Meinhoff
Kel-Morian Mining World
Meinhoff was a high-UV mining planet where Rory Swann's outfit rose against Kel-Morian control. It later became a refugee staging point during the Second Great War and the scene of a zerg virus outbreak cleared by Raynor's Raiders.
Meinhoff was a planet in the Meinhoff system, orbiting a star with a high ultraviolet output and possessing a very short day-night cycle. A mineral-rich world, it became the site of a mining operation run by Rory Swann in the years after the Brood War, and later a refugee staging point during the Second Great War, when a zerg virus swept through its crowded camps before Raynor's Raiders cleared the infestation. (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty)
Swann's mining outfit and the Kel-Morian revolt#
Meinhoff was a planet in the Meinhoff system, orbiting a star with a high ultraviolet output and having a very short day-night cycle. Rory Swann began a mining outfit there in the years after the Brood War, and profits soared at first. In an effort to drive Swann's operation off the world and take over its mineral-rich land for himself, Tavish Kerr used his father's vast fortune to bribe Kel-Morian Combine officials into levying higher and higher taxes, until it became nearly impossible to purchase necessities such as food, water, and medicine. (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty)
Swann declared his operation's independence from KMC control, and the Combine responded by sending a military contingent to seize all of his assets. The KMC crushed the revolt and began slaughtering the miners. The embattled community sent out a distress signal, and Swann was saved by Raynor's Raiders. (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty)
Refuge and the zerg virus#
During the Second Great War, refugee populations from across the Koprulu sector used it as a staging point from which they hoped to reach the safety of the core worlds. The death toll soared due to shortages of food and water in orbit, and the crowding made the world ideal for a zerg virus to spread through the refugee camps. (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty)
The virus made the infested refugees vulnerable to the high ultraviolet output of Meinhoff's star, so they burrowed underground by day and emerged only at night. By destroying the infested buildings during the day and protecting their base at night, Raynor's Raiders successfully cleared the infestation. Doctor Ariel Hanson relocated the Agria colonists off-world. (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty)
Frequently asked questions
- What is Meinhoff?
- Meinhoff was a planet in the Meinhoff system, orbiting a star with a high ultraviolet output and possessing a very short day-night cycle. It was a mineral-rich world that became the site of Rory Swann's mining operation.
- Who ran the mining operation on Meinhoff?
- Rory Swann began a mining outfit on Meinhoff in the years after the Brood War, and profits soared at first.
- Why did the Kel-Morian Combine attack Swann's operation on Meinhoff?
- Tavish Kerr used his father's fortune to bribe Kel-Morian Combine officials into levying higher and higher taxes, intending to drive Swann's operation off the world and seize its mineral-rich land. When Swann declared independence from the KMC, the Combine sent a military contingent that crushed the revolt and began slaughtering the miners.
- How were the miners on Meinhoff saved?
- The embattled community sent out a distress signal, and Raynor's Raiders answered it and saved Swann and the miners from the Kel-Morian Combine forces.
- What happened during the zerg virus outbreak on Meinhoff?
- During the Second Great War, a zerg virus spread through crowded refugee camps on Meinhoff. The infested were vulnerable to the star's high ultraviolet output, so they burrowed underground by day and emerged at night, until Raynor's Raiders cleared the infestation by destroying infested buildings during the day and protecting their base at night.
Sources
- GameStarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Blizzard Entertainment, 2010
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