The Voice in The Darkness

[Roland]

I think we're getting into the kind of krypto-lore Blizzard doesn't worry about, this is all I'm really referring to.

The Voice can cloak in a fashion beyond that of the Dark Templar (making it difficult to detect) and also has the ability to telepathically communicate at long range.

[Triceron]

When you're talking about the Void and being able to avoid the Protoss' detection of everything tangible to our universe, it's pretty much on the same vein of being extra-dimensional, even if it's not directly that.

The point is, it's a horrible creature/thing/entity that comes from places that are hidden/unknown to us. Lovecraft style.

[Kimera757]

The Frontline series is over, so it's doubtful the Voice will appear there. I hope it appears in a side mission or something, but I wouldn't want it to be a major plot point in StarCraft II.

What I'm interested in, is how the Protoss thought they could fight a psionic entity such as the voice with their starships?

The creature has a "physical" form, which the dark templar could cut with their warp blades. I think enough void rays could have killed it.

[n00bonicPlague]

Had the Protoss possessed any amount of self-control, they could've a-VOID-ed the situation altogether.

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[Visions of Khas]

I don't know if it would work that way. The Protoss would have detected huge gravity waves if it bent space to hide itself.

Plot-hole/narrative device. Doesn't mean it floats into higher dimensions. Doesn't mean it doesn't, either. What matters is that it happened, and we can't explore the precise mechanics behind it at this point.

If this is the power that has been "sleeping for countless ages", I'm a little disappointed. I'd prefer if its release were explored in the campaigns rather than a comic. Resorting to amorphous energy entities is a bit of a cop-out in my opinion.



I just had a random thought, though. I wonder if the Overmind might be the child of the Voice. Not literally, of course. I'm saying there are similarities between the two. Maybe the Voice inspired the Xel'Naga to create the Overmind the way they did?

[Kimera757]

Where was it commented that his prison was weakening? I think it was totally locked away the entire time. It probably gained knowledge of the Aeon of Strife, etc. by reading minds. Morrigan was possessed because she went directly to his prison; the voice at that time was kind of like a prisoner reaching out through the prison bars.

Near the end, when the dark templar are about to directly attack it. I think the prison was weakened by Morrigan (but wasn't completely undone). The Voice directly (physically) attacked the dark templar, who then tried to re-seal it. However, that didn't seem to work.

I got the impression that the creature was weak from its imprisonment, so "now" was the best time to beat it. The dark templar almost won, too.

If this is the power that has been "sleeping for countless ages", I'm a little disappointed. I'd prefer if its release were explored in the campaigns rather than a comic. Resorting to amorphous energy entities is a bit of a cop-out in my opinion.

IF. You only say this because you're attributing a lot more importance to the story than it actually has. It's a one-off; I doubt it'll be referenced again. The timing alone (sealed before the destruction of the xel'naga; otherwise how could the xel'naga have beaten it) renders it fairly irrelevant to the StarCraft universe.

I just had a random thought, though. I wonder if the Overmind might be the child of the Voice. Not literally, of course. I'm saying there are similarities between the two. Maybe the Voice inspired the Xel'Naga to create the Overmind the way they did?

What sort of similarities are you talking about? I'm not seeing anything, other than tentacles.

[Visions of Khas]

The timing alone [...] renders it fairly irrelevant to the StarCraft universe.

I hope you're right. Probably are. It just seems like such a powerful entity. For the writers to have it floating around out there and not do anything more with it seems... pointless?

What sort of similarities are you talking about?

Mm, maybe I got a bit ahead of myself. Both are powerful entities. One essentially aspires to godhood, while the other has achieved such a state. Both act through smaller vessels and incorporate others into themselves. Void-based.

EDIT Oh yeah, and Cerebrates look very much the same when slain, according to QoB, just luminescent instead of black. Wonder if the Overmind had a similar form?

[Triceron]

The Overmind was created despite the Xel'Naga's efforts, it was a residual effect from the creation of their perfect species with 'purity of essence'. The Overmind was formed as a method of control for that particular hive conciousness.

To even think Blizzard would tie the idea of the Overmind's inception to a one-off character from the manga is an injustice to the series. It's as bad as the Midichlorian explanation of the force from Episode 1. Do not want.

[Gradius]

Doesn't mean it floats into higher dimensions. Doesn't mean it doesn't, either.

But it probably does.

It's practically forced upon us when he calls himself "the lord of the in-between places".

Near the end, when the dark templar are about to directly attack it. I think the prison was weakened by Morrigan (but wasn't completely undone). The Voice directly (physically) attacked the dark templar, who then tried to re-seal it. However, that didn't seem to work.

That'd be after it was already freed. It was locked up nice & secure before Morrigan came by. Even the back cover description says it wasn't heard from until now.

I got the impression that the creature was weak from its imprisonment, so "now" was the best time to beat it. The dark templar almost won, too.

I think the voice tricked them. Morrigan said that the crystal was the lock to his prison, but then Xy'tal, after he was corrupted, said the exact opposite, that the crystal is the key (almost as if the voice put the wrong information into his head). It looks like the voice tricked them into destroying the crystal: "if you destroy it, the psi energy will kill us both"

It does fit with the theme of the voice using lies mixed with truth.

The creature has a "physical" form, which the dark templar could cut with their warp blades. I think enough void rays could have killed it.

Aye, the tentacles. But I always thought that it was made of energy, or at least had regeneration ability, since it's a cosmic entity. I mean, the planet blew up, and the voice was still there anyway. Maybe the voice just flew up to another dimension to escape the blast?

[Roland]

To the naysayers, I admit popping a godlike entity on the starcraft universe is a little off, but if anyone can manage it wouldn't it be Blizzard? Besides, how can they possibly justify just leaving a huge loose end like this with no real explanation, it lines up to perfectly as the antithesis of the Xel'naga to not be explored.

Aye, the tentacles. But I always thought that it was made of energy, or at least had regeneration ability, since it's a cosmic entity. I mean, the planet blew up, and the voice was still there anyway. Maybe the voice just flew up to another dimension to escape the blast?

I'm pretty sure it's been explicitly stated that the Voice can only be harmed by energy weapons, particularity those that are void based, fight fire with fire.

I think the voice tricked them. Morrigan said that the crystal was the lock to his prison, but then Xy'tal, after he was corrupted, said the exact opposite, that the crystal is the key (almost as if the voice put the wrong information into his head). It looks like the voice tricked them into destroying the crystal: "if you destroy it, the psi energy will kill us both"

It does with the theme of the voice using lies mixed with truth.

Given it's particular skill set I think The Voice would be a kind of deception specialist, you couldn't really trust anyone when dealing with it, and that includes yourself.