Academy

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For information on the ghost training facility, see Ghost academy (disambiguation).

Academy
Structure
Race	Terran
Properties
Hit points	600
Production
Minerals	150
Build time	80
Requires	Barracks
Combat
Armor	1
Function
Research	Stim Pack Tech, Restoration, Optic Flare, Caduceus Reactor, U-238 Shells

The academy was the primary center of research for new technologies for the Confederate Marine Corps, seeking to improve the quality of its personnel.^[1] Despite this, it appears the Academy was looked on with dread by some soldiers, raising questions about its true nature.^[2]

It was used by the United Earth Directorate for equipping medics.^[3] The building does not appear in StarCraft II, its functions taken by the tech lab.^[4]

[edit] Upgrades

U-238 Shells
Researched at	Academy
Properties
Minerals 150 Gas 150
Notes
Increases marine attack range by 1 (to 5)

Caduceus Reactor
Researched at	Academy
Properties
Minerals 150 Gas 150
Notes
Increases the medic's energy by 50.

[edit] Researched Abilities

StimPack Acquisition Minerals 100 Gas 100 Researched at Academy Hotkey T Usage Hit points 10 Hotkey T Notes Marines and firebats double their rate of fire and increase their movement rate for a limited period of time.	Heal Usage Energy 1 (per 2 hit points) Range 2 Notes Medics use this ability to automatically heal friendly biological units in range.
Restoration Acquisition Minerals 100 Gas 100 Researched at Academy Usage Energy 50 Range 6 Notes Medics can remove most negative status effects on units.	Optic Flare Acquisition Minerals 100 Gas 100 Researched at Academy Usage Energy 75 Range 9 Notes The medic uses its A-13 grenade launcher to reduces the sight of an enemy unit to 1, and removes any detection ability.

[edit] References

1. ↑ Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
2. ↑ Hickman, Tracy (May 21, 2002). StarCraft: Speed of Darkness. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-671-04150-9.
3. ↑ Underwood, Peter, Chris Metzen and Bill Roper. StarCraft: Brood War (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
4. ↑ Shoemaker, Brad. 2007-08-03. BlizzCon 07: Starcraft II Hands-On -- The Terrans. GameSpot. Accessed 2007-09-22.

Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War
Infantry	SCV · Marine · Firebat · Ghost • Brood War only • Medic
Ground vehicles	Vulture · Goliath · Siege tank
Air units	Wraith · Dropship · Science vessel · Battlecruiser • Brood War only • Valkyrie
Basic buildings	Command center (ComSat station · Nuclear silo) · Supply depot · Engineering bay · Barracks · Refinery · Missile turret · Academy · Bunker
Advanced buildings	Factory (Machine shop) · Armory · Starport (Control tower) · Science facility (Physics lab · Covert ops)
Other	Nuclear missile · Spider mine