[Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty] - Fire And Fury

James Raynor gives an inspirational speech before the combined forces of Raynor's Raiders and the Terran Dominion mount the final offensive on the primary Zerg hive.
Platform: PC
Release Date: 27th July 2010
Developed By: Blizzard Entertainment

[@elviejopotter]

For Blizzard, Michael Koiter became inmortal.

[@sgt_kissekatt6686]

Had to google the name Michel Martin Koiter was one of Blizzards Premium artists, this dude died at 19 of unexpected heart failure. :,I Didnt think the name meant anything first time playing through the campaign, but nice to see them honoring him a bit in this way.

[@dzzenok4136]

@@sgt_kissekatt6686 it's scary to know that at any moment your heart or your brain could just stop working for no reason at all.

[@dregorerampin7439]

For more than just Blizzard, pal. All those who witnessed this scene wil remember Jim Raynor.

[@clairestark9024]

This is the blizzard that was. Who did right by others. We need them back.

[@Firebourn94]

And Raynor's Inspire ability was created

[@Sleepy1988]

Whoever wrote Raynor's speech did a job beyond excellent.

[@harmonlanager2670]

It’s simple. But it hits home. I think that’s why it works; Raynor is not some aristocrat with orator lessons - he speaks plainly and from the heart

[@lordazn]

I like how you can see Koiter's armor isn't red. It's blue meaning he isn't some brainwashed Dominion red shirt, he is a Raider and one of Jimmy's boys.

[@ThePaulz80]

Raynor for president 2020

[@terrynewsome6698]

Hell yeah!!!

[@rodrey330g9]

Still waitin’ for that cowboy.

[@Bytheemperor]

Raynor for president 2024

[@Xpwnxage]

Matt Horner would make the better president.

[@pyroide2212]

2:48 I’m always getting chills of Raynors Speech for a decade.

[@francismunozcoll4490]

12 years later still does

[@confloashton3617]

When the sun came out I had a flash of Lord of the Rings. "When the sun rises, on the fifth day, look to the east."

[@starter00]

same for me buddy ^^

[@terrynewsome6698]

God " that speech was badass, I am going to move those clouds to make it even better"

[@TyronMakeka]

R.I.P. Michel Koiter

[@jacobcompagna5304]

Years later and this speech still gives me chills everytime. Thats how you know ots timeless.

[@tnecniw]

Artanis TRIED to make a speech like this. He failed.

[@lordlopikong6940]

He can't outrun Raynor for presidency.

[@bearholdensharkslux4791]

His speech in Utter darkness was pretty good

[@CommissarChaotic]

@@bearholdensharkslux4791 i think it is because that alternate future was when he had already been more matured than in Legacy of the Void where he started his arc when he killed Zeratul (why he kil zeratul im sad forever) or maybe the writing there was better?

[@coreyhelms3019]

I think the main point is the soldier turning the radio up that does it to me

[@starter00]

the one thing i know is that we can count on each other to get the job done or die trying if thats what it takes............ because some things are just worth fighting for ..... hell of a speech :P one of my fav

[@gezaszenogrady2030]

Here is a funfact: M koiter worked in real life for Blizzard and died befor WoL released

[@Codex_0613]

+Geza Szenogrady that isn't a "fun" fact

[@gezaszenogrady2030]

Codex yeah sry

[@VICsu95]

really funny ah

[@WikiHL]

Let's call a "facty fact"

[@CommissarChaotic]

And now Blizzard itself has died... I wish it resurrects itself... Starting with rereleasing War3 remaster/reforged to gain my love for it again and if it ever makes a SC3 I sure hope to God it does what we think it does.

[@kreativernickname4031]

Even tho this cutscene looks old, it will never *be* old. I wish I could see this with my eyes from 2010 again

[@gameo2001]

Best speech since independence day.

[@JamailvanWestering]

I wish they made Warfield a Coop Commander

[@OkamiKUN-of3nv]

Or tosh's

[@JamailvanWestering]

@@OkamiKUN-of3nv Tosh doesn’t really sound that interesting

[@OkamiKUN-of3nv]

@@JamailvanWestering like imagen what would his own army compose and also play as tosh

[@JamailvanWestering]

@@OkamiKUN-of3nv the army we helped him free?

[@Tomy0791]

In The cutscenes the marines are badass in the game they get butchchered like pigs

[@LotusBRGamer]

Tomy0791 In large enogh numbers combined with medics or medivacs they can tearapart anything on ground and air even better than the zerg very definition of "Boring but Practical".

[@jacobfaro9571]

Hey, war pigs!

[@iamgamerfun4032]

Starcraft space marines are still one of the most broken units in the game considering how cheap they are

[@gingerinajacket8519]

@@iamgamerfun4032 Not to mention they are the only basic unit in the game with range. Zealots ground fighters, zerglings ground fighters, but marines can fire at someone from halfway across the screen, straight up. coupled with the upgrades barely requiring a thousand minerals and gasses, you could Zerran someone laying for the long or midgame.

