If Blizzard remakes SC1/BW for SC2...

[phazonjunkie]

Tychus, Hawki,

don't you DARE bring ponies into this thread! Don't you DARE!

[Sheliek]

Tychus, Hawki,

don't you DARE bring ponies into this thread! Don't you DARE!

This.

[Twilice]

Black magic bar-

Oh, wait wrong thread. I just got a sudden urge to post here.

We need another Hitler, like, now.
inb4 angry hitler vids


About as strange as a father that touches his daughter. Next you'll be telling me there's Shepherd x Raynor gay fantasy on there. Yeeeeeesh *shivers*

As you wish:

[TheEconomist]

@Muspelli: I meant the Hitler that got shit done, not the lame ass that does nothing. We need mass genocide of them fanfickers and Bronies.



@All you Ponies haters just missin' out cuz lame trolls just be postin' dem pictures, mahn. Me, doh, I brings the eye-openin' literature, yah.

Prologue: The Visitors, the Prophecy, the Student, and the Rebel

Once upon a time in the magical land of Equestria, the older of the regal sisters of the land came into contact with a mysterious group of visitors from afar. These visitors were not of pony-kind, so she initially feared them.

However, the leader of these people soon quelled these fears by offering her a way of aiding her kingdom. Seeing how she had to banish her own sister to inside the moon for a thousand years, the princess realized it would be near impossible to handle the burden of the entire kingdom as well as the sun and moon by herself. So, she accepted the offer.

The visitors spent years teaching her how to handle the responsibility of the moon on top of her duty of the sun, as well as gathering crystals that they claimed to be from other worlds. They also taught the princess how to infuse powerful energy into said crystals, promising them to be important for helping the ponies of Equestria thrive.

Soon, with all of the power of the crystals, the princess realized that there may be somepony may use these crystals for dark purposes. She feared that if that were to happen, not even the Elements of Harmony would be able to combat the might of the crystals together.

Sensing the princess' fear, the visitors, once done with their teachings, instructed the princess with the task of scattering the crystals around the land of Equestria. Once scattered, the crystals will take care of the rest of the land. Taking one of the crystals for herself to be placed later, she instructed five of her most trusted pony friends to hide the remaining crystals so nopony with evil intentions would ever find them.

She then hid the last crystal in a place she thought it would be safe- though not before the crystal forever burned an image into her mind. The crystal, in its final moments with her, gave her a horrific vision. A vision of metallic soldiers storming through Equestria, mythical psychic warriors who claimed to be guardians, and savage monsters rampaging the land.

However, once the princess returned home from her task, the visitors vanished- never to be seen in Equestria again. As time passed, the princess would discover that the visitors had left her with a prophecy. She realized it:

War was coming to Equestria. With all of its glory… and all of its horror.

Ponyville- 14:21

Twilight Sparkle, professional unicorn magician and Princess Celestia's personal protégé, and Spike, Twilight's baby dragon assistant, walked through the city of Ponyville. Both had content looks on their faces as Twilight used her horn to levitate a huge, violet crystal behind them. Everypony was busy going throughout their business that they did not even notice the crystal.

"Man, Twilight!" Spike cheered, licking his lips. "I can't believe we found this in the Everfree Forest deep within that castle! Oh man, this is the jackpot of gems!" Drooling, the dragon added, "Oh, I can't wait to sink my teeth into it!"

"Calm down, Spike," Twilight smiled at her excitable dragon. "You can't eat it just yet." Spike snapped into reality. "When I picked it up from the old castle, I noticed a huge amount of energy reacting from it. This is no ordinary gem, Spike- eating it may cause some unnatural side effect on you that I'd rather avoid without studying it, first."

"Does that mean I can't even take a nibble of it?" Spike said in disappointment.

"Not if you want to take the risk of turning into a horrifying monster or something terrible happening to you," Twilight replied. "Imagine what Rarity would think of you if that happened."

While Twilight continued to walk towards her destination, Spike stopped in place at the thought. Although he was oblivious to it, everypony in Ponyville knew about Spike's crush on the white unicorn- why else would he run around and do favors for her on a regular basis when he's not in Canterlot? Although the dragon did laugh at others' misfortune, he limited it around her and Twilight, who raised him. So, the idea of becoming a monster and frightening Rarity- or worse- made the dragon reconsider his appetite.

