Talk:Terran (StarCraft)
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[edit] Move Units
May want to move the units and buildings sections to a new page, which I'd call Terran units and buildings, before they remove it like they did to the Zerg page. Then just add more content by adding links and discriptions to terran factions and characters so the page won't be so short. --63.65.45.102 20:27, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Terrans are NOT fictional!
Terrans are not fictional! Changing the page to reflect this. - unsigned
I think what they mean is the Terrans in this article are fictional. --63.65.45.102 19:38, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Criminals?
Whilst most of them were most likely criminals, there remains the fact that project purification targeted pretty much every single human being that had any deviation, no matter how minor, from the 'genetic purity' of 'real' humans. I can roughly remember the section from the manual on this, going something like "Any non-vital prosthetics, computer hackers, criminals of every kind, genetic deviations, mutants..." and so on. Shouldn't the article be altered to give the appropriate history, as well as correcting that error? --203.23.157.64 13:57, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Major merge
A lot of pages need to be merged into Zerg, Terran (StarCraft), Protoss and StarCraft, this article is one of them, see details on Talk:StarCraft#Major_merge_needed
[edit] Movie
Under terran marine is the name of the movie patoon or platoon or patton? Someone fix this if you know please. (Comment made 8/28/06)
Its "platoon" I'm fixing it. Lokinjo 21:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Terran Controversy
The term "Terran" is a distinction for humans of Earth origin exclusively. The humans of the Kopulu sector cannot be called Terran; they are Tarsonians, Umojans, Korhalites, etc. In science fiction universes that allow humans to colonize the stars, a term is often introduced to emphasize humans from a specific location. For example, if Mars is ever colonized, the first generation born there, can legitimately call themselves Martians. The UED, introduced in the Brood War expansion pack, can accurately profess to be Terran.
Another side of the controversy is that the UED has the exact same technology as its wayward colonies. The original manual establishes the Koprulu sector to be 60,000 light years away from Earth (Terra). This galaxy is about 100,000 light years in diameter, so that's quite a gulf of time and distance for the UED to cross! Blzzard should have considered making the UED a 4th completely different playable faction. I like the strategy of Starcraft, but these little story oddities have always bothered me.
Blizzard did consider making a UED story, but they voted against it to keep The number of stories to three.
Will the community that moniters this article please allow this gripe? I just want to illustrate a campaign storyline weakness.
- This is true, but we can't do anything about it. Talk about it to Blizzard, they're the ones that made the game. Personally I would have preferred they just called them "Humans," but what are we going to do about it? bob rulz 04:57, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
- "Terran refers to the race's homeworld, while humans born on Mars could call themselves Martians their speices would still be Terran.
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- This can be explained away by simple logic. The UED knew about the Zerg, and more, before entering the Korprulu sector. It is highly likely that they did some recon. The UED (who did not have to scavange parts and rebuild society from scratch) is likely to be ahead in the technological stakes than the colonists. The UED could have used their own weaponry. In a protracted military campaign, one with no real chance of reinforcement or resupply, wouldn't you prefer to have equipment that is compatible with whoever you are fighting?
- Remember that the UED is the only show in town and has total control of the Earth. Getting the manpower and resources required to manufacture the colonists designs would not have been hard. There is also the consideration that the UED would have tried their best to keep any superior technology out of the hands of the colonists. --203.23.157.64 13:57, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Ranged?
