Cobra

Or the Cobras could inherit their papa's speed upgrade from the Factory add-on.
C'mon Blizzard. Spider Mines. You know you want 'em.

 

It goes from Vulture (a bird) to the Cobra (a snake). We should keep the avian aspect in mind when we're coming up with names for this unit.
Right now I like Terran Eagle because you can say it fast enough to sound like tearinegle. But if you guys have any ideas feel free to post them.

And Blizzard better keep the grenades...

 

pplz need to stop hating on the new units

 

I'm not hating, I'm glad the Vulture's returning but the name is a bit off.

This is my 3rd "issue" with something of Starcraft 2, and it's just the name.

 

I'm not feeling Eagle too much. I like Hawk or Sparrow as names.

 

I was actually thinking of Sparrow a bit but now that I'm saying it out loud I like it.

 

what grenades? the vultures weapons in sc1? no way, we need laser for cobras now. ;D

FALCON is the name. sparrow sounds gay. hhmm. jack sparrow. ;D

 

I like the Terran using metal. Lasers for Battlecruisers were fine because they were the commanding ships. They get the technology first.

Except if they keep grenades they won't do the good 20 which can morph down to 5. If they keep it at like... 10 - 16 that'd be great.

Edit: Terran Sparrow and Falcon both do a nice job of keeping the name. If I worked at Blizzard HQ I'd start a strike to keep it Vulture.

 

i dont know, the look of the lasers in starcraft 2 just looks amazing. so im thinking adding up more laser attacks so the cobra having laser is nice. but yeh terran should keep it laser, bullets, and missiles. if they go all lasers it would be like starwars.

 

I think that the Terran Cobra should be renamed the Terran Hummingbird. The Obsolete Vulture from the original Star Craft was very agile. Cobras are not known for their speed. A hummingbird fits the description perfectly for it beats its wings at an incredibly fast speed. Hummingbirds are small birds in the family Trochilidae, native only to the Americas. They are known for their ability to hover (LIKE THE VEHICLE IN SC2) in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings, 15–80 times per second (depending on the species). The Giant Hummingbird's wings beat 8–10 beats per second, the wings of medium sized hummingbirds beat about 20–25 beats per second and the smallest beat 70 beats per second. Capable of sustained hovering, the hummingbird has the ability to fly deliberately backwards (this is the only group of birds able to do so) or vertically, and to maintain position while drinking from flower blossoms. They are named for the characteristic hum made by their wings.The hummingbird is a small bird with a long, thin beak(the front of the vehicle looks alot like the beak of a bird). This elongated beak is one of the defining characteristics of the hummingbird, which, with an extendable, bifurcated tongue, has evolved in order to allow the bird to feed upon nectar deep within flowers. A hummingbird's lower beak also has the unique ability to flex downward to create a wider opening, facilitating the capture of insects in the mouth rather than at the tip of the beak. Hummingbirds vary in size. The smallest hummingbird, the bee hummingbird, weighs less than 2 g, while giant hummingbirds weigh 19–21 g. Most species, however, weigh 2.5–6.5 g and are 6 –12 cm in length. Hummingbirds bear the most glittering plumage in the bird world. They display sexual dimorphism, as male hummingbirds are usually more brightly colored, while females of most species display more cryptic coloration. Most males have iridescent plumage, in metallic red, orange, green and/or blue. Some have only an iridescent throat patch or cap, while others, such as the Coppery-headed Emerald are entirely iridescent. Hummingbird flight has been studied intensively from an aerodynamic perspective: Hovering hummingbirds may be filmed using high-speed video cameras. Writing in Nature, biomechanist Douglas Warrick and coworkers studied the Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, in a wind tunnel using particle image velocimetry techniques and investigated the lift generated on the bird's upstroke and downstroke. They concluded that their subjects produced 75% of their weight support during the down-stroke and 25% during the up-stroke: many earlier studies had assumed (implicitly or explicitly) that lift was generated equally during the two phases of the wingbeat cycle, as is the case of insects of a similar size. This finding shows that hummingbirds' hovering is similar to, but distinct from, that of hovering insects such as the hawk moths. Hummingbirds are found only in the Americas, from southern Alaska and Canada to Tierra del Fuego, including the Caribbean. The majority of species occur in tropical Central and South America, but several species also breed in temperate areas. Excluding vagrants, sometimes from Cuba or the Bahamas, only the migratory Ruby-throated Hummingbird breeds in eastern North America. The Black-chinned Hummingbird, its close relative and another migrant, is the most widespread and common species in the western United States and Canada.Most hummingbirds of the U.S. and Canada migrate to warmer climates in the northern winter, but some remain in the warmest coastal regions. Some southern South American forms also move to the tropics in the southern winter. The Rufous Hummingbird shows an increasing trend to migrate east to winter in the eastern United States, rather than south to Central America, as a result of increasing survival prospects provided by artificial feeders in gardens. In the past, individuals that migrated east would usually die, but now many survive, and their changed migration direction is inherited by their offspring. Provided sufficient food and shelter is available, they are surprisingly hardy, able to tolerate temperatures down to at least -20 °C (-4 °F).Traditionally, hummingbirds are placed in the order Apodiformes, which also contains the swifts. In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, hummingbirds are separated as a new order, Trochiliformes, but this is not well supported by additional evidence. Hummingbirds' wings are hollow and fragile, making fossilization difficult and leaving their evolutionary history a mystery. Some scientists also believe that the hummingbird evolved relatively recently. Scientists also theorize that hummingbirds originated in South America, where there is the greatest species diversity. Brazil and Ecuador contain over half of the known species.Hummingbirds sometimes fly into garages and become trapped. It is widely believed that this is because they mistake the hanging (usually red-color) door-release handle for a flower, although hummingbirds can also get trapped in enclosures that do not contain anything red. Once inside, they may be unable to escape because their natural instinct when threatened or trapped is to fly upward. This is a life-threatening situation for hummingbirds, as they can become exhausted and die in a relatively short period of time, possibly as little as an hour. If a trapped hummingbird is within reach, it can often be caught gently and released outdoors. It will lie quietly in the space between cupped hands until released.

 

i quote sirbaron when i say "Paragraphs are your friends"

 

Wall of text hits you for 10 000.
You die.

 

d@mn! now i have to run from the graveyard to get ressd! stupid wall of text...

 

If we want to stay avian, I'm liking Terran Condor... it sounds a bit like Cobra, but it stays in line with the characteristics of a Vulture, haha! Have at it.

 

i think the 'cobra' idea comes from the two railguns....which are supposed to resemble fangs
but i think the idea of grenade shooter is more terran'ish and rugged

 

falcon is an alright name. im thinking terran peregrine ^_^ fastest speeds a bird could ever reach

EDIT: and i was like WOOAAAHHHx2 from seeing chris's avatar and the wall of text x_X gg

 

The two railguns could also be talons.

Terran Condor... damn I like that.
Condor... damnit Willy, flip the switch behind your ear and start thinking...

 

Your being really nit-picky in your criticism of the game, anyway cobra is better than vulture or any bird-related name. I kindof do like hummingbird though, ChrisBenoit made some very good points.

 

Hummingbird... are you surrrrious? I don't know, it doesn't strike me as any sort of attacking unit, or good unit whatsoever. I'd rather see that as some strange, annoying flyer- like a Terran interceptor.

 

Terran Carriers. Never gonna happen but a beautiful idea.

Ackbar, was the first part of that sentence because of what I said about railguns?
I wasn't getting angry because of that. I was just pointing out that it could be something else...