Fleet beacon

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Fleet Beacon
Structure
Race	Protoss
Properties
Hit points	500
Shields	500
Production
Minerals	300
Gas	200
Requires	Stargate
Hot key	F
Combat
Armor	1
Function
Research	Disruption Web, Argus Jewel, Apial Sensors, Gravitic Thrusters, Carrier Capacity

The fleet beacon is a protoss advanced building. Easily recognizable, the fleet beacon is built around a huge sphere carved from the largest and purest of khaydarin crystals. The beacon focuses psi through this sphere to strengthen and magnify the warp rift created by the stargate, allowing to teleport the largest of protoss warships (e.g. the carrier). It also provides upgrades to most protoss air units.

Contents 1 Game Unit 1.1 StarCraft I 1.1.1 Researched Abilities 1.1.2 Researched Upgrades 1.1.3 Building Upgrades 1.2 StarCraft II 1.2.1 Researched Upgrades 1.2.2 Building Upgrades 2 Development 3 References

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[edit] StarCraft I

[edit] Researched Abilities

Disruption Web
Acquisition Researched at Fleet beacon	Usage Energy 125 Range 9
Notes
The Corsair pilot can focus their psychic energy through the vessel's Neutron Emitter, which creates psionic static which disrupts neural impulses and renders computer-directed attacks inaccurate. The web is drawn towards the magnetic resonance found in ores and minerals. This static prevents all ground units and buildings (including base defenses such as bunkers and missile turrets) from attacking while they remain under it, but does not prevent attacks from outside. Affected units may still be attacked and damaged by units outside the web.

[edit] Researched Upgrades

Apial Sensors Researched at Fleet beacon Properties Minerals 100 Gas 100 Notes Increases Scout sight range by 2 (to 10). Increases Scout sight range by 2 (to 10).	Gravitic Thrusters Researched at Fleet beacon Properties Minerals 200 Gas 200 Notes Increases Scout movement speed. Increases Scout speed.
Carrier Capacity Researched at Fleet beacon Properties Minerals 100 Gas 100 Notes Increases the number of interceptors carriers can hold at once by 4 (to 8).	Argus Jewel Researched at Fleet beacon Properties Minerals 100 Gas 100 Notes Increases the Corsair's maximum energy by 50.

[edit] Building Upgrades

Plasma shields
Researched at	Forge
Hotkey	S
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 200 300 400 Gas 200 300 400 Required Cybernetics core Cybernetics core
Notes
+1 bonus to shields per level for all units and structures.

[edit] StarCraft II

Fleet Beacon
Structure
Race	Protoss
Properties
Hit points	500[1][2]
Shields	500[1][2]
Type	Armored, Mechanical, Structure
Production
Minerals	300[1][2]
Gas	200[1][2]
Build time	60[1][2]
Requires	Stargate[1][2]
Hot key	F[2]
Function
Allows	Carrier, mothership[3]

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The fleet beacon plays a similar role in StarCraft II. It is a requirement for production of carriers and motherships.^[3]

[edit] Researched Upgrades

Flux Vanes[4]
Researched at	Fleet beacon[5]
Properties
Minerals 150[4] Gas 150[4] Research time 80[4]
Notes
Increases the rate at which a void ray's attack powers up.[4]
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Graviton Catapult[6]
Researched at	Fleet beacon[5]
Properties
Minerals 150[6] Gas 150[6] Research time 80[6]
Notes
Launch interceptors faster.[6]
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[edit] Building Upgrades

Plasma shields
Researched at	Forge[7]
Hotkey	S[7]
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 200[7] 300[7] 400[7] Gas 200[7] 300[7] 400[7] Research time 140[7] 170[7] 200[7]
Notes
+1 to shields per level.
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[edit] Development

The fleet beacon used to research Apial Sensors (enhanced vision) and Gravitic Thrusters (enhanced speed) for the Phoenix.^[8] This has since been canceled.^[9]

[edit] References

Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.

Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War
Ground units	Probe · Zealot · Dragoon · Reaver · High templar · Archon • Brood War only • Dark templar · Dark archon
Air units	Shuttle · Scout · Arbiter · Carrier (Interceptor) · Observer • Brood War only • Corsair
Basic buildings	Nexus · Assimilator · Pylon · Gateway · Forge · Shield battery · Cybernetics core · Photon cannon
Advanced buildings	Robotics facility · Stargate · Citadel of Adun · Robotics support bay · Fleet beacon · Templar archives · Observatory · Arbiter tribunal

Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II
Infantry	Probe · Zealot · High templar · Dark templar · Archon
Land mechanized	Stalker · Immortal · Disruptor · Colossus
Air vehicles	Warp prism · Observer · Phoenix · Void ray · Carrier (Interceptor) · Mothership
Basic buildings	Nexus · Assimilator · Pylon · Gateway (Warp gate) · Forge · Cybernetics core · Obelisk
Combat buildings	Photon cannon
Advanced buildings	Twilight council · Dark shrine · Templar archives · Robotics facility · Robotics support bay · Stargate · Fleet beacon
Campaign-Exclusive Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II	Special Protoss Units	Stone zealot
Scrapped	Removed units	Escort · Reaver · Soul hunter/purifier · Star relic · Stasis orb · Tempest (Shuriken) · Twilight archon
	Removed buildings	Observatory · Phase cannon · War beacon · War shrine