The end is nigh. Sequel to Sudden Contact and Sudden Supremacy. Finale of the Sudden Series. The outcome is uncertain.

It's hard for the Ethereals to invade when someone else got there first.

A timeline and combination of intelligence reports from the United Earth Directorate and the Umojan Protectorate for the Sudden Series. This is by no means necessary to enjoy the stories proper, but contains heavy spoilers for all three stories.

A long time ago, the Outsider formed. Contrary to many's beliefs, he could not change his face. When aliens saw him in their dreams, they knew humanity long before humanity knew them. And they feared. Now their space whaling routes cross paths, and the aliens stare upon humanity's face proper. And they fear. Perhaps rightly so. The Outsider only shrugs, and then offers his mark.

The UED is here. Magnificent and relentless, they march forward in defiance of the watching darkness. On the edges, the only person with both the knowledge and means to stop what's coming remains wracked with doubt, at war with her nature. Jim Raynor, meanwhile, struggles onward in a galaxy that has outgrown him. Sequel to Sudden Contact. Complete.

At the dawn of the Great War, first contact was made between the protoss, imperious firstborn of the xel'naga, and the turians, proud militarists. As the galaxy catches fire at this sudden conflict, unlikely alliances are formed while ancient directives are carried out by the oldest minds in the Milky Way. The Koprulu sector has opened, and the zerg are loose. Now complete!