History Awesome / StarcraftIIWingsOfLiberty

'''Tychus:''' You can't trust that drunk. Jim Raynor's nothin' but a spineless coward.\\
'''Swann:''' [[ShutUpHannibal You've been nothing but poison since you got on this crate.]]

--> '''Tychus:''' The Big Dawg is all mine.

* The final mission of Wings of Liberty, "All In", has your plucky band of Terrans and what's left of half the Dominion military HoldTheLine for 30 minutes against a non-stop flood of Zerg against the backdrop of the burnt world of Char. All of your turtling and base building skills are put to the test. You have multiple fronts to maintain and defend against waves of fliers or endless waves of nydus worm spawned swarms. You have a panic button on a 3:30 timer that non-veteran players (or even veterans on higher difficulty) WILL use as early and often as possible just to get a breather. You even get attacked by the [[TheDreaded Queen of Blades]] herself from time to time after she gets fed up on relying on her Zerg horde and deciding to [[VillainNoLongerIdle take a "personal hand in their demise", and she's '''very tough and powerful''' as one would expect, taking immense firepower just to have her retreat underground temporarily and also dishing out major hurt, getting more and more [[VillainousBreakdown angered by her enemies' stubborn, unrelenting resistance.]] At the climax, the device goes off, annihilating Kerrigan's army and landing the underdogs the victory. After the depressing aftermath of the final mission in ''Brood War'', winning does feel pretty damn satisfying.

* The final mission of Wings of Liberty, "All In", has your plucky band of Terrans and what's left of half the Dominion military HoldTheLine for 30 minutes against a non-stop flood of Zerg against the backdrop of the burnt world of Char. All of your turtling and base building skills are put to the test. You have multiple fronts to maintain and defend against waves of fliers or endless waves of nydus worm spawned swarms. You have a panic button on a 3:30 timer that non-veteran players (or even veterans on higher difficulty) WILL use as early and often as possible just to get a breather. You even get attacked by the Queen of Blades herself from time to time. At the climax, the device goes off, annihilating Kerrigan's army and landing the underdogs the victory. After the depressing aftermath of the final mission in ''Brood War'', winning does feel pretty damn satisfying.

** In the same cutscene, Rory Swann keeps defending Raynor from his fellow mechanics when they suspect that he turned his back on the Raiders. Tychus then fans the flames by agreeing with one of the dissenters, Kachinsky, calling their leader a "drunk" and a "spineless coward". Swann retorts that Tychus is in no position to badmouth him like that [[PoisonousFriend when he has done far more to keep Raynor from doing what they set out to do]].

* '''Safe Haven''' has you protecting colonists from a Protoss Motherhship purifying settlements where Selendis and her crew have detected Zerg infestation. Selendis is not upset over Raynor's retaliation, actually being honored to engage the legendary Raynor's Raiders. After destroying three Nexi to render the Motherhship vulnerable, you can engage it with a mass of Vikings (and/or set an ambush with a Missile Turret farm if you wish). Selendis is impressed with the Raider's fighting spirit and hopes their faith in the colonists will be vindicated.

* The final mission of Wings of Liberty, "All In", has your plucky band of Terrans and what's left of half the Dominion military HoldTheLine for 30 minutes against a non-stop flood of Zerg against the backdrop of the burnt world of Char. All of your turtling and base building skills are put to the test. You have multiple fronts to maintain and defend against waves of fliers or endless waves of nydus worm spawned swarms. You have a panic button on a 3:30 timer that non-veteran players (or even veterans on higher difficulty) WILL use as early and often as possible just to get a breather. [[spoiler: You even get attacked by the Queen of Blades herself from time to time.]] At the climax, the device goes off, annihalating Kerrigan's army and landing the underdogs the victory. After the depressing aftermath of the final mission in ''Brood War'', winning does feel pretty damn satisfying.

* The final Zeratul mission, In Utter Darkness, is basically this for [[spoiler:the entire Protoss race]], even if [[spoiler:[[HopelessWar winning is completely impossible]]]]. [[spoiler:Artanis's RousingSpeech when he arrives in his mothership is possibly the greatest part; it echoes Tassadar's from the end of the first game.]]

