StarCraft 2: Hearth of the Swarm by FoXBoR (XFoXBoRX)
Before starting, I am a Spanish speaker so my English is not pretty good, but I am going to make an effort. So let’s go!
Resume of WoL:
Kerrigan is de-infested, rescued by Jim Raynor.
Tychus Findlay dies, killed by Jim Raynor.
Nova/Tosh is ally of Jim Raynor.
Hanson/Selendis is ally of Jim Raynor.
Jim Raynor is still Jim Raynor.
We don’t know if Warfield, V. Mengsk or Emil Narud are TRUE allies of Jim Raynor.
Maybe many people of the Dominion are against A. Mengsk (if Media Blitz was completed), but he still hates Jim Raynor.
Now people know about Hybrids (Zeratul mission); we don’t know if A.Mengsk is directly working on the Hybrid Project.
Intro Cinematic:
V. Mengsk is alone at the bridge of his BC, the Bucephalus. He receives an incoming transmission.
“Son, explain me everything right now! Taking half of the fleet and letting that creature live!” says A. Mengsk.
“It’s not my fault that your pawn failed his mission. But, after all, I didn’t expect you to talk to me, father…”
“This is treason to the Dominion, you will see when…” V. Mengsk ends the transmission. Another incoming transmission is received.
“Prince Mengsk, did you accomplish the operation?”
“Of course. The Queen of Blades has been neutralized, Zerg are now without a main leader.”
“It’s time to make the next movement.”
“Talking about that, I think we have to change our plans. I didn’t expect my father to turn against me, so we will have to follow plan B…”
“Do you suggest a direct attack?”
“No, just wait for my orders; I will meet my father to see his reaction…”
“You are risking yourself too much; we can’t allow you to die right now… not until you complete your mission…”
“Even if I die you will have total control over the Zerg forces. I know you have your… instruments to control them.”
“What if the Queen of Blades can still control the Zerg?”
“Then it will be easier for you to control them…”
“My force has come from a very far sector of the universe and you… ”
“I did what I promised to you. I neutralized the Queen of Blades. She won’t be a threat for you. Raynor will take her with him. He doesn’t suspect anything from you. I just expect the Protoss not to interfere in the operation. I will achieve the next stage of the mission… but looks like I will need support...”
“In this case we will wait for your next movement, and then we will make ours.” End of transmission.
Intro to HotS:
Because of the activation of the Xel’Naga artifact many Zergs on the sector were killed (not even a big fraction of Char) and Kerrigan was de-infested. After this, the artifact lost all of its power becoming a useless piece of rock. The Moebius Foundation took it to their labs to check what happened to it. Kerrigan is brought to the Hyperion. Some people are stupefied watching her with a human form. Valerian Mengsk and G. Warfield are amazed because Raynor could achieve what was thought as an impossible mission. They want to give him thanks by offering him whatever he wants: Unlimited Credits, some BCs, experimental Psi Blades, etc. But he asks for the life of Kerrigan. V. Mengsk says
“Ok, we are going to let you go with Kerrigan, but many people will hate me about doing this decision so I will give you some hours to gather all your people and go away, so I can say that you have escaped.”
“That’s a deal, but what about Char?”
“Maybe now Zergs aren’t under control of Kerrigan but there are some Queens and other similar psionic creatures that still control them. We have suffered many losses so we (Dominion army and Moebius Foundation) are going back to Korhal. Also I have things to talk with my father. Maybe we will gather a new army and return to purge everything that is left of the Zerg on Char. Also we will try to repair the artifact; maybe we can use it to reverse infestation on people of infested colonies.”
Jim Raynor gathers all his men and “escapes” with the Hyperion.
Now Kerrigan is at the Hyperion's clinic where she is treated. After some days she quickly recovers. She wakes up having Raynor at her side.
“Jim, you saved me! At last I am free from the Zerg-part of me! Thank you very much! I can’t remember many things… All what I have done… I just couldn’t control myself… just… maybe you hate me from all what I have done”
“A. Mengsk has done many other horrible things, why I would hate you if many people still love him?”
“Thank you… very much…”
Ok, now is everything fine? No! Some days after her recovery, Kerrigan starts to dream about strange things. She feels like the Queens that she left are trying to talk to her, asking for help, but all times it ends with a shadow with two red eyes staring at her. One day, alone at the clinic, she is visited by Zeratul.
“What happened to you? You are now HUMAN! I feel you weak, I can kill you right now without mercy because of what you did to Razsgal and to all the Protoss! But… I just can’t do that… but… human… this doesn’t make sense…”
Raynor enters “Zeratul you should know what happened […Story…] and now she is not a treat anymore, Zergs are without their main leader.”
“But what about the Artifact that I gave to you? Did you study it? Didn’t you realize that she was the only hope against the doom that is coming?” says Zeratul.
“So actually my dreams mean something... special” says Kerrigan a little bit confused.
Zeratul, Raynor and Kerrigan talk about the Hybrids (Raynor can comment about his adventure on the Lab) BUT not about the prophecy. They realized something:
“Kerrigan was the only Psionic being that could control the Zerg without any problem. Since she lost the control, now the Zerg Swarm is vulnerable to the control of another being of higher psionic level... the Hybrids!... like what happened with the Preservers and the protoss on that planet… What have you done Jim Raynor?” says Zeratul.
“Wait! But she is still alive, Kerrigan should be dead (according to the prophecy), but she is not dead, so something can still be done” says Raynor.
“I just don't know what to do Raynor, I am very confused about the situation...” says Zeratul.
“So what are we going to do? Give Kerrigan again to the Zergs? We don't even know if she would be able to control them again...” says Jim Raynor
“Maybe… I still have the power to control the Zerg. I can try to control them in this human form… to use them against these Hybrids.” says Kerrigan.
“I don’t know if this is worth the risk, but we will try.” says Raynor.
“That can be done for now until we have another plan. Maybe that's the only solution. The Zerg need some kind of leader, if the Hybrids gain control of Swarm it will be very difficult to stop them. For now, I will return to Shakuras to tell the rest of the Protoss what is happening. I will return to you soon with news. See you... Raynor and... Kerrigan…” (Zeratul banishes)
(Still Kerrigan doesn’t know about her role on the prophecy)
“And what about A. Mengsk and your mission Jim? What will happen to your revolution?” says Kerrigan.
“Our revolution can wait. This Hybrid menace is a more important matter now. I will tell Horner and the rest of the crew about the situation. They will understand.”
So now HotS begins, now Kerrigan has to regain control over the Zergs in this new human form to use them to stop the Hybrids. But this is just the begging, pretty simple, but then the story gets many twists and many terrible things are going to happen.
Main character of History:
On WoL it was Raynor, now in HotS is Kerrigan. Now she is not 100% human, she still has something Zerg on her. Now she wears a Ghost Suit, like her older rank. When she goes on Missions she will go as a Special Terran Ghost (like Nova) with her own unique abilities.
