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48 entries tagged Locations. Every entry is sourced from the StarCraft games, the novels, the manuals, or Blizzard’s published canon.

AgriaAgria 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.
AiurAiur was the homeworld of the protoss, a verdant world on the galactic fringe engineered by the Xel'Naga and seat of the Protoss Empire. It was overrun by the zerg in 2500 and reclaimed by the Daelaam after the defeat of Amon.
Antiga PrimeAntiga Prime was a terran fringe world in the Antiga system, the site of an open revolt against the Terran Confederacy that the Sons of Korhal turned into a zerg massacre, and a world later repopulated under the Terran Dominion.
AugustgradAugustgrad was the capital city of Korhal and seat of the Terran Dominion, rebuilt from Confederate ruins and named for Augustus Mengsk. The most heavily fortified city in the Dominion, it was the site of Arcturus Mengsk's death at the hands of the zerg.
Bel'ShirBel'Shir was a jungle world whose terrazine shrines gave protoss their psionic power, sacred first to the Templar Caste and then to the Tal'darim, and later the refuge of the exiled scientist Egon Stetmann.
Bhekar RoBhekar Ro was a remote terran Fringe World settled by colonists fleeing the Confederate inner worlds, where a buried xel'naga artifact awoke in 2500 and drew protoss and zerg into the Battle of Bhekar Ro.
BraxisBraxis was an inhospitable ice world in the Koprulu sector, colonized by the protoss as Khyrador during the Golden Age of Expansion before it passed to the Terran Confederacy and then the Terran Dominion. It became a major battleground during the Brood War, was purified by the protoss, and later refroze into a fortified Dominion training hub.
Candore ColonyCandore Colony was a settlement on the Terran Dominion world of Candore. In 2502 a Dominion Marine Corps force arrested or massacred its colonists for sheltering the Knights of Freedom, an atrocity uncovered by embedded reporter Kate Lockwell.
CastanarCastanar was a nondescript planet on the fringe of Dominion space, notable as the site of a secret Terran Dominion research installation that cloned protoss-zerg hybrids as part of a clandestine breeding program.
CharChar was an inhospitable volcanic planet in the Koprulu sector that became the primary hive world of the zerg. It was the site of Sarah Kerrigan's rebirth as the Queen of Blades and, years later, of her restoration to human form.
Chau SaraChau Sara was a Confederate colony in the Sara system, the smaller sister world of Mar Sara. It was one of the first terran worlds infested by the zerg and the first to be incinerated from orbit by the protoss, marking humanity's first contact with both alien species.
CybrosCybros was the home warship and space platform of the Purifiers, a command vessel held in stasis above the moon Endion until Artanis reactivated its robotic warriors during the war against Amon.
Dauntless PlateauThe Dauntless Plateau was a raised position on Char from which General Horace Warfield directed the Dominion purge of the zerg after Kerrigan was deinfested. The reforming Swarm overran it, killing Warfield and reclaiming the world for the Swarm.
Ghost AcademyThe Ghost Academy was the administrative and training center for the ghost programs of the Terran Confederacy and later the Terran Dominion, where psychically gifted recruits were forged into covert operatives over years of conditioning.
Dylar IVDylar IV was a planet in the Koprulu sector that served as a Core World of the Terran Confederacy and the home of the Dylarian Shipyards. Once the site of an ancient protoss mining colony, it passed in turn to the Confederacy, the zerg, and the Terran Dominion.
Dylarian ShipyardsThe Dylarian Shipyards were a vast orbital complex above Dylar IV, used by the Terran Confederacy to build and maintain warships. They were the site of Raynor's Raiders hijacking the Hyperion and of a later United Earth Directorate raid that destroyed the yards.
EarthEarth, called Old Earth by the terrans of the Koprulu sector, was the birthworld of humanity and the seat of the United Powers League and its successor, the United Earth Directorate. It exiled the prisoners who founded the Koprulu colonies and later sent a fleet to conquer them.
EhlnaEhlna was a moon sacred to the Dark Templar, the first world they settled after their exile from Aiur. Home to a Xel'Naga warp gate and the shrine of Alys'aril, it held khaydarin crystals shaped by the moon's unique energies.
EndionEndion was a forest moon orbiting Bellum IV that served the protoss as a secluded research retreat for millennia. During the End War it was infested by Amon's brood and ultimately scoured of all life by a purification beam fired from Cybros.
GlaciusGlacius was an oceanic world that housed a secret Khalai Caste research facility where the Purifier Revival Program was developed. During the End War the Daelaam fought the Tal'darim there to recover the prototype Purifier data.
GysttGystt was a world purified by the protoss and long thought irreparable, until Overqueen Zagara restored it to life using the adostra. It became the site of the One-Day War and, afterward, Zagara's hive world.
HavenHaven was a temperate world near protoss space where refugees from Agria resettled during the Second Great War, only to draw a protoss purification fleet when a zerg infestation virus surfaced among them.
Jacobs InstallationThe Jacobs Installation was a Confederate facility on Mar Sara where the Terran Confederacy experimented on captured zerg and stored secret weapons data. A raid led by Jim Raynor seized that data, which the Sons of Korhal used to build the psi emitter.
KaldirKaldir was a frozen moon of Midr IV, among the coldest places in the Koprulu sector, where Sarah Kerrigan infested the world to make the Swarm resistant to cold and clashed with a stranded protoss expedition.
