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The Great War

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• By the early year, psychic teenager Nova has come under the control of Fagin, the crime lord of the Gutter (a Tarsonis City neighborhood). Malcolm Kelerchian, a wrangler who seeks psychics for the Ghost Program, continues his search for her.

Fall of Tarsonis

The below dates are derived from the message Louis Molina left for Kehl in StarCraft: Ghost: Nova. Molina said he'd be back on the 20th, which Kehl noted would be in "three days".

• ??/07/2500: Delta Squadron arrives at Antiga Prime, blockading the SOK position. Sarah Kerrigan succeeds in planting a psi emitter in the Delta Squadron base camp, luring thousands of zerg to the planet, supplementing the ones that are already there. Confederate forces are either wiped out or are forced to retreat to Halcyon. Protoss ships arrive shortly afterward and engage the zerg in space combat.

• • In the last hours of the planet, Raynor leads a mission to save some colonists, aided by Tassadar. They succeed and the Sons of Korhal depart the planet for Tarsonis. In the wake of the evacuation, Mengsk sends out a message to all the remaining terran worlds. Not long after this, the protoss sterilize the planet.

• February: The Sons of Korhal take control of the Terran Confederacy world of Atticus Minor. The planet is then invaded by the zerg, which the Sons of Korhal engage in combat with.
  • Confederate official Tamsen Cauley dispatches the War Pigs, a band of indentured soldiers, to kill Arcturus Mengsk at Atticus Minor. The attempt is a failure.
  • Cauley replaces the War Pigs with his new, upgraded Cerberus Program.
  • Cauley betrays the War Pigs at Tyrador VIII, but they escape. They vow to separate from each other and hide.

• ??/17/2500: Ghost Program Director Ilsa Killiany summons Malcolm Kelerchian to account for his inability to find Nova. Claiming that he’d need an army to do so he’s given such a thing, namely the 22nd Confederate Marine Division (aka the “Annihilators”) under Major Esmerelda Ndoci. Soon after he’s contacted by Tarsonis Police Officer Larry Fonseca, who tells him that a "blonde" has been seen working for Fagin. Kelerchian heads off to Fonseca’s apartment in order to get more info, hoping that he can come up with a plan that doesn’t involve Ndoci wiping out the entire Gutter.

• Business as usual occurs at Fagin’s place, or at least what has become usual—subordinates are executed, Nova freaks out Markus Ralian with her telepathy, along with Kehl, etc. Unable to take it Ralian heads home, taking Kehl with him.

• • Fonseca tells Kelerchian about Fagin and how he runs the Gutter.

• • Ralian contacts Sergeant Morwood about Fagin, realizing that the psi screen he’s been wearing over the months is eating away at his brain (it shouldn’t be worn for more that seven hours at a time), thus explaining the psychosis. He resolves to see Fagin about it.

• • Kelerchian and the Annihilators board a transport vessel at Holyktown. They fly to the Gutter. Kelerchian enters Fagin's headquarters, hoping to persuade him to give up Nova. Fagin, having gone insane, refuses. Nova comes out to see and, taking advantage of Fagin’s distraction, telekinetically controls Markus Ralian to shoot his boss. She reads Kelerchian’s mind about the Ghost Program and accepts, wanting to have her memories erased.

• • The Sons of Korhal breach the planet's orbital defenses and teams are sent planetside.

• • The Annihilators are ordered by General Ledbetter to extract Nova by any means necessary. They bring the building down in their rampage, killing Ralian and severely injuring Kelerchian. Nova forces the Annihilators to rescue Kelerchian and take them with her.

• The SOK places psi emitters in centers of Confederate power, luring billions of zerg to the planet. This action alienates some of Arcturus Mengsk's closest supporters.

• The zerg quickly overrun the Confederacy’s defenses and proceed to lay waste to its urban and industrial centres. During the chaos, musician Starry Lace is infected with a strange parasite by the zerg.

• Confederates evacuate from Osborne Port.

• ??/18/2500: The protoss arrive at Tarsonis and proceed to engage the zerg. Fearing that the Confederates will be able to escape, Arcturus Mengsk sends Lieutenant Sarah Kerrigan planet-side to engage them. Raynor and Liberty attempt to go after her, but are slowed down by General Edmund Duke, gloating at the chance to use this "mutiny" against them. They manage to get past him though.

