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Anyway, the first thing I _really_ wondered about here was why I
couldn't
build Protoss Healers. Heh. That said...
So far this is the only mention of "Where did Protoss Healers come from?"
I'm actually surprised. I thought I would have gotten more flak on the
subject.
The 'Protoss Healer' is of course Adam Brown's creation. I merely built
upon his work.
And you did a very good job, too.
Well, the first reaction a Protoss _anything_ would have to a warrior in
Akane's condition would be to stick her into a Dragoon. This would
probably
_not_ be a palatable option given the psychological condition, but I
imagine
there are ways (an Arbiter's stasis-generator or even a converted Ghost
lockdown canister rifle) to get around a rampaging Dragoon.
Then again, this means flying in the face of the story itself. Que sera.
One of the problems of having a bootleg copy of Starcraft is that I didn't
know how any of the original units were created from. If I had known the
origins of Dragoons, then may Akane might have ended up as one.
This was Mr. Brown's decision, and it adds a lot to the overall story. I
merely
added a bit of backstory. That Akane is Phoenix was fact when I wrote
this.
To be frank, if Akane WAS a Dragoon, I feel the overall story would be
diminished and a lot of potential interpersonal conflict would be lost.
As a near-human, she has a lot more potential to make things...
interesting... for her sisters and brother in-law.
"...to make things...interesting..." Boy do you have a talent for
understatement! :)
Second, I have to wonder what point in Protoss history the story is
catching
them. Correct me if I'm misremembering the manual, but I seem to
remember
a
period of ideological conflict in the Protoss over whether or not they
were
a superior race and, perhaps, the only creation that should exist. Halos
seems to be a throwback to that era - again, forgive the confusion, but
the
manual's at home and I'm an hour's drive away. And I have no car. Ah
heh.
See above about me not having the first manual.
There are in any society, in any time period, beings who hold
long-discredited
beliefs sacred. I feel Halos is such a 'throwback'.
Or a Protoss Kuno. :)
Adam