Warping

[Crayons]

Hmm. After playing the "In Utter Darkness" for like the 5th time on Brutal(Yes, I am a show-off I am), I just keep wondering on where do they warp the structures from if the other remaining places in the universe was already "consumed" by The Dark One(a.k.a Dr. Super Awesoam).

So how does warping work?




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[Rispetto]

They don't warp in structures/units from other "places" in the universe.
They warp them in from the temperal shift that Dark Templars use to remain invisible.

Edit: Btw Crayons I love your maps.
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[Dr Super Good]

You have no place to hide and nowhere to run!

As for the warping matter... no one entrily knows...

Just like how could you keep warping in new carriers from the stargate if there are no more protoss. Any why it cost gas and minerals (no one would care about cost).

I recon that his awesome quotes ment the main protoss empire was crushed and that was the last resistance they could muster. There may have been rouge carriers still flying aimlessly around as well as zealots and troops stuck waiting to be warped in. The buildings may have come from abbandoned settlements or were stuck in warp space.

It makes about as much sense as how you could still use void rays against him. I believe those things are meant to suck energy from the void itself which in turn is basiclly tapping his power (the power of the void) so he probably could have blocked such power flowing.

The whole reason StarCraft works is that the protoss are mysterious. Even in the campaign it is meant to be that the terrans know nearly nothing about them and why they do stuff. I suspect a lot of what the protoss do is based upon what the xelnaga told them to do which results in a lot of inefficiency and waste. Thus how stetman made automated refinaries and how the terrans can call down mules to harvest faster than many probes.

Ultimatly, the war technology of the terrans would exceeded that of the protoss. Terrans however are not worthy to use such power and in return that is why they are creating hybrids which would ultimatly destroy them.

 

[Rui]

Alternatively, the matter used for buildings could have been warped in from Nexuses or something, I don't know about units.
Notice that in 2504, four years after Brood War, the Protoss had changed their technology significantly. The events of the apocalyptic vision came to pass in 2512, so they could have modified their tech by then. New stuff did not appear in "In Utter Darkness" because it was one mission out of over twenty-five, and Blizzard wouldn't develop stuff for only a single mission.
Just my theory.

 

[Dr Super Good]

It was ment to be a vision. It is well possible that protoss visions are limited to showing outcomes rather than implimentations so as to prevent them from copying their own future technology in the past.

Additionally it was meant to be the protoss and terran were being heavilly hammered all the time till the end which was that battle so no new technology might have been able to be devleoped. Remember that the future shown there will never come to be as Kerrigan never does die which was the reason how the hybrid were controlling the zerg.

 

[Tyranid]

I think the simplest explanation is gameplay taking priority over story/sense.

That or they are stealing them from the Dark Voice's big secret stash of Protoss things.

 

[Crayons]

Your theories are all very interesting. Protoss are so mysterious.

 

[Tleno]

Erm as I recall, units can be stuck in Warp core matrix, too. remember when in that mission with Overmind corpse you built a pylon next to warp-gate and two zealots and templar warped in and thanked you for saving them from beeing trapped in the matrix.

Also, that fortress is the last protoss structure in at least somewhat meaningful on their planet. I mean, remember they can't build any more dragoons just because the structure producing them was lost on Aiur?
so if they loose the shakuras too, their become completely powerless, having nothing mroe than Zealots, Observers and Phoenixes. well, not exaclt only those units, but just, well, they would be very limited since most of units are produced only on specific planets or whatever.

 

[Crayons]

It seems so. Likely.

 

[Edhel-dur]

New stuff did not appear in "In Utter Darkness" because it was one mission out of over twenty-five, and Blizzard wouldn't develop stuff for only a single mission.
Just my theory.

What about that Diamond vehicule ? They are only usefull in 1 mission where they are presented... aka the train robbery. Otherwise I found them useless, since they are a mobile harras unit and harras is not reall effective in campaign missions.

I mean, remember they can't build any more dragoons just because the structure producing them was lost on Aiur?

I thought that Dragoons evolved to Immortals, I mean the technology.

 

[Tleno]

Well, yes, Dragoons did evolved, bust just because no more of them can be produced, so they got outfitted with Heavy Plasma Cannons and Hardened Shields.

 

[Bloody_Turds]

well im not an expert on lore, but i would guess that they built most of their structures off of there homeworld, and on asteroids n whatnot.. meaning there still available even if the homeworld where most of the non-combatants lived was destroyed..
also i believe i recall the primary toss army not being on aiur when it was invaded.. so maybe theres those troops

also who said its from another place.. maybe its from another time!!!

 

[Tleno]

Not sure if they can actually bend the time and summon troops from past/future, but they definetly can freeze their units in the matric of warp gates and warp prisms.

See, they can convert units into inofrmation and then back, so I guess they can freeze stuff in time.

 

[Crayons]

so they probably have a supply of troops and structures in the warp matrix. Frozen

 

[Tleno]

Yes, they were probably sending reinforcements to some other waygates trough warp network, then those waygates got destroyed or unpowered and so those troops got stuck.