星际争霸：第六章

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StarCraft: Episode VI

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StarCraft Episode VI: The Queen of Blades covered Infested Kerrigan's campaign to defeat the United Earth Directorate's Psi Disrupter and take control of the zerg. In this campaign, the player took the role of a cerebrate forced to work for Kerrigan.
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Vile DisruptionEdit

    Main article: Raid on Tarsonis

At this stage of the war, Infested Kerrigan was hiding out on the former-Confederate capital of Tarsonis with her minion, Infested Duran, and a very small Swarm. She had taken control of a cerebrate, a necessary link in the zerg chain of command. Her forces were weak because the United Earth Directorate had activated the Psi Disrupter, interfering with her control of the zerg.

Kerrigan's loyal zerg recaptured her hives, slaying most of the renegades and recruiting others.[1]
Reign of FireEdit

    Main article: Liberation of Braxis

Kerrigan secured the cooperation of Jim Raynor, Fenix, and Arcturus Mengsk in the fight against the UED. Despite the mutual animosity, Mengsk was persuaded to lend the use of his psi-emitters by the realization only by assisting Kerrigan could the UED be routed and the Dominion restored. Kerrigan planned to strike the Psi Disrupter and the psi-emitters were needed to gather enough zerg to attack.

The attack on Braxis began with Raynor's Raiders who destroyed the poorly defended primary power generators. With the Disrupter's effects reduced a psi-emitter was deployed to rally zerg on the surface to Kerrigan. The Queen of Blades then used these local zerg to construct a hive with which to assault the UED garrison.

The Psi Disrupter's defenses were overrun. With the device destroyed Kerrigan regained control of her minions.[2]
The Kel-Morian CombineEdit

    Main article: Raid on Moria

As Fenix, Jim Raynor and Arcturus Mengsk discussed about if they should really trust Infested Kerrigan, as they believed that after the destruction of the Psi Disrupter she would turn on them. However, they agreed that she was serious about defeating the UED, and vowed to work with her towards that end.

Kerrigan arrived soon after and the allies began discussing their next steps. In order to assault Korhal, the UED primary staging point on the Sector since the fall of the Dominion, Kerrigan needed resources to build up her Swarm. Fenix and the zerg coordinated an attack on a mining area on Moria, one of the richest resource planets in the Sector. Kerrigan also wished for the infestation of as many command centers as possible. The attack was successful and Kerrigan's forces made off with their quota.[3]
The Liberation of KorhalEdit

    Main article: Liberation of Korhal (Brood War)

After acquiring enough resources, Kerrigan moved on to the main event on Korhal, taking any infested command centers with her. The UED had an important presence on the planet, having placed an entire planetary garrison and even some of their slave broods to guard the world. Despite such formidable defenses, though, Kerrigan and her allies were able to retake Korhal by removing all UED presence in Augustgrad, dealing a heavy defeat to the UED forces on the Sector and placing Char as the last major stronghold the UED had on Koprulu.[4]
True ColorsEdit

    Main article: Betrayal on Korhal (True Colors)

Kerrigan discussed her next steps with Samir Duran. With the UED's power broken on Korhal, only their forces on Char posed a threat to her. She believed that the time to eliminate her allies had come. She ordered an immediate attack. While initially successful due to both Dominion and protoss forces being caught off-guard, they quickly retaliated, with General Edmund Duke and Praetor Fenix personally leading their respective forces. Nonetheless, little could they do against Kerrigan's zerg hordes and soon fell on the battlefield alongside most of their troops, to the anger of Arcturus Mengsk and Jim Raynor. Once the job was done, Kerrigan felt weary of slaughter for the first time since her infestation, so she ordered her forces to withdraw to Tarsonis to rest.[5]
Fury of the SwarmEdit

    Main article: Second Raid on Tarsonis

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True Colors
Next     

Drawing of the Web
Fury of the Swarm
Conflict     

The Queen of Blades
Place     

Tarsonis
Result     

Zerg Swarm victory
Combatants

Zerg SC2 Icon Zerg Swarm
   

UnitedEarthDirectorate SC1 Logo1 United Earth Directorate
Zerg SC1 Logo UED Slave Broods
Commanders

Zerg SC2 Icon Infested Kerrigan
Zerg SC2 Icon Infested Duran
Zerg SC2 Icon Cerebrate
   

UnitedEarthDirectorate SC1 Logo1 Gerard DuGalle (presumed)
Zerg SC1 Logo New Overmind
Strength
   

UED Science Corps
Two UED Slave Broods

Kerrigan's peace on Tarsonis was short-lived, however, as a huge wave of zerg appeared in orbit over Tarsonis and hundreds of zerg landed on the planet and began to attack her outposts. Duran offered to rally the troops.

