- [Raynor has been sent to rendezvous with Kerrigan, a beautiful psychic]
- Lt. Sarah Kerrigan: Captain Raynor, I've finished scouting out the area, and... you pig!
- Jim Raynor: What! I haven't even said anything to you yet.
- Lt. Sarah Kerrigan: Yeah, but you were thinking it.
- Jim Raynor: Oh, yeah! you're a telepath.
- [referring to the mission]
- Jim Raynor: Look, Lets just get on with this, ok?
- Jim Raynor: I can't believe you're really going to trust this snake!
- Arcturus Mengsk: Don't worry, Jim. He's our snake now.
- Lt. Sarah Kerrigan: This is Kerrigan. We've neutralized the Protoss but there's a wave of Zerg advancing on this position. We need immidiate evac!
- Arcturus Mengsk: Belay that order. We're moving out.
- Jim Raynor: What! You're not just gonna leave them?
- Arcturus Mengsk: All ships prepare to move away from Tarsonis on my mark.
- Lt. Sarah Kerrigan: Uh, boys? How about that evac?
- Jim Raynor: Damn you, Arcturus! Don't do this!
- Arcturus Mengsk: I's done. Hellsman, signal the fleet and take us out of orbit. Now!
- Lt. Sarah Kerrigan: Commander? Jim? What the hell is going on up there?
- Arcturus Mengsk: [giving his inauguration speech at the end of the Terran Campaign] Fellow Terrans, I come to you in the wake of recent events to issue a call to reason. Let no human deny the perils of our time. While we battle one another, divided be the petty strife of our common history, the tide of greater conflict is turning against us, threatening to destroy all that we have accomplished. It is time for us as nations and as individuals to set aside our long-standing feuds and unite. The tides of an unwinnable war are upon us and we must seek refuge on higher ground lest we be swept away by the flood. The Confederacy is no more. Whatever semblance of unity and protection it once provided is a phantom... a memory. With our enemies left unchecked, who will you turn to for protection? The devastation wrought by the alien invaders is self-evident. We have seen our homes and villages destroyed by the calculated blows of the Protoss. We have seen first hand our friends and loved ones consumed by the nightmarish Zerg. Unprecedented and unimaginable though they may be, these are the signs of our time. The time has come my fellow Terrans to rally to a new banner. In unity lies strength; already many of the dissident factions have joined us. Out of the many we shall forge an indivisible whole capitulating only to a single throne. And from that throne, I shall watch over you. From this day forward let no human make war upon any other human. Let no Terran agency conspire against this new beginning, and let no man consort with alien powers, and to all the enemies of humanity: seek not to bar our way. For we shall win through, no matter the cost!
- Edmund Duke: Protoss Commander, this is General Edmund Duke of the Terran Dominion Armada. You are in violation of our air-space and have endangered human lives in your reckless attack against the Zerg. I order you to withdraw your ships immediately. If you fail to comply, I will not hesitate to open fire upon your vessels.
- Tassadar: General Duke, I am Tassadar, and you are well known to me. Whatever leniency I extended to you and your comrades before, may have been in error. If you persist in halting our course, we will burn your pathetic fleet down to the last man.
- Edmund Duke: I'm going to have to assume that was a hostile response...
- Aldaris: Ah, Tassadar, have you fallen so far? To think that you were our brightest hope; our most beloved son. Now you are everything that we are not. You are lost to us. Not only have you damned yourself, but you have damned those who have followed you.
- Aldaris: [On briefing the new Protoss Executor] The former Executor, Tassadar, was commanded to halt the Zerg progress in the Terran sector by burning the infested human worlds. Unfortunately, he disregarded his orders and attempted to destroy the Zerg while sparing the Terrans from the flame. Clearly, Tassadar has failed us. You must not.
- [as the Chrysalis opens up, revealing its inhabitant]
- The Overmind: Arise, my daughter. Arise... Kerrigan.
- Infested Kerrigan: By your will, Father, I live to serve. Let all those who oppose the Overmind feel the wrath of the swarm.
- The Overmind: Well done, Cerebrate! What I have wrought this day shall be the undoing of my enemies. Let not a Terran survive!
