Alexei Stukov

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Alexei Stukov
Voice actor(s) Castulo Guerra

Vice Admiral Alexei Stukov (also spelled Alexi Stukov) is a character in the fictional StarCraft universe created by Blizzard Entertainment. He is the Vice Admiral of the United Earth Directorate's Expeditionary Force to the Koprulu Sector and a childhood friend with the Admiral, Gerard DuGalle (despite a twelve year age gap). Stukov's specialty was research. His primary role involved research, especially into technology and physical theory, and more recently into the Zerg and Protoss. While a brilliant tactician, he did not contest Admiral DuGalle's leadership of the United Earth Directorate expeditionary force to the Koprulu Sector.

Stukov is 52 years old, and is a childhood friend of Gerard DuGalle, who is 64.

In Brood War Stukov is voiced by Castulo Guerra.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Stukov is represented in the game by the Terran Ghost unit although not psychic. Stukov is described as having a black Greatcoat and a white Admiral's Cap.

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[edit] War Action

Stukov debuted in Episode IV trying to blockade the small icy world of Braxis when the Protoss visited, for reasons unknown to him. Stukov used a large number of Missile Turrets powered by fusion reactors and defended by a number of United Earth Directorate troops. The Protoss fleet could not leave the world as long as the Missile Turrets could shoot down their vessels. The Protoss were able to penetrate the blockade by destroying the fusion reactors, and eventually Stukov had to give up the chase.

In Episode V, Stukov made contact with Samir Duran, who was on the surface of Braxis. Duran offered an alliance with the UED in return for assisting the UED invasion of Braxis. Stukov was initially suspicious of Duran's motives, but became more accepting of him when Duran was able to warn Stukov and Admiral DuGalle of an impending Terran Dominion counterattack at Dylar IV.

When the UED fleet travelled to Tarsonis to search for the Psi Disruptor, they were successful. Stukov wanted to use the Disruptor as an anti-Zerg weapon, but Duran convinced Admiral DuGalle that it was too dangerous to leave it in one piece. As a result, DuGalle ordered Duran to destroy the Psi Disruptor on Tarsonis but Stukov, believing the Psi Disruptor to be of great importance to their cause, sent in his own Ghosts, who told Duran that they would take care of the Psi Disruptor themselves. Stukov disassembled it and transported it to Braxis to keep it hidden from Duran and DuGalle.

When the UED force pursued James Raynor and Arcturus Mengsk to Aiur, DuGalle split his forces into three or four sections. One directly attacked Raynor and Mengsk, while Stukov and Duran's forces were tasked with preventing more Zerg from entering the combat arena.

However, a huge flood of Zerg attacked just as Raynor and Mengsk were escaping. Stukov tried to warn DuGalle, but Duran claimed that there must have been a problem with Stukov's equipment. Instead, Duran moved away from his assigned area, allowing the Zerg swarm to overrun the UED forces and prevent them from capturing Mengsk. It was then that Stukov realized the extent of the unholy alliance that had been formed against the UED. Not only were the Protoss aiding Mengsk, but the Zerg as well. Fearing the worst, Stukov withdrew to Braxis, where he activated the Psi Disruptor.

[edit] The Traitor

Stukov in UED Victory Report
Stukov in UED Victory Report

DuGalle was bewildered by this chain of events. He was unable to comprehend why Stukov had activated the Psi Disrupter (which he believed had been destroyed), and on Duran's goading, ordered Stukov to be executed for treason against the UED, a task Duran gladly accepted. Stukov's personal forces resisted the UED, but eventually Duran located Stukov, shot him and promptly vanished.

With his dying breath, Stukov told Admiral DuGalle that Duran had been manipulating him from the beginning, was almost certainly infected by the Zerg and may have been for a long time. Stukov's last words were punctuated when the outer walls of the Psi Disruptor were breached and Duran activated the Disrupter's self-destruct sequence. At DuGalle's request the remainder of Stukov's personal forces assisted the UED forces in their efforts to save the Psi Disruptor before it exploded. The UED was successful and after leaving behind a small garrison force departed for Char to enslave the Zerg Overmind.