• • Protoss, zerg and SOK forces duke it out above the planet as Raynor and Liberty reach New Gettysburg, after hearing Kerrigan’s request for an evac due to zerg forces overrunning their positions. They’re able to save some of the soldiers, both SOK and Confederate, but Kerrigan is MIA, presumed dead. In reality, she’s captured by the zerg and entombed in a chrysalis.

• • Raynor breaks away from the Sons of Korhal, his forces taking out the Ion Cannon, thus allowing them to escape. Liberty meanwhile goes freelance, determined to get the real story out.

Overmind

• A new cerebrate is created by the Overmind to watch over the chrysalis. Under the tutelage of fellow cerebrates Daggoth and Zasz, it deals with some Omega Squadron remnants.

• Raynor's Raiders "raid" the Dylarian Shipyards, acquiring a number of Terran Dominion vessels along with the Hyperion. The Dominion thus suffers its first major defeat-even before its official formation.

• Arcturus Mengsk officially declares the Terran Dominion, inaugurated as Emperor Arcturus I.
  • The Dominion commands all terran governments.

• The Dominion transports a number of refugees to Ursa. Malcolm Kelerchian awakens on the Pasteur. He is debriefed by Director Kevin Bick, head of the Dominion's version of the Ghost Program.

• After six weeks of nightmares due to Sarah Kerrigan’s psionic prowess, Jim Raynor realizes that she’s on Char. He sets off after her, with the Raiders in tow.

• Alpha Squadron forces led by General Edmund Duke arrive at Char and proceeds to engage the zerg. They suffer heavy casualties upon landing and are forced to retreat.

• Raynor and co. arrive at Char after a two week journey. After a confrontation with Duke, Raynor takes his troops down to the surface, learning from Lieutenant Matt Horner that the protoss have arrived as well. Regardless, they make their way to Kerrigan, but arrive too late to prevent her rebirth into the Swarm. Only Raynor and a few others survive the ordeal.

• Infested Kerrigan takes a zerg force with her and attacks the science vessel Amerigo, hoping to gain access to the old Ghost Program files and thus undo the psychic dampening installed. Boarding it via a terran shuttle and doing the same to Duke and Raynor’s ships, she achieves her goals. The zerg overrun almost all the ships, both those of Raynor and Duke. Duke manages to escape in the Norad III and Matt Horner is able to make an emergency warp jump in the Hyperion, but few ships make it down to the surface. Raynor links up with the survivors.

• Jim Raynor encounters Tassadar. They come to a mutual agreement, that Raynor will watch out for Kerrigan but not engage her. That’s Tassadar’s job.

• Tassadar encounters Kerrigan. Tassadar strategically retreats.

Disputed Events

The course of these events differ significantly between three different sources: StarCraft Episodes II and III, the novel StarCraft: Queen of Blades, and information from Chris Metzen.

• Zeratul assassinates the cerebrate Zasz, sending the Garm Brood into a frenzy.

• Daggoth contacts Kerrigan, telling her about Zasz’s death, and due to the energy wielded by the Dark Templar, the Overmind is unable to resurrect him. As a result, the Garm Brood has gone on a rampage. Kerrigan continues her hunt for Tassadar while zerg forces eradicate the Garm Brood.

These events only occur in the Queen of Blades novel.

• Kerrigan soon finds Tassadar, the two forces confronting each other in a valley with Raynor looking on. Tassadar and Kerrigan duel, the Queen of Blades gaining the upper hand, mirroring the situation on the battlefield as a whole. Courtesy of a distraction by Raynor, the protoss are able to escape. Enraged, Kerrigan sets after them, summoning reinforcements to boot.

• Kerrigan later encounters Zeratul, her fight with Tassadar being mirrored. Once again however, the protoss are able to escape.

This event occurs in both StarCraft and Queen of Blades.

• Daggoth contacts Kerrigan, stating that the Garm Brood has been eradicated and the protoss ships have been destroyed. Immediately afterward, the Overmind contacts the Swarm as a whole, stating how Zeratul's mind connected with his when he assassinated Zasz the Overmind connected to Zeratul’s mind, allowing him to learn the location of Aiur. It gleefully declares that the zerg will soon assault Aiur directly.

Kerrigan however, opts to stay behind, wishing to ‘punish’ the protoss who dared set foot upon "their world". The Overmind agrees, but orders Kerrigan to journey to Aiur as soon as her business is complete.

This event was only explained by Chris Metzen.