Base of Operations:
At the first missions the Hyperion will be the base of operations until Main Mission 3. On the Hyperion, Kerrigan can access the Bridge, Cantina and Clinic. Bridge and Cantina are still the same. The Clinic is a place where she wakes up when starting the campaign. Here she can check her status and some stuff that Raynor left for her. Kerrigan can talk with people on the ship, but many of them will blame her about her past actions.
Now, Jim Raynor wants a new base for the Zerg operations, he thinks the Hyperion is not well suited for that purpose. On Main Mission 3 his opportunity appears: Raynor has to recue some Moebius Scientists from the Dominion forces. Check Main Mission 3 on Mission section for more info.
After rescuing Moebius Foundation, they make a deal with Raynor. They lend to him the Apollo (a Research Cruiser) to Raynor’s Raiders. Kerrigan will move to it, along with some Moebius Scientists to do the necessary Zerg preparations and researches for any operation. It becomes your new base of operations. Emil Narud is present here like the Chief of the Scientists. Jim Raynor will visit Kerrigan on Apollo, maybe along with Tosh (if friend) or Horner just to check what’s up after some missions.
At Apollo you have the Control Room (bridge), Main Lab (like armory) and the Research Lab (like the lab).
At the Control Room you can choose your mission (like older bridge). Here you can find Emil Narud and some scientists. Also you can talk via Intercom with the Hyperion crew (Raynor or Horner, if not present at Apollo).
The Main lab is like the Apollo’s Armory. Here you can find many scientists testing Zerg Creatures and the new Zerg Upgrade System. (Check the next section for more information) Also it looks like Egon Stetmann joined the Apollo’s crew since he can learn many things from the Zerg. On the background you can see information about the Zerg species that you have unlocked.
The Research Lab is where Zerg Research is done using the UED/Domion Zerg Research Archives that you have collected. Here you will find two computers showing some stuff about the UED and Dominion archives with their respective Research System. (One for the UED and one for the Dominion, Check next section for more information) Also here you can find Albert Freeman, a weird scientist who is the leader of the Zerg Research and is involved on the new “Merc’s” system. (Check next section for more information)
Currency/Upgrade/Research/Special Unit system:
The currency system is changed from Credits to Mutagenic Compounds. These compounds are very rare and hard to synthesize but are essential because they can be used to modify and improve the Zerg DNA. You can obtain them when you accomplish a mission involving Zerg stuff. (Just like Credits).
The Upgrade system is similar to the original on WoL’s: 2 upgrades per unlocked unit, you give the Mutagenic Compounds to the scientists so they can enhance the Zerg DNA.
About Research, now on some missions we will have the option to collect Zerg Research Archives. These come in two flavors: UED and Dominion archives. After their defeat, UED left several archives on the Koprulu sector about what they had learned while controlling the zerg. Also, we know that the Dominion is making some weird stuff with Zergs, so they have some archives to share too. Both researches are separately one from the other. We are not going to play with Protoss stuff mixing it with Zergs; we are not on the Hybrid’s side.
About the new Merc System: We have this weird scientist called Albert Freeman. He used to work on Zerg projects with the Confederacy at first, then with the Dominion. He used to enhance the Zerg creatures DNA, making them more powerful but causing them to escape, lay waste to everything on their path and requiring big amounts of firepower to stop. Now he works for the Moebius, but he still has his old abilities that he offers to you: He can make upgrades on the Zerg strains to create special enhanced units. We will have the Devourer Ones (4 x Zerglings), Poisson Maniacs (2 x Roaches), Hunter Killers (2 x Hydralisks), Earth Demons (2x Lurkers), Kukulza’s Assassins (Mutalisks), Kukulza’s Lords (2 x Brood Lords), Torrasque (1 x Ultralisk). Obviously his work needs some Mutagenic Compounds so he can create these special Zerg units for you. (So actually the system is similar to the Merc’s System on WoL)
Missions:
Missions are chosen the same way as WoL’s: They will be present at the Control Room on a star map. We have 12 Main missions, with 9 side missions, 4 special missions and 1 secret mission. You can go straight the 12 main missions and win the game, but if you want more action you can go through the side missions, unlocking many units and learning more about the story.
Some Mission’s offer you Mutagenic Compounds as a reward to use them for your upgrades. Also some of them have several Dominion or UED archives split on the map in order to recover them for your research. So here is the Story:
Main Mission 1:
Unlocked unit: Zergling
Kerrigan wants to try to recover control of the Zerg in this human form. There are reports of Zerg attacks on some colonies on Mar Sara. Maybe she can try controlling the Zerg over there and save the population. She wants to do this mission alone.
Kerrigan descends. She tries to control some Zergs by getting closer to them but she just can control lesser beings like Zerglings, her psionic power is still unstable.
“Maybe you should try controlling those Hydralisks…. Oh! bad idea.” Jim Raynor
She uses the Zerglings against the other Zergs to save the population. People think these Zerglings are mad because they attack other Zergs, but they can’t spot Kerrigan (because she is Perm. Cloaked).
“Rumors were true! The Queen of Blades has been killed and the Zerg are without control!” says a Civilian.
Also during the mission she will regain some of her abilities to use against larger foes. She destroys the main Hive, saving the people.
Main Mission 2:
Unlocked unit: Hydralisks (Drones and Overlords)
Kerrigan’s psionic power is getting stable little by little. She discovers the location of the one who controlled the Zerg breed on Mar Sara: A Swarm Queen on another sector of the planet. (After the Brood War, Kerrigan had created a new hierarchy of control of the swarm: She stopped using Cerebrates and created Queens instead.)
She will try to kill this Swarm Queen so she can gain control of her Breed.
Kerrigan can’t control any of the Zerg on this sector except some Drones that she found scouting the area. She uses them to create her own base. She gains Hydralisk. She attacks the Swarm Queen, killing her. Before dying the Swarm Queen says:
“Please save us from them! Take my breed with you… Queen of Blades... It will be useful when returning there…(Dies)”
“It's very strange how that creature reacted before dying.” says Raynor.
“Maybe we can keep these Zergs for the next attacks. I gained total control over this breed, so it won’t be any trouble. It gets me difficult to control Zergs of another psionic being like Queens.” says Kerrigan.
“Wait! We don’t have any space left on the Hyperion.” says Horner.
“We will find a solution for that, just wait a little.” says Kerrigan.
Main Mission 3:
Unlocked unit: Spine Crawler
Suddenly, the Hyperion receives an emergency transmission. It’s Emil Narud (chief of Moebius Foundation). He says that while returning to Korhal with V. Mengsk, they were intercepted by a Dominion force that attacked them. All his Moebius Foundation was taken to a space platform orbiting the planet Sigmaris Prime (check Engine of Destruction mission) to start the confiscation of all the stuff that they had on their ships. He and his scientists were taken to a prison over there.
“Do you know the importance of the documents that we have there? Decades of investigation, and now those troglodytes are “confiscating” them. Please Raynor rescue us and save our ships.”
