User:PsiSeveredHead/QoB Canon

StarCraft: Queen of Blades deviated from the StarCraft storyline on multiple occasions.

When the Zerg captured Kerrigan, they defended the Chrysalis from the remnants of the Confederacy on the surface of Tarsonis. This was missing from the novel.

Char was described as being in a system with one visible sun, but both suns are visible in the between-levels artwork; the two suns are also discussed in StarCraft Maps of the Month.

During the early Zerg missions, Raynor confronts Kerrigan as she hatches from the Chrysalis. In the game, the Chrysalis was kept on a plateau above lava, accessible only by air/space transport carrying Raynor's more formidable forces. Raynor did not directly confront Kerrigan, only contacting her from his Command Center. In the novel, the Chrysalis was underground, and Raynor personally led troops to find her and a number of Cerebrates (the latter were not on the same map as the Chrysalis).

Infested Kerrigan traveled to the Amerigo Science Vessel in order to "upgrade" her psionic abilities. This is demonstrated by giving her access to Psionic Storm. However, on the Amerigo in the novel, Kerrigan was powerful enough to fry human minds and protect herself from Gauss rifle spikes by using telekinesis to take control of them and then hurl them back with lethal force before she unlocked her abilities.

The sequence of events around the death of Zasz were very different. In the game, Tassadar and Zeratul had seemingly formed an alliance by this time, but were hiding from the Zerg. Kerrigan detected them with her newfound powers after leaving the Amerigo with the knowledge of the Ghost program. Tassadar lured her into combat with an illusion while Zeratul slew Zasz.

Zasz's Garm Brood was then destroyed by Zerg commanded by the player Cerebrate (this would be Kerrigan's personal Brood). In the novel, Zeratul slew Zasz before he even met Tassadar, the Garm were destroyed by Daggoth's Tiamat Brood, Kerrigan faced Tassadar many times before being fooled by the illusion (which happened after the death of Zasz) and used lines that occurred earlier in the game (when Zasz was being set up for assassination), and only later did Tassadar and Zeratul form an alliance.

In the game, the Protoss came at Kerrigan with everything short of their Carriers and Arbiters. In the novel, Tassadar was limited to Zealots and Zeratul with his Dark Templar assassins.

Later during the Zerg missions, Kerrigan destroys a substantial portion of the Protoss base and slew many Dark Templar while holding aggressive conversations with Zeratul. Tassadar and Zeratul both escaped, but Tassadar was left with very limited forces hiding on a space platform over Char while Zeratul would later be captured. Later, Aldaris would sent the new Executor and Protoss troops to arrest Tassadar, but the new Executor chose to join forces with Tassadar instead. The Protoss then fought the Zerg (multiple Broods), sparred with General Edmund Duke's forces, and rescued Zeratul. Afterwards Kerrigan's junior Cerebrate took part in the invasion of Aiur. In the novel, the Zerg lost the battle heavily rather than winning. Kerrigan's only Brood (the one she used to capture Zeratul) was driven insane (at least temporarily) when Tassadar slew her Cerebrate. The Protoss were then immediately "reinforced" by Aldaris and the new Executor, Artanis (who was highly unlikely to have been the Executor during StarCraft Episode III) coming to arrest Tassadar on the surface of Char, rather than on a space platform. Zeratul wasn't captured in the novel and so didn't need rescuing.

Zeratul is repeatedly referred to as Praetor, rather than his correct rank, Prelate.

Many aerial Zerg units, such as the Mutalisk and Devourer, were described as making melee attacks. The Devourer did not even exist at this point in time.