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I've always wondered, marines are mostly convicts, does the same apply for the firebats/medics?
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i think that oily shit might be hydra's spit...
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On May 31 2009 11:08 YPang wrote:
i think that oily shit might be hydra's spit...
Isn't all spit basically just lubricant?
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On May 31 2009 11:07 sixghost wrote:
I've always wondered, marines are mostly convicts, does the same apply for the firebats/medics?
Yes, many of the serious criminals, rapists, mass murderers, (think the people that were on prison colony from Alien 3) go through a process called neural resocialization. It is a method in which the person becomes totally obedient however loses much of their independent thought and higher level brain skills. They become perfect soldiers, yet when things get dicey they can often become confused and act less than proficiently (perhaps why they freak out when Jaedong sends his mutalisks ZvT!)
Firebats are also resocialized criminals. Most of the more severe cases of criminals are reserved for them as their job tends to be more... hands on!
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i don't remember any lore behind the corsairs.. maybe i there is no cow level'd that mission...
care to explain the story behind them?
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On May 31 2009 11:22 aeroH wrote:
i don't remember any lore behind the corsairs.. maybe i there is no cow level'd that mission...
care to explain the story behind them?
I can look that up more in detail but it was originally constructed by the Dark Templar to safeguard their fleets. Ever since the ousting of the 'Dark Ones' there was a need for quick, fast, agile fighters that could use support planetary forces.
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I would guess medics aren't criminals, unless sci-fi first-aid is totally easy.
Besides, they're officers- I doubt resocialized convicts make it to First Lieutenant.
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On May 31 2009 11:38 Tracil wrote:
I would guess medics aren't criminals, unless sci-fi first-aid is totally easy.
Besides, they're officers- I doubt resocialized convicts make it to First Lieutenant.
Just so you know, the ranks on the units are merely the remains of the veterancy model which Blizzard tested during StarCraft`s development. In the final version, they merely serve as eye candy and have no bearing on the gameplay or lore.
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No, medics are crazy women!
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They come out of the shoulders in the Wc3 version of it
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Ya Medics, being part of the UED sent from Earth to fight back against the Zerg would not be resocialized. Plus, they need to be focused and be able to work when the shit hits the fan so you wouldn't want some brain panned medic injecting you with zerg blood instead of human blood! :D
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BYAH! Thats why it's a green fluid. I always thought "Spines, double-yew tee-eff?"
Radio free zerg ♪
and uh sci-fi first aid is quite easy.
hold up your hand and make "blum blum blum" Sounds. It should light up and your buddies will be all better!
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Where you getting your info?
I've read the stuff that you get with battle chest, but you seem to have more information available to you.
Did you read the novels? I've always kind of wanted to but most people say that they sucked.
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I've read many of the novels however most of them do suck. I have the original manual that came with the game back when they sold in BIG boxes and in the manual it contains all the back story and non-essential information that lore lovers like me can't get enough of! 
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Where you getting your info?
I've read the stuff that you get with battle chest, but you seem to have more information available to you?
his blurb about the hydra spines is from a manual/storybook that comes in the original packaging and (maybe) older versions of the battlechest. I know when I bought my battlechest in like 2002-2003 that all i got was two crappy mini-strategy guides and no manual.
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In the SC2 lore, it says that the spines are shot out by muscles in the upper carapace of the hydra or something like that...just to add to the OP. I think I read that on the sc2 blizz website.
The green shit is, as the OP has said, lubricant, or whatever...something that helps the hydra project the spines.
The spines are grown inside the hydra, and hydras are capable of keeping a reservoir of them.
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The only unit whose attack makes no sense to me whatsoever is the lurker...how the fuck does that unit work?
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On May 31 2009 12:52 PH wrote:
In the SC2 lore, it says that the spines are shot out by muscles in the upper carapace of the hydra or something like that...just to add to the OP. I think I read that on the sc2 blizz website.
The green shit is, as the OP has said, lubricant, or whatever...something that helps the hydra project the spines.
The spines are grown inside the hydra, and hydras are capable of keeping a reservoir of them.
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The only unit whose attack makes no sense to me whatsoever is the lurker...how the fuck does that unit work?
That's a good question about the Lurker. I assume the evolution would compound the spines into one long membrane allowing the Lurker to use the spines from the original Hydralisk carapace into a longer ranged, stealthier attack.
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On May 31 2009 13:22 Talith wrote:Show nested quote +On May 31 2009 12:52 PH wrote:
In the SC2 lore, it says that the spines are shot out by muscles in the upper carapace of the hydra or something like that...just to add to the OP. I think I read that on the sc2 blizz website.
The green shit is, as the OP has said, lubricant, or whatever...something that helps the hydra project the spines.
The spines are grown inside the hydra, and hydras are capable of keeping a reservoir of them.
EDIT
The only unit whose attack makes no sense to me whatsoever is the lurker...how the fuck does that unit work? That's a good question about the Lurker. I assume the evolution would compound the spines into one long membrane allowing the Lurker to use the spines from the original Hydralisk carapace into a longer ranged, stealthier attack.
The only thing I can think of is that they expand themselves through the ground in the direction of their targets, and fire upwards.
i.e.
1. >>
2. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
3. >^>^>^>^>^>^>^>^
4. >>
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sweet! lore theory! :D
I'd say lurker is both a de-volution and evolution of a hydralisk.. In hydra form, it can shoot spines to aerial units, and can attack in ground form then when it evolves to lurker its needs to fucking burrow first before it can attack lol!
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