--> '''Tychus:''' ''The Big Dawg is all mine.''
** In the mission "Engine of Destruction", [[spoiler:he takes control of it, leading to an [[EscortMission escort mission]] that in itself it a CMOA for him.]]
** "Media Blitz" is one giant CMOA for Raynor's Raiders, especially Tychus. [[spoiler:The Raiders successfully hide the Odin's hijacking from the Dominion and call in a lot of favors to get it on the surface, in the center of the capital, with Tychus in the cockpit. He then turns on the Dominion, using the confusion to attack their bases and cripple them before they can figure out what's going on. They then hijack three transmission towers, fending off the renowned General Warfield's counter-attacks to hold them, and upload evidence that Mengsk used Psi Emitters to make the Zerg destroy Tarsonis and broadcast it to the entire Dominion. Cue revolt beginning, the media being turned against Mengsk to ruin his image, and a mild VillainousBreakdown when he begins to realize it as the reporters grill him.]] And that's just the awesomeness presented from a story standpoint--in-game you get to command ''the'' most powerful unit in the entire game (including the super-strong enemy heroes) and have three minutes to go nuts on three enemy bases. Just walking the thing around the streets causing cars to blow up when they crash into you and streetlights and other doodads collapse as you stomp past them, in addition to the chaos you're wreaking on your enemies. They might as well have called it StuffBlowingUp: The Level. Let the intro tell you exactly what you're getting into.
--> [[spoiler:'''Horner''': ''Our raid on the Valhalla facility hasn't even been reported yet. The Dominion have no idea we stole the Odin. I had to call in every favor I had, but I got the Odin to the surface with Tychus inside.''\\
'''Raynor''': ''Matt, you're a miracle worker. Must've been a complicated operation.''\\
'''Horner''': ''You don't even want to know, sir. I'm not going to let anything keep us from exposing Mengsk.''\\
'''Raynor''': ''So they're still expecting to film it at the UNN studios later today?''\\
'''Horner''': ''That's right - and we won't disappoint them. Seeing as he's the only one with experience, Tychus will pilot the Odin and hit the studio guards with a surprise attack. They'll be confused for several minutes... and won't even know who to attack at first.''\\
'''Raynor''': ''And during the confusion, we establish a forward base using this Command Center we "acquired" earlier. Pretty devious, Matt. I like it.''\\
'''Horner''': ''If we can inflict enough damage during the sneak attack, making the broadcast should be relatively easy. Keep in mind, we'll only have a few minutes before the Dominion realize Tychus is in the Odin. Once they figure it out, they'll use everything they've got to stop us.''\\
'''Raynor''': ''Whatever happens, we'll be giving Mengsk one hell of a broadcast. Let's do this.'']]
** And, in the aftermath, [[spoiler:when Kate Lockwell tricks Mengsk into contradicting himself by broadcasting his EvilGloating from the first game during a live press conference. The combination of that and previously released proof that Mengsk used psi emitters to lure the Zerg during the Fall of Tarsonis ignites a civil war against Mengsk, who suffers a VillainousBreakdown in the following cinematic.]]

* The flashback cinematic of Tarsonis, where [[spoiler:a pre-Infested Kerrigan takes down a Hydralisk with her rifle's underslung shotgun, followed by her resigned acceptance of her incoming fate, being surrounded by hundreds of Zerg while shooting a DeathGlare at Mengsk's ship up in high orbit]].
* How about when Jimmy kicks [[spoiler:Tychus']] ass in the bar, despite the fact that the latter is clad in a suit of PowerArmor, and even without it is about half again Jimmy's size? [[spoiler:He then turns around to set his more doubting crewmen straight on just what's at stake]].

* The "Belly of the Beast" mission. [[spoiler:Jim Raynor, Tychus Findlay, ''Rory Swann, and Egon Stetmann'' (the Raiders' mechanic and lab tech, respectively) infiltrate the Nydus tunnel systems on the zerg homeworld by themselves and proceed to tear everything to shreds with a limitless supply of overpowered abilities. One of the achievements is to kill 50 zerg with the Penetrator round (Raynor's special ability). Said ability is on a 15-second cooldown, with no other limitations. The only challenge is getting them to line up for you because he is perfectly capable of doing it if they oblige him.]]

-->'''Raynor:''' ''That thing may be the key to stopping the Queen of Blades, but it's our sweat and blood that'll make it happen. After everything we've been through, past all the fire and fury, the one thing I know, is that we can count on each other, to get the job done. Or die trying. If that's what it takes. Because some things are just worth fighting for.''

* The final mission of Wings of Liberty, "All In", has your plucky band of Terrans [[spoiler: and what's left of half the Dominion military]] HoldTheLine for 30 minutes against a non-stop flood of Zerg [[spoiler: against the backdrop of the burnt world of Char.]] All of your turtling and base building skills are put to the test. You have multiple fronts to maintain and defend against waves of fliers or endless waves of nydus worm spawned swarms. You have a panic button on a 3:30 timer that non-veteran players (or even veterans on higher difficulty) WILL use as early and often as possible just to get a breather. [[spoiler: You even get attacked by the Queen of Blades herself from time to time.]] At the climax, the device goes off, annihalating Kerrigan's army and landing the underdogs the victory. After the depressing aftermath of the final mission in ''Brood War'', winning does feel pretty damn satisfying.
** All of this culminating in a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome [[spoiler: and a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}]] with the final shots featuring EPIC cinematography make this level the best: [[spoiler:Jim blocking Tychus' shot to save Kerrigan, then spinning around and giving Tychus a facelift-by-bullet.]] And you thought Tychus looked ugly before...
** Making this even more awesome is [[spoiler:this is the only battle the Queen of Blades has ever lost. Nobody before or after has walked away from an encounter with her with anything but either a crushing defeat or CruelMercy.]]