Psionic Power Levels Chart [Post SC2]

[ragnarok]

I forgot that literally every vessel fired. The in game cinematic makes it look like just the spear, cybros, and a carrier or 2 had actually fired.

It's ok, it happens. Plus given that the Cybros warship is almost the size of the Spear of Adun itself, I'm willing to bet a few dozen scourges isn't actually enough to bring it down.

It's the weakest physically, but it's supposed to be the "psionic" hybrid, which is what this ranking is about.

I guess that will kind of have to depend if you want to view it from a lore or gameplay POV. Because in the latter, they weren't very strong, we knew that since the "In Utter Darkness" mission. Although if we were to use that excuse, Ascended Kerrigan would rank much lower since she really wasn't THAT impressive in the "Amon's Fall" mission.

[Nolanstar]

That cinematic where they incinerate he host body is scary when you realise that that it literally took and absorbed planet-destroying firepower...

[Visions of Khas]

^--- On top of that, Cybros was a weapon platform capable of incinerating the life-supporting ecosystem of an entire planet with a single volley. (Note the vague way I phrased that. While it could have been a plasma discharge, it could have just as likely been something similar to a neutron bomb.) While it's likely Cybros' output was modified to preserve Aiur, the thought of anything surviving a direct hit from that, much less needing ample support from multiple warships to finish the job, is terrifying.

However, we also have to note that Alarak seemed confident that Amon could have been eliminated with a full-scale planetary bombardment from the Daelaam. This strategy, of course, we vetoed by Artanis, who favored a more tactically precise plan that mitigated harm to Aiur. Perhaps Alarak simply underestimated Amon because he didn't know the full scale of the Xel'Naga's defenses; or Alarak wanted to destroy as many Templar as possible along with Amon, regardless of his defenses.

[Nolanstar]

Yeah, considering based on the comics a handful of carriers (even the SC2 smaller ones) can completely fuck up a planet, and the Spear of Adun is stated to being able to destroy planets, (Motherships are probably in between that and carriers) that's a very scary thought that it survived and absorbed enough energy that the overminds several klick corpse was only partially destroyed. That has to count for something...

[ragnarok]

That cinematic where they incinerate he host body is scary when you realise that that it literally took and absorbed planet-destroying firepower...

Endion was a moon, not a planet.

And Cybros did not destroy Endion, merely burned the surface of it. I'm willing to bet Endion is much smaller than Aiur, so in terms of a planet, it's more like continent-purifying power.

However, we also have to note that Alarak seemed confident that Amon could have been eliminated with a full-scale planetary bombardment from the Daelaam. This strategy, of course, we vetoed by Artanis, who favored a more tactically precise plan that mitigated harm to Aiur. Perhaps Alarak simply underestimated Amon because he didn't know the full scale of the Xel'Naga's defenses; or Alarak wanted to destroy as many Templar as possible along with Amon, regardless of his defenses.

Probably a combination of both. If it's the former, it would at least be an attempt by Blizzard to try to make Amon more powerful, since overall in LotV he wasn't all that impressive. Hell, he was more powerful in WoL and HotS when we didn't know much about him.

[Nolanstar]

Endion was a moon, not a planet.

And Cybros did not destroy Endion, merely burned the surface of it. I'm willing to bet Endion is much smaller than Aiur, so in terms of a planet, it's more like continent-purifying power.



Probably a combination of both. If it's the former, it would at least be an attempt by Blizzard to try to make Amon more powerful, since overall in LotV he wasn't all that impressive. Hell, he was more powerful in WoL and HotS when we didn't know much about him.

Did you miss the Spear of Adun, and Fleets of Motherships and Carriers firing at the same time

[Gradius]

Endion was a moon, not a planet.

And Cybros did not destroy Endion, merely burned the surface of it. I'm willing to bet Endion is much smaller than Aiur, so in terms of a planet, it's more like continent-purifying power.

Earth or Aiur could also be moons as long as they're orbiting a larger planet.

[ragnarok]

Earth or Aiur could also be moons as long as they're orbiting a larger planet.

Interesting. I'm curious though: just how many articles have theorized this whole time the Earth is a moon?

[drakolobo]

Interesting. I'm curious though: just how many articles have theorized this whole time the Earth is a moon?

He talks about that there are earth-sized moons orbiting around gaseous planets, the term moon is not a fixed term of scale since it rotates around a planet, it is already considered a moon, if the earth revolves around it Jupiter would be a moon

[Nolanstar]

Interesting. I'm curious though: just how many articles have theorized this whole time the Earth is a moon?

Moon just means orbiting a planet, as Drakolobo said if a earth-sized planet is orbiting a much larger planet, it is a moon.