StarCraft: History of the Terran

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    The history of StarCraft's Terran race, taken from the original instruction manual and recreated in the SC2 Galaxy Editor.
    0:00 The Decline of Western Civilization
    2:26 The New Order
    4:04 The Great Purification
    7:10 The Exiles and the Long Sleep
    10:04 The Confederacy and the New World
    12:53 The Rebellion of Korhal
    17:48 War
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  • @aloysiusprasetyo3737
    @aloysiusprasetyo3737 2 роки тому +102

    Pretty much Australia in space

  • @Morec0
    @Morec0 2 роки тому +230

    The production value in this is beyond amazing, you did a fantastic job at bringing the story to life. Can't wait to see what else you do, particularly with the zerg.

    • @RekkinOnTheInternet
      @RekkinOnTheInternet  2 роки тому +9

      Thanks a bunch, glad you enjoyed it!

    • @erichares841
      @erichares841 2 роки тому +5

      @@RekkinOnTheInternet I am a long time fan of Starcraft 1 and 2 and didn't know most of this, great work 👍

  • @Sixxpounder92
    @Sixxpounder92 2 роки тому +109

    20+ years of playing Starcraft and I never knew any of this. Kickass video

    • @RekkinOnTheInternet
      @RekkinOnTheInternet  2 роки тому +8

      Thanks!

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 Рік тому +8

      This is a lot of backstory that ended up being completely irrelevant for the game.

    • @RekkinOnTheInternet
      @RekkinOnTheInternet  Рік тому +9

      @@Yora21 Yeah, the Terran section definitely spends the most time on things that just don't really matter. Neat to know, but probably could have been summed up in a paragraph or two and then spent more time on the various factions that do show up in the game.

    • @snowbork252
      @snowbork252 Рік тому +11

      Much of this was found in the instruction manuals from the original release. I used to read the lore before bed as a teen. These days, whenever I hear rich people talking about living on Mars, I think back to this lore and it reminds me that it'll be the poor going to these crappy planets.

    • @werdoss5632
      @werdoss5632 Рік тому +6

      Yeah well every book or game or idea has backstory on why. Starcraft was originally an idea put forward to the Warhammer universe to be a part of it, but they denied and didn't like it. So the people created it as Starcraft and now Blizzard has it's major success lol.

  • @Ser_Matticus
    @Ser_Matticus 11 місяців тому +9

    If it wasn’t for all the atrocities he committed, you kind of feel a bit for Arcturus, especially given at first he didn’t want to rule the korpulu sector.
    His mother and sister were killed, and his homeworld was devastated by nuclear hellfire.
    You gotta wonder what clicked in him to go from freedom fighter to dictator. Especially given how charismatic the man is prior to the end of Rebel yell.

    • @Vantud391
      @Vantud391 29 днів тому

      Power corrupts.

    • @noisemarine561
      @noisemarine561 27 днів тому

      Mengsk is a fictional interpretation of real life dictators like Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Chairman Mao, Vladimir Lenin, Fidel Castro and Adolf Hitler. Many starting off as Charismatic individuals who seek to change the system. But end up becoming the new system.

  • @Owlr4ider
    @Owlr4ider Рік тому +55

    Anyone else feel that the origin story of the Terrans is basically Australia but in space? Just as the British Empire sent its prisoners to Australia to fend for themselves so did the UPL send its prisoners to outer space to fend for themselves. The difference being that in Starcraft's case it wasn't supposed to be a penal colony but rather human experimentation on surviving in space, but other than that the 2 stories are eerily similar.

    • @FrozenFireFreezingSteam
      @FrozenFireFreezingSteam 11 місяців тому +6

      well ... i dont think the Australians got lost.

    • @fgjjdgb3949
      @fgjjdgb3949 2 місяці тому +1

      Yes, and arthropods dominate)
      But even in Starcraft, the atmosphere of colonization of the New World, and the terrans themselves are very international.

  • @elliejohnson2786
    @elliejohnson2786 Рік тому +61

    Your ability to turn words into cinematics with your visual skills in the map editor are something to be proud of.

  • @TycipreyllThirhe
    @TycipreyllThirhe 2 роки тому +90

    How in the hell does this not have hundreds of thousands of views. This is great. Super informative.