Soon, he followed Twilight just in time for the unicorn to arrive at her library. Once inside, she set the large crystal down in a corner to study. Remembering Spike's craving for jewels, she conjured up a cage to keep it locked up.

"Remember Spike," Twilight ordered him, "do not touch it until I have an answer as to what it can do."

"Fine," Spike stated, arms crossed. "This gem better not be dangerous… because it looks so good."

"I'm sure we'll find you a gem that's safe for you to snack on after this," Twilight told him before turning to her bookshelves. She began to scan her bookshelves in an attempt to identify the large gemstone, "For now, let me look up on this. Who knows, Spike? Maybe this is a huge discovery we made that will be rewarding!"

As Twilight and Spike began their research, the two did not suspect that the energy within the crystal did not just limit its detection to their little library. No... its power went beyond that. Its power was detected beyond their small town of Ponyville. The crystal's power was felt beyond the atmosphere of Equestria itself. It reached into the depths of outer space, all of the way to a sector that was uncharted by any life known to ponies.

That power became quite the flame in this section of space. That flame would drag three different alien races to their world. Those aliens would bring with them a conflict that would ravage the stars and threaten the universe.

What Twilight Sparkle discovered in that ancient castle would be at the epicenter of an intergalactic war. Whether or not she knew it, the fate of Equestria was about to rest within her hooves.

This is the story of Commander Twilight Sparkle and the Pony-Terran campaign in the war for Equestria.

The Hyperion- Bridge- 17:08

Jim Raynor was tired. The man was tired of a lot of things, lately.

He was tired of the Terran Dominion Emperor Arcturus Mengsk's deception. Arcturus, despite everything that happened on Char, still slandered his name and actions, saying that it was "only a matter of time before Raynor destroyed all that the Dominion had built, and burn the sector to the ground, taking everyone to the ashes." Desperate Dominion propaganda, but it had some effectiveness.

Apparently, some citizens developed doubts about Raynor's sanity with his decision to let one of the most feared and powerful beings, the self-proclaimed "Queen Bitch of the Universe", live. If only they knew the reason why. If only they saw what would happen if she died... what he and Zeratul had seen was pretty grim.

He was tired of all of the fighting he got himself into on a regular basis. He was tired of having to deal with the now crumbling apart Dominion wanting his head, the Tal'Darim Protoss seeking revenge on him, and the remaining Zerg that were out to destroy the rest of the universe. Everyone was practically gunning for the Raiders- those who are still loyal to the Dominion were willing to destroy them after the Zerg problem had been pretty much taken care of. It was a miracle that they escaped Dominion pursuit for so long.

He was tired of all of the betrayals he had to endure just to get to this point in his revolution- some of which he admit that he should have seen coming. Mengsk abandoned an entire planet to the Zerg just to kill his enemies, showing absolutely no remorse for all of the men, women, and children he slaughtered… that's when Raynor's revolution began. Tosh, as useful as his Spectres are to the Raiders' cause, still had the possibility of stabbing Raynor in the back whenever he wanted, and he did not tell what he was planning until Nova attempted to convince Raynor to help her take him down. However, the biggest betrayal so far was that Tychus Findlay was to be Mengsk's personal assassin by trading her life for his freedom. As much as he regretted killing Tychus in that pit to save her life, the prophecy of the Zerg-Protoss Hybrid bringing about the end of the universe without her stopping them as well as his personal feelings for her were too great to let her die.

He was tired of the questions he got from his crew about his judgment. Ever since the brief alliance with the Dominion Prince Valerian, the Raiders were quick to question why he was helping their greatest enemies. In fact, Tychus almost convinced them that Jim was going to abandon them all when it got too tough- shutting Tychus up briefly won their respect back. Then came the results of the Char mission. The Raiders and Dominion suffered massive causalities, and their greatest enemy was on board the ship comatose in the sickbay. A single bullet would end her… so Raynor asked Tosh, who seemed very loyal ever since New Flotsam but still was a threat, to place two cloaked Spectres in front of the door with the order to detain anyone who even thinks about going in there to end her.

