Firebat

The modern firebat

"Need a light?"

- Terran firebat^(src)

The firebat is a type of terran infantry specialized for close-quarters combat.

Overview

"Fire washes the skin off the bone and the sin off the soul. It cleans away the dirt. And my momma didn't raise herself no dirty boy."

- Franko Tildon, widely credited as the first firebat^(src)

A post-Brood War firebat

Firebats are "armored assault troopers". Firebats are often attached to provide support for marine squads. They are typically armed with dual arm-mounted flame throwers and wear heat-resistant fireproof armor similar to those used by marines, although heavier.

During the Guild Wars, a few firebats wore experimental CMC-230 XF armor, equipped with jet-packs. The armor had reliability issues, however, and so was quickly phased out.

During the Great War, Terran Confederacy firebats were equipped with wrist mounted Perdition flamethrowers and CMC-660 combat suits. The vulnerable flame tanks are protected by containment fields. United Earth Directorate firebats were armed with the C-140 "Epyon" Plasma Incinerator Cannon.

As with marines, many firebats are recruited or conscripted from "culturally challenged" persons. Such individuals undergo "neural resocialization" and receive aggression inhibitor implants as part of their training. Firebats are almost exclusively composed of resocialized criminals and psychotic pyromaniacs. Still, volunteers are not unheard of: in the Confederate Marine Corps, an individual had to have a PEB (Preferred Experience Base) of at least three months combat experience to become a firebat.

Game Unit

StarCraft

Firebat
Unit
Race	Terran
Role	Armored Assault Trooper
Armament	Perdition flamethrower (most common)
Protection	CMC-660 (most common)
Properties
Size	Small
Sight	7
Production
Minerals	50
Gas	25
Supply	1
Build time	24
Produced from	Barracks
Requires	Academy
Hotkey	F
Protection
Hit points	50
Armor	1
Combat
Ground attack	8 (x2 attacks)
Cooldown	22 (11 with Stimpack)
Attack range	2

Unit profile

The firebat's attack is optimized against groups of small-sized units, as it deals concussive splash damage. Firebats are most useful in the early game, as all of the base units for the three races are small. Supported by medics, firebats can stand up to zealots despite the large difference in health between them. With stims and medics, firebats can easily defeat swarms of zerglings. Unlike marines, firebats cannot attack air targets.

The firebat's attack is ranged, but it still works under the defiler's Dark Swarm. The attack also deals full damage against protoss shields, regardless of the size of the unit.

Abilities

StimPack

Marines and firebats double their rate of fire and increase their movement rate for a limited period of time.

Usage
Hotkey T Cost 10 HP

Acquisition
Purchased from Academy Hotkey T Cost 100 100 80

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Upgrades

Infantry Weapons

• +1 bonus per attack per level for ghosts, and marines.
• +2 bonus per attack per level for firebats.

Acquisition
Purchased from Engineering bay Hotkey W Level 1 Cost 100 100 267 Level 2 Cost 175 175 300 Required Science facility Level 3 Cost 250 250 333 Required Science facility

Infantry Armor

• +1 upgrade to armor per level for SCVs, marines, firebats, ghosts, and medics.

Acquisition
Purchased from Engineering bay Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 267 Level 2 Cost 175 175 300 Required Science facility Level 3 Cost 250 250 333 Required Science facility

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Quotations

See: StarCraft Firebat Quotations

Development

Firebats could set doodads (like trees) on fire.

StarCraft: Ghost

The firebat in StarCraft: Ghost

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In StarCraft: Ghost multiplayer, the firebat was equipped with flamethrowers. In addition, it launched laser-guided or manually guided napalm rockets. The rockets had greater range than the flamethrowers.

Firebats moved quite slowly, being outpaced by light infantry and marines.

In the Invasion Mode, a firebat cost three points.