- Jim Raynor: Mother of God... Kerrigan, what have they done to you!
- Jim Raynor: Sarah, is that really you?
- Infested Kerrigan: To an extent. I'm far more than I once was, Jim. You shouldn't have come here.
- Jim Raynor: But, the dreams. I dreamed you were still alive, that somehow, you were... calling to me...
- Infested Kerrigan: I was. While I was in the chrysalis, I instinctively reached out to you and Arcturus telephaticly. Apparantly, Arcturus sent Duke here to reclaim me. But that was then, Jim. I am one of the Zerg now, and I like what I am. You can't imagine how this feels.
- Jim Raynor: So? What? Are you goin' to kill me now, darlin'?
- Infested Kerrigan: It is certainly within my power, but you're not a threat to me, Jim. Be smart; leave here now and never seek to confront the Zerg again.
- Jim Raynor: Doesn't look like I have much choice.
- Jim Raynor: Why are you doing this, Kerrigan? Look, I know about your past, I mean I've heard the rumours. I know you were part of those experiments with the Zerg, that Mengsk came and saved you. But you don't owe him this. Hell... I've saved your butt plenty of times.
- Lt. Sarah Kerrigan: Jimmy, drop the knight in shining armour routine. It suts you sometimes, just not... not now. I don't need to be rescued. I know what I'm doing. The Protoss are comeing to destroy the entire planet, not just the Zerg. I know that because... well, I just know it. I am a ghost, remember? Once we dealt with the Protoss, we can do something about the Zerg. Arcturus'll come around. I know he will.
- Jim Raynor: I hope you're right, darling. Good huntin'!
- Zeratul: Though we strike at you from the shadows, do not think that we lack the courage to stand in the light.
- Arcturus Mengsk: Gentlemen, you've done very well, but remember that we've still got a job to do. The seeds of a new Empire have been sewn, and if we hope to reap...
- Jim Raynor: Aw, to hell with you!
- Arcturus Mengsk: You're making a terrible mistake. Don't even think to cross me. I've sacrificed to much to let this fall apart.
- Jim Raynor: You mean like you sacrificed Kerrigan?
- Arcturus Mengsk: You'll regret that. You don't seem to realize my situation here. I will not be stoped. Not by you, or the Confederates, or the Protoss, or anyone. I will rule this sector or se it burnt to ashes around me! If you try to get in my way...
- The Terran Adjutant: The fleet is prepped and ready, Commander. Awaiting orders.
- Jim Raynor: The hell with him. We're gone.
- Arcturus Mengsk: Gentlemen, you've done very well, but remember that we've still got a job to do. The seeds of a new Empire have been sewn, and if we hope to reap...
- Jim Raynor: Aw, to hell with you!
- Jim Raynor: It's funny... It seems like yesterday Arcturus was the idealistic rebel crusader. Now he's the law, and we're the criminals.
- Jim Raynor: This is bullshit! Kerrigan, are you reading this?
- Lt. Sarah Kerrigan: I've heard. I'm going down there. Arcturus knows what he's doing, I can't back out on him now.
- Jim Raynor: Funny. I never though of you as anyone's martyr.
- Tassadar: Executor, I stand ready.
- Zeratul: As do I.
- Jim Raynor: Well, I guess all I have left is to se this through. The Zerg have taken everything from me. My home, my friends, my family. I know that nothing I can do can bring those things back but I'll be damned if I just sit on my hands and wait for the end. I want a piece of them all right. I'm in.
- Tassadar: Then let our actions speak for us! For Adun! For Aiur!
- [Easter Egg Dialogue: Protoss High Templar references Guns 'n' Roses albums]
- Protoss High Templar: I see you have an Appetite for Destruction. And you've learned to Use Your Illusion.
- [patrolling in a Hummvee]
- Lester: Hey Sarge, why we always gotta listen to this shit for anyway?
- Humvee Seargent: Cause I'm in charge here, that's why!
- Lester: Aw, that don't seem like no kinda good reason to me...
- [the Hummvee has hit a critter]
- Lester: Looks like you mashed some poor feller's dog, Sarge.