[@FianFainFiatFaitArkangelCalel]

This is speech is more motivational than any Ted Talk i record! Jim Raynor, best music best speech, epic human legacy!

[@PrimalElf]

One of the greatest speeches of all time

[@Alexor715]

Raynor. One of few that can rival commander Shepard in speeches. *salute*

[@Jay23420]

By far, my favourite cinematic in StarCraft. Loved the sound track they used

[@Archelis_]

"Lets see how the boys are holdin' up" The boys: 0:11

[@Darksinne]

most military commanders have never had to fight against the zerg as a last push to save the entire galaxy...

[@quantum5661]

2:26 epic part starts here.

[@lkvideos7181]

Nah. It starts at 0:00

[@lasajnae9626]

@@lkvideos7181 yep. This game's a masterpiece...

[@quantum5661]

in hindsight, both of you are 100% correct. its a shame that the good in blizzard died after this.

[@InNomineNex]

it's such a shame that blizzard is focusing on mmo's at the moment, because they are masters at storytelling too...

[@richy581]

These were the actual years blizzard actually cared about their games

[@sharpw9761]

Favorite cutscene of the whole game

[@r3tr056]

Agreed

[@billtheoverlord4068]

M.Koiter was working for Blizzard and died before WOL was released.. R.I.P

[@NemFX]

I don't think he meant to have it transmitted to everyone, sounded like he was just talking to the people with him. Still, it IS a better speech than Master Chief ever did :p

[@HaloFikus]

pls, all master chief has to say is: sir finishing this fight = instaboner & chills

[@micahsheldon5557]

Master chief doesn't talk. he shoots

[@bryan9ful]

Very nice speech, what ever you say it's a very good one...

[@Skakazoom]

Counting Broodwar in from the top of my head, the intro. The Apocalypse Now reference was well done and genius. Very emotional scene, probably one of the best intros to a game in my opinion.

[@mushious]

R.I.P M. Koiter.

[@dregorerampin7439]

Great speech and scene.

[@WJen8]

I'd vote for him.

[@thpxhemi5848]

For me, this is when Jim Raynor. A character from a video game i grew up playing as a kid became equal to characters like Theoden and Aragorn

[@harrisonchong7237]

Just were fighting for - Jim Raynor I like that.

[@maexpert11]

Too bad we cant have real leaders like that definately inspirational

[@mordador2702]

Does anyone know if there is a version of the background music (only this) without voices?

[@porpus99]

+Mordador Search here on youtube for "StarCraft 2 Soundtrack -13- Fire and Fury"

[@mordador2702]

alrdy found it 2 months ago but thx =)

[@MrFishman55]

I gotta say: moments like this are why I disagree with the people who think SC1's grimdarkness is the end-all be-all. Sure, there's the dark. Sure there's the betrayal, and the oppression, and the horror. But it makes the victories that they win in SC2 feel that much more real, that much better. After all, if there aren't allowed to be at least positive endings, what's the point of it all? What I'm saying here is fuck doomerism. We blooming.

[@Budguy68]

They would for REAL wars that are Worth fighting for,

[@u5832u]

The best cut scene entire Blizzard game

[@UberNoober23]

Replaying the campaign for maybe the 10th time now in 2022. Skipped through most cutscenes but not this one. Never this one.

[@sorfire8413]

This hits kinda different after 2020

[@joeyl85]

I will always love the southern accents in Star Craft

[@honor8367]

Pov: When the nnn is going to end tomorrow

[@xunnex.]

350+ likes and 0 dislikes *PERFECTLY BALANCED, AS ALL THINGS SHOULD BE*

[@user-gb5sf8lw4j]

Рэйдары Рэйнора. Джим.

[@kingoftherats4426]

3:01 I always before exams.

[@DKKiller581]

He is a Rebel.

[@ShawnaGraham50]

RIP

[@Fitzkrieg]

Raynor sent me here :)

[@AwarenessBringer]

Cool.

[@ZenZudokai]

*looks at the rising of the sun, and then to dog tags marked 'Hannibal Santiago, Army Rangers' "...because some things are just worth fighting for." This scene reminded me of those same words he said to me.

[@clockwork204]

Inspirational indeed. A bit too melodramatic for me though. Mengsk's inauguration speech from SC1 still hits me harder. :D

[@darwinrodriguez5485]

Remember when blizzard used to care?

[@blackjoker4077]

Yea me too... just a few more months and we'll see if HoTS can compete with dialogues like this.

[@kevinsndrol4832]

9 years ago man. How you doing, you still on this account?

[@Menevolence]

if jesus was a cowboy with a rifle lmao

[@adlad1563]

Queue the speech to he gives to artanis

[@DKKiller581]

Tassadar vs Over-mind.

[@DarkAshenWolf]

There's a reason this video has 0 dislikes

[@ttvhankochow]

zero dislikes : )

[@whatyouthink]

Well...its inspirational to a certain degree I suppose. I doubt military commander will such things in reality though. =)

[@YasonYou]

Shame Blizz is such a shitty company. Their design for Marines is absolutely badass, and I'd have loved to see more of them in action in some other form of media. Maybe a film.

