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Third mail is out, with a reply !
It might be a few days old, i'm not checking the website every morning, but no one seems to have noticed it before so here it is
+ Show Spoiler +FROM: DR. TALEN AYERS TO: DR. TALISE COGAN Picture : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/03-baneling.jpgZergling Dissection I wanted to send you a quick note summarizing my findings in this morning's procedure. The dissection of the zergling-baneling series mutations (A through RR) created more questions than answers, and I wanted to see if your conclusions matched my own. 1 ) The specimen Subject L seems to have successfully absorbed the genetic material of the thermophilic pseudo-fungi of Cask, whereas the earlier specimens (A through K) were experiencing various degrees of rejection in areas where the foreign tissue had grown. Subject L seems to represent a biological watershed moment for the species, a point at which the xenocellular chemistry was integrated and accepted by the astoundingly receptive zerg cells. 2 ) The adaption and almost purposeful speed towards the new habitus evidenced by the post-watershed individuals were significant. Although the mutations visible in subjects A through K were minimal and subtle, the mutations in subjects M through RR were varied, complex, and even dramatic. It is almost as though there is recognition within the zerg biome, on a cellular level, that the hurdle has been overcome. Are the cells singing to one another? Ha! The instances of wild and unexpected mutation after that point are almost incalculable. 3 ) The notes provided by Dr. Branamoor regarding the timing and frequency of this outbreak of new zergling type "baneling" were remarkably insightful. It seems as though they were taken by a researcher in the field – a witness to the manifestation. I wonder if we could be put in contact with this individual. I like the way he thinks. TA REPLY FROM: DR. TALISE COGAN TO: DR. TALEN AYERS Picture : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/03-hydralisk.jpgRE: Zergling Dissection Thank you for your summary, Dr. Ayers. I neglected to mention this in the lab, but I have great respect for your work. Your Xenobiological Basics was required reading in my lectures at TU. As for your conclusions, I concur with them on most counts. However, I disagree with the latter part of your second statement – the point where you attribute the increased degree of mutation to cellular "recognition." Frankly, and with all due respect, I find your thesis absurd. It is far more probable that the increased mutation is tied to some element in the zerg process we have yet to uncover, possibly linked to the controlling "Alpha Zerg" individual, be it hive queen or cerebrate. Until we can locate and dissect an Alpha, our findings will have a significant blind spot, and will thus leave room for questionable theories like your singing cells. We are analyzing a decapitated body, Dr. Ayers. Once we find the head, our conclusions will make sense. As for your third point, I think the research notes provided are sufficient for us to proceed with tissue analysis. They seem to evoke speculation as farfetched as your musical organelles, and I'd rather not waste our resources in that direction. That said, I take umbrage at your assumption that this researcher is male. No gender-specific attribution was given in the summary provided by Dr. Gentry, and I'm sure that Dr. Branamoor has included any data we might find useful in his subsequent revision. Next on our task list: a series of hydralisk bodies recovered from a failed experiment by a Dr. Loew on Thys. Apparently she attempted to get into their heads. We may be able to shed some light on our blind spot after all. TC
Are people still interested in this stuff ? :p
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dunno but the password isnt admin, nor Admin.
