Zoq-Fot-Pik

The Zoq, Fot, and Pik, together Zoq-Fot-Pik, are three fictional races of beings featured in the sci-fi Star Control computer game series.

The Zoq, the Fot and the Pik evolved together on one planet.

All three races evolved as non-predators, which left a niche on the planet for another intelligent species to evolve: the Zebranky. The Zebranky preferred a threesome of foods: namely the Zoq, the Fot and the Pik.

To survive the predations of the Zebranky, the Zoq, the Fot and the Pik banded together, annihilated the Zebranky and formed a cooperative union. They have integrated so well that they no longer recall which of the races are Zoq, which are Fot, and which are Pik.

After the three races killed off the last Zebranky they faced a dilemma: whether to develop technological and cultural sophistication, or to return to the forests and relax, free from the Zebranky. They chose the latter.

For another five thousand years, the Zoq, the Fot and the Pik relaxed in the forests, until one day one of each race was walking up a steep path looking for something to eat, when a bolt of lightning struck nearby.The bolt of energy carved a wheel-shaped chunk of granite out of a cliff. As the rock began to roll down the hill, some dry grass got caught in its hole, and since the rock was still hot the grass caught on fire. Thus the Zoq, Fot, and Pik simultaneously discovered the wheel, fire, and religion. The wheel and fire were based on the rock, and religion developed when the Zoq was killed by the rolling rock and the remaining two decided that he had simply gone to "a better place" (one preferably without dangerous, flaming wheels of death).

The species is notable for the unique interactions between the three members of the union, and for its sport of Frungy, although it is unknown how the sport is played.

The three species are said to feed on airborne zooplankton, solar and ambient energies, and rocky fungal clingers. It's never said exactly which species feeds on what, but by the three species' physique one can deduce which each one eats. On the viewscreen when talking to them (see screenshot), the one on the right probably eats airborne zooplankton. Air probably enters through the ridges, is filtered, then blown out the three holes on its head. The silent creature in the middle probably feeds on solar and ambient energy, evident by its hood that probably collects sunlight. Lastly, the creature on the left probably feeds on rocky fungal clingers, through process of elimination, and when talking about said clingers, she added "Our favorite", possibly hinting that their species eats them. The function of the armlike appendages are unknown, but one function is probably communication, since they move when the creature "talks".