Chau Sara

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Chau Sara was an important colony world in the Terran Confederacy in the fictional StarCraft universe. Chau Sara had about 400,000 Terran citizens before it was infiltrated by the Zerg sometime in 2499. At around this time it was the headquarters of the Confederate Alpha Squadron. The capital was Los Andares.

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Further information: StarCraft Prequel

Alpha Squadron had been recalled to Chau Sara to deal with a Sons of Korhal insurrection, as the Colonial Magistrate Collins did not believe the local militia could adequately deal with them. During the mission, Alpha Squadron also encountered a xenomorph outbreak and Cerberus Recon Squad, a Confederate black ops squadron. Cerberus assisted in the attack on the Sons of Korhal, who were defeated.

Collins admitted that the xenomorphs were being studied in the Flannum Installation, but had recently taken it over and surrounded it.

Cerberus Recon Squad and Alpha Squadron cooperated in clearing a path to the installation. During the rescue of the scientists by Cerberus Recon Squad, the xenomorphs displayed some intelligence, utilizing Terran computers to set traps and even staging a counter-assault to prevent the rescue from outside the installation. However, Cerberus was an elite force, and with the support of security guards found hiding within the facility they overcame the xenopmorph infestation.

The xenomorphs attacked the city of Los Andares shortly after the rescue of the scientists. General Edmund Duke, the commander of Alpha Squadron, personally assisted in the defense of the Los Andares, fighting from his siege tank. Afterwards, Collins wanted to set up a tight defense against the xenomorphs but the Cerberus commander overruled him, actually taking command of the colony. Cerberus felt now was a good time to attack the primary Hive Clusters of the xenomorphs. Alpha Squadron and General Duke had to go along with this plan. Those xenomorphs were defeated on November 12th.

Protoss Scouts bombing Chau Sara

Further information: StarCraft: Revelations

In December of that year, the Protoss Expeditionary Fleet arrived, under the command of High Templar Tassadar (who was in turn commanded by Judicator Aldaris), and sterilized the planet to stop the spread of the Zerg. All life on the surface was extinguished. The Chau Saran incident is covered in the StarCraft fiction, StarCraft: Revelations. The scenario serves as the prelude to the events of StarCraft.

[edit] References

• Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.

[edit] External links

• StarCraft Legacy Planets - a fan site with information about every planet mentioned in StarCraft.