Neural parasite - lore

[Perfecttear]

How can neural parasite work on Colossus, when it all mechanical, and therefore has no brain to overtake, neural refers to neurons found only in brains i.e. biological forms.The same could be said about the Disruptor, Observer, Warp Prism.
How does that work against protoss?
Imagine a parasites spres being flung at a protoss unit, wham it hits its shields. Then what, does the parasite sneak in?

How does that make sense?

[Rake]

How can neural parasite work on Colossus, when it all mechanical, and therefore has no brain to overtake, neural refers to neurons found only in brains i.e. biological forms.The same could be said about the Disruptor, Observer, Warp Prism.
How does that work against protoss?
Imagine a parasites spres being flung at a protoss unit, wham it hits its shields. Then what, does the parasite sneak in?

How does that make sense?

The Colossus is run by a computerised neural network.

The parasite sneaks in through the air ducts. No one ever remembers that these need to be locked.

[MattII]

How does it work against Terrans, I mean aren't they all wearing armour, or inside vehicles? Quite honestly, it's not a very well thought-out ability in terms of lore.

[Pandonetho]

How does it work against Terrans, I mean aren't they all wearing armour, or inside vehicles? Quite honestly, it's not a very well thought-out ability in terms of lore.

Yeah this. What's also pretty dumb is spawning infested Terrans.
Infestor is nothing but a bag of failed lore ideas. They just work for gameplay, that's about it.

[Warsaw]

Maybe they can control electrons or something? and maybe the parasites can burrow through metal?

[mr. peasant]

How does it work against Terrans, I mean aren't they all wearing armour, or inside vehicles? Quite honestly, it's not a very well thought-out ability in terms of lore.

Well, how do you explain Medics and Medivacs? How do they heal their comrades through said armor?

[Perfecttear]

Well, how do you explain Medics and Medivacs? How do they heal their comrades through said armor?

With steroids,antibiotics,adrenaline,health potion.... :P, that is administrated through the maintenance opening in the armor, that is on his back

Maybe they can control electrons or something? and maybe the parasites can burrow through metal?

But that would still not explain how they can bypass the shields. And protoss technology is not based on electrons

[mr. peasant]

With steroids,antibiotics,adrenaline,health potion.... :P, that is administrated through the maintenance opening in the armor, that is on his back

Well, that explains Neural Parasite too. He gets it through the backdoor.

[Nicol Bolas]

But that would still not explain how they can bypass the shields

The same way Plague and Spawn Broodling does.

[Perfecttear]

The same way Plague and Spawn Broodling does.

I didn't know that the Broodlings can bypass and ignore shields? That would make the brood lord op against protoss :P