“What about V. Mengsk and G. Warfield, what happened to them?” says Raynor.
“After the interception V. Mengsk escaped with some of his forces. G. Warfield covered him so he was arrested. He and his remaining troops were taken to an unknown destination.” says Dr. Narud.
Jim Raynor agrees to help and heads to Sigmaris Prime with a part of Kerrigan’s new Zerg forces.
“I just hate having these creatures on the ship… the detectors of Zerg keep making noise all the time!” Horner.
Kerrigan and Raynor’s forces descend (Raynor’s Raiders are an uncontrollable ally). The mission here is to destroy the Dominion bases, rescuing the Moebius scientists and the three confiscated Research Cruisers.
After completing the mission, Emil Narud gives thanks to Jim Raynor.
“Seems that I can only tust you.”
“Your forces can join us Dr. Narud. Oh! I just have something I would like to discuss with you.”
Jim Raynor tells him about the mission with the Zergs and the problem about “keeping” them. Dr. Narud agrees to help Raynor and offers him a solution:
“We can lend you one of our Research Cruisers that you have rescued, the Apollo, to keep the Zergs like your troops inside it if you allow us to make Zerg researches at it. Zergs are pretty fascinating creatures; since Kerrigan keeps them under control it will be easy to learn many things from them.”
“That’s a deal.” Raynor (If you want more information return to Base of Operations Section above)
Now Kerrigan and all her Zerg forces are moved to the Apollo, becoming her new Base of Operations.
Main Mission 4:
Unlocked unit: Queen
Kerrigan’s psionic power is getting stable little by little, looks like she can control more aspects of the Zerg, but she still has strange dreams.
“Jim, these dreams I have are telling me something, I think I have to return to Char… I just feel like something has gone very wrong there.” says Kerrigan.
“Do you mean returning to that hell? Well, I think I won’t be able to stop you, but I will go with you!” says Raynor and Kerrigan agrees.
When the Apollo and Hyperion arrive to the orbit of Char, Kerrigan feels a strange psionic presence on a sector of the planet.
“I just feel something… strange… I will go down to investigate. I want descend alone with my Zerg forces, your forces might make the Zerg breeds become very hostile.” says Kerrigan.
Kerrigan lands with her forces to investigate. She discovers something horrible: three Hybrid Destroyers have already arrived to Char and each one of them has somehow merged with a Swarm Queen. Now they control three different breeds. The Hybrids can’t control so easily the Zerg breeds. This is the reason why Hybrids have to merge with powerful psionic Zerg units like Queens to acquire control over them.
You have to destroy these three Hybrid Queens to stop their influence over the Zerg breeds of Char. They have the Mind Control ability that can use over your forces. Just for your advantage, the scientists at Apollo have unlocked a strain of a new Zerg unit: Queens. (A smaller version of the Swarm Queens)
“They will make easier to control your forces. Also they are very useful inside your base.” says Egon Stetmann.
“It’s too late… Queen of Blades… we can feel you… you won’t recover your breeds…” says a Hybrid Queen.
Kerrigan attacks the Hybrids, killing them one by one.
“This is just the first step for total control… (dies)”
“We are going to return… the Zerg are waiting for us… (dies)”
“Our deaths don’t slow anything… the First Consumption is near… (dies)”
“First Consumption? What would that mean?” says Kerrigan.
After killing the Hybrid Queens, Kerrigan attempts to regain control of the Zerg breeds but she can’t; these Zerg breeds are too powerful for her actual psionic level. Retreat looks like the only viable option.
“But you are exposing the Zerg to be controlled again by other Hybrids…” says Dr. Narud
“But I just can’t control them… maybe we have to purge them from here.” says Kerrigan.
“We don’t have enough power to do that! We just… can’t! ... But maybe the Protoss can do that for us! Looks like they enjoy purging Zergs from planets! It will be easy for them to clean Char since the Zergs don’t have a leader now. But the main problem is how to contact them. Are we going to wait for Zeratul to appear again? We don’t even know when he is going to return! We have to contact them soon before we have another Hybrid problem.” says Raynor.
“Or maybe we can go to Shakuras… we can contact them there. I remember I went there some times before… I remember the location of the planet.” says Kerrigan.
“So let’s head to Shakuras then.” says Raynor.
4-5 Cinematic:
When returning to the Apollo, Kerrigan suddenly enters into a trance state: her head is under a lot of pain and she starts to lose control of herself. Scientists are trying to do anything to calm her down. When Dr. Narud appears she tries to attack him but he reacts immediately and grabs her until she returns into herself. It looks like she had some kind of psionic attack. During her trance many Zergs on the Apollo started to behave really strange, like confused but at least inoffensive. Raynor meets Kerrigan, he wants an explanation:
“I just suffered some kind of psionic attack, I can feel something and somehow I can remember some things that I did on the past. Whenever I have the opportunity I will try to focus to remember these things.” (Introduction to the Special Mission)
Then suddenly an incoming transmission is received, is General Warfield. He just says the phrase “Raynor, if you hear this please save us.”
“I have to aid him! But… we have to go to Shakuras…”
“I have to Shakuras, Jim. You don’t need to do this. The Zergs are my problem, not yours. I can do this by myself.”
“But, I just don’t want to lose you again… You just had suffered a strange psionic attack… I can’t allow you to go alone…”
“I promise you won’t lose me again. Dr. Narud and the other scientists can take care of me. But if you don’t act quickly you are going to lose G. Warfield. Track down his location and go rescue him.”
“All right Sarah. So this is a “see you later” so.”
“Yes Jim, see you later… and thank you for all.” (Cheek kiss)
Raynor returns to the Hyperion. Kerrigan gives the coordinates of Shakuras to the Apollo’s pilot. She looks at the Hyperion. “Warping in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0!”
Main Mission 5:
Unlocked unit: Spore Crawler
Kerrigan arrives to the orbit of Shakuras.
“It’s strange, our sensors can’t detect any Protoss fleet in orbit.” says Kerrigan.
“What if they can detect us here? They are going to attack us…” says Dr. Narud.”
“Not if Zeratul told them about my mission. But … I can’t sense his psionic presence from here … Maybe we may have to land. I will go down with some forces. I don't think Protoss will attack us. I don't detect any potential danger.”
“Too risky, but everything looks quiet. So let's do this now.”
Kerrigan lands with some Zerg forces. She detects three Protoss bases near.
“Everything looks fine… Is kind of strange… the Protoss didn’t detect us…”
“Ms. Kerrigan, Protoss ships warping in!”
“Here is Protoss Executor Selendis. We have informed about enemy Zerg forces on the ground, initiating attack!”
“It’s a trap! Dr. Narud! Get out of Shakuras’ orbit to avoid detection. I will contact you later!”
“Roger that Ms. Kerrigan.”
“Zeratul if you can hear me, where are you? Protoss are attacking us!”
“Kerrigan … I … lost communications … Protoss settlements … I … another sector … planet … I will … catch you up … Resist! ...”