  • @calebgonzalez599
    @calebgonzalez599 Рік тому +5

    HBO needs to get their hands on a Starcraft tv show

  • @malcontent1119
    @malcontent1119 2 роки тому +43

    More positive algorithim clout!
    I had no idea the history of the Terrans in the Korpulu sector was as turbulent as it was. This is another awesome video.

  • @JurisKankalis
    @JurisKankalis Рік тому +14

    Very well done - at 40, I cannot wait to show this to my kid (13) whom I' taught Starcraft I to. Also - nothing to do with the video, but sound design (and design of one of the most feared Terran units - the mighty Siege Tank) - is better in SC I than in SC II. Greetings from Latvia, keep up the spirit!

    • @RekkinOnTheInternet
      @RekkinOnTheInternet  Рік тому +1

      Glad you liked it! And for sure, the SC1 siege tank was an absolute beast.

  • @psionicwaves
    @psionicwaves Рік тому +9

    The amazing atmospheric feeling of the starcraft 1 ost with the graphics of 2 is so good

  • @andrefilipe9042
    @andrefilipe9042 Рік тому +2

    I had figured this before but it's even more obvious now: the backstory of humanity in StarCraft and Subverse are eerily similar.

  • @Canadianvoice
    @Canadianvoice Рік тому +9

    *"Live for the swarm!"*
    - Future Terran

    • @Dragonaight
      @Dragonaight 3 місяці тому

      Basically what the extremists in our world want us to be but they will not succeed.

    • @Canadianvoice
      @Canadianvoice 3 місяці тому

      @@Dragonaight just pointing out infested terran exist.

  • @bentonmadsen4168
    @bentonmadsen4168 Рік тому +10

    I love how this was done. No preamble, just right into the good stuff, with solid production value to boot.

  • @Max734734
    @Max734734 Рік тому +15

    Ah, a StarCraft lore channel now?
    Keep going. Your efforts to tell StarCraft's story will not go without people watching, like us. :D

    • @aracelymoran2504
      @aracelymoran2504 8 місяців тому

      + @Max734734 We shall not let it die !!!!!

  • @The1971Cuda1
    @The1971Cuda1 Рік тому +24

    This was incredible, I always tried reading about the lore, and it seemed messy to me. You’ve put this information into a format that is not only very professional, but incredibly interesting! Thank you so much!

    • @arbiter8246
      @arbiter8246 Рік тому +1

      It’s hard to read the text in the manual.

  • @IAsimov
    @IAsimov Рік тому +4

    Narrated like this, really puts into view how incompetent the Confederacy was at keeping order. Their only solution was to imitate the United League of Powers, and they didn't imagine it would backfire terribly... even more by the fact they weren't realizing their hold was fading. Until the Protoss and the Zerg came knocking at the door.
    Really good telling of the story. It's been a long while since I read both the manual's official terran history, as well as the novel I, Mengsk.

  • @kylehogan2247
    @kylehogan2247 Рік тому +5

    UED history and lore when? xD You do an awesome job with these, im stunned every time

  • @gmodman2000
    @gmodman2000 11 днів тому +1

    I love how you recreated this in the SC2 editor, you should make more of these!

    • @RekkinOnTheInternet
      @RekkinOnTheInternet  11 днів тому +1

      Got some good news! I have the history of the other two races, an adaptation of SC1's secret mission, and a full 45-minute adaptation of the original demo/prequel campaign as well, check them out!

    • @gmodman2000
      @gmodman2000 11 днів тому

      @@RekkinOnTheInternet I think it would be cool if you created the events of the Great War and the Brood War in the Editor, it would be a lot of work tho lol

  • @ryanjedloe771
    @ryanjedloe771 Рік тому +3

    got a sub. Holy crap with the production value. most lore blurbs are just reading from wiki ect. but my dude made a legit movie with in-game assets to give context.

  • @tusk3260
    @tusk3260 Рік тому +6

    This is great evidence proving StarCraft 3 can still happen: The Terrans of Earth have more then enough power and tyrany to be the jain bad guyss/invaders in StarCraft 3.

  • @Tiberon098
    @Tiberon098 2 роки тому +9

    This was really well done and I love the addition of the in-game music.

  • @renzoalarconperez9590
    @renzoalarconperez9590 2 роки тому +29

    Awesome video, great quality and storytelling! Congrats :)

  • @NineNoRouge
    @NineNoRouge Рік тому +4

    Watched this a few months ago and wow it is even better than I remember, especially the way you craft cinematics.

