TvT | |
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Season 3, Episode 9 | |
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Air date | October 1, 2015 |
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TvT is the ninth episode of the third season of StarCrafts.
Plot[]
The episode begins with four red siege tanks driving into an undefended blue terran expansion and entering siege mode in the middle of the expansion. They then destroy the entire base in one volley, including the ledge they are standing on, causing them to fall off along with the rest of the ledge, revealing "TvT" behind the ledge.
The episode cuts to a large blue terran army composed of marines, marauders, hellbats, siege tanks, vikings and a ghost. A red terran army also appears with an army of equal size and composition. One blue marine sees a flower and bends down to pick it. Unfortunately, while bending down, he entered the range of the siege tanks, which blew off his front half. The blue terran commander, standing in an orbital command, presses a scanner sweep button, scanning the red army. Derpfestor, also in an orbital command, counters with another scanner sweep. The blue commander scans a group of marines and a tank. Derpfestor scans a blue medivac, which decides to abort its drop mission upon being detected. The two commanders overuse scans to the point where both armies are blinded by the light of the scans. The blue commander scans inside a barracks and sees a ghost using a toilet and a marine showering, scaring the marine. Derpfestor sees a MULE calldown button next to the scan button and calls down MULES in the middle of the blue tank line, causing the tanks to fire at them and kill their own troops with collateral damage. The blue army then charges. After an intense battle scene, both armies are blown up by a red ghost's nuke.
Epilogue[]
A blue medivac drops two hellbats on a red mineral line. The hellbats incinerate all the SCVs and leave. Shortly afterwards, four MULEs are dropped to continue mining.
Characters[]
- Marines
- Marauders
- siege tanks
- Vikings
- Raven
- Widow mine
- Ghosts
- Hellbats
- Derpfestor
- MULE
- Observer (cameo)
Trivia[]
- Scanner sweep was used 8 times (or 400 energy) by Red Team and 9 times (or 450 energy) by Blue Team.
- Excluding the MULE calldown, the total energy consumed would be 850 energy.
- Including the MULE calldown, the total energy would be 900.
- Including the MULE calldowns in the epilogue, the total energy would be 1100.
- Including the MULE calldown, the total energy would be 900.
- That would mean that both teams would need 2-3 orbital commands in operation for the total to happen.
- In the episode however, assuming that both teams are using only one orbital command, it would be illogical for the amount of scanner sweeps to happen since an orbital command can only store up to 200 energy.
- Excluding the MULE calldown, the total energy consumed would be 850 energy.
- The red barracks's bathroom has no visible entrance or exit.
- A blue observer can be seen watching the blue army.
- A Queen of Blades blow doll can be seen in the Derpfestor's orbital command.