Tychus Findlay

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Tychus J. Findlay is the Marine that is seen during the very first cinematic trailer for StarCraft II. He is also the subject of a promotional statue and Hero in the StarCraft II Campaigns.

Contents 1 Description 2 Biography 3 Friends and Foes 3.1 Friends 3.2 Foes 4 Gameplay 5 Trivia 5.1 Promotional Statue 5.2 Quotes 6 Gallery

Description

Tychus Findlay [e]
Marine Commander
Personal
Gender:	Male
Age/Birth Date:	20th Oct, 2468
Birthplace:	Mar Sara
Race:	Human
Affilation:	Raynor's Raiders
Occupation:	Marine
Psionic Ability:	None
Residence:	Hyperion
Appearance
Body type:	Humanoid
Height/Width:	201cm, 80cm
Weight:	110Kg
Skin:	Light
Hair:	Grey
Eyes:	Blue
Features:	No special features.
Relatives
Jim Raynor (friend) Matt Horner (friend)
Game Units
Marine (SC2)
Appearances
StarCraft II StarCraft: Ghost Academy

Tychus Findlay is 201cm tall and very muscular, weighing 110Kg and has grey hair and blue eyes. On the knuckles of his left hand there is a tattoo of the word "PAIN", as well as a snake around a cross above his index finger. He also has a large scar across his stomach and a tattoo on his back shoulders believed to say "HEAVEN'S REJECTS" (presumably as he was "rejected" from "Heaven's Devils").

Tychus' armour is blue and the armour number is 435. It has a pin-up model on a spades icon picture painted onto the left shoulder pad as well as another picture of an insect on top of a four clover on the right side of his chest armour in addition to other writings and markings, like killed Zerg creatures.

Despite his rough background, he is a loyal friend of Jim Raynor, and opposing the Terran Dominion but believes that Jim should spend less energy attacking them. He is usually found in his Marine suit on Hyperion's bridge.

Biography

Born 20th October, 2468 on Mar Sara, he accumulated a number of criminal charges, including narcotics violations, theft, jailbreak, piracy, grand larceny and murder; he is also a suspect in other murders. He served in the 321st Colonial Rangers Battalion "Heaven's Devils" fighting for the Terran Confederacy against the Kel-Morian Combine during the Guild Wars. When serving time for insubordination, he met Jim Raynor in the brig, as he was there for insubordination as well. They both served 30 days apiece in the brig and were both later missing in action after disappearing during a reconnaissance mission behind Kel-Morian lines.

Findlay was captured nine months later by the Kel-Morian Combine, and turned over to the Confederacy as part of a prisoner exchange program after hostilities ceased. He was promptly arrested by the Confederates for desertion under fire. Although originally sentenced to death, he was instead commuted for service in the Dominion Marine Corps as part of "Section 472 1" and set to serve as a Marine for life.

Friends and Foes

StarCraft II Unit [e]
Tychus Findlay
Race:	Terran, Tier X
Role:	Hero Infantry Unit
Unit Statistics
Size:	Small
Type:	Ground Infantry
Speed:	Normal
Transport Slots:	1/8
Hit Points:	x
Plasma Shields:	N/A
Energy Points:	N/A
Offence
Armament:	Gauss Rifle
Ground Attack:	x
Air Attack:	x
Range:	x
Defence
Armor:	x
Sight:	x
Cooldown:	N/A
Special Abilities
StimPack Increases movement and attack rate
Production
Hotkey:	N/A
Supply:	1
Resources:	0 0
Build Time:	N/A
Produced by:	Hero
Prerequisite:	Hero

Not much is yet known about exactly what personal friends and enemies Tychus has managed to gather thus far.

Friends

• Jim Raynor (military friend)
• Matt Horner (military friend)
• Artanis (ally)

Foes

• Sarah Kerrigan (opponent)
• Arcturus Mengsk (opponent)

Gameplay

Findlay can be seen aboard the bridge of the Battlecruiser Hyperion behind Jim Raynor in the live demo shown at BlizzCon 2007. It's possible to interact and talk to him about his opinions on missions in a regular "dialogue trees" style. It isn't 100% confirmed if he will be a playable hero unit in the game.

