I thought of an extension to the mission pack in the form of 3 new missions. After Carolina Davis’s death, the Defenders of Man have disbanded, or so Nova and the Dominion thought. What they didn’t realize General Davis had a successor, who would take her place as leader should she die or be convicted. Colonel Wilfred Tarleton, formerly a Confederate Lieutenant of Delta Squadron, he rose through the ranks in the Dominion military thanks to his effectiveness, yet some questioned his ethics and brutality, even towards civilians. In fact, he a fourth, hidden ghost involved in the death of Angus Mengsk, serving as an operator rather than an assassin, though he is no pushover in combat as he always eluded capture or death. On board one of the battlecruisers surrounding Korhal, he laughed as Apocalypse-class nuclear missiles impacted the planet, remarking “I wish had more of these nukes, or better yet, one that can destabilize a planet’s core!”. Now as the new leader of what’s left of the defenders of man, Tarleton has decided change the group’s tactics, this time to reflect his personality.
Mission 10: Nova receives a distorted distress call from Ariel Hanson, leader of the independent colony of Haven, pleading to anyone, even the dominion. Upon arriving, they find the zerg assaulting the colony, spreading death and infestation, but at the same time, they hear the Tyrador IX was being attacked by the zerg at the same time. This time, the defenders of man would not arrive to rescue either world, the Dominion arrived at Tyrador IX. Nova, was too busy saving haven, her target was the still function Psi Emitter; it must be destroyed. After fighting through heavy zerg and infested resistance, they destroy the emitter and the remaining hive cluster. As they prepare to depart, Nova receives grim news: footage of Tyrador IX being decimated by Apocalypse class nuclear missiles, followed by a larger Doomageddon warhead drilling through the planet to its core and ultimately shattering the planet, along with everyone on it, including many of the Dominion.
Mission 11: Upon the annihilation of Tyrador IX, Nova is wracked with guilt, killing General Davis did not end the Defenders of Man, it turned them into a group that would genocide an entire planet in order to achieve their goals. She faltered and feared that she may have doomed Haven. But, Ariel Hanson boarded her ship and comforted her, explaining about moments of despair and how Raynor had rescued her people, and her colony. Soon later, the Defender of Man arrived on the planet, only to find the zerg already cleared. Soon afterwards, a transmission was intercepted, the pivotal one:
DEM Commander: “We have your beacon, and are preparing to fire. Nova is here, we will deploy with enhanced sensors to ensure she does not escape. That agent has caused the Defenders of Man nothing but trouble.”
DEM Trooper: “What about the rest of the people of the colony? The zerg invasion is over.”
DEM Commander: “Jam their transmissions. Make it appear the zerg are still on the planet. Exterminate anyone snooping around. Shoot down any vessel colony trying to escape. The rest can be purged in nuclear fire, along with Nova.”
Nova realized that the Defenders of Man intend to wipe out Haven too, with the guise of cleansing the infestation. With the missiles launched, Nova has to fight her way through the DEM compound to find out more about the group and to steal transports to evacuate Haven Colony before the missiles reach the planet. After an infiltration mission with some reinforcements, Nova manages to save what’s left of the people of Haven, much to Hanson’s delight, moments before the planet is destroyed by the warheads. She even managed to fool the DEM fleet with the stolen transports, though the Griffin was destroyed on the planet. After interrogating the DEM leader, she learns that the Defenders of Man are now lead by Wilfred Tarleton, who insisted that Nova be executed rather than reconditioned. She also learns that the missiles were launched from a planet not on Dominion star charts, Calagan. That is where Wilfred Tarleton is operating.
Mission 12: Valerian contacts the commandeered transport reaching Dominion space only to find Nova upon them. To his surprise, the only Defenders of Man member is held prisoner while the rest are Haven refugees. Valerian demands to know what Nova learned and upon hearing the intel, he charges her with a new task:
Valerian: “I still haven’t forgotten how you disobeyed my order to bring Davis alive. I think it’s time you’ve paid the price for it. And that price will be death, either Colonel Tarleton’s, or yours.”
Nova: “I never planned on taking that b****** into custody anyways.”
Valerian: “While you’re at it, wipe the planet clean of those warheads.”
Nova and her army lands on Calagan and fights their way through not only DEM, but mass domination controlled Protoss and Zerg. After a long and bloody fight, the missile stations are set to destroy the planet and Nova infiltrates Tarleton’s command center while the rest of her forces evacuate, Nova believing this is a suicide mission that is personal as well. After a heated conversation that ends with Nova throwing her sword at him, Tarleton engages in combat, both switching between the Balius and on foot as a formidable ghost, while activating traps that Nova avoids, until finally, the mech is destroyed. Tarleton charges Nova as her weapon jams and beats her down. Nova then rushes to the broken sword she threw and jams it into Tarleton’s chest. Tarleton staggers backwards from his fatal wound and falls into the self-destructing nukes, with his death broadcast among DEM channels. Nova stares down into the firestorm and tosses her credit chip down there, “Hasta Lavista Tarleton. You just bought yourself a one way ticket to hell.” Just as Nova is prepared to embrace death, a Tal’Darim ship arrives and rescues her moments before Calagan is destroyed. Alarak, the highlord, congratulates her for finishing of the DEM and feels that since they are enemies, her time to die is not now. He would rather have her killed in the future battle. Valerian then grants Nova her pardon for fulfilling her price and tell her that when the time comes, she’ll know when to intervene next.