  • @joojoo4998
    @joojoo4998 Рік тому +3

    Love the back story. Been looking for a vid like this. Poor Arcturus

  • @sombodi200
    @sombodi200 Рік тому +1

    LOVE THAT YOU USE INGAME UNITS AND BUILDINGS TO TELL THE LORE

  • @nonin566
    @nonin566 2 роки тому +14

    Nice video, i really enjoyed it all the way through.

  • @Thecommander248
    @Thecommander248 Рік тому +5

    You did a very good job piecing this all together, man. I appreciate it.

  • @CompleteAnimation
    @CompleteAnimation Рік тому +5

    I miss the days of big-box PC games, especially Blizzard's. The manual included with StarCraft had an absurd amount of lore.

    • @MrJdub454
      @MrJdub454 Рік тому

      I loved reading through that. It was closer to a book than a manual. I might still have mine squirelled away in my battlechest version I bought many years ago. Sitting in a box in my garage.

  • @saedrix9807
    @saedrix9807 Рік тому +1

    I discovered these videos the other day and I’ve watched each of them at least 3 times. I wish I could see them for the first time over and over again. So well done

  • @danawakes2001
    @danawakes2001 2 роки тому +11

    These are awesome man! I'd love to see a summary or recap of the nova campaign. I fee like it doesn't get the love it deserves

  • @jimmyhamms4698
    @jimmyhamms4698 Рік тому +3

    I really appreciate this I’ve been playing Starcraft since I was 8-9

  • @ARamseyGuy
    @ARamseyGuy 2 роки тому +11

    This is astonishing production quality for the size of the channel, subbed!

    • @RekkinOnTheInternet
      @RekkinOnTheInternet  2 роки тому +5

      Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!

    • @ARamseyGuy
      @ARamseyGuy 2 роки тому +2

      @@RekkinOnTheInternet the manual for this game, these lore stories, were /literally/ my bedtime stories as a kid. Hearing them red aloud again is such a treat. Thanks for doing it!

  • @stoneylonely6416
    @stoneylonely6416 4 місяці тому

    Man i had no idea there was this much lore! thank you for making this video!

  • @Mikhail-Stark
    @Mikhail-Stark Рік тому +5

    Gracias por este vídeo. Me gusta ver contenido audiovisual de StarCraft enfocado en cosas como trama y lore. Me voy a suscribir a tu canal.

  • @adinscorner3827
    @adinscorner3827 Рік тому +1

    How dose this not have more views it's great

  • @ThePaydayer
    @ThePaydayer Рік тому +3

    Your channel is criminally underated! This is the best video I've seen on Terran lore.you earned my subscription.

  • @ChaosBud
    @ChaosBud 2 роки тому +36

    Does anybody else think that Amon could have caused the navigational error as the Terran faction was instrumental to creating his hybrid.

    • @Nevermore2790
      @Nevermore2790 2 роки тому +14

      Doran Routhe is very sus. Even that word, "Doran" already feels way too sus.

    • @TheRogueminator
      @TheRogueminator 2 роки тому +12

      @@Nevermore2790 Yes, very close to Duran indeed 😉

    • @sean5350
      @sean5350 Рік тому +5

      @@TheRogueminator fuck that's good

    • @MrJdub454
      @MrJdub454 Рік тому +8

      Damn, that's an amazing theory. Considering Amon plays the long game it could very well be true.

  • @noidea1903
    @noidea1903 2 роки тому +6

    You deserve way more views, my friend. Great videos, keep it up!

  • @Vantud391
    @Vantud391 29 днів тому

    Very good custom maps and script you made for presentation for this video.😊

  • @bstjules
    @bstjules 2 роки тому +5

    Fantastic Work! Subbed and happily awaiting whatever content you bring next!

  • @christiancramerhawaiirealt5690

    This is a really really great series you made, seriously impressed 11/10

  • @adamsonntag5755
    @adamsonntag5755 Рік тому +1

    Incredible video. I’ve been searching for the history for a while and this was perfect. 🙏

  • @arbiter8246
    @arbiter8246 15 днів тому

    If only we could have gotten this type of story in Starcraft 2.

  • @exposingproxystalkingorgan4164

    This video is very well narrated. I saved it to my channel playlists for others to watch.

  • @Sixshots
    @Sixshots 2 роки тому +2

    Good stuff, hope to see this channel grow!

  • @freshfruit213
    @freshfruit213 2 роки тому +6

    Amazing quality and narration. Keep it up !

