在原始星海故事中，遺留未解的謎有幾個
其中最重要的關鍵，就在於一個名為 Samir Duran 的人物
因為這將大大影響星海二代劇情的走向
Arthur C. Clarke 在他的 Childhood's End 之中，也用了 Overmind 這個詞
在星海中，他代表的是異形的主宰
以下對話展現的 suspend 的確很驚人。
Duran: "Magnificent isn't it?"
很壯觀不是嗎？
Zeratul: "What? Who are you?"
什麼，你是誰？
Duran: "I've had many names throughout the millennia, young prodigal. You would know me best as Samir Duran."
我在數千年的歲月中有過許多名字，年輕人
而你知之甚詳的那一個，叫做 Samir Duran
(有甘豆腐的影子…）
Zeratul: "Kerrigan's consort! Is this part of her twisted schemes?"
Kerrigan 的爪牙！這也是她邪惡的計畫嗎？
Duran: "No. Young Kerrigan could not have engineered this grand experiment. Although her rebirth into the Zerg Swarm has sped up my progress, I can assure you that this endeavor is quite beyond her narrow understanding."
不，年輕的 Kerrigan 決無法操控這項偉大的實驗
雖然她重生為異形有助於我的進展，
我向你保證這番事業是她所無法想像的
Zeratul: "If you are not her pawn, then what are you?"
如果你不是她的卒子，那麼你又是什麼？
Duran: "I am a servant of a far greater power. A power that has slept for countless ages. And is reflected in the creature within that cell."
我是更崇高力量的僕人，它已經沉睡了無數的世紀
那實驗體表現的正是它自己
Zeratul: "Have you any conception of what you've created here? Do you have any idea what this... this Hybrid is capable of?"
你可知道你創造了什麼？你可知道這個…Hybrid…會做出什麼事？
Duran: "Of course I do. This creature is the completion of a cycle. Its role in the cosmic order was preordained when the stars were young. Behold the culmination of your history."
我當然知道，這個生物是循環的圓滿
它扮演宇宙秩序的角色在眾星稚嫩之時就已經決定
看吧！你的歷史將到達最後的頂點
Zeratul: "All I behold is an abomination."
我只見到令人厭惡之事
Duran: "Your violence, young prodigal, is typical. As is your inability to comprehend the greater scheme of things. You can destroy all of the specimens here. It will do you no good. For I have seeded the Hybrid on many, many worlds. You will never find them all before they awaken... And when they do... your universe will be changed... forever."
你的反感正如我所料，年輕人。
就如你無力瞭解事物更崇高的計畫，
你可以摧毀這裡所有的樣本，不過那無助於事
我已經將混種送往許多不同的世界，你永遠也無法在他們甦醒前找到
而當他們甦醒後，你們的世界將會改變…永遠改變…
在 Clarke 的小說中，總能見到一種演化性的史觀，人類將變為超人類
甚而集結成一個共同的超意識
著名的2001太空漫遊中亦有很明顯的表現
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