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Starcraft 2: Terran Viking Mercenary
Modeled by Trevor Jacobs, Phill Gonzales, and textured by Ted Park!
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Animated by Trevor Jacobs

The Viking Mercenary actually steps back in time and features designs used on the regular Viking early in the development of Starcraft 2. The original Viking featured a pointed nose cone which was later redesigned to have a fork in the front. Returning to the pointed nose helped change up the silhouette, as well as adding additional wings and blades under the gatling guns. Time was slim and we were unfortunately unable to add a melee attack to the Mercenary Viking. This unit has one of the most treacherous transformation sequences I’ve ever witnessed. I’m sure we could have pushed this further if it wasn’t so difficult to develop around the transforming parts.

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Hello. I'm not sure if this account is still active, and if you'd remember far back, but I have a question about the Viking. Apparently in its portrait, there's a Texas license plate that reads "ACE KLR" and a picture of an unknown woman. I was wondering if you would know who this may be, perhaps a Blizzard employee at the time? Just a piece of trivia I'm curious about.


https://starcraft.fandom.com/wiki/File:Viking_SC2_Background1.JPG