“Zeratul is going to arrive in some time … we will have to hold our position …”
“Ms. Kerrigan, we are at a safe distance from you. We have evaluated the situation. Use the new Zerg constructions, the Spore Crawlers to defend against air attacks!” says Egon Stetmann.
Kerrigan have to resist for 30 minutes until Zeratul arrives. But there is another problem:
“It’s strange, the Protoss bases haven’t detected us … Oh no! Selendis is sending air messengers to alert these bases about our presence! We have to take them down! Otherwise we will have to deal with more Protoss forces!”
“All Zergs have to be purged. We are not going to allow Shakuras fall like Aiur!” Selendis.
“We are allies of prelate Zeratul and Jim Raynor!”
“Zergs can’t be allies of none! Die creature!”
Selendis uses air units against Kerrigan’s forces. She usually sends air messengers to the Protoss bases. If one reaches a base, this base will start attacking you with ground forces.
“... Kerrigan … resist a little … I am near …” Zeratul.
“We will use our ultimate weapon! Mothership warping in!” Selendis.
The Mothership heads to Kerrigan’s base. It’s virtually invulnerable. It gets over Kerrigan’s base.
“Ready to fire primary weapon!”
“Stop immediately your attack Selendis!”says Zeratul. He comes on his ship.
“Prelate Zeratul! En Taro Tassadar. I thought you weren’t here, I haven’t been informed of your presence…”
“En Taro Tassadar. Nobody has been informed… something strange is happening with our communications. For now stop your attack. These Zerg force commanded by Ms. Kerrigan are our allies.”
“Ms. Kerrigan?! The Queen of Blades?!”
“Not anymore. I returned to Shakuras to inform the Protoss about her situation and the Hybrid problem. Artanis already knows this, but we couldn’t contact other Protoss forces like yours.” says Zeratul.
“I will follow your orders Prelate. I have always believed in you.”
“Alright then. Now, Kerrigan, what are you doing here?”
Main Mission 6:
Unlocked unit: Mutalisk
At the Apollo, Kerrigan tells Zeratul about what happened on Char. She asks him if he can send an eradication force to wipe out all Zergs from Char.
“Looks like the Hybrids are doing their firsts steps on their plan… but… you were supposed to regain control of the Zerg again…”
“I can’t! My psionic power is not as powerful as before.”
“Well, we can’t force your psionic power… it would be too dangerous. Looks like we don’t have another option. Better are the Zergs dead than with our enemies. I will send Selendis to do this job.”
“I will do it as fast as I can, prelate.”
“Just a question. Who said you to return to Shakuras if communication between us was lost?”
“I just received a message from a space sector located near to Nukaama, a planet not far from Shakuras. I thought it was another of our fleets asking for help.” says Selendis.
“I will go there to investigate. We don’t have forces in that sector…”
“I will go with you, Zeratul, my Zerg forces can help you.” says Kerrigan.
“So be it. Selendis, do what I told you, I will go with Kerrigan to investigate. En Taro Tassadar.”
Zeratul and the Apollo head to this space sector. They find a space platform there.
“I detect Zerg presence on this platform, but, also something strange, what is that?”
There is an enormous artifact on the platform.
“It’s inscriptions, looks like a Xel’Naga artifact. I think that thing is the cause of our communication problems. It looks heavily defended by Zerg forces, but who brought them here?” says Zeratul.
“Ms. Kerrigan, our sensors are detecting a giant airborne creature. According to our scientists it is a Hybrid.” says Dr. Narud.
The Xel’Naga artifact is protected by Zerg enemies under the command of this flyer Hybrid called Hybrid Annihilator. It is a formidable creature and to make things worse it can deploy Hybrid Reavers. Your mission here is to destroy this Hybrid Annihilator who is defending the artifact. After this you will have to destroy the artifact itself. For your advantage you can build Mutalisks and your Overlords have the Cargo ability.
After destroying the Hybrid Annihilator, something strange happens, some enemy Zergs start to “rebel” against each other.
“I can control some of them! Somehow, my psionic power is getting stronger!”
“So it is true, the Hearth of the Swarm still exists ... (dies)” The Hybrid Annihilator before dying.
After destroying the artifact, Artanis suddenly contacts Zeratul.
“Prelate! We have restored our communications! Our sensors started to work again, we have detected many Zerg forces gathering around a planet near Shakuras, Abraxos. We are preparing for battle!”
Main Mission 7:
Unlocked unit: Ultralisk
“Looks like Artanis’ forces are ready to launch a frontal assault to Abraxos. Our sensors have detected the presence of many Hybrid Queens here.” says Dr. Narud.
“If we could destroy these Hybrid Queens, I would be able to control some Zergs, causing them to turn into each other like before.” says Kerrigan.
“What do you suggest?” says Dr. Narud.
“I will aid Artanis. Tell him to keep pushing. I will go through the flank with my Zerg forces and kill these Hybrids. This way I will make his job easier.”
Kerrigan sends her forces to Abraxos surface. Artanis has already arrived and he is fighting the Zergs. Your mission here is to do surgical strikes to kill seven Hybrid Queens. After each kill, a portion of Zerg enemy forces are going to join Kerrigan’s side. You have to use them to make as much damage as they can; allowing Artanis to push further more. You have to do this quickly before the Zergs overrun Artanis forces. The enemies have some Hybrid Reavers and Destroyers too. For your luck, Apollo’s scientists have made a recent discovery:
“At last we could implement the mighty Ultralisks in your forces. Use them to clear any obstacle in your way!” says Egon Stetmann.
Kerrigan starts to strike the Hybrid Queens one by one trough vulnerable points of their bases.
“The Hearth! ... still exists! … (dies)” Hybrid Queen before dying.
“Focus now Kerrigan! Try to control the Zergs!” says Zeratul.
“It’s working! Protoss forces, attack now! For Tassadar!” says Artanis.
“Our master is unstoppable … (dies)” another Hybrid Queen before dying.
“Keep doing that Kerrigan… we are near the victory!” says Artanis after you have killed four Hybrid Queens.
“The First Consumption has to be done! We can’t fail … (dies)” another Hybrid Queen dying.
“The Hearth of the Swarm … we have to destroy … (dies)” the last Hybrid Queen dying.
“We have done it! We have repelled the Zergs!”
“Great battle Artanis. Kerrigan, your strikes were impeccable. I show my respects to you. This Zerg army was supposed to attack Shakuras by surprise using the artifact to disrupt our organization, but we got them by surprise instead.” says Zeratul.
“Maybe with this I am blaming Raszagal’s name but … thank you for your help, Queen of Blades. I still don’t trust you, but I trust Zeratul. I hope he is making the right decision. En Taro Tassadar.” says Artanis.
An incoming transmission is received, is Selendis.
