Female Marauder

[mr. peasant]

she isn't bad looking since she is kinda old. but she is def sleak, sneaky and flexible.

kerrigan is def super feminine. she is sleak, flexible, sneaky and trying to be made increasingly sexy.

Perhaps. But I dare you say Samus Aran from Metroid is particularly feminine when in her power armor.



She'd probably give Master Chief a run for his money.

you gotta look at things in terms of ratios man. how many men are on the frontlines infantry in most country's armies compared to women. how many men are tank drivers, pilots and battleship captains and fleet admirals compared to women? i'm pretty sure that the case in the starcraft universe is somewhat similar. this is why the women are mostly in highly specialized roles. ones that usually are somewhat covert or support units.

again...people expect starcraft 2 to somehow break the social barriers society has created to reflect our society instead of what human universal society has always been like. men soldiers outnumber women soldiers probably with a higher ratio than like 10:1. this is why they are specialized.

Using that rationale, then shouldn't all Terran units be Caucasian? They seem to be the most populace Terran race in Starcraft and also seem to form the majority of their military. Yet, the Marauder, in its current form is Black. Are you suggesting that Marauders are predominantly Black?

The point of the portraits and dialog are not to portray the commonest subgroup or the average soldier but to give each unit a distinct look and personality. Making them all the frontline combatants macho men makes them all feel similar. Having a tough as nails female character thrown in mixes things up.

[Capsblock]

There is currently alot off debating about female unit in starcraft, so i am making a suggestion and would like your thought on this.

I was looking at some unit portraits, and i realized that there are almost none female units in sc2 for the terrans. In sc1 there were atleast the medic and the Valkyrie.
So i am wondering what do you think about a female marauder, there is no reason why males only should be wearing a combait suit, the medic to was wearing an armor, they would just need to change the portrait and voice and it would be a female marauder. And you would finally have a kickass female unit, that means business

There is no need to change the unit animation, so there would be no visible difference,even if you zoom in, except the portrait and the voice. It's about time there is a female unit that doesn't only heal or transport units.

I don't know why female units have to be degenerated, to just pilot things or heal,they should have a combait suit and fight on the front and kill stuff , and marauder would be the best choice, atleast for me ,so noone could say it's a fan service.The Marauder suite is most likely a robotic suite smiler to the Marine and there for carries most of its own weight, the user inside does not have to be super pumped up, so it's perfect

Wouldn't it give a special vibe if the toughest infantry unit would be a female, and it would have some great quotes, like the Valkyrie.

And please feel open to the suggestion, and explain if you disagree, and be polite

no tits in starcraft , no female unit. ( maybe they meant the Zerg Queen? )

[imdrunkontea]

should have made Reapers female.

[warrior6]

Perhaps. But I dare you say Samus Aran from Metroid is particularly feminine when in her power armor.



She'd probably give Master Chief a run for his money.

you keep proving my point. samus is a sexy, sometimes sneaky, and vey sleak. your not gonna see an averaging looking or butch ugly woman in any of those roles.

Using that rationale, then shouldn't all Terran units be Caucasian? They seem to be the most populace Terran race in Starcraft and also seem to form the majority of their military. Yet, the Marauder, in its current form is Black. Are you suggesting that Marauders are predominantly Black?

no im saying that starcraft is gonna play on cliche stereotypes. the black guy is in the biggest armor, the battlecruiser captain looks like a white old pirate, the firebat was a guy that smokes cigarettes and is a pyromaniac, the medic was a hot nurse, the vulture is some cow boy, the siege tank is a really really manly tough guy. NEED i continue? lol. out of these stereotypes, the girl in the giant armor isn't gonna fit.

