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SC1 - Terran Confederacy Battlecruiser Norad II

 Confederate battlecruiser Norad II from SC1 Episode 1 Rebel Yell. Includes icon and wireframe.

   The Norad II was a terran battlecruiser and the flagship of Alpha Squadron during the earlier stages of the Great War under the command of General Edmund Duke. It first appeared  after the destruction of Korhal when it was making a routine patrol near the border with the Umojan Protectorate shortly after the destruction of Korhal when it received a communication from a mole onboard the Sons of Korhal battlecruiser, the Hyperion.

    Duke was delighted. Not only could he capture the leader of the Sons of Korhal, General Arcturus Mengsk, but he could also retrieve a missing item from a secret Confederate program. The Norad II ambushed the Hyperion from warp space, preventing it from attempting to escape. He ordered a squad of soldiers to board the Hyperion, along with a secret agent. The plan went awry when Mengsk's forces killed his troops and the Hyperion outmaneuvered and heavily damaged the Norad II using a startling tactic. Duke believed it would take months to fix the hole in his ship.

    With the outbreak of the Great War, the Norad II was one of the first Confederate ships to travel to Chau Sara and Mar Sara after the former world was purified by the protoss, carrying Universe News Network reporter Michael Liberty. It took part in a clumsy counterattack on the protoss fleet, who were heading towards Mar Sara. The protoss fleet evaded battle before it could reach range to deploy its Wraith squadron, which the Confederacy claimed was a victory for the terrans.

    The Norad II was attacked by the zerg above Antiga Prime and crash-landed on the surface, but Duke and his crew were rescued by the Sons of Korhal, much to Duke's surprise. After the rescue of Alpha Squadron and escape from Antiga Prime, the Norad II was now under the flag of the Sons of Korhal and it was used by General Duke in his assault on the central orbital platform over Tarsonis.

    After the fall of the Terran Confederacy, the Norad II was later extensively refitted and renamed as Norad III by the time the Terran Dominion had traveled to Char.