Koprulu SectorThe Koprulu sector was a remote region of space on the galactic fringe, settled by exiled humans and once spanned by the Protoss Empire. It became the battleground of the terrans, protoss, and zerg across the Great War, the Brood War, and beyond.
KorhalKorhal, often called Korhal IV, was a wealthy Confederate core world whose bid for independence triggered the Rebellion of Korhal and its destruction by nuclear bombardment. Rebuilt by Arcturus Mengsk, it became the heavily fortified capital of the Terran Dominion.
Mar SaraMar Sara was a backwater mining colony and Confederate core world in the Sara system, among the first planets overrun by the zerg and later glassed by the protoss. It was where Jim Raynor's open rebellion against the Terran Dominion began.
MeinhoffMeinhoff was a high-UV mining planet where Rory Swann's outfit fought free of Kel-Morian control. Once a paradise world, it became a refugee staging point during the Second Great War and the scene of a zerg virus outbreak cleared by Raynor's Raiders.
MonlythMonlyth was a protoss shrine-moon held by the Tal'darim, a site of ancient xel'naga relics and a hidden piece of the Keystone. During the Second Great War it was laid waste as the Swarm and Raynor's Raiders fought over the relic it guarded.
MoriaMoria was an exceptionally large mining world in the Koprulu sector, settled by the survivors of the crashed supercarrier Argo and grown into the industrial base of operations of the Kel-Morian Combine.
New FolsomNew Folsom was a deadly, geologically rich planet whose Confederate mine became New Folsom Prison, a high-security penitentiary that held members of the Sons of Korhal and was later broken open by Raynor's Raiders.
New Recruit Processing and Acclimation CenterThe New Recruit Processing and Acclimation Center was the facility where applicants to the Dominion Armed Forces sat an entrance exam gauging their reaction to stress, after which each recruit was assigned to a unit and told where to report for active duty.
Redstone IIIRedstone III was a volcanic planet in the Koprulu sector contested by terran mining guilds before the Guild Wars. Abandoned by the Kel-Morian Combine during the Second Great War, it later hosted Gabriel Tosh's jorium mining operation.
Sara systemThe Sara system was a star system in the Koprulu sector, unusual for holding two habitable planets, Mar Sara and Chau Sara. It was a Confederate frontier holding whose worlds became the first targets of the protoss purification that opened the Great War.
ShakurasShakuras was the twilight desert homeworld of the Nerazim, the Dark Templar who settled it after their exile from Aiur. It sheltered the Khalai refugees during the Brood War and was destroyed by its own people to deny it to Amon.
Sigmaris PrimeSigmaris Prime was a Terran Dominion planet of the Koprulu sector. Its moon Valhalla housed a Dominion weapons center.
Skygeirr StationSkygeirr Station, also called Skygeirr Platform, was a secret Terran Dominion research facility where Doctor Emil Narud bred protoss-zerg hybrids in service of the fallen xel'naga Amon. It was destroyed when Sarah Kerrigan's Swarm attacked it during the Second Great War.
SlaynSlayn was the capital world of the Tal'darim, a dark and storm-wracked planet rich in the sacred gas terrazine. Once a jungle world, it became a barren bladeworld where the Tal'darim communed with Amon and waged the rite of Rak'Shir along the Chain of Ascension.
TarsonisTarsonis was the cradle of terran civilization in the Koprulu sector and the seat of the Terran Confederacy. Its fall to the zerg in 2500, engineered by Arcturus Mengsk, brought down the Confederacy and left Sarah Kerrigan to the Swarm.
Typhon XITyphon XI was a remote, sparsely settled planet of the Koprulu sector that was destroyed in 2504 when its star went nova. Raynor's Raiders raced to recover a fragment of the Keystone from its Tal'darim guardians before the supernova struck.
TyradorTyrador was a terran system whose co-orbiting outer worlds, Tyrador VIII and Tyrador IX, served as core worlds and luxury resorts. Tyrador IX, ancient homeworld of the Ihan-rii protoss, became jointly owned by the Ihan-rii and the Terran Dominion after a zerg invasion.
UlaanUlaan was a moon once inhabited by the xel'naga, where fragments of an ancient prophecy were kept in separate shrines. In 2504 it drew both Zeratul and the Queen of Blades, whose forces clashed over the relics.
UlnarUlnar, the Temple of Unification, was the colossal xel'naga temple from which the ancient race seeded the universe with life. A resting place of the xel'naga and a portal to the Void, it became the stage for Amon's final ambush during the End War.
UmojaUmoja was a fertile world in the Koprulu sector and the capital of the Umojan Protectorate, a fiercely independent terran nation known for its small government, cutting-edge technology, and long opposition to the Terran Confederacy and Dominion.
VardonaVardona was a temperate core world of the Terran Confederacy and later the Terran Dominion, the birthplace of General Carolina Davis and the base from which she ran the Defenders of Man before her downfall.
The VoidThe Void was a dark, cold manifestation of space separate from the material universe, the birthplace of the xel'naga and the source of the Nerazim's shadow powers. It was also the only place a xel'naga could be killed for good.
XilXil was a barren desert world whose biosphere had been wiped out overnight long after a visit by the xel'naga. Its ruins drew the Tal'darim, a Moebius Foundation expedition, and Raynor's Raiders, who fought through the executor Nyon for an artifact buried in a xel'naga temple.
ZerusZerus was a jungle world in the central Milky Way and the birthworld of the zerg, where the first Swarm arose from the spawning pools and was bound to the hive mind by the xel'naga. Left a wasteland after the Swarm departed, it healed into a jungle ruled by the primal zerg.