“En Taro Tassadar Prelate! I have something important to inform to you. I have detected a strong psionic presence on the surface of Char. I think the Hybrids have returned here, but the Zergs down there are behaving in a very strange manner. I have suspended the purgation because it’s too risky to go down there with those Zerg forces in activity. You must come here so we can …”
Suddenly, an emergency transmission is received, is Raynor!
“Sarah, we are being pinned down here ... go to Tarsonis … we need your help! (Ends)”
“Jim! Zeratul, I have to help him! I know the Hybrids are very dangerous, but we have to help Jim!”
“You must help him, Kerrigan. He is a noble man. But, I can’t go with you; I have other things to do. Go now to Tarsonis! Selendis, just keep an eye on the Zergs until Kerrigan contacts you. Don’t allow them to detect your fleet. En Taro Tassadar.”
“As you wish, Prelate. En Taro Tassadar.”
“En … Taro … Tassadar, Zeratul.” says Kerrigan.
Main Mission 8:
Unlocked unit: Guardian (older, not Brood Lord)
Kerrigan arrives to Tarsonis orbit. She tries to contact Raynor.
“Sarah, thanks to god you heard my transmission. I'm down here with the Hyperion and General Warfield forces. We are being pinned down by Zergs commanded by those Hybrids!” says Raynor.
“How did they arrive here?” asks Kerrigan.
“A. Mengsk! All of this is his fault! I will explain all to you latter. There are some airborne Hybrids that don’t allow us to escape, just take them down quickly!” says Raynor.
“Ms. Kerrigan we have detected four Hybrids Annihilators. They are the leaders of the Zergs. There are also some of other kinds of Hybrids down there.” says Dr. Narud.
“Since my psionic power is more stable, only the Hybrid Annihilators are the main problem. The other Hybrids won’t be a trouble if I attempt to control the Zergs to use them. So let’s take them down.”
Kerrigan deploys her forces near Raynor’s forces. The Zerg enemies are focusing their attacks on the Terrans, so you will have to defend them while you hunt down the Hybrids Annihilators. Also, your scientists have incorporated the Guardian to your forces.
“This old Zerg creature will be very useful to take down ground enemies from a safe distance!” says Egon Stetmann.
Kerrigan starts attacking the Zerg enemies and at the same time she helps Raynor to hold his position.
“I have never seen this! Zergs against Zergs! Do you have something to do with this, Raynor? Your “special reinforcements”?” G. Warfield.
Kerrigan strikes the enemies with her forces, killing one Hybrid Annihilator.
“We are near to complete our operation! My death doesn't stop anything ... (dies)” first hybrid Annihilator after being killed.
“The First Consumption can’t be completed if the Hearth of the Swarm still exists … (dies)” says the last Hybrid Annihilator before dying.
Since all Hybrids Annihilators have been killed, Kerrigan can control the Zergs on this planet at full potential. She uses them to kill the other Hybrids that are still there. Suddenly, many Dominion ships warp in:
“This is the Dominion! Under orders of A. Mengsk all of you are under arrest: Using Zergs to achieve your purposes is considered a crime. Drop your weapons or we are going to use all of our firepower against you.”
“We have to escape from here now! I will use the controlled Zergs to cover us while you get all your men on the ships.” says Kerrigan.
You have to hold your position for ten minutes until everyone gets inside the Hyperion, the Apollo and the other ships. You will have to use your new Zerg forces to counter the Dominion’s attacks.
“Raynor! The enemy number one of the Dominion, and General Warfield! Or I should just say Warfield. Another traitor to the Dominion. Both of you will pay for your crimes!” says the Dominion commander.
After the designated time, everyone is ready to escape:
“The evacuation has been completed.” says Horner.
“Now is time to escape, let’s go!” says Kerrigan.
“Nooo! ...” says the Dominion commander.
Raynor, Warfield and Kerrigan’s forces escaped from Tarsonis.
“Now explain me what happened Jim.”
“It’s a very long story, Sarah.”
8-9 Cinematic:
“While returning to Korhal along with V. Mengsk and those Moebius scientists, suddenly, a Dominion force intercepted us. They looked friendly but they started to attack us. They ordered us to surrender. Looks like A. Mengsk was upset about his son’s campaign on Char. Now he is taking all of us as criminals. I helped V. Mengsk to escape; he said that he would return soon with reinforcements… from another world… to stop his father...” says Warfield.
“From another world? That sounds very strange ...” says Kerrigan.
“After that, my forces were taken prisoners by the Dominion. I was able to send a message to Raynor so he could help Me.” says Warfield.
“I tracked down their location; they were being escorted to Korhal. We succeeded in reaching them before they got there. We did some distracting strikes to the Dominion’s fleet so G. Warfield could escape with his men ...” says Raynor.
“After we escaped, I suggested Raynor to meet with my loyal forces on Tarsonis. We arrived and informed the situation to the captain.” says Warfield.
“For our bad luck, the Dominion located us very quickly, but, they didn’t attack us directly, instead, they used the old trick of the psi-emitters. Many Zerg forces came to Tarsonis from nowhere. We wanted to escape but suddenly these four Hybrid creatures arrived. They didn’t allow us to escape so I sent a message to you and you know the rest of the story. Thank you very much Sarah.” says Raynor.
“No problem Jim, you saved me from the Zergs, I …”
“Raynor, you have to watch this!” says Horner aiming at the TV. There is a report made by A. Mengsk.
“… We have many traitors among us. Looks like Jim Raynor has many tricks under his sleeve: he brainwashed my son and now he has allied with him. Here at the Dominion we teach discipline, we teach to obey our superiors! I will set myself as an example for all the people of my empire: from now Valerian Mengsk and his people are considered criminals to the Dominion. Also, it has been confirmed that Raynor is allied with the Queen of Blades who is not dead at all! He had just attacked a Dominion Force sent to Tarsonis with hordes of Zergs! All of this has to be terminated! …”
“Yes! All of this has to be terminated! It’s time to act now! We have to attack A. Mengsk!” says Raynor.
“You have my forces on your side Jim Raynor. We are just waiting for your orders to act. About V. Mengsk, I think he will aid us with his special forces …” says Warfield.
“General Warfield, I start to suspect something strange about this “Special forces from another world” … Why should we trust V. Mengsk?” says Dr. Narud.
“I have served V. Mengsk from his beggining as a leader. He would aid us if he could.”
“Actually, it sounds very strange for me too … For now we will have to do this by our own means. We will strike Korhal. Kerrigan, will you help us?”
“Of course Jim, but I have an important thing to do now on Char. I have to get there as quickly as possible. Maybe I will return with reinforcements for the attack.”
“That would be great! But what about the Dominion’s forces? A. Mengsk’s palace is an impenetrable fortress and his army is huge. I hope you will bring a lot of reinforcements ...” says Horner.
“We will forge a plan. For now, General, organize your troops. We will wait Sarah for the operation.”
“All right Jim. I am leaving now. I will return soon.” says Kerrigan.
Main Mission 9:
Kerrigan returns to Char and contacts Selendis.
