Agria
Botanical Colony of the Koprulu Sector
Agria was a terraformed colony world and botanical preserve of the Terran Confederacy and later the Terran Dominion. During the Second Great War its population was evacuated by Raynor's Raiders ahead of a zerg invasion.
Agria was a planet in the Koprulu sector, settled as a botanical colony and best remembered for the desperate evacuation that Raynor's Raiders carried out there during the Second Great War. Once a barren fringe world, it was transformed into one of the principal botanical and wildlife preserves of the Terran Confederacy and, after the Confederacy fell, of the Terran Dominion. (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty; Cast of Characters: Ariel Hanson)
Settlement and terraforming#
Agria began as a relatively barren fringe world until it was terraformed by Doctor Bernard Hanson, who founded a colony there and became its chairman. The colony came to hold a wide range of advanced research and terraforming equipment, owing to its status as one of the primary botanical reserves of the Terran Confederacy. For years the colony remained relatively safe and prosperous. With the fall of the Confederacy in 2500, the Terran Dominion stationed a permanent defense force on Agria, and the world became one of its principal botanical and wildlife preserves. (Cast of Characters: Ariel Hanson; StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty)
Among Agria's settlements were Green Acres, Hudderstown, Larks' Crossing, and Megaton. The colony was also served by the Agria starport and lay near the Agria Valley. (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty; StarCraft (comic))
Years of unrest#
In August 2502, the small town of Hudderstown Colony, inspired by rebel leader Castor Mezzo, was almost exterminated by a single female ghost sent against it. The town was rescued by the War Pigs, a band of outlaws, who killed Mezzo before leaving. A Dominion official who visited the town afterward considered the colonists "irrelevant". (StarCraft (comic))
Sometime after 2502, the ghost agent Nova Terra was sent to Agria to assassinate a former Confederate supporter. She psionically killed the man in front of his family before escaping undetected. (StarCraft: Ghost: Spectres)
In 2503, a heavily armed group of pirates stormed Agria, intent on stealing the colony's hi-tech scientific equipment. Dominion marines engaged the pirates, carelessly slaughtering colonists who were caught in the crossfire. The pirates were eventually driven off the planet. (Cast of Characters: Ariel Hanson)
The evacuation#
During the Second Great War, Agria was invaded by the zerg. The Dominion abandoned the colony, and the zerg overwhelmed the planetary defenses. The population was gathered toward the main starport, but after twelve hours the zerg attacks became so intense that Doctor Ariel Hanson, daughter of the colony's founder, sent out a distress call. (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty)
Hanson's call was answered by Raynor's Raiders, who guarded the highway from Larks' Crossing as the remaining convoys were sent to the starport. The evacuation succeeded, but remaining Agrian colonial troops stayed behind to hold off the zerg long enough for the last transport to leave, at the cost of their lives. (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty)
Frequently asked questions
- What was Agria?
- Agria was a planet in the Koprulu sector, settled as a botanical colony. Once a barren fringe world, it was terraformed into one of the principal botanical and wildlife preserves of the Terran Confederacy and later the Terran Dominion.
- Who founded the colony on Agria?
- Agria was terraformed by Doctor Bernard Hanson, who founded a colony there and became its chairman. The colony came to hold a wide range of advanced research and terraforming equipment.
- What happened to Agria during the Second Great War?
- Agria was invaded by the zerg, and the Dominion abandoned the colony while the zerg overwhelmed the planetary defenses. The population was gathered toward the main starport, but after twelve hours the zerg attacks became so intense that Doctor Ariel Hanson sent out a distress call.
- Who evacuated the colonists from Agria?
- Ariel Hanson's distress call was answered by Raynor's Raiders, who guarded the highway from Larks' Crossing as the remaining convoys were sent to the starport. The evacuation succeeded, though remaining Agrian colonial troops stayed behind to hold off the zerg and died so the last transport could leave.
- What violent events occurred on Agria before the evacuation?
- In August 2502, the town of Hudderstown Colony was nearly exterminated by a single female ghost before being rescued by the War Pigs. The ghost agent Nova Terra was later sent to assassinate a former Confederate supporter, and in 2503 armed pirates stormed the colony to steal its scientific equipment before being driven off.
Gallery
Images via StarCraft Wiki
Sources
- GameStarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Blizzard Entertainment, 2010
- ComicStarCraft (comic), Simon Furman, DC Comics (Wildstorm), 2009 to 2010
- BookStarCraft: Ghost: Spectres, Nate Kenyon, 2011
- WebCast of Characters: Ariel Hanson, Blizzard Entertainment, StarCraft II official site, 2010
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