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  Race Overview
  General Strategies
  Missions Guide
    Terran Campaign
    Zerg Campaign: Episode II
      1. Among the Ruins
      2. Egression
      3. The New Dominion
      4. Agent of the Swarm
      5. The Amerigo
      6. The Dark Templar
      7. The Culling
      8. Eye for an Eye
      9. The Invasion of Aiur
      10. Full Circle
    Protoss Campaign
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Extend the edges of your territory with Creep Colonies and convert those to Sunken and Spore colonies as necessary to fend off Protoss Dragoons and Scouts. Rush up the technology tree and evolve upgrades for your Zerglings and Hydralisks. Mutate to a Lair, build a Queen's nest, then when you can, mutate to a Hive. Use Queens to latch Parasites onto any enemy Shuttles you find. Send Zerglings all over the place and dig them in so you know when an enemy force is on its way. Defend yourself with Hydralisks and Sunken Colonies primarily and make a few Mutalisks to help deal with Reavers. Keep an eye on your Vespene Gas reserves - you don't have too much to work with.

Upgrade to a Greater Spire and keep upgrading air and ground weapons. Produce at least a half dozen Guardians. The time has come to eradicate the teal Protoss presence entirely. The sooner you can wipe it out, the more resources will be left behind for you to claim. Decide whether you want to crush the left or the right side of the teal force first. Locate the ramp leading up to the plateau and mount your attack there. Use Guardians escorted by Mutalisks and a Queen to take out Protoss Photon Cannons and any defending forces. Once the area near the ramp is clear, send packs of Hydralisks up to the plateau to assist your Guardians. Guardians are not expendable at this point, so if any take serious damage, fly them back to base and let them regenerate. Work your way across the length of the plateau and leave nothing alive. Once the enemy is cleared from one side of the map, repeat the process on the other. Once the teal tribe is eliminated, the bottom third of the map is yours, and you can breathe easy. It's a very long trip before any of the other defending Protoss tribes can reach you now.

 
Shame the Protoss by shattering the very symbol of their heritage. Guardians will facilitate the process
It is time to expand. A large mineral patch is just north of the western plateau as well as a fresh Vespene Gas geyser north of the eastern plateau. Send in drones and set up Hatcheries at these locations at your convenience, prioritizing the Vespene Gas site first. If you like, you may wish to claim the territory previously owned by the teal tribe, but if most of those resources have been expended, you shouldn't waste your time. As your new bases grow and prosper, scout with your Queen. North of each new Hatchery just past the river along the east and west borders of the map are plateaus containing both minerals and Vespene Gas geysers.



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