sad me 
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On February 23 2013 08:38 Nyarly wrote:Third mail is out, with a reply ! It might be a few days old, i'm not checking the website every morning, but no one seems to have noticed it before so here it is + Show Spoiler +FROM: DR. TALEN AYERS TO: DR. TALISE COGAN Picture : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/03-baneling.jpgZergling Dissection I wanted to send you a quick note summarizing my findings in this morning's procedure. The dissection of the zergling-baneling series mutations (A through RR) created more questions than answers, and I wanted to see if your conclusions matched my own. 1 ) The specimen Subject L seems to have successfully absorbed the genetic material of the thermophilic pseudo-fungi of Cask, whereas the earlier specimens (A through K) were experiencing various degrees of rejection in areas where the foreign tissue had grown. Subject L seems to represent a biological watershed moment for the species, a point at which the xenocellular chemistry was integrated and accepted by the astoundingly receptive zerg cells. 2 ) The adaption and almost purposeful speed towards the new habitus evidenced by the post-watershed individuals were significant. Although the mutations visible in subjects A through K were minimal and subtle, the mutations in subjects M through RR were varied, complex, and even dramatic. It is almost as though there is recognition within the zerg biome, on a cellular level, that the hurdle has been overcome. Are the cells singing to one another? Ha! The instances of wild and unexpected mutation after that point are almost incalculable. 3 ) The notes provided by Dr. Branamoor regarding the timing and frequency of this outbreak of new zergling type "baneling" were remarkably insightful. It seems as though they were taken by a researcher in the field – a witness to the manifestation. I wonder if we could be put in contact with this individual. I like the way he thinks. TA REPLY FROM: DR. TALISE COGAN TO: DR. TALEN AYERS Picture : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/images/blackstone/screenshots/03-hydralisk.jpgRE: Zergling Dissection Thank you for your summary, Dr. Ayers. I neglected to mention this in the lab, but I have great respect for your work. Your Xenobiological Basics was required reading in my lectures at TU. As for your conclusions, I concur with them on most counts. However, I disagree with the latter part of your second statement – the point where you attribute the increased degree of mutation to cellular "recognition." Frankly, and with all due respect, I find your thesis absurd. It is far more probable that the increased mutation is tied to some element in the zerg process we have yet to uncover, possibly linked to the controlling "Alpha Zerg" individual, be it hive queen or cerebrate. Until we can locate and dissect an Alpha, our findings will have a significant blind spot, and will thus leave room for questionable theories like your singing cells. We are analyzing a decapitated body, Dr. Ayers. Once we find the head, our conclusions will make sense. As for your third point, I think the research notes provided are sufficient for us to proceed with tissue analysis. They seem to evoke speculation as farfetched as your musical organelles, and I'd rather not waste our resources in that direction. That said, I take umbrage at your assumption that this researcher is male. No gender-specific attribution was given in the summary provided by Dr. Gentry, and I'm sure that Dr. Branamoor has included any data we might find useful in his subsequent revision. Next on our task list: a series of hydralisk bodies recovered from a failed experiment by a Dr. Loew on Thys. Apparently she attempted to get into their heads. We may be able to shed some light on our blind spot after all. TC Are people still interested in this stuff ? :p
I definitely am. This is the first time I've logged in thanks to the OP. I guess it locks down after three tries, but if you switch regions it works again thankfully  .
I really like the dialogue. I kind of hope there are a few bonus terran missions.
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Still loving it. I like how the tweets are tied to balance changes sometimes ^.^
I've seen a couple people mention leaked ending or whatever, please don't say anything about it without a spoiler tag! No idea if anybody actually is cause im avoiding it like the plague, but still!
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Man this discussion is dead boring.
It's like a complete rip-off of the Doom 3 logs years ago, and just as boring (in fact very likely more boring)
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I couldn't care less if it was a rip off. Hell, Warcraft and Starcraft are ripoffs from Games Workshop games. I think it adds a little flavour. And I like flavour :-)
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On February 26 2013 00:21 Splatterbug wrote:
I couldn't care less if it was a rip off. Hell, Warcraft and Starcraft are ripoffs from Games Workshop games. I think it adds a little flavour. And I like flavour :-)
Have you ever looked at tyranids before Starcraft and zerg came out?
The two influenced each other.
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The entire GW mythos has changed heavily, especially the 40k stuff (Squats, Zoats, Slann are all gone, Tau added; Harlequins kinda disappeared). But Space Hulk (late 80's) has always felt quite zerg-y to me.
