Disrupter and its implications

[Jconant]

The breif background info on the disruptor is that somehow the consciousness of a protoss warrior can be saved and uploaded into a robot....a more advanced means than even the dragoon to preserve protoss. Recent science fiction has been reusing this idea: halo 4, ghost in shell (not recent really, but one of the first popular films to play with this concept), transcendence, chappi.
Is this a technology that may help protoss overcome their dependency of the khala?

[Visions of Khas]

The breif background info on the disruptor is that somehow the consciousness of a protoss warrior can be saved and uploaded into a robot

So Artanis used the Composer on ancient human to forge an army of Promethean Disruptors. Got it.

Seriously, though, where does it say or imply this?

[Shadow Archon]

Considering the Khala gets corrupted in Legacy of the Void, and involves the Protoss with Artanis being forced into severing their Nerve Chords, I don't think they have a problem overcoming their dependency of the Khala.

As for the mind uploading, where does that come from?

[Jconant]

Someone streaming beta looked at the game guide interface and read the lore background as well as the costs and stats of the unit. That plus the mention of sentient protoss robots @ blizzcon, that is probably where the disruptor is coming from lorewise.


its odd that the blizzard site right now features the new units, but isnt consistent with descriptions. Disruptor has merely a description of its role while they are more elaborate on the background of the cyclone, ravager, and adept.

[DemolitionSquid]

The Khala involves sharing some minor sense of emotion, but its mostly just what we consider straightforward telepathy. There's basically no difference between the Khala, and leaving a telephone line open indefinitely. The Khala is simply a conference call.

Thus, Ghost In The Shell is the important point here. Cyberbrains and wireless communication are possible while maintaining a biological body (ex: Togusa). Basically, the Protoss haven't needed the Khala ever since they invented integrated cyborg biotechnology.

[Jconant]

Yes, but cyborg technology merely hooks up a protoss body with a machine; if they could have otherwise, why put the body into a capsule inside the dragoon? They would needed to have somehow establish a link telepathicly, which is similar but not quite...; compare hardwire connection to the internet vs the wireless network. I was thinking in general with cyborg implants, the protoss may be able to regulate their link to the khala.

[DemolitionSquid]

Yes, but cyborg technology merely hooks up a protoss body with a machine; if they could have otherwise, why put the body into a capsule inside the dragoon? They would needed to have somehow establish a link telepathicly, which is similar but not quite...; compare hardwire connection to the internet vs the wireless network. I was thinking in general with cyborg implants, the protoss may be able to regulate their link to the khala.

I don't think you understood me. I'm saying that the Khala, nigh - telepathy itself, is made obsolete by brain-integrated wi-fi. If everyone had a cyberbrain like GITS, there would literally be no reason to ever use spoken language again.

My assumption is Protoss place critically wounded cyborg warriors into Dragoons because those warriors don't want to lose their organic parts. As long as they can keep Protoss reproductive organs functioning in a body that no longer has consciousness using stasis preservation, there's actually no reason to not upload dying Protoss consciousness into a fully machine body if they can.

[Jconant]

Ok, thus embracing "technically" the philosophy of the dark templar, telepathic idividuality, but still have the benefits of khala through technology.

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Ok, thus embracing "technically" the philosophy of the dark templar, telepathic idividuality, but still have the benefits of khala through technology.

[Turalyon]

This might explain the inclusion of the Purifier race. It's an interesting idea because such integration will allow the Dark Templar to join in the Khala but still retain their independence giving the Protoss as a whole a cultural revolution. I wonder how everyone will take to the idea of Protoss becoming cyborgs though...

[Nissa]

The Khala involves sharing some minor sense of emotion, but its mostly just what we consider straightforward telepathy. There's basically no difference between the Khala, and leaving a telephone line open indefinitely. The Khala is simply a conference call.

I would like to point out that this concept only exists because of the Dark Templar Trilogy. The Khala was never defined for canon Starcraft -- that is, SC/BW. Man, the more people talk about the Khala, the more it pisses me off. The Khala and Nerazim beliefs were supposed to be two sides of the Protoss coin...

That, and I don't see how sentient robots have anything to do with sentient 'bots. Sentient bots are just one more fiction trope Blizzard's throwing in the plot. On the other hand, it does seem like something the Protoss would do. If a body is too broken to go on, then really there's not a huge amount of difference between putting a person in a fluid tank and simply putting them into a robot shell.