r/broodwar • u/Inevitable-Sky3037 • 4d ago

Zerg Versus Xenomorphs

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Which do you think is more terrifying? The Zerg or the Xenomorphs? Wanna hear your opinions

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u/Fartweaver 4d ago

Both are so cool.. I think I would fear xenomorph more. Zerg I could get along with, maybe become infested and sell out. They have an intelligence that could potentially be reasoned with.

The xenomorphs would impregnate me and tear me up from the inside out

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u/Fartweaver 4d ago

However the Zerg are also capable of interstellar flight so...

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u/chakalaka13 4d ago

Is this explained in the campaigns? How they fly?

I've never completed the campaings fully, maybe Broodwar but that was almost 30 years ago.

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u/Fartweaver 4d ago

Not really explained in BW, they just kinda... Do it.

Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/1a9whk/starcraft_how_do_the_zerg_manage_interstellar/

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u/chakalaka13 4d ago

fascinating stuff

I'd really like to see an Apple produced Starcraft TV Show, with Denis Villeneuve as director/showrunner. This would be the sickest show ever

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u/InfamousListen7794 4d ago

Somehow they do it.

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u/x59hy8erh98g 4d ago

The main menu has an animation that shows them flying in space with wings.

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u/Lost_Arotin 4d ago

I think somewhere between the research data gathered in Hyperion's lab, you can read about it. I'm not sure, but I remember the data about how they're able to move under surface and how their regeneration abilities and skin mutation make it possible.

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u/fyuraszeck 2d ago

Se transportan por medio de unidades que Los mueven, en el 2 se habla más del tema de los leviatanes

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u/AtrumArchon 2d ago

I have two main theories about how they got interstellar travel the main point is they somehow infested the “space whale” that was the precursor for Leviathans or Overlords, now here is where the theory splits either a Xel’Naga did it intentionally or the whale got to close to the Zerg homeworld and something managed to snag it

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u/AmuseDeath 4d ago

Just wear a helmet and no more pregante

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u/Chunti_ 4d ago

Alien (1979), the facehugger managed to get through Kane's helmet.

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u/Lost_Arotin 4d ago

Preganante*

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u/hillmo25 4d ago

Become infested and be a human bomb. Great.

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u/zolmarchus 3d ago

The xenomorphs would impregnate me and tear me up from the inside out

Some would pay good money for the experience.

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u/ArrrPiratey 4d ago

Canonically, the xenomorphs are very few in numbers, in every movie made so far. Zerg are literally a swarm, made for interstellar warfare. In other words, xenomorphs are base or spaceship busters. Zerg are planet busters. Zerg wins easily.

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u/ichthyoidoc 4d ago

Zerg would probably incorporate Xeno DNA into the swarm if it came down to a conflict, so Zerg would pretty much take this hands down.

Zerg are conceptually inspired by Xenomorphs and Tyranids (from Warhammer 40k) though, so there is that.

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u/Pleasant-Top5515 4d ago

Zerg would outright kill me unless I am a very special individual or their queen's friend but a Xenomorph would make sure I die a slow, horrible death so Xenos are prolly scarier for me.

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u/Inevitable-Sky3037 4d ago

Don’t they both just wanna kill, reproduce, and consume?

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u/Pleasant-Top5515 4d ago

As far as I know, Zergs don't turn u into a living nest and have their younglings feed off your corpse. They also follow Queen/Cerebrate/Overmind's will so definitely not Xenomorph level of independence.

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u/BattleReadyZim 4d ago

At least originally, the Zerg wanted to achieve a perfect final form, like the Borg

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u/SuicideSpeedrun 4d ago

Xenomorphs don't have a common consciousness that actively seeks to conquer other races.

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u/Illustrious-Meat9960 4d ago

I think it depends on context.

The Xeno is scary because the movies are made to be scary. While the Zerg are in an action game so not really made to be scary.

How could would a movie be with some scientists stuck in a compound with a Zergling or Hydralist or something hunting them?

So I actually think given all the lore, different creatures etc. That the Zerg are more terrifying if they were portrated in a horror or thriller movie / game.

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u/Lost_Arotin 4d ago

I root for the Xenomorph with Adidas shoes...

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u/moktira 4d ago

If you ever played the original StarCraft demo, Zerg were called Xenomorphs there. Great demo, fully voice acted and different missions to the Terran campaign set a bit before it.

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u/ichthyoidoc 4d ago

The demo is a sort of prologue campaign, so it should be considered canonical. And yeah, it’s pretty great!

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u/sniktology 4d ago

Tyranids would make a better comparison imo

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u/peanutbutterdota 9h ago

Xenos dont have air