Media Blitz: Raynor's Raiders Capture UNN Studios to Broadcast Mengsk's War Crimes (Starcraft 2)

Finding that the adjutant they got during a train robbery on Tarsonis contained information regarding Mengsk's war crimes, the Raiders decided to publicly broadcast them from the UNN Studios on Korhal IV. The rebels used the Odin, an experimental Dominion siege walker, to infiltrate the planet; the walker was due to be unveiled to the public and it was hijacked by the rebels while still at Valhalla. The Raiders needed to secure three broadcast towers long enough to ensure a complete transmission. The Odin, piloted by Tychus Findlay, was received by an unsuspecting Dominion. Findlay's attack caught security forces off guard. By the time the Dominion recovered, the Raiders had established a forward base and the first rebel thors were deployed.
Emperor Arcturus Mengsk quickly guessed the identity of the attackers once the first transmission was uploaded. He ordered General Horace Warfield to intervene, but the general's counter-attacks were unsuccessful. The broadcast caused outrage among Terran Dominion citizens and riots against Emperor Mengsk. Even Donny Vermillion, a staunch Dominion supporter, was at a loss for words. Matt Horner and Jim Raynor celebrated their victory. For Horner, it marked the true beginning of the revolution. To commemorate the attack, Findlay took a UNN plaque and mounted it in Hyperion's cantina...
The 21st mission (number may differ) of "Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty" - "Media Blitz". Capture the UNN Studios on planet Korhal. Watch more Starcraft videos: bit.ly/1b1W2yY.

[@iddqd-bp5yq]

Stupid Dominion didn`t notice that their Odin is painted different color.

[@ZenithalPoint]

🤣

[@trowawayacc]

GTA paint jobs...😅

[@KingOfMadCows]

It's kind of disappointing how this didn't really have much effect on Mengsk's rule and he was able to retain power until Kerrigan invaded with her Zerg and killed billions of people to get to him.

[@mk_gamíng0609]

That is how dictatorships work tho. With Dictatorships its pretty much always the Military that keeps it stable or dismantles it and Mengsk had the military on his side

[@Michael-kd1ho]

It sort of did...Up until this point Mengsk ruled with a mix of carrot (propaganda) and stick (military). After Media Blitz he basically lost the carrot, and turned from a benevolent dictator to a regular one. I do imagine - from a pure fanficition view, there are no lore sources for this that i know - that Dominion fleets were far less eager to return to Korhal to defend Mengsk from Kerrigan's Swarm than they otherwise might have been, if the Tarsonis ploy remained largely unknown. Or maybe Valerian would not have had such an easy time getting Warfield and half the Dominion military for an assault on Char, against his father's wishes. But damn if that son of a bitch wasn't playing the long game...Bear in mind Mengsk knew exactly where Tychus was and what he was doing. He chose to eat this defeat and lose his "benevolent dictator" status with the people for a chance at killing Kerrigan. And it almost payed off.

[@urthiti]

Sad but true.

[@CrisisComics]

Well it didn't topple Mengsk's rule, but it pretty much paved the way for Raynor's Raiders to rejoin society after Kerrigan killed Arcturus and Valerian took the throne. Otherwise everyone would probably be suspicious that Valerian had just given sweeping pardons to a pirate/terrorist group rather than a band of freedom fighters

[@johnnyboy3357]

Just like today, the media is exposed already, but their still up and running by the saving power of elite billions that can run them stations for decades without advertisements

[@Alknix]

0:53 My theory is that he had to once again call Mira Hann for help, and her condition was... yeah, exactly.

[@JBrander]

"It followed me home, can I keep it?" If an Odin warmech followed me home, I'd be pretty terified

[@justnoob8141]

I gonna keep it, even if that mean I had to drive this thing to military area to get more ammo

[@agentgray5141]

I’d keep it.

[@willmunoz1638]

If that thing wants you to keep it, you better freakin keep it

[@nokissblue4459]

i gonna keep it too and conquer the world..

[@DJROCKSTAZ]

Yes, but consider: Chicks. Dig. Giant. Robots.