“En Taro Tassadar Ms. Kerrigan. I have terrible news for you. I have observed the activity on Char. It looks like the Hybrids have many troubles controlling the Zergs, many of them have been killed by the Swarm ...”
“This looks like an advantage for us…”
“Not so quickly. Some days ago, a strange ship arrived to Char. It brought a powerful Hybrid creature along with other Hybrids and eight strange artifacts. The Hybrids have put these eight artifacts in strategic positions on Char. Looks like these artifacts can control Zergs that get close to them. Now the Hybrids have gained control of the Swarm.”
“So we will have to destroy these artifacts…”
“There’s another problem. The artifacts emanate a huge amount of psionic power, which shields themselves, making them extremely hard to be destroyed, but they can be deactivated. This will allow you to regain control of the Zergs of the area and you can try to destroy the artifact while disabled.”
“That would be a great plan. I will establish a base. Since the artifacts can control any Zerg on range, I will have to personally disable the artifacts. But it would be too difficult to get through all those enemies.”
“We will help you, Ms. Kerrigan. We can protect you until you disable the artifact. But then you will have to call your forces quickly to destroy it while you can. En Taro Tassadar.”
Kerrigan descends to Char with some Zerg forces. Selendis is also here with her Protoss base.
She will periodically attack and try to neutralize enemies around an artifact. After this, Kerrigan has to stay on a beacon next to the artifact for 30 seconds to disable it. This will make the artifact cease Zerg control over the area. When the artifact is disabled, you will have to destroy it. It has a lot of Hit Points and Armor, so it will be very difficult to achieve this.
“I am Taurxos. Hybrid Consumer. You won’t control again your Swarm, Queen of Blades. We will destroy you! The Zerg belong to us!” says the most powerful Hybrid.
When an artifact is deactivated, the Hybrids will try to regain control of it. The Hybrids can reactivate the artifact by standing on the beacon for 30 seconds. You will have to hold your position to avoid this.
“I will have to do this by myself!” Taurxos.
On some occasions, Taurxos will lead the attack. He is very powerful, so he will be very hard to take down. If you kill him, he will reborn on his base after some time.
“I will be back! …”
After destroying all the eight artifacts, you will gain control of all the Zergs. They start to attack the Hybrids, killing them. They go after Taurxos, but he escapes on his strange ship.
“Our power is totally ineffective if the Hearth of the Swarm still exists!” says Taurxos while escaping.
“The mission was successful, Ms. Kerrigan. What will you do with the Zergs now?” asks Selendis.
“Now that I can control the Swarm again, I will use it to help Raynor on his attack against the Dominion!”
“I hope everything will be fine. I will return to Shakuras to inform to Zeratul and Artanis what just happened. En Taro Tassadar, Kerrigan.”
9-10 Cinematic:
Kerrigan returns to Raynor.
“Jim, I can control them again! I have regained control of the Swarm!”
“That is great! Kerrigan! You did it!”
“I told you. Now we can use the Zergs to attack Korhal.”
“Of course, I just made a plan with General Warfield to strike Korhal: His forces will improvise an invasion. A. Mengsk is going to use his fleet to stop them. G. Warfield will turn around and make the Dominion fleet follow him. The next stage of the operation is to start another invasion sending Zerg waves into the palace sector trying to take down A. Mengsk’s ground forces. This will be another distraction which you have to accomplish. This way, I can infiltrate with my forces into the palace and hunt down A. Mengsk personally. After killing him, we will escape, using the Zergs as a cover. If we succeed in killing A. Mengsk, the Dominion will fall. Just avoid killing Civilians!”
“It looks a little bit complicated, but I think we can do it ...”
“We will do it, Sarah. Are your Zergs ready?”
“I have brought from Char as many forces as I could gather. They will follow us to Korhal.”
“That’s great. So we are starting the operation right now! Everyone ready? General Warfield?”
“All my forces are ready. We are going to Korhal to start the “invasion.” Warping in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 …”
“Good luck General. Sarah, at last we have an opportunity to take down A. Mengsk. I will kill him for you, for what he did to you and all the other people. Now let’s go!”
“Ok Jim. I won’t fail you. Just do it quickly and effective. Good luck.”
“Warping in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 …” says Dr. Narud.
Main Mission 10:
“Ms. Kerrigan, we have arrived to the orbit of Korhal. General Warfield is starting his invasion. The Dominion fleet is being pulled to the orbit. It’s time to strike. Our mission is to keep distracted Dominion ground forces, so Raynor would be able to get inside the palace without alerting anybody about his presence. We will perform a frontal assault; this will make the Dominion ground forces to attack us. We will have to resist for some time until Raynor informs us that he accomplished his objective. Then we will have to rescue him.” says Doctor Narud.
“Ok. I will deploy my forces right now!” says Kerrigan.
Kerrigan sends her forces to the surface of Korhal. She stays at the Apollo with Dr. Narud. Your first objective is to take down a little Dominion base with your forces. This will act as a distraction for the Dominion ground forces, allowing Raynor to get inside the palace.
“Jim, the Dominion started to attack my Zerg forces! …”
“We are entering into the palace right now. Just keep the Dominion occupied. Don’t allow them to harass your forces! Otherwise they will discover us!”
You will have to establish a base near the landing zone and hold your position for about 30 minutes. This way the Dominion will be distracted attacking you. The Dominion has some powerful Defense Canons. They are going to bother you until you destroy them.
“We are at the first level. We are taking down the guards. Keep them distracted!” Raynor after 5 minutes.
“This is getting good. We have reached the fourth level … ” Raynor after 10 minutes.
“Sarah? I heard the Dominion is going to deploy their “special forces” …” Raynor after 15 minutes.
“Let’s use the new special units!” says a Dominion commander.
It happens that these special units are Hybrids!
“What!? But how!? How? Why do they have these creatures??!” Kerrigan.
“It’s very … Oh! Our sensors are detecting something strange … I will check what is happening. I will inform you latter… ” says Dr. Narud.
“Agh. The manual says that they can control Zergs … but they can’t!” says a Dominion technician.
“Sarah! We are near A. Mengsk …” Raynor after 20 minutes.
An incoming transmission is received:
“Kerrigan! The Dominion fleet is returning to Korhal! They have realized that my forces are a decoy! They are going after your forces! They will arrive the palace sector in five minutes!”
“We are almost there! We are taking down many guards! …” Raynor after 25 minutes.
“Oh no! The Dominion fleet has arrived to the sector! It will be more difficult to hold your position!” says G. Warfield.
“We are outside the throne chamber! We are getting in …” Raynor after 30 minutes.
“Ms. Kerrigan! Many Hybrid forces are arriving into the sector! They are under the command of a Hybrid Consumer! They look like allies of the Dominion!”
“I am Kasdos. Hybrid Consumer. We will purge you from here!”
An incoming transmission is received:
“Kerrigan! It was an ambush! A. Mengsk is escaping! We can’t allow that!”
“There are too many Hybrid and Dominion forces. My Zergs are being pinned down!” says Kerrigan.