Kerrigan lost four of her five primary hive clusters - only the center one survived, and it was nearly surrounded by the UED Slave Broods. As Kerrigan slowly fought back, Duran noticed a UED Science Corps outpost at the rear of the landing zone. There were a number of scientists and genetic engineers there, protected by security guards and pyrotechnic engineers, along with a number of zerg locked up in pens. Kerrigan commented that the UED's control of the Overmind was tenuous and it could not directly control the zerg on Tarsonis. These "scientists" were needed to coordinate the attack.

Duran ordered the cerebrate to attack the scientists instead of wiping out the attacking zerg. Kerrigan's Swarm slowly fought its way past the UED's zerg and killed the scientists. The imprisoned zerg were freed from their pens.[6]
Drawing of the WebEdit

    Main article: Battle of Talematros

Previous     

Fury of the Swarm
Next     

To Slay the Beast
Drawing of the Web
Conflict     

The Queen of Blades
Place     

Talematros, Shakuras
Result     

Zerg Swarm strategic victory
Combatants

Zerg SC2 Icon Zerg Swarm
   

ProtossLogo SC2 Art1a Talematros Defenders
Commanders

Zerg SC2 Icon Infested Kerrigan
Zerg SC2 Icon Infested Duran
Zerg SC2 Icon Cerebrate
   

ProtossLogo SC2 Art1a Artanis
ProtossLogo SC2 Art1a Zeratul
ProtossLogo SC2 Art1a Raszagal

Infested Kerrigan, having recovered from the attack on Tarsonis, moved forward with her plan. She took Samir Duran and a zerg force to Shakuras, informing Duran that she needed to recover Matriarch Raszagal to advance her plan.

Raszagal was located in the Dark Templar capital, Talematros, which was built on a tall hill with five heavily-defended ramps to get inside. A large number of protoss from Aiur had also moved into the city, augmenting its defenses with troops and technology. Talematros had a defense system consisting of special pylons, which generated a powerful electro-magnetic field, capable of preventing zerg from maneuvering through the air nearby. As a result, Kerrigan could only send ground-based minions, with a few exceptions, anywhere near the capital.

She needed a distraction to retrieve the Matriarch, and her servant Samir Duran provided one. He knew quite a bit about protoss technology, enough to spot a vulnerability in the city's defenses. If he could plant explosives on the five special pylon clusters and detonate them simultaneously, he could overload the pylons, creating a huge distraction. Of course, he still had to lead the zerg up the city's five ramps, which were defended by both the protoss.

Duran was successful in planting the explosives and setting them off. The entire city exploded, as all of its structures were connected to the power grid. In the confusion, Kerrigan was able to spirit away the Matriarch and escape.

The xel'naga temple was not activated during the battle.[7]
To Slay the BeastEdit

    Main article: Battle of the Second Overmind (To Slay the Beast)

Using the stolen Raszagal as an insurance, Kerrigan sought out help from Zeratul and his Dark Templar brethren in order to destroy the second Overmind on Char. Zeratul was suspicious, but Raszagal convinced him that the Overmind was a dangerous enemy that have to be destroyed. Zeratul reluctantly agreed.

Despite a formidable UED defense made of both the bulk of theit expeditionary fleet and their captive broods, Kerrigan's forces managed to destroy the dreaded Overmind, with Zeratul personally dealling the final blow. Zeratul then demanded the return of the Matriarch. Kerrigan asked the Matriarch if she wanted to return to Shakuras, but the Matriarch said no.

Astounded, Zeratul quickly realized the truth: His Matriarch was being manipulated by Kerrigan. In fact, she began manipulating her long before she met Zeratul in Shakuras in order to manipulate the protoss into doing her bidding. Zeratul then escaped via recall, but not without taking the Matriarch with him.[8]
The ReckoningEdit
Shakurus SC1 Art2     

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    The Reckoning (Heart of the Swarm mission)

    Main article: Skirmish on Char (The Reckoning)

Previous     

To Slay the Beast
Next     

Omega
The Reckoning
Conflict     

The Queen of Blades
Place     

Char
Result     

Zerg Swarm tactical victory but lost Raszagal
Combatants

Zerg SC2 Icon Zerg Swarm
   

ProtossLogo SC2 Art1a Protoss Warband
   

UnitedEarthDirectorate SC1 Logo1 United Earth Directorate
Commanders

Zerg SC2 Icon Infested Kerrigan
Zerg SC2 Icon Infested Duran
Zerg SC2 Icon Cerebrate
   

ProtossLogo SC2 Art1a Zeratul
   

UnitedEarthDirectorate SC1 Logo1 Gerard DuGalle (presumed)
Strength

Zerg forces
   

Protoss Warband
   

UED Remnants

Six hours later, Samir Duran gave Kerrigan a report. With the Overmind and its cerebrates destroyed, virtually all the zerg in the Sector now fell under Kerrigan's control. The United Earth Directorate fleet had fled the planet, and he did not know how many ships they had left. Kerrigan's primary hive clusters were moved to an orbital platform over Char.

