Ghost

[alien space marine]

Its a dropship of course. Two big engines, that long two-rail tail... maybe the size threw you off? It doesn't really look big enough to hold tanks...

I always presumed they never sucked them up like Marines, They pick them up like them ships in Halo and drop them,The Tank would be attached to the bottom held by a clamp.

i don't really remember anything at all from starcraft...aside from some of the units and the races. i don't really even remember the story, let alone images from the cutscenes, so i'm kinda with DJ on this one
and maybe that marine is russian, he's wearing red armor afterall. maybe there'll be some blue armored marines running around the game that have american flags, or eagles on them. maybe the bad terrans are the russian ones and the whole point of the game is to investigate their nuclear arms program... oh man, the possibilities are endless.

Actually the red guy is with the Terran Dominion, The Omega squadron by the looks of it, Notice all them greek omega symbols.

As for being Communist ,Marines tend to like to put bumper stickers on their armour,Though I wonder if he was a UED remnant who joined the Terran dominion?

The Terrans are ex-prisoners, remember... their government was called the Confederacy and used the Confederate flag... so why not a communist symbol on a Marine's armor?

The concept was to convey the idea they were red neck space hicks.
But the Confederates are gone , Killed by Zerg thanks to that prick Arcturus Mensk.

The Story I gather will be a prelude to starcraft II.(lets hope it makes it in time)

Duran will probaily play a major role in the story, We may find out who he is? Xel'Naga? But he might bring in the fourth race .

If Starcraft 64 extra missions were canon? That means Alexi Stukov is alive possibly helping Raynor in search for revenge on Duran for not only killing him before but helping in the destruction of the UED fleet and Admiral Dugalles death.

They have added new units in Ghost that might be intended for Starcraft II,The Protoss Vindicator , Terran Stealth Bomber ect...

Damn they better have bombers in starcraft II, Why have air units without bombers?None of the Terran space vessels were well suited for destroying buildings Wraiths and Battlecruisers kind of blow agiast ground,Valkries cant even attack ground.The Zerg had the Gaurdian the protoss ships did good with team work the carriers did good damage on buildings and if you had a Cossair and Orbiter it did excellent.