• Kerrigan's cerebrate eradicates a significant portion of Dark Templar, even claiming the Khalis crystal. However, both it and the crystal are left behind as the bulk of the Swarm travels to Aiur.

These events only occurred in the Queen of Blades novel.

• After nearly a week of searching, Raynor and his fellow scouting soldiers find the protoss-both groups of them facing off. As per the tenants of the Khala, Tassadar considers Zeratul and the Dark Templar heretics and duels his counterpart. Their warriors follow suit. The confrontation is broken off by the arrival of the zerg however. Tassadar leads his warriors into battle, despite the suicidal odds. Raynor reveals himself and convinces Zeratul that they have to retreat. Zeratul convinces Tassadar likewise and the protoss, along with Raynor and his companions, break away, Kerrigan’s taunts and threats ringing in their ears, especially the claim that Aiur is under attack by the zerg, its location supplied by what she implies to be Zeratul.

• Raynor contacts Lieutenant Deke Cavez, ordering him to move out and head for the mountains. However, before they can do so, they come under attack by the zerg. Raynor tells them to dig in while he and the protoss come to aid them. They eventually arrive, finishing off the rest of the zerg. The terrans and protoss set off together for the mountains, despite the misgivings of some of Raynor’s men. They set up camp in the mountains.

• Raynor confronts the misgivings of his men, telling them to at least consider the protoss as allies, if not friends. It’s just as well, considering that a zerg force is closing in on their position. They decide to set up an ambush and thus whittle the Swarm’s numbers. The ambush works perfectly and all of the zerg are killed. They move out to another location, knowing that the rest of the Swarm will soon arrive. This sets the scene for the course of events over the next week. All those present start acting on more friendly terms.

These events only occurred in StarCraft.

• The zerg invade Aiur, launching a massive assault across the entire planet that catches the protoss by surprise. Key to the assault is the force lead by the Overmind's new cerebrate, which is sent to recover one of the khaydarin crystals. The zerg reach the crystals and despite a fierce protoss counterattack, it’s able to be harvested. The zerg are then sent to the site of a protoss temple, the site where the xel'naga first set foot upon the planet. The zerg are to destroy it, for it is only on this site that the Overmind can make itself manifest. Despite fierce protoss resistance, the temple is destroyed and the khaydarin crystal planted. Using the crystal’s power, the Overmind embeds itself in the very crust of the planet.

The Fall

• Two days after the zerg invasion, Executor Artanis is greeted by Judicator Aldaris. He is dispatched to Antioch to strengthen its defenses, currently commanded by Praetor Fenix, who has withstood numerous zerg assaults over the last two days.

• With Artanis and his reinforcements, they’re able to hold the line.

• Tassadar, courtesy of Zeratul’s powers, contacts Aldaris and Artanis on Aiur, informing them that killing the Cerebrates could be the key to defeat the zerg. Despite Aldaris' misgivings due to Tassadar’s affiliation with the Dark Templar, he agrees to the proposal. Artanis will lure the zerg forces out, while Fenix preps his own warriors in order to assassinate the Cerebrate. Zeratul however has his misgivings, unsure if Templar energy will be truly able to harm the cerebrates. Tassadar’s curiosity spikes at this and asks to be taught about the history and powers of the dark templar. Zeratul agrees.

• Artanis and Fenix combine their forces to strike down the cerebrate Gorn of the Baelrog Brood. However, it is reincarnated hours later. Enraged at Tassadar's 'treachery', Aldaris orders Artanis to reclaim the province of Scion, in which he succeeds. However, Antioch simultaneously comes under attack, Fenix falling in battle. Regardless, confident that they're winning the war, the Conclave dispatches Artanis and Aldaris to apprehend Tassadar, who is currently learning more and more history from Zeratul.

• Zeratul reveals to Raynor the truth of his nightmares, how it’s Kerrigan filtering away elements of her former psyche. As a result, an faint band of psionic ‘light’ exists between them, allowing the protoss to gauge how far away Kerrigan is.

• Tassadar completes the Shadow Walk, officially becoming recognized as a Dark Templar, albeit keeping his original status. The zerg attack immediately afterward, but are beaten back, thanks in no small part due to Tassadar’s new powers. Raynor ‘hears’ an overlord and knows that they have to move out. Revealing this to those assembled, they resolve to use this ability to their advantage.

