StarCraft Lore: Every Terran Unit Explained

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Howdy Folks! Thanks for stopping by! What are your favorite Terran Units, or least favorite and why? I'm flabbergasted that Microsoft after acquiring Blizzard isn't making at least something with StarCraft's IP. Like come on! I'll play a 2D point and click adventure game, if it means I get to go back to the Korpulu Sector! Hoping this finds you well : ) All the best, Dog Dad

[@KresuGaming]

Hey, my advice here: Please correct your volume. Compared to some other sounds (like transitions) your voice is kinda silent.

[@Dinidan]

Starcraft horror game? Imagine playing as like a lone marine or SCV trying to survive and find a way off a planet being over run by Zerg.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@Dinidan I would buy it in a heartbeat

[@ThouCharadise]

What is the scene at 7:40?

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@ThouCharadise from pacific rim

[@GameModTech]

The fact that the dominion didn't think of having medics before the UED is hilarious

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

I was blown away by that, I don’t know how much old world tech the colonies had at the start, since the ships they flew on were more prison caravans, not science exploration vessels. But I’m sure they were seeing the numbers and going.. huh maybe if we did have combat medics, things would be going well. Even if I’m not good enough to micro them, medics in brood war have a ton of spells, which fits in to that compartmental shield system, which is a great detail! Hope all is well! Sorry to geek out ahaha 🤣

[@TheMetalwolf77777]

Who needs medics when we have stem packs

[@Overgis4058]

@@TheMetalwolf77777 the marines, who have stimpack xD

[@Quetzen]

Something something expendable resources and slave colonies giving back the losses

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@Quetzen the Korpulu sector was always fubar : )

[@TheWingdingo]

Oh man, back in the 2000s, I was so looking toward Ghost as it was going to expand on the lore of Starcraft and let you actually run around on foot or in vehicles. There is literally nothing from stopping Blizzard from giving the idea another go around.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

It just baffles me that they haven’t even done anything with the IP! Look at 40K and tell me a first person L4D or any genre wouldn’t reinvigorate the franchise, let alone some original ideas! Take us to the guild wars, take us through ghost training! Let us write it ahahaha : ) thanks for taking the time to comment

[@LegendStormcrow]

I remember the sadness I felt finding that old SC Ghost Game Informer in the ruins of a home a few years back. I remember reading that mag front to back when it first came out.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@LegendStormcrow it would be so cool to see it in Unreal 5, think about the cloaking, the sniper, the espionage, the nukes!! We’ll petition Microsoft!

[@LegendStormcrow]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios If they do it, they have to do it right. None of this clean sci-fi Blizzard peddles now. The gritty old stuff needs to come back, even if Ghost was the first sign of the new style.

[@basedeltazero714]

Man, every time someone reminds me of Ghost I get a little sad.

[@quox3987]

SCV lore -the jets that let SCVs hover where an aftermarket modification by the original designers found them to be lacking. They were going to be optimized for even better performance later (think Reapers in terms of speed and maybe even cliff jumping) but walked back the idea when SCV racing started becoming popular as the company wanted to avoid impromptu racing accidents causing lawsuits. -The infamous Warhound that was so difficult to balance that Blizzard declared “screw it” and removed it from multiplayer entirely, started life as a modified SCV. -SCVs are MASSIVE at 12 feet tall, it’s a pickup truck that learned to walk upright. -SCVs have learning computers that adapt to the users preferences and help automate out repeated actions and help in a fight. These systems have also been somewhat controversial in SC2 as data from them went into making the MULE, which the SCV workers Union sees as an attempt to put them all out of a job.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

This is fantastic! Thank you so much for writing all of this!

[@basedeltazero714]

Seeing a marine next to an SCV in the Real Scale mod is quite a shock.

[@quox3987]

@@basedeltazero714 and marines are not small either. SCVs are entire construction sites worth of equipment compressed into a single vehicle. It’s almost comedic how cheap they are for what they can do. Even in lore.

[@VeryPeeved]

Don't forget the ridiculously overengineered multitool that has an entire miniature fusion reactor dedicated just to powering it. Yes, SCVs are powered by two separate fusion reactors. Also, the build times for the various buildings in Starcraft are exaggerated, but not by nearly as much as you might think. SCV construction times are ridiculous (hence why they can compete with literally warping in fully built structures), and it's no exaggeration to say that the invention of the SCV was the single biggest factor in the Terran's rapid expansion across the entire Koprulu sector.

[@Tomoyuki_Tanaka]

SCVs are space construction vehicles, used to construct and maintain everything from remote outposts to space platforms as well as harvest resources and general reconstruction efforts. They are used by both military and civilian interests throughout the Koprulu sector for their versatility and reliability, and are regarded as a foundational unit for terran forces. The current model became popular when they were used in the construction of Tarsonis' space platforms. It was widely adopted and became a staple in terran engineering by 2489. During the reign of the Terran Confederacy, volunteering to pilot an SCV appeared to be an alternative to military service. The PEB (Preferred Experience Base) was hostile environment engineering, with combat experience a plus. In the Terran Dominion, SCV pilots are represented by the SCV pilot's union, who oppose the continued efforts of the Dominion Engineering Corps to replicate protoss probes.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

This is sick!! Where did you get this info? Thank you!!!

