As I have said before, this has the potential to be a good, probably 

dark fic (for the girls' own safety they had better not think Kerrigan 
is another fiancee) which screams for someone of Biles' caliber to 
actually _write_ it.  Before we get to that point, though, there are 
some points I wish to (re)iterate.

  Funny idea just struck me: why don't we all write a part of this 
x-over? No, wait, listen to me! Take any one or two characters, and have 
them interact with the SC boys. In the end all of it should mean 
something, something.... naw, forget it. 

	First: we have to make clear where in the Starcraft ['SC' hereafter] 

timeline we are drawing things from - is this classic SC or are the 
events in the Brood War expansion going to play a factor?  Why 

  I doubt it'll be Brood War timeline, as the story isn't finished yet. 

is this important?  For one thing, we wouldn't want to piss off a Dark 

Archon, now would we?  Imagine what its Feedback ability could to to 
Ranma or Ryoga... and I won't even go into their mind-control 

  Sounds like a plan to me :)

powers.  Second: psi and chi are two entirely different things; quite 

aside from that, it is to be noted that the Protoss' energy shields were 
designed to stand up to stuff a lot more powerful than anything the 
Nerima bunch can produce (once again, whoever thought that a Mouko 
Takashiba could put a Probe out of commission is, in my personal 
opinion, using a cheap copout).

  The distinction of psi and chi needs to be made before jumping any 
further into the story; psi comes from within, and chi comes from about, 
to put it simply. One 'draws in' chi energy while one 'draws upon' psi. 

	And leave us not forget that the Zerg combat breeds have reaction 
times as fast as, if not faster than, those of Ranma and co.  In other 

  Just the zerglings. They're super-fast, but Ranma's probably faster 
still, as perhaps some of the other fast Nerimans-- Mousse, Ukyo, and 
Kuno (both guys have an incredible attack speed, while Ukyo is very hard 
to hit at all). The other zerg are humanly-slow, as they're nowhere near 
as fast as a marine's gatling cannon. 

words, this is no cakewalk: they might be able to repulse a _small_ 
Zerg force, but it's going to cost them.  They'd better hope they 
never encoutner a Defiler, either.

  Yes, as was mentioned before, the war should cost them dearly. In 
fact, I wouldn't mind if any of them died or suffered worse fates (read: 
infestation) if it were written well or served a purpose. 
  Although I see interesting story possibilities when one of the 
Nerimites suffers from the Defiler plague for quite a while, taking 
him/her out of action for a while until some means can be found to help 
him/her (which is a story in itself). 

One other thing: any ability possessed by the Nerima crew that 
entails pulling objects from nowhere would be negated in the presence 
of an Arbiter.  I don't need to elaborate on that, now do I?

  Pulling objects out of nowhere ain't an attack, it's a gag, and a gag 
which might not be appropriate for such a 'dark' story. 

"Do you wish to learn the secrets of time travel? Heh, I thought so.... 
Here's your first lesson!!" 

	With that out of the way, I believe we can proceed directly to the 
conceptualizations.

  You got it, boss. :)

"That's my story and I'm sticking to it."--JMS, creator of Babylon 5. 
"If you go to Z'ha'dum, you will die."--Kosh, Babylon 5.
"Understanding is a three-edged sword."--Kosh, Babylon 5. 
"Never show your hand until the end."--me, being profound. 

--Razorclaw X


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