Oh, boy! Are we going to try something dangerous?
Is that the one where you get a few dark templars including Zeratul? If so, you can rush the nexus in the lower right corner with your dark templars (and maybe a few zealots thrown in there to draw some fire, but iirc you start with those too) and win in like two minutes. Basically there's a completely clear path to move the templars from your base to the bottom middle of the map and from there to the lower right.
It was, and thanks for the help. I didn't try a game-start rush like that (I'm sure it works, though "completely clear" seems like an overstatement) but it was a mistake to try overwhelming the red bases near me. Orange is oddly less powerful, despite having a fleet beacon for occasional carriers. My horde of scouts were able to focus down the enemy Nexus in the corner behind the terrain, which fortunately turned out to be the "heart of the conclave" objective. A couple of templar might have ruined that plan, but fortunately they were out on patrol and only got grazing hits on my air force as I rushed past.
Of course, the story-bit afterwards was an odd "reward". Even if he has a plan, why... HOW would he
surrender to the Conclave which we theoretically just murdered? But are apparently just fine?
At least we managed to escape from the battle we just won... bah.
Died again on the next level to an early-round carrier and dragoon attack. I should have been less protective of my unhealable VIP battleship, bah. Tired of playing Protoss, and tired of "hero" units I have to babysit and conserve so much.
Switched to Terran Broodwar campaign... No gas, literally just marines against tanks/vultures/goliaths/firebats. But it gives me plenty of minerals, so eventually I find Duran's hidden base tucked in the corner, with gas. After bashing my marines against the incorrect path a few times. It's kinda like they designed these levels with Black Sheep Wall in mind, but whatever. Get some upgrades, 4 siege tanks, making steady progress against the back of the enemy base-
"Duran has died"
What I wasn't even using him ARGH GAME SUCKS
Starcraft Brood War
I could just save obsessively but I think I had my fill, nostalgia satisfied