About that ship in the Opening Starcraft CG..

[Darkmatter]

What do you suppose that ship might be? The big, fortress looking space craft that seems bigger then a planet up close, that does the independance day laser like theres no tomorrow! I say, that it's Xel'Naga. Why? Well, the ship is blue, and there's no other major force discussed in Starcraft besides the 3 playable races and the mysterious and enigmatic Xel'naga. The ship also resenbles the Xel'naga Building that you see and need to protect in Brood War. That's my guess, though.

What do you think it is?

 

[ArtOfProtoss]

To tell you the truth, I don't remember the cinema. Brood War's was so much better anyway. Is it perhaps a Carrier or Battlecruiser?

Oh my goodness! As I was typing this memories of Starcraft 64 (and the worst CG cutscene ever) just popped into my head. I always thought it was some Protoss mothership which the Terran were engaging for the first time.

 

[Zerglite]

it had legs kinda hanging off of it...

looked wierd, but i thought it looked a lil like a Nexus

 

[TrongaMonga]

It is a Protoss Carrier (or any type of Protoss Capital Ship) with a weapon that is not used in the games because it has the capabilites of making the entire planet lifeless, which is stupid, because then the game would end in a tie if it was used in B.Net

 

[Darkmatter]

How could it be a Carrier? They don't even look the same, the ship was a light blueish color and a Carrier is far from blue. It wasn't a Carrier I think, because it would have been noticable if it was, I think. It resembles a flying nexus, though.

 

[ArtOfProtoss]

How could it be a Carrier? They don't even look the same, the ship was a light blueish color and a Carrier is far from blue. It wasn't a Carrier I think, because it would have been noticable if it was, I think. It resembles a flying nexus, though.

Well I'm almost positive it was a Protoss ship even though it looked like no playable ship.

 

[Zerglite]

it looked more of a building than a ship

hey AoP u live anywhere near Goldsboro?

 

[TrongaMonga]

Carriers are yellow in the outside. They're blue in the inside, if I'm not mistaken. Check the last movie of the Original campaign (the sacrifice of Tassadar) to confirm.

 

[Wing Zero]

why is everything blue with protoss?

 

[Darkmatter]

The ousdie of it was Blue too, and the top of it had those caslte-like pillars with lights. I don't see those on your everyday dull carrier.

 

[ArtOfProtoss]

it looked more of a building than a ship

hey AoP u live anywhere near Goldsboro?

Nah, don't even know where it is . I'm near Charlotte.

 

[Zerglite]

think of this.. arent bc's and carriers near the same size?

and wasnt that ship in space a bc? i have seen movie in last week

the "toss" ship was like 10X bigger

Nah, don't even know where it is . I'm near Charlotte.

and Goldsboro is in wayne county over to the east, a lil south-east of Raliegh

2 hours from da beach

 

[Darkmatter]

Yeah, that ship was like a lot bigger. I dont think it was a Carrier, I think it was bigger then a Carrier. Anyone think it's the Xel'naga?

 

[Zerglite]

why's it gotta be the Xel'naga

it could just be some secret protoss weapon that we've never heard about

 

[Darkmatter]

But why would Blizzard do that? Mysterious and guessing aside, I don't see any good reason to relate it to a race you can totally play as in the game. Bascally everything you've seen in the CG Sequences you can actually play with in the actual game, so why would they bring something that you couldn't play with? Something that does a really nat attack and destroys a Terran Ship?

 

[Zerglite]

because blizzard is teh gay like that?

maybe we will find out in SC2

 

[Darkmatter]

I still say it's Xel'naga, damnit!

 

[TrongaMonga]

It can't be Xel'Naga, since they're extinct of the Galaxy

It's Protoss.

 

[ReiGn]

It's a Protoss command ship or whatever destroying zerg infested planets. like in the campaign.

 

[Darkmatter]

Why can't I use it though? The ship, I mean.