March 31, 2000 "They cannot scare me with their empty spaces Between stars- on stars where no human race is. I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places." - Robert Frost

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• 192x192 Desert

• Designed for 2-5 Players

• Requires Brood War to Play

March 24, 2000 "The study of weather on alien planets, or Xenometerology, is one of the most exciting fields in Science today. Analyzing the wind and climate patterns of distant worlds will allow us to better predict the occurance of hazardous weather phenomenon that negatively impact our own homes and cities. Some of the weather events we've had the fortune to observe make the devastating whirlwinds back on Earth seem like a cool spring breeze. It is our responsibility to warn new colonists of the potential danger they may face before lives and property are utterly destroyed by the vengeful wrath of an alien Mother Nature." - Dr. Ula Isarki, Head of the Koprulu Meterological Institute

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• 128x96 Jungle

• Designed for 2-3 Players

March 17, 2000 "There's been a lot of talk lately about the banning of wildlive preserves built for the sportsman in mind. Well, I've had enough of that talk. There's nothing more perfect in this world than looking down the barrel of a high powered gauss rifle built to penetrate 2 inches of steel plating and seeing a defenseless animal square in the laser targeted, wind corrected, electronically enhanced scope with integrated night vision. NOTHING. Do these zealots understand the consequences of their actions? If we can't shoot a small animal, who knows what we might shoot next?" -Excerpt from an interview with Ralph Smith, Leader of the "Hunters are people, too!" organization

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• 128x192 Badlands

• Designed for 2-8 Players

March 10, 2000 "I saw some horrible things on Char. Packs of Zerglings ripping entire platoons of Marines apart limb from limb. Broodlings bursting from the chests of my friends. Siege Tanks melting from a Guardian's acid spray. The worst thing I witnessed wasn't the Zerg, however, but how the planet itself decided to get involved in the killing. We were fighting near a large mountain when the top of it exploded. A cloud began rolling down the mountain, and it came at us FAST. I barely got out of its way, but over half of my platoon wasn't so lucky. This cloud just melted them all into twisted, sickening shapes that I will never be able to forget. The remainder of my assault team was pulled out of the conflict to regroup and in the debriefing afterwards, an intelligence officer explained what had happened. It seems that my unit was hit by a "pyroclastic flow". According to our scientific research, these "anomalies" can reach speeds of over 100 mph and temperatures higher than 800 degrees Celsius. The scientists can call it whatever they want -- I just know that I'll never forget what it did to my friends." -Diary of Corporal Aaron Parkinson

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• 128x96 Ash

• Designed for 2-4 Players

March 3, 2000 "Ok. I finally asked for a [censored] transfer. For once in their [censored] [censored] lives, High [censored] Command decides to do me a [censored] favor. So I move halfway across the [censored] sector to take command of my new station. What do I [censored] find? A [censored] [censored] more [censored] [censored] orbital platform then the last [censored] of [censored] that I was on! Some [censored] out there is just trying to [censored] with me, that HAS to be [censored] it. What [censored], [censored], [censored], [CENSORED] decided to build a [censored] Bull's Eye into the center of the [censored] platform? Can we make possibly things a little less [censored] easy for the [censored] enemy? [CENSORED]! " -Edited comments of Colonel Riley "[censored]" Bullhorn New Commander of Terran Orbital Platform K4-J19

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• 128x128 Space

• Designed for 2-4 Players