The Zerg are even more interesting here too. Just fighting for survival rather than consuming everything. And not all Zerg are mindless drones to a cerebrate. I like to think that simple-minded, brainless drones eventually become sapient and intelligent, those that lived the longest and survived the most battles. Draliska is a veteran Hydralisk.
Mengsk: Commander, the Conclave has been weakened, but I fear that we have sustained servere damage ourselves. I will steer the Norad III into the collision course with the Worldship. If I can channel enough ghost's energy through the Yamato Gun of the Norad III, I can bring swift death to the acursed abomination. Remember us, Commander, remember what was done here today. May The Confederate watch over you.
You know, I absolutely love this justification. Rather than being some psionic energy mumbo jumbo to let the Overmind manifestation, you must destroy the Capitol. The Capitol which they built on Nagglfar's landing site. It's highly symbolic and devastating to morale. Truly, the Conclave's wisdom knows no bounds! Now we'll see how the Terrans will fight back.
I like the symbolic power Aldaris is placing into this assault. By placing the Landing of the Worldship on the original landing site of the Terran’s beginning, this can destroy Terran Morale. Losing their humble beginnings can strike a chord when someone else takes it over.
So the explanation for The Worldship needing to land on a specific spot is purely symbolic. A little bit underwhelming, but it's still fine because it fits the protoss' (and Aldaris') character pretty well.
Duke in this campaign: Join forces? With UED? Where did you study politics, boy? I'm a general, for God's sake! By the good ol' fashioned discipline, you're under arrest.
Aldaris: Truly, victory is ours! Raynor: You'll have to postpone those plans, gentlemen. Adujant: NUCLEAR LAUNCH DETECTED x100 Raynor: HERE COMES THE NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE.
I must admit there are a lot of facinating campaigns and mods out there made for Starcraft and Warcraft 3. AI voices are altering them to a whole new greatness.
I just realized how there's another beautiful mirrored aspect in this story. Since Stukov replaces Zeratul, he will lead the Terrans from Tarsonis to Earth. So now, instead of exiles accepting their former tyrants as refugees, it shall be tyrants welcoming back those they exiled centuries ago.
In another universe (Although apparently this or something like it is in the works?): The Terran Dominion lands on Char where Arcturus's will is made manifest and he sets up the Psi Disruptor in order to end their resistance. For the site chosen is where the first Zerg Overmind had formed (but now is replaced by a new, different Overmind. Probably with a protective shell) and thus its old psionic energies would be most useful for channeling the Disruptor's powers.
There's another reason why this makes a lot of sense. The Protoss are a unified force here; the Daelaam, Nerazim, and the Tal'Darim, all one. The tribes are managed by the Templars; the Templars answer to a unified Conclave. A clean and easy hierarchy. If the Protoss was a force like this in the original campaign, I theorise not even the Swarm would have had a chance. The Zerg came at the time the Protoss were too busy bickering with their own internal politics. But as a unified force, The Protoss are actually freakishly deadly.
Oh, they are really deadly given their technological starting advantage as the firstborn of the Xel Naga. Not even the Zerg's virulent expansions can keep up with an actual unified Protoss civilization.
"though I have bore witness to countless decades, the structure you must assault is younger by only a few years" well that hit different lmao The Sky Fury looks good, I wondered why I didn't recognise its color pattern before seeing its name
I dunno why that was the line. Aldaris was born in the 18th Century, and the first landings of the Terran Supercarrier in Tarsonis happened around either the 23rd or 24th centuries, so I'm presuming that this version of Aldaris is much younger than his original counterpart. Probably the same age as original timeline Fenix or Tassadar
@@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 Probably a little lore hiccup. They're trying to adapt the Overmind's lines of bearing witness to countless millennia, and might have missed a bit when translating that into Protoss terms.
So Aldaris picked the ship site for no other reason than symbolism? He wastes his troops and resources for the sake of sentimentality? That’ll never work, where’d you study tactics, boi?