The point of the portraits and dialog are not to portray the commonest subgroup or the average soldier but to give each unit a distinct look and personality. Making them all the frontline combatants macho men makes them all feel similar. Having a tough as nails female character thrown in mixes things up.

since when are all they all macho-men? they may mostly be dudes, but i dont see them all as macho. the point is some stuff just feels really wierd. if the scv was a girl? lol that would be wtf. imagine 50 of them.....all women. lol. this is why the girl in every game is gonna be a highly specialized, character. a sleak, sneaky, sexy and flexible highly specialzed character

[mr. peasant]

you keep proving my point. samus is a sexy, sometimes sneaky, and vey sleak. your not gonna see an averaging looking or butch ugly woman in any of those roles.

Actually, when Metroid first came out, everyone thought Samus was a guy. And when asked, the developers revealed she was supposed to be a guy but they decided to change the gender midway as a twist (without actually changing the armor design). Furthermore, she's about as sleek and 'sexy' as the guys, since they too wear a similar armor to hers. Moreover, there's nothing sneaky at all about her. Samus is most definitely a frontline combatant.

no im saying that starcraft is gonna play on cliche stereotypes. the black guy is in the biggest armor, the battlecruiser captain looks like a white old pirate, the firebat was a guy that smokes cigarettes and is a pyromaniac, the medic was a hot nurse, the vulture is some cow boy, the siege tank is a really really manly tough guy. NEED i continue? lol. out of these stereotypes, the girl in the giant armor isn't gonna fit.

And yet, you keep neglecting the fact that the very concept of Starcraft's Terrans is itself a subversion of common expectations: They're rednecks in space!!

As for your claim that they girls in armor don't fit, look at these:

The Ladette
The Squadette
Action Girl
Amazon Brigade

since when are all they all macho-men? they may mostly be dudes, but i dont see them all as macho. the point is some stuff just feels really wierd. if the scv was a girl? lol that would be wtf. imagine 50 of them.....all women. lol. this is why the girl in every game is gonna be a highly specialized, character. a sleak, sneaky, sexy and flexible highly specialzed character

Well, the current frontline infantry in SC2 all consist of 'tough guy' stereotypes. The Marine will likely act tough, the Reaper's psychotic and the Marauder's a scary, black man.

[Warsaw]

Mr.peasant those links kind of sucked. Anime? Riiight girls in anime in armor. I hardly see that fitting over into the SC2 world. The sisters of battle... wtf amazon brigade? Seriously thats just a whole different fail within its self.

Girls in armor can work it's just they still have to fit in. A marauder? Dosnt exactly make me think of a huge bulky girl. Im thinking of some big tough ass guy.

[mr. peasant]

Mr.peasant those links kind of sucked. Anime? Riiight girls in anime in armor. I hardly see that fitting over into the SC2 world. The sisters of battle... wtf amazon brigade? Seriously thats just a whole different fail within its self.

Until you realize that Starcraft, and Blizzard in general, is highly influenced by anime. Just sticking to Starcraft, there's the Goliath, Alan Schezar, Viking, Thor, Battlecruiser (Yamato Cannon) and SC: Nova's art style after Blizzard took over development to name a few.

[Warsaw]

I really dont see its anime. So they have mechs and big ships. So what? that dosnt exactly scream ANIME! I meen it's sci fi stuff.

[Triceron]

I see her possibly being like the Big Mama of a bike gang. She's a lady who's tough as nails and handles those boys on a daily basis. You can't talk sass with her or you'll get your ass beat.

Though like I mentioned earlier, the archetype would fit more on a one-off character, like how the Jamaican ghost dude doesn't represent all ghosts.

[mr. peasant]

I really dont see its anime. So they have mechs and big ships. So what? that dosnt exactly scream ANIME! I meen it's sci fi stuff.

Actually:

Alan Schezar: Named after Allen Schezar from Vision of Escaflowne, who also pilots a mecha.
Viking: Obviously inspired from Transformers. It even references this in its quotes.
Thor: Two words ~ Giant mecha
Battlecruiser: The voice is a homage to a character from Robotech.
Yamato Cannon: A reference to Space Battleship Yamato which has a similar weapon located at the ship's bow.