Faranji

One of the lost Ancient Races. Ruins of their civilization can be found on some planets.

History

Very little is known about the Faranji other than they were the first race to fall during the first UrQa invasion. Their light fighters, although fast and hard to hit, succumbed quickly to the forces of the UrQa.

The Faranji were masters at containing electricity, creating some of the most advanced energy banks in the history of the universe. Despite the fact that they had nearly infinite power at their disposal, they could not fend off the coming invasion.

Although unconfirmed, I always imagine them to be like the Yehat in StarControl II. See here!

Advanced Version

Some of the most advanced pieces of technology come from Unt Faranji ruins which require Faranji Research to use. These focus primarily on energy sources, explorer shields with speed mods and high RoF weapons. Faranji cloaks are available as well. Faranji force energies are some of the best in the game, and most AI are equipped with such technology; Big Greens carry Faranji Energy 5 units (or sevens, perhaps), for instance, and will drop them occasionally).

There is a new capital ship aura that gives +150 energy. This requires level 15 in the Faranji lore skill.