- Humvee Seargent: That ain't no dog. It's a Zergling, Lester. Smaller attack Zerg. They shouldn't be out this far unless... oh shit.
- [They turn around and see several more Zerg standing between them and the Hummvee]
- Lester: I love you, Sarge.
- Wraith: You know who the best starfighter in the fleet is? Yours truly. Everybody gotta die sometime, Red.
- Narrator: The Zerg Overmind has succeeded in invading the Protoss Homeworld of Aiur and has embedded itself into the crust of the planet. Now, as the agents of the sinister Overmind spread chaos and destruction across the face of Aiur, the stalwart Protoss defenders prepare themselves for the coming onslaught.
- Tassadar: My friends, this is our final hour. Not all of us may survive the coming conflict. Yet, death may be a blessing should we fail here.
- Zeratul: [enraged against the Conclave] You speak of knowledge, Judicator? You speak of experience? I have journeyed through the darkness between the most distant stars. I have beheld the births of negative-suns and borne witness to the entropy of entire realities... Unto my experience, Aldaris, all that you've built here on Aiur is but a fleeting dream. A dream from which your precious Conclave shall awaken, finding themselves drowned in a greater nightmare.
- Aldaris: We shall see...
- Edmund Duke: Marshal Raynor, by destroying a vital Confederate installation, you and your men have violated standing colonial law. As of right now, you're all under arrest. I suggest you throw down your weapons and come peaceably.
- Jim Raynor: Are you outta your mind? If we hadn't burned that damn factory,this entire colony could have been overrun! Maybe if you hadn't taken your sweet time in getting here...
- Edmund Duke: Now I asked you nice the first time, boy. I didn't come here to talk with you. Now throw down them weapons!
- Jim Raynor: [arrested] Guess you wouldn't be a Confederate if you weren't a complete pain in the ass.
- Infested Kerrigan: [in shock and disarray] An illusion? Are you afraid to face me, Templar?
- Tassadar: So long as you continue to be so predictable, O Queen, I need not face you at all. You are your own worst enemy.
- The Overmind: Behold, my long silence is now broken, and I am made whole once more. The cunning Protoss have dared strike down that which was immortal. For the Protoss who murdered Zasz are unlike anything we have faced before. These Dark Templar radiate energies that are much like my own, and it is by these energies that they have caused me harm. Yet shall their overweening pride be their downfall. For when the assassin Zeratul murdered Zasz, his mind touched with mine, and all his secrets were made known to me. I have taken from his mind the secret location of Aiur, the Protoss Homeworld. At long last, my children, our searching is done. Soon we shall assault Aiur directly.
- Cerebrate Daggoth: For now we must ensure that the Dark Templar can cause no more harm. Cerebrate, you shall set a trap for our foes. Kerrigan will lead them to you.
- Aldaris: [after meeting Jim Raynor,a Terran Rebel] Amusing... Tassadar, your taste in companions grows ever more inexplicable. Executor, prepare to take Tassadar into custody.
- Tassadar: Executor, wait. I do not know what they have told you about me, but what I've done, I've done for Aiur. Help me find Zeratul and his Dark Templar. They alone can defeat the Overmind's Cerebrates. Once we've won I'll gladly submit myself to the judgement of the Conclave.
- Aldaris: Unthinkable! You presume that we would side with the Dark Ones as you have? You have gone quite mad, Tassadar.
- Tassadar: You shall speak of them with respect, Aldaris. Executor, there is much that I can explain to you, if only you'll help me find Zeratul.
- Aldaris: [the Protoss Executor has chosen old and wise Tassadar over an old fanatical Conclave] Executor, by following Tassadar and attempting to rescue the Dark Templar, you have openly defied the will of the Conclave. Abandon this mad scheme now, and the Conclave may show you mercy.
- Tassadar: Don't let him control you, Executor. The Judicator have long since steered the actions of the Templar to their own ends. It's time we acted of our own accord
- Aldaris: Ah, Tassadar, have you fallen so far? To think that you were our brightest hope; our most beloved son. Now you are everything that we are not. You are lost to us. Not only have you damned yourself, but you have damned those who have followed you.