I imagine it would have a serious morale impact too. It's as if you built the White House in Jamestown VA, then they decided to blow it up and build their fortress of doom there.
Duke: Look will u shut up abt the protocols & let's just jump into the brief u robot!? Alright, now where to begin? Ah yes, protoss are hounding our asses on Tarsonis, and to add more insult to injury, they claim we're part of their what was it called again? Kale, kala? Whatever. Now don't give up hope just yet, although some of our folks were alredi joining them protoss. We'll have to fend some of them off of one of our own outpost. Raynor will meet u there, if u can find him alive dat is. And where the damn hell is Mengsk!? He'll have to answer for all of dat screwup dat led to this. For now u'll have to assume the commander post while we hold off the protoss. Mengsk failed us, hope u don't repeat his mistake, commander. I'll see to it dat u do ur damn job. Class dismissed.
It makes some sense to build the new Conclave building on top of the Nagglfar, as the old arkship of the Terrans has technology that even those in Koprulu have not yet grasped.
Terrans are lucky that in the canon timeline Protoss never saw them as a threat. Is realistic to say they could´ve been defeated centuries ago before even the Guild Wars
I find it gruesomely amusing that - unlike the Zerg in the original - the Protoss ARE actually after Earth in this storyline. Certainly makes the UED a little less overtly dubious... The Zerg were clearly a bioweapons project to them first, and a threat concern second. The Protoss are gunning straight for the UED's capital in this one. I wonder if Shakuras is replaced by Earth in BW? It's probably Korhal, it at least has a unique tileset.
This is the crazy spinoff, but it makes waaay more sense to me that Duran ascends as xelnaga since the has zerg and protoss dna, unlike kerrigan who was only zerg, i dont care about psionics
Plus with Terran DNA in him, he might actually ascend beyond Xel'Naga, since that "humanity" in him would perfectly serve as the binding force of his protoss and zerg sides
I actually love this version of Duran. The main universe Duran has little character to him other then being an Agent of Amon. Here, alternate Duran actually has a motivation to seek revenge, and he thinks for himself. I think if he were actually a former Terran, that makes him more badass than him simply being an lesser Xel'Naga from the beginning.
@@ziephel-6780 He would be the fully realized ascension of all three races. Thankfully based on how the campaign order goes, he will be the one to end up on top in the end
@@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 Alternate Duran is already a better villain/antagonist than both Amon and Kerrigan combined. I want to see a sequel of this alternate universe in Starcraft 2
@@ziephel-6780 The ending would be that Duran wins against all three races, and in his mercy, he ascends them all to his own level, just to show them what it really feels like. He can be as ruthless as Amon, but I don't think his goal is the destruction of everything, or even the glorification of the Protoss. That however, is still dependent on the main creator. But first, he must turn our man Draliska into a Hybrid, and then give him some terran ghost DNA later on
This twist in the story makes me want to see more about a clash between these Protoss and the "Homan's" from earth, how much advanced they will be compared to the terrans if just them were a menace to the Protoss?
I remember I beat the final mission of Alternate Episode III long before (probably its campaign title is "unrest", and the final mission map is "Vortex") and it was harder than the original counterpart - Carriers just come at your base in early game and you have to find the way to deal with it. but I'm very sure Nral can beat it with his skills.
Executor, I have a challenge for you - when you'll play Terran Campaign, try to not using Nuclear Missiles on Tarsonis, only on alien worlds ;) Anyway, I can't wait to see how Terrans will show Protoss that they messed with wrong enemy! :D
In this version, the terrans are shown as a mighty, wise and truly ancient race. Though FSR their footsoldiers like to use questionable medicine to use shooty sticks a little better. Though, i guess, it's better than hi-tech race with half-naked infantry that likes close combat...
I musta read the terran backstory a couple dozen times it was so intriguing! (and the protoss and zerg origins, naturally =D) Too bad SC2 didn't do much with all that lore but seeing it here this au campaign has been super rad!
