Talk:S.T.A.R.S. (Resident Evil)
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[edit] "Special Tactics & Rescue SERVICE" not "Special Tactics & Rescue SQUAD"
Really, we're getting sick of having to revert changes by people editing "Service" for "Squad". In the videogames it IS "Special Tactics and Rescue SERVICE". It may be different in the books and movie but that is NON-CANON. Hell, check the PICTURE OF THE STARS BADGE in the article, which comes from Resident Evil. Whats that say? SERVICE. It has, and always will be, Service in the videogames. Parjay 22:21, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
- Amen to that. I've changed it back and I've seen it changed back many times in the past couple of months. Unfortunately, it seems the Bots also modify the S.T.A.R.S. logo to represent 'Squad' instead of 'Service', too. Is there anything that can be done about that, or perhaps we can simply put (Special Tactics And Rescue Squad - non-canon unit represented the RE movies) after it. Gamer Junkie 12:43, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Actually, it seems even Capcom has used "squad" a few times as well, and I can count a few instances in the games. In fact, if you have the Resident Evil remake, you can go ahead and check the back of the case. If you don't have it, I'll go ahead and quote the back word for word...
| Raccoon City. A secluded mountain community, plagued by a storm of vicious attacks, is completely overrun. Mutant beasts, blood-thirty zombies infest the landscape. You are S.T.A.R.S. -- Special Tactics and Rescue Squad. Your mission blah blah blah... |
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- So it is incorrect to say that "squad" is non-canon, because it obviously is. --Every1blowz 18:16, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Actually, no it's not incorrect as that's not canon. The back of the box and the design ISN'T written by the game developers (just like "squad" in the novels). Everything ACTUALLY IN THE GAMES refers to it as "service". SERVICE is the only canon word. It's only used as SERVICE in the original Japanese as well. Parjay 23:56, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Misconception
STARS was founded in 1996 according to the Resident Evil Archives (which in turn was translated from the Japanese Biohazard Archives). This is the canonical info from the developers (Capcom of Japan) themselves. U.S. site states otherwise because their timeline was fan-written and the author based his info on the novels (which contradicts the game's canon on several instances). Jonny2x4 18:38, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
I didn't know the official Resident Evil website http://ww2.capcom.com/ResidentEvil/index2.php Was fan made. Sorry
- If that's true it looks like they need to run a tighter ship over there at Capcom. Eluchil 23:55, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Requested move
Special Tactics And Rescue Service → Special Tactics and Rescue Service – Naming conventions -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 15:03, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
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- This isn't really an issue, why don't we check files or photos or whatever from the game? I suppose the "A" is included in the "S.T.A.R.S." acronym, so it should probably be Special Tactics And Rescue Service. Gamer Junkie 02:27, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
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- I moved the page. Whether or not the A forms part of the acronym, conventional English and WP:NCP specify that "and" should not be capitalized, as with "or" "for" or other such prepositions and conjunctions. Teke(talk) 00:37, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rebecca Chambers' status
I have changed Recbecca's status to "undetermined" for the reason we only know that she had survived in Resident Evil 0 and in the mansion incident in Resident Evil 1. However, we do not know of her current status since that time. It has been printed in the "Resident Evil Archives" book by Bradly Games that Rebecca was killed off by Nemesis in Resident Evil 3. Although, this factor is not displayed in the game. But according to the book, and regardless of the many mis-prints or errors in the book, (English version only) the book was said to be written with the information directly from the Resident Evil team and its creators. *.:.`ShadowFox` S.T.A.R.S..:.* 08:17, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
