Nova portrait

[Gradius]

Color/contrast-corrected versions now on the front page.

[Aldrius]

What? Telekinesis? It's from StarCraft: Ghost: Nova. (only ghosts PI8 or higher can use telekinesis, the average ghost is a PI 5 or 6) But if you don't like it, you can tell the typical ghost doesn't have that kind of raw power just by reading the manual. They can just read minds and pump themselves up, and anything else requires technological assistance.

I don't choose to subscribe to anything said by most of the novels... they tend to glorify and power up the characters more so than they are already. (Seriously, Furion CRIES in one of Knaak's books and that makes it rain... why the hell did this never happen in WC3 exactly?)

My impression was that most ghosts were INSANELY powerful, but they all had neural inhibitors to keep them from getting out of control. Am I wrong in that assumption, though? The only book I've really read is Uprising actually.

As for the PI stuff, my argument is more that Kerrigan is a PI7-ish. Than that she's a PI5 or PI6.

Her psionic powers aren't that helpful in a fight anyway. Exploding someone's brain (which she could do pre-infestation) took a long time; she only could do this when her opponent was nearly helpless, and she probably wanted him to feel pain anyway. However, that's vastly beyond the power of a typical ghost.

Is it, though?

No kidding. She might not be a better fighter, but she's a better psychic, which (unless you're Nova, or Infested Kerrigan) isn't very useful in a fight against a reasonable opponent. Or maybe said ghost was also above average.

I'm not sure. Mostly I'm so adamant because the idea that Kerrigan was a victim of circumstance (and the fact that she responded so well to the Zerg) rather than her being especially powerful or desired always appealed to me. (Except by Mengsk, but that was for reasons other than whatever power she may have possessed.)

Like the confederacy didn't seem particularly adamant to get her back, aside from the fact that she'd been picked up by the Sons of Korhal.

Also, read Liberty's Crusade. That's one of the better books. Kerrigan demonstrates her badassitude numerous times, especially when she raided the Antigan command center. Okay, she did use cloaking, and that's sort of cheating, but she threw away her gun rifle halfway through the fight (I guess she didn't have time to reload) by smashing it through a goliath's cockpit! She was also able to break an opponent's neck with one kick.

No question that she's a very skilled ghost. (Being a ghost is pretty bad-ass to begin with) I just don't know if she's SO much more skilled as a psychic and ghost than any other one.

There's a lot of Hybrid (heh) stuff in Uprising. Maybe it was just Hybrid.

Yeah, don't remember reading that in Uprising. She doesn't do much when she's around Rumm. Mostly he just tries to make her use her psychic powers.

Also, are these portraits are just animated screen-shots of the in-game models (the ones on the Hyperion) do you guys think? They don't even look as good or as characterized as the ones in Reign of Chaos...

[Pandonetho]

If you have telekinesis you're already considered a crazy ghost.

Most ghosts on average only have telepathic powers, not telekinetic.

[Cafeagles]

http://www.ocregister.com/video/inde...id=27980618001
here is the video where those pictures came from.
its around 0:54

[spychi]

Awesome.
I'm more interested in the female "on top of" Nova. =P
Really, who is she? She looks kinda cool.
As for the source, scorpio is obviously a DT and snuck his way into Blizz while taking pics with an invisible camera... with invisible flash.

she is/was in the Raynor's squad - right side of the picture

[Kimera757]

I don't choose to subscribe to anything said by most of the novels... they tend to glorify and power up the characters more so than they are already. (Seriously, Furion CRIES in one of Knaak's books and that makes it rain... why the hell did this never happen in WC3 exactly?)

Some of the novels are crap, sure.

My impression was that most ghosts were INSANELY powerful, but they all had neural inhibitors to keep them from getting out of control. Am I wrong in that assumption, though?

Yes. Most ghosts are weak psychics. They can read minds, sense psionic powers and that's it. The implants make them weaker mentally though, but they're given technological aids as well.

However the ghosts (or soon-to-be ghosts) we know the most info about tend to be more powerful psychics. It's like an RPG; the best-known characters are also higher level, and so are better fighters, better spellcasters, better psychics, and their units have better stats

The ones we know the most about are:

Gabriel Tosh, Nova, Alexei Stukov (yes, he's a ghost), Sarah Kerrigan, Colin Phash, and Devon Starke. Of these, Nova, Kerrigan, Phash and Starke (4 out of 6) have demonstrated above-average abilities, which might fool readers into thinking most ghosts have such abilities, when they do not. (Golden tried to imply that Starke had only average abilities, but his plan to fool the ghosts in Twilight wouldn't have worked if he was only average psionically.)

As for the PI stuff, my argument is more that Kerrigan is a PI7-ish. Than that she's a PI5 or PI6.

She was PI8 minimum. That's the minimum requirement for telekinesis.

I'm not sure. Mostly I'm so adamant because the idea that Kerrigan was a victim of circumstance (and the fact that she responded so well to the Zerg) rather than her being especially powerful or desired always appealed to me. (Except by Mengsk, but that was for reasons other than whatever power she may have possessed.)

Like the confederacy didn't seem particularly adamant to get her back, aside from the fact that she'd been picked up by the Sons of Korhal.

And you read Uprising? Duke said (well, thought) the entire Confederacy was after her, and recapturing her would give him a promotion. Please read that section again, I'm serious.

No question that she's a very skilled ghost. (Being a ghost is pretty bad-ass to begin with) I just don't know if she's SO much more skilled as a psychic and ghost than any other one.

She was.

Yeah, don't remember reading that in Uprising. She doesn't do much when she's around Rumm. Mostly he just tries to make her use her psychic powers.

Maybe that was just in Hybrid then. I can't keep them separate in my head. Still, she throws him using telekinesis and uses her powers to melt his eyes and kill him without use of a weapon. That is far more power than a typical ghost, even if it's also impractical.

[mr. peasant]

she is/was in the Raynor's squad - right side of the picture

I think that was speculation; particularly on my part. Unless, it was confirmed somewhere else.

[scorpio19]

another adjutant?? a little bit different current model...

[sandwich_bird]

another adjutant?? a little bit different current model...

That's for the better... First one was ugly as shit. This one is slightly better.

[imdrunkontea]

That's for the better... First one was ugly as shit. This one is slightly better.

I think it's the same one (the second adjutant), just a different angle.