• The plan is executed; Raynor lures Kerrigan in by using the dreams to his advantage, luring the zerg into a valley. Their scouting overlord is immediately taken out, allowing Kerrigan to think that they’re located there in force. She sends virtually her whole brood against them, but finds the valley empty. It’s at this point that Tassadar and Zeratul, who have sneaked into the now virtually empty caves where Kerrigan's cerebrate is, kill it, sending the zerg into a frenzy. As this happens, the terrans and protoss spring their trap, revealing themselves and mowing down the zerg. Kerrigan however, manages to prevail even when Raynor, Tassadar and Zeratul attack her at once. She escapes with the remains of her brood. Zeratul and the Dark Templar meanwhile depart.

• Aldaris and Artanis arrive at Char, accompanied by an entourage of protoss warriors. Aldaris declares that they’re here to arrest Tassadar. Much against his will, Artanis is forced to comply. Tassadar is willing to submit himself before the Conclave, but asks that he be allowed to find Zeratul and the Dark Templar first. Much to Aldaris’s disgust, Artanis agrees to support him. At the same time, Raynor receives a transmission from Horner, who’s arrived in the Hyperion after a two month absence. Raynor resolves to see things through to the end and agrees to help Tassadar and Artanis.

• One hour later, Aldaris contacts Artanis, ordering that he abandon his "mad scheme". Ultimately however, Artanis sides with Tassadar in his search for the Dark Templar.

• Zeratul and the Dark Templar are rescued from the zerg. They agree to accompany Tassadar back to Aiur.

• Tassadar and his followers make landfall on Aiur, greeted by a rejuvenated Fenix. The Conclave is less welcoming however, and battle begins between those who follow Tassadar and those who follow the Conclave's will. Eventually, Tassadar gives himself up to the Conclave in order to avoid further bloodshed. In the aftermath, Zeratul and his Dark Templar disappear.

• The Conclave put Tassadar on trial for his life. With the aid of Jim Raynor, Tassadar's followers rescue him from the Conclave. In the aftermath, Zeratul reveals himself, telling the protoss of the zerg's motives.

• The protoss launch an assault on the zerg hive clusters, Zeratul assassinating a pair of cerebrates. The way to the Overmind is laid bare.

• In one last battle, Tassadar, Raynor, Zeratul and those who follow them throw everything they have at the Overmind and its forces. Through Tassadar's final sacrifice, the Overmind is slain. The Great War ends, the survivors being left to ponder the cost.

Aftermath

• On Char, Infested Kerrigan senses the destruction of the Overmind. She begins plans for her ascension.

• Under Daggoth's supervision, a number of cerebrates form a new Overmind.

• The Battle of Bhekar Ro takes place.

• Kerrigan mentally reaches out to Shakuras and enslaves the Dark Templar Matriarch, Raszagal.

• General Edmund Duke and the remnants of Alpha Squadron are retrieved from Bhekar Ro after months of being stranded.

The Brood War

Main article: Brood War

• The UED Expeditionary Force flagship Aleksander arrives in the Koprulu Sector. It captures some zerg and after performing a series of experiments, unleashes them on a terran colony. Gerard DuGalle and Alexei Stukov observe the ensuring battle.

The Stand

• The Brood War begins. The protoss decide to evacuate Aiur for Shakuras. Upon arrival, they find the zerg have followed them to the world. With the aid of the dark templar, both the warp gates on Aiur and Shakuras are secured, the link being terminated to prevent any more zerg from following. The entire process takes three days.

• The protoss refugees meet with Raszagal, who informs them of the xel'naga temple located on Shakuras, and of the crystals Uraj and Khalis which could activate it, thus wiping the zerg off the world. The temple is secured from two Cerebrates guarding it, Kerrigan revealing herself in the aftermath of the battle. She informs them of the Second Overmind on Char and offers her aid to retrieve the crystals. Despite their misgivings, the protoss depart for Braxis.

• Uraj is secured. However, the UED Expeditionary Force has set up a blockade of the world. Artanis leads his forces into battle and breaks through.

• The protoss retrieve Khalis from Char. They promptly return to Shakuras.

• Arriving at Shakuras, it is discovered that Aldaris has rallied Khalai in an insurgency against the Nerazim. His rebellion is put down, and the judicator's life is taken by Kerrigan. Having used the protoss to accomplish her own objectives, she promtply departs.

• The Uraj and Khalis crystals are used to activate Shakuras's xel'naga temple. The zerg on the planet are erradicated.