[@PeterMcleod117]

man, even seven years later, the graphics of this game look amazing.

[@kay452]

And still, icant run 60 fps

[@salihunal8753]

10 years

[@Valhalla05]

@@salihunal8753 10 YEARS TASTELESS!!

[@jossgoyanko7006]

Visuals, not graphics.

[@trowawayacc]

25 😅

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

Reporter: "Sir, do you still stand by the sentiment that selfless devotion to the people is the basis of your rule?" Mengsk "Well of course, I was called upon to serve the greater interest of Humanity. Personal power was never my goal." Reporter: "Then how do you characterize this statement?" Rec: "I will not be stopped, not by you or the Confederates or the Protoss or ANYONE. I will RULE this sector or I will see it BURN to ashes around me." Arcturus Mengsk, you just got owned.

[@Celestine1313]

Uhh, umm. (Jhon, how can I get out of this?)

[@KiR2RuN4FuN]

A fair revenge for selling Kerrigan and his own SoK strikeforce along with Tarsonis itself to Zerg Swarm. The bastard just had what was coming to him.

[@thecommentguy9380]

Kate was a savage back there

[@user-fj9cr7mu7o]

I'm I the only one think that statement is great and improved the characteristics of Mensk?

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

@Indika Hoist by his own petard, as the saying goes...

[@tanaflameheart8883]

"one day your gonna lead this band of misfits..." man the old days just replaying this mission and WOL over and over...

[@Revenante_of_Asylum]

Real talk, Kate Lockwell has a stone cold killer look playing that tape right to Mengsk's face. Seriously, it takes durasteel balls/ovaries to embarrass a *dictator* like that and not even sweat. Like, she has to be aware that there's a good to medium chance that Mengsk would have her "disappeared" in response (and probably might have if his PR department wasn't actually on fire). Yet cool as a iced over cucumber.

[@yunpeiyang4904]

She has Valerian to watch her back. He had a crush on her after all XD.

[@Revenante_of_Asylum]

@@yunpeiyang4904 lol, fair enough.

[@ilovepandas1246]

It makes her becoming lead anchor all the better at the end of the game.

[@martmandred9182]

@@yunpeiyang4904 Well I can assume that Valerian despises his father by hearing this.

[@BIGESTblade]

I miss old science vessel voice acting. Scientist in there sounded soooo happy when he got some orders.

[@andrefilipe9042]

BIGGESTblade How were the old science vessels? In what game?

[@BIGESTblade]

Don't quite remeber what they were like. Even though you had them even in vanilla terran campaign. It was like an eternity ago.

[@andrefilipe9042]

BIGGESTblade Maybe you can find them of Starcraft Editor. A lot of things are left in that place.

[@JuanLau]

"explooorer reporting"

[@super-zw3ep]

The old one sounds like a younger version of mr berns from the simpsons

[@andrewquilpa4901]

9:53 is that Horner and Mira Han?

[@emeteriadelacruz4279]

Andrew Quilpa yeah it is

[@emeteriadelacruz4279]

hahahaha horner would do that mistake he didnt notice hahaha

[@CitizenWea]

Nova

[@harrisonchong7237]

10:24 Raynor finally got Mengesk with that record.

[@Qwerky396]

11:20 that exchange was quoted at the very last epilogue cutscene with jimmy in the bar in mar sara

[@karlkat9042]

5:15 most satisfying moment in starcraft 2 missions

[@ReaverLordTonus]

I'm curious if Matt was the person we were supposed to be when we played the Terran campaign in the original Starcraft.

[@Imperius254]

Unfortunately that would be a no. Horner was a Lt. in the group Raynor and the magistrate had with them when they started the rebellion against Mengsk and was eventually promoted to Captain of the Hyperion some time after they stole it from the Dominion

[@JuanLau]

The Magistrate of the original Terran campaign went on to live a quiet and normal life.

[@andrefilipe9042]

@@JuanLau Hope he got that

[@Michael-kd1ho]

@@andrefilipe9042 The zerg Cerebrate we played as was iced by Kerrigan, ungrateful wretch that she is. The protoss campaign PoV is Artanis, right?

