Fractured 'StarCraft' Names Trivia Quiz

Answer: StarCraft

This series of games (and books, etc.) is set in the Koprulu Sector of the Milky Way, where several Terran colonies have been set up. They are near the region controlled by the Protoss, who observe them and provide them protection from threats of which they are unaware.

When the Zerg, an insectoid species that were genetically engineered by the Xel'Naga, try to capture the Terrans, the first game starts.

Answer: Arcturus Mengsk

At the start of the first game, Arcturus Mengsk is leading a rebellion against the confederacy, just to add an extra complication as they face the presence of two alien races in their midst. Unhappy because the Confederacy had killed his family before destroying his home planet in a nuclear attack, he formed the Sons of Khoral and recruited followers such as Sarah Kerrigan and Jim Raynor to his cause.

By the end of the first game, he has established himself as Emperor of a new political entity, the Dominion.

Then it is his oppressive rule against which the protagonists struggle.

Answer: Planet Aiur

Aiur is the homeworld of the Protoss, one of the two alien species who have been genetically engineered by the Xel'Naga before the story starts. When the Terrans arrive in their neighbourhood, the Protoss initially maintained their distance, providing 'backstage' assistance to the newcomers. Then the Zerg attack, and they become actively involved.

Answer: Overmind

The Overmind is the principal antagonist of the game, the single consciousness that controls the hive mind of the Zerg Swarm. Having already destroyed the Xel'Naga, the Overmind is determined to also assimilate the Protoss, believing that will lead to perfection. To this end, they need the psionic power of the Terrans.

Answer: Zeratul

Zeratul is one of the main Protoss protagonists, a skilled assassin who assists in the quest to destroy of the Overmind. After he accidentally reveals to location of Aiur to the Zerg, the action moves to the surface of that planet, before the Overmind is disintegrated. When a replacement Overmind begins to be formed, he is responsible for its destruction before it can gain full strength.

Answer: Sarah Kerrigan

Sarah Kerrigan was a Terran girl, taken into the Confederate Ghost Program when she accidentally killed her mother and damaged her father's brain. Her psychic powers were so strong that the whole program had to be adjusted to cater for her. On finishing her training, she became Ghost No. 24601, and took on her role as a professional assassin of the Confederation's enemies.

In the first game, she is in Arcturus Mengsk's team, but after she is betrayed and handed over to the Zerg, she is transformed into a Terran/Zerg hybrid, and effectively becomes a Zerg leader, known as 'The Queen of Blades', in later games in the series.

Answer: Jim Raynor

Jim Raynor is the primary Terran protagonist who initially joins Arcturus Mengsk's rebellion against the oppressive Terran Confederacy, before the realisation that Mengsk is actually an equally tyrannical leader of the Dominion, and forming Raynor's Raiders to continue the fight for freedom.

His romantic involvement with Sarah Kerrigan is a real complication, especially when she becomes a Terran/Zerg hybrid, and the principal antagonist of later games.

Answer: Brood War

The first expansion pack was released in 1998, with its campaigns picking up the story where the original release finished. Following the death of the Overmind, the Zerg are running amok; the United Earth Directorate has sent an expedition to secure the sector.

Answer: Artanis

Artanis is the primary Protoss protagonist in 'Brood War' and later games in the series. He is a high templar, one of the four main castes of Protoss society. As such, he is involved with military and law enforcement activities. He was one of the youngest ever to reach the high ranks of praetor and executor, and is very ambitious.

Answer: United Earth Directorate

The United Earth Directorate is one of seven Terran governments in the series. In 'Brood War', they have invaded the Dominion (the government set up by Mengsk), so in addition to the need to defeat the Zerg, players need to deal with inter-Terran conflict.