  • @notbanditatall
    @notbanditatall 2 роки тому +1

    this was absolute amazing you must have put so much work into it, it paid off, i wish it got more views and coverage though

  • @josephseidman9074
    @josephseidman9074 Рік тому +1

    Criminally underated channel

  • @SeanKula
    @SeanKula Рік тому +1

    Wow I didn't know this much about StarCraft so thanks for the video!

  • @saltyedd9365
    @saltyedd9365 2 роки тому +1

    this was masterfully done

  • @andrewgrasham4604
    @andrewgrasham4604 7 місяців тому

    Great content You got yourself a sub! Look forward to hearing the rest of the story

  • @arbiter8246
    @arbiter8246 7 місяців тому

    This guy has talent. Good presentation of the story. Very entertaining.

  • @Fallen608
    @Fallen608 Рік тому +3

    Oh god I remember reading over the manual religiously as a 10yo. Good shit

  • @auzz-2526
    @auzz-2526 Рік тому +1

    Incredible work!

  • @Hixarian
    @Hixarian 2 роки тому +2

    Great start, Keep it up!

  • @momom6197
    @momom6197 Рік тому +1

    You, good sir, have earned a new subscriber today.

  • @HansLemurson
    @HansLemurson Рік тому +1

    I sure hope that Mengsk fellow doesn't end up doing anything reckless in his pursuit of vengeance.

  • @Navrable
    @Navrable Рік тому +1

    With all this back story......maybe Blizzard should make a prequel/spinoff game where we play as a young Acturus?

  • @Spaget453
    @Spaget453 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for making great content :)

  • @michaelborden363
    @michaelborden363 Рік тому +1

    Great content!!!

  • @sophisticatedidiot8737
    @sophisticatedidiot8737 6 місяців тому +1

    Wow, the original lore was actually surprisingly dark. I'm almost happy for the Terrans that they managed to get away from Terra, and its tragic to see Earth's fate in this world. Glad the UED fleet never managed to return to Earth, cause as evil as Mengsk is, the UED would've been so much worse. Such a tragic, authoritarian future...
    Still, i now the comment is a bit late, but good video! Old Starcraft lore is so much better than some of the newer stuff.

  • @StoicFlame
    @StoicFlame 3 години тому

    very enjoyable thanks

  • @kevinjustice5102
    @kevinjustice5102 Рік тому +1

    Terran was always my race I would play other races but Terran was for sure my race.

  • @Kokopuracan12
    @Kokopuracan12 Рік тому +1

    You just won my loyalty sir 💕

  • @rickford6552
    @rickford6552 2 роки тому +7

    Please make the Protoss next!

    • @RekkinOnTheInternet
      @RekkinOnTheInternet  2 роки тому +3

      Just following the order from the manual so the Zerg are up next, but work has in fact begun on the Protoss!

  • @tunch90
    @tunch90 11 місяців тому +1

    Imagine this with the UPL First Light mod units

  • @ray101mond
    @ray101mond Рік тому +2

    This timeline is starting to sound all too familiar....

  • @bunkaaa8726
    @bunkaaa8726 8 місяців тому

    WHY have I not seen this video until now?!?!

  • @cronstrubzo
    @cronstrubzo 7 місяців тому

    wow... this was great

  • @luvslogistics1725
    @luvslogistics1725 Рік тому +1

    I miss playing the original StarCraft, the national sport of Korea in the 90s.

  • @marcorp87
    @marcorp87 20 годин тому

    great job.

  • @Guiscardr
    @Guiscardr 9 місяців тому

    Talks about genocide of Project Purification while chilled country music starts. Very Terran.

  • @MastaSquidge
    @MastaSquidge Рік тому +1

    Ahhh that intro music

  • @CrypticApathy
    @CrypticApathy Рік тому +1

    Where did the CGI come from. It looks amazing.

  • @Wyattbw09
    @Wyattbw09 Рік тому +1

    This is lifted word for word from the instruction manual that came with the game. That’s not a criticism, merely a observation that most kids probably don’t even know what a game instruction manual is. Never mind that you could wring out a 25 minute video from what is probably 25% of the manual.

    • @RekkinOnTheInternet
      @RekkinOnTheInternet  Рік тому

      Yep, all three 'History of' videos are adaptations of the info in the manual! I'm starting to think I should have put that somewhere other than just the video description...

