Rory Swann

Rory Swann is a terran and member of Raynor's Raiders. He appears in StarCraft II.

He's a big fun guy who speaks with a New York accent, and has been described as the "soul of the ship". His main task is keeping the Hyperion together in the years since it was stolen from the Terran Dominion and is constantly working on new technology.

Swann has extensive knowledge of technology and units and pushes Raynor to fight against the Terran Dominion.

It appears that Swann has an interest in bowling, wanting Raiders to sign up for his armory bowling team.

Biography
Rory Swann came from a family of tech-savvy miners. His own understanding of technology was even deeper than theirs, however. Instead of leaving and becoming an engineer, he remained in the mining industry.

He opened a mining operation on Meinhoff at considerable cost. However, his operation was soon being crushed by ever-rising taxes. Other operations, secretly under the control of Tavish Kerr, didn't face this burden. Kerr was bribing officials to put rival claims out of business through excessive taxes. Swann tried appealing to Combine officials, but all those involved with Meinhoff had been bribed. Kerr had no interest in sharing profits with him either.

Swann started a miner's revolt, claiming independence from the Combine. However, Combine forces arrived and crushed the revolt. Swann himself lost an arm, along with many friends, and was only saved because Raynor's Raiders responded to their distress calls. Swann had nothing left; he joined the Raiders, becoming their chief engineer.

Swann worked to keep the Raiders' spirits up during dark times, and remembers his debt to Raynor.

Wings of Liberty
With the return of the zerg to the Koprulu Sector in 2504, Swann aided Raynor in his activities. This included providing support/reinforcements via dropship on worlds such as Monlyth and a desert world where a force had been eliminated by the Tal'darim.

After the Raiders stole the Odin from Valhalla, Swann reversed engineered the thor schematics from examining it, and made it less expensive to produce.

During the invasion of Char, Swann was taken by Jim Raynor as a part of his elite force as a marauder. He felt uncomfortable on the battlefield.