The Overmind vs Kerrigan

[Gradius]

ya just cant beat her, as seen in the Omega mission .

That was her Cerebrate, who apparently doesn't exist anymore. :P

Technically the Cerebrate did all her work especially in Omega where she was still on the surface of Char.

Quick digression that may or may not be better suited to a new thread: maybe the reason the Overmind couldn't use the Xel'Naga's own psychic abilities and advanced physiology was because they were nearing the end of their lifespan and suffered irreversible genetic damage, necessitating a new order borne of the Protoss and Zerg?

Sounds reasonable.

[ChaosSmurf]

SCL Forum Opinion:

Giant Blob Eyeball > Hot Psychic Chick

Just sayin bros.

[MattII]

The Overmind can open a wormhole, Kerrigan's restricted to psi-storms, more-or-less.

[Pandonetho]

Pretty sure Kerrigan can open wormholes as well.

[Aldrius]

Technically the Cerebrate did all her work especially in Omega where she was still on the surface of Char.

It was her general.

Many great leaders have better generals beneath them, who could not be leaders themselves but are very good at tactics.

[Kerriganz]

It was her general.

Many great leaders have better generals beneath them, who could not be leaders themselves but are very good at tactics.

very well said

[Visions of Khas]

Many great leaders have better generals beneath them, who could not be leaders themselves but are very good at tactics.

Probably one reason why she allowed several Cerebrates to exist until she learned the ropes and reached a point where she could flit from one mind to the next to the next in a fraction of a second in the Dark Templar Saga.

I've not read the entirety of the DT Saga, but do any of the books indicate the size of the Swarm during her reign? Larger, smaller?

[Gradius]

I'd say they have to be smaller. The entire extended Zerg swarm broke its teeth on Aiur, but even so, every faction in that sector is a shadow of their former power, so Kerrigan could still "wipe the sector" without controlling as many Zerg as the Overmind did.

[Visions of Khas]

Mm. I was under the same impression. The war with the vangaurd of Aiur, then destruction at the hands of the combined Fleet of the Executor/Raiders, annihilation of a couple broods on Shakuras, attrition at the hands of Dominion and UED forces, and internecine, would have thinned their numbers. Just a jot.


As to those posters who claim Kerrigan brings a level of lethality in the form of guile and deception, I choose to think that the Overmind was as capable of such feats, after a fashion. The manual itself states Chau Sara was largely infested without the inhabitants' knowledge.

... Plus the Overmind made the Queen of Blades, a whirling dervish of a deception machine.

Point. Check. Mate.

[sandwich_bird]

SCL Forum Opinion:

Giant Blob Eyeball > Hot Psychic Chick

Just sayin bros.

usually I prefer my chicks not dipped in green mucus thanks