any thoughts about the UED(spelling)?

[Pandonetho]

Speaking of command, this is sort of off topic but...

Regarding cerebrates, remember how they can't go on long without the overmind?

I take it this means that they can still survive without the overmind, but once they're slain they're slain for good.

Or does it actually mean that once the overmind dies they'll eventually die too without him?

I'm not too sure because IIRC there are some cerebrates that were controllings broods after the overmind's death? I could be getting the timeline wrong though.

[Gradius]

I think it means that they die with the Overmind. It's like pulling the plug on their life support - they'll survive, but not for long. :0

[ragsash]

Kerrigan shouldn't tick off the UED.

Fighting them off is one thing. Declaring war on them is quite another. Kerrigan doesn't have that kind of power; it's a one-way trip to loserville.

Also, controlling zerg at that distance is probably impossible anyway.

Well it sends a message to totaly destroy them instead of fight them of and let them go home.

message I think is "return here ever again and your all gonna get fucked up" (rough translation )
instead of saying we dont like you being here dont come again.

[Norfindel]

Kerrigan shouldn't tick off the UED.

Fighting them off is one thing. Declaring war on them is quite another. Kerrigan doesn't have that kind of power; it's a one-way trip to loserville.

Also, controlling zerg at that distance is probably impossible anyway.

Well, i agree in that it would probably trigger a counter-attack by the UED, but they're probably going to do it anyways, when they find that their fleet was destroyed. That means that the threat is still worse than they thought, and it's very likely that they're using all this time getting ready to strike the Koprulu sector, which is still worse for Kerrigan.

[Perfecttear]

I was thinking about the sc2 story for a bit, and how likely would these be :

Spoiler :

"""the Xelnaga comeback in full force, preparing to destroy all inperfect lifeforms, they completely destroy the zerg ( still some manage to flee in secrecy), the terran faction unite in desperate atempt to survive, and the protoss call for every fleet in existence.
Together the united full fleet of the terran and the protoss defends the last planet, that is supposed to have a great artifact, that the xelnaga want to obtain. They bravely defend the planet even though horibly outnumbered by the xelnaga forcess, who have unlimited reinforcess. And at the brink of destruction, one of the last surviving terran BC detect an anomaly in space, then 1000 of anomalies and finaly milions of them. It turns out that they are jump holes and the UED SUPER fleet has arived(containing milions of ships), ready to engage the Xelnaga head on. And the UED saves the day, and peace is declared, betwenn the UED Protoss and the terran, and it looks like evrything will be ok.... or will it be( at the very end of the campaign it shows some of the zerg forcess that managed to flee the extermination in secrecy)."""



What do you think ?
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[ragsash]

Well, i agree in that it would probably trigger a counter-attack by the UED, but they're probably going to do it anyways, when they find that their fleet was destroyed. That means that the threat is still worse than they thought, and it's very likely that they're using all this time getting ready to strike the Koprulu sector, which is still worse for Kerrigan.

ether way it would trigger a counter-attack, but totaly destroy them would make them think abit before coming back, or at least give the UED forces abit moral trubble that almost noone survied, at least noone came back.

not killing them would make kerrigan look soft.

if she can kill them they would make a misstake coming back if she cant kill them they would kill her ether way to make a exampel out of her.

as she is considerd the most powerfull being, killing her would gain respect by the locals or give fear to those who would apose the UED

[Perfecttear]

I also think that pursuing the ued , to the Earth would be the worst case scenario for Kerrigan, since the ued would definitely retalitate in full force, and the zerg don't stand a chance agaonst the full might of the ued. She did the best thing, prevented the fleet to go home or to call for backup.

And what do you people think about my proposed sc2 storyline

[Sarov]

I also think that pursuing the ued , to the Earth would be the worst case scenario for Kerrigan, since the ued would definitely retalitate in full force, and the zerg don't stand a chance agaonst the full might of the ued. She did the best thing, prevented the fleet to go home or to call for backup.

And what do you people think about my proposed sc2 storyline

Well, I doubt the Xel'Naga would destroy the Zerg as it was mentioned in book three of the Dark Templar Saga, Twilight, by Zamara that the Xel'Naga made it so that eventually the Protoss and Zerg would come together and make the Xel'Naga reborn. But the Xel'Naga, if anything, would probably try to stop Ulrezaj and Duran.

[Norfindel]

ether way it would trigger a counter-attack, but totaly destroy them would make them think abit before coming back, or at least give the UED forces abit moral trubble that almost noone survied, at least noone came back.

not killing them would make kerrigan look soft.

if she can kill them they would make a misstake coming back if she cant kill them they would kill her ether way to make a exampel out of her.

as she is considerd the most powerfull being, killing her would gain respect by the locals or give fear to those who would apose the UED

I was talking about an infestation attack. Send the ships infested to Earth, if one of them gets there, that means trouble for the planet. Obviously Kerrigan wasn't going to be sending her forces for a frontal attack.

[trace wm]

I was thinking about the sc2 story for a bit, and how likely would these be :

Spoiler :

"""the Xelnaga comeback in full force, preparing to destroy all inperfect lifeforms, they completely destroy the zerg ( still some manage to flee in secrecy), the terran faction unite in desperate atempt to survive, and the protoss call for every fleet in existence.
Together the united full fleet of the terran and the protoss defends the last planet, that is supposed to have a great artifact, that the xelnaga want to obtain. They bravely defend the planet even though horibly outnumbered by the xelnaga forcess, who have unlimited reinforcess. And at the brink of destruction, one of the last surviving terran BC detect an anomaly in space, then 1000 of anomalies and finaly milions of them. It turns out that they are jump holes and the UED SUPER fleet has arived(containing milions of ships), ready to engage the Xelnaga head on. And the UED saves the day, and peace is declared, betwenn the UED Protoss and the terran, and it looks like evrything will be ok.... or will it be( at the very end of the campaign it shows some of the zerg forcess that managed to flee the extermination in secrecy)."""



What do you think ?
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Trouble with that angle is it makes the UED look like the good guys, when they are most definitely not good.


It's been said before in this thread and elsewhere, but I hope the UED stays out of the picture. There's plenty of universe to be explored without dragging boring old Earth into things again.