The Terran Dominion, also known as the Dominion of Man and sometimes simply known as "the Dominion" is one of the two main antagonists of the Starcraft franchise, alongside the Zerg.
The Dominion was created shortly after the fall of the Confederacy at the height of the war between the Terrans, the Zerg and the Protoss from the Sons of Korhal and many other Terran factions. Korhal IV is the throne world of the Dominion.
History[]
Rise[]
The roots of the Terran Dominion spring from the Rebellion of Korhal, a "terrorist" faction which emerged when the Terran Confederacy put down a rebellion against them on the world of Korhal. The Confederate attempts to weaken the Rebellion backfired when they slew its first leader, Angus Mengsk; Arcturus Mengsk became its new leader and was even more effective.
When Mengsk forged an alliance with the Umojan Protectorate, the Confederates destroyed the world of Korhal using nuclear weaponry. Mengsk thus renamed the Rebellion the Sons of Korhal and the rebel movement grew even more in size as it fought against the Confederacy, allying themselves with former Confederacy Alpha Squadron and their leader General Edmund Duke. The Sons of Korhal managed to achieve many victories against the Confederacy through the use of psi-emitters to attract the Zerg to storm Confederate outposts. Eventually, the Sons of Korhal toppled the Confederacy by using psionic devices to lure the zerg to the Confederate homeworld of Tarsonis and setting them loose on the innocent civilians populating the planet, an action which alienated two good-hearted Sons of Korhal officers, Sarah Kerrigan and Jim Raynor. When the Protoss arrived to contain the Zerg outbreak, Kerrigan was ordered to defend the Zerg and hold them off until the Zerg finished ransacking the planet, only to be abandoned on Tarsonis and infested by the zerg. This action ultimately caused Jim to realize Mengsk's tyrannical ambitions and to defect with a rebel movement.
Formation of the Dominion[]
With the Terran Confederacy's leadership and the population of their capital world almost completely wiped out, Arcturus Mengsk and the Sons of Korhal moved to establish the Terran Dominion to rule over the Terran colonies that had formerly belonged to the Confederacy. The Dominion promised its new citizens protection from the aliens which threatened them, the Protoss and Zerg, through a strong government. The Dominion appropriated much of the former Confederacy's resources, with many soldiers that had originally served the Confederate military going on to join the Dominion Armed Forces. The Dominion acquired the New Folsom prison, in which many of the Sons Korhal members had been imprisoned in the past, and began using it to jail dissidents and anyone else who spoke out against Mengsk's rule.
Brood War[]
The Koprulu Sector was later invaded by an expeditionary fleet sent by the United Earth Directorate, which sought to eliminate the threat of the Protoss and the Zerg and topple the Terran Dominion to assert control of the Terrans living in the Sector. The UED seized the Dominion's Dylarian shipyards and beat back Duke's military forces before attacking Korhal IV. However, the Dominion received unexpected assistance from Raynor's Raiders, the Protoss and Kerrigan's Zerg Swarm, who had allied to oppose the Dominion. The Raiders rescued Mengsk from capture by the UED and regrouped with the Protoss and Zerg forces to plan a counterattack against the UED.
Reformation[]
After the death of Arcturus Mengsk at the hands of Sarah Kerrigan the Queen of Blades, Crown Prince Valerian Mengsk succeeded his father as ruler of the Terran Dominion and reformed it from an oppressive regime to a democratic state. However, with the invasion of Amon and his allies controlled by the hybrid, they have been hard-pressed to survive, having lost billions to the wars that lie ahead. But eventually, after Amon's death, the Dominion managed to preserve for another day in spite of the near-insurmountible losses they suffered.
The Defenders of Man, followers of the late Arcturus Mengsk, was formed in his memory and waged a secret war to overthrow the Dominion led by his son, but were eventually thwarted by Nova Terra. The Dominion had also survived a Tal'darim invasion led by Alarak thanks to Nova's efforts.
External Links[]
- Terran Dominion on the Heroes Wiki
- Terran Dominion on the Starcraft Wiki
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