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Samir Duran —better known as Duran or Lieutenant Duran— is a character in the StarCraft universe. Duran was originally a Terran Lieutenant who was later infested by the Zerg and turned into a Zerg/Terran hybrid.
Biography
Little is known about Duran, except what he has said about himself. By his own account, Duran served in the Alpha Squadron of the Terran Confederacy before Arcturus Mengsk brought it down. Duran then led a small commando squad called "the Confederate Resistance Forces" that was dedicated to striking at Mengsk and his new Terran Dominion. Though most of his comrades regard Duran as a sly and cunning leader, few believed the truth about his mysterious nature.
When the United Earth Directorate launched its first attack against the Terran Dominion, Duran offered his services to Vice Admiral Stukov. Stukov accepted, because both men had the same enemy, and because Duran could prove to be a valuable asset. This was not a deal that Admiral DuGalle approved at glance, because in his eyes Duran was merely a traitor to his army. However, DuGalle later ordered Duran to assassinate Stukov.
Duran is captured and infested by Kerrigan, possibly in the final stages of StarCraft Episode V, turning him into an Zerg/Terran Hybrid. This transformation makes Duran a servant of Kerrigan in the same manner that all the Zerg Swarm is. Stukov believed that Duran may have been infested even before he met the United Earth Directorate expedition, in part because he tried to get Dugalle to destroy the Psi Disruptor.
At one of the final stages of Episode VI, Kerrigan loses all her psionic links with Duran for no explained reason. Later, Zeratul discovers that Duran was secretly (and under unknown orders) breeding a perfect Zerg/Protoss Hybrid. From the manner in which Duran replied to Zeratul, claiming to be many millenia old and serving "a higher power", Duran's background became even more enigmatic. Was Duran really a Terran, a Xel'Naga, a servant thereof, or some other, unknown species? Did Duran use Kerrigan? Had he somehow infiltrated the Swarm? Was one of his former names Doran Routhe? Is he a shapeshifter, a mutant, or a possessing spirit? The questions remain unanswered.
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