War-Torn

War-Torn is the second of the Flashback missions Colin goes through, recounting the events of the comic of the same name. It comes after Weapon of War.

Mission dialogue transcript will be provided once we get to the point where we begin developing it, but basically it will be select scenes from the comics.

Mission
The mission begins with a cutscene showing various protests, intercut with Katie Lockwell and Greggor Altman discussing Corbin Phash, and how he and his son were now criminals in exile due to Corbin hiding Colin from the Ghost Program. They discuss the backlash of Corbin being deemed a criminal and how psionics are dangerous unless controlled. Meanwhile, scenes of Corbin going into Umojan Protectorate request asylum from Jorgensen. The scene ends with Colin and his handler Andrew Ballenger watching his dad appear on the broadcast from the Gohbus Moon refugee camp, and Colin asks if he can see his father again. Ballenger says that's impossible, as last time they tried it was a Dominion ambush.

The scene then changes to a wrangler named Randall, who discusses with Colonel Alexander Davidoff that using his contacts, he's tracked Colin to the refugee camp on this world. Davidoff states that he thinks Randall's measures seem too extreme, and Randall assures him that his method, lobotomized zerglings with bomb collars, will zero in on the psionics of Colin. He releases them from his ship on the refugee camp.

On the map the player controls a small group of zerglings, who must avoid being killed by the camp guards. Secret routes and tunnels allow the zerglings to bypass defenses. Defenses should be very low tech, nothing higher than maybe a marauder or some turrets (no siege tanks or anything), and cutting things such as power generators should open up new paths. This almost serves as a puzzle section. Killing civilians restores zergling health. After enough consumed, a zergling will reconstitute as to not make the mission unwinnable should too many zerglings die.

After the zerglings make it to the house, they charge inside. A very brief cutscene plays between Randall and Ballanger where Randall tries to disable Colin with a psi screen, which ends in Ballanger shocking Randall. When the player gets control back, the zerglings confront Randall, who tries to detonate their bomb collars. The objective changes to "consume." The player must kill Randall to proceed, who dies in several hits.

The zerglings then contront Colin and Ballenger. A very brief boss fight ensues, with Ballenger tossing AOE grenades and using straight shots with his pistol that must be avoided. Colin will occasionally shoot out an AOE stun. After Ballanger is killed, a group of Dominion reapers bursts in and kills the zerglings, taking Colin into custody.

The mission ends with a Corbin watching a UNN broadcast reporting on Colin's capture, with him angerly stating "this has to end."

Characters

 * Major
 * Andrew Ballenger
 * Colin Phash
 * Corbin Phash
 * Randall


 * Minor
 * Colonel Alexander Davidoff
 * Minister Jorgensen
 * Kate Lockwell