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Covert Ops

Structure
Race	Terran
Role	Special operations add-on
Production
Minerals	50
Gas	50
Build time	40
Parent	Science facility
Protection
Hit points	750
Armor	1
Function
Allows	Ghost Nuclear silo
Research	Ocular Implants Moebius Reactor Lockdown Personal Cloaking

The covert ops is a terran facility that is an add-on to the science facility. It provides the ability to train ghosts and the upgrades they can receive, and is an alternative to the physics lab. It was originally only accessible to members of the Confederate Intelligence Corps.^[1]

The covert ops does not appear in StarCraft II, its role of providing support for ghosts having been taken by the ghost academy and tech lab.

Game StructureEdit

Researched AbilitiesEdit

Personal Cloaking

Acquisition
Minerals	100
Gas	100
Research time	80
Researched at	Covert ops
Hotkey	C

Usage
Energy	25 (+1 per second)
Hotkey	C

Notes

The ghost can cloak. It can still use attack and use other abilities while cloaked.

Lockdown

Acquisition
Minerals	200
Gas	200
Research time	100
Researched at	Covert ops
Hotkey	L

Usage
Energy	100
Range	8
Duration	60
Hotkey	L

Notes

The ghost disables enemy mechanical or robotic units. Targets may not attack, move, or use abilities; passive detection and cloaking are disabled. Lockdown may be removed by a medic's restoration ability.

Researched UpgradesEdit

Ocular Implants

Researched at

Covert ops

Hotkey

O

Properties

Minerals	100
Gas	100
Research time	166

Notes

Increases ghost sight range by 2 (to 11), making sight range greater than the nuke blast radius.

Moebius Reactor

Researched at

Covert ops

Hotkey

M

Properties

Minerals	150
Gas	150
Research time	166

Notes

Increases ghost maximum energy by 50.
Increases ghost starting energy from 50 to 62.5.

DevelopmentEdit

In the StarCraft alpha, the covert ops was known as the "genetics lab".^[2]

ReferencesEdit

↑ Underwood, Peter, Chris Metzen and Bill Roper. StarCraft: Brood War (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
↑ Alpha, accessed on 2011-07-20