The original SC was quite close to 40k in feel; enough that there were rumors of it actually being a scrapped licensed 40k game... Also, Andy Chambers worked on SC2, so the cross-pollination between the two companies has always been pretty blatant.
Hell, GW actually won an injuction or something against Blizzard; which is why WC3 changed a slew of unit names (although I'd say some of the 'infringing' was pretty dumb).
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New letter!.+ Show Spoiler + (potential spoiler?)
+ Show Spoiler +T. Ayers
Oh good, you're online. I didn't expect you back from dinner so soon.
T. Cogan
Yes, well, I had to make an excuse to break free from Dr. Held's less-than-riveting discussion on protoss cellular mitosis. That man bothers me. No regard for negative social cues…
T. Ayers
Ha! He seemed ready to talk your ear off until the wee hours, Talise. You are the Houdini of conversational escapism.
T. Cogan
Who? Dr. Ayers, is this another one of your charming yet forgotten old-Earth heroes? You know that I am no historian.
T. Ayers
Yes, yes, apologies. My point is, you broke free from Held's blathering. I had hoped we might go over today's findings–? Ever since Branamoor lifted the ban on linked data pads, I have preferred comparing our notes in this medium. I think lively discussion provides insight beyond the measured facts.
T. Cogan
"Lively"? You know these chats are monitored just as closely as our research notes, right? It is hard for me to feel any genuine sense of liveliness when Branamoor's goons are eavesdropping on every word we say.
T. Ayers
Well, let's just accept the listening party as a given. Maybe it would help if you thought of them as nothing more than interested fans? Xenobiology buffs excited to pore through your discoveries?
T. Cogan
Dr. Ayers, you may have gotten accustomed to having fans – hell, sometimes I think you see everybody as a part of your devoted audience. But that idea does nothing for me. Can we simply get to the point?
T. Ayers
Very well. Just trying to help.
T. Cogan
Right. So... our notes from Dr. Sandra Loew. Have you been through them all? She had made some interesting leaps with prions, using them as a vector to influence zerg neurology. Although... from everything I saw, it looks as if she jumped into experimentation far too quickly.
T. Ayers
I have been through everything recovered from the site. Dr. Loew was – what's a kind way to put this? She was enthusiastic about her research. I mean, we have volumes of material here, and every word is acutely concerned with controlling zerg behavior. She had commendable focus.
T. Cogan
Or what some might call an obsessive compulsion, but that's neither here nor there. Regardless, she put her theories into practice before setting safe parameters. It looks as if her darling hydralisk wasn't quite as tame as she had hoped.
T. Ayers
"Dennis"? Oh my, yes. Once a researcher names the subject animal, you know that some degree of rational distance has been lost. How she went on about the creature.
T. Cogan
And you saw how he repaid her devotion? Another reason I am glad our research has been relegated to dead subjects thus far.
T. Ayers
"Thus far" being the operative phrase here. You think those sounds coming from the red hallways are being made by the furnace? Branamoor is testing us out on research that has already been terminated so that he can see how we operate. We'll be moving on to live subjects soon.
T. Cogan
I'm afraid you're right. Look, I've typed up the rest of my conclusions, and I will get the summary to you tomorrow morning. I... I think I might just go lie down.
T. Ayers
The thought of meeting another Dennis soured the conversation, didn't it?
T. Cogan
Something like that. And it looks as if we have a big day tomorrow: a new shuttle arrived with a coldbox from Choss. My guess is that we're opening up a big package from Professor Champlain.
T. Ayers
Champlain? From Special Research Ops?
T. Cogan
That's what it said on the box. "Champlain, SRO."
T. Ayers
Interesting. I wonder what the foremost expert on mutalisks has sent us.
T. Cogan
A mutalisk? Seems like the obvious answer...
T. Ayers
Talise, you must be tired. Have you ever dissected a mutalisk?
T. Cogan
No, but I... oh yeah, right. Volatile acidic hemoglobin. I had forgotten.
