Editing Bhekar Ro

{{Quote|Looks like a bad one tonight."<br>"They're always bad ones. It's Bhekar Ro, after all -- what do you expect?|[[Octavia Bren]] and [[Lars Bren]]|StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga}}
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'''Named locations'''
*[[Back Forty]]
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'''Bhekar Ro''' is a [[Fringe World]]<ref name="HDTimeline">April 6, 2010. "Timeline." ''[[StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils]]''. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). pp. 311 - 323. ISBN 978-1416-55084-6.</ref> in the distant reaches of the [[Koprulu sector]]. It orbits a single orange star.<ref name="SC:ShadXel">Mesta, Gabriel (July 1, 2001). ''[[StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga]]''. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-671-04149-5.</ref>

Originally the planet had "greasy gray skies" that frequently gave way to unpredictable violent storms of sonic intensity that occurred year round, the surface scarred by hailstorms and laser lightning. After the activation of an [[xel'naga temple]] however, the climate became more serene,<ref name="SC:ShadXel"/> white clouds instead of gray ones present throughout its atmosphere.<ref name="Elements">2008-12-17, [http://new.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=301 Elements of Brood War]. ''Fantasy Flight Games''. Accessed on 2009-01-31.</ref>

==History==
===Colonization===
Bhekar Ro was settled around [[2460]] by colonists escaping the civil strife of the [[Terran Confederacy|Confederate]] inner worlds. They hoped the world would be a “promised land” beyond Confederate reach, and cut off contact with the Confederacy five years after settling.<ref name="SC:ShadXel"/>

The colonists discovered harsh conditions and poor and rocky soil. They raised [[whip-barley]], [[triticale-wheat]] and [[salad-moss]]. The first decades were aided by a corps of scientific personnel. Outbreaks of [[spore plague]] eventually forced the abandonment of most scientific endeavors as priority shifted toward survival.<ref name="SC:ShadXel"/>

Mortality rates were high. Virtually every colonist lost a friend or family member. Adulthood was considered reached at the age of fifteen, with marriage and parenthood typically following before eighteen. The few colonists unable to cope psychologically with these conditions tended to become careless and die earlier.<ref name="SC:ShadXel"/>

===After the Great War===
{{main|Battle of Bhekar Ro}}
In [[2500]], a storm uncovered a [[xel'naga]] [[xel'naga temple|artifact]]. Colonist [[Lars Bren]] was absorbed by the artifact while investigating it, which caused the artifact to emit a strong psychic signal that attracted the [[protoss]] and [[zerg]]. The colonists requested aid from the then-recently defunct Confederacy, and received it in the form of the [[Terran Dominion]]'s [[Alpha Squadron]]. The conflict was resolved by the artifact's release of an [[energy creature]] which destroyed military forces; the birth also inadvertently changed the climate and improved the quality of the soil in the valley near the artifact. The colony survived.<ref name="SC:ShadXel"/>

===Post-Brood War===
[[File:BhekarRoColony SC-Com3 Comic1.jpg|thumb|left|The colony at the time of the massacre]]
In [[2502]] a female [[Dominion]] [[ghost]] perpetrated a massacre of many of the world's inhabitants.<ref name="SC:C:Issue3">Furman, Simon (w), Federico Dallocchio (p, i), Milen Parvanov (col). "[[StarCraft: Issue 3|StarCraft #3]]" ''{{Link|StarCraft|comic}}'' '''1''' (3) (August 19, 2009) DC Comics (Wildstorm).</ref>
{{AmbigCanon|StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm}}
By the later stages of the [[Second Great War]], the planet had been host to a mass migration.<ref name="UnusedStory">2014-09-19, [http://sclegacy.com/forums/showthread.php?16072-Unused-HoTS-Story-Elements/page4 Unused HoTS Story Elements]. ''StarCraft Legacy'', accessed on 2014-09-28.</ref>
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==Known Colonists==
[[File:BhekarRoTerrans SC-Com3 Comic1.jpg|thumb|Bhekar Ro colonists, slaughtered by the ghost]]
Confined to a relatively small geographical area, Bhekar Ro had a tight-knit community. Known colonists include(d):

*[[Abdel Bradshaw]]
*[[Shayna Bradshaw]]
*[[Lars Bren]]
*[[Octavia Bren]]
*[[Brutus Jensen]]
*[[Cyn McCarthy]]
*[[Wyl McCarthy]] (deceased)
*[[Jacob Nikolai]]
*[[Ghandi Ryan]]
*[[Liberty Ryan]]
*[[Kiernan Warner]]
*[[Kirsten Warner]]
*[[Gregor]]
*[[Jon]]
*[[Lyn]]
*[[Rastin]] (deceased)
*[[Scott]] (adopted world)
*[[Wes]]

==Notes==
Bhekar Ro was to feature in ''[[Heart of the Swarm]]'' as part of the cut Destruction of Worlds mechanic. The player could send [[Kilysa]] to conquer the world as an alternative to [[Bountiful]] or [[Haven]].<ref name="UnusedStory"/> Bhekar Ro was to be the sight of a mass migration of terran refugees.<ref name="HotSEditor">Blizzard Entertainment. ''[[StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm]] [[Galaxy Map Editor|Map Editor]]''. (Activision Blizzard) (in English). March 12, 2013.</ref>

==References==
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