[@Tomoyuki_Tanaka]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios Starcraft Fandom wiki, which got it from Starcraft Manual, Starcraft Compendium, the novel I, Mengsk, and various Blizzard websites (it's in the references).

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@Tomoyuki_Tanaka I must’ve missed this! Thank you so much! I was going a bit crazy since Blizzard added so much detail for every unit ahaha. Hope all is well, thank you!

[@Tomoyuki_Tanaka]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios No problem, always happy to help!

[@milosstojanovic4623]

That Sarah cinematic when she got left on the planet always bring a tear to my eye 😥

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

It’s a top ten video game betrayal. And seeing it in beautiful HD rather than in game blew me away back then, as it does now. Hope all is well!

[@milosstojanovic4623]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios I need more Starcraft games xD Starcraft 2 (1 was also very good) is probably in top 5 strategy games ever created with great campaign.

[@Dinidan]

When it comes to voice lines, I love the Siege Tanks. "I'm about to drop the hammer and dispense some indiscriminate justice"

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing this! It’s a great one and I’m so glad these voice lines still are in our hearts!

[@gelgamath_9903]

Ab-so-lutely!

[@LegendStormcrow]

Quick correction. The Confederacy had fielded battlefield medics before the UED showed up. They just didn't field many of them. I believe it was during the Guild Wars they started fielding them as a trial run. It was when James Raynor met Tychus, but before the Magistrate recruited him as a marshal.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Thank you so much for writing this! From my research it seemed that the UED were the ones to bring the medics onto the front lines, and have them equipped with armor as opposed to the colonies which kept them at the barracks, since we don’t see them until Brood War? Again thank you for taking the time to write this! I truly appreciate it

[@LegendStormcrow]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios If you read the Heavens Devils books, Tychus was dating a field medic. At the time the Confederacy must have found them not worthwhile to field. There also was an early firebat, though I believe his jump packs were quickly taken away.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@LegendStormcrow amazing thank you!!!

[@nono5564]

The main issue here is that was more of a retcon, a lack of consistency due to the different teams. I much prefered the focus on SC and BW while ignoring 2 for what this video was(and that was what he mostly did)

[@ZetsubouGintama]

Also, UED imported a nano surgery when Doninion and the resof sector adopted and jump start an improved medic program.

[@Vantud391]

Considering how overpowered C14 Gauss Rifle in the lore is, and Terran Marines don't live long on the battlefield and they are just basic soldiers, that showing how terrifying and overpowered the shits they face in the SC universe.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Oh absolutely! I think one of my favorite details is Zerg carapace armor and it literally evolving to soak up Terran bullets and Protoss. I would be horrified if I was on the front lines seeing ultralisks running around not being to be shot ahaha. Hope all is well!

[@Vantud391]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios I love Terran Marines, their gun and CMC armor. They don't get to shine enough. Considering how people love Space Marine games and they works. I would love it that SC to have a game similar like that, to see the harsh reality from Terran Marine's eyes. How about you?

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@Vantud391 I would take any new game that expands anything with the lore. 40K has done it well, not every game is great, but at least they’ve tried their hand at crpg, fps etc.. I would love a splinter cell game as a ghost ( not too original), but I’d also take a game focused on Mara Sara colony right before the Zerg get there, so it would be the start of revolution and then invasion. Could be cool to shoot both confederacy and Zerg. Now that Microsoft owns the IP, I think it would be rash of them not to do anything with it

[@chrisidore023]

And the ammo isn't unlimited too

[@VeryPeeved]

Yeah, people really tend to underestimate the Starcraft universe in general. In context, everything feels about normal, and the guys dying in droves as a matter of course feel like weak canon fodder. It's only when you take them out of context that it brings into sharp relief how powerful they truly are, like when a single hydralisk in the Night Elf campaign of Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos can singlehandedly take on armies of undead.

[@jaimexcas]

When i was a kid, me and my friends used to call goliaths "Robocops" because of the Robocop prototype from the first movie. Also, nice detail on using RA2 soundtrack for the video.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

And robocop is a great movie too! I’m so glad you picked up on it : )

[@danxan6438]

Pretty sure I heard some Age of Empires soundtracks in there as well

[@vizelek2156]

7:22 Goliaths are better than you might think, especially with the range upgrade. They scale well with upgrades. One upgrade is +4 damage to their anti-air attacks (OK it's technically only +2 if the target has the same level armour).

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Thank you so much for your comment! I did have fun watching my Goliaths annihilate the enemies mutalisk without having to micro them. What’s one of your favorite unit?

[@vizelek2156]

My undisputed favorite unit is the Marine. I love using stim packs and watching how everything dies in a few seconds.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@vizelek2156 the instant sound of the stimpack will always be one of those ASMR sounds that must’ve developed when playing the game as a kid. Also marines are all around awesome! Hope all is well!

