Torrasque

"Sir, we've just had a whole cargo-ship full of whoop-ass dumped on us! We ran into a new strain of Ultralisk and it took a lot o' pepper to bring it down. To top it all off, our recon squad reports that the critter's been reincarnated by a nearby cerebrate and is on its way back for more!"

- UED marine on Char

The Torrasque is a "hero" version of the ultralisk that appears in StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War.

The Enslaved Torrasque
The first terrans known to have encountered the Torrasque were the Schezar's Scavengers mercenary organization. Schezar's psychics used khaydarin crystal technology to control a Cerebrate on Aiur and its Brood, along with the Torrasque. The Torrasque had already proven deadly against protoss forces sent against Ulrezaj before a renegade former Alpha Squadron detachment led by Wraith pilot Tom Kazansky and science vessel commander Magellan arrived to arrest the Scavengers' leader, Alan Schezar.

Joining forces with Mojo, the renegade terrans assaulted the rogue brood and its keepers. They discovered that the Torrasque regenerated after being "killed". Magellan noted that the Torrasque's genetic signature was similar to the Cerebrate's and Mojo theorized that slaying the Cerebrate would prevent the resurrection of the Torrasque. The terrans and protoss destroyed the Cerebrate, preventing the Torrasque's reincarnation.

The Torrasque on Char
The Torrasque would appear again during the United Earth Directorate's assault on Char. There one of the three Cerebrates guarding the second Overmind was surrounded by ultralisk caverns that could create the powerful Torrasque. Once again, the Cerebrate could resurrect the Torrasque upon its death. The UED's Psi Disrupter, however, prevented the Overmind from resurrecting its Cerebrates. As on Aiur, the death of the controlling Cerebrate put an end to the Torrasque.

A Torrasque on Braxis
A Torrasque would find its way to Braxis where it would be placed under Infested Kerrigan's control by a psi-emitter and used to destroy the Psi Disrupter.

Twilight Struggle
Torrasques appear in Twilight Struggle. The yellow brood defends each cerebrate with one, and destroying a white brood ultralisk cavern causes one to spawn.

Known Torrasques

 * Wise Old Torrasque (leader of a mercenary Brood)

Trivia

 * The Torrasque may have been derived from the French legendary creature, the Tarasque. This creature was a large mixture between a dragon and a turtle, with six legs and a lions head. As such an amalgamation of different species, it is not that far from looking like the Torrasque.


 * Alternatively, the creature may have been inspired by the creature from Dungeons &amp; Dragons called the Tarrasque. Both are extremely rare creatures but also exceedingly dangerous with powerful regenerative abilities