The Fate of our future...The UED

actually i think the UED might not come for a 2nd wave. meaning it lies on mengsk's empire and raynor's raiders

 

Both terrans and the toss need to rebuild their civilizations, on the brink of zerg domination. But arent UED hungry for revenge? it could be an interesting twist of tale.

 

They'll come back with huge ass cruisers 4x the size of a Battlecruiser, a huge ass flagship and start nuking every planet they come by.

 

The problem I had with the UED was with the bizarre similarity of its units to the dominions. Shouldn't it have had vastly different units? I don’t think that was ever explained. But I would be very surprised if the UED didn’t send a expedition to report what happened to the fleet they had sent there. After all, would you send in a fleet to investigate what happened to a fleet that suddenly disappeared? So, they may have a presence in starcraft 2, but it’s not likely to be big one. It’s more likely to be running across a UED surveillance outpost and taking it out.

 

I'd guess gameplay issues, Shadowdragon. It'd be like introducting a 4th race, and you know how little they want that, etc etc yadda yadda. Also, i think the Dominion story from a player's perspective was quite thin, i mean, Mengsk got what he want... there was little left for him to do at that time... now, ofc, he has his hands full with rebuilding the Dominion and bring back some balance to it, while simoultaneously defending himself from Kerrigan and the SUPERSECRET 4TH RACE, LED BY DURAN!!! KEKEKE... just kidding. No 4th race, although i hope the Hybrids make at least some appearance. They ought to, or it'll just end up feeling like FF7 - hundreds of loose ends and no answers to them...

 

yes, i was never fond of the dominion. 1 question though, what does ofc mean?

 

In this case, of course. It can also be slang for an office, though that's not what he meant i'm sure ^^.

 

Heres What I think, UED, the UED still at earth that is, won't re-appear til SC2's expansion pack, til then Stukov and Raynor will be putting together a new Terran Faction to rival and eventually surpass the Dominion as the major terran faction, Stukov will have the Confederates, the UED remnants of the expeditionary fleet, and Raynor's Raiders, along with some Protoss support when Raynor calls in a favor, the Dominion will be pwned.

Then Once the UED comes back stronger than before, Stukov will either side with it and make the UED that much more powerful, or he will fight against them as well, due to either the UED not accepting him, or him being pissed off at them.

Anyone who thinks the UED isn't coming back because they aren't ABLE to is silly, the UED can come in and crush the 3 races so easily its not even funny, the question is, do they feel like it, or will they wait, let things play out and wipe up the mess, or if the zerg are to win, wait for the zerg to come to them.

The UED isn't done, It may not have a big role in SC2 besides for helping to form Stukov's new Faction, but if theres an expansion(i hope theres more than 1 this time) or another sequel, then they'll return at some point.

 

and UED should have different sets of units from the TD. they should have more high tech and futuristic equipments and war arsenals because they are way richer than the TD. ^^

not only thors but gundam like robots. haha.

 

omgz gundam wing was tight, the epyon pwned!

Yeah I sort of thought the UED should've had more advanced weapons, but it was just an expansion pack and they are still 'terran' so due to those and the amazingness of SC i decided it wasn't that important since the UED pwned anyways, maybe they left all their advanced stuff back around Earth so as not to shock and awe the humans in the Korpulu sector too much with their pwnsauce.

 

Gundam's lame, if anything they should have the mecha of the Earth Forces from Zone of the Enders.

 

I only watched Gundam Wing, and that was cool, but of course they wouldn't be gundams or whatever, because in that show anyways, all fighting was done through the use of those robots, in SC they would simply be another unit.

 

Personally I prefer the ragtag worlds of the Koprulu sector over the UED. If say the UED came in and took over then to me that really diminishes the importance of the whole SC mythos. Doesn't matter all the trials and tribulations that took the terrans from the Great Purification to the Long Sleep to the arrival of the Zerg and the discovery of the Protoss. I would hate for them to say the UED takes over. In my mind its kinda like America and the UK. Sure we started as British colonists but now we're not and it can never go back to how it was before. I dont love the Dominion but I dont want the UED in charge either. Im hoping Raynor somehow succeeds in his revolution and creates a Democracy from the ashes of the Dominion.

