[theory] Raynor's son to appear in WoL

[Hawki]

Looking at its state, I'd hardly say it survived. Also, the protoss purification process has a pinpoint aspect to it, such as on Chau Sara. Presumably Raynor's place was far away enough from any of the epicentres.

[Noctis]

Raynor's son is Nova boyfriend!
i would lol

otherwise, idk they have a lot of options, however i would say they need to minimize this drama either kill him or make/keep him good. If he's good i think Blizzard could have a character who can legitimately try to somehow cure Kerrigan of her madness. Idk i would find him far more interesting as a character aiding Zeratul/ the Xel'Naga than stupid Mengsk vs. Raynor drama.

Raynor vs. Mengsk should consist of Raynor shooting Mengsk and walking away.

[drakolobo]

Jim's son bodyguard of Mengs

[Hawki]

If John was Nova's boyfriend, then that would probably come under investigation for possible sexual abuse. And if he was Mengsk's bodyguard, then he's even more of a tyrant than we thought.

[Noctis]

why would that be sexual abuse...

idk their ages but...umm Nova's hot, and the girl can be the older one in a relationship

[Quirel]

But the chances of him surviving into the Dominion, and then further surviving Mengsk's Ghost Overhaul program (killed off half of all his ghosts, what a retard), is not very high.

Heh, if he's killing off the ones who are only able to, say, tell who handled this glass, or who last touched that keyboard, it's actually rather smart. Cut costs, use what you need.

Anyhow, Mengsk is smart. If John is still alive, he's probably in Cyro under an assumed name, for use as an emergency bargaining chip. Alternatively, he could have ordered John to be cut from the program, and then handed to the biologists For Science! I really can't see all those psions being killed without some attempt to figure out how much damage they can withstand, which organs are absolutely necessary, which parts of the brain govern psychic abilities...

Of course, this information would only serve to REALLY piss of Raynor, so I'd guess that Mengsk wouldn't do it unless he was feeling particularly invincible. Which I don't think is possible, not after the events of Brood War. However, if a third party wanted to play one end against the other...

[Noctis]

Raynor already has the loss of Kerrigan to want to kill Megsk...so not that hard to get him to fight

[Hawki]

why would that be sexual abuse...

idk their ages but...umm Nova's hot, and the girl can be the older one in a relationship

Let's use WoL as a start point, occuring in 2504 (or '05 if you're inclined, but I'll use '04 for this). By this stage, Nova would be 19 years old.

Now as for John, we don't know his year of birth, and two different dates exist for Raynor leaving Tychus-2490 (by Metzen's 14 year figure) and 2495, as per the HD timeline. Let's assume that John was born in the same year after Raynor meeting Liddy. So, if the '90 figure is correct, then he'd be 14 years old at the most. If the '95 figure is corret, he'd be 9 years old at the most.

So, er, you think a relationship with Nova would be healthy at either of these ages?

[Noctis]

Well if he went through the Ghost Program...

and uhh idk about you but i would totally hook up with Nova if i was 14


BOOYA

[Pandonetho]

LMAO this is funny stuff.

Ok well, Nova got mind wiped anyway and she's a killer, I really doubt a boyfriend (let alone one that is underaged) is anywhere in her interests.