[@jamesk7256]

It should also be noted that Goliath's ground attack does normal damage, which means they do full damage to light units like Zerglings and infantry. They're amazing when supporting Siege Tanks, providing not just anti-air, but anti-infantry support. Have you ever had a bunch of Siege Tanks taking out everything on the ground, until suddenly they got rushed by Zerglings or Zealots? While not as cost-effective as Marines for this purpose, they share upgrades with your Siege Tanks, in addition to providing incredible anti-air.

[@vizelek2156]

Well, they do decent anti-ground damage, however, it's only +1 per upgrade so vultures may be better at dealing with light units. Their 1 base armor should not be overlooked though. Anyway, they do decent damage to ground and amazing damage to air, which makes them great support for siege tanks.

[@Newie69MK]

I've played a lot of RTS games over the years. Age of Empires, Command and Conquer, Rise of Nations, Supreme Commander, etc etc and as far as basic infantry units go, I think Starcraft's Terran Marine is the best starter infantry unit in the RTS genre. Inexpensive, easy to use, flexible for both offense and defense, able to attack both ground and air, etc.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

I hope you enjoy some of the music in the video, tried to get a lot of those titles soundtracks in the video : ) I couldn’t agree more, it’s how I played StarCraft 2 online, since I spammed marine/medship and didn’t feel bad if I lost ahahah. Hope all is well!

[@Kamenb1801]

And SC1 hydralisk was my favourite unit in the game. An all-rounder, decent upgrades, fair price.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@Kamenb1801 I love their upgrades! Thanks for taking the time to comment!

[@Kamenb1801]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios You are welcome, mate.

[@Kamenb1801]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios And,boy, the voice, the animations. I used to believe they spit acid.

[@leadedbison1997]

There is so much they can do with the Star Craft universe, and I'll never understand why they haven't. It is one of the biggest wasted IPs I've ever witnessed.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Microsoft wants exclusives, so they buy companies then don’t make exclusives with their IPs.. it’s wild!! They could give us a 2D adventure click game and if it was good I’d take it

[@leadedbison1997]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios no seriously. At this point, I'll take just about anything and be happy with it, lol. We can still hope. There is a chance they'll give us something. I just know Starcraft could've and would've been more if they didn't back out constantly and wait ages between releases.

[@AvelierPlays]

Most of the lore in SC was included in the manual, which had so much information about units, buildings, factions, history of each race, etc. I still have all my manuals

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

What’s one of your favorite bits of the manual?

[@AvelierPlays]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios probably the mixture of the artwork by Metzen and others with the bits of lore next to them. I think Metzen’s style while probably not appealing to most, was instrumental in setting the tone for those early Blizzard games like WarCraft and StarCraft. They also had small 3D renders of each unit with their bio. I love the original Marine armor design more than the overly bulky and intricate one of the sequel, they were always my favorite unit because they just looked like futuristic astronauts with guns. Plus the C-14 Gauss Rifle just sounded bad ass when they fired in game.

[@flavorgod]

Manual is free in pdf form

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@flavorgod I’ll check it out! Thank you!

[@nicholaswallen8147]

Ur rocking red alert 2 music to a starcraft vid? I'm subbed

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

All RTS games need to band together, it’s also such great music from the time period : ) I appreciate you noticing!!

[@Aryzuo]

Reading the OG Starcraft manual with all of the lore details is a genuine highlight of my childhood/early teenage years.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Something about a tangible object to read gave it reverence and mystique. Thanks for sharing, I’m glad that was a memory you had : )!

[@DethklokMinion]

The Goliath design is based off ED209 from Robocop. I'm surprised you didn't bring that up since if you poke the Dragoon enough it says the iconic "drop your weapon" line.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

I didn’t see it fully confirmed, but just uploaded the Protoss video and added in the voice line : )

[@DethklokMinion]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios the units design is way too similar, since StarCraft was originally supposed to be a Warhammer 40k game and was cancelled by Games Workshop after a pretty significantof chunk of development was done, I could be wrong but I would guess they had to redesign the sprite models and Robocop would have been everywhere on VHS in the late 90s, yeah there arent any official confirmations but I know the ED209 style when I see it

[@Phantomsbreath]

Honestly, one of the things I love about the Vulture is their ability to harrass your enemy's mineral/gas lines. They're designed to be anti light unit. So they make decent work of things like marines, firebats and zerglings, and even go decently hard against Hydralisks.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Thanks for taking the time writing this and sharing your thoughts!

[@mrtevun2382]

Drinking game where every time Dog Dad Studios blinks take a drink.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Uh oh, I gotta work on my presenting! I've got the vocals, now its only time that I get the "news anchor" finesse. Thanks for stopping by! I'm glad you won't get too drunk this time : )

[@Diablo-pl7jo]

For the scv I would have loved to see the one image of it having a Zerg in his claws. It also shows of the proper scale of them

[@multibomble]

I was just looking this idea up randomly and didn't expect this to be from three days ago

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

I’ll have the next videos out in a bit : )

[@zeptamus5577]

I've never felt so welcomed and acknowledged while watching a video, you seem like the nicest person ever, love the content!

