Why were there civilians in Char? [closed]

Question

So I was cheerfully slaughtering Terrans at Char, specifically here:

Warfield eventually screams something along the lines of: "evacuate the civilians!"

As he finishes that sentence, I begin laughing as I hunt for civilians......... wait. What. Civilians? In Char?

At first I thought "maybe he means the scientists" buuuut, as far as I am concerned, I destroyed both research facilities (there used to be two in both sides of the map), and I really doubt there would be scientists outside them. As you can appreciate in the image above, I am located in an area with no such facilities - and that's precisely when Warfield screams. Moreover, both facilities were destroyed by then so... yeah.

Civilians. Why were there civilians in an abominable place like Char? I mean, it has been like three weeks since they claimed the planet. Which was full with zerg. Everywhere.

Answer 1

The term civilians includes not just scientists but also medical staff, maintenance workers, construction workers (the fortress ain't gonna build itself), some bureaucrats that make sure the marines get paid their share of minerals and food, cleaning staff to wash the ashes off the buildings for when the general makes his inspection and of course mario, the plumber.

A fortress can't live on marines alone.

Answer 2

Are you familiar with that scene in Clerks where they're discussing the rebels blowing up the second Death Star?

Randal: A construction job of that magnitude would require a helluva lot more manpower than the Imperial army had to offer. I'll bet there were independent contractors working on that thing: plumbers, aluminum siders, roofers.

Dante: Not just Imperials, is what you're getting at.

Randal: Exactly. In order to get it built quickly and quietly they'd hire anybody who could do the job. Do you think the average storm trooper knows how to install a toilet main? All they know is killing and white uniforms.

So basically you're killing innocent plumbers and roofers. But it's alright, they knew the risks involved, so it's their own fault you killed them.