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You have no time to spare, so immediately get to work gathering resources and building up your base. You'll want to have plenty of Hydralisks around at all times, and to line the entrance to your base with Sunken Colonies, and the northern border with Spore Colonies. Keep Overlords around your perimeter, because Dark Templar and Arbiter attacks will come frequently.

Duran's Lockdown ability is invaluable early on, because the Protoss will not hesitate to attack with Carriers.

If you wish to approach the mission optimistically, you can find comfort in the fact that you'll have plenty of resources to spend on Hydralisks and other ground units, since you needn't worry about all those expensive Mutalisks. Build a third Hatchery at your main base, and keep building Hydralisks because you'll keep watching them die. Once your main base is in decent shape, expand south, and line the area from the ramp with Sunken Colonies, if only to slow the enemy, who will invariably come itching to destroy your new Hatchery.

You will need to defend against vicious Protoss attacks using everything you have - that is, everything but air units.

Expand to the north once your southern area is, for the time being, secure. Line the northern edge with tons of Spore Colonies, which will slow the enemy air force. Send Duran to this second expansion to help defend it with his Lockdown ability. When you have three bases gathering resources, and you've climbed the technology tree and upgraded as much as you can, begin to consider moving Duran to the beacons. The southernmost is fairly simple to reach; send a force of Hydralisks, with a few Overlords and Duran trailing behind, up the ramp leading to the beacon, and use them to destroy two Photon Cannons and a small garrison of Zealots and Dark Templars. The second beacon, to the northeast of the first, is more heavily defended, with Zealots, Dark Templars, Dragoons, and Photon Cannons. Fully upgraded Ultralisks, along with your Hydralisks, with Overlord and Queen support, should be more than enough.

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