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31 entries tagged Events, 31 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at Second Great War: Swarm vs Dominion, 2504 and End War: Amon's crusade on the galaxy.

StarCraft II Story Explained: the Whole Plot from Wings of Liberty to Nova Covert OpsThe StarCraft II story in order, one campaign at a time. Raynor frees Kerrigan, Kerrigan kills Mengsk, and the protoss and the Swarm finish Amon, with Nova Covert Ops as the coda.
2499: the year the Great War began2499 was the final year of peace in the Koprulu Sector and the first year of the Great War. It opened with quiet training rosters and covert cover ups, and it closed with two Confederate colonies burned from orbit, the zerg revealed to terran eyes, and rebellion spreading from Mar Sara to Antiga Prime.
2502: the year of quiet atrocities2502 fell in the uneasy years between the Brood War and the Second Great War. The Terran Dominion hid a colonial massacre behind parade broadcasts, Emperor Mengsk buried the mother of his heir, a squad of outlaw commandos was sent to kill Jim Raynor, and secret programs built on stolen ghosts and captive protoss advanced in the dark.
2505: the year the Second Great War ended2505 was the year in which the second phase of the Second Great War was fought across the Koprulu sector. It saw Sarah Kerrigan rebuild the Zerg Swarm, the death of Emperor Arcturus Mengsk at the Battle of Korhal, and the zergling outbreak that destroyed the Blackstone facility.
Battle of Adena: the ambush that poisoned the peaceThe Battle of Adena was a three-way conflict fought after the One-Day War on the abandoned world of Adena, inside the demilitarized zone between the Terran Dominion and the Daelaam. Renegade Dominion forces looting a jorium stockpile sprang a trap laid by Broodmother Niadra, dragging Admiral Urun's protoss into a battle that killed him and wrecked relations between the two powers.
Flashpoint Conflict: the Dominion civil war over KerriganThe Flashpoint Conflict was a Terran Dominion civil war fought during the Second Great War. Emperor Arcturus Mengsk hunted the deinfested and weakened Sarah Kerrigan across the sector, while his own son Valerian and Raynor's Raiders fought a running battle to keep her alive and deliver her to the Umojan Protectorate.
Project Blackstone: the Dominion's secret xenoscience programProject Blackstone was a classified Terran Dominion research program ordered by Arcturus Mengsk to unlock the secrets of the zerg and protoss. Conscripted scientists laboured on a hidden asteroid installation until a zergling outbreak nearly killed them all, and Valerian Mengsk rebuilt the project aboard the science vessel Brin.
The Prophecy of Ulaan: the warning that foretold the End WarThe prophecy of Ulaan was a xel'naga foretelling created by Ouros that warned of the end of the Infinite Cycle at the hands of Amon, the Fallen One. Stored in fragments on the world of Ulaan, it guided Zeratul from the eve of the Second Great War to the depths of the Void, where its final purpose was revealed and fulfilled.
Aeon of StrifeThe Aeon of Strife was a millennia-long civil war among the protoss, called the bloodiest civil war in galactic history. It followed the departure of the xel'naga and the loss of the protoss psychic link, and ended when the scholar Khas rediscovered the khaydarin crystals and founded the Khala.
Battle of Antiga Prime: the uprising that broke the ConfederacyThe Battle of Antiga Prime was the campaign fought on the Confederate colony world of Antiga Prime during the Great War, in which the Sons of Korhal backed a colonial revolt, turned General Edmund Duke's Alpha Squadron to their cause, and lured the zerg onto the Confederate blockade with a psi emitter before the protoss purified the world.
Battle of CharThe Battle of Char was fought during the Second Great War between a joint Terran Dominion and Raynor's Raiders force and the Zerg Swarm. Instigated by Prince Valerian Mengsk and led by Jim Raynor, it ended with the de-infestation of Sarah Kerrigan by a xel'naga device.
Battle of KorhalThe Battle of Korhal was the final battle of the Second Great War, a joint assault by Sarah Kerrigan's Zerg Swarm and Jim Raynor's Raiders on the Dominion capital. It ended with the death of Emperor Arcturus Mengsk and the destruction of much of Augustgrad.
Battle of TarsonisThe Battle of Tarsonis, also called the Fall of Tarsonis, ended the Terran Confederacy. The Sons of Korhal lured the Zerg Swarm to the Confederate capital with psi-emitters, abandoned Sarah Kerrigan to the zerg, and cleared the way for Arcturus Mengsk to found the Terran Dominion.