Wait, the Terrans started it? Now I imagine the Terran-Protoss war to be similar to Babylon 5's Earth-Minbari war. Which is kinda fitting in a way, the Protoss in the original already took quite a bit of inspiration from the Minbari (although when it comes down to it, they're both just Plato's Republic in space).
The way the briefing goes, I think that what actually happened was that the Protoss told the Terrans to join their glorious empire or else. The Terrans are space Texans, so you can probably guess their response to that particular offer.
@@benlubbers4943 Yeah okay I guess that would be another possible variant. I was just trying to not make one of the races look like the definitive bad guy, but your version works too narratively. (Your version of the Protoss reminds me more of Star Trek's Borg in a way, particularly with the whole idea of integrating the Terrans into the Khala .)
@@Acecard-jl2py Interesting... Zeratul has a critical role in original SC/SC2 story... Or I must say... What main Character in Terran AU story will be Zeratul's role..
Episode II The Conclave is over. Before we begin episode 3, I will be playing Reign of the Void Terran campaign.
Nice! I can't wait to see the "Infestation of the Dominion"
The terran campaign is protoss campaign but with redneck, american texan witha heap dose of racism(against protoss & zerg dat is)
Cant wait for the banter between the Dukaldaris and Mengskassda😂.
@@Vantud391 dat's a mouthful to pronounce those names
reign of the void will be come back
FUCK YEAH!!!!!!
The will of the Conclave is absolute, make peace with Adun!
Or else, we will forcibly bring the Peace of Adun to you!
I like the spin that the Protoss are simply an all-conquering empire fighting for dominance. It's simple and realistic - no convoluted plot needed!
The Zerg are even more interesting here too. Just fighting for survival rather than consuming everything. And not all Zerg are mindless drones to a cerebrate.
I like to think that simple-minded, brainless drones eventually become sapient and intelligent, those that lived the longest and survived the most battles.
Draliska is a veteran Hydralisk.
Very true!@@ziephel-6780
Mengsk: Commander, the Conclave has been weakened, but I fear that we have sustained servere damage ourselves. I will steer the Norad III into the collision course with the Worldship. If I can channel enough ghost's energy through the Yamato Gun of the Norad III, I can bring swift death to the acursed abomination. Remember us, Commander, remember what was done here today. May The Confederate watch over you.
You know, I absolutely love this justification. Rather than being some psionic energy mumbo jumbo to let the Overmind manifestation, you must destroy the Capitol. The Capitol which they built on Nagglfar's landing site. It's highly symbolic and devastating to morale. Truly, the Conclave's wisdom knows no bounds! Now we'll see how the Terrans will fight back.
Mengsk: HERE COMES THE NORAD!
Aldaris: OH FUUCK!
War, war never changes
That mellow Protoss theme playing along with the Terran dying screams makes this a delight to watch.
Somewhere in the distance, you can hear the rage-filled screams of the Terran commander, Artosis.
He was probably on a backwater post. The terran forces that defended the site were more professional in every way than Artosis ever could hope to be
Surely in this universe Artosis is a dedicated Zerg main who constantly rages and screams about how easy and low-skill Terrans are
I like the symbolic power Aldaris is placing into this assault. By placing the Landing of the Worldship on the original landing site of the Terran’s beginning, this can destroy Terran Morale. Losing their humble beginnings can strike a chord when someone else takes it over.
So the explanation for The Worldship needing to land on a specific spot is purely symbolic. A little bit underwhelming, but it's still fine because it fits the protoss' (and Aldaris') character pretty well.
It's exactly the kind of dramatic nonsense the Conclave would definetly do.
It fits the type of aristocratic ivory tower type of stuff the Judicators love ever so much.
@@Vanderyn It's even better because the protoss are the bad guys in this scenario.
Nah, they just need to dump protoss poop somewhere /s
Love that the worldship actually spawns in lmao
Duke in this campaign: Join forces? With UED? Where did you study politics, boy? I'm a general, for God's sake! By the good ol' fashioned discipline, you're under arrest.
