Detector
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This article describes the unit type. For information on the device, see here.
A detector is a building or unit that is able to detect and thus unmask cloaked or burrowed units. Detectors can be stationary (buildings) or mobile (units). Once a detector uncovers a cloaked unit, any friendly unit can fire on it. This capability is especially critical when faced with a ghost targeting a nuclear missile or an arbiter providing cover for a number of units. Detector units trapped in Lockdown or hit by Optical Flares will lose their ability to detect.
[edit] StarCraft
Detectors include:
- Scanner Sweep (ComSat station ability)
- Missile turret
- Science vessel
- Spider mines can sense and attack cloaked ground units. Mines do not reveal cloaked units, however.
[edit] Non-Buildable Detectors
These detectors can not be built/transformed/warped by any worker unit.
[edit] StarCraft II
Detectors include:
- Scanner Sweep (Orbital Command ability)
- Raven
- Sensor tower
