Mission 8: Countdown
Overview
You must fortify two Protoss bases and eventually fight your way to the abandoned Protoss temple near the center of the map. Here you must heavily fortify yourself with a huge garrison, at which time Artanis and Zeratul should enter the temple. Now you must defend your position with a variety of your most powerful units for 15 minutes against massive swarms of Zerg approaching from every angle.
Possible Expansions
You won't need to expand anywhere besides the outskirts of the temple, near the center of the map. There you'll find plenty of minerals and gas, and you can mine them for as long as you like, so long as you don't move both Artanis and Zeratul to the beacon, in which case all those Probes will just interfere as you try to defend yourself. You will eventually want to destroy the small but tough Zerg base between Zeratul and Artanis, but you needn't expand there once it's gone.
Key Points
Zeratul's northern base is not as heavily fortified as Artanis' base to the south. Still, most major attacks will be aimed at Artanis, the only base that has a gas geyser, which you'll need to start mining right away. Do not underestimate the number of Zerg that will attack the temple once the countdown begins; you'll face huge flocks of Mutalisks that can devastate your Scouts and Carriers, and you'll need to use Psionic Storm to take them down. You also can't have too many Photon Cannons at that stage, and Reavers and Dark Templars will be invaluable in providing support for them. Finally, should the Temple come under attack by Zerglings, Ultralisks, or Hydralisks, try using the Corsair's Disruption Web to negate their attacks, buying yourself some time.
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