[@andrefilipe9042]

@@Michael-kd1ho That is correct Artanis first showed in the game as an Executor.

[@Imagination4all]

This is some killer news broadcasting.

[@TheKnightOfSmite]

10:36 "Uh.. I won't stand for this.. it was just a heated gamer moment"

[@Jerry-tg7zx]

Mengsk:-Genocide? I think the term you’re looking for is Chicanery for I am guilty of nothing but a miniscule amount of tomfoolery

[@RexMK-]

To me perhabs the cherry on the top is that after all that mess, Donnie the reporter who spend basically all the game demonizing Raynor and in general anyone who would something as simple as to speak against the dominion (Like in the mission of Heaven where if you choose to side with the Doctor, Donnie would talk shit about the fleeing colonist and refuges saying that they are ungratefull rebels after founding new colonies that declare themselves independent of the Dominion) is afterwards so shock for this revelations that he just ... Stands there not even able to process it. The goverment that he had praise for long never actually existed, the Dominiom was just the Corrupt Confederacy 2.0

[@thesummaryguy3911]

This mission never made much sense to me after knowing that Mengsk had tabs on Tychus the entire time. He would have known he was in the Odin and wouldn't of let shit go down at all.

[@TheSimmus]

If I remember correctly, Tychus' mission was to follow Raynor to Kerrigan, und murdering the latter once the chance arised. Probably forget to tell him "don't cause a Media outrage"

[@louievelayo4100]

@@TheSimmus That's basically being a mole is... Just play along until the right moment...

[@TricksterPoi]

@@louievelayo4100 I'm sure Tychus wants to do that shi*t anyway, after all.

[@axelfoley1406]

Such a fun mission.

[@KiR2RuN4FuN]

Yeah, one of my favorite in WoL.

[@CallinWire]

13:01 I had no idea that was a thing. Neat.

[@doubt3430]

Ok but imagine you're just goin to work a a military battlecruiser just float directly above the building you work at

[@R0ccojas0n]

9:53 wtf lol

[@juztinmacaraeg6329]

Its matt looking like he's on drugs XD lol

[@thorveim1174]

Matt getting slapped, then Matt flying through the air with Mira surfing on his back... drugs indeed XD

[@Kilesfactor]

It looks like a SFM video thumbnail omfg

[@marknguyen3257]

It Donald trump right now Arcturus Ming

[@okramoffacebook1381]

I live the starcraft Modus that Shows all units in their correct-scaled sizes

[@King78505]

News anchor: Reports of riots on the streets as the citizens are turn against dominion in protest “Shows city in ruins along with skyscrapers falling apart” Me: wtf type of riot involved mass destruction of an entire planet?

[@huyucle1228]

Mostly peaceful riots

[@meathead6155]

@@huyucle1228 Ahem, no Political Sarcasm jokes allowed son.

[@mierzhen]

"Wrath of god incoming!"

[@tiagon697]

During the cutscene for the transition of mission to cantina, for a split frame you can see Mira on top of Matt horner Kinda Surfing on him I guess

[@blacktemplarbarachel3387]

Where?

[@cogs6743]

Easter egg on the TV as it flickers at 9:53. use < and > to navigate frame by frame to see it while paused.

[@GlareanLiebertine]

Anyone still get the feeling they should have went with the psi emitters dialogue rather than the watch the galaxy burn dialogue?

[@cursedhawkins1305]

Wouldn’t have been as impactful.

[@ConnorLonergan]

I wonder why it took this long to show it as that testimony is the same one he said to you back in the first game

[@malcolmholmes2596]

Game only takes place 4 years after first one.

[@ChellyBean]

Because the only Adjutant that had the recording was left behind to rot on Tarsonis, until Mengsk decided to dig it up to bury the evidence

[@gray2283]

Frankly Mengsk is lucky this isn't 40K..it'd be a race to see who'd get him first. Kerrigan or the Ordo Xenos.

[@ricinmuffins7645]

They should have made him the magistrate.

[@Regunes]

Damn i really prefer french voice acting... in this one Swann is Roasting Raynor and the odin with his new thor.

