Campaign Creations

Whiplash! wrote:

BadManners! wrote:

Sodon wrote: Actually, you are probably right. The Overmind and the Zerg were weaker. This is why the zerg sought out the Terrans.

(Distance is so overlooked in StarCraft that it's easily confusing. The Zerg originated near our galaxy's core, which is many hundreds of thousands of light years away from the Outer Rim, which would include the Koprulu sector and the "fringe world" of Auir. Even if the humans and protoss lived at the edge of the galaxy, though, they are easily hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of light years apart. Stars are rarely much closer together than that. Which is all to say: people in StarCraft travel very fast. But it's also to say that the Koprulu Sector had to have been a detour. The Zerg went there very purposefully.)

Kerrigan was thus the missing link, meant to meld the two races into a force powerful enough to face the protoss, and effectively skip the arduous process of assimilating the entire human race. The latent psychic abilities of the humans is probably key here.

Curious. I'd like to explore the possibility that in assimilating Kerrigan, the Overmind overstepped. Rather than consume humanity, it has become consumed by it. Are the zerg now more human than not?

More human than not -- I think that's partly true. Zerg creatures are still killer instinct automatons. Kerrigan made them do 'human'-like things. Raiding colonies for resources, killing specific targets. The Swarm sans Kerrigan would never go at such lengths without consuming the entire planet, and thereby effectively expanding their empire. If Kerrigan were to die, the Swarm would evolve again (I actually have a story idea for something like that lying around) and restore their former hierarchy of power.

If anything, the zerg have gained human qualities (through Kerrigan): greed and whimsicality.

No more decisions based on calculations (i.e. nature's way), but decisions based on one mind's judgment. If Kerrigan's leadership remains intact, the Swarm will fall.

I think its the other way around: if Kerrigan dies then the swarm will fall apart. The cerebrates are dead and unless the zerg find a way to grow cerebrates like other buildings then they would just go rampant and eventually kill their selves off or slowly revert to their original forms

Sodon wrote: Without any centralized hive mind, it's doubtful the Zerg would do anything. The Xel'naga created the Overmind.

Well, it looks like the Swarm's screwed then.  Damned if they do, damned if they don't.  Assuming the Swarm was left leaderless (no more Infested Terrans like Kerrigan to boss things around), I'd assume that one of the more intelligent strains (Overlords, Queens, Defilers) would evolve to fill the gap.

There's also a part of me that wants to believe, even though I'm pretty sure it's wrong, that Duran is really the Original Overmind who reincarnated himself as an Infested Terran.

Lavarinth wrote: Blizzard is known for reviving dead characters.

BadManners! wrote:

Lavarinth wrote: Blizzard is known for reviving dead characters.

True.  I wish they'd revive Fenix.  Fenix should not have died like a dog as he did in Brood War.  Was it to get rid of the only true Klingon-like warrior protoss?  Same with Aldaris.  They were PROTOSS.

Now the protoss are just humans with funny heads.

Thalraxal wrote: Ressurected Zerg/Protoss Hybrid Zombie Fenix.  You know it!  (Can we really expect a guy named Fenix to ever, really stay dead?)

chris wrote: Fenix will be back. I know it, he's a phoenix.

There's also a part of me that wants to believe, even though I'm pretty sure it's wrong, that Duran is really the Original Overmind who reincarnated himself as an Infested Terran.

chris wrote: Fenix will be back. I know it, he's a phoenix.

Jim_Raynor wrote: Did anyone ever think that Duran may actually be particles of the Overmind AND Tassadar put together in a human shell? Zerg and Protoss mixed together inside an innocent ghost... and, being fused as they are, they feel they need to create Hybrids like themselves. I write this as I listen to Don't Be Afraid from Life of a Marine and the song and the concepts go well together. My Duran theory is most likely wrong but I still think that it would be cool.
As for the change in personality, with three telepathic brains meshed into one, it has to create an insane evil person who is very smart. Tell me what's wrong with my idea and I'll tell you how that works into it.