EPTPossible 2nd UED intervention?
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yrba1
United States325 Posts
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
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Headlines
United States482 Posts
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koppik
United States676 Posts
On August 03 2010 13:29 Amber[LighT] wrote: I think the story on the UED is that they really just sent a small task force and built/stole the fleet in Broodwar, leaving their "uber tachyon lasers" (as Metzen said) at home for a reason the devs hadn't quite figured out.You know the UED fleet died right? Nothing was sent back to Earth. | ||
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zingmars
Latvia189 Posts
You know the UED fleet died right? Nothing was sent back to Earth. Like koppik said. UED in Brood war was just a small expeditionary force. Still doubt that UED will suddenly appear, but yes - it's possible. | ||
ArvickHero
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SilverSocks
Netherlands6 Posts
On August 03 2010 17:25 ArvickHero wrote: Wasn't the UED intended to be a race of its own, and then they got lazy or something so they just made the UED just a Terran clone lol Never heard that statement, and 3 races at the time was quite unique, don't think they would pull off 4 races back then (they needed something new for WC3  )And UED stands for United EARTH Directorate, would be weird is they weren't Terran  | ||
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Doctorasul
Romania1145 Posts
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Sleight
2471 Posts
On August 03 2010 21:28 Doctorasul wrote: But by that time the monkeys took over the earth, so where are my monkey-marines? I think Doctorasul makes a very good point. If they really are the United EARTH Directorate, how are they still functioning? Are they allowed to live on the whim of their monkey overlords? In fact, is this possibly the true 'hybrid' the xel-naga are looking for? Is it that they are waiting for monkeys and humans to cross breed, throwing people off with their diversionary tactics of Zerg-Protoss hybrids? Is the UED secretly the Xel-Naga task force? Is Duran actually running the UED towards this end? These are all very important questions we have yet to find solid answers to in the SC2 campaign and I am looking forward to how Blizzard resolves all these loose ends in HotS and SotC. | ||
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sikyon
Canada1045 Posts
From what I gathered the UED fleet was an expeditionary force lead by their most genius general. I guess that vast interstellar transport for a mega fleet was too expensive for them so they sent a small one, stole all those battlecruisers, then tried to enslave the zerg and wipe out the protoss. Even though none of their fleet got a message back, it has been said that Earth was keeping tabs on the sector anyways. So it is reasonable to assume that they have some sort of plan... | ||
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Yotta
United States270 Posts
On August 03 2010 22:43 Sleight wrote: Segacy of the Coid?I think Doctorasul makes a very good point. If they really are the United EARTH Directorate, how are they still functioning? Are they allowed to live on the whim of their monkey overlords? In fact, is this possibly the true 'hybrid' the xel-naga are looking for? Is it that they are waiting for monkeys and humans to cross breed, throwing people off with their diversionary tactics of Zerg-Protoss hybrids? Is the UED secretly the Xel-Naga task force? Is Duran actually running the UED towards this end? These are all very important questions we have yet to find solid answers to in the SC2 campaign and I am looking forward to how Blizzard resolves all these loose ends in HotS and SotC. I kinda hope UED sends their entire godly huge fleet to help with the big finale mission where we have to stop the hybrids from taking over the galaxy (universe? i don't remember). Will make me happy to see how awesomely powerful our planet will be in only a few hundred years | ||
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sikyon
Canada1045 Posts
On August 03 2010 22:59 Yotta wrote: Segacy of the Coid? I kinda hope UED sends their entire godly huge fleet to help with the big finale mission where we have to stop the hybrids from taking over the galaxy (universe? i don't remember). Will make me happy to see how awesomely powerful our planet will be in only a few hundred years Maybe signifigant technological advancement beyond what Earth has already developed is impossible without strong psionic powers. Or at least much slower. Then there wouldn't need to be a new race of godly terran units! | ||
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Hyren
United States817 Posts
On August 03 2010 19:54 SilverSocks wrote: Never heard that statement, and 3 races at the time was quite unique, don't think they would pull off 4 races back then (they needed something new for WC3 )And UED stands for United EARTH Directorate, would be weird is they weren't Terran From gearvOsh, Admin of SC2Armory and Blizzard employee: SC1 fun fact: The UED were supposed to have different looking units in SC1, but with time constraints and how much work it would take to create all those new ones, they didnt do it. I hope that they still have a role to play. Stukov was a bamf. | ||
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zoLo
United States5896 Posts
On August 03 2010 13:29 Amber[LighT] wrote: You know the UED fleet died right? Nothing was sent back to Earth. So? That doesn't mean much. The time gap between BW and SC2 is enough for them to rebuild their military to a level of defending themselves. I doubt Earth would send every single ship, soldier, vehicle, etc to war in BW because it is foolhardy. I would love to see the UED come back in SC2, but most of their cool characters are dead though =/ | ||
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alsowikk
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Gedrah
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+ Show Spoiler + Doctor Narud Samir Duran The UED probably isn't intensely concerned with the Koprulu Sector, however. The colonists were exiles, scheduled to be purged anyway. As far as the Earth is concerned, they're long gone and forgotten and good riddance. The UED Expeditionary Force was mostly interested because of the unprecedented discovery of extraterrestrial life, but being such purist xenophobes, the main body of the organization is probably not extremely interested in making contact with aliens or the descendants of unclean criminals. If I had to guess, I would say that + Show Spoiler + Duran was up to something on his own, and probably is not and never has been a human being. His actions led to the first creation of Protoss-Zerg hybrids. The Xel'naga's interest in human beings was probably simply to find a race with a sufficient technological progression and insufficient moral fiber to advance their hybridization experiments, which the Khala-adherent Protoss and mindless Zerg would never help them out with. | ||
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Ayush_SCtoss
India3050 Posts
On August 03 2010 13:29 Amber[LighT] wrote: You know the UED fleet died right? Nothing was sent back to Earth. It was only a small task expeditionary force. Not the actual fleet. UED have the fleet to wipe out the zerg and terran without breaking a sweat. At the end, UED HAVE to make an appearance. I really doubt the terrans can hold it against the hybrids. Maybe Valerian will ask them for their help. They are from Earth and a danger is looming over the horizon and the Terrans will need all the help they can. | ||
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NIJ
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Brits colonized the new world, but that doesn't mean new world pop today has to be smaller than uk. | ||
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KillerPlague
United States1386 Posts
On August 03 2010 13:29 Amber[LighT] wrote: You know the UED fleet died right? Nothing was sent back to Earth. you know some didn't try to flee to earth and just stayed on some terran planets right? but i think bliz stated the UED lost interest in the galactic war between the 3 races and also that the fleet they sent was only i tiny portion of their overall fleet so sounds like they could have rofl stomped everyone if they wanted to leave themselves defenseless back home | ||
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Sanguinarius
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