After all, Duke always ask of study tactic and politics 😂 I always love that guy 😂
In cannon the protoss are so indifferent towards the terran.. but this makes it SO COOL "where they first crashlanded milenia ago"
"younger than me by only a few years" Well done.
Aldaris: Truly, victory is ours!
Raynor: You'll have to postpone those plans, gentlemen.
Adujant: NUCLEAR LAUNCH DETECTED x100
Raynor: HERE COMES THE NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE.
That intro was unbelievably good.
4:48 Worldship : *tries to crush the Zealot*
Zealot : *teleports*
Zealot : Too slow.
It is fortunate that I can phase through the shadows to the other side!
I want to thank Nral for playing these mods that I had no idea existed. Always bringing me back to Starcraft to give it another playthrough
I must admit there are a lot of facinating campaigns and mods out there made for Starcraft and Warcraft 3. AI voices are altering them to a whole new greatness.
Now let's see how the Terrans will hold out Tarsonis in *their Stand.*
Someday, the legacy of earth will reconquer Tarsonis with the power of UED
And the Umojans
And the Kel-Morians
And Skynet, which they actually made, but then place them in stasis for some reason
@@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 We talking SC2? Haha. Legacy of Earth. Of course!
@@AmandaFessler Indeed
I just realized how there's another beautiful mirrored aspect in this story.
Since Stukov replaces Zeratul, he will lead the Terrans from Tarsonis to Earth. So now, instead of exiles accepting their former tyrants as refugees, it shall be tyrants welcoming back those they exiled centuries ago.
And ofc a revolt against the UED is gonna be part of the mission at some point, or maybe the confederacy? Oh well, can't wait
I want this to be true, but I imagine it's going to be Braxis.
@@Jstar18Hit will be braxis
In another universe (Although apparently this or something like it is in the works?):
The Terran Dominion lands on Char where Arcturus's will is made manifest and he sets up the Psi Disruptor in order to end their resistance.
For the site chosen is where the first Zerg Overmind had formed (but now is replaced by a new, different Overmind. Probably with a protective shell) and thus its old psionic energies would be most useful for channeling the Disruptor's powers.
And acquiring tissue samples from a Cerebrate last mission is how they know how to get to the rest of them once the Overmind is destroyed.
I really love the old art style of starcraft, I think the Xel Naga temple is a great asset.
There's another reason why this makes a lot of sense. The Protoss are a unified force here; the Daelaam, Nerazim, and the Tal'Darim, all one. The tribes are managed by the Templars; the Templars answer to a unified Conclave. A clean and easy hierarchy.
If the Protoss was a force like this in the original campaign, I theorise not even the Swarm would have had a chance. The Zerg came at the time the Protoss were too busy bickering with their own internal politics. But as a unified force, The Protoss are actually freakishly deadly.
Oh, they are really deadly given their technological starting advantage as the firstborn of the Xel Naga. Not even the Zerg's virulent expansions can keep up with an actual unified Protoss civilization.
@@jayzenstyle not to forget they have Gigachadaris on their side.
@@jayzenstyle That and they're immune to infestation.
"though I have bore witness to countless decades, the structure you must assault is younger by only a few years"
well that hit different lmao
The Sky Fury looks good, I wondered why I didn't recognise its color pattern before seeing its name
I dunno why that was the line. Aldaris was born in the 18th Century, and the first landings of the Terran Supercarrier in Tarsonis happened around either the 23rd or 24th centuries, so I'm presuming that this version of Aldaris is much younger than his original counterpart. Probably the same age as original timeline Fenix or Tassadar
@@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 Probably a little lore hiccup. They're trying to adapt the Overmind's lines of bearing witness to countless millennia, and might have missed a bit when translating that into Protoss terms.
@@AmandaFessler I see, that is possible too
So Aldaris picked the ship site for no other reason than symbolism? He wastes his troops and resources for the sake of sentimentality? That’ll never work, where’d you study tactics, boi?
