Tychus Findlay

Tychus J. Findlay is a terran marine. He appeared in the original StarCraft II trailer.

He is an old friend of Jim Raynor. Findlay might have gone to prison to bail Raynor out of a hard spot.

Findlay owes large debts and has a self-serving streak.

Findlay believes that Raynor likes tangling with the Terran Dominion a little more than he should. Findlay's missions push Raynor towards cutting corners and acting like a pirate.

Early Life
Tychus Findlay was born on Mar Sara on 20th October, 2468. Roughly two decades later, Findlay served in the 321st Colonial Rangers Battalion "Heaven's Devils" during the Guild Wars, fighting on Mar Sara for the Terran Confederacy against the Kel-Morian Combine. He met Jim Raynor in the brig at Camp McIntyre, where both served 30 days apiece for insubordination. Both men were listed as missing in action for almost nine months after a reconnaissance mission into Kel-Morian territory in the latter stages of the fighting on Mar Sara. Findlay was later turned over to the Confederacy by the Kel-Morians as part of a prisoner exchange after hostilities ceased. He was promptly incarcerated for desertion under fire.

New Folsom Prison
Desertion was not the only crime that Findlay was charged with in his life. His rap sheet included convictions for narcotics violations, theft, jailbreak, piracy, grand larceny and murder, and he was a suspect in other murders. He was sentenced to death, but the sentence was later commuted to solitary cryogenic incarceration for life. However, he was turned into an "indentured" marine, where he was set to serve for the rest of his life. Findlay claims to have escaped from New Folsom Prison while being transferred.

Wings of Liberty
Tychus Findlay met Jim Raynor again in a bar on Mar Sara. Raynor was surprised to see him, since Findlay had been "put on ice".

He offered Raynor a business proposal; "liberating" alien artifacts from the Terran Dominion. The Dominion had recently prohibited transportation of such artifacts, and began digging them up on planets such as Mar Sara. The artifacts would be sold to his contact, the formerly legitimate.

When pressed on how he escaped from prison, Findlay claimed he broke out while being transported to New Folsom Prison, killing several guards with his bare hands. Raynor didn't appear to believe him. Regardless, the pair successfully "liberated" an alien artifact, only to find themselves under attack by the zerg. Fending them off, they held out long enough to be rescued by the Hyperion. Findlay then lined up a mission retrieving another artifact from the protoss shrine-world of Monlyth.

Physical
Findlay masses 165 kilograms (363 pounds). 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. Additionally, he has a scar across his stomach, as well as a tattoo on his back and shoulders which is believed to say "HEAVEN'S REJECTS" (a reference to him being "rejected" from "Heaven's Devils").

Armor
Findlay appears to have been "sealed" into his armor (he wears only prison pants underneath). His armor number is displayed as 435 and appears to have a picture of a pin-up model painted onto the left shoulder pad. There is a tally mark of 13 on his left wrist and his armor has many other decorations, including a skull and bones insignia (very similar to the insignia of Omega Squadron).

Game Unit
Tychus Findlay is set to appear in StarCraft II as a hero.

Other Appearances
Tamsen Cauley consulted Tychus Findlay's profile, along with that of Jim Raynor, when planning to assassinate the latter in the StarCraft comic.

Tychus Findlay will appear in StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils and is expected to make an appearance in StarCraft: Ghost Academy.

Merchandise
Blizzard Entertainment announced the Tychus J. Findlay Limited Edition Statue. The polystone collector's item is 18 inches tall and portrays Findlay standing atop a freshly killed hydralisk. The statue was available for pre-order but has since sold out.

A Tychus Findlay toy is also available.

Trivia
In the scheme of Wings of Liberty, Tychus is the opposite of Ariel Hanson, acting as "the devil on Raynor's shoulder," as opposed to Hanson being the 'angel.'

Tychus was developed late in the design process of StarCraft II, emerging from cinematic ideas.

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