StarCraft II

Firebat
Unit
Race	Terran
Affiliation	Terran Dominion Raynor's Raiders Orlan's Mercenaries
Campaign	Wings of Liberty Heart of the Swarm
Role	Specialized anti-infantry attacker
Armament	Perdition flamethrower
Protection	CMC-660
Properties
Transport slots	2
Sight	9
Production
Minerals	100
Gas	25
Supply	2
Build time	30
Produced from	Barracks
Requires	Tech lab/Tech reactor (attached)
Hotkey	F
Protection
Hit points	100
Armor	1
Type	Biological Ground
Armor type	Armored
Perdition flamethrower
Damage	8 (+4 vs light)
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	1.4
Range	2
Upgrade/level	+2/+1

The firebat is available in the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty campaign. It is unlocked by playing the mission "The Evacuation", available after Chief Engineer Rory Swann was able to procure them for Raynor's Raiders. The marauder replaced the firebat in multiplayer, because the firebat is effectively an alternative to the hellion.

When compared to the hellion, the firebat is tougher when given Juggernaut Plating (especially against zerglings and zealots), has a faster rate of fire, can load into bunkers, and can be paired with medics or medivac dropships, making it better defensively and giving it more staying power. The hellion, however, is slightly cheaper (does not cost any gas), far faster, has more range and deals more damage per shot (against light units), making it more powerful offensively. The two also have different armor properties, giving them different counters. Overall, the firebat is considered to be more useful than the hellion in the campaign due to its medic/medivac pairings, along with the campaign being a setting where speed is less critical.

Firebats are strong against marines, reapers, zerglings, banelings, infested terrans, and zealots. They are weak against marauders, siege tanks, diamondbacks, stalkers, immortals, archons, roaches, and ultralisks.

Upgrades

Infantry Weapons

• +1 damage for marines and reapers
• +1 base damage and +1 bonus damage for marauders and ghosts

Acquisition
Purchased from Engineering bay Hotkey E Level 1 Cost 100 100 114 Level 2 Cost 150 150 136 Required Armory Level 3 Cost 200 200 157 Required Armory

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Infantry Armor

• +1 to armor for SCVs, marines, firebats. marauders, medics, reapers, spectres, and ghosts.

Acquisition
Purchased from Engineering bay Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 114 Level 2 Cost 155 1755 136 Required Armory Level 3 Cost 200 200 157 Required Armory

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Wings of Liberty

Incinerator Gauntlets The firebat's attack area increases by +40%. The upgraded gauntlet channels the flamer's fuel through multiple ports rather than the single port of the previous generation, resulting in a much wider flame without any loss of intensity, allowing your firebats to hold enemies at bay with a literal wall of fire. Incinerator Gauntlets were previously known as Bearclaw Nozzles. Campaign Acquisition Wings of Liberty Acquired from Hyperion armory for $40,000 v • e

Juggernaut Plating Firebats gain +2 armor. Juggernaut Plating strengthens the firebat's natural weak spots and thickens the helmet and chest pieces. This upgrade allows firebats to shrug off the attacks of other infantry units and soak up incredible amounts of damage from small-arms fire. Campaign Acquisition Wings of Liberty Acquired from Hyperion armory for $85,000 v • e

Ultra Capacitors Attack upgrades improve attack cooldown of affected units by 5% per level. These self-replicating ultra capacitors reduce the reload time of weapons and systems. Now each of the weapon upgrades at the armory and engineering bay increases attack speed by 5% in addition to increasing damage. Campaign Acquisition Wings of Liberty Acquired from Hyperion laboratory for 5 protoss research points v • e

Vanadium Plating Armor upgrades increase health of affected units by 5% per level. We have created a new lightweight alloy called vanadium. Vanadium diffuses weapon impacts much more efficiently than traditional armor plating, and it better preserves the life of our units. Now each of the armor upgrades in the armory and engineering bay increases unit life by 5% in addition to increasing armor. Campaign Acquisition Wings of Liberty Acquired from Hyperion laboratory for 5 protoss research points v • e

Quotations

The firebat's portrait

See: StarCraft II Firebat Quotations

Specialist Firebats

• Cerberus Firebats
• Devil Dogs
• Prometheus Company
• Squad Leaders
• UED pyrotechnic engineers

Known Firebats

"Nothin' like a good smoke."

Main article: Terran firebats

• Lieutenant Jack Frost
• First Sergeant Gui Montag
• Sergeant Bud Morris
• Private First Class Fetu Koura-Abi
• Private Ekart
• Private Hank Harnack
• Private Eugene Malik
• Private Harper Utley
• Private Wabowski
• Billy Bob
• Trevor Jacobs
• Franko Tildon
• Jimmy

Notes

The firebat action figure

• A 7" firebat action figure was released in 1998.

