Who the heck is the [Wo]man inside the every terran building? When you click on any terran building, there's some freak half-[Wo]man, half-robot with tubes connected to his/her/its head and gears spinning around him/her/it (it's the animated portrait under "menu").

WHO IS [Wo]MAN (ROBOT?? [BOTH??])??

Oh wait... when you click on a zerg building you see a big eye. I'm guessing that's the Zerg overmind. And that controls all the Zerg (at least in vanilla).

So that thing must control the Terran.

WHAT THE FUCK IS IT???

Hmmm helper robot... but is it ever mentioned in the story like the zerg/terran portrait which is used when you click on buildings?

kpcrew

Korea (South)1071 Posts

August 14 2008 19:58 GMT

that man inside the turret was epic
and i thought the command center "man" was a woman

il0seonpurpose

Korea (South)5638 Posts

August 14 2008 19:59 GMT

You can see a man in the turret?

And the robot, yeah I thought it was a girl.

Specialist

United States803 Posts

August 14 2008 19:59 GMT

I always thought it was a bald girl too.

crabapple

United States397 Posts

August 14 2008 20:00 GMT

ya seirously. i think ghosts were supposed to be cyborgish, but why would the command guy be like, almost mechanical? if they have cyborgs, there should be cyborgish units. think about that one for sc2.

iNcontroL

USA29055 Posts

August 14 2008 20:02 GMT

it's definately a girl.. both in features but it also makes sense given the voice for zerg is the Overmind (pictured with buildings) Artanis for protoss (might be wrong name, but he is pictured with the protoss buildings) and the voice for terran is female.. coincides with the picture and the other races.

Not a big deal, no idea how you didn't notice that. Man in the turret is amazing because he is only pictured in the wireframe and kinda in the animation.

FALSE ALARM FOLKS! HE'S JUST AN IDIOT!

AcrossFiveJulys

United States3612 Posts

August 14 2008 20:04 GMT

It's supposed to represent a helper robot, much like the role "computer" plays in star trek. And yes, it's a female robot, hence the feminine voice you hear: "not enough minerals" etc

-_-

United States7081 Posts

August 14 2008 20:04 GMT

On August 15 2008 05:02 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
it's definately a girl.. both in features but it also makes sense given the voice for zerg is the Overmind (pictured with buildings) Artanis for protoss (might be wrong name, but he is pictured with the protoss buildings) and the voice for terran is female.. coincides with the picture and the other races.

Not a big deal, no idea how you didn't notice that. Man in the turret is amazing because he is only pictured in the wireframe and kinda in the animation.

FALSE ALARM FOLKS! HE'S JUST AN IDIOT!

My new theory is that its the thing which controls the terran, which is you... so all you guys saying its a girl... MUST ALSO BE GIRLS!

I always knew you were a bitch incontrol, and this proves it!

(not serious [but yeah, I'm really serious])

(Why am I in love with these ()[]??)

-_-

United States7081 Posts

August 14 2008 20:05 GMT

On August 15 2008 05:04 AcrossFiveJulys wrote:
It's supposed to represent a helper robot, much like the role "computer" plays in star trek. And yes, it's a female robot, hence the feminine voice you hear: "not enough minerals" etc

Makes sense.

AcrossFiveJulys

United States3612 Posts

August 14 2008 20:06 GMT

#10

On August 15 2008 05:02 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
Artanis for protoss

Aldaris, not Artanis. Aldaris is the old arrogant regarded fucker, Artanis is the young, hopeful, badass guy.

iNcontroL

USA29055 Posts

August 14 2008 20:19 GMT

#11

ah ok ty

I didn't think that was right..

I loved the story for SC

Great single player imo.

riotjune

United States3394 Posts

August 14 2008 20:25 GMT

#12

Looks better than the one they currently have for SC2

EvoChamber

France2505 Posts

August 14 2008 20:37 GMT

#13

If you've played the single player campaigns as Terran, you'd know that it's just your computer aide who fills you in on the situation before every mission.

CFDragon

United States304 Posts

August 14 2008 20:44 GMT

#14

Regarding the Zerg eye thing: If you read some of the SC novels you find out what those eyes really are. They aren't the overmind, if I recall correctly, they're sentries placed around the underground structures of Zerg bases that have really high pitched squeals to alert other Zergs whenever they see something. I'm pretty sure there was one in Liberty's Crusade.

jello_biafra

United Kingdom6641 Posts

August 14 2008 20:49 GMT

#15

I've also always wondered what the fuck that thing is. A helper robot of some variety seems the most likely explanation I guess.

Mastermind

Canada7096 Posts

August 14 2008 20:52 GMT

#16

On August 15 2008 05:37 EvoChamber wrote:
If you've played the single player campaigns as Terran, you'd know that it's just your computer aide who fills you in on the situation before every mission.

Yes. I cant believe how many people here either have never played the single player, or havnt played it in many years. The cyborg is the one that gives you orders in the first campaign.

Psilver

Canada82 Posts

August 14 2008 21:03 GMT

#17

The Protoss we see when we click on a Nexus is Aldaris.

Edit : Oh didn't saw the post that already said that.

cgrinker

United States3824 Posts

August 14 2008 21:05 GMT

#18

It's called the adjutant play the effing single player. It does the briefings just like the Overmind or the Judicator. In case you were wondering what the eye or the skull dude were as well.