  • @Misaki_Chan6
    @Misaki_Chan6 Рік тому +1

    amazing

  • @ByronC900
    @ByronC900 Рік тому +1

    Only 800 subscribers? Keep going bro, and I'm not even a Starcraft fan!

  • @rafaelpozo9962
    @rafaelpozo9962 Рік тому +1

    Man, you should definitely make a diablo story or a warcraft story

  • @asahel980
    @asahel980 Рік тому +1

    I thought Terrans are the descendants of defeated people from a civil war and exiled to space.

  • @jamespaguip5913
    @jamespaguip5913 Рік тому +2

    The imperium of man from Warhammer 40k is much worse than the Terran dominion, the imperium of man turn people into servitors or they will sacrifice people souls to the god emperor from Warhammer 40k

  • @AgentXRifle
    @AgentXRifle Рік тому +1

    Need a video about the UED

  • @FutureBoyWonder
    @FutureBoyWonder Рік тому +1

    Ah that opening theme in first few seconds.
    From playing pretend with starcraft as a kid to many hours of booting up tarpit defense

  • @DeusEversor
    @DeusEversor Рік тому +1

    awww man why didn't you include what happened on Earth after the departure of the colony ships? what happened to the ruth guy, how did upl change to ued, etc

  • @mattcheng8005
    @mattcheng8005 Рік тому +1

    I thought this was moistcritical for a sec

  • @rommdan2716
    @rommdan2716 6 місяців тому

    Makes you wish for an rpg were you are a Terran pirate

  • @fgtrhwu2
    @fgtrhwu2 Рік тому +1

    So does the Kel-Morian Combine not exist anymore since it was absorbed into the Confederacy?

  • @blacklight4720
    @blacklight4720 2 роки тому +1

    There is speculation that Doran Ruth is Samir Duran/Narud.

  • @LordTelperion
    @LordTelperion Рік тому +1

    The History of the Earther.

  • @jakefile6206
    @jakefile6206 Рік тому +1

    I thought the UPL came back to Koprulu in some capacity?

    • @RekkinOnTheInternet
      @RekkinOnTheInternet  Рік тому

      Between SC and Brood War, the UPL transformed into the United Earth Directorate, who play a big part in that game's story.

  • @PumpedSmartass
    @PumpedSmartass Рік тому +1

    So basically the Terran storyline could show our future if China becomes the world leader instead of US.

  • @jybrokenhearted
    @jybrokenhearted Рік тому +1

    These marines need a primarch

  • @philfedorowick
    @philfedorowick 27 днів тому

    2:04 bro who put the jiggle physics on the civilians-getting-murdered-by-their-own-government animation

  • @12Fakeaccount
    @12Fakeaccount 2 роки тому +1

    Thirty Seconds to Sub. I'm here for this!

  • @blackheart004
    @blackheart004 Рік тому +1

    Poor Mengsk 🥺

  • @arjun220
    @arjun220 2 роки тому +2

    so bassically the prisoners meant to mine other worlds instead mined them they built gallactic empire while the humans on earth still shiting on earth on their primative ways...

    • @ada4ka390
      @ada4ka390 Рік тому

      The "primitive humans on Earth" absolutely destroyed everyone on their way after they came back to Korpulu lol

    • @Incubator859
      @Incubator859 Рік тому +1

      Err, no. Original SC lore has terrans having OP weapons. What they sent to the koprulu sector was only an “expeditionary” force, meant for scouting, not outright invasion and conquest.

    • @ada4ka390
      @ada4ka390 Рік тому

      they were still a terrifying force that deposed Mengsk and pacified the Zerg, which only means that if Earth uses it's entire power they would have absolutely wiped the floor with Korpulu

  • @Luckysquirrel1256
    @Luckysquirrel1256 2 роки тому

    16:05 why have I never noticed before that Goliaths and Spartan Company have Crotch Guns

  • @urbangradisek5695
    @urbangradisek5695 Рік тому +1

    after watching the zerg and protos history i wonder if xel naga was also responseble for genetic ingenering of mankinde

    • @speckofstardust2090
      @speckofstardust2090 Рік тому

      If they did Humanity would have been in the Overmind's database rather than a discovery.

  • @MorrisNicebrain
    @MorrisNicebrain 2 роки тому +1

    Worthy of the source material.

  • @anatomicallycorrectmuppets8180

    Boy this history is starting to sound a little too close