[url=http://www.starcraft2.com/features/planets/marsara.xml]Click here[/url] * Population: 80,000+ terrans, unknown zerg * Allegiance: Kel-Morian * Diameter/Gravity: 9265 km, 1.09 standard * Axial Tilt/Climate: 13.5 degrees, +/- 34 Centigrade, very low humidity * Geography/Major Settlements: 18 small dust seas, 28 upland regions (17 volcanic), 12 major settlements (destroyed), 86 mining outposts, 12 refineries * Moon(s): 2 -- Pyramus, Thisby (gray, medium size, >2000 km dia) * Dominant Terrain Classification: Wasteland/mountain/desert * Dominant Life Forms: Human -- Kel-Morian Combine/Terran Dominion * Indigenous Life Forms: None/zerg infestation (minor) * Imports: Mining equipment, personnel, food, water * Exports: Refined minerals, unrefined ore, vespene gas, terrazine gas, scrap salvage [quote]The Sara system was initially catalogued by freelance prospectors and colonized by an expedition from Tarsonis several years later. Mar Sara formed the eighth of the thirteen core colonies of the Terran Confederacy. The Sara system was unusual for having two habitable planets, but Mar Sara was always a backwater colony compared to the more prosperous Chau Sara. Mar Sara was one of the first planets to be infested by the zerg when they appeared in terran space. It was also the first planet on which the Confederates fought the advancing Swarm to any significant extent, although most of the actual fighting was done by local militia forces. Colonel Edmund Duke, commanding officer of the Confederate fleet in the system, subsequently arrested militia forces for fighting for their homes. These prisoners were later released by a rebel group called the Sons of Korhal. The rebels' leader was Arcturus Mengsk. The Sons of Korhal helped evacuate Mar Sara after the Confederates abandoned it entirely. They also liberated secret information from a Confederacy research facility on Mar Sara called the Jacobs Installation. This information revealed that the Confederacy had known about the imminent arrival of the zerg and had been experimenting with captured specimens. It is believed the Confederacy deliberately sacrificed the planet in order to test a secret weapon that incited the zerg invasion. To keep the infestation from spreading further, a protoss fleet under the command of Executor Tassadar incinerated Mar Sara from orbit, just as it had with Mar Sara's sister planet, Chau Sara. After Mar Sara's incineration by the protoss, the Sara system seemed to have little left to offer the terran race. The subsequent collapse of the Confederacy left the system entirely abandoned. Nevertheless, prospectors from the Kel-Morian Combine found that minerals on Mar Sara had acquired unique properties due to the protoss bombardment. Shortly thereafter, the Kel-Morian Combine staked a claim to mining and salvage rights over the Sara system. Independent and indentured contractors soon began strip-mining both planets of their resources. The Terran Dominion has recently shown a renewed interest in the Sara system and established several outposts there. The Kel-Morian Combine claims that these outposts have been established at the Combine's invitation due to security issues with piracy and mining camp revolts. There have also been reports of zerg sightings on the planet. It is believed that these organisms reinfested the desolate world some time after the protoss bombardment.[/quote] Screenshots: [url=http://www.starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?s=94]Screenshot 1[/url] [url=http://www.starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?s=95]Screenshot 2[/url] [url=http://www.starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?s=96]Screenshot 3[/url] [url=http://www.starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?s=97]Screenshot 4[/url] [url=http://www.starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?s=98]Screenshot 5[/url] [url=http://www.starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?s=99]Screenshot 6[/url]

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* Population: 80,000+ terrans, unknown zerg
* Allegiance: Kel-Morian
* Diameter/Gravity: 9265 km, 1.09 standard
* Axial Tilt/Climate: 13.5 degrees, +/- 34 Centigrade, very low humidity
* Geography/Major Settlements: 18 small dust seas, 28 upland regions (17 volcanic), 12 major settlements (destroyed), 86 mining outposts, 12 refineries
* Moon(s): 2 -- Pyramus, Thisby (gray, medium size, >2000 km dia)
* Dominant Terrain Classification: Wasteland/mountain/desert
* Dominant Life Forms: Human -- Kel-Morian Combine/Terran Dominion
* Indigenous Life Forms: None/zerg infestation (minor)
* Imports: Mining equipment, personnel, food, water
* Exports: Refined minerals, unrefined ore, vespene gas, terrazine gas, scrap salvage

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The Sara system was initially catalogued by freelance prospectors and colonized by an expedition from Tarsonis several years later. Mar Sara formed the eighth of the thirteen core colonies of the Terran Confederacy. The Sara system was unusual for having two habitable planets, but Mar Sara was always a backwater colony compared to the more prosperous Chau Sara.

Mar Sara was one of the first planets to be infested by the zerg when they appeared in terran space. It was also the first planet on which the Confederates fought the advancing Swarm to any significant extent, although most of the actual fighting was done by local militia forces.

Colonel Edmund Duke, commanding officer of the Confederate fleet in the system, subsequently arrested militia forces for fighting for their homes. These prisoners were later released by a rebel group called the Sons of Korhal. The rebels' leader was Arcturus Mengsk.

The Sons of Korhal helped evacuate Mar Sara after the Confederates abandoned it entirely. They also liberated secret information from a Confederacy research facility on Mar Sara called the Jacobs Installation. This information revealed that the Confederacy had known about the imminent arrival of the zerg and had been experimenting with captured specimens. It is believed the Confederacy deliberately sacrificed the planet in order to test a secret weapon that incited the zerg invasion.