What does it mean by, units are ranged. What are matrix sequences? also, the article reads "All units except the Valkyrie and the Goliath have a "special" or "secondary" function." what does that mean? what is an example of a special function?" Gatherton 02:41, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Special function is special ability. For example Terran wraiths have cloaking, marines have stim-pack, and tanks have siege mode...etc. Oyo321 12:58, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
If you dont understand this stuff, you can go to battle.net, or some other fan site. I do that all the time.Lokinjo 17:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Ranged means you can attack from afar; for example, guns. Matrix sequences? I don't know what that is, but I know what matrix squares are. It is an area unit. It's just like saying metres squared or inches squared. For example, a Terran Supply Depot takes up 4 matrix squares. Matrix squares can also be used to measure distance. I know that a Terran Firebat can attack 2 matrix squares away. I hope this information helps. -- Halo Angel
[edit] Unsuitable material
I added a non-compliant tag because this article reads way too much like a Terran FAQ (minus the stats) - see WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, #8. It's far better suited for a WikiBook on StarCraft. Virogtheconq 04:08, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
- The only irrelevant thing on here is the strategy section. Other than that I think that everything is relevant. bob rulz 05:19, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Is that better? Some of the game hints were written by noobs, so it's no big loss... --Chodorkovskiy (talk) 10:48, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
This page still reads like a game guide (particularly the Notable abilities section, but the unit and building descriptions are still sprinkled with game stats). The Zerg and Protoss articles are much more in line with Wiki standards regarding game universe articles, and would serve as a good model for this article. Virogtheconq 04:08, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] lockdown
dont lockdown also disable (for the duration) shields?--Lygophile 08:06, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
not that i know of--Manwithbrisk 19:39, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
No they don't
[edit] terran vs zerg
it says that vs zerg marines plus medics are mainly used. but in my experiance, terrans will always use wraiths and science vessals against zerg. (cloacked wraiths against poor detection of zerg, picking out and killing off the vulnerable slow overlords, and the weak air vs air of zerg... and of course irradiate)--Lygophile 08:17, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Poor detection of Zerg? Er, they have the BEST detection in the game with overlords. With 150 min and 150 gas upgrade, all their supply depots become reasonably fast and reasonably durable detectors. And if push comes shove and I somehow completely run out of overlords, I'd use a queen with ensnare or a devourer to reveal the wraiths. Not to mention that wraiths and science vessels is a really Vespene heavy combo. What would you do with all the extra minerals? Proably build marines. Why not add a few medics to help the marines out? Then we are back to marines and medics. ;) Ledtim 12:13, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] equality among race pages
i posted a comment about this in the zerg talk page, but i have recieved no responce there, so i thought i might write something here. i have also left a comment on the starcraft talk page.
i know that all the unit articles have been removed, and this is something i agree with, what i don't argee with is the short changing of the zerg article, or the favitorism bestowed on the terran and protoss articles. why is it that the units section of the zerg page, not individual articals just their section on the page, has been removed and all attempts at bringing the zerg page to a state of equality with the protoss and terran pages are imidiatly quashed, while the other race pages are allowed to retain their units section. these sections have a very game guide feel to them and i for one cannot see why they remain on those pages when the zerg unit section does not. by allowing these two pages to have the mentioned sections but not allowing the zerg page to have such makes the zerg page seem unfinished and shabby. i move for the removale of those unit sections or for the readdition of the zerg unit section, with the greater emphasis on the removale of said sections.
i will post a similar comment on the protoss page as well--Manwithbrisk 20:11, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Well I would prefer that the Zerg units be added back in, but if the anti-game guide people feel so strongly about it maybe we can move the units to a another page and link to it from the Terran, Zerg and Protoss pages to make a comprimise. 63.65.45.102 14:41, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
- i'd be all for that, but it has been tried before, and shot down. they need to be all up or all down one way or another, otherwise it just looks strange.--Manwithbrisk 17:46, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] lockdown aoe?
this page says lockdown is an area of effect spell. im pretty sure i remember it not to be aeo, but it has been a while since last time i played it. did they patch it to be? same thing for maelstrom by the way. Lygophile has spoken 21:55, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- No, Lockdown was never an AoE spell. What the...? Zeratul En Taro Adun!So be it. 23:22, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- They're talking about the range at which you can cast Lockdown (Nuclear launch, for example, has a _very_ far range that extends beyond the Ghost's normal field of vision if he doesn't have Ocular implants; I'm guessing about 8 matrix squares), which happens to be 5 matrix squares. They're *not* implying that everything within a 5 matrix square area gets locked down. Maelstrom *is* AOE, by the way. --Cless Alvein 18:21, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- yeah i found out about maelstrom i wasnt really sure about that one in t he first place, but it does actually say lockdown will effect all (enemy) units within 5 matrices, since it also mentions its range seperately which is 8 matrices. the site is simply mistaken· Lygophile has spoken 21:46, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
