Oriental culture in the starcraft universe

[drakolobo]

thanks for the replies, very informative, and it seems that Western culture was the winner, had expected it currently has a strong influence, but I wonder if something like ethnic associations such as the criminal or other, could be introduced in starcraft. and the issue of religious associations is also interesting. I think in the history of the medivac, a nun was mentioned

[Kimera757]

thanks for the replies, very informative, and it seems that Western culture was the winner, had expected it currently has a strong influence, but I wonder if something like ethnic associations such as the criminal or other, could be introduced in starcraft. and the issue of religious associations is also interesting. I think in the history of the medivac, a nun was mentioned

In Uprising, Somo Hung's planet held numerous religious cults (Hung himself wasn't a member), and Ardo Melnikov from Speed of Darkness was an ardent Christian. A number of characters have expressed belief in god (such as Jim Raynor in the novels), and quite a few characters say things like "if there was a god, then this is hell".

[The_Blade]

thanks for the replies, very informative, and it seems that Western culture was the winner, had expected it currently has a strong influence, but I wonder if something like ethnic associations such as the criminal or other, could be introduced in starcraft. and the issue of religious associations is also interesting. I think in the history of the medivac, a nun was mentioned

Perhaps not the winner, but rather the losser of the Great War on Old Earth. Each of the Super Carriers which brought the Terrans to the Kropulu sector where identified as criminals in Old Earth. There was also this tendency to clean earth of impure beings.

Looking at the nature of the UED, they all look russian or from russian decent. If the Great War was similar to WW2 then the russians must have cleaned the western culture out of Earth (Probably nuked Asia first and then confronted the weak western powers, which surrendered and were forced to leave Earth).

[Kimera757]

Their top general was French, and the UPL picked English as their language. Perhaps Europe won.

We were told the more powerful nations fell (due to massive political and economic change).

[Turalyon]

Looking at the nature of the UED, they all look russian or from russian decent.

That's a pretty broad generalisation isn't it? You're basing this off on one influential character that happens to be part of the UED. DuGalle does not sound like a Russian name nor does he have a Russian accent.

If the Great War was similar to WW2 then the russians must have cleaned the western culture out of Earth (Probably nuked Asia first and then confronted the weak western powers, which surrendered and were forced to leave Earth).

If that were true, how come the UED don't all speak Russian? It was made clear in the Terran backstory that the UPL made English the only language to be spoken in an attempt to remove cultural differences (even banning native languages of countries). This alone signifies that the UPL has some ties/origins to a more "Westernised" culture. I would highly doubt that if the Russian's won the last Great War for Earth they would then mandate a foreign language (to them, at least) be spoken as the only language.

[phazonjunkie]

Their top general was French, and the UPL picked English as their language. Perhaps Europe won.

We were told the more powerful nations fell (due to massive political and economic change).

This.
According to the backstory in the original manual, western civilization was on the decline around the late 21st, early 22nd century, ultimately collapsing on itself due to global sociopolitical/economic upheavals, with the UPL emerging from the ashes and picking up the pieces.

[TheEconomist]

Most of the UED units had American accents. I'd say America won

[mr. peasant]

Most of the UED units had American accents. I'd say America won

New UED units:
1. Medic -> American accent
2. Valkyrie -> German accent

New Earth characters:
1. DuGalle -> French accent
2. Stukov -> Russian accent

Therefore, there is no single national majority amongst the new voices. At best, they're generally European.

[Triceron]

General Mah Sakai, head of the Kel-Morian Combine, has a very asian name. Not much is known about this guy tho.

[Quirel]

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if there was some Asian culture in StarCraft. Seems to me that a lot of cyberpunk novels have a strong Asian presence, including those written by westerners. And sicne a lot of the people sent on the Colony ships were cybernetically or genetically augmented, why not?

Also remember Nova getting her history mixed up, thinking the Germans used kamikaze bombers in WWII rather than the Japanese

Heh. Closest the Germans came were piloted V2s, used to ascertain the aerodynamic properties of that vehicle. The Americans came in, overran the testing grounds, and came to their own conclusions.

"Good Lord! A multi-stage piloted V-2 that could hit New York! The pilot could have bailed out and been picked up by U-Boat!"

I also seem to recall that the Cherry Blossom was German-designed...

well actually they said that his grandmother thought that he had great voodoo powers but that it was in fact his psionic power that enabled him to do all of those stuff.

I may be confusing Fanon with Canon, but don't Spectres use dolls to help concentrate on a target?