Zeratul had somehow bypassed the zerg defenses and spirited the Matriarch away. He and his brethren had collected with a group of protoss survivors and clustered on the surface of Char. They had imprisoned Raszagal in a stasis cell, and would be able to initiate dimensional recall to Shakuras in only half an hour.

Kerrigan then ordered all of her Broods to descend to the surface of Char and capture the Matriarch and Zeratul. The rest of the protoss could die.

Believing the protoss intended to take Raszagal back to Shakuras, Kerrigan said it was a pity that Raszagal could not be redeemed.

The zerg had to quickly concentrate their forces and move them against the protoss. The remnants of the United Earth Directorate stood in their way. Eventually the zerg reached the small protoss base, killing all the protoss and destroying all the structures except for the stasis cell.

Zeratul wasn't there for the attack, but he quickly made an appearance. Cursing Kerrigan, he destroyed the stasis cell and stabbed his own Matriarch with his warp blade.

As Raszagal lay dying, she told Zeratul that he had freed her from Kerrigan's control, and that he must watch over her tribe. "Into your hands I give the future." Then she died.

Kerrigan could scarcely believe what she had just seen. Zeratul said it was better that he killed her, rather than let her live as Kerrigan's slave. Kerrigan, impressed, allowed him to leave without attacking him. Besides, she had "taken his honor" and believed he would never be able to forgive himself.

True to her word, Kerrigan allowed Zeratul and a few of his brethren to escape from Char.[9] These battered protoss set their course for Shakuras, hoping to find Artanis and any other survivors of Kerrigan's attacks.[10]
Dark OriginEdit

    Main article: Dark Origin

If the Reckoning is beaten in less than 25 minutes, the player can then play the secret bonus map, Dark Origin. In this mission, Zeratul discovers a chilling secret...[10]
OmegaEdit

    Main article: Battle over Char (Omega)

At Char three separate fleets, belonging to Arcturus Mengsk's Dominion, Artanis' Protoss and Gerard DuGalle's remaining UED forces converged on Char Aleph,[11] the infested orbital platform used as a staging area for the zerg. This came at a bad time for Infested Kerrigan. She was aboard but Samir Duran had vanished and most of the broods were on the planet surface. Only a small number of zerg were positioned to defend the platform, surrounded by the three enemy fleets. Mengsk's forces used mainly siege tanks and nuclear missiles, Artanis' forces used the typical protoss psionic attacks, and DuGalle's forces used mainly spacecraft and goliaths. However, all three forces had suffered heavy defeats in the past and were only shadows of their former selves. Eventually, Kerrigan's zerg defeated each fleet one by one.[12]
AftermathEdit
The AscensionEdit
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The UED fleet fled Char. During the retreat Admiral Gerard DuGalle wrote a letter to his wife, Helena, where he reflected on the expedition's failure and his own culpability in the death of Vice-Admiral Alexei Stukov. The admiral then killed himself.[13]

Infested Kerrigan was left the undisputed leader of the Swarm though victory had come at a cost. She was willing to allow her enemies to rebuild in the short term in the confidence they would one day bow before her.[13]
EpilogueEdit

The remainder of the UED fleet was subsequently pursued and destroyed by the zerg. The UED never learned what had truly occurred in the Koprulu Sector.[14] However small pockets of UED soldiers remained scattered through out the sector.[15]

Arcturus Mengsk and Artanis returned to Korhal and Shakuras, respectively, to rebuild their civilizations. Jim Raynor disappeared for a time[14] before returning to terran space to lead Raynor's Raiders against the Terran Dominion.[16] Zeratul left with a handful of followers into self-exile on a prolonged journey to investigate what he had discovered on a dark moon at the end of the war.[17]

Kerrigan was disquieted by the feelings of an approaching threat and the uncertainty this posed for the future.[14]
List of MissionsEdit

    Main article: StarCraft Episode VI missions