Are Terran Units cloned? Where do they come from?
Unlike the Protoss who teleport in, or the Zerg who hatch from larvae, Terrans come in space ships. Presumably, their command center contains many, many people living inside. But then you can construct a new building and it will magically be full of people (even if all your command center is flying far away on the map over a pit of lava).
Is there supposed to be a logical explanation for this? Or am I thinking too hard about it?
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The question has already been answered, but I came across something of interest worth mentioning as a separate answer.
In the original Terran campaign on level 4: The Jacobs Installation, Jim Raynor and his team infiltrate a Terran facility, and at one point activate a "teleportation field" which moves them across the map. This is proof that the Terrans have access to teleportation technology, and would seem to explain (or at the very least provide a plausible explanation for) how it is possible for them to move units between buildings when required.
HOWEVER
Through snooping around on an official StarCraft blog, it has also (quite accidentally) come to my attention that Terrans used cloning technology to populate the Koprulu sector (which could explain how they are able to rapidly produce units).
"This is an excellent question, and one that has been discussed internally for several years. I've always said that these were four crashed colony ships. So while much of their technology was lost, there were certainly means to ensure a foothold on a new, hostile planet – frozen embryos, frozen fertilized eggs, certainly extensive cloning."
This would also seem to be the only way to explain why a mind-controlled SCV is able to construct buildings that can be used to produce more humans.
Hey - if we can rapidly grow/reincarnate Zerg units (including intelligent ones like Kerrigan or the Cerebrate), why not Terrans?
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Who created the terrans in starcraft?
In LOTV we learned that the xel'naga were seeding life not only in the Kuprulu sector but also in countless other universes (2nd Ulnar mission). This could also include the Milky Way. This means that the xel'naga could have seeded Earth and created the Terrans as well.Are terran humans?
Note: Terran is sometimes used to refer to Humans and other things from Earth in the Prime Universe. Terrans are humans of the Mirror universe. The two species, Human and Terran, are nearly identical except for the latter being more sensitive to light.Why is Terran so weak?
What makes Terran weak is that every single Terran unit needs a lot of micro to be good. I mean good micro with Korean top level micro . Each race is meant to be unique but they each still have similar game play mechanics in certain areas. Stealth/detection would be one example.What do the Protoss think of Terrans?
Both protoss and zerg individuals have noted that terrans are a species driven by greed. One belief, or rather hope that has remained more-or-less constant for humanity is a fascination with the existence of other sapient life \u2013 a hope that remained unfulfilled until contact was made with the protoss and zerg.This is How Terran Units Were in 2010!
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