Speaking of her… Raynor was most certainly tired of waiting for Sarah Kerrigan to wake up. Once she was the Queen of Blades, the most feared being in the universe. A Terran Ghost that had been abandoned on Tarsonis by Arcturus when the Zerg invaded and destroyed the planet, she was thought to have been dead. However, the Zerg Overmind saw her usefulness in avoiding a huge prophecy of the end times, and infected her with Zerg DNA, where she eventually caused the deaths of 8,000,000 people, both Protoss and Terran. Raynor once vowed to kill her, but he couldn't bring himself to it because he loved her.

Now, after using the Xel'Naga artifact to return her back to mostly human on Char after four long years, she was normal again. A lot of men and women were crying out for her death when they should be, in Raynor's mind, crying out for Arcturus' for what he did to make himself Emperor. Even though Kerrigan had committed several crimes, if she was the only person standing in the way of Armageddon, then making her pay for her war crimes could wait.

Now, here Raynor was, four weeks after Char, waiting on word for when Kerrigan finally woke up. Rather than drink to his heart's content, though, he was in the bridge, trying to see what else Arcturus had planned. So, while he waited to see movement, Matt Horner, the Hyperion's captain and his second-in-command, walked into the room.

"I thought I might find you in here, sir," Horner began.

"What is it, Matt?" Raynor questioned. "Any news on Kerrigan?"

"She's still out like a light," Horner answered. "I do, though,have news I want to report."

"Go ahead, then."

"A Dominion fleet has been spotted heading to an uncharted world outside of the sector," Horner began. "According to the intercepted communications, Mengsk has them looking for some things on that world."

This made Raynor curious- what in the hell was Arcturus up to this time? What could he be looking for that was outside of the sector where they knew where the action was? If the Dominion could be going after something- especially if they're risking travelling into an unknown part of space with much of their army crippled after the Char invasion that nearly went south if not for Raynor- it can't be good.

"Such as…?" Horner could tell that the Commander's interests have been piqued by this. He knew Raynor would want to see some action, but he did not know now was a good time for it. Still, it was better not to keep the Commander waiting."

"Crystals which in theory- when combined together- serve a similar purpose as the Xel'Naga artifact we still have if not similar to those used by the Protoss on Shakuras," Horner bleakly answered.

Raynor's eyes widened- the artifact, when together, could wipe out Zerg by the thousands, and the pieces were enough to suck the life out of a Protoss when they got too close. If there were crystals that could imitate that kind of power and the Dominion acquired them, God knows what could happen.

"Sir, keep in mind that this is only theory, but I hacked into their scans, and it shows positive for psionic energy radiating from several crystals on world, as well as certain life forms with psionic abilities."

"But if Mengsk gets his hands on something similar to the artifact," Raynor concluded, "imagine what kind of chaos he would bring to his enemies… he may be able to bring those monsters he's been breeding under control. We may hit Armageddon early, Matt."

Horner knew what Raynor was talking about, and did not like it. On a previous raid of a research station orbiting the world of Castanar, the Raiders accidentally discovered a collection of mutant monsters that the Dominion was splicing. Half-Zerg and half-Protoss, these mutants- Hybrids- were nearly impossible to kill… and Raynor arrived at that station as one particularly powerful monster got loose. Raynor and his team barely escaped that station with their lives.

However, Raynor had previously seen that monstrosity, but through a different set of eyes. The eyes of his Protoss Dark Templar friend Zeratul. Thanks to the ihan crystal (which was safely locked away), Raynor experienced visions of Zeratul and the Protoss fighting the Hybrids, only to fall in the end. They then proceeded to end the universe under the orders of some sort of Dark Voice that Zeratul proposed was a fallen member of the Xel'Naga.

Now, Mengsk had those monsters being made. Luckily for the universe, the only active one is still rampaging in Castanar's station with no real transport. It was unlikely Mengsk would be able to control that Hybrid to enforce his order anytime soon. Nevertheless, if those crystals could Horner spoke of could control the Hybrids or wipe out Protoss (the only race proved to be able to kill them according to the vision and was yet another major threat to the Dominion), Mengsk could trigger an early apocalypse.