T. Ayers
The poor professor's chosen field of study keeps dissolving right in front of his eyes. Which only makes me more curious: what could he possibly have sent us?
T. Cogan
Well, the coldbox looked far too big for a mutalisk anyway. I was so caught up watching the marines unload it that I almost missed the new member of our team when he disembarked.
T. Ayers
They've conscripted another poor soul into our ranks? Fantastic. Were you able to get his name?
T. Cogan
Don't get too excited, Dr. Ayers. He was... weird. Not weird like Dr. Held, but just... really distant. As if his mind wasn't in the same room with us, if you get my meaning.
T. Ayers
I suppose so. You know, it does take a unique skill set to enter into our line of work, Talise. Xenoscience makes for strange bedfellows.
T. Cogan
Well, that's the other thing. He told me that his specialty was archaeology.
T. Ayers
That's odd. What could an archaeologist possibly contribute to a research lab devoted to alien biology?
T. Cogan
I'm sure I have no idea. He said that his name was Ramsey. Jake Ramsey.
If you want to know what's in the box, read the short story blizz put out "Frenzy" (it's on the front page of starcraft2.com)
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There is a new twitter story between the new guy and the adjutant :D
Here is his Twitter :D
+ Show Spoiler +https://twitter.com/JakeJRamsey
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To anybody wondering, Jake Ramsey is already a person of moderate importance to the SC Universe:
SC wikia page if you want to read up on it.
I really am ready for the expansion to be out.
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On March 02 2013 04:40 Alryk wrote:To anybody wondering, Jake Ramsey is already a person of moderate importance to the SC Universe: SC wikia page if you want to read up on it. I really am ready for the expansion to be out.
Jake ramsey has three books about his story, He is NOT a person of moderate importance :p he might be with duran, kerrigan, raynor and mengsk (father) the most important terrans in the history.
The dark templars saga, a very nice trilogy!
I'll go ahead and say there must be a cat in the box, dead or alive i cannot tell.
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On February 26 2013 08:56 Wuster wrote:
The entire GW mythos has changed heavily, especially the 40k stuff (Squats, Zoats, Slann are all gone, Tau added; Harlequins kinda disappeared). But Space Hulk (late 80's) has always felt quite zerg-y to me.
The original SC was quite close to 40k in feel; enough that there were rumors of it actually being a scrapped licensed 40k game... Also, Andy Chambers worked on SC2, so the cross-pollination between the two companies has always been pretty blatant.
Hell, GW actually won an injuction or something against Blizzard; which is why WC3 changed a slew of unit names (although I'd say some of the 'infringing' was pretty dumb).
So that's why unit names like "Gyrocopter" was changed to "Flying Machine" in TFT or something? (Or do you mean WC3 pre release version or something?)
(I never knew why they changed some unit names despite me browsing the WC3 battle.net forums a lot back in the day.)
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No, you got it, the random name changes during TFT are what I'm referring too.
I'm not sure if it was an official court action or Blizz playing nice, because some of the name changes were really dumb like wyvern rider -> wind rider.
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So I seen this thread along with its topic for a really long time now and I have no clue what it is, could someone fill me in regarding what all this actually means?
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can someone please tell me what blackstone even is, like what is the point of it?
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Oh sorry I talk like that haha. I tend to understate things; yeah Ramsey is pretty important. People tend to be when preservers invade your head 
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New Chat log is out - it's a chat between Ramsey and Ayers about Protoss and human ethics.
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new tweet
Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton
I think it's starting to dawn on people that #ProjectBlackstone was more than just a promotional piece for #HotS - this story ain't done yet
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On March 16 2013 08:01 GizmoPT wrote:
new tweet
Cameron Dayton @CameronDayton
I think it's starting to dawn on people that #ProjectBlackstone was more than just a promotional piece for #HotS - this story ain't done yet It dawned on me a long time ago, because the timing doesn't make any sense... apparently I'm the only one, though...
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