Brood War: Kerrigan's war for the SwarmThe Brood War was a zerg civil war between Kerrigan and the cerebrate Daggoth over who would succeed the Overmind. The UED invaded from Earth at the same time.
Defenders of Man InsurgencyThe Defenders of Man Insurgency was a conflict fought after the End War between the Terran Dominion and the separatist Defenders of Man, who lured feral zerg onto Dominion worlds to discredit Emperor Valerian Mengsk. It was exposed and crushed through the efforts of the ghost Nova Terra.
Emperor's Fall: the UED conquest of KorhalEmperor's Fall was the climactic battle of the United Earth Directorate's invasion of Korhal, in which the UED stormed Augustgrad, toppled Arcturus Mengsk, and seized the Terran Dominion capital. Though Jim Raynor and a protoss fleet snatched Mengsk from execution at the last moment, the UED took the planet and made it the staging ground for the rest of their campaign.
End War: Amon's crusade on the galaxyThe resurrected xel'naga Amon corrupted the Khala and cost the protoss both Aiur and Shakuras. Kerrigan, remade as a xel'naga, killed him in the Void.
Eye of the StormEye of the Storm was the final battle of the Great War, in which a combined protoss and terran force struck at the Overmind in its nesting ground on Aiur. Executor Tassadar sacrificed himself by driving the Gantrithor into the creature while channeling dark templar energy, destroying the Overmind and setting the stage for the Brood War.
Fall of AiurThe Fall of Aiur was the zerg invasion of the protoss homeworld during the Great War, fought at the same time as the Protoss Civil War. Tassadar destroyed the Overmind, but the Swarm had already claimed too much of Aiur, killing seventy percent of the protoss and forcing the survivors to abandon their world.
Great War: protoss against zerg over AiurThe Great War was the first open fight between protoss and zerg, with the terrans caught between them. It ended over Aiur with the Overmind destroyed.
Guild Wars: Confederacy against the CombineFought across the late 2480s over the mineral wealth of the Koprulu sector. The Confederacy won, seized the mining guilds and ruled the next decade.
The Infinite CycleThe Infinite Cycle was the great pattern by which the xel'naga renewed themselves, seeding the universe with life until two species of purity of form and essence merged to inherit their power. Amon's refusal to die for the cycle set off the wars of the Koprulu sector.
Long SleepThe Long Sleep was the centuries-defining journey during which four supercarriers loaded with cryogenically frozen prisoners were exiled from Earth, drifted blind through warp space, and crash-landed in the Koprulu sector, founding the colonies from which all terran civilization descended.
Mengsk's UprisingMengsk's Uprising was the rebellion waged by Arcturus Mengsk and his Sons of Korhal against the Terran Confederacy. It overthrew the Confederacy as the dominant terran power of the Koprulu sector and laid the groundwork for the Terran Dominion.
Project ShadowbladeProject Shadowblade was a classified Terran Dominion research program that used the psionic reagent terrazine to forge spectres, the volatile super-soldiers meant to surpass the ghost. Born under Arcturus Mengsk, it spawned a rebellion and outlived its creator.
Protoss Civil WarThe Protoss Civil War was an internal conflict that erupted on Aiur as the zerg overran the world, pitting Tassadar and his Dark Templar allies against the Conclave. It coincided with the Fall of Aiur and ended when Tassadar destroyed the Overmind.
Raid on CharThe Raid on Char was a protoss strike on the zerg homeworld during the Brood War, mounted to recover the Khalis crystal from beneath the infant Overmind. Artanis and Zeratul, aided by Sarah Kerrigan, took the crystal and escaped.
Reclamation of AiurThe Reclamation of Aiur was the opening battle of the End War, an attempt by the Daelaam to retake the lost protoss homeworld. It ended in failure when Amon corrupted the Khala, and instead opened the way to a far larger conflict.
Resurrection IVResurrection IV was a post-Brood War episode of uncertain canon status in which Jim Raynor and the ancient protoss Taldarin tracked the infested Alexei Stukov to Braxis, cured him of his zerg infestation with an Artanis-provided serum, and fled as the protoss purified the world.
Second AgeThe Second Age was the era of protoss history that followed the founding of the Khala, when the warring tribes were reorganized into a unified caste society, rebuilt their homeworld of Aiur, and resumed the spacefaring expansion that carried their civilization across the stars.
Second Great War: Swarm vs Dominion, 2504The Second Great War broke out in 2504 and ended on Korhal with Arcturus Mengsk dead at Kerrigan's hand. Deinfesting her mid-war let the xel'naga Amon return.