 January 9, 2015 - 5:00pm | I found this on Eroc's site: http://worldoferoc.blogspot.com/p/star-frontiers.html Rill (aka Banshees) The Rill are a strange hyper-space threat. Commonly referred to as Banshees by spacers because of the high pitched wailing they emit. These creatures are only encountered while traveling in hyper-space where they latch onto the hull of a ship and tear their way inside attempting to devour any and all living organisms. Very few ships have escaped the attacks of a Rill and still much is unknown, however a defense for Rill attacks is being tested on many ships throughout the Frontier. Spacer lore postulates that many ships that have been lost in hyper-space were actually victims of Rill attacks. Some even say the Rill drag the ships back to a hive that floats in hyper-space itself where hideous things are done to the surviving crew. None of this has ever been proven and the scientific community at large discounts this as nothing more than pure superstition.  I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 January 9, 2015 - 7:32pm | Where did this picture originally come from? -iggy |
January 9, 2015 - 9:38pm | the signature is EO 90, could be Erol Otis in '90? I've not seen it before. I do like the guy calmly looking out the window as his ship is chewed on. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
January 11, 2015 - 7:13pm | Where did this picture originally come from? Eroc says its an Erol Otis from a computer game. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 January 12, 2015 - 1:52am | It was Star Control for the Saga Genesis/Mega Drive. The game was by Erol Otis' childhood friend Paul Reiche III, who left TSR to create video games. This link got all the SC manuals. Far more Paul Reiche III games with Erol Otis' art (and music and sound/vice work), then check out The Last Ninja and Starflight 1 & 2. Reiche also did other games. He currently co-runs the company that produced the Skylander games. |
 January 12, 2015 - 2:31am | '[...]referred to as Banshees by spacers because of the high pitched wailing they emit'. One wonders how hearing that sound is possible in space... |
 January 12, 2015 - 7:11pm | '[...]referred to as Banshees by spacers because of the high pitched wailing they emit'. One wonders how hearing that sound is possible in space... Teeth scraping through the hull; noises received over electronics; echo locations bouncing around inside the ship locating the soft tasty morsals try to hide.... Time flies when your having rum. Im a government employee, I dont goof-off. I constructively abuse my time. |
January 12, 2015 - 8:31pm | One method of communication in space is touching of space helmets and talking, sound waves conduct and there is the benefit of nothing being transmitted to be listened too by unwanted recievers. Rum is right that there would be a lot of noise from chewing on the hull as the sounds will conduct. If the Rill emitted a high pitched whine/ screech like noise that would be the source of the name banshee I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 January 13, 2015 - 5:03pm | "they latch onto the hull of a ship and tear their way inside attempting to devour any and all living organisms." Just a guess but when they tear inside a ship and are looking for prey they let out the high pitched noises. Not sure how they reseal the ship and put the atmosphere back into place. Sounds like a great job but where did you say we had to go? |
January 13, 2015 - 7:14pm | maybe air escaping contributes to the high pitched whining? I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
January 14, 2015 - 7:21pm | And they get inside and all the occupants are dead from atmospheric decompression so they don't find anything. -iggy |
January 17, 2015 - 11:01am | I noticed a passing resemblance between the writteb description of the slime bug from the Hepplewhite crash and the banshee
Http://www.starfrontiers.us/node/7648
Perhaps they're the same creature at different life stage? I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
