Starky (Purpose of)

Inquiry

Starky's purpose is enigmatic. Two clues are given:

 [Fortune Teller]
   My word!
   You are fated to
   make a grave choice.
   Whatever will be selected
   will be decided from the
   actions of those around you. 

Also, in the ending "A Career Change...", two members of his race debate their mission while dining:

Well...?
What have youu concluded?

The creeatures on this
planet are rank K...
Noo uunique substance can
bee deetected in the liquid...
Wee must contact the mother ship
and beegin our attack at once...

Noo, there is noo neeed to rush.
Let us waait foor our comrade, who
has preeceeeded us, to maake contact.
Hee should bee traveling with
the loocals of this planet.
It will not bee too laate if
wee waait until then.

Understood...
Wee have all the
tiime in the world.

Noona-Noona...!!!

Nani-Nani...!!! 

Theories

In Search of a New Home

Masato Kato heavily implies in Another Eden's Starky mini-quest that Starky's home world was destroyed by another member of Lavos's species, and that his race is searching for a suitable planet to terraform as their new home. The party of Another Eden must defeat the Terracticon, the terraforming device employed for this purpose, to save Another Eden's planet. This development is in harmony with the clues given in Chrono Cross, including what the Fortune Teller states; per Another Eden, terraforming a planet necessarily involves the death of current living beings who dwell there.

Old Theories

Lavos Hunters

Ybrik Metaknight

Perhaps Starky's race is an intergalactic force whose primary purpose is to rid the universe of Lavoids? Maybe once a planet has had a Lavoid for too long, as the CT/CC Planet might have had, they simply destroy it unless there are some valuable resources. Finding none on Crono and Serge's world, they deemed it more appropriate to destroy the Lavoid by destroying the planet than to try to eliminate only the parasite and keep those resources for their parent empire. Or something along those lines.

Alternatively, this race could be responsible for engineering the Lavos strain, and are trying to contain their creation (which has presumably run rampant). This theory begs the question: why would Starky's race investigate the Chrono planet is Lavos is already defeated? An answer lies in humanity, who are a product of Lavos's assisted evolution. They could be perceived as an influence of the beast.

...Nah Theory

Zenning

Starky is simply a parody of "Grays" and cute Martian appearance of popular culture.

From: Theory (People)