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% MISSION 9: "THE INVASION OF AIUR" %
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% Zerg Swarm %
% High orbit over %
% Protoss Homeworld of Aiur %
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Objectives: Bring a Drone to the Khaydarin Crystal formation.
Briefing:
Overmind- (with no one else)
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| My children, the hour of our victory|
| is at hand. For upon this world of |
| Aiur shall we incorporate the |
| strongest known species into our |
| fold. Then shall we be the greatest |
| of creation's children. We shall be |
| ... |
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| Perfect. |
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| Yet before I can be made manifest |
| upon this world, the way must be |
| prepared. You must seize the |
| Khaydarin Crystals. For within them |
| lies power undreamed of by the |
| Protoss. |
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| Go now, my Cerebrate. Secure the |
| crystals, and bring swift wrath to |
| all who oppose the Swarm! |
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message-
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| End of Briefing. |
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Starting line-up: 1 Hatchery
1 Sunken Colony
1 Spawning Pool
1 Evolution Chamber
3 Overlords
4 Drones
6 Zerglings
2 Hydralisks
Comments: You are at the upperleftmost area in the map, and your target,
the Khaydarin Crystal Formation, is at the lower center, and
the shortest route towards it is going right towards the resource
area at central north, then going straight down through all
enemy resistance. Am I talking too fast? Or is the plan just
too confusing? Ohhh, you need a map! Here goes...
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| _/**/ P \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
| ______ MIN \*/ PC M \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
| | | I \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
| | YOUR | N \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
| | BASE | ____ |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
| |______| GAS \***\_PC GAS _/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
| \***\_P _/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ |
| \***\ PF /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ |
| Lotsa Trees |***| ro /~~~~~~~~~~~~/ MIN |
| _/***/ or GAS /~~~~~~~~| |
|_ ___/****/ M tc /~~~~~~~~~| |
|*\___ ___/******/ I oe /~~~~~~~~~~| |
|*****\___ ___/*****-P-*/ N ss |
|*********\_____/********-PC-*\ s GAS __/|
|******************************\ ___________ __/***|
|*-P-***-PC-***-PC-****-PC-P-**| _/***********\_ __/******|
|*-PC-**-P-*****-P-************/ /**-P-PC-*******\__/***-2PC-*|
|***********/ \*********/ \********-PC-**********-P-*|
|*******/ MIN \***/ P\****-P-***-PC-**-PC-**|
|***/ PF rF \******-P-*********|
| _________ ro oo \*******-P-****|
| | | or tr _________\**********|
| | PROTOSS | tc oc | | \******|
| | BASE 1 | oe se | PROTOSS | M |**|
| |_________| ss ______ ______ ss | BASE 2 | I |**|
| s ____/~~~~~/ \~~~~~\___|_________| N \**|
| ____/~~~~~/ \~~~~~\____ |
| ____/~~~~~/ \~~~~~\____GAS |
|GAS ____/~~~~~/ \~~~~~\____ |
|___/~~~~~/ \~~~~~\____|
|~~~~/ \~~~~~|
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| _____ |
|____ /*****\ ____|
|****\____ __ __ ____/****|
|* \____ M /*/ \*\ M ____/ |
|* Protoss ****\ I /*/ BKCF /*/ I /***** Protoss |
|* Forces ****| N \*\ /*/ N |***** Forces |
|* ****/ _____ \***** |
|*********/ \*****/ \*********|
|*******/ GAS \*******|
|-MIN-**\______ _______/*-MIN-*|
|**************\______ _______/***************|
| *****\______ _______/******* |
| PROTOSS BASE 3 ************\________/*************** PROTOSS BASE 4 |
| ************ Protoss *************** |
|-GAS-*********************** Forces *******************************|
MIN - minerals
GAS - vespene gas
BKFC - Khaydarin Crystal Formation
P - Pylon
PC - Photon Cannon
CC - Cybernetics Core
Sg - Stargate
Ob - Observatory
RSB - Robotics Support Bay
* - highlands
~ - lake area
< / > - ramp
Comments: If you want, you can occupy the resource area east of yours
since it does help a lot with your Guardian production. Wait,
did you just hear Guardian? Yup, you'll be, once again, making
use of an all-Mutalisk strategy here, and as I've mentioned
in previous missions, evolve your Hatchery into a Lair and
morph in more Overlords. Build two Spires and a Queen's Nest
then evolve your Lair into a Hive. Now continue simultaneously
upgrading and morphing in your Mutalisks til you can't upgrade
them no more. Evolve your Spire into what else but a Greater
Spire then morph a third of your Mutalisk army into Guardians.
Take out the "yellow brick road" (Protoss road, actually) and
then bring a Drone (escorted by Guardians and Mutalisks alike)
to the Beacon beside the Khaydarin Crystal Formation.
Transmission: Daggoth - The Crsytal is being harvested.
- 10 minutes until harvesting is complete.
Comments: And timer starts...now! The Protoss will be attacking your
Guardian-Mutalisk escort squad from all directions, so you
better be prepared. Continue morphing in more of those air
units to take the place of those that have fallen in combat
and you'll be fine. A handful of Zealots, Dragoons, and Reavers
will even try to attack your base, so better leave behind your
own handful of defenders, namely, Guardians and Mutalisks.
Why the need for Mutalisks? Because there will be occasional
assaults from Scouts and even Carriers, and the Guardians are
helpless against them. And as a last resort, the Protoss will
summon all their High Templars towards the crystal formation,
so better keep an eye out for those and nail 'em before they
start casting those dreaded Psionic Storms.
Transmission: - Harvesting complete.
- Mission Objective:
Bring the Khaydarin Crystal to the Beacon.
Comments: And that means the Beacon in your base, not the one you're
seeing now. Go back there with what's left of your Guardian-
Mutalisk escort and deal with every Protoss reinforcement
blocking your path.
Transmission: Daggoth - Cerebrate, the Khaydarin Crystals are now
in our possession. Now, all shall tremble
before the might of the swarms.
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| VICTORY |
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