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*** The HotS campaign demonstrates that they're willing to include red herrings in the commentary between missions. After rescuing Raynor the commentary states "he is lost to her", but the final mission puts the lie to this.]]

* For just a little bit less of a "Just pulling random characters to fulfill a role" feeling, replace Urun/Mohandar with Ulresaj (have his companion on the allies side be either Mohandar - since he is a high ranking dark templar - or whatever new character gets introduced in LoTV), and have Tosh go and knock some sense into Nova.

Notwithstanding their patching up their differences after Raynor promised to kill her, the laws of Blizzard "no one is allowed a happy ending" narrative causality will force Jim Raynor to kill the one he loves, for whatever reason, in LotV or another game.

Amon controls hybrids, and through them zerg, and the tal'darim protoss. If he's fighting a multi-planet battle against Kerrigan's swarm at the start of LotV, he's going to match her strength for strength on the ground, and absolutely own the air and space theaters with the superior protoss starship fleets. This is going to lead to a war of attrition where swarm forces can hold planets on even footing, but can't launch leviathans to new worlds or reinforce without getting roflstomped. But it will also provide strong evidence for Zeratul to use when he tries to convince his fellow protoss that cooperating with the swarm is the only way to win. They won't come around too readily, but Zeratul will try to engineer it so that the Shakuras protoss will solve Kerrigan's problem without knowing that they're doing so.

Before colliding with the Overmind, Tassadar combined the Khala and Dark Templar powers he had mastered and became an Archon. He used this Archon power to destroy the Overmind, then drifted out into space to contemplate the universe, i.e. AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. He'll return in ''LotV'' as a kind of Physical God and counterpart to the Dark Voice.

* Selendis will recieve a bigger role and will become a WorthyOpponent to Kerrigan.

To support this theory, the UED personnel shown doesn't seems to have any problems cooperating with Koprulu Sector terrans. Despite the fact, that those terrans not only are the decendants of "undesirables" that UPL presecuted, but also contain a quite high proportion of cyborgs, hackers, mutants and psionics. So apparently, while 200 years ago Earth citizens may have been prejusticed against them, by now they aren't.
Finally, the UPL itself, as described, looks more like ultra-egalitarian regime bend on unifying Earth humanity at all cost, rather than typical fascist dictatorship. Their brutality against augmented humans may be explained by fear of the formation of superhuman elite, that would establish itself as ruling class over the rest of humanity. And considering the history of Koprulu sector - in which the dominant force was always a dictatorship (more or less enlightened), which used psionic agents to maintain control - the UPL fears may not exactly be unfounded.

* Think about it; all the hints that Tychus drops. He changes his tune about the artefacts like a flute tries to do the opposite, all to get Jim's attention. He knew that he couldn't tell Jim directly because Mengsk would then hit the kill button if it was compromised, so he goes for indirect. Notably is after "the Brawl", he comments that he felt just what freedom is. And in "The Showdown", he hesitates. He may of been under Mengsk by the suit, but he was loyal to Jim a lot more than he was to Mengsk. \\

[[folder: The Terran Vikings' Lanzer Torpedos were reverse-engineered from Protoss Scouts' Antimatter Missiles]]
The stats on the Lanzer Torpedos are exactly the same against armored targets, but Terran technicians improved them to work better against other targets besides armored ones. The ''VideoGame/WingsOfLiberty'' campaign even has the antimatter-based Ripwave Missile upgrade to give them SplashDamage, curiouser and curiouser.
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[[folder: Defensive Matrix will become more standard in the Terran army.]]
That's not to say every unit will have it, but the Battlecruiser may gain the ability "Raise Shields" as in Franchise/StarTrek to gain a defensive advantage. However, it will probably be balanced by diverting power from weaponry like in Star Trek, making them into a StoneWall ideal for absorbing hits rather than your army. Another possible balance restriction is Tactical Jump and/or Yamato Cannon becoming unavailable temporarily.
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Think about it: His father is evil, running TheEmpire, apparently denying him the opportunity to prove himself worthy ([[Film/{{Gladiator}} and we all now how that turns out with emperor's sons...]]), and, [[ItsBeenDone most important of all]]; [[AristocratsAreEvil HE'S]] [[{{Expy}} FRIG]][[PermaStubble GIN']] ARTHAS ([[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]])!!!! And since Terenas was good, killed by his evil son, Valerian will be even worse than his evil father.

[[folder: Starcraft 2's story is actually the 2011/12/13 Middle East protests/revolts [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]]]