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There's so much about this cinematic that doesn't add up 1. Three state-of-the-art battlecruisers versus a single old, refurbished Confederate-era battlecruiser? Shouldn't everyone be freaking the fuck out? Even if the Hyperion has been upgraded and improved upon over the years, being outnumbered against the Dominion's highest tech isn't exactly a regular Tuesday. 2. Raynor fought alongside Arcturus. Raynor has seen firsthand that Arcturus is an extremely competent tactician. Why would he not immediately assume this was a trap since the Dominion's shields being down is apparently so odd? 3. If Raynor truly wants to kill Mengsk, why wouldn't he just destroy the ship instead of docking on it? Arcturus dies either way. Except, if Raynor boards the Buccephalus, the Hyperion has to get awkwardly close and sit still long enough for the docking tubes to transfer troops between the ships. All the while, the Hyperion is a sitting duck for the two other flagships. 4. Why is it odd for a Battlecruiser's shields to be down? It shouldn't be. Terran shields are extremely power-intensive and rarely used outside of warp jumps. This is cemented multiple times in lore. This isn't Star Wars. Terrans do not have shields that can be put up whenever. 5. Raynor's character was assassinated pretty heavily here. He endangers the entirety of Raynor's Raiders engaging in what could have been a futile battle despite being characterized as caring about the lives of his men. All for the exceedingly slim chance to kill Arcturus. We KNOW that Raynor isn't this headstrong because he has already had an opportunity to kill Arcturus in the past during Brood War. He is capable of setting aside his feelings for the good of the sector. 6. Why does Valerian let his men die? Why doesn't he tell his men to stand down and get out of the way? 7. Raynor looks at the back of Valerian's head and assumes this is Arcuturs. Except Valerian has golden blonde hair while Arcturus has dark brown hair. Seriously? 8. Valerian for some reason doesn't grasp the concept of an independent contractor and assumes he actually owns the entirety of Raynor's Raiders just because he commissioned five jobs from them. 9. Not necessarily a logical issue, but I dislike the fact that the Aria track is being used in this scene. It feels like a tone-deaf reference. Aria was a representation of the UED, from it's refined, classical style showing a clear distinction between the UED and the Koprulu Terrans, to the lyrics, which detail the dystopian society that the UED is. The song was crafted alongside the cinematics it appeared in such that the lyrics would line up with the events of the cinematic. Here, it's just thrown in as a reference to a game that the SC2 writers obviously dislike given how often they ignore its events.

Raynor pointing the gun at the back of some blond twinks head, apparently blind: turn around arcturus

This makes no sense, if Vamerian is so noble, and good guy, why did he let his guards get kill just tontell jim he wants to be partners?, thats a dick move, so the other troops supose to be cool about that?, like, hey this guys kill a bunch of our camarades and know we work together, sure dude its all cool no hard feelings, that shows how much they care about their soldiers

Benefit of hindsight: I have a hunch Valerian had planned everything, probably also showing that even though father and son aren't on good terms, Valerian did in fact inherit part of Arcturus' wit. Even though in canon, Arcturus had officially crowned Valerian heir to his throne, as mentioned, the two are not exactly on good terms, and in Hots, Mengsk Senior is more than willing to sacrifice his own flesh and blood just to get rid of Kerrigan. I have to guess that the security detail onboard the Bucephalus were already on Mengsk Senior's payroll, and while on paper, their job is to guard the Crown Prince, they can instantly change to his executioners if Arcturus gave the order. So by letting the Raiders storm the bridge to get to him (unaware it's not Arcturus), he managed to get rid of his father's security detail without implicating himself. As for why Raynor did not pull the trigger right away once he got on the bridge, rule of drama. Considering that Arcturus had hounded Raynor for years, when you have the chance to finally return the favor to an old foe, it is human nature to want to capture this moment in your own psyche. Plus, if he actually shot Valerian without hearing him out, you know Arcturus would use his son's death as a rallying cry to destroy the Raiders once and for all. Even if you think it's a little unbelievable with how things fall into place, remember that "impossible is nothing", especially in the realm of storytelling.