According to the ending video of Episode V, Stukov was given a memorial service in space near Char. It should be noted however that the video was a propaganda piece - it claimed Stukov was killed fighting the Zerg on Char, which was definitely untrue.

DuGalle took Stukov's death personally, especially because Stukov was the one who originally argued that Duran was untrustworthy. Kerrigan taunted Admiral DuGalle on Char, claiming that Stukov was "twice the man DuGalle was". In his last transmission to his wife, DuGalle takes personal responsibility for Stukov's death.

[edit] Reanimation

Stukov may have made a comeback, however. In the Blizzard Entertainment Map of the Month called Deceptions, Stukov was observed, obviously infested, and working with former Confederates in a high-tech science facility. According to data acquired by the Kimeran Pirates in the facility, the Confederates were studying how to revive Terrans using Zerg reanimation techniques.

In the Blizzard Map of the Month Mercenaries II, Stukov made yet another appearance. He hired mercenaries to destroy enemies of his who had conveniently settled on the same dark planet. If you play the three-player version of the map, you will notice that the white Terrans in the southwest corner have a special battlecruiser with them - the Kimeran Juggernaut. That is the name of the high-tech battlecruiser used by the Kimeran Pirates. The Kimerans were mostly or completely wiped out by Stukov's mercenaries.

Stukov's most recent appearance was in Resurrection IV, a secret map in the Nintendo 64 version of StarCraft. In this mission, Artanis revealed that Zerg Cerebrate Kaloth had reanimated Stukov, who was now in charge of his own Zerg Brood on Braxis. However, Stukov was weak, which was reflected in the power of the Brood.

Nonetheless, the Brood apparently wiped out the Terran civilians on the planet. Stukov's Brood was allied with former Confederates.

Artanis sent James Raynor and Taldarin, a very old Protoss Dragoon, along with a small Terran force (taken from Raynor's Raiders) and a small Protoss force, down to the surface with a high-tech nanite serum which could reverse the infestation process. These nanites (or something similar) have also made appearances in StarCraft: Deceptions and StarCraft: Alternity.

Stukov's Terran forces were not completely with him, and many of them felt he had gone insane. Many of them decided to join forces with Raynor, helping him free the Protoss prisoners Stukov was keeping on Braxis. Eventually the heroes cornered Stukov, who was surrounded by Nydus Canals (a Zerg transport system) and four large Zerg Cocoons. These cocoons exploded, revealing a quartet of Torrasques. Despite such formidable opposition, the heroes prevailed and Stukov was injected. Freed from the Zerg (but somewhat bitter of this fact), Stukov helped the heroes to evacuate. In orbit over Braxis, the Protoss fired a single powerful energy beam at it, purging its surface of all life.

[edit] Trivia

  • Stukov is on the race campaign choosing screen, and when you hold the mouse over him it shows a small list of his accomplishments before entering the Brood War.
  • Stukov apparently had four children and was married.

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StarCraft by Blizzard Entertainment
StarCraft Universe Gameplay of StarCraft • Psionic technology
Species Terran • Protoss • Zerg • Xel'Naga • Hybrid
Factions and Organizations Judicator Caste • Kel-Morian Combine • Khalai Caste • Protoss Conclave • Pirate Militias • Raynor's Raiders • Sons of Korhal • Templar Caste • Terran Confederacy • Umojan Protectorate • United Earth Directorate • Zerg Brood
Locations Aiur • Antiga Prime • Braxis • Char • Chau Sara • Korhal • Mar Sara • Moria • Shakuras • Talematros • Tarsonis • Umoja • Zerus
Characters Aldaris • Artanis • Gerard DuGalle • Edmund Duke • Samir Duran • Fenix • Sarah Kerrigan • Arcturus Mengsk • Nova • Raszagal • Jim Raynor • Alexei Stukov • Tassadar • Zeratul • Zerg Overmind • Minor Characters
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