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Set in the 26th century in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy, the game revolves around three species: the Terrans, human exiles from Earth; the Zerg, a race of insectoid genetic assimilators; and the Protoss, a species with vast psionic power. Wings of Liberty focuses on the Terrans, while the expansions Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void will focus on the Zerg and Protoss, respectively. The game is set four years after the events of StarCraft: Brood War, and follows the exploits of Jim Raynor as he leads an insurgent group against the autocratic Terran Dominion. The game includes both new and returning characters and locations from the original game.

Heart of the Swarm starts at a research facility run by Crown Prince Valerian Mengsk, who is performing tests on Sarah Kerrigan to determine how much of her skill at controlling Zerg remains from her time as the Queen of Blades. Jim Raynor is desperate to get Kerrigan away, and shortly after the last round of tests, the facility is attack by Dominion forces. Jim and Sarah embrace breifly before being separated, and Captain Horner is driven off as Sarah returns to the surface to wait for Jim, before learning via a newscast that he was captured and executed by the Dominion. Enraged, Sarah returns to the Char, discovering her command leviathan. After overpowering splintered swarms on Char, Sarah is visited by Zeratul, who tells her to travel to Zerus, the original homeworld of the Zerg, where the primal zerg are in a constantly evolving state. Sarah, initially reluctant, is convinced after Zeratul tells her that it will give her the power she wants to kill Mengsk. Sarah awakens the oldest living zerg, The Ancient One, and learns that Amon, a fallen Xel'naga, stole a large portion of the zerg from Zerus and created the Overmind from them. Sarah enters a chrysalis in the first zerg spawning pool and emerges, transformed into the primal Queen of Blades. After absorbing various essences on Zerus, and allying with Alexei Stukov, Kerrigan assaults a Dominion research station to face the hybrid. The scientist leader, Dr. Narud, is later revealed to be a ancient shapeshifter who seeks to resurrect Amon. After being defeated by Kerrigan, Mengsk informers her that Raynor is still alive and Mengsk uses him to threaten Kerrigan. Nevertheless, Kerrigan manages to rescue Raynor from a prison ship while refueling on a station. Prince Valerian understands that his father is beyond redemption, and along with Raynor's Raiders, supports Kerrigan's full invasion on Korhal. After disabling the air defense on the surface and destroying the psi disrupter, Kerrigan finally reaches the palace of Mengsk. Kerrigan and her allies succeed in breaching the palace. Kerrigan confronts Mengsk in his office and is temporarily weakened by the Xel'naga artifact until Raynor's intervention. Kerrigan then annihilates Mengsk with her powers, thanking Raynor before heading back to the leviathan. In the final scene, the camera pans around space and galaxy while Kerrigan narrates about that she must face her true enemy, fully embracing her role as the Zerg Swarm.

The game itself is split into three episodes, one for the player to command each race. In the first segment of the game, the player and Jim Raynor are attempting to control the colony of Mar Sara in the wake of the Zerg attacks on other Terran worlds. The second campaign reveals that Kerrigan was not killed by the Zerg, but rather is captured and infested in an effort to incorporate her psionic traits into the Zerg gene pool. The final episode of the game sees Aldaris and the Protoss government branding Tassadar a traitor and a heretic for conspiring with the dark templar. The player initially serves Aldaris in defending Aiur from the Zerg invasion, but while on a mission to arrest Tassadar, the player joins him instead.

Set in the 26th century, the game revolves around three species fighting for dominance in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy: the Terrans, humans exiled from Earth skilled at adapting to any situation; the Zerg, a race of insectoids in pursuit of genetic perfection obsessed with assimilating other races; and the Protoss, a humanoid species with advanced technology and psionic abilities attempting to preserve their civilization and strict philosophical way of living from the Zerg.

In Starbound, you take on the role of a character who’s just fled from their home planet, only to crash-land on another. From there you’ll embark on a quest to survive, discover, explore and fight your way across an infinite universe. You’ll encounter procedurally generated creatures and weapons, discover populated villages and abandoned temples. Explore planets dotted with dungeons, eyeball trees and treasure. Make use of over a hundred materials and over one thousand in-game objects to build a sprawling modern metropolis or a sleepy secluded cabin in the woods, and do all of it alone or with friends! Starbound lets you live out your own story of space exploration, discovery and adventure. Settle down and farm the land, hop from planet to planet claiming resources, or make regular visits to populated settlements, taking on jobs and earning a living. NPCs are scattered about the worlds, offering quests and challenges for those looking for a little extra excitement in their lives. Traverse the stars with the starmap to find endless procedurally generated planets and creatures. Discover new crops, creatures and weapons, capture monsters to keep as companions and clear dungeons of their loot. Complete quest lines that let you delve into the greater galactic mysteries! Who created the Glitch? What is Big Ape’s secret? Why are the Hylotl so uptight? From abandoned bunkers to creepy temples, Starbound’s richly detailed universe offers a host of places to investigate and tales to unfold. Follow the story or create your own, experience the game how YOU want to.

Sitting in the gunner position of a "GeoSword" fightercraft, you must shoot your way through the enemy armada and bring the fight to their base planet, Redeye. Altogether you'll have around 10 missions to get through before the galaxy is safe and your wingmen will help you along the way. And during those missions, you'll be expected to shoot out the sides of huge enemy battlecruisers, travel inside of enemy carriers and travel through the canyons of Redeye to deliver your payload. The PlayStation and the 3DO versions offer the choice between an arcade mode and an enhanced mode. In the enhanced modes that flat polygons are remade in fully textured polygons and the black bars on the sides have been removed to turn the image into a fullscreen view.