Okay folks, this is one of my few posts but I figured it was an interesting enough idea so here goes. So I felt like paging through some of the stories for Starcraft regarding Terran/Zerg/Protoss history cuz I absolutely love the story backdrops for the races. One thing occurred to me as a possibility and/or possibility that might be interesting to think about. Protoss refers to the "first-born," so I'm assuming that no race was created by the Xel'Naga prior to the Protoss, then came the Zerg, also created by the Xel'Naga. Now, I truly don't want this to offend any of your beliefs out there, as this is simply an idea bouncing around within the realm of the game itself, but would it be a fascinating idea that Terrans, us humans, are actually the latest race created by the Xel'Naga? Like, we are their final experiment, or at least the latest. I know it's awkward dealing with God 'n what not, but like I said, for the sake of the story's narrative, it might be kinda trippy to think that we are also just another experiment. I believe that chronologically, this works. Cuz the Protoss saw us coming into the Koprulu Sector and sorta just kept themselves at bay until they saw the Zerg come in. Okay, I dunno, maybe I've just been too into the stories and my mind's just warped from all this Starcraft talk and this isn't that interesting at all. I dunno, what do you think?
Well I guess Terrans (humans) were borned quite ordinally way, possibly same way than Xel'Naga did, evolving billions of yeards from single organims to dominant and intelligent race by natural selection. No I doubt that Terrans will be affected by Xel'Naga, Terrans are just new race and exploring to universe
Oh ok Oh okay, so it's not totally like, random or some'n. That's good, glad to know I'm not crazy or some'n, heh. I dunno, Paragon, you think it would or subtract from the narrative? Would ppl think it's a kickass twist or just weird/lame?
The Xel'naga were very badly beaten by the zerg and if they did try to do to us what they did to zerg/protoss then i would not make much sense as humans are by no means even close to perfect (in the sc universe) humanity is a large warm blooded creature that has that can reproduce at alarming rates and harvest vast amounts of resources within decades and then waste most of them, hardly perfection. But of cource this would only be assuming if we were created to be perfect and not some other reason, that may have to do with this universal cycle...... In anycase there is still very little knowloge at this point about the stroy so only time will tell....
Your idea seems plausible, but, does not seem likely as the Xel'Naga came from a different galaxy than the Milky Way. They were Psionicly Attuned and Highly Advanced. With their first Creation the Protoss they rushed for perfection and fell into disarray. With their second creation the Zerg they created the Overmind; a collective source of their instincts and intelligence. After the second creation they had lost a substantial amount of their civilization by Starcraft Lore.(I'll address this statement later.) Now, the Human Race is as Starcraft Begins about 2500 years into recorded history. Adding this to the mix of numbers we have on either races. We can believe the Human Race officially began about say 4,500-6500 Years Prior to Starcraft. Now with the Protoss we can guess that they were at the least 1000 Years into advancement at the point where the Dark Templar were exiled as they have at that point gone through the Aeon of Strife, which, lasted Hundreds of Years. That was after the Xel'Naga had altered them so 1,000-2,000 years would be a reasonable estimate. Raszagal can still remember their exile and is 1,045 Years old so we may add about 500 years at max (She at the time we meet her had been ruling that the tribes that long.) That brings us to 1,500-2,500 years old. So now we have the Terran at about 2,500 years of actual development towards Starcraft's beginning and the Protoss at about 2,500 years of development. The Zerg was the next to come after the Protoss. Now we may presume from the Numbers that the Xel'Naga immediately went to Zerus to try for a new Perfect Race. Finding the Zerg we can assume that since they left about 1,000 years into Protoss development that the Zerg are at the time of Starcraft 1,500 years old. Though, it is conceivable that it is more less 100 years old as the Protoss discovered them on the very rim of their space around the time the Terran came into the Koprulu Sector on the ships. Now we have the Human race at 2,500 Years in development, the Protoss at 2,500 and the Zerg anywhere from 1,500 - 100 Years in development. Now to address that statement way, way up their about the Xel'Naga and how much of their civilization was lost. In all likelihood the Xel'Naga have a vast amount of their civilization left back in their own galaxy. Though, this may be unlikely as the Xel'Naga may have resided on their World Ships. Finally to the Point of all this. The Humans Race is now after perhaps 2,500 Years of Advanced Development and 4,500,- 6,500 years of Primordial advancement showing Psionic abilities. This is in part due to (illegal to us) test on humans on Earth. Although, this could be because the Xel'Naga altered are primordial form like the Protoss, but, did not like the result( we evolved far too slowly for them?) and thus moved to a more Psionicly Attuned race, namely, the Protoss on Aiur and later on the Zerg on Zerus. This is possible as their is about 2,000 - 4,000 years of unrecorded Human existence all the way back to the Ice Age and beyond that even.( I think.) So it is not too unlikely that the Xel'Naga did visit us in their search for the perfect beings,but, moved on. I'm not even gonna bother posting all the pages I got this from so, I'll give ya one link. http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Wow... ShdwyTemplar, that's... you're very resourceful! Haha, well I wish I had done a bit more research before tossing my idea out there. Thanks, I think you nailed it. I guess it always struck me as slightly awkward that 2 out of 3 races in Starcraft was created by a singular higher race, and Terrans were just sorta... I dunno, thrown into the mix. Y'know what I mean? Like, if the protoss were created by the Xel'Naga, and the Zerg were created by Johnio Doey of some other galaxy, then it seems like it's slightly more balanced and each race's epic scale would seem more proportional. In a way I feel like it's almost like Terrans versus the Xel'Naga, since Zerg 'n Protoss were both created by them. Anyway, it was just an idea. Your take on it is much more substantial than mine
I always assumed that the protoss race was way older than the human race, I mean they did exist and already have a civilization up and running before the Xel'Naga came to them Xel'Naga just sorta added to the protoss they didn't actually create them from scratch.
Yea, that's congruent with the narrative. I just meant that humans could also be affected later in the game. I mean, IF we were to take into evolution 'n alla that, we were once micro organisms 'n what not. Or even if we tossed the idea that were once hairy monkeys, I guess it might be kinda fun to think that the Xel'Naga, having watched over this "interestingly hairy race" and decided to guide our way towards beautiful fair skin and weapons of mass destruction, lol.
I think the old race having a hand in making humans is rather old and boring and overdone in my opinion. I don't think it'd be that great of a twist. Just more of an "oh... well... ok i guess"
Agreed. While the zerg and protoss can be seen as an attempt to create a perfect race, I just don't think that humans are. To answer your question, its an interesting idea, but I don't really think people would go for it =/. It's kind of a heavy topic to talk about, and we humans like to be set apart.
Alrighty, that's cool. Definitely wasn't an idea that I was that devoted to and I think you guys are right. Thanks for readin' it though
we were talking about this last week here. http://www.starcraft2forum.org/forums/index.php?topic=660.msg39166#msg39166 since this is technically a post about the Xel'Naga. It’s a fun topic... but maybe not all that original.