To keep the infestation from spreading further, a protoss fleet under the command of Executor Tassadar incinerated Mar Sara from orbit, just as it had with Mar Sara's sister planet, Chau Sara.

After Mar Sara's incineration by the protoss, the Sara system seemed to have little left to offer the terran race. The subsequent collapse of the Confederacy left the system entirely abandoned. Nevertheless, prospectors from the Kel-Morian Combine found that minerals on Mar Sara had acquired unique properties due to the protoss bombardment. Shortly thereafter, the Kel-Morian Combine staked a claim to mining and salvage rights over the Sara system. Independent and indentured contractors soon began strip-mining both planets of their resources.

The Terran Dominion has recently shown a renewed interest in the Sara system and established several outposts there. The Kel-Morian Combine claims that these outposts have been established at the Combine's invitation due to security issues with piracy and mining camp revolts. There have also been reports of zerg sightings on the planet. It is believed that these organisms reinfested the desolate world some time after the protoss bombardment.

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The mattress is amazing. Very nice detail.

The mattress is amazing. Very nice detail.

Looks like a nice place to go on vacation.

Looks like a nice place to go on vacation.

Civilian vechiles <3

Civilian vechiles <3

Sexy Doodads... Want to touch... Yet cant... So far...

Sexy Doodads... Want to touch... Yet cant... So far...

Omgosh, that looks so friggin' sweet! I can't wait to make an RPG for it...

Omgosh, that looks so friggin' sweet! I can't wait to make an RPG for it...

tonka trucks,port-o-pottys, and civs with guns....

tonka trucks,port-o-pottys, and civs with guns....

Holy shit doodads are epic. Makes me want to get this game now. :D

Holy shit doodads are epic. Makes me want to get this game now.

I'm still expecting to see Protoss Civilians and the Xel'Naga race along with the Hybrid. We all seen plenty of Xel'Naga structures though.

I'm still expecting to see Protoss Civilians and the Xel'Naga race along with the Hybrid. We all seen plenty of Xel'Naga structures though.

xel'naga structures...liek wut? >>

xel'naga structures...liek wut? >>

i wonder if you can interact with the civilians around those doodads.

i wonder if you can interact with the civilians around those doodads.

id think so, if they said you cant do things like destroy certain rock formatons and such and i think those are the actual civilian units...not like some random critters...actually im wondering when are they going to show the new critters :D. Also i wonder what effects do they give when they die o.-

id think so, if they said you cant do things like destroy certain rock formatons and such and i think those are the actual civilian units...not like some random critters...actually im wondering when are they going to show the new critters . Also i wonder what effects do they give when they die o.-

[quote=name:Dr.Zombeh]xel'naga structures...liek wut? >>[/quote] Have you not heard of Xel'Naga structures representing as neutral buildings giving advantages in multiplayer? Other than that, they play a large role in StarCraft II this time.

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xel'naga structures...liek wut? >>

Have you not heard of Xel'Naga structures representing as neutral buildings giving advantages in multiplayer? Other than that, they play a large role in StarCraft II this time.

[quote=name:KrayZee]I'm still expecting to see Protoss Civilians and the Xel'Naga race along with the Hybrid. [b]We all seen plenty of Xel'Naga structures[/b] though.[/quote] I have not seen any though... are they in the videos or something?...or was that not QFT? :]

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I'm still expecting to see Protoss Civilians and the Xel'Naga race along with the Hybrid. We all seen plenty of Xel'Naga structures though.

I have not seen any though... are they in the videos or something?...or was that not QFT? :]

There's one, and it is very fucking obvious. Stop making what is so simple to find out, feel so fucking complicated for you to understand that you can easily do for yourself. [img]http://starcraft2.com/images/screenshots/ss92-hires.jpg[/img]

There's one, and it is very fucking obvious. Stop making what is so simple to find out, feel so fucking complicated for you to understand that you can easily do for yourself.

I see we will have a doodad returning from Starcraft: Brood War: [img=http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/6827/starcraft1hl9.gif] [img=http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9103/starcraft2ef1.gif]

I see we will have a doodad returning from Starcraft: Brood War:

[quote=name:The Great Yam]I see we will have a doodad returning from Starcraft: Brood War: [img=http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/6827/starcraft1hl9.gif] [img=http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9103/starcraft2ef1.gif][/quote] I noticed that too, I just didn't bother to compare. ;)

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I see we will have a doodad returning from Starcraft: Brood War:

I noticed that too, I just didn't bother to compare.

[quote=name:KrayZee]There's one, and it is very fucking obvious. Stop making what is so simple to find out, feel so fucking complicated for you to understand that you can easily do for yourself. [img]http://starcraft2.com/images/screenshots/ss92-hires.jpg[/img][/quote] How do you know it's not just a doodad?

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There's one, and it is very fucking obvious. Stop making what is so simple to find out, feel so fucking complicated for you to understand that you can easily do for yourself.

How do you know it's not just a doodad?

[quote]How do you know it's not just a doodad? [/quote] I thought the same thing... but then I decided: Why would they have an epic battle over a cool looking doodad?

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How do you know it's not just a doodad?

I thought the same thing... but then I decided: Why would they have an epic battle over a cool looking doodad?

Hahaha, I think that's a Protoss dancer in the hologram on top of the bar...

Hahaha, I think that's a Protoss dancer in the hologram on top of the bar...