Blizzard's Nick Carpenter also confirmed in an interview that Findlay will be a prominent character in the StarCraft II Campaigns under the service of Raynor. A possible hint to the storyline; during the BlizzCon 2007 demo Raynor's second in command Matt Horner apparently reported that Findlay has gone missing.

The dev team has taken help from the cinematics team, and the resolution on characters and armours in side the bridge are just higher resolution models from those in game.

Trivia

Promotional Statue

Early during the StarCraft II development, Blizzard announced that a Tychus Findlay Limited Edition Statue would be available as a pre-order for US$249.99 however it quickly sold out.

It depicts Findlay standing atop a dead Hydralisk.

The statue's approximate specifications are 15" W (381 mm), 18" H (457.2 mm), 12" D (304.8 mm) with a weight of 17 lbs. (7.71 kg).

Quotes

• "Hell, it's about time!" (StarCraft II intro cinematic)
• "Feels like old times already." (StarCraft II Single Player dialogue)

Gallery

• General StarCraft II Shots
  • In-game Shots
  • Concept Art
  • Unit Models

Findlay from opening cinematic.	Statuette.	Face detail on statuette.	Tychus' armour.
Personell file from StarCraft II cinematic.	Fully geared Tychus in the StarCraft II cinematic.

StarCraft Characters [e]
Chars · Main chars · Main char category · Characters category
Protoss Characters:	Tassadar | Zeratul | Artanis | Selendis | Raszagal | Zamara | Ulrezaj
Terran Characters:	Arcturus Mengsk | Jim Raynor | Nova | Sarah Kerrigan | Tychus Findlay | Alexei Stukov | Gerard DuGalle | Jake Ramsey | Valerian Mengsk | Edmund Duke | Rosemary Dahl
Zerg Characters:	Infested Kerrigan | Daggoth | Zasz | Infested Stukov | Overmind | Ethan Stewart
Other Characters:	Samir Duran

Terran Units (StarCraft II) [e]
Ground Units:	SCV | Marine | Marauder | Ghost | Reaper | Hellion | Siege Tank | Thor
Air Units:	Viking | Medivac Dropship | Raven | Banshee | Battlecruiser
Basic Buildings:	Command Center | Supply Depot | Refinery | Barracks | Bunker | Engineering Bay | Missile Turret | Planetary Fortress | Sensor Tower
Advanced Buildings:	Ghost Academy | Factory | Merc Haven | Orbital Command | Armory | Starport | Fusion Core
Support Buildings:	Tech Lab | Reactor
Hero ground units:	Jim Raynor | Tychus Findlay
Cancelled Units:	Cobra/Diamondback - Firebat - Predator - Medic - Dropship
Cancelled Buildings:	Munitions Depot - Starbase - Shadow Ops

Terran Units (StarCraft I & Brood War) [e]
Ground Units:	SCV | Marine | Firebat | Medic | Vulture | Goliath | Siege Tank | Ghost
Air Units:	Dropship | Wraith | Valkyrie | Battlecruiser | Science Vessel |
Basic Buildings:	Command Center (ComSat Station & Nuclear Silo) | Supply Depot | Engineering Bay | Barracks | Refinery | Missile Turret | Academy | Bunker
Advanced Buildings:	Factory | Machine Shop | Armory | Starport (Control Tower) | Science Facility (Physics Lab & Covert Ops)
Hero ground units:	Gui Montag (fb) | Terran Civilian | Sarah Kerrigan (g) | Samir Duran (g) | Alexei Stukov (g) | Alan Schezar (gol) | Jim Raynor (vul, mrn) | Edmund Duke (st)
Hero air units:	Tom Kazansky (wrt) | Magallan (sv) | Hyperion (bc) | Norad II (bc)
(fb) = Firebat -- (g) = Ghost -- (gol) = Goliath -- (v) = Vulture -- (m) = Marine -- (st) = Siege Tank -- (wrt) = Wraith -- (sv) = Science Vessel -- (bc) = Battlecruiser