You don't think Tassadar meets all those requirements as well? Tassadar doesn't lie to you.
And, for that matter, the skills.MightyDwarf said:
Still we have to put down Rebels in their campaign. Well sorta.
At least this one has a major plot point leading to the Zerg vs Zerg Fight which has impacts longer down the line compared to the throwaway Civil War scenarios.
I was talking more about the Confederacy/Dominion and the Conclave. Fenix is Praetor and nominally takes orders from the Executor, and you basically take over Tassadar's job after he goes rogue. I would imagine that while he's officially the leader of the rebel Protoss, you're technically of equal rank.
He is the leader of the Dark Templar, though.
Where do people keep getting the idea that Artanis is the SC1 Executor? He isn't. As you point out, Artanis is just promoted to Praetor in Brood War, and Praetor is a lower rank than Executor. No one acts as if Artanis did everything in SC1, and going straight from SC1 to BW the plot continues smoothly and without interruption, with no suggestion that you changed PCs whatsoever. Hell, the Brood War manual says that 'Although Artanis was a strong believer of the former Conclave and the destiny of the Protoss, he still harbours a deep respect and admiration for Tassadar' and that 'Artanis hopes to become as great a hero as Tassadar', neither of which are statements that make sense about the SC1 Executor. The Executor openly rebelled against the Conclave, and arguably is already as great a hero as Tassadar. Overall, Artanis is characterised as the idealistic and talented newbie, keen to prove himself and to live up to the example set by the previous protoss heroes. His naive hero-worship of Tassadar really fits into that: it is worth noting that Artanis is the first character in the game to use the phrase 'En Taro Tassadar'.
Only after Raszaghal... well, you know. And he disappeared shortly thereafter
Blizzard said he is. Like I've said before, they basically retconned everything about the PC's in SC2 even though they have characters in SC2 that fit the bill of the PC's perfectly.
...I submit that this retcon is stupid and would require you to substantially rewrite the plot of Starcraft.
I don't really think that makes sense, though. Horner's background doesn't match, and on a purely personal level, I'd rather like it if not every significant Terran character in the universe was a Caucasian man. The exceptions are not done well at all. Duran is evil. Kerrigan is... well, we'll see. Hanson is a boring cliché. Gabriel Tosh is arguably evil and also quite cliché. (Oooh, scary big black man who's into voodoo!)
When did they say that Raynor and Selendis had never met before SC2? They exchange a greeting in the colonist mission and if you side against her Selendis says something like "I look forward to seeing what you're made of" but all that means is she's only seen him fight others and hasn't had the opportunity to face him up to that point. I mean they interact like what, once in Brood War? Through a portal no less?
Well they are rednecks in space.
Exactly.
That's operating under the presumption that the SC1/BW Executors are seperate individuals (as oppossed to the presumption that they're the same). Her dialouge precludes her from being the Executor in SC1, or at the very least makes the introduction incredibly bizarre, like if Zeratul were to appear to Raynor and say how he's heard stories of Raynor having fought at the battle of the Overmind. To a lesser extent it still applies with BW. Raynor elected to stay behind on Aiur and cover the Protoss escape, then to shut down the warp gate to keep the Zerg from porting through, after all. If they knew each other, why would Selendis bother telling Raynor his "bravery in the service of Aiur is known" to her?
Well considering they forged a civilization with billions of people from a few tens of thousands and a century of population growth, bouncing back isn't that silly.
Really recontextualises Mengsk's actions, doesn't it?