I imagine it would have a serious morale impact too. It's as if you built the White House in Jamestown VA, then they decided to blow it up and build their fortress of doom there.
Glory to the Protoss Empire! May it conquer all!
DOOM TO ALL WHO THREATEN OUR HOMEWORLD!
*_Based_*
I have been waiting for next campaign, Dukie's counter attack.
If the general Duke and his Alpha squadron were here, the mouthless protoss wouldn't be able to set one foot on Tarsonis's holy ground.🤠
Duke: Look will u shut up abt the protocols & let's just jump into the brief u robot!? Alright, now where to begin? Ah yes, protoss are hounding our asses on Tarsonis, and to add more insult to injury, they claim we're part of their what was it called again? Kale, kala? Whatever.
Now don't give up hope just yet, although some of our folks were alredi joining them protoss. We'll have to fend some of them off of one of our own outpost. Raynor will meet u there, if u can find him alive dat is. And where the damn hell is Mengsk!? He'll have to answer for all of dat screwup dat led to this. For now u'll have to assume the commander post while we hold off the protoss. Mengsk failed us, hope u don't repeat his mistake, commander. I'll see to it dat u do ur damn job. Class dismissed.
Then we shall see Terran strikes back Protoss.
Has anyone else been impressed by the Protoss AI voices? Especially Aldaris?
It makes some sense to build the new Conclave building on top of the Nagglfar, as the old arkship of the Terrans has technology that even those in Koprulu have not yet grasped.
Protoss can speedrun by teleport with Arbiter. Just like Zerg.
Finally the terrans learned that the will of the Conclave is absolute!
Can't wait for Mengsk for steering the Hyperion into a collision corse to the Conclave😂
You mean for Teal Vulture to steer Mengsk in Magistrate course to Conclave /s
Somehow uncanny seeing Terrans in Yellow player palette
To be fair, there's a couple missions in Brood War where Kerrigan's forces fight some yellow terrans (Mission 2 and 3 I believe)
Terrans are lucky that in the canon timeline Protoss never saw them as a threat. Is realistic to say they could´ve been defeated centuries ago before even the Guild Wars
this is pretty much the entire precursor saga plot from halo
Your micro with the templars are really good. Nice job
The much feared Aldarismind
Long live the Protoss Empire!
2:54
Templar to zealot: "I got your back"
Zealot: Hurry :(
I find it gruesomely amusing that - unlike the Zerg in the original - the Protoss ARE actually after Earth in this storyline. Certainly makes the UED a little less overtly dubious... The Zerg were clearly a bioweapons project to them first, and a threat concern second. The Protoss are gunning straight for the UED's capital in this one.
I wonder if Shakuras is replaced by Earth in BW? It's probably Korhal, it at least has a unique tileset.
Spoilers...
It's actually not earth, it's Braxis.
So here come the NORAD III? Is there a broodwar ver of this mod?
Yes there is. We even get to play Primal Zerg.
@@ExecutorNral Glory to the Conclave, Long live the empire =)
This is the crazy spinoff, but it makes waaay more sense to me that Duran ascends as xelnaga since the has zerg and protoss dna, unlike kerrigan who was only zerg, i dont care about psionics
Plus with Terran DNA in him, he might actually ascend beyond Xel'Naga, since that "humanity" in him would perfectly serve as the binding force of his protoss and zerg sides
I actually love this version of Duran. The main universe Duran has little character to him other then being an Agent of Amon.
Here, alternate Duran actually has a motivation to seek revenge, and he thinks for himself. I think if he were actually a former Terran, that makes him more badass than him simply being an lesser Xel'Naga from the beginning.
