Short Story: It Will End in Fire

[Turalyon]

^ I did say "activated autonomously", didn't I?

Oh, and we do know that the Protoss should know about the arkships given the myriad reasons Robear and I have already mentioned. The actual reason why the Protoss don't know is because Arkships are a retcon. The "they just didn't think of it at the time" reason may have been more passable with Collossi and Motherships, but the nature of what the Arkships are what they represent (they remember some guy called Adun but not 3 gigantic ships that many more Protoss would have seen being constructed and used before being ultimately buried on their homeplanet?) kinda breaks the BS meter if you asking me.

[ragnarok]

^ I did say "activated autonomously", didn't I?

Oh, and we do know that the Protoss should know about the arkships given the myriad reasons Robear and I have already mentioned. The actual reason why the Protoss don't know is because Arkships are a retcon. The "they just didn't think of it at the time" reason may have been more passable with Collossi and Motherships, but the nature of what the Arkships are what they represent (they remember some guy called Adun but not 3 gigantic ships that many more Protoss would have seen being constructed and used before being ultimately buried on their homeplanet?) kinda breaks the BS meter if you asking me.

This would prove that in the heat of battle in a matter of survival and death, people can become VERY forgetful. Looking back at the battle they would see they were utterly stupid to have forgotten such a thing.

[Gradius]

This would prove that in the heat of battle in a matter of survival and death, people can become VERY forgetful. Looking back at the battle they would see they were utterly stupid to have forgotten such a thing.

No it would prove that you need to form your opinions of human behavior from reality and life experiences, not heavily retconned video games.

[TheEconomist]

Actually, I feel that StarCraft accurately portrays the behaviors of real-life Protoss enough to analyze their psychological tendencies

[ragnarok]

No it would prove that you need to form your opinions of human behavior from reality and life experiences, not heavily retconned video games.

Reality and life experiences differ from person to person.

[TheEconomist]

That's probably why you don't consult a fictional game then Especially one like SC2 lol

[Nissa]

Can't be that hard. Zeratul just stumbled into some Colossi in a lake on Aiur and they woke-up just by his mere presence. Besides, the Arkships were designed to be activated quickly to help, you know, prevent the extinction of the Protoss. I'm sure expediency in activation would've been one of the top priorities in its use.

Wait a wait wait. That's a thing?! The Colossi were just stumbled on? Why couldn't it have been that the 'Toss just invented them between Brood War and SC2?

[Turalyon]

Wait a wait wait. That's a thing?! The Colossi were just stumbled on? Why couldn't it have been that the 'Toss just invented them between Brood War and SC2?

Oh, it get's worse. The Colossi were always there on Aiur because the Protoss used them but then became ashamed at their power (read up on the Kalathi Intercession), stopped using them and hid them away. They kept on not using them as the Zerg ate them on Aiur apparently. *shrugs*

All this "forgotten ancient but extremely powerful tech that just so happens to be useful now but would've been more useful back then" thing they've got going with the Protoss has its fullest expression in the Arkship. Suspension of disbelief indeed.

[KaiserStratosTygo]

Wait a wait wait. That's a thing?! The Colossi were just stumbled on? Why couldn't it have been that the 'Toss just invented them between Brood War and SC2?

This.

my hate for these things would be lessened dramatically if it was just handwaved as "a new invention" but nope, Blizzard has to overuse the stereotype of stupid protoss.