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

I appreciate this so much, thank you from the bottom of my heart. But it wouldn’t be anything without people like you commenting and starting conversations. Hope you’re doing well, and even if I can help make someone’s day a little better for 5 minutes, that’s really cool. Thanks for taking the time to watch and write : ) All the best, Dog dad

[@hybralisk]

Not gonna lie, it makes my eye twitch a bit in frustration to hear the Age of Empires 2 music as the background while you talk about Starcraft. Good job. :)

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Ahahah I try to evoke emotion

[@Blind_Prime]

Seige Tanks & Galiaths a match made in heaven. I love those transforming tanks so much and using a mech to back up the artillery just felt Gundam to me. lol

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Oh my god yes!!! Gundam Wing was my thing back in the day! When he rips the birthday invitation and pilots a mech.. ugh dreams

[@selinabirkin1344]

Been playing Starcraft since the game came out near my fourth birthday, so when I say I'm a terran for life I mean it! Did you know Overwatch 2's PVE mode was a repurposed Starcraft RTS in the works? When that PVE mode got permanently cancelled I thought we were going through a second SC Ghost. I saw Ghost on magazines back when it was going to release as an Xbox game. Extremely saddening.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@Thekingkong96]

I love how KZbinr say or we not gonna get in to a subject to save time. Dude I’m here for the whole lore not trying to save time.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

The blending of entertainment and knowledge is difficult to produce, especially as a, one dog, one guy team. Hope all is well

[@RyanCaden-w4m]

Immortals is giving me the Starcraft2 vibe and I'm loving it.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

What’s immortals?

[@littlesmallworld123]

I always loved the Ghost lines. "I'm gone!" "Never know what hit em" and my personal favourite when a Ghost is produced "Somebody call for an exterminator? 😎" Absolutely oozes swagger.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

The old voice lines hit so hard, thanks for taking the time to write this!!

[@littlesmallworld123]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios for sure man! You earned a sub for the quality content, but also for tuggin at my nostalgia strings lol

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@littlesmallworld123 well I appreciate it! Hope you have a great weekend : )

[@pakboris2268]

I like 1 story about SCVs. After Brood war Dominion decided to make SCVs less armored in order to make them cheaper and lighter. Workers didn`t like it and eventually a rebelion rised. Unfortunately for them they were quickly surpressed due to insufficient armor

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@osraneslipy]

Awesome video, thank you for making it available.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

StarCraft should be talked about more : ) thanks for taking the time to watch and comment! Happy holidays!

[@osraneslipy]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios Same to you

[@drakeb8117]

Man I'm loving these lore videos. Thank you for your work, and putting out these videos on a game we all love!

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Thank you for taking the time to write this kind words! More coming soon : )

[@Oneirophrenian]

Very nice c&c ra2 music, also, excellent video!

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

I’m glad you noticed and thank you for your kind words! I truly appreciate you taking the time!

[@imlatinoguy]

I had a game where I kept a fleet of Carriers at bay with Wraiths. I would target the observers and then let the missiles fly.

Man I’m totally obsessed with StarCraft since I was a kid. It’s so nice to find someone who’s as passionate as I am. I really enjoyed your video and you made me remember how disappointed I was when they cancelled StarCraft ghost 😢. You know why? Because it was always my dream to be able to see all StarCraft units closely in their “real size”. I guess that’ll never happen. But thank you 🙏🏽

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I truly appreciate it! Yeah Ghost absolutely hurt, and now Microsoft seems to be not using the IP's they've purchased for millions of dollars. Sad days, but hopefully more good ones ahead. Hope all is well!

[@RustyLockjaw]

I still catch myself impulsively saying "Goliath online " after starting my car at least once a week.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Ahahah i love this

[@iforgotmyname1885]

0:41 pov you just clicked on the fire bat 100 times in the last 10 seconds. Also consider checking out the starcraft: Frontline comics.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@iforgotmyname1885 thank you for this suggestion!!

[@pronoydutta614]

I think the terran faction rewarded great micromanagement and tactics the most. They're possibly the hardest to master despite having deceptively accessible unit line ups like siege tanks and medics, etc. They surprisingly seem to have great tactical options in practice compared to the protoss, imo.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Well written, I wholeheartedly agree!!

[@spooneater9001]

I think the lack of medics in the confederacy/ dominion can easily be explained by the fact that the (probably lack of) medkits they had on board the prison colony ships was probably the extent their (probably lack of) medical development when they got stranded on the planets. Compared to the collective medical knowledge of Earth over the centuries, and you have a major medical tech deficit on the colonies part.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@technicolorskies5432]

Do you have any idea what those missiling things are on the battlecruisers, lore wise? Im talking about the rocket-looking parts attached to the wings. Ive always wondered what the artist's intent was.