- Tassadar: Such is the price for our race's salvation, Judicator! I have been here, with the Dark Templar, these last few months. While I helped them in their fight against the Zerg, I learned many of their secrets from their Prelate, Zeratul. Apparently, the energies which empower the Dark Templar also course through the Overmind and its Cerebrates.
- Aldaris: The same Cerebrate which you told us to destroy. Your advice was useless, for the creature was reincarnated before our eyes!
- Tassadar: Unfortunately, yes. Your attack on the Cerebrate failed because the energies that you wield are useless when used directly against the Overmind and its Cerebrates. Only the Dark Templar's power can truly harm the Zerg. That is why we must rescue Zeratul and return him to Aiur!
- Aldaris: You were warned, Executor. The Conclave will not be pleased.
- Tassadar: En Taro Adun, Executor! My gratitude to you, for having secured my release, knows no bounds. By all the gods, we may win yet! The time has come to let loose the fury of the Dark Templar. Zeratul, perhaps the time has come to tell our friends of the foe we face.
- Zeratul: Indeed. When I slew the Cerebrate on Char, I touched briefly with the essence of the Overmind. In that instant, my mind was filled with its thoughts, and I tell you now our worst fears have come true
- Tassadar: So you see my friends, we fight not only to save Aiur, but all creation! If we fall to the Zerg then the Overmind will run rampant throughout the stars, consuming all sentience-all life. It is up to us to put an end to this madness, once and for all.
- Fenix: Our forces shall engage the primary Zerg Hive clusters in an attempt to weaken their defenses. Once their numbers have thinned out, Zeratul and his companions can infiltrate the clusters and assassinate the Cerebrates. Adun willing, the Cerebrates' deaths will distract the Overmind long enough for us to assault it directly.
- Jim Raynor: [Tassadar has been imprisonned inside a stasis cell by Aldaris and the Conclave, Fenix and the Protoss Rebels attempt to rescue him] This is Raynor. I'd like to help if I can. Tassadar laid it on the line for me and my crew on Char. I'd like to repay the debt. Besides, I'm a long way from home, surrounded by hostile aliens. I've got to do something.
- Fenix: Then you shall, bold human. You shall.
- [last lines]
- Narrator: As the chaotic, swirling energies subsided, a heavy silence settled over the battlefields of Aiur. Due to Tassadar's noble sacrifice, the Overmind was now dead and the Zerg Swarms were scattered and broken. But as the heroes surveyed their once glorious homeland, they realized that their victory had cost them all but their lives. Aiur was left nothing more than a smoldering ruin. Those few Protoss who survived the final battle could only wonder what the future would hold for their race. And far away, on the distant planet Char, Kerrigan, the self-styled Queen of Blades, knew that the time of her ascension was at hand
- Zeratul: Are you truly so blinded by your vaunted religion, that you can't see the fall ahead of you?
- Aldaris: Executor, by following Tassadar and attempting to rescue the Dark Templar, you have openly defied the will of the Conclave. Abandon this mad scheme now, and the Conclave may show you mercy.
- Aldaris: Who is this human, Tassadar?
- Jim Raynor: The name's Jim Raynor, pal. And I won't be talked down to by anybody. Not even a Protoss.
- Aldaris: Amusing...
- The Overmind: Awaken my child, and embrace the glory that is your birthright. Know that I am the Overmind; the eternal will of the Swarm, and that you have been created to serve me.
- The Overmind: I am well pleased young Cerebrate, and so long as my prize remains intact, I shall remain pleased. Thus, its life and yours shall be made as one. As it prospers, so shall you. For you are part of the Swarm. If ever your flesh should fail, that flesh shall be made anew. That is my covenant with all Cerebrates.
- Cerebrate Daggoth: Do with my minions as you will, Cerebrate. They will serve you unquestioningly. Go and bring swift wrath to all who would oppose the Swarm.
- The Overmind: Behold the power of that which is yet unborn! For the swirling images that flow forth from the Chrysalis are only a shadow of the sleeper's true power.