primary fire sound is shared with the Shofixti Scout. The afterburner sound is also used when encountering planetary hotspots with the planet lander. The victory ditty is identified in the game files as 'Victory 3' by Dan Nicholson.

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The 'zip backwards' sound is shared with the Orz marines laser sound.

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According to Fred Ford, the "Launch Fighters" sound was vocalised by Paul Reiche III. The fighter zap sound is identical to the planet lander stunner.

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The victory ditty is identified in the game files as "Victory Theme 20" by Dan Nicholson. The shield effects both use the same sound, just played at different speeds.

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The shield sound is also used as the activation sound for the Portal Spawner, Hyperwave Caster, Sun Device, Ultron parts and Talking Pet devices in the main game.

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The primary fire sound is shared with the Spathi Eluder and Pkunk Fury. According to Fred Ford, the tongue sound was vocalised by Paul Reiche III. The victory ditty is identified in the game files as "Victory Ditty 9" by Dan Nicholson.

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The stunner sound is shared with the Ur-Quan fighter. The bite sound is shared with the VUX limpet. The launch sound is shared with the Mmrnmhrm missile.

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The hotspot sound is shared with the Thraddash afterburner.

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