[@SuperBolt7]

I heard that C&C ost snuck in! I love it!

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Good ears : )

[@fredgrossedout4314]

Quick tip on Vultures, Skirmisher says it all, Hot key em to 4 make only 4 that makes 12 spider mines I think... Set them on a point past your spider mines and keep light ground patrols from attacking your base early, When Out gunned Fall Back behind Goliaths Siege Tanks and Bunkers Any Casualty adds on to the Spidermine fields... They Outrun Everything on the Ground when Upgraded, Wraiths Are Distractions You can Go in Deep to their Supplies or Resources cause a panic And land Dropship Siege troops fire bats Goliaths and siege tanks on their productions, All the While Marines and Vultures can Run through their front defenses preferably with battle cruisers... Ghosts and Science Vessels on the other hand, Well be creative how to use them after that ammount of chaos 💀

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time to write all this!

[@JanJansen985]

If you ever wonder why old Starcraft works is cus it was a passion side project Thy had that Chris fella just doing it for himself then thry adapted it into a game

[@vg4655]

Great vid, StarCraft 3 when?

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

In our collective dreams! Honestly though, how could they not continue the story!! Please don’t be another half life 3 ahaha. Thank you for your kind words! Hope all is well!

[@Kamenb1801]

​@@Dog.Dad.StudiosIMHO, the SC2's writing ruined lore and characters. Complaints aside, the global war ended, the ultimate evil was defeated, basically the story had an end without cliffhangers. Still, it would be worth creating a prequel. Shame Blizzard doesn't have a SC1 level of writing these days.

[@TMoDDD]

Most of the terran arsenal re colonist tech cuz those three big ships that leaved earth didnt carry actual colonist but exiled humans. Theres some military schematics like the Goliath or Battlecruiser that somehow ended up in those ships but i think most of the tech we see in the game is just adapted from civilian colonist tech like machinery and other stuff.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Yeah they were convicts from the Purge or whatever the previous UED government was doing on Earth. That makes sense about the converting tech, but the colonies also develop their own weapons during the guild wars and subsequent fighting? Thank you so much for commenting!

[@tictcha612]

Great video !

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Thank you : ) hope all is well!

[@Force_of_Relief]

Holy facking shit the Machine Spirit recommended me this hidden gem channel!

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Praise the machine spirit!

[@TeacherTaj]

All hail the Omnisiah, lol

[@CD-qc6mk]

SC1 lore was amazing. SC2 lore written by emo high schoolers.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

I was once that emo highschooler who ate it up ahahaha. Can’t wait to play for the retrospective

[@CD-qc6mk]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios And then the voice acting for the units. The ghost in SC2 sounds like a child molester ffs. Ok I'm done crying now, SC2 sucked, gameplay went from micro to macro, voice acting sucked, characters destroyed, storyline cringe. -_-

[@luisodriozola79]

Bit of trivia: All in game lines from the dropships came form Aliens 2 movie

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

That’s sick! Thank you for sharing! Time to watch : ) hope all is well, thank you for taking the time to write this!

[@karpai5427]

There is also more units beyond video games. I heard about some on the wiki. Do Raiders (Big Anti ground Valkyrie before Brood War) exists by the way? Valkyries also had stimpack. I think it is called Afterburners. So they are fast we just can't see it in game because it is op. Or maybe they are actually slow and to be on par with other ships they have to spend health or energy. 14:28 There was an ad on Dominion Television that says you should give you child to become ghost or something like that. Besides they are taken from families, so I think people do know about them. Ghosts also don't use any psyonics as units. All their abilities look like normal weapons.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Thank you so much for writing this! And what a great catch! Maybe at that point in the story they’re more known? Regardless great catch!

[@welzerknightwesker8038]

I love to use vultures for hit and run tactics they are great for dealing against slower enemies

[@zinowagner]

Audio balance is off Turn your mic up and level off game footage / music and your effects

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Still learning the ins and outs of audio, I’ll look up auto balancing with my current software. Thank you! Hope all is well!

[@tajmon_smok1357]

11:16 where can i find this website?

[@Antonio-vp3es]

I love the starcraft 1 units design, but not a fan of the disneyfication of units in starcraft 2.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

StarCraft and Brood War were definitely more visceral. Hell a lot of things were back then. It honestly made it even more compelling, since there were harsh consequences. I still think of dragoon’s death animations! Stuff is haunting. Thanks for taking the time to comment!

[@Kamenb1801]

​@@Dog.Dad.StudiosI've played SC1 in the early 00s. I was a kid back in the day, we had an unofficial voiceover in Russia. The dragoon death sound was so goofy 😂

[@nephplays7174]

Who knows? Phil Spencer was wearing Starcraft Merch last game show and Microsoft is introducing the Starcraft Series to the game pass "could" be a hype-building start or at least to test the waters if it's warm enough to invest more. Rumors of a first person shooter in the works could be set in the Starcraft-verse. We could only keep our fingers crossed and hope this is the start of Blizzard coming back to life..