[@luxeternity]

Thor unit is just watered down version of titans of 40k.

[@mk_gamíng0609]

Starcraft started out as a 40k game. The three races were born out of already created assets for the game Space Marines assets were recycled into the Terrans Eldar assets recycled into the Protos Tyranid assets recycled into the Zerg Instead of scrapping all that work after GW cancelled the project, Blizzard decided to just recycle them into there own.

[@TrueBeliever04]

@@mk_gamíng0609 I even see some inspirations from the Orks on the zergs, at least on the Primal Zergs

[@stupidgremlin1630]

Raiders roll

[@karolskowronek9738]

jestes polakiem CJ?

[@Jayjs20]

Sounds like someone we know shouting 'fake news' at the screen

[@Willaev]

Don Lemon.

[@douglasgriffitts9543]

Jim Acosta

[@MithoThoup]

I just realized.. what the hell is that in 9:52 frame

[@neki134]

Mira han surfing on matt

[@barator03]

Nek I its Nova

[@Curseius]

10:38 reminds me of a certain someone,

[@josecarlosfloressaraiba]

In Latin Spanish is hilarous le soltaron la correa al perrote

[@stephenb3104]

When i saw the ghost I was like, awww you killed tosh you suck

[@novaterra501st5]

*Opens Fire on The Dominion making them pay for Tarsonis and the SoK Strikeforce and Sarah Kerrigan*

[@chairmeme6231]

We just going to ignore how many civilians where killed in the first strike alone.

[@KiR2RuN4FuN]

Not sure what you mean. I never touched them. Commoners shouldn't suffer for sins of their military.

[@darkdill]

XCOM 2 did this better, to be honest. I mean, the Speaker royally screwed himself during his speech and didn't even know it until he was a second from being lynched.

[@danielmakkos5578]

F2 to szelect all soldier

[@nobleman9393]

12:03 America in a Nutshell

[@meathead6155]

No political comment spectrum allowed son.

[@Chickenworm9394]

"Trump Scandal"

[@meathead6155]

Get out of here.

[@hankthetank4238]

Love how Mengsk resembles Trump and vice versa: xenophobia, border crisis, no accountability, disregard media, strong military. Basically what fascist rulers do.

[@WhooshWh0sh]

This game has nothing to do with this. Stop looking for irl politics references where is none.

[@SquirrellyOtter]

I'm curious how Dems rule any differently aside from posing for BLM and Pride but doing shit-all for improving the economy, demilitarizing police, improving border crises, etc. And now, fresh off the heels of a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, they're clamoring for war with Russia. And to say nothing of Biden being a dementia-riddled pedophile or Harris being a drug-warrior cop/AG that broke up black families for nonviolent crimes. Both parties suck ass. Government as a whole can eat my ass. Stop being partisan shills and realize the government doesn't exist to be your daddy.

[@WhooshWh0sh]

@@SquirrellyOtter about Russia part. Russia kinda brings it on themselves with their stupid ass diplomacy. Before you say anything, I am russian. And I can see our politicians' words and actions. They are way more in the wrong than USA. Too bad we can't do shit with all this electoral rigging and forceful silencing.

[@brkicaleksandar11]

You just described every American president in history, barring a few exceptions

[@alexsung4159]

We need to see this happen to CNN and All the fake news medias

[@danhair]

Do you still believe that after 2020 election?

[@scottgrasser9475]

yeaaa trump was more mensk then raynor the media was never fake it was just a tyrant who disliked bad news

[@meathead6155]

Sorry fellows, this video has no room for annoying unfunny political sarcasm jokes allowed. Time for you folks too leave.

[@meathead6155]

To all the people who spread political comments on nonpolitical video, please leave now!

[@Haldinyar]

Haha I love the CNN fake news pun

[@meathead6155]

No political comment spectrum allowed son.

[@danhair]

The media turning on Mangsks is very realistic... 2020: (Censor all media and Hunter Biden story thus helping his daddy win the election) E-excuse me, WHAT?

[@meathead6155]

Sorry fellows, this video has no room for annoying unfunny political sarcasm jokes allowed. Time for you folks too leave.