Jim Raynor
Jim Raynor is a male video game character who features in StarCraft.
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Biography
Jim Raynor was originally a Confederate marshal on Mar Sara.
In the wake of the attack and the beginning of the zerg incursion on Mar Sara, Raynor received orders from the Office of the Colonial Magistrate to escort the core Mar Saran colonists to the outlying wastelands. Here he was partnered with the new Magistrate of the colony. While safeguarding the colonists, the evacuation base received a distress signal from Backwater Station. Alpha Squadron commander Edmund Duke ordered the colonials to ignore it, saying that Alpha Squadron would handle it. However, Raynor believed that Confederate forces would be unable to respond in time, and set off to relieve Backwater in defiance of orders, the Magistrate sending in some militia as support. Arriving at Backwater they successfully drove the zerg from the immediate area and destroyed a nearby infested command center. However, this put them at odds with Duke. Raynor and his men were subsequently arrested for destroying Confederate property. Thoroughly dissatisfied with the Confederacy, and with the protoss sterilization of his homeworld imminent, it did not take Arcturus Mengsk much to persuade Raynor and the militia to join the dissident group. Raynor was awarded the rank of captain and assigned to lead the newest unit of the Sons of Korhal, unofficially named "Raynor's Rangers". Raynor led a raid on the Jacobs Installation to access the Confederate network and retrieve what he believed to be weapon designs. Inside he discovered live zerg in captivity and was horrified when he realized that the Confederacy had known about the zerg but decided to keep that knowledge secret. In the aftermath, Raynor was ferried to the Hyperion, where he watched the protoss bombard the planet. He was sickened at the sight.
He later joined the Sons of Korhal when he became disillusioned with Confederate treatment of the colonists. While with the group, Jim met and fell in love with Kerrigan. After Arcturus Mengsk left Kerrigan to die, Raynor left and went "rogue" again.
He drifted until, hearing Kerrigan's psychic signal, he traveled to Char. After learning that Kerrigan had been transformed into a Zerg creature, she let him go; he eventually joined Fenix to help free Tassadar. Raynor also helped destroy the Overmind. After that, he tagged along with Zeratul to Shakuras. Kerrigan later used Raynor, Fenix and Mengsk to cement her unchallenged rule over the Zerg. Following that, Raynor's whereabouts are unknown.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Raynor developed good leadership and excellent tactical acumen through practical experience; a lack of formal training allowed him to avoid the preconceived notions of "accepted" knowledge. Rather than plan in depth, Raynor is an excellent improviser able to achieve victory by using what is on hand.
Notes
- Jim Raynor was created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney where he made his first appearance in StarCraft (1998).
In other media
Video games
- In Heroes of the Storm, Jim Raynor was a playable character in the setting of the MOBA video game.
Appearances
- Starcraft:
- StarCraft: Brood War:
- StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty:
- StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm:
- StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void:
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