Shoot the Messenger | Kaldir missions SC II: HotS Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Primary Objectives:

Destroy all of the Protos shuttles (8 waves)

No shuttle may escape

Secondary Objectives:

Destroy hibernation chambers (3)

Reward for the completion of the Primary Objectives:

New unit: Hydralisk

Reward for the completion of the Secondary Objective:

+3 to Kerrigan's level

Start the mission by collecting several frozen Hydralisk located at the only visible Protos transmission channel [X1]. After you collect them, you should move them northwards and put them directly on the shuttle's route (the route is marked on the minimap with arrows, possible starting points have been marked as [S]). At the same time, you need to keep expanding your base: you are going to need 2 vespan extractors (one of them is already there) and a large group of drones. It is necessary that you create overlords, as you will bump into unit limitation several times. In the meantime your forces should shoot down the first one of the shuttles.

You can now focus on the creation of army and completing the secondary objectives. You Reed at east, 20 Hydralisk and 5 roaches in the main assault group, and an additional of 10-15 hydralisk as a back-up - you can leave them behind at the base for defense. In the meantime, you should start the exploration of the map. In [K] locations you will find hibernation chambers - destroying each one of them will increase Kerrigan's experience. You will run into one such location in [A], on your way to [1]. After you reach [1], and defeat a small group of the Protos, you will receive another hatchery - you should start mining here for minerals straight away.

Remember that you should keep destroying Protos shuttles! The eastern portion of the map and [B] are your next destination points. After you destroy the hibernation chamber you will be able to wake up the frozen zerg units. Go now to [X3]. There is one of the Protos portals here. Destroying its defense will allow you to intercept a shuttle being dispatched. The Protos should soon change the starting point for the shuttles; it is also possible that they will reroute the shuttles. Fortunately, on every such occasion you will be able to see the shuttles' route. You can easily destroy it then, using the main assault team or the base's defenses.

After you restore your forces, the time for the exploration of the western portion of the map will come. Not only is there the last one of the hibernation chambers [C]b but also one of the nexus [2] that belongs to the protos. Destroying it will bring you one step closer to gaining the extreme nexism achievement. After you have dealt with the Protos forces, and all of the nearby buildings, you can destroy the rest of the shuttles (this time around, they will be probably taking off from a different location) and gather your forces to deal the final blow.

Point [3] is protected way better than the other outposts that you have so far encountered. Not only does it have turrets connected to multiple pylons, but also a few archonts are stationed here. Fortunately, if you have been reinforcing your assault team on a regular basis, and you use Kerrigan's psychical powers, you should have no major problems defeating the defense. The only thing left now to do is the destruction of the second nexus, and the extreme nexism achievement is as good as yours. There is one more main building of the Protos - it is located in [4]. This location, however, has defense systems much more potent than the previous two, that is why attacking it is not advisable (if you still want to try it, you should amas around 35-40 hydralisk and 10-15 roaches).

Again, at this point, you have two options. You can launch an attack on the docks directly and destroy it before further shuttles take off (you are going to need a big amount of units: at least 50 hydralisk and 20 roaches) or, wait for the moment in which they have already taken off and shoot them down while they are airborne. In the latter case, you are going to need three groups of hydralisk of at least 15 units each, to make sure that they none of them gets away. The last wave consists of three shuttles and the mothership with the nearby units onboard. That is why it should be your primary target! The method you chose is entirely up to you and it depends on how many units you have at your disposal.