Three (spectre)

"This is stupid. We don't even have a mission anymore."

- Three^(src)

Three
Physical
Race	Terran
Gender	Female
Hair	Brown
Political
Affiliation	Terran Dominion (formerly) Project Shadowblade (formerly) Covert Ops Crew
Occupation	Spectre

Three is a spectre, and was a part of Emperor Arcturus Mengsk's attempts to revive Project Shadowblade. Three was the shortest spectre of her group, and has a pale face, stub nose and short brown hair. As she lacked a proper name, it was one given by terran reporter Donny Vermillion in order to tell the spectres apart.

Biography

Awakening

"What...what's happening? Has Emperor Mengsk called on us?"
The Mengsk you know is gone, soldier. You serve a higher purpose now."

- Reigel wakes up Three^(src)

Three is woken up

Three was part of an attempt to revive the failed Project Shadowblade on Tartarus. Overseen by Evelyn Yoo, these spectres would be fiercely loyal to Emperor Arcturus Mengsk, and was to be used as a weapon against the zerg, but they were stored in cryosleep. However, after Arcturus Mengsk’s death in the Second Great War, Tartarus fell into obscurity, though the staff continued their research. This was disrupted when the zerg they tested on broke out and began to overrun their base.

Three and her spectre allies were released by Reigel, who along with Nova Terra and Donny Vermillion, came to investigate the jorium stockpile on Tartarus but found the hidden spectre labs. Three and her allies initially followed Reigel out, but soon revealed they intended to continue following the orders of Arcturus Mengsk, and knocked him unconscious. They arrived on the roof and met with Donny Vermillion, who welcomed them as heroes, but the spectres prepared to kill him. Vermillion convinced them he could update them on what has happened since they were cryogenically frozen. They kidnapped Vermillion and stole Nova’s ship, the Griffin, and departed the planet.

Attacks

"Still going on about the dead emperor?"
"Well, why are we fighting for a corpse?"

- Three and Four discuss their motivations^(src)

The spectres began to strike targets through the Dominion in order to cause chaos in Arcturus’s name, but on the ship, Three and Five began to doubt the wisdom of fighting for a dead emperor, while Four supported continuing their campaign. One affirmed that they were uplifted by the emperor to continue to serve after his death, and that they had to stick to their mission. Just then One noticed Donny Vermillion eavesdropping, and asked what he wanted. Vermillion wanted to publish the exploits of the spectres, and One insisted there be radio silence. When Vermillion backtalked One, Two jumped on him and put a knife to his throat, threatening him.

Later in their warpath, the spectres landed on a remote mining planet, demanding from the town that they get vespene gas to continue their revolution. Though the mayor was a support of Arcturus, he did not want to get involved with a rebellion. Just as One prepared to attack them, Daelaam forces in a void ray arrived, allied with Nova Terra. One yelled at Vermillion for selling them out, to which Donny admitted to broadcasting a report on them. As they closed on him, the infested terran Jun-Ho Yoo attacked, and Six killed him. Knowing there was no time to deal with Vermillion, One let him live and prepared to face Nova.

Three and her allies then confronted Nova and her dark templar escort, armed with monomolecular blades. The spectres fought against the Nerazim and Nova in a fierce melee, but as they began to get the upper hand, and one of the six spectres were killed, Nova pointed out the void ray above them would wipe them out at her word. She and Reigel then discussed with them how they didn’t need to die for a dead emperor, and they could choose their own path going forward. Three threw down her blade, enraging One who lunged at her, but he was restrained by Two. Three pulled off her mask and wordlessly looked up to the sky and smiled, closing her eyes.

Aiur

Three and the surviving spectres were taken to Aiur by Matriarch Vorazun, and together they worked on stabilizing the modifications the terrazine had done to them, physically and psychologically. After a time of training in a temple on the remote regions of the planet, Reigel returned with the Griffin, and Nova and the spectres approached it.