The Iron Fist

• Six months after the founding of the Terran Dominion, an alliance between the UED Expeditionary Fleet and the Confederate Resistance Forces led by Samir Duran, captures the Dominion city of Boralis, Braxis. Before the rest of the Dominion becomes aware of the battle, tac-teams decrypt the computer codes, giving the UED and Confederates access to Mengsk's information, such as his schedule. A Confederate team led by Captain Angelina Emillian tries to kill Arcturus Mengsk, who is in a vulnerable position on Umoja at the time.

• Within a very short period of time, the Dominion Armada reacts to the attacks by battling the UED Fleet at Dylar IV. However, they are defeated.

• A UED team discovers the Psi Disrupter on Tarsonis. Overriding Stukov's objections, DuGalle follows Duran's suggestion it be destroyed. After neutralizing several zerg broods, the UED forces reach the Psi Disrupter and prepare to destroy it. However, Stukov's Elite Guard take over, claiming that it will be taken for dissasembly. In reality, it is transported back to Braxis.

• As the UED nears Korhal, Dominion High Command orders testing of a new plasma pulse weapon to begin. However, head researcher Ozmel Dodds turns traitor and sets the weapon to overload, destroying it and the facility that housed the device.

  The UED launches its assault on Korhal, capturing the capital city of Augustgrad. At the last moment however, Mengsk is rescued by Jim Raynor and a group of protoss. DuGalle orders that the emperor be found immediately.

• Occurring simultaneously as the UED assault on Korhal, the rogue Dark Templar Ulrezaj launches an insurgency, resenting the presence of Khalai protoss on Shakuras. While his forces are defeated, Ulrezaj escapes capture.

• Kerrigan contacts Raynor and Fenix on Aiur. She informs them about the new Overmind and how the UED seeks to control it.

• Mengsk and Raynor are located in a protoss camp on Aiur, UED forces dispatched to apprehend them despite the presence of several zerg broods. At the last second, with the fugitives in the UED's grasp, Duran moves his forces out of position, allowing the zerg to interfere with the operation and allowing the fugitives to escape. More suspicious of Duran than ever, Stukov secretly departs for Braxis.

• The UED arrives in the Char System. Courtesy of the Psi Disrupter, zerg telepathic signals are hindered, sending the Swarm into disarray. As such, a small force is able to reach the planet's surface.

  The UED launches its "final, valiant assault on Char." By the day's end, it has taken control of the planet, the Overmind and through it, the bulk of the zerg.

  The UED makes its victory report on its conquest of the Koprulu Sector.

The Queen of Blades

• Kerrigan once again contacts Raynor and Fenix, this time on Shakuras, asking for their aid. Somewhat reluctantly, they agree to see her and head for Tarsonis.

• Kerrigan severs a cerebrate's link with the second Overmind, taking it under her command.

• Raynor, Mengsk and Fenix arrive at Tarsonis as per Kerrigan's request for an alliance against the UED. Simultaneously, the Psi Disrupter's signal reaches Tarsonis. With Kerrigan's cerebrate taking command of the few zerg still loyal to her, the damage to her hive clusters is minimized.

• Kerrigan strikes a deal with Mengsk—he'll provide her with psi emitters to regain control of enough zerg to destroy the Psi Disrupter and in exchange she'll help him retake Korhal. He agrees and with the aid of Raynor's Raiders, the Psi Disrupter on Braxis is destroyed.

• Fenix leads a raid on Moria, obtaining enough minerals for an assault to be launched on Korhal.

• The alliance forged by Kerrigan and her comrades attacks Korhal, reclaiming it from the UED.

• The following morning, Kerrigan orders her cerebrate to "separate the chaff from the wheat," specifically turning on her protoss and terran allies. General Duke and Fenix are among the casualties. Kerrigan subsequently returns to Tarsonis.

• Two days later, the UED dispatches its zerg to Tarsonis against Kerrigan. However, their control over the Overmind is tenuous at scientists have to be present on site to co-ordinate the attack. Leading Kerrigan's zerg, her cerebrate kills the scientists and repels the attack.

• Kerrigan's zerg arrive at Shakuras. Infiltrating Talematros, Duran causes the power grid to overload, allowing Raszagal to be abducted. Returning to Char, the Matriarch is thus used as a bargaining chip, forcing Zeratul and his brethren to slay the Overmind. However, Kerrigan had corrupted Raszagal's mind, so the Matriarch refuses to leave her captor's side.