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Manifesting with this comment : ) thanks for writing this!!

[@dr.pastrami5272]

someone have a link to that legacy lore page?

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

classic.battle.net/scc/

[@sleepydragonzarinthal3533]

Weird, I always assumed they were called fire bats because they're short range like a baseball bat

[@mikegla1746]

10:14 Red Alert 2 soundtrack kick in and i confuse even more Hahahaha.

[@kazeinu0151]

Thinking about Star Craft Ghost has always made me sad

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Maybe someday if the Microsoft corporates can give us something true ahahah

[@exsurgemechprints2671]

The Terran civilian was upset he got assigned to be an SCV 😂. Just listen to the SCV quotes.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Ahaha that’s fantastic!

[@jeffmejias4235]

My number one strategy is just to build as many battle cruiser as I can.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

It’s a bold strategy!

[@Trauson]

I mean the only time they tried to do something outside of the RTS games... with ghost they ended up cancelling it. We also got the characters on Heroes of the Storm if that satisfies you xD

[@chrisidore023]

Okay, so which type or BC category Hyperion is?

[@louievelayo4100]

It's a Behemoth-class.

[@oaschloch-reuploads4423]

are you gonna do the same video for protoss and zerg units?

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

100% and more on StarCraft as well as my normal schedule of video game reviews/retrospectives and opinions : ) there is something for everyone on my channel, I make sure of it! Hope all is well and look forward to seeing you for the next video! What’s your favorite Terran unit?

[@danielwebster4277]

I played Sc2 Just cause i saw the legacy of the void trailer, I had no idea what kinda game it was and when i started, i just fell in love with the units, the factions and the lore. And i couldnt even see it all cause i cant afford the expansions. Man i miss starcraft

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@danielwebster4277 if you haven’t had the opportunity to play the expansions yet, I’ll make sure to get SC2 full retrospective started soon. What caught your eye about the trailer? Blizzard’s visuals are always amazing, but not everyone likes sci fi. I’d be glad to hear your feelings on it : ) hope all is well

[@danielwebster4277]

​@@Dog.Dad.Studios It was just a great cinematic, the cool factor was cranked up to an 11, The shield protecting the zealot when the baneling exploded, the archon spawning all about it was so cool!

[@JoanMendoza]

0:14 that was pre-Activision buyout and all the good writers/game devs left :(

[@kirill429]

Hi! Love your work here.. i’ve been into starcraft unit lore since I was a kid reading the sc1 lore book

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Howdy! Thank you for taking the time to express your thoughts about the video! I truly appreciate it. I’ll try my best, still getting used to doing lines infront of a camera and I really put a lot of time to writing my script, so I might seem intense delivering. Hope all is well!

[@kirill429]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios you got this man! I can’t wait to see more :)

[@j0246]

10:03 Red Alert 2 music? Nice.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

I’m happy you caught it! Love using fun soundtracks : )

[@brandonborth4496]

I have an old Xbox magazine demo disc that has game play of starcraft: ghost. Was great, would've made an amazing game.

[@DoomIIMaster]

When you think about how a medic can bring an infantry unit from the brink of death to being able to fight at top performance...

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Howdy DoomIImaster, I’m playing Doom 3 now! Should I play Doom 2?

[@DoomIIMaster]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios Doom 3 is my favorite, but yes you should play Doom 2

[@Pridemare]

Vultures or Goliath are not good ingame? You should watch some SC esport ^^

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

I have to admit, haven’t watched the pros for a while, I’ll have to check it out!

[@Pridemare]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios SC BW esport is in a really good place right now. The matches are awesome, have fun!

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@Pridemare This makes me so happy, I loved watching back in the day, are they on youtube? I'll do some research of my own, but any casters you would recommend?

[@model84]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios StarCastTV English and Tastosis (1st for in-game depth analysis, 2nd for game knowledge and dad jokes:))

[@DoYouLoveTheSilverHairedGod]

Always wanted a World of Starcraft game.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

It would be awesome!!

[@James-zy5lh]

Loved the unit dialogue for all the races. I’m curious if I’m the only person who thought Jim was a slightly overweight, bald guy in SC1 and BW. Personally, I’m not a huge fan of the glow up they gave him for SC2. He, and most other hero characters, seemed much more real in the original games.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Absolutely agree, I could see people being weirded out with Jimmy from SC1 was the protagonist, I bet blizzard wanted to "doll" him up.

[@CTMoney7]

I love the lore and seeing the individual units but I am dog water online. I just play campaign lol!

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Same here : ) whatever floats our boats!!

[@Overgis4058]

Man, I understand you're not the same type of player as me, but you lost me for a second when you said you dont think the vulture is an efficient killer. I have history in tournaments (not pro, god nowhere near pro, but still) using vultures effectively against armies I should not have been able to beat because of good split-mine micro. That's not a critique, it just threw me for a loop for a second lol The video was fantastic though! Full of information, but nothing that would be too much fluff or bloat for this type of format. I didn't know a lot of what I learned here, and I'll be checking out that other lore video you mention. It's really cool to be able to immerse myself in a game I've been playing for 20 years in a totally different way than I ever have!

