Changes: Ranger (Q1)

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Ranger is the main character of Quake. While initially unnamed and referred to as 'QuakeGuy' 'Player ' 'The hero (Mission packs)' or 'Quake's Protagonist', a character named "Ranger" appeared in Quake 3 Arena with the exact same appearance and a description that matches the events endured by the protagonist of Quake. He is the sole survivor of Operation Counterstrike and his mission is to take down the enemy leader "Quake".

Ranger is voiced by Trent Reznor.^[1]

Story

Ranger is a marine in the special forces. He receives a telephone call at four A.M., and arrives at the secret installation by 5:30. The commander tersely explains that once they perfect the Slipgate device, they’ll be capable of utilizing them to instantly transport people and cargo from one place to another. But an enemy, codenamed Quake, is using his own Slipgates to insert his forces inside of some of Earth’s bases in order to kill, steal, and kidnap. Being their ‘best man,’ Ranger is in charge of Operation Counterstrike, finding Quake, and stopping him. Ranger has the full authority to requisition anything that he requires.

Around the time of the Operation Counterstrike, he is one of the many marines sent to defeat the enemy leader, codenamed "Quake". All marines sent through were killed, except for Ranger. Ranger then travels through 4 different dimensions, each more hellish than the last, to collect the four magic Runes that, when combined, will open the gate to the lair of Quake. In the second dimension, Ranger learns that Quake, is actually Shub-Niggurath from Lovecraftian myth, the evil mother of all creatures. After collecting all 4 Runes, a large hole in the main dimension select room leads to Shub-Niggurath's Pit. Ranger can not kill her with normal weapons, and must fight through many of her minions before finding the Teleporter that will teleport him to Shub-Niggurath's platform. He spawns inside the beast, taking up her space, causing her to explode, and leaving Ranger victorious.

However this wasn't enough to end the invasion. Ranger then goes to Armagon's lair to defeat him and close the Rift between dimensions. After that he goes after the Overlord who altered the history with a temporal energy converter. Ranger first confronts him in the present time, then goes back in time to confront him again the past and finally puts an end to Quake's reign before coming back to present.

Traits and Appearance

Ranger appears to be a very muscular man wearing an advanced suit of brown combat boots and Yellow Armor. Ranger wears white gloves which are not seen when using the Axe. He wields the Axe with his right hand. His voice is fairly deep. When he uses the Ring of Shadows, it becomes apparent that his eyes are brown, although his gibbed head contains a few blue pixels. Curiously, his gibbed head is larger than that of his full model. His face can bleed purely by drowning.

Ranger's goals often involve talking little and killing everything he comes across, Ranger is experienced in both monsters and human enemies.

Ranger's total monster count in Quake is 1.803 not counting mission packs and not reachable monsters.

Sounds

Sounds
Ranger jumping
Ranger landing
Ranger landing dolorously
Ranger experiencing damage
Ranger being burnt from Slime or Lava
Ranger continually drowning
Ranger gasping for air
Ranger dying (normal)
Ranger being Gibbed
Ranger being killed by drowning
Ranger being telefragged

Gallery

Trivia

Ranger appears as a collectible marine guy action figure named "Quakeguy" in the Doom 2016 reboot.
Ranger shares the same jump and pain sounds with Bitterman.

References

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Quake
Characters		Ranger · Quake
Enemies		Death Knight · Enforcer · Fiend · Grunt · Knight · Ogre · Ogre Marksman · Rotfish · Rottweiler · Scrag · Shambler · Spawn · Vore · Zombie
Bosses		Chthon · Shub-Niggurath
Barriers and Hazards		Button · Door · Electric Terminal · Falling Spike · Guillotine · Lava · Laser Trap · Movable Wall · Nail Trap · Radioactive Container · Slime · Spiked Sphere · Teleporter · Unholy Altar · Water · Wind Tunnel
Level Exits		Arch · Exit Gate · Rune Gate · Slipgate
Powerups		15 Health · 25 Health · 100 Health · Armor(Green)(Yellow)(Red) · Biosuit · Key · Pentagram of Protection · Quad Damage · Ring of Shadows · Rune
Weapons		Axe · Shotgun · Double-Barreled Shotgun · Nailgun · Super Nailgun · Grenade Launcher · Rocket Launcher · Thunderbolt
Ammo		Backpack · Shells · Nails · Rockets · Cells
Source ports		GLQuake · GLQuakeWorld · QuakeWorld · VQuake · WinQuake
Other		Crate · Dopefish

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 Around the time of the [[Operation Counterstrike]], he is one of the many marines sent to defeat the enemy leader, codenamed "Quake". All marines sent through were killed, except for Ranger. Ranger then travels through 4 different dimensions, each more hellish than the last, to collect the four magic [[Rune]]s that, when combined, will open the gate to the lair of Quake. In the second dimension, Ranger learns that Quake, is actually [[Shub-Niggurath]] from Lovecraftian myth, the evil mother of all creatures. After collecting all 4 Runes, a large hole in the main dimension select room leads to [[Shub-Niggurath's Pit]]. Ranger can not kill her with normal weapons, and must fight through many of her minions before finding the [[Teleporter (Q1)|Teleporter]] that will teleport him to Shub-Niggurath's platform. He spawns inside the beast, taking up her space, causing her to explode, and leaving Ranger victorious.
-However this wasn't enough to end the invasion.  Ranger then goes to Armagon's lair to defeat him and close the Rift between dimensions. After that he goes after the Overlord who altered the history with a temporal energy converter. Ranger first confronts him in the present time, then goes back in time to confront him again the past and finally put an and to his reign before coming back to present.
+However this wasn't enough to end the invasion.  Ranger then goes to Armagon's lair to defeat him and close the Rift between dimensions. After that he goes after the Overlord who altered the history with a temporal energy converter. Ranger first confronts him in the present time, then goes back in time to confront him again the past and finally puts an end to Quake's reign before coming back to present.
 ==Traits and Appearance==