 

Democracies are boring and no fun, and the UK and america analogy is something I thought of earlier as well, UK could've sent more troops, and they would've crushed us, just as UED can do, its just UK didn't think it was worth it so they didn't, so will UED be lazy and say w/e we'll chill for now, or will they strike back with a fury that'll make kerrigan go find a hole to hide in.

 

Well I think something that makes U.S./U.K different from SC is we didn't have two other counties(races) in the mix at the time we were fighting for our independence. Sure the UED might be able to conquer the Dominion but I doubt they could do it with the Zerg and Protoss blasting them at the same time. The Dominion has the advantage that they are already dug in and have their territory to fall back to. If the UED gets in a bad way they only have Earth which is millions of lightyears away.

 

Can't take on the other two races? they seemed to do fine taking on everybody in BW til Duran made it all implode, which gives me an idea...WHat if Duran Made the UED lose so that they wouldn't interfere and all of the UED somehow getting mixed up in the Xel-Naga coming to destroy everything in the sector.

 

The invasion force was wiped out, according to the text at the end of Broodwar. However, the UED did come from Earth and since Earth is untouched by the effects of Starcraft and/or Broodway that we know of - Earth does exist and the UED still, should, still exist (unless someone on Earth overthrew them or they merged with someone else).

We have no idea the current politics of Earth and UED. However, someone else pointed out in another thread the UED forces seemed to have less technology than the Terrans in SC and had to resort to stealing techologies and forces and ships from the existing Terrans. War, generally speaking, is a great motivation to develop new technologies to "beat" your enemies. In World War 2 the allies were at war with the axis. The Axis developed jet engines on fighter craft at the end and the allies discovered atomic energy and splitting the atom. Both of which, is a valuable part of our modern day society to this day - and valuable part of the Starcraft technologies in the future! If Earth and the UED remains relatively peaceful then it is highly possible they will remain BELOW the technological edge of the Terrans in Starcraft2. However, knowing that war might be possible could "stir" and the Terrans on earth to a warpath mode and help them bridge the gap or pass them up - as well.

Personally, I would love to find out that there are some Terrans, Zerg, and Protoss in another sector of space that is different than what is happening in Starcraft, Broodwar, and/or Starcraft 2. A smaller sector that the races went to be rebels and then they found each other and want to kill each other to prevent a Broodwar or Starcraft 2 from happening but end up causing one anyhow situation.

 

I'm pretty sure the UED is coming back. I remember reference to a way to send long-distance messages to Earth even though they might take a long time.

I think the UED will be the deciding factor later in the game. It is possible that the storyline might end with the Terrans in search of their homeworld.

 

personally I'm a Terran fan too but I also don't think the UED on earth gonna show up that soon , even if they do they gonna hunt down Jim Raynor and Mengsk

 

Wow, are you a Republican? The ONLY good guys in the whole game are James Raynor (and his group), and the Protoss. The UED were supposed to be the poster boys of domination and evil, the selfish humans seeking new space. They were never meant to control the Koprulu sector. The only reason they were in the story was because they were supposed to be the outsiders that caused a stir between the races that were already in the area. They were never meant to meddle in the Koprulu sector's affairs. They tried to expand to a place where they didn't belong, and they failed. If StarCraft has a message, it is that mankind is not the master of the universe. They are the flawed creation, and only a few of them are worthy of ruling. The way I see it, the only way that the Koprulu sector will be stable is if Raynor conquers the racist Dominion, the Protoss become united and begin to expand, and if the UED stays out of the picture. A second UED strike would mean disaster for the delicate sector. I really hope they don't mess things up again.


UNLESS, of course, they team up with Raynor or the Protoss. That might actually be an interesting plot twist...