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Oh man just like the science vessel, I’m sure I was not good enough to utilize the vulture! It also was a mental thing, since marines were 50 minerals and getting a factory, I only wanted siege tanks ahahah. I never cared how long the battles went, so my friend and I at the time monologued, “the best offense is defense.” So I think vultures or any high apm unit, we just couldn’t handle ahaha. I cannot express my gratitude for your second paragraph ( and first, I truly appreciate you sharing this!). I woke up today and your response made me smile. I didn’t know there was this much behind StarCraft and I’m so glad I did the deep dive. It’s one of the games that truly got me into gaming and narrative. I can’t wait to start writing the scripts for Protoss and Zerg, and so much more! I hope you’re doing well and I thank you so much for taking the time to write this, it means so much! Talk soon : ) Also what is your favorite Terran unit? Did you only play Terran in tournaments?

[@Overgis4058]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios i look forward to seeing more! This feels unreal to me right now, im nearly as amped up when I saw the zealots warping in during the LOTV trailer. I never thought the lore would be so *rich.* I played all three races in tournaments, but when i play against people close to me or above me, I go for terran because Im a big fan of the adaptability of their units. I often play unusual compositions to throw people off, such as ghost mech with nukes while simultaneously dropping everywhere. The obvious downside to having so much supply in stuff that isnt army means im weaker in the straight up fight, but the combination of nukes and dropships makes the thought of moving out intimidating because you cant deal damage to me without some cost. The players I struggle against are the ones that are good at killing me before I get to that multi-prong aggression phase of the game. I make up for a lack of skill with speed and multitasking. So all the gimmicky stuff doesn't really work against players of higher calibers. What about you? What's your favorite thing to do in Starcraft? Edit: favorite unit is a HARD one. It's hard for me to say since Im a sucker for unique strategies. I would say it's either the vulture or the dropship. I like to pin my opponents in their bases and take my own bases, so fast units capable of forcing a response are vital to me. You might say I play a bit zerglike lol

[@George-Hawthorne]

To me the attacks of the Wraith always seemed weird. By all rights the armament ought to be anti-air lasers and anti-ground missiles.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

I agree! Cool unit concept though, but never did it for me. Thanks for stopping by!

[@Cloudberry84]

Science vessel aka Mr Burns 😊

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Excellent

[@shawncarlson2508]

this makes me womder why Jim Raynor uses it

[@matteofontana_]

Fire bats suits have a risk kf exploding

[@elvincecodilla2862]

Why is your background music from Age of Empires? 😅

[@louievelayo4100]

Age of Empires and Command and Conquer. I swear, I just heard Red Alert 2 music.

[@Rebellion90s]

Mine would be Valkyrie. Due to her weapon behavior, she reminds me of air-to-air bombardment found in several Ace Combat games, and no, it's not Fox 3 where you lock on to multiple targets at once with AMRAAM or R-77 or Meteor, but more like throwing a bunch of cluster grenade into the air to kill a flock of birds. And due to my cluelessness about foreign languages (both English and German), me and my friends had made a lot of funny misheard lines out of both Terran and Protoss such as when Valk said "Attention" in German which is "Achtung", my childish brain received "Out through the ass".

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@Rebellion90s this is fantastic, thank you so much for sharing this with myself and others. I love language and it’s so interesting how games between different languages can have effects like that. Do you remember what the marines sounded like in German, or Zerg? I’m assuming for Zerg it was the same? But I would laugh if they had slightly German accents. Thanks so much for taking the time to write this! I truly appreciate it! Hope all is well!

[@Rebellion90s]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios I only had ever played English version, but some units do actually have some lines spoken in other languages or just singing, but at the moment I didn't know it was a song, and not counting Protoss language.

[@hidefreek6905]

Most of the Terran tech during SCII are diverse from superior UED. From the lore, the Earth gives those prison mates all their military-related tech. UED intention is clear, they want to limit the military advancement of Terran in the Koprulu sector. So, when the UED through the colony is ready to conquer in their name, they can use more advanced and sophisticated tech than the outdated Terran dominion. Likes the UED has complete hardware and gives ripe off, worse version to the Koprulu. When war started, those colonies would have zero chance of winning.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Thank you for writing this!

[@shawncarlson2508]

my most liked bio unit was the ghost

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

what about the ghost did you enjoy the most?

[@huytranxuan9013]

Care 2 share thumbnail pic link? They look dope. XD

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

I make them myself : ), I use thumbnail testing as well, so I don’t know which of the three you got. I like to take elements from the games and highlight them, so if you’re seeing the unit portraits, I photo shop them out and put them on a background that I find relevant. I truly appreciate your comment!

[@CriminaIlyInsane]

Tarran units are many things but generic is not one of them

[@RoadKamelot2nd]

Not particularly original though. The infantry largely resemble Warhammer 40k Space Marine infantry. The Vulture is an Aeldari Jetbike. The Goliath is a Battletech ripoff (Catapult-4C battlemech). The flyers at least appear to be products of creativity.

