i read all the starcraft novels and these is my list of intelligent species(NOW including humans) 1: terran/human 2: protoss 3: zerg 4: Xel'Naga 5: hybrid 6: kalathi 7: (darth vader sound) THE PHOENIXES in the book shadow of the xel'naga, at the very end, a old xel'naga experiment, one of their (many as stated by the dark templar xerana) tries to create the perfect species, comes to live by abosrbing energy from terran nukes and DNA from both the zerg and the protoss. i think this phoenix will somehow return in the SC2 campaign.
phoenixes are a energy creature who live in temples and have been dormant for a long time, if they get zerg and protoss dna+some energy they wake up and can destroy any protoss and/or zerg. one of them destroyed the kukulzan brood, the tertiary fleet of the protoss and 4 battlecruisers, all within a minute. they were created by the xel'naga. at least one dark templar: xerana, seems to have knowledge of this creatures and knew its destructive power
Phoenixes....sounds interesting. I could see the Xel 'Naga playing a big part in the end of the story, majorly in the expansion. I could see them going back and finding all their failed experiments, improving them, and then use them against the Zerg and Protoss. The Phoenix's could perhaps be their capitol ship type unit, with a huge burst like attack. Also, I think the Ursadons are smarter than they let you think.
i actually am thinking of the kakuras, they lived after all on a xel'naga planet and we've only seen xel'naga buildings at worlds where they conducted experiments, so... (darth vader theme music)
The Kalathi are all dead and I seriously doubt that those "phoenix" will have any (let alone major) part of the story/game.
for some reason, hearing you guys talk about the phoenixes, I keep keep thinking about the energy creatures in that Final Fantasy Movie: Spirits Within
Lately i hear alot of xel'naga return to wipeout zerg and protoss. The zerg i can understand why they would like to destroy but why the protoss - they were not a lost experiment - they simpli becamed to powerfull and stuburn and they decided that xel'naga intervention is no longer nedeed. So if there is going to be a war it will be against the zerg only. As for the phonixes, if they gain life again by takeing the dna from zerg and toss then they might as well be the archons of the hybrids. An energy creature that shares the same origins as the hybrids looks alot like them. As for the kalathi - if my memorie serves me well i belive they were under the protection of the protoss not whiped out ... . Over all since we are talking about all these races - i totally think that a fourth race should be added - it's SC2 - i don't want only the 3 already well known races even if they are remodeled ( though a few new units and a couple of mechanics means verry little ). Hybrids/xel'naga they should make it in this release even if we have to wait another year - come on it's not like we live in games for ..uck sake.
If Xel'Naga think that protoss are failure, noone can help it. And it's very likely that they do since zeratul was pretty beaten up when he came to Raynor to tell him about Xel'Naga. There won't be 4th race, I think it's been said before
We don't know from where Zeratul came from - it could have been a fight with kerrigan or with the hybrids - maybe the hybrids are the new great threath to the xel'naga, maybe they got out of control and started to make plans for a conquering war. These are all speculations, the story is to be seen. As for a fourth race - would you guys be that amazed if blizzard would actually announce with a few mounths before release that there will be a secret fourth race. It's not like it wouldn't be 'blizzard like' . One can only hope.