• The firebat's portrait in StarCraft II is a mix of StarCraft firebat portrait with StarCraft II marauder portraits.

• Space fel orcs, which resemble terran firebats, appeared in the map editor of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne as well as the final cinematic (the latter only on difficult mode).

References

Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War v • e

Infantry SCV Marine Firebat Medic (BW) Ghost Ground vehicles Vulture Goliath Siege tank Air units Wraith Dropship Valkyrie (BW) Science vessel Battlecruiser 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 Scrapped units Cargo ship Merc biker Mercenary gunship Raider Spysat Scrapped buildings Cantina Dry docks Power station Repair bay Star base

Terran Units and Weapons of StarCraft: Ghost v • e

Units and Buildings Infantry PC Light infantry Marine Firebat Ghost Other Engineer/Scientist SCV Land Vehicles PC Stinger Vulture Siege tank Other Goliath Air Units PC Grizzly Other Assault dropship Battlecruiser Mini science vessel Science vessel Security camera Seeker droid Valkyrie Experimental Spectre Buildings Bunker Missile turret Mobile factory Weapons and Equipment Guns AGR-14 rifle BOSUN FN92 rifle C-14 rifle Flak pistol Gauss rifle Submachine gun Torrent SR-8 shotgun Grenades BE3 grenade EMP grenade Flash grenade Hellfire grenade Irradiate grenade Lockdown grenades Mines Spider mines Firefly mines Mantis mines Other E-11 lockdown device Napalm rocket Perdition flamethrower Psyblade Tactical nuke launcher Constructable Automated chain gun Decloaking device Gun turret

Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft II v • e

Versus Units and Structures Infantry SCV Marine Reaper Marauder Ghost Terrestrial Vehicles MULE Hellion Hellbat (HotS) Siege tank Cyclone (LotV) Thor Widow mine (HotS) Aerospace Vessels Viking Medivac dropship Banshee Raven Battlecruiser Liberator (LotV) Spawned Units MULE Drop pod Nuclear missile Basic Buildings Command center Refinery Supply depot Barracks Engineering bay Automated Defenses Auto-turret Missile turret Point defense drone Repair drone Support Buildings Orbital command Planetary fortress Sensor tower Bunker Add-ons Tech lab Reactor Advanced Buildings Ghost academy Factory Armory Starport Fusion core Campaign and Co-op Missions Units and Structures Mercenaries Devil Dogs Hammer Securities Siege Breakers Spartan Company War Pigs Hel's Angels Dusk Wings Jackson's Revenge Dominion Elite Guard Sons of Korhal Prometheus Company Death Head Aegis Guard Field Response Theta Outback Hunter Bulwark Company Shock Division Blackhammer Sky Fury Squadron Night Wolves Winged Nightmare Pride of Augustgrad Valor of Vardona Infantry Firebat HERC Medic Rebel Spectre Trooper Terrestrial Vehicles Armored personnel carrier Diamondback Goliath Militarized transport Predator Sensor drone Vulture Warhound Aerospace Vessels Asteria wraith Assault galleon Hercules dropship Science vessel Harvester Special ops dropship Sonar drone Sovereign battlecruiser Strike fighter Tac fighter Theia raven Valkyrie Wraith Spawned units A.R.E.S. Bio-mechanical repair drone Advanced Buildings Dominion starport HERC compound Merc compound Shadow ops Add-ons Tech reactor Support Buildings Laser drill Hive mind emulator Psi disrupter Nuclear silo Strike fighter platform Automated defenses Devastation turret Gun turret Flame turret Perdition turret Sentry gun Shrike turret Spider mine Cerberus mine Canceled Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft II v • e Scrapped Removed Units Anti-air walker Block B Bulwark D-8 charges Guardian Gundam HERC Hercules tank Incinerator Laser drill tank Mine drone Missile launcher Nomad Pillager Predator Prison infantry guard Quantradyne APOD-33 dropship Red Adder Scout Shredder Super crane Targeting drone Valkyrie Zeus battle tank Zeus lander Removed Buildings Drop pod facility Listening post Munitions depot Radar tower Star base