“Raynor! We can’t do anything, my forces are under heavy fire!” says G. Warfield.
“Oh no! Seems our plan has failed!” says Dr. Narud.
“Not so quickly; Raynor, Kerrigan, Warfield, I have returned!” says Valerian Mengsk!
10-11 Cinematic:
The Bucephalus has returned to Korhal.
“Valerian Mengsk!” says Raynor.
“Hold your positions! I have come here with reinforcements!”
“Just you and your Battle Cruiser?” asks Dr. Narud.
“Not! I have brought a powerful ally with me!”
“Attention! Many Terran ships warping in!” says Horner.
“That symbol … I have seen it before!” says Kerrigan.
“This is Admiral Vladimir Stukov from the UED Second Expeditionary Fleet!”
“The UED?!”
“Indeed. Now admiral, attack Korhal! Raynor, don’t let my father escape!”
“I will get him! Sarah, cover me!”
A. Mengsk is trying to escape from Korhal using his personal ship. Kerrigan’s forces cover Raynor while he tries to reach A. Mengsk. The Dominion and Hybrid forces are being pinned down by the UED powerful ships.
“We are almost there!” says Raynor.
“Raynor! So you brought your friends to Korhal? For what? Killing me? After all it looks like you won, at last …” says A. Mengsk.
“Shut up Arcturus! Take th… wait! Sarah, what is happening to your ship?”
“Warping in 10, 9, 8, 7 …”
“Jim! I don’t know! The Apollo …”
“6, 5, 4, 3 …”
“Oh, Kerrigan …” says A. Mengsk.
“2, 1 …”
Without even knowing, the Apollo warped to another sector of the space.
“Jim! General! Can anybody hear me? Oh no! What happened? Why did we get away from Korhal? Dr. Narud?”
Suddenly, all lights of the ship turn off. The Apollo’s power is disabled.
“Dr. Narud! What is happening?”
Kerrigan watches trough the window of the ship. She looks many ships warping in, but these ships are very different from normal ships. They look like the ship on which the Hybrid Consumer on Char escaped.
“Sarah Kerrigan! Or I should say the Queen of Blades, bearer of the hearth of the swarm?” says Dr. Narud.
“Dr? What is happening? What ... did you say? … ”
“Oh Kerrigan. We didn’t imagine that you could regain control of the Swarm so easily … we thought you had lost it forever. But we thought wrong …”
“We? But … who are you?”
“Who am I? That’s an interesting question. I am just a servant of a superior being. I had many names and forms over the time. I used to be your servant too, or at least you thought so.”
“Who are you?”
“Just focus Sarah. Try to remember, watch trough my mind!”
“Samir Duran! But, you disappeared!”
“I didn’t disappear. I just didn’t serve you ...”
“So who is your master?”
“My master? That’s another interesting question. He is the one that owns the Zerg and the Protoss, for instance he is the one that owns and controls the Hybrids. He also owns you, but just a part of you ... Those ships that you can watch outside are his forces.”
“Do you mean more Hybrids?
“No. They are not Hybrids, they are the ones that disappeared long ago, the Xel’Naga ...”
“And what do you want here? What do your master wants? What do the Hybrids want?”
“I am just an agent, I follow orders. My master wants to regain control of what once belonged to him. The Hybrids are just puppets; my master created them to regain control of the Protoss and the Zergs. The problem with the Protoss is that their souls are almost impossible to corrupt, so it’s extremely hard to control them, but the Zergs … the Zergs are different. The Zergs can only be controlled by one being of their nature and with an insane amount of psionic power. The Overmind had it. He created another being that had it also… ”
“Do you mean … me?”
“Of course. We thought you lost all your Zerg nature after being de-infested, but that was false. You are still a Zerg, you are not Sarah Kerrigan, you are still the Queen of Blades. That’s the reason why you could regain control of the Zergs again so easily. The Hearth of the Swarm still exists inside you. Our Hybrids wouldn’t be able to control the Zergs … wouldn’t be able to complete the First Consumption, unless we destroy you! So, die, at last, Queen of …”
Kerrigan focuses and performs a very strong psionic attack that destroys the entire room. She escapes from the room. In an instant, all the power of the ship is restored. She meets up with Egon Stetmann and Albert Freeman, along with other scientists and guards.
Main Mission 11:
“Something strange is happening to the ship, Ms. Kerrigan …”
“Warning! Intrusion! Warning! intrusion!”
“Oh no! Enemies are entering into the ship! We have to escape!”
“But how?” says Kerrigan.
“We have some Drop ships staged at the decking bay. We will have to get there as soon as possible!”
Kerrigan, the scientists and the guards start to go to the decking bay trough the ship. During the way you will encounter Xel’Naga warriors that have entered to the ship, along with some Hybrids. Also during your way you will meet guards and Zerg creatures that will help you in clearing your way. At the middle of the mission, you will have a big trouble.
“Why are the Xel’Nagas abandoning the ship?”
“Warning! Reactor core is getting unstable! Fussion of the Core is inminent!”
“We have to accelerate our steps!”
After some time and many obstacles:
“At least, we did it to the decking bay … but … where are the Drop ships?”
“They have been destroyed … there is no ship left …”
“Oh no! It’s our end!”
“Wait! What is that?”
Many Drop ships enter to the decking bay. It’s Raynor!
“Jim! You just saved us, thank you!”
Raynor descends on the decking bay.
“Of course, I wouldn’t let you …”
“Not so quickly, Kerrigan …”
It’s Narud! He wields a strange weapon. He aims at Kerrigan and shoots!
Watching the projectile coming, Raynor pushes Kerrigan with his body, receiving the projectile, which pierces through his chest. The soldiers start to shoot at Narud, “Too close …” but he disappears.
“JIM!!”
Kerrigan takes Raynor into a Drop Ship. The Drop ships escape from the Apollo. After that, the Apollo explodes in a nuclear fashion.
“Sarah! You have to live! You are the only hope against them … I love you …”
“Jim! Don’t leave me! I need you! Jim!”
“Sarah … Sarah ... (dies)” Jim Raynor is dead.
“Jim NOOOOO!!”
The Drop Ships head to the Hyperion, which is surrounded by a Protoss fleet leaded by Artanis.
“En Taro Tassadar, Ms. Kerrigan, what happened?”
“Jim … Jim … Raynor has been killed by them ... by Narud.”
Main Mission 12:
“We just had achieved victory on Korhal and this happened.” says Horner.
“Yes. Right now Valerian Mengsk is with his father trying to get some answers about why the Hybrids helped the Dominion.” says Swann.
“I … I don’t want to talk about A. Mengsk. This is … unbelievable …”
An incoming transmission is received:
“En Taro Tassadar, Ms. Kerrigan. It’s a shame that a noble man was killed today. Jim Raynor’s death will not be in vain. Right now we are getting ready to attack the Xel’Naga fleet.”