[@CriminaIlyInsane]

@@RoadKamelot2nd be that as it may, StarCraft 1 tarran units, as opposed to sc2, are just cool. I remember when I first saw the Goliath wearing that gas mask, looking menacingly at me, I thought to myself, what a badass. So yeah perhaps unoriginal, but for sure cool. and sc2 Goliath looks like south park's fat wow player

[@MrDwarfpitcher]

Ah yes, the Goliath looking like a badass and kid me made a lot of them because they did twice the damage of a marine, were repairable and more durable. It was a bad idea

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@MrDwarfpitcher goliaths are repairable? Wtf ahahahahah

[@MrDwarfpitcher]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios kid me liked 'losing no units'. I think I hardly used stimpacks just because of that.

[@tonicus123]

Kinda weird hearing age of empires music in the background of a star craft video.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

I try to evoke emotions

[@shawncarlson2508]

it IS too bad the Goliath wasnt as usful as expected

[@CommanderBohn]

Prefer the old Terran roster compared to the SC2 one. I don't want no Viking or Thor. I want my Wraith and Goliath.

[@Morgowitch]

I also never liked the Vulture. Every other terran unit feels somehow pragmatic and versatile. Vultures on the other hand are such nichy combattants. And I never understood why only they had spider mines and couldn't replenish them. I think they wanted to have a unit that felt like a militia. But yeah, they also felt very strange gameplay wise so all in all my least favourite terran unit.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Ahaha thank you for sharing this, I thought I was taking crazy pills with some responses : )

[@Morgowitch]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios After thinking about it a minute longer I also never liked the weaponry. Those strange canister shots never really made sense to me 🙈

[@tassadar_templar]

Do Protoss

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Executor Tassadar.. I did not know you were joining us.. Taro Adun! Absolutely : ) starting the script this weekend

[@louievelayo4100]

Don't you (common Terran profanity) badmouth a classic like that! - Jim Raynor probably Seriously, man makes his first appearance in his Vulture.

[@JWQweqOPDH]

Your voice is too quiet compared to the inserted memes and unit quotes. Edit: Not all the inserted sounds are equal. The ones toward the beginning of the video are louder, and the ones at the end are quieter.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

I appreciate you writing this, I’ve seen this once or twice on this video. What audio device are you using to listen?

[@JWQweqOPDH]

@@Dog.Dad.Studios I believe I was watching on my PC last night using regular speakers like you might get at Walmart

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

@@JWQweqOPDH awesome thank you so much! I usually do three tests, one with my studio headphones, one with my monitor speakers, and once with surround sound on tv. I try to mix everything to the same levels, and it can be hard since audio clips come from different sources. I’ll listen closer to monitor speakers and their audio levels throughout. Being a one person editor, sometimes I get used to the noises or sounds while editing, so I won’t notice everything. And I doubt I’ll be able to perfect audio for each person, but I’ll try. Thanks for stopping by and replying!

[@szajba8106]

10:20 hol' up that ain't a SC soundtrack. Do I smell.... CnC?

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Hehehe you got to respect some of the best soundtracks which RTS games had back in the day : ) great ears!! Hope all is well!

[@tulejumal]

Your voiceover is way quieter than the clips you add for voices. Makes it hard to watch calmly.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Howdy! I appreciate you taking the time to say this. I try to mix my audio as well as I can, using studio earphones, and while it was louder, I didn’t think it disrupted the narrative. There are some clips like the voice lines that are inherently loud. Tuning them down, as I did to 75% for the video, I thought did enough. But I’m sorry that was your experience, since I want each viewer to be engaged, but also relaxed. Hope all is well! Can I ask what audio you were listening through?

[@magentaballthepolandball5130]

"just imagine ... miles per hour" ah yeah sure, let me imagine this weird american concept that I have never thought about.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

See the speed!

[@josephpowers7155]

Heh- the most iconic starcraft unit be carriers bud

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

You’re going to hate my Zerg video coming out then : )

[@КонстантинИванов-д1д]

bro nice video but with that cadence and delivery you should just skip the joke attempts. That "halo" one where you said that some stuff could mean two things at once was LITERALLY painful.

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Usually I don’t respond to these. But if anyone else sees this, I want them to know: life is about trying. You don’t come out day 1 knowing anything, you have to try to learn. And that’s what I’ll continue to do. If that’s not your outlook, you should try!

[@foberdud7576]

@7:12 ur welcome

[@alexanderkirk3126]

Hard to watch this your camera changes position way! to often, not trying to be disrespectful just some feedback, Also your clips are way to loud compared to your mic 🎤

[@marklacdao3897]

Now go do starcraft 3 lore

[@KimDoeYoung]

Starcraft 1 Marines and Civilian unit has both 40 hp and 0 armor. anyone see the problem here? lol...

[@Dog.Dad.Studios]

Those are some tough Civilians ahaha!