Reign of Fire | StarCraft: Brood War (Zerg #2)
High orbit over the planet Braxis.
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Vile Disruption | StarCraft: Brood War (Zerg #1)
ZERG CAMPAIGN: THE QUEEN OF BLADES
The forces of the United Earth Directorate have taken control of the planet Char and enslaved the ravenous broods of the fledgling Overmind. With the Directorate’s powerful Psi Disrupter negating Kerrigan’s control over the remaining broods, the UED remains uncontested in its domination of the sector.
Kerrigan, having sought out a band of unlikely allies, now plans to destroy the Psi Disrupter and sever the UED’s control of the Overmind.
VILE DISRUPTION
Kerrigan’s Fortress, on the planet Tarsonis.
Cinematic: UED Victory Report | StarCraft: Brood War (Terran #9)
Zerg. The very mention of this terrifying race once brought fear to all who heard it. But now we can all rest easy as our own forces now occupy their very homeworld of Char.
Months have passed since our initial confrontation with the Zerg, and now Directorate forces have taken control of the planet Char, long since rumored to cradle the malevolent Overmind of the Zerg.
To Chain the Beast | StarCraft: Brood War (Terran #8)
UED flagship, Aleksander, low orbit over the planet Char.
Patriot’s Blood | StarCraft: Brood War (Terran #7)
UED flagship, Aleksander, holding perimeter orbit over the planet Braxis.
Emperor’s Flight | StarCraft: Brood War (Terran #6)
UED flagship, Aleksander, en route to the planet Aiur.
Emperor’s Fall | StarCraft: Brood War (Terran #5b: Birds of War)
UED command center, near the outskirts of Augustgrad; capital city of Korhal.
Assault on Korhal | StarCraft: Brood War (Terran #4)
UED Flagship Aleksander, low orbit over the planet Korhal; Dominion throne-world.
BRIEFING
DuGalle: Captain, once again your leadership has set a fine example to the rest of my officers. Vice Admiral Stukov has informed me that the Psi Disrupter has been accounted for, so we can now proceed with the next phase of our operation. The time has come to begin our primary invasion of the Dominion Throne-world of Korhal. Alexei, fill the Captain in on the current situation.
Stukov: As you may know from your research, Captain, Korhal was a hotbed of anti-Confederate sentiment for years. The Confederacy hoped to contain Korhal’s civil unrest by decimating it and its population with a massive nuclear barrage. Though the radiation levels on the planet are at an all time low, its surface is now nothing more than a smoldering desert.
Duran: The catch, Admiral, is that because this world has already been devastated by nuclear fire, Mengsk has no compunction against using Nukes on us. We have detected a large cluster of missile silos on the outskirts of Augustgrad. If those silos were destroyed, we believe that Mengsk would lose his core nuclear capabilities.
Stukov: We also face a different obstacle, Captain. Intelligence has informed us that Mengsk employs multiple battlecruisers for his planetary defense. It is possible to nullify these battlecruisers by taking out strategic physics labs. Without these labs, Mengsk will be unable to power-up his ships’ weapons systems.
DuGalle: THough we know how to compensate for Mengsk’s defenses, we don’t have enough time to follow through on them both. Therefore, Captain, you must choose to either counter his nuclear capabilities or his battlecruisers. Once you’ve taken care of this operation, we can begin to plan our final assault against Augustgrad.
OBJECTIVES
- Destroy the enemy physics lab, OR
- Destroy the enemy nuclear silos.
RESOURCES
You start with 4 SCVs, 4 Marines, 1 Siege Tank, and 2 Wraiths.
Buildings: Command Center with Comsat Station, Barracks, Engineering Bay, Terran Academy, Factory, and 2 Supply Depots.
200 Minerals – 150 Vespene Gas – 14/34 Supplies.
STRATEGY
Send the 4 SCVs to harvest Minerals from different Mineral nodes each.
Build an SCV.
Build a Marine.
If you are attacking the Nuclear Silos, use the Comsat Station to reveal this spot.
Build 4 SCVs.
At 19/34, build a Refinery at the Vespene Geyser.
Select the Factory. Build a Machine Shop addon.
Build 2 SCV.
Build a Siege Tank.
Select the Factory’s Machine Shop. Research Siege Mode Tech.
Send 3 SCVs to harvest Vespene Gas.
Build 2 SCVs.
(2:02) — 2 Firebats approaches your base from the south. Kill them with your 2 Wraiths.
Build a Siege Tank.
Build an SCV.
Build a Supply Depot.
Build 1 SCV.
Build a Siege Tank.
Build 3 SCV.
Build a Siege Tank.
Build a Bunker above the 2 Supply Depots.
Build an SCV.
Move the 4 Marines into the Bunker.
Build 3 Marines.
Build an SCV.
Build an Armory.
Build a Bunker west of the Refinery.
Build an SCV.
(4:02) 4 enemy Marines attack from the north.
Move your 4 Siege Tanks, up the ramp to the west of your main base. Set them into siege-mode to destroy this Missile Turret and 2 Marines.
Build an SCV.
Build 3 Supply Depots. One of those in front of this Bunker.
Build an SCV.
Send an SCV to build a Nexus at expansion base #1.
Move your 4 Tanks to this cliff to rain fire upon the Dominion’s SCVs and Command Center.
Build a Siege Tank.
Attacking the enemy base will aggro all these units. Make sure to bring an SCV or two to help with repairs. Probably need to bring Marines too, because later on 3 Ghosts come to cast Lockdown on your Tanks.
Build a second Factory.
Build an SCV.
Select the Machine Shop at the Factory. Research Charon Boosters to increase Goliath Missile Range.