"Sir," Horner scowled, completely sensing what Raynor was thinking "I know you're willing to stop Mengsk in one way or another, but you may be chasing a red herring… or getting us into a fight we don't need to be involved."

"Well, we may as well see what we can do about keeping those crystals away from the Dominion," Raynor suggested. "We'll see if we can get to that world that the Dominion forces plan on heading to first and securing those crystals before Mengsk gets them." Horner blinked in shock at Raynor's suggestion. "Well, you said it yourself, Matt- the world's populated with intelligent life forms. Do you have any idea what we could do for them if the Dominion starts taking shots?"

"Sir," Horner stated, "you're about to take us to an uncharted world that we have no idea about where we're going to be outnumbered by the Dominion forces- even after Char- because of what could potentially be a loose end. Not to mention the locals... we could make enemies with them by complete accident with our tactics. The last thing we need is someone else after our heads."

"It's better to assume the worst about all of this in the long run," Raynor answered. Smiling, he suggested, "Besides, if not just the Dominion, what if those damn Tal'Darim Protoss or mindless Zerg forces attack without Kerrigan controlling them? And if there are locals that can't properly defend themselves, I'd rather not leave them to any of those guys. Who knows, Matt? The lead could be onto something huge."

Horner sighed- sometimes, there was just no reasoning with his Commander. Still, Raynor could be right about all of this- the Tal'Darim would more than likely purify the planet and kill anyone on there to get the crystals to "protect them" from the populace. Not to mention that the Zerg were still on the move… and who knows what Mengsk will do to whatever intelligent life is on the planet.

"Fine," Horner agreed. "We'll see what we can do."

"I'm glad you're seeing this my way," Raynor chuckled, clapping Horner on the back. Walking away, he ordered, "Let's get ready to warp, Matt. Maybe we'll be giving some people a chance for freedom." Horner rolled his eyes- leave it to the Commander to have them do this.

But if it helped the universe see a better future, then it would be worth it.

[Hawki]

@Muspelli: I meant the Hitler that got shit done, not the lame ass that does nothing. We need mass genocide of them fanfickers and Bronies.

Yes, let's bring Hitler into this. I suppose we should set him loose on anyone who has the nerve to go against the norm. Anyone who likes My Little Pony? Check. Anyone who watches cartoons at all and is a teenager/adult? Check. Anyone who writes fanfiction? Check. Anyone who draws fan-art? Check. Anyone who hijacks this forum? Check.

Seriously, how did offhand comments about crossovers come to this? And since when did expressing an opinion have to descend into insults? Just came from posting on the HBO forums that I thought Battlestar Galactica was overrated, in contrast to the praise people were lavishing on it, but I'd never insult them for their views.

[TheEconomist]

Seriously, how did joke comments about crossovers come to this?

[Hawki]

I don't know. Um...

Hey, er, started playing the first Diablo game, for what it's worth. After reading comments in the Diablo 15 May thread and the scores of complaints on Blizzard's forums, decided it would be a good idea to start from the beginning so I could form my own opinion. Was skeptical at first, but after more than an hour of playing, pretty much been hooked on the gameplay. Even if right now I'm grinding so my warrior can face the Butcher

Can also appreciate the ambience qualities, still think they hold up. However, at this point in time, I don't think anyone can say the first game had a story beyond "go into the Labyrinth, kill something, come back to Tristram, go in to kill something else."

[Twilice]

It's a damned good game. When the servers are up

*Which they are now! Brb playing.

[TheEconomist]

@Twilice: Be sure to trollololol Azmodan for me.

@Hawki: If you picked Barbarian, go ahead and save yourself some time and pick another class, preferably Demon Hunter.

I don't think anyone can say the first game had a story beyond "go into the Labyrinth, kill something, come back to Tristram, go in to kill something else."

Don't let broodmywarcraft hear your blasphemies, heathen!

[Hawki]

@Hawki: If you picked Barbarian, go ahead and save yourself some time and pick another class, preferably Demon Hunter.

First Diablo, not third. That being said, I intend to play as a demon hunter on my first DIII playthrough anyway.