The fourth part of the Creative Development Q&A is up, with more Wings of Liberty questions.
Question: How did the Dominion fleet manage to break Char when Artanis, the Dominion, and the UED couldn't do that during the Brood War? How could the Dominion build a ridiculously over-bloated fleet to take Char after that devastating loss years before?
Answer: There are a number of factors. The fleets of the UED, Mengsk, and Artanis had already suffered attrition during the Brood War. The Dominion and the UED had also recently clashed on Korhal, further depleting both of their forces. Stukov and Duke had been lost to their respective armies as well.
Four years later, the Dominion had time to build several large fleets with much more advanced technology, and the Terrans had learned a great deal about how to fight Zerg. Even more importantly, when the Dominion fleet attacked, most of the Swarm was away from Char; the Queen of Blades had sent Zerg off to find the pieces of the artifact. She recalled them when the Dominion fleet appeared, but only the nearest broods would have been able to get back in time for the battle. The rest were en route when the fighting started. It was a calculated risk for the Queen of Blades, but she judged the artifact to be more dangerous to her than the threat of invasion. And I'd say she was right—after all, the invasion actually failed. It was only Raynor's use of the artifact that won the day.
For the full Q&A, click here.
Source:
Battle.net - StarCraft II Creative Development Q&A: Part 4