“I … don’t know what to do or how to help …”
“Ms. Kerrigan. Raynor told us that if something would happen to him, you would assume his place on the Hyperion. From now we will follow your orders. You can totally trust on us.” says Horner.
“Ms. Kerrigan, this is your opportunity for get revenge. Help us in the attack.” says Artanis.
“I will use what is left of my Zerg forces to aid you in this battle.”
“So be it. We will have a glorious battle today. For Tassadar! For Raynor!”
The battle is going to be on a space platform. Kerrigan’s Zerg forces established a base here. You have the Protoss forces as allies. The Xel’Naga are a new race of creatures. They also have Hybrids under their command. Your objective is to destroy the Xel’Naga’s war ships called the Obliterators, which are inside of the Xel’Naga base. They are hard to take down and inflict a lot of damage. There are ten of them on the platform. The battle is going to very hard so you will have to use all what you got to achieve your objective.
“I have returned. Queen of Blades, we will destroy you now!” says Taurxos. He is commanding the Hybrid forces. He looks more powerful now. He will attack you periodically and will reborn near his ship after killed. If you destroy his ship, he can be killed forever.
“No! I can’t fail you master! (dies)” the Hybrid Consumer Taurxos dying forever.
After destroying the Ships, an incoming transmission is received, is the Dark Voice:
“Queen of Blades! Maybe you have stopped us for now, but this is just the beginning. The end is near… ”
Final Cinematic:
There is a ceremony on Korhal. It looks like Valerian Mengsk is the new Dominion emperor. General Warfield has returned to his place as General of the Dominion. The admiral Vladimir Stukov is at his side. The ceremony is a funeral: Jim Raynor is being cremated.
“Jim Raynor wasn’t any thief or terrorist, he was a man in search of freedom, freedom to our empire. My father wasn’t a good person; he did terrible things on his past, he order the death of many people and scarified many other ones to achieve his objectives. But Jim Raynor, he wanted to end this. He was a noble man and did everything he could in a human way to achieve his objectives. We will set him as an example to all our people. But, I have some terrible news for you: We are confronting a new kind of enemy, an enemy that has come to this universe to purge us all: the Xel’Naga. These terrible foes are the reason why Jim Raynor was killed. But now, we got new allies: the UED second expeditionary fleet has come from the same Earth to aid us in this conflict. They originally came here to control the Zergs to pacify them, but it looks like we already have someone that has achieved this: Sarah Kerrigan. Maybe she did many terrible things in the past, but she has promised to protect us from this new foe. We will prepare and we will be ready to battle against the Xel’Naga and we will win. For now, I will say: Thank you Jim Raynor, thank you for liberating us.” V. Mengsk bows in front of Raynor’s pyre, being followed by every person around him.
Conclussions:
The Xel'Naga have arrived to the sector. They are a new race that control Hybrids.
Dr. Emir Narud and Samir Duran are the same "agent".
Valerian Mengsk is the new emperor of the Dominion
Jim Raynor was killed by Dr. Narud. V. Mengsk qualifies him as a noble man.
General Warfield is again the Dominion General.
The UED has allied with the Dominion, but what are their true objectives?
The Protoss situation is unknow, but they have realized that the Xel'Naga are the new enemies.
Kerrigan has regained total control of the Zerg. Looks like the First Consumption wouldn't be achieved.
We don't know the next movement of the Xel'Naga neither the Hybrids.
Everything will be undestood in the next chapter: Legacy of the Void!
About Side Missions, Special Missions and Secret Missions:
I didn't do a script for them, but they are supposed to unlock many facts about the Starcraft Universe, along with Mutagenic Compounds, UED/Dominion archives and Zerg units as: Banneling, Roach, Lurker, Overseer, Nydus Worm, Infestor, Defiler, Devourer, Corruptor, Brood Lord.
- 14/08: Posted, updated little by little.
- 15/08: Mercs added. Many grammar changes done.
- 16/08: Added some details on the Intro (at the last part). Some grammar changes done.
- 18/08: Added Main Missions 1,2. Corrected: Kerrigan used Queens to control the Swarm. (Not Cerebrates)
- 19/08: Added an Intro Cinematic and Mission 3: Here I present the new base of operations: The Apollo. Fixed grammar and edited Intro to HotS and Main Mission 2.
- 21/08: Added Mission 4. Edited some parts (little).
- 22/08: Added Mission 5, 6, 7 and 8.
- 23/08: Added 8-9 Cinematic. Heavily edited Mission 7. Also edited Mission 8.
- 24/08: Added Mission 9, 9-10 Cinematic and Mission 10.
- 25/08: Added Cinematic 10-11, Final Cinematic and Mission 11 and 12. Fixed some grammar. FINISHED.
WOW! Kudos for all this work! Personally, I don't have the patience to read all of this right now. I scanned through it and it looks amazing though. Very nice and good luck with the contest. Nice conclusions, but I don't like that Raynor died..
just awesome man, really great details. i loved it all, even tho it was sad i can imagine that raynor dying sequence really happening. one question, i thought when they relieved stukov of his infestation he died then..? i could be wrong but thats only flag that popped up in my mind when reading.
just awesome man, really great details. i loved it all, even tho it was sad i can imagine that raynor dying sequence really happening. one question, i thought when they relieved stukov of his infestation he died then..? i could be wrong but thats only flag that popped up in my mind when reading.
I didn't consider canon "Deception" (the mission where Raynor de-infest Stukov).
Actually Vladimir Stukov is not Alexei Stukov (from BroodWar). Vladimir Stukov is a character that I have created. He is like his younger brother that remained on the Earth. Later, he asumed the place of Admiral.
on 25/8/10Quote by MEDAVAS
WOW! Kudos for all this work! Personally, I don't have the patience to read all of this right now. I scanned through it and it looks amazing though. Very nice and good luck with the contest. Nice conclusions, but I don't like that Raynor died..
Hey don't be pesimist : D. Maybe Raynor is not 100% dead, maybe he can appear in LotV, like Tassadar did on WoL. Everything can happen in Starcraft Universe : ).
just awesome man, really great details. i loved it all, even tho it was sad i can imagine that raynor dying sequence really happening. one question, i thought when they relieved stukov of his infestation he died then..? i could be wrong but thats only flag that popped up in my mind when reading.
great work!!
Alexei Stukov is still alive. Even though he came back to life by being infested, but he didn't need to stay infested in order for him to continue living.
Great Story, but I don't know about Raynor dying. Blizzard would have to find a new poster boy if that were to happen.
dude, awesome skills! yeah, i don't think compared to you guys i have a chance of winning.....especially since i don't yet have wings of liberty yet =( (one of the downsides of being in china). seriously though, i think you have a very good chance of winning with all the detail you have. good luck man!
pretty good! but Raynor dying? doubt that..many of the main characters in Blizzards world dont really die (unless its so epic, theres a plot to it and why ) and Zertaul KNOWS that Kerrigan needs to be saved not killed XD (the beginning part made me raised an eyebrow but its pretty good XD)