The Battle of Tarsonis was a major ground battle between protoss and zerg forces, the Sons of Korhal and the Terran Confederacy which took place during the Fall of Tarsonis.
Background
The Sons of Korhal brought their force to Tarsonis. In order to bring ground troops to the surface of Tarsonis, they first had to secure an orbital platform. General Edmund Duke personally led an assault on one of Tarsonis' three primary platforms, a battle area he was quite familiar with, which would create enough of a "ruckus" to enable a small force to reach the surface.[1]
Battle
The Sons of Korhal invasion penetrated the orbital defenses and reached the ground, surprising the Confederacy.[2]
Raynor's Rangers, accompanied by renegade reporter Michael Liberty fought against Confederate forces in Tarsonis City. Sarah Kerrigan arrived on the scene, rescuing them from heavy defenses, but the Confederates jammed their communications with the Hyperion. Liberty proposed using the high-powered communication equipment in the Universe News Network Building. The unit regained contact with the Hyperion, but upon requesting evacuation, they learned that Arcturus Mengsk and General Duke planned to use psi emitters, upsetting Raynor, Kerrigan and Liberty.
The communication had been detected by Confederate forces which rushed to their location, giving Liberty only a little time to scavenge "dirty" records kept by UNN's editor-in-chief Handy Anderson.
The evacuation ship had carried down a ghost with technicians and a psi emitter. Upon bringing the Rangers up, Raynor and Liberty provoked an internal battle within the Sons of Korhal. Meanwhile, Kerrigan had been sent on a new assignment.[3]
Confederate General Ledbetter coordinated the Confederate response,[2] but they were defeated.[4]
Notes
According to the non-canon hidden map Operation: Silent Scream, a force led by Sarah Kerrigan and Jim Raynor fought in a jungle region of Tarsonis, destroying war factories operated by Nova Squadron, Delta Squadron and Omega Squadron. They received reinforcements from General Duke,[4]
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References
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft. Vivendi Games. Mission: The Big Push (in English). 1998.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 DeCandido, Keith R. A. (November 28, 2006). StarCraft: Ghost: Nova. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-7434-7134-2.
- ↑ Grubb, Jeff (February 27, 2001). StarCraft: Liberty's Crusade. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-671-04148-7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Operation: Silent Scream