Alien artifact
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- Zeratul: "I bring tidings of doom. The xel'naga return, the cycle nears its end, the artifacts are the key."
- Jim Raynor: "The key... the key to what?"
- Zeratul: "To the end of all things."
- ―Zeratul delivers a warning to Jim Raynorsrc
Alien artifacts are strange artifacts somehow associated with the return of the xel'naga.[1]
At least some of these artifacts are of xel'naga origin, and could be considered dangerous, since they can manipulate the minds of terrans.[2] At least some are alive in a sense (once being described as an "energy fossil"). These were sought by roaming Dark Templar.[3]
By 2505, the Terran Dominion was interested in acquiring these artifacts.[4] The Dominion banned trade in "alien goods" in order to control access to them.[5]
Alien artifacts could be found on Mar Sara,[5] Jotun,[1] and Monlyth.[6]
Many are guarded by fanatical protoss which remained behind to guard them after the rest of their kind "bugged out".[6]
[edit] Game Effect
Researching alien artifacts in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will improve the stats of the player's units.[7]
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 2007-08-03. StarCraft II Single-Player Campaign BlizzCon Preview. Gamespot. Accessed 2007-08-07.
- ↑ Tokyopop staff. StarCraft: Frontline (excerpts). Tokyopop. Accessed 2009-08-07.
- ↑ Furman, Simon (w), Federico Dallocchio (p, i), Milen Parvanov (col). "StarCraft #3" StarCraft 1 (3) (August 19, 2009) DC Comics (Wildstorm).
- ↑ Blake Ellison. 2008-10-10. StarCraft 2 Trailers Gather Everyone For Storytime (2nd trailer). Shacknews. Accessed 2008-10-11.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Dustin Browder, Rob Pardo. 2008-10-11. Blizzcon 2008: StarCraft II Gameplay Discussion Panel (Part 2). Youtube.com Accessed 2008-10-11.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dustin Browder, Rob Pardo. 2008-10-11. Blizzcon 2008: StarCraft II Gameplay Discussion Panel (Part 3). Youtube.com Accessed 2008-10-11.
- ↑ 2009-12-18, IGN, StarCraft 2: All We Know. Nick Nolan, accessed on 2009-12-18
