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The Story So Far
The Brood War
The Queen of Blades has not grown complacent in the wake of her victory. She continues to keep watch over the Swarm from Char. The Brood War showed her to be more powerful than anyone could have imagined: she is truly the dominant force in the Koprulu sector. However, for the last four years the Swarm’s initial, merciless expansion has been replaced with a foreboding silence.
There is only speculation about what Kerrigan has been doing for the last four years, as no scouting expeditions to zerg-occupied planets have lived to report what they witnessed. Many believe that the zerg are building their strength and engineering new organisms before going on the offensive again. Some contend that Kerrigan is staying her hand due to some lingering shred of humanity, but those who have encountered the savage fury of the Queen of Blades suspect that this is merely wishful thinking.
The Aiur protoss have been struggling to recover from the loss of their homeworld, while attempting to reunify their society with the dark templar living on Shakuras. It has been a difficult transition for both sides, and the name of Raszagal has been invoked more than once to keep the peace. Interacting with the dark templar and the xel’naga technology on Shakuras has also led to many new developments as the protoss prepare themselves for continuing the war with the zerg.
Memories of Raszagal have plagued Zeratul, and he was deeply disturbed by his encounter with Samir Duran. For years he kept to himself, racked with guilt and sorrow, until a valiant terran archaeologist in need of Zeratul’s aid sought him out and convinced him to emerge from his self-imposed exile. Since then, Zeratul has uncovered a revelation somehow related to the xel’naga, creators of both the zerg and the protoss. He has been seeking additional clues to unravel the mystery.
Arcturus Mengsk and his forces initially returned to Korhal to regroup. His first order of business was to rebuild the Terran Dominion. In Kerrigan he has found a new target for revenge. The Dominion has risen once again to become the most powerful force among the terran factions, having taken over almost all of the original Confederate worlds.
The UED expeditionary fleet was shattered during the Brood War and now only a few isolated pockets of survivors remain hidden in the Koprulu sector.
Jim Raynor has led a resistance movement known as Raynor’s Raiders against the spreading power of the Dominion, but over the years it has been a losing battle. Arcturus Mengsk has used his greatest weapons – the media and propaganda – to marginalize Raynor’s efforts. Now Raynor seems to be losing faith, drinking heavily and haunted by the ghosts of his past.
Those who know Jim Raynor best have been saying that there is one part of him that won’t rest until Sarah Kerrigan is dead…
… and another part of him that refuses to let her go.
Reported!
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Secondly, there is the letter to Helena. However, this could be speculative, since we never know if it actually GOT to earth. If I remember correctly from the cinematics, he was recording it on a device; whether the device or the message actually got to earth is another story entirely. But let's say for all-intensive purposes it did, then this summary above is falsified in an attempt to make it more "ominous."
Three, in SC1 it is almost assumed that the hybrids will happen by "fate" or "naturally", but in SC1's end-story (bonus mission) it was said Duran was the catalyst (doing the experiments themselves). Who's higher authority is he playing off of? Not appearing in SC2 is fine, but Zeratul needs to give the information of and about Duran to Raynor. And, the theory of "it kind of happening by itself lol" is again brought up in SC2 by this "prophecy", it makes it feel like a more "it will happen, dunno how :/" than "DURAN DID IT!". If that makes sense?
I think, yes, this "story so far" is a GREAT addition, but it is SORELY lacking in some very basic arguments (some that have not even been mentioned, but I think this post has gone on long enough, just wanted to add my 2 cents).
Since Raynor knew next to nothing about the UED, even if we assume that they won't infest humans, and who's to say a corrupt UED government wouldn't at least *experiment* with the idea, who knows what they would do? Arcturus let the Zerg destroy a whole planet with psi emitters. What could do the UED do with their own Overmind and the Psi Disrupters.
Anyway, that's just my rationale.
… and another part of him that refuses to let her go."
there. That is why Jim refuses to kill Kerrigan.
all that takes place in the books the dark templar saga. it is a really good story by the way
and i im going to tell you that i have been playing as a protoss since the beging of the first starcraft i had so much pain because of that i know is just a game but i im proud to be a protoss follower Entaro Tassadar.
P.S I wonder if with this the expansion that will be coming out on 2012 is going to change
for if protoss arent there i shall not play starcrfat anymore.
"Dearest Helena, - By now the news of our defeat has reached the Earth. - The creatures we were sent here to tame are un-tamable. - and the colonies we were sent to reclaim have proven to be stronger than we anticipated. - Whatever you may hear about what has happened out here, know this; - Alexei did not die gloriously in battle. - I killed him. My pride killed him. - And now my pride has consumed me as well. - You will never see me again Helena. - Tell our children that I love them, - and that their father died in defense of their future. - Au revoir."
- DuGalle's final message to his wife, Helena
What's the point? And again, where are the awesome SC1 cinematics that used to be in the story so far section?
Why remove them - so that fewer questions about the story's new direction vs Brood War, UED, etc are asked?