• Kerrigan relocates her primary hive clusters to the infested space platform of Char Aleph. However, Zeratul is able to bypass her defenses and retrieve Raszagal, intent on returning to Shakuras. Mobilizing Kerrigan's Broods, her cerebrate destroys the protoss defenses and recaptures Raszagal. With all other options expended, Zeratul slays the Matriarch, knowing her mind is beyond redemption. Impressed by his resolve, Kerrigan allows Zeratul and his few surviving brethren to depart to Shakuras unharmed.

• While searching for Artanis, Zeratul and his brethren detect protoss power signatures on a Dark Moon. Zeratul leads a team to investigate, discovering a number of protoss/zerg hybrids in stasis cells and that Samir Duran is behind their creation—a servant of a "far greater power..."

• The remains of the UED Expeditionary Fleet along with rag-tag fleets led by Arcturus Mengsk and Artanis assault Char Aleph in a coordinated effort to defeat Kerrigan. Despite most of her Broods still being present on Char, Kerrigan defeats the three fleets, eradicating the UED forces as they attempt to retreat back to Earth.

• The Brood War ends, Kerrigan having gained complete dominion over the zerg. Despite this, she is unable to shake the feeling that another threat lurks beyond her sight. Regardless, she begins preparing for the trials yet to come.

Post-Brood War

• Arcturus Mengsk returns to Korhal to begin reconstruction of the Terran Dominion.

• Jim Raynor, Zeratul and Artanis return to Shakuras.

• Raynor and Zeratul go their separate ways. Artanis begins the process of rebuilding protoss civilization.

• Arcturus Mengsk carries out an overhaul of the Ghost Program, namely the termination of half its agents. As a "birthday present", his son 'receives' Ghost Agent Devon Starke.

• June 4: Maltair IV is invaded by the zerg, seemingly directed by Infested Kerrigan. Only Dominion Senator Corbin Phash and his son Colin survive.

  Gohbus suffers a terraforming disaster, forcing its population to relocate to its moon. However, the planet's destruction will likely cause their deaths as the moon drifts out of the system's habitable zone.

  Colin Phash hides from the Dominion on Gohbus Moon while his father Corbin seeks asylum in the Umojan Protectorate. Colin is eventually located on Gohbus Moon and is conscripted into the Ghost Program. Corbin and Minister Jorgensen meanwhile plan to expose the program's true nature.

  Corbin Phash continues to be an outspoken opponent of the Terran Dominion. In response, a Dominion ghost is sent to assassinate him (and fails). Meanwhile, Colin Phash is inducted as a ghost trainee, undergoing a memory wipe.

Misc. Events

The following events are known to have occurred in this year, though their exact relative timing is unknown:

• An insurrection on Brontes IV occurs. At this point in time, the Confederacy is still active.

• After an extended period of time of observing the protoss and zerg, the United Earth Directorate resolves to bring the Koprulu Sector under its control. An expeditionary fleet is dispatched under Admiral Gerard DuGalle to take control of the Terran Dominion and its colonies, take control of the zerg swarms and pacify all protoss activity within the sector through them.

• After a series of battles, the Swarm succesfully recovers the Argus Stone from Aridas. This occurs sometime during the Great War.

• Alan Schezar's plan to control zerg cerebrates is foiled by combined protoss and Alpha Squadron forces. This occurs during the Great War, with Alpha Squadron under the Dominion's control.

• The Dominion Engineering Corps carries out repairs on numerous space platforms.

• Six months after the founding of the Terran Dominion, Wrangler Malcolm Kelerchian is assigned to bring in a telepath by Arcturus Mengsk, hoping that he turns up dead in the process. On the eve of his departure, Kelerchian and Nova give their final farewells.

Notes

The article can be considered accurate in regards to the order of events, though there are many contradictions from various sources as to the timing of/time between events, or even whether all of the events are confined to this year. The following timeframes/dates have been given, though are all contradicted in some form or another.

• Six months between Nova's enslavement by Fagin/the start of Kelerchian's search for her and the Fall of Tarsonis.

• A few days between the destruction of the Overmind and the protoss abandoning Aiur for Shakuras (implied).

• Days at the most, between the zerg invading Aiur and the protoss evacuating to Shakuras.

• The dates April 23rd and May 5th have been given for the UED's capture of the Overmind and its victory report respectively.

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft that is ambiguously canonical.

• January 3, 2500: Raynor allies with Tassadar on Antiga Prime.

• January 12, 2500: Operation Silent Scream is carried out.