"That's Tarsonis." Kerrigan nods at the planet below. "It's the capital of the Confederacy, and Mengsk didn't want it. He just wanted to take down the government." Which she also wanted, but not enough to condemn the civilian population of Tarsonis along with the Old Families.
"With the Sons of Korhal tying up the system fleet, there would have been no one to keep the zerg from infesting the world, or the protoss from 'sterilizing' it, then Mengsk could move into the power vacuum. He's probably already declared himself Emperor."
Kerrigan sighs, her shoulders slumping. "And I helped. I'm a telepath who didn't see through the most self-serving man in the sector." Maybe she didn't want to. Without Mengsk and his rebels, she would have had nothing, and no one to keep the Confederacy from reclaiming her. They wouldn't have repeated the mistake that had let her slip from their grasp in the first place.
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"With the Sons of Korhal tying up the system fleet, there would have been no one to keep the zerg from infesting the world, or the protoss from 'sterilizing' it, then Mengsk could move into the power vacuum. He's probably already declared himself Emperor."
Kerrigan sighs, her shoulders slumping. "And I helped. I'm a telepath who didn't see through the most self-serving man in the sector." Maybe she didn't want to. Without Mengsk and his rebels, she would have had nothing, and no one to keep the Confederacy from reclaiming her. They wouldn't have repeated the mistake that had let her slip from their grasp in the first place.