Exercise 01: Establishing the Status Quo

[Visions of Khas]

It could also be because no-one would want to be staying conscious for the most part of a decade or so whilst being stuck on the same damn ship the whole time. Hands up on who wants to get old and crazy by the time we get to the K sector?

That's... kinda what I was saying.

And it would go a long way to explaining why Mengsk and Raynor and others look way older than their biological age. Of course, it could also be explained by stress and space radiation and low-quality healthcare.

Galactic healthcare for all!

[Turalyon]

It's kinda weird that cryogenics is used at all though since if the UED force left Earth around the same time the Overmind was killed and FTL/warp travel can negate the effects of relativity, the UED really did spend only a few days travelling to the K sector.

[ragnarok]

And it would go a long way to explaining why Mengsk and Raynor and others look way older than their biological age. Of course, it could also be explained by stress and space radiation and low-quality healthcare.

Actually I felt Raynor looked younger than he should have been in the epilogue's last cutscene. Remember, by 2508 he's supposed to be 38 years old, yet he looked only in his early 30s.

[Gradius]

Actually I felt Raynor looked younger than he should have been in the epilogue's last cutscene. Remember, by 2508 he's supposed to be 38 years old, yet he looked only in his early 30s.

I thought he looks 40-45.

[Visions of Khas]

Would it be possible to calculate the time dilation experienced on the UED ships? It looks like there are a few sites with relativistic calculators but my phone doesn't like them.

[ragnarok]

I thought he looks 40-45.

Well I guess it varies from people to people.

[Nissa]

We need a story that packs everything together. Each faction can seem to want to achieve different goals, but they are knowingly or unknowingly leading towards a single point. thematically or otherwise.

I kinda disagree. If we start with their individual motivations, then coming to a specific point will be easier. Likewise, having a single point may have a very negative impact on the story. For example, original SC didn't really have a specific point everything was going towards. It was really just explaining the what the deal is with each race, and how they're reacting to Zerg invasion. Which is sort of a specific point, but it's a vague one.

In short, what separates SC from SC2 (among other things), is that it doesn't need a culmination. SC realized that allowing everyone to have such diverse motivations makes the world bigger, while narrowing it down to one focus (ie, making all three games hinge on Kerrigan's fate, making each game focus on only one protagonist) makes the world feel smaller. Any main theme we have should be a very vague thing that is defined more by the characters, rather than the characters being decided by the main point.

[Visions of Khas]

I kinda agree with Nissa.

But in WoL, there were a lot of people wanting different things, and the story meandered here and there like in Rebel Yell. But how is it that the divergences in WoL felt like a cop out, while it seemed natural and organic in Rebel Yell?

[GnaReffotsirk]

I thought SC 1 was about the Zerg invasion, and the Overmind's quest to become perfect. Everything started with that, and ended when the premise was completely dealt with.

Arcturus's rise to power would not be there if the Zerg did not attack. Raynor's plight would not occur if the Zerg did not attack; Kerrigan would not have died; The protoss would not have mingled with the DT's, and terran; etc.

The inciting incident was the Zerg invasion, and the protoss response. Everything was at play, though it was only mentioned in the background. We later learn, during the Zerg campaign, that it was not random chance the overmind attacked the Terrans, but the overmind found a weapon to help it in it's fight against the protoss.

[ragnarok]

The inciting incident was the Zerg invasion, and the protoss response. Everything was at play, though it was only mentioned in the background. We later learn, during the Zerg campaign, that it was not random chance the overmind attacked the Terrans, but the overmind found a weapon to help it in it's fight against the protoss.

Yes this is something the Overmind was more FORCED to do when he discovered assimilation Protoss psionics wasn't possible because the Khala prevented that, so he had to look for another species with psionics and hopefully reduce the gap