Select the Armory. Upgrade Vehicle Weapons (W) Level 1.
Build an SCV.
Build a Siege Tank.
Send 6 existent SCVS from main base to expansion base #1 to harvest minerals from different nodes.
Build a Refinery at expansion base #1.
Send a Tank and 2 Wraiths to protect expansion base #1.
Build a third Factory.
Build a Machine Shop at Factory #2.
Assign 3 SCVs to harvest Vespene Gas.
Build 2 Siege Tanks.
Build an SCV at main base.
Build an SCV at expansion base.
Build a Supply Depot.
Build a Goliath.
Build a fourth Factory.
Build an SCV at main base.
Build an SCV at expansion base.
Build a Supply Depot.
Build a Bunker left of the expansion base Refinery.
Build 4 Marines.
Build 2 Goliath.
Build an SCV at main base.
Build an SCV at expansion base.
Build a Supply Depot.
Send the Marines to enter the Bunker at the expansion Refinery.
Build an SCV at main base.
Build an SCV at expansion base.
Build a Supply Depot.
Build 2 Siege Tanks.
Build a fifth Factory.
Build a second Armory.
(8:20) 2 Firebats attack the expansion Refinery.
Set 3 Goliaths and a Siege Tank to protect the south path.
Build 2 SCVs at main base.
Build 2 SCVs at expansion base.
Build 2 Goliaths.
Build an SCV at main base.
Build an SCV at expansion base.
Build a Supply Depot.
Build a second Terran Academy.
Build a Siege Tank.
Select the Armory. Upgrade Vehicle Plating (P) Level 1.
Select the expansion base Command Center. Build a Comsat Station.
Build an SCV at expansion base.
Build an SCV at main base.
Build a Starport.
Build a Goliath.
Build a Missile Turret on the left side of the expansion Refinery.
Build a Missile Turret on the right side of the expansion Refinery.
Move 6 Goliaths and 4 Siege Tanks to this spot.
Build a Tank.
Set your 4 Siege Tanks and 6 Goliaths to attack from this ramp. An enemy Siege Tank is already south of this spot shooting at you. Destroy it asap. Then wait until the enemy stops sending units at you. Have an SCV or 2 to repair.
Build 2 Goliaths.
Build an SCV at expansion base.
Build 2 Goliaths.
Here is a peek at the full enemy base.
Build a Siege Tank.
Build a Goliath.
Build 3 Supply Depots.
Send all new units to assist your army at the enemy base.
Select the Starport. Build a Tower Control addon.
Build a Science Facility.
Build a Command Center at this spot while attacking the enemy. Later you will Lift Off and land at the enemy base.
Build a Tank.
Build a Goliath.
Build a Supply Depot.
Build a Goliath.
Build a Tank.
Build a Goliath.
Build a Supply Depot.
Build an SCV at the main base.
Build an SCV at expansion base.
Build a Refinery at expansion base #2 (the enemy base you just destroyed).
Build 2 Goliaths.
Build a Supply Depot.
Build an SCV at expansion base #1.
Build a Supply Depot.
Rally all your forces to this bridge. Go into siege mode. Standby. Set all Factories to Rally there too.
(12:12) 3 enemy Goliaths attack the main base from the north. Repair the Bunker.
Select the Armory. Upgrade Vehicle Weapons (W) Level 2.
Build an SCV at expansion base #1.
Select Command Center #3. Lift Off and land it on expansion base #2.
Select 12 SCVs from expansion #1 and send them to expansion #2 to harvest Minerals from a different node each.
Send 3 to harvest Vespene Gas.
Build 2 SCVs at expansion #1.
Build a Supply Depot.
Build 2 Siege Tanks.
Build a Goliath.
Build an SCV at expansion base #1.
Command all your tanks and goliaths to attack the enemy base starting here.
Build an SCV at main base.
Build an SCV at expansion base #1.
Build a Supply Depot.
Build 2 Goliaths.
Command all freshly built Tanks and Goliaths to assist your main force at the enemy base.
Build a Tank.
Build a Goliath.
Build a Missile Turret near the Refinery at expansion base #2.
Build 2 SCVs at expansion base #2.
Build a Missile Turret east of the Refinery at expansion base #2.
Build 2 Tanks.
Build a Goliath.
Select all freshly built Tanks and Goliaths from the Rally point, and send them to assist your main force at the enemy base.
Use the Comsat Station to reveal this area as your tanks go into siege mode.
Select the Armory. Upgrade Vehicle Plating (P) Level 2.
Build an SCV at expansion base #1.
Move all freshly built Tanks/Goliaths to the enemy base.
Build 2 SCVs at the main base.
Build 2 new Factory.
Build 2 Tanks.
Continue the same pace until the enemy base’s Nuke Silos are destroyed. That’s all you need to destroy to complete the mission.
Stukov: Well done, Captain. We won’t need to worry about nukes when we siege Mengsk’s palace.
FACTIONS
- UED Strike Team
- Elite Guard (Terran Dominion)
- Observers (Terran Dominion)
Episode 1: Rebel Yell (TERRAN CAMPAIGN)
Episode 2: Overmind (ZERG CAMPAIGN)
Episode 3: The Fall (PROTOSS CAMPAIGN)
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Ruins of Tarsonis | StarCraft: Brood War (Terran #3)
UED Flagship Aleksander, low orbit over the planet Tarsonis; former capital world of the Terran Confederacy.
The Dylarian Shipyards | StarCraft: Brood War (Terran #2)
UED Flagship Aleksander, holding perimeter orbit over the Dylarian Shipyards; outlying Dominion trade center.