@@ziephel-6780 He would be the fully realized ascension of all three races. Thankfully based on how the campaign order goes, he will be the one to end up on top in the end
@@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 Alternate Duran is already a better villain/antagonist than both Amon and Kerrigan combined. I want to see a sequel of this alternate universe in Starcraft 2
@@ziephel-6780 The ending would be that Duran wins against all three races, and in his mercy, he ascends them all to his own level, just to show them what it really feels like. He can be as ruthless as Amon, but I don't think his goal is the destruction of everything, or even the glorification of the Protoss. That however, is still dependent on the main creator.
But first, he must turn our man Draliska into a Hybrid, and then give him some terran ghost DNA later on
This twist in the story makes me want to see more about a clash between these Protoss and the "Homan's" from earth, how much advanced they will be compared to the terrans if just them were a menace to the Protoss?
Now the real question is who is inside the XelNaga Temple Conclave? Overmind or a bunch of Zeratul coop units?
Someone, make Artosis play this campaign. His disappointment will be immeasurable and our day will be made. :D
I remember I beat the final mission of Alternate Episode III long before (probably its campaign title is "unrest", and the final mission map is "Vortex") and it was harder than the original counterpart - Carriers just come at your base in early game and you have to find the way to deal with it. but I'm very sure Nral can beat it with his skills.
Executor, I have a challenge for you - when you'll play Terran Campaign, try to not using Nuclear Missiles on Tarsonis, only on alien worlds ;)
Anyway, I can't wait to see how Terrans will show Protoss that they messed with wrong enemy! :D
In this version, the terrans are shown as a mighty, wise and truly ancient race. Though FSR their footsoldiers like to use questionable medicine to use shooty sticks a little better. Though, i guess, it's better than hi-tech race with half-naked infantry that likes close combat...
Oh I don't know Aldaris. Have you seen 4chan or 9gag lately? You might want to reconsider bringing everything to the Khala.
I musta read the terran backstory a couple dozen times it was so intriguing! (and the protoss and zerg origins, naturally =D) Too bad SC2 didn't do much with all that lore but seeing it here this au campaign has been super rad!
i love wathing these types of videos
The ancient Tarsonis Capitol that by timeline won’t be created for a couple hundred more years? Way to make me feel old……
I honestly thought they'd have the crashed NORAD II to represent the crashed original colony ship.
cant wait for the terran campaign
and the one big ass gantrithor arrives on tarsonis
So big, it became a Xel'Naga Temple
Hey i was wondering if you had unreleased/uneditted versions of the full mission gameplay. I would also love to watch you play those too :3
Unfortunately my internet is too slow for long gameplay videos. Thats one of the reasons why I am editing these.
Wait, the Terrans started it? Now I imagine the Terran-Protoss war to be similar to Babylon 5's Earth-Minbari war. Which is kinda fitting in a way, the Protoss in the original already took quite a bit of inspiration from the Minbari (although when it comes down to it, they're both just Plato's Republic in space).
The way the briefing goes, I think that what actually happened was that the Protoss told the Terrans to join their glorious empire or else.
The Terrans are space Texans, so you can probably guess their response to that particular offer.
@@benlubbers4943 Yeah okay I guess that would be another possible variant. I was just trying to not make one of the races look like the definitive bad guy, but your version works too narratively. (Your version of the Protoss reminds me more of Star Trek's Borg in a way, particularly with the whole idea of integrating the Terrans into the Khala .)
Protoss Invasion of Tarsonis feels actually nicer
The Conclave in this universe is more like the Tal'darim, except no red or black. And less stereotypical villainy.
And no Vanguard 1/10
@@survey9728 I mean- This campaign takes place in the past, same as canon.
So... the Protoss are just the Covenant from Halo?
I've been wondering.... Where will Zeratul debut in this alternative storyline?
I don’t think he will be. Duran has his portrait.
@@Acecard-jl2py Interesting... Zeratul has a critical role in original SC/SC2 story...
Or I must say... What main Character in Terran AU story will be Zeratul's role..
@@Johnpao215 Stukov, as seen in protoss Alternate 08.(Duran hunts down the UED Ghosts)
Damn, this is so epic! Perfectly well captured spirit of the original Conclave.