Terrans using protoss gear?

i just thought of something. what if one of the plot twists that would have been in Ghost was she(nova) becomes some uber ghost and starts using protoss stuff.

 

I have a theory that in SC2, Terran engineers reverse engineered some of the Protoss technologies they found

 

i was under the impression that Ghosts in general have stronger psionic capabilities than the regular protoss (e.g. zealot)... i think this impression came from starcraft ghost and the ghost-based novels... on the other had, i remember in broodwar that terrans have BEEN fiddling with stasis cells and whatnot, albeit clumsily as someone in the campaigns said...

 

Protoss were never allied with the Terrans, Raynor was a exeption. Officially all three races are at (cold?) war with each other. Terrans researching Protoss tech was already going on during SC: The Science Vessels Defense Matrix is a attemt to copy the Protoss Shield.

 

Thats not necessarily the case Un. One could say that they had a defensive alliance. Against the UED (Dominion and Protoss), and then against Kerrigan (Dominion, UED and Protoss).

I think I made a post about this in another thread, theres some artwork out there exploring this possibility, and I'm pretty sure Spectre's utilize this kind of stuff. Blizz did mention spectres might make an appearance, though prolly as heroes.

 

The SCstory was a Backstabbingfest, none of these "alliances" were throughout enough for Technological exchanges. Terrans will most likely (try to) adapt to Protoss (and even Zerg) Technology but they wont get help. It just wouldn´t fit with the Tensions portraied between the Races and Factions.

 

Well, at Blizzards website it says

"Every protoss has a level of psionic capability that is extremely rare among terrans. The protoss of the Templar caste devote their long lives to honing their powerful abilities for war. Of these dedicated individuals, only the most adept and disciplined in the ways of the Khala can hope to eventually rise to the honored rank of high templar. The terrifying power of the high templar is rightly feared by the enemies of the protoss. A mere handful of these potent individuals can lay waste to entire armies of foes."

So only a very select few of Terrans could possibly even use something that requires a Protoss level of psionic ablitiy. So it would be impratical from them to use it because out of the entire population of the Terran only a handful would be able to use it.

They could however try to adept some of their technology that doesn't rely on a indivduals psionic power, such as what has been mentioned, a phase cannon or pylon that is just a energy catalyst.

 

Terrans had defense matrix before they even knew that protoss existed

 

I feel this is possable. But not in Sc2 or anytime soon.

 

Wrong, the Manual (at least the German one) clearly states that the Defense Matrix is an attempt to copy Protoss shield technology. They are not related though as the DM is most likely unrelatet to Psipowers. That explains how the Technology gets refined into having a AoE while Protoss don´t have anything comparable (yet).

 

the english one just says
"the confederates have been trying to perfect stable, long-term force field generators, but early research has enabled the development of a short-lived defensive matrix that can absorb significant punishment. this energy matrix can be created around any unit withing a short range of the Explorer and is standard issue on all Science Vessels."

 

Seems like the Protoss reference is only in the German Manual. Oh well it isn´t that important anyway. No hard feelings.

 

well, terrans surpassing the protoss in some fields of technology isn't unheard of...

you never know... the protoss might not even be able to open doors... haha... joke...

 

Ya mind posting what the manual said.


I remeber the English manual saying that it is rumored that alien technollogy is reverse engineered in the science facility

 

Surpassing? I have yet to see any technology the Terran have that surpasses the Protoss, the defensive matrix is no different just because they made do some kind of AoE effect doesn't mean it surpasses them. Protoss technology is more advanced and efficent than Terrans, although Zerg might be the most efficent even though they produce and consume way too much.

 

here ill quote myself for you, because i posted exactly what it says in the english manual for defensive matrix

nothing about protoss, nothing about reverse engineering. nor is it mentioned anywhere else in the science vessel discription.

 

No no I meant the general description for the Science Facility NOT the science vessel

I read  that the nuke still baffles the Protoss.  Can't remember if it was in the manual or on the BNet guide though

 

ok, yes it does mention that for the Science Facility, my mistake.

i keep my manual handy for stuff like this.
no where in the discription of Nuclear Silo, Nuclear Strike, or the ghost is there any mention of the protoss. or them being baffled.

 

maybe surpassing them like this... i dunno... but it seems to me that the protoss are following a different path in terms of technology...

by the way, in official lore, remember the Great Purification by the UED..? they killed almost 400million CYBERNETICALY and GENETICALLY altered humans... if i remember correctly too, the human technology on earth is way more advanced than those of the exiled terrans...

 

The exiles were in stasis for a long while and most of their tech came from reverse engineering their crashed ships.