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Fijnkonijn
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ShatterZer0
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kedarking
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Tulkas25
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DYEAlabaster
Canada1009 Posts
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[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
On December 02 2011 23:57 NubCheese wrote: Yes, this is inconsistent with official lore. I will try to make something up which at least does not directly contradicts official lore.in the lore, medivacs actually shoot nanobots that can repair armor and act as a catalyst for normal regeneration (for zerg) edit: This part is now changed to nanobot use and I added a paragraph about terran's army medical care keeps the soldier on his feet for the time being, instead of really taking care about his health. On December 05 2011 14:39 DYEAlabaster wrote: It is not meant to be a satire. Many things in Stacraft are in obvious conflict with the real world. But if one can make sense of the basics of each race, it should be easier to maintain the suspension of disbelieve through the entire game.I think this is really great... but was I the only one who read it as an epic satire? In a recent GSL cast, Wolf brought up the question why a medivac deploys soldiers one-by-one, while it is able to load all troops almost instantly. To maintain the suspension of disbelieve, we need to assume that there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for this (beside gameplay mechanics, of course) which we just don't know. | ||
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xtruder
Afghanistan135 Posts
This has nothing to do with SC being "real" or not. | ||
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Azerbaijan
United States660 Posts
On December 06 2011 03:19 xtruder wrote: Thread should be retitled, "Non-canoncial in-depth detail of lore of Starcraft". This has nothing to do with SC being "real" or not. You must be a lot of fun at parties... Great read, very imaginative. | ||
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Xxazn4lyfe51xX
United States976 Posts
It gets its energy from the Nexus and refracts it to the pylon’s proximity. The collar acts as battery, allowing the Pylon to maintain the Psi matrix even if all nearby Nexuses are destroyed. Doesn't really make all that much sense, as you can still build pylons even if you don't have a nexus. Is it not more likely that the crystal emits some sort of psionic power field and the "collar" contains powerful magnets that focus the field into the radius of the pylon? A nexus could also be powered by an internal smaller pylon, the range of which only extends the area of the nexus itself. It is not clear yet how a Protoss force field can keep non-magnetic and non-electrically charged objects on distance. Anything made of matter contains electrically charged particles. Super-powerful magnets can affect them. A shield could simply be a psionically powered super-conducting magnet that can slow down or stop any incoming particle by acting on the protons and or electrons in the atomic nuclei of the particles. This would also explain why a strong electromagnetic blast would cripple the shield, as it would flood and disable the power system that powers the magnet. Advances in technology to increase the power provided to the magnet without overloading it would result in increasingly strong shields. | ||
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[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
On December 06 2011 14:53 Xxazn4lyfe51xX wrote: I am not 100% sure, but I think I referred to official lore at that point. However, don't be suprised if I use some of your ideas in a future overhaul of the OP Doesn't really make all that much sense, as you can still build pylons even if you don't have a nexus. Is it not more likely that the crystal emits some sort of psionic power field and the "collar" contains powerful magnets that focus the field into the radius of the pylon? A nexus could also be powered by an internal smaller pylon, the range of which only extends the area of the nexus itself. The idea that the nexus contains a small pylon is too elegant to pass.The personal shield thing however is not that clear. Some issues are: Can a human (terran) EMP really kill a protoss shield even though protoss technology is that advanced? Shouldn't an EMP of this magnitude also completely shut down out any terran electronic equipment? I rather like to not get too specific about shields to avoid questions of this type. | ||
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therockmanxx
Peru1174 Posts
Can this be explain? On November 25 2011 11:02 DeepElemBlues wrote: What I'd like to know is, How, in four years, did the Dominion go from having a decimated military at the end of BW to having one big enough in WoL that half of it was strong enough to blitzkrieg right into Kerrigan's primary Hive cluster on Char. That's some rebuilding program Arcturus went on. Dude, barracks are built in 65 seconds | ||
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tropical
Germany61 Posts
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Surikizu
United States32 Posts
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Azera
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Sgonzo
Canada202 Posts
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Sgonzo
Canada202 Posts
On December 11 2011 18:16 Surikizu wrote: Some Zealots become rogue and allied with the Dark Templars becoming stealth assassins. The High Templars after they have drained their energy, they find other templars and perform the fushion dance (DBZ reference) and become an Archon. The Stalkers, as time passed, later became an immortal and it's only purpose is to tank and attack ground forces. ^ DTs left aiur during Aeon of strife, Stalkers are AI constructs designed to aid the protoss in war, immortals are the dragoons from BW fallen zealots who refused to perish and get given new more powerful bodies | ||
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Dinok410
Brazil2 Posts
If someone would add something, go on, im here and listening. Awesome post, I looove doing this kind of guesses to figure out how things work in fiction. | ||
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EnTeRPriSE77
Canada1 Post
"a shield could be supercooled ionic matter trapped within a strong electromagnetic field. So, physical damage, like a marine's bullet or a hydralisk's spike would be stopped by the supercooled matter. it would flow slowly in most cases, but when faced by a sudden force or shockwave, it would solidify and block it. energy weapons, like a stalker's beam, would be deflected by the electromagnetic field. in both cases, the stress placed upon the shield generator would weaken it temporarily (depleting the shield), but it should power up again quite quickly once it stops getting hit (shield regen). now, how are 'hardened' shields different from normal ones? while normal shields just adsorbs damage, a hardened shield deflects it over the expanse on the shield, and if enough energy remains, scatters it. let's take the immortal's for example. a damage of 5 isn't enough to get deflected, and so the shield just takes the damage. a hit of 50 would only damage the shield 10 though, as the rest of the energy gets deflected. if that is true, how does an emp work? an emp IS an electromagnetic pulse, so would disrupt the shield generator, temporarily weakening or even taking it out of action. finally, how does a protoss person fire anything past their own shield? well, the shield could run at only a certain frequency, so energy of the same frequency would just pass through the shield. as protoss units all use energy weapons, this actually works. but this also means that an enemy blast of your frequency would just pass though your shield..." I believe it works quite well. Maybe it can be implemented into this'"Real" Starcraft | ||
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[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
I think it is better to be unspecific about shields. The goal is to suspend the disbelieve, so that we assume that there is a perfectly scientific explanation for this but even some hundred years from now, humankind don't understand it yet. | ||
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thezanursic
5489 Posts
On April 20 2011 11:05 BasilPesto wrote: If you can explain how Jim Raynor fits into his marine suit, you will have my appreciation. The suit is fit on the person and taken apart every time it seems inpractical tho | ||
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