Korhal IV was an important Terran Confederacy core world, considered the jewel of the Confederacy. Unfortunately, the colonists were not treated better there than people were treated in the other colonies. Korhal was devastated by a massive Confederate nuclear barrage, after uprisings in the population. In the StarCraft universe, the Terran Confederacy was an interstellar confederacy set by the Terrans of the Koprulu Sector. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ...

History

From Korhal, Angus Mengsk led a rebellion against the Confederates there which was successful enough to drive the Confederates from the planet. Three agents known as Ghosts killed him and most of his family in the capital city, Styrling, but still the Korhalians rebelled. Ghosts are covert operatives in the StarCraft universe. ...

Arcturus Mengsk, Angus's son, returned to his home of Korhal and continued the rebellion. When he was gone to visit Umoja, an important rival of the Terran Confederacy, the Confederates fired 1000 Apocalypse-class nuclear missiles at the planet, wiping out all life on the surface. Arcturus Mengsk is a character in the StarCraft universe. ... In the StarCraft universe, the Terran Confederacy was an interstellar confederacy set by the Terrans of the Koprulu Sector. ...

Aurora Station, a place where strange experiments on plants were conducted, was ejected from planetary orbit during the attack. The station is believe to float intact to this day.

The little life that was left suffered from mutations (most spectacularly the Scantids) and the planet became a harsh desert. Arcturus Mengsk returned there after defeating the Terran Confederacy at Tarsonis and made it the Terran Dominion throne world, with the capital at Augustgrad. He and his right-hand man, General Edmund Duke, set about creating a powerful defensive barrier over the planet. The Terran Dominion was created after the fall of the Confederacy at the height of the war between the Terrans, the Zerg and the Protoss. ... General Edmund Duke was the Terran Confederacy officer in charge of Alpha Squadron. ...

Korhal was safe until the United Earth Directorate arrived in the Koprulu Sector. The UED discovered, to their dismay, that since Korhal had already suffered nuclear devastation, its people weren't afraid to add to this destruction by detonating their own nuclear devices on the planet in order to kill UED troops and structures. The United Earth Directorate (UED) is the fictional government of Earth in the StarCraft universe. ... In the StarCraft universe, the Koprulu Sector —nicknamed the Terran Sector— is a sector in space colonized by the Terrans. ...

Furthermore, the Terran Dominion has rushed to create a powerful plasma cannon at a mesa on Korhal, where bioweapons testing facility was located, under the brilliant scientist Ozmel Dodds. Unfortunately, he set the cannon to overload when it fired and fled as he attempted to curry favor with the UED. His current fate is unknown.

The UED triumphed there, and it took a task force consisting of Sarah Kerrigan's Zerg, Jim Raynor, Fenix, General Edmund Duke, and Arcturus Mengsk to retake the world for the Dominion. Sarah Kerrigan—who calls herself the Queen of Blades—is a character in the StarCraft universe. ... James Jim Raynor is a fictional character in the StarCraft universe. ... For Polish sf magazine, see Fenix (magazine) Praetor Fenix recovers on a stasis cell after the Battle of Antioch. ... General Edmund Duke was the Terran Confederacy officer in charge of Alpha Squadron. ...

References

• StarCraft homepage at Blizzard Entertainment (http://www.blizzard.com/starcraft/)
• Battle.net StarCraft Compendium (http://www.battle.net/scc/)

External links

• StarCraft Legacy Planets (http://www.sclegacy.com/encyclopedia/planet_index.php) - a fan site with information about every planet mentioned in StarCraft.
• StarCraft Legacy: Locations (http://www.sclegacy.com/ghost/locations.php) - a fan site with information about the planet Aiur.
• Aurora Station (http://www.battle.net/scc/OS/0998.shtml)
• Ozmel Dodds and the Plasma Cannon (http://www.battle.net/scc/OS/0699.shtml)
• Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.