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The '''Commander''' was a member of the [[Terran Dominion]] who was assigned to [[Aridas]] in order to acquire the [[Argus Stone]].

==Biography==

===Arrival on Aridas===

By the decree of Emperor [[Arcturus Mengsk]], the Commander and his battalion were commissioned to aid [[Jenson Archimedes]] in search of the Argus Stone, an object of immense power located on the planet of [[Aridas]]. The object had drawn the [[protoss]] and [[zerg]] to the world as well. To ensure that the Dominion claimed the stone before its enemies, the Commander transported Archimedes and his team of scientists to a set of important ruins while fending off the zerg and protoss attacks.<ref>StarCraft: Retribution. WizardWorks Software. Terran campaign: “Strongarm”, mission 1: “On the Field of Battle” (in English). 1998.</ref>

Upon arrival at the ruins, Archimedes informed the commander that a [[cerebrate]] was using [[xel'naga]] technology to control a protoss tribe. Archimedes thus presented the Commander with a choice: capture the cerebrate so that Archimedes may study it at the cost of provoking a massive attack from its protoss slaves or killing the cerebrate and severing such an alliance. Ultimately, the commander made his decision.<ref>StarCraft: Retribution. WizardWorks Software. Terran campaign: “Strongarm”, mission 2: “The Fragile Alliance” (in English). 1998.</ref>

===The Crucible of War===

The commander was later tasked with assaulting an Aridian [[space platform]] that had fallen to the protoss, successfully retaking the station.<ref>StarCraft: Retribution. WizardWorks Software. Terran campaign: “Strongarm”, mission 5: “The Protoss Staging Platform” (in English). 1998.</ref> Afterward, the commander was assigned to retake an outpost that had fallen to the zerg in a remote region of Aridas.<ref>StarCraft: Retribution. WizardWorks Software. Terran campaign: “Strongarm”, mission 6: “The Outback” (in English). 1998.</ref> Not long after this, the commander was again fighting the protoss, this time re-claiming a vein of crystals that were vital to Aridian supply lines. Once again, the commander was successful.<ref>StarCraft: Retribution. WizardWorks Software. Terran campaign: “Strongarm”, mission 7: “Cornucopia” (in English). 1998.</ref>

The cycle of attack and retaliation was finally broken courtesy of a distress call by Archimedes: he'd been exploring a large cavern underneath Aridas in his ship when the zerg captured his vessel. The commander managed to rescue him.<ref>StarCraft: Retribution. WizardWorks Software. Terran campaign: “Strongarm”, mission 8: “In the Depths of Hell” (in English). 1998.</ref>

===Battle for the Argus Stone===
The rescue of Archimedes was timely, considering that he'd found the Argus Stone, which was in the hands of the protoss. They'd fled to a set of reinforcements.<ref>StarCraft: Retribution. WizardWorks Software. Terran campaign: “Strongarm”, mission 9: “On the Trail of the Stone” (in English). 1998.</ref> The commander drove them back, only to find that they'd summoned a temple from [[Aiur]] designed to focus the energies of the Stone. The commander destroyed it, allowing Archimedes to successfully retrieve the Argus Stone.<ref>StarCraft: Retribution. WizardWorks Software. Terran campaign: “Strongarm”, mission 10: “In the Presence of the Stone” (in English). 1998.</ref>

Ultimately however, the Stone was lost to the zerg.<ref>StarCraft: Retribution. WizardWorks Software. Zerg campaign: “Dynamic Evolution”, mission 11: “The Battle of Char” (in English). 1998.</ref>

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