Valerian: Jim, do you read me?

Kerrigan: We read you.

Valerian: Kerrigan, I’m glad you’re alive. But we’re cut off from your location. You’ll have to fight your way across the lab to the tram station. That will take you to Jim’s ship.

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Raynor: Roger that, Junior. We can handle it. Back in the saddle. Let’s move out.

Kerrigan: Marauder ahead! I’ll take him out with a kinetic blast.

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Raynor: Hostiles on the right!

(Alarms sound)

Umojan Marine: Dominion insertion team! Help us take them out!

Umojan Scientist: Raynor, Kerrigan! This recovery terminal will heal you and restore some of your energy! Good luck, I’m getting out of here!

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Raynor: Looks like this thing is all out of juice. Dead end. Let’s head back. Not gettin’ out this way either.

Kerrigan: Those marines are clustered pretty tight. I should be able to handle them all with crushing grip.

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Umojan Marine: The way is clear! Move out!

Valerian: Another wave of Dominion insertion teams incoming!

Kerrigan: Look up! Where are the Umojans going?

Raynor: Let’ em go their way, we’ll go ours. Almost to the tram station. It’ll take us right to the shuttle bay.

Umojan Marine: The corridor is blocked! You’ll have to cut through the sublevel to reach the tram.

Raynor: Come in, Valerian. The main corridor is blocked. Can you open side door A-twelve?

Valerian: I can. Be ready though, the zerg specimens got loose in the attack.

Kerrigan: Yes, I can sense them down there. But I don’t think I should control them again.

Raynor: I won’t ask you to do that. We’ll handle them.

Valerian: The door will open in … Three. Two. One!

Umojan Marine: Too many zerglings!

(Kerrigan and Raynor take the elevator)

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Nova: Kerrigan, my forces have taken control of the security hub. We are putting this facility on lockdown. Make this easy on everyone and surrender now.

Kerrigan: They’re trying to trap us.

Raynor: C’mon, darlin’. We gotta make it through those doors!

Kerrigan: This reminds me of the old days.

Raynor: My hair’s got more grey in it.

Kerrigan: And my hair’s got more zerg.

Raynor: Right.

Kerrigan: We made it!

Valerian: Keep moving! They’re about to seal the area!

Kerrigan: An ultralisk. Let’s see how it likes a kinetic blast!

Raynor: It’s a mess down here.

Kerrigan: We’ve been through worse together.

Dominion Ghost: Target Acquired! Located Kerrigan and Raynor!

Raynor: Lord, woman, how many zerglings did you make?

Kerrigan: Yeah, I may have gone a little overboard.

Raynor: Destroy the debris! We got to reach that door. We made it!

Kerrigan: Are you surprised?

Valerian: Keep going! There’s only one more door between you and the tram station!

Kerrigan: I sense a lot of Dominion in the next room.

Raynor: Looks like a rough fight.

Kerrigan: They have caged zerg in there. We can use this console to set them loose.

Raynor: Or we can use it to activate the gas defenses.

(SELECT ONE: Release Zerg in Cages – or – Gas the Room)

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Dominion Marine: What the hell? Who opened the cages?

Kerrigan: Now we’ve got the zerg to deal with.

Raynor: Still, it evened the odds. Let’s go!

Kerrigan: We made it! The tram is about to leave.

Valerian: Jim, we’re in full retreat. I’m en route to the Hyperion.

Raynor: Roger that, Valerian. Hail us when you’re on the bridge.

Kerrigan: Just you and me now, Jim. Let’s move out.

Umojan Marine: The Dominion have breached the tunnel.

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Raynor: The tram’s picking up pace! Stay frosty kids! We’re outta the labs. We’re exposed out here until we reach the shuttle bay.

 

Kerrigan: I can see the bay! We’re almost there! A siege tank! I can take it out with a kinetic blast.

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Umojan Marine: The Dominion is deploying some kind of heavy mech in the shuttle bay. Move out! We have to hold them off until the evacuation is complete!

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Raynor: Almost there. Let’s follow these guys to the shuttle bay.

(Checkpoint)

Archangel: Archangel in position. I’ve got the shuttle bay secured. All Dominion forces, push forward!

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Kerrigan: Jim, the Archangel is between us and your shuttle!

(The bridge is destroyed)

Kerrigan: Jim!

Raynor: Dammit! Sarah, I’ll find another way to you.

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Kerrigan: Well you better hurry, or I’ll kill this thing without you.

Archangel: Engagin the enemy! Target’s locked, drop the pods.

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Kerrigan: This is a good time for a kinetic blast.

Archangel: Drop-pods incoming!

Kerrigan: Hurry up, Jim. I think another wave is incoming.

Jim Raynor: Sarah, I’m cut off. I can’t get to your location. Take my ship and go.

Kerrigan: We just found each other again. I am not leaving you behind.

Valerian: Raynor, Kerrigan! I’m on the Hyperion, we’re setting course for the rendezvous. What is your status?

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Raynor: Kerrigan is taking my drop ship. I need extraction.

Valerian: I understand and I’m sending a team for you.

Kerrigan: Do not screw this up, Valerian.

Valerian: Kerrigan, I’ll see you at the rendezvous. And … I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you sooner.

Kerrigan: It’s too late for apologies, Valerian. Jim, I’ll take your ship, but if you get yourself killed … you’re in huge trouble.

Raynor: Yes’m. Noted.

Valerian: Jim, Dominion reinforcements are arriving. The Hyperion is taking heavy fire and my team can’t reach you.

Raynor: Roger that. Get the Hyperion to the rendezvous! I’ll find another way off world.

Valerian: See you there.

(Door is destroyed)

Raynor: Nova!

Nova: Well well. Jim Raynor.

Nova: If you’d helped me with my Tosh problem, I might have looked the other way while you got out. But you chose poorly!

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Raynor: Alright, Blondie, take your shot!

 

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