The most superior member of the Strogg race takes on the title of Makron, and has absolute authority over the Strogg civilization. In Strogg society, the biggest and strongest individuals are automatically considered superior, and have higher authority. It is possible the Strogg still make these flags and display them as a holdover from a past age when they were less enslaved by their technology, since otherwise the Strogg would see them as a waste of resources due to their lack of need for morale or military pride compared to humans. Many such banners still hang on or inside Strogg installations, though many of them, like the buildings, are weathered, torn, stained and almost ancient in appearance. One sign of the Strogg's culture is their use of nationalistic banners and symbols in orange and yellow colouring, hinting that they may once have had a national identity or took some kind of pride in their culture.
Many of the buildings show signs of extreme age and crude construction, rusting to the core, though they all tend to have the same kinds of elevators and automatic doors that are typical of human military installations. The Palace of Cerberon is a rare example for highly sophisticated Strogg architecture. The majority of buildings on Stroggos are nothing more than countless armoured bunkers, weapons factories, defences and massive fortifications. Strogg culture is dominated by a fixation on warfare, with all their efforts being geared towards this single purpose. Note that some Strogg, having been processed from captured humans, do speak English (for example, the Berserker growls "Trespasser!" upon spotting the player), although this would not explain why their signs would be in English instead of Strogg, especially since some of the other Strogg troops yell out non-English words (such as "Hito!", Japanese for "A man!", by some Guards). On the other hand, the presence of English sign on Stroggos, as depicted in Quake II, would suggest either that the Strogg do use written English, or that some humans including the invading Marines have learned the Strogg language, at least in its written form, and this is "translated" into English for the player (a supposition which may be supported by the alien-looking font used for the English on Stroggos, intended to imitate the shape of the "real" Strogg script).
It is not entirely necessary, because a hero named Johann Strauss claimed to be one of the few humans fluent in Strogg, without undergoing stroggification. Understanding of the Strogg language is gained from a neurocyte being implanted in the cerebral cortex, and few human translators (if any) would volunteer for such a procedure. However, there is little indication that many humans have managed to understand it even after years of war against the Strogg and study of them. Surprisingly, the Strogg language functions very similarly to English, with various symbols forming separate words and basically working as letters, as opposed to symbols representing whole meanings in the way that Chinese, for example, works. This Strogg aggression led to humanity's long war with them that has continued unabated ever since. This motivation led the Strogg to Earth, which they promptly invaded, slaughtering millions of humans just to harvest their corpses. Motivation, since it is necessary for their survival. The Strogg's need to harvest biological components for their own augmentation, and the flesh of slain enemies for the creation of stroyent, is their primary The Strogg are cybernetic constructs of unclear origins that reproduce by taking biological components and fusing them with advanced technology in the brutal surgical process of stroggification that enslaves their minds and enhances their bodies for war.
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