Starcraft 2 Announced!

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Terra is another name for Earth, so I guess it's like calling them Earthlings. It makes sense to call the UED guys that, but the Kuprulu sector humans? They should have been called something else.

Oh yes, according to the story of Starcraft, the humans in the kuprulu sector (Australia 2 as I call it, being a prisoner founded bunch of nations) basically had to reinvent a lot of technology. Goliaths to Battlecruisers, that was their tech, not Earth's. I would have imagined Earth had MUCH more advanced weaponry, and yet when they brought "all the innovations of the UED" to that sector, it amounted to medics and valkyrie ships, and everything else was exactly what kuprulu had. Why would the UED have ramshackle SCVs and command centers? I suppose the idea is they copied all of their technology, but still it was a bit too similar.

That's just one of those things I notice though. I know the real reason. The gameplay couldn't be altered that much. They had to use existing units in that expansion pack. At least with Frozen Throne the "human" campaign (actually, blood elves) replaced all manner of units with blood elf versions, though they all did exactly the same things, it was a nice thematic touch.

Agreed , I was a little dumb funded to see the UED so mirror to those outcast Korprulu sector Humans.

The only difference was that the "nationalities" of earth were visible ,Valkyries were either German or Russian.

Blizz tried to do a bit of patch working knowing that some people would have read the epilogue, Basically They tried to write in the idea that the UED incorporated some local militias, Such as Duran's splinter neo confederate group. Also they had the mission where you had to hijack a dominion fleet. But it doesn't explain all the discrepancies so it wouldn't surprise me if some of the history they had given in the manuals will be readjusted.

I bet like war craft the back history chronicling the landing of the first colonies will be changed like this since it longer fits canon as of Brood war, Its possible that instead of some prison ships flying off into oblivion out of contact. Maybe the Korprulu colonies were administered as penal colonies like Botany Bay by the UED or its earlier incarnation for the purpose of establishing a penal colony to harvest rare raw materials and relocate its "dissidents" just like a soviet Stalinist era gulag.

there was a fair distance to travel obviously , So defense of these outposts lay solely on the local garrisons. As years went on both the deported exiles and Garrison men began to have families and a society emerged .

As time went on these colonies grew dissatisfied and apathetic with the distant authority of Earth government, No longer were they willing to continually accept waves of new criminals annually spat out from earth ,As the Colonials refused to carry the burden of store housing Earth's problems on its shoulders.

Many ambitious men among the powerful colonies rallied the colonist for self determination and total independence from the increasingly irrelevant government on earth.

Unfortunately Ideological difference emerged from the political factions , Causing not only the colonies to breakaway from earth but for many of the ruling families or elected bodies of the various colonies to squabble over differences.

A planetary alliance and defense pact was signed and preparation for inevitable invasion from Earth was underway. So factories churned out military hardware and additional shipyards were being establish.

With haste the United Planetary league of earth responded swiftly to the uprising in the Korpulu sector. Immediately deploying a vanguard to put down the insurrection and place it back under proper earth rule.Although these minor colonies never where of major crucial importance to the UPL a example needed to be made of them to maintain order.

Within a year UPL forces arrived and a war of independence ensued. Some members of the colonial alliance namely the Imperialist oligarchs hoped to manipulate the war for their own strategic gain causing rivals grievous blows . By secretly passing on critical war intelligence to the UPL forces in a total act of betrayal , Largely against colonies whose governance consisted of descendants of exiles that choosed representative leadership and the much long lost art of Democracy rather then the Totalitarians or Oligarchy .

The Oligarchs tried to covertly negotiate an agreement with the UPL Marshals , Granting them autonomous self rule in exchange for compliance with UPL authority and mandate. The Oligarchs quickly swapped sides and now turned against their former allies devastating their armed forces and annexing their colonies. Now setting the foundation for what would become the Terran Confederacy, All records pertaining to the true history of Korpulu sector have been erased and altered to fit the purposes of the regime . All knowledge of pertaining to the contact and any exchange of technology between Earth and Terran Confederacy has been kept under the tightest secrecy for generations.