They change the name of Jackson's revenge to duke?

MF killed a hydra with a single punch, which means his fist alone equals Zertatul's Warp Blade. How TF blizzard didn't bring more of General Horace? Man is a legend among Terrans.

Their rifles.. if there was a remake or mod that could change the sound effects even in cutscenes for the gauss rifle for a more accurate caliber and rate of fire sound (according to some select lore specs), it'd be more like the GAU-19 .50 gatling gun. *BRRRRRRRRT!!!*

Valerian just let his troops die for no reason

This sequence doesn't make sense. Why did Valerian let them board and kill his men only to pretend that that was his plan all along? Bad writing in these games

What makes this worse is apparently before becoming operatives nova and tosh were *ahem* very close

Killing Tosh is something not right, as he meet Raynor first as a customer then he become Raynor’s comrade, while Nova just appear out of nowhere and told Raynor to kill Tosh

PERFECT.💋❤💛💙

Choose your side Arthas Menethil or Sarah Kerrigan

In another universe, Raynor just shoots him in the back and doesn't care whether Arcturus sees it coming and the plot ends there.

Just think about the Marines that would have survived if Jim had listened to Mat. You know some of the Raiders had to of died too.

I like to think that what Tosh did was link that doll to whatever implants that people in marine armor have to interface with the suit, but he accidentally skimmed the wrong unit ID from the Hyperion's computer system when he was chilling in the bar and _adamantly_ making sure that he was never _caught_ looking at the holographic stripper behind his shoulder.

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all this for a drop of blood

You recieve: Crystals Me: Mercenaries

Why did tygus hesitate before shooting?

Anyone watching this From 2021

Wtf ?! 2021

Bruh. Imagine having a battlecruiser with that firepower in a ladder match

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Strange to see zeratul climbing. Cape’s a bit raggedy too hahaha

I love how most of them are ex-confederates. I was wondering where most of them went after Sons of Korhal dismantled the confederacy.

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They should make this a REAL game and not that WWC/RPG bs... would be top notch.

Bucephalus is a pretty awesome name for a ship

Hail the queen of blades

1:25 me at the furry convention

Kerigan is op

What a tough bitch! Stands on her feet and cops it sweet.

It will be perfect if angelina jolie will play the role of kerrigan while brad pitt will play the role of raynor.... it suits perfectly for them just like mr & mrs smith

I can't get passed how cartoony starcraft has become, or at how ridiculously big the marine armor is. Humans are too small to operate the limbs of these things.

The way this cutscene is built makes me think there used to be a mission somewhere in the middle of it, probably where Jim and Tycus board the ship, with the hero units from the Nydus Tunnel mission

Is it just me or does the music at the end seem to be a throwback to Predator?

damn...novas got some serious butterfly knife skillz!

climbing increased to 45

When zeratul got on her, why didn't he cut off her head instead of wing?

1:11 this Matt has seen some shit

Seriously how cheap is this armor But clearly it wasn’t designed to be indestructible

It’s scenes like this that make me feel like they should make a Starcraft first person shooter game And considering their latest brainchild overwatch We know blizzard can make it work

ARCTURUS MENGSK THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! YOU BETRAYED SARAH KERRIGAN AND LEFT HER BEHIND ON TARSONIS!

Spitter hahahaha

2:06 um....Raynor? Since when was Arcturus Mengsk BLONDE?!

She take the pill from TBoI

Of all the new characters introduced in SC2, I think I like Valerian the most, and not just because I read the book trilogy where he's an anti-villain. Nice to see the apple took a good bounce away from the tree.

What a coincidence the cloud clears up after every epic speech given

So Thats what Happens In the final Mission of terran in SC 1.