Thread:Le Rottweiler/@comment-1496755-20150131214112

Hey, I was just reading your thoughts about Quake I canon and how it relates to the other games in the series, and I thought you might be interested to hear my theory:

I know that Q1 and Q2 are intended to be separate universes, still I decided to challenge myself and think of some way to connect them. And here is what I came up with:

After its numerous defeats by Ranger, the evil force known as "Quake" (assuming that it's some unseen evil mastermind that controlled Shub-Niggurath, Armagon and the Dragon) had no choice but to flee, in order to survive. The only way to do that was to escape into our own universe. However, there was a slight problem - there is no magic in our universe. Therefore, "Quake" had to find a good substitute.

What is the thing in our world that is most similar to magic? Technology! Advanced computers, cybernetics, nano-tech and dimensional portals. And this is how the Strogg came to be - the evil power of "Quake" was reborn in the form of a highly-technological cybernetic race, whose entire existence is based on machines and computers.

As for the Strogg symbol on crates - it could have been the symbol of Ranger's military corp. The forces of Quake saw this symbol and decided to use it later, the idea being that Stroggos is an evil corrupted version of Earth.

Of course, this is just my personal theory... officially, Q1 and Q2/Q4 are different universes. 