[@98kazer]

I still don't get how Char got Rain Since it is an all-volcanic planet with no sign of water anywhere

[@FreckleMcMur]

Acid rains, it's all acid

[@98kazer]

@@FreckleMcMur ok, that makes sense, with all the roaches, banes and brutalisks roaming about

[@FreckleMcMur]

@@98kazer They even said that the planet has acid rains. Pay attention my guy.

[@98kazer]

@@FreckleMcMur oh yeah, forgot about that part, thanks

[@wither5673]

erm why is it raining on char? xD

[@MaxMikescrool1]

Acid rain I assume

[@exilestudios9546]

its a young planet going through similar ecological changes to earth when it was a big ball of molten rock

[@quantum5661]

all the water from bodies has to end up somewhere. zerg arent 95% bone.

[@Yal_Rathol]

Exile Studios if that were the case, there wouldn't be an atmosphere that terrans could breathe. everyone with their helmet open would asphyxiate. and let me put it this way, it rains on venus, a planet that would cook you alive in under a minute. sure, doesn't rain _water_, but it rains. it also rains on titan, a planetoid so cold it would freeze you to death even with armour. again, doesn't rain water, but it's still rain. i think char can manage a short downpour.

[@user-tj3bx5bq6d]

At old amarica pbu wow🎉

[@user-tj3bx5bq6d]

Or shopping sports

[@thelvadamee3467]

What makes no sense to me... How can it rain on a planet with nothing but lava and molten rock? that just doesn't make sense to me.

[@UnitedGames99]

ever think of acid rain? or maybe there are small pockets of water that evaporated, some people...

[@thelvadamee3467]

Doug Vetsch Well I finished HotS the other week and apparently there are swamps on Char, So I would assume it's possible for rain.

[@slpwlkr8008]

but rain on a planet like Char?

[@whatyouthink]

Why not? It is possible. Volcanic eruptions may release water into the atmosphere that than condenses into rain clouds at higher altitudes where it is cooler. It then comes down as rain. Early Earth was once volcanic too.

[@ederreis7034]

Jim Raynor what a liar he is, saying that he is fighting for his men but in the end he was just fighting for a girl...

[@Match25]

He wasn't lying, he was fighting for both

[@TigerBaron]

+Eder Reis That's what Soldiers do, they sacrifice their lives for the good of others, it's the commanders that have the hard burden of sending them into combat, but some higher up bastards don't even care for the men below them, just for themselves and the medals on their chest, the fucking bastards.

[@MaxMikescrool1]

Eder Reis He was fighting for the universe as well. Raynor was gonna kill Kerrigan, evident by the visions Zeratul gave Raynor. Raynor only gave up on his revenge against Kerrigan when Zeratul made it clear she has to live or we all die

[@Match25]

MaxMikescrool1 and he didnt forgive her until long after she showed that she was no longer the Queen ***** of the Universe"

[@MaxMikescrool1]

amateur match queen bitch*

[@user-xy4lf5tz5v]

в русской озвучке эпичней

[@rodrey330g9]

What I don’t get is where did the rain even come from.

[@whatyouthink]

Steam rises into the air and condenses where it is cooler high up in the atmosphere and comes back down as rain.

[@si_mon_ki2828]

the two sequels tried to be more epic than WOL, they failed

[@milochicas285]

Wait what

[@ShinigamiSamaH]

I don't care that it build a great atmosphere, you don't frickin made rain on Char of all places. Even if it rain acid or some sort of chemical, Char still wouldn't be humid enough for that shit to come down. It's like checking the sun for trees.

[@warbossgrotsmasha23]

+Shinigami Sama if you use your brain more often you'd find out that earth was like char once upon a time, look at it now all that water, don't you think them vulcanic eruptions and the occasional comet impact would release chemicals to form water? i'm not looking to insult you all i'm saying water ain't a complex chemical reaction and if you look in our own solar system at planet venus (which even though ain't nowhere near like char) has water in its atmosphere even though its one hellhole world

[@saulcir6338]

+warbossgrotsmasha23 Venus is much worse than Char, And the earth was never a hot molten mass that is a bunch of secularist porpoganda that contradicts modern research concerning geology.

[@saulcir6338]

+Saul Cir Propoganda"

[@whatyouthink]

Really? I thought it was a little too dramatic. Reminds me of the motivational speech in Independence Day. =D

[@Skakazoom]

Looking back on StarCraft 1, I heavily compared the campaign of StarCraft 2 with it. The speech was very poor in comparison to some of the great dialogue the previous game had, and this speech was supposed to be very amazing. The unnecessary choir in the background is also almost film-like, which the previous game never needed and floating animated gifs with scrolling text was working perfectly. Maybe it's just me, but that's my 2 cents.

[@CircuitBoardcokr]

Donald Trump loves this song.