Hammer Securities (H-Sec) is a Kel-Morian Combine mercenary group which frequently finds itself in conflict with the Terran Dominion.

HistoryEdit

During the Second Great War, they offered elite marauders to Raynor's Raiders after the rebels stole an artifact component from Monlyth for the Möebius Foundation.^[1] There were also members in the Umojan Protectorate,^[2] Mira's Mercs,^[3] and Tosh's Goons.^[4]

Game EffectEdit

Hammer Securities
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Hired at	Graven Hill Hyperion cantina
Price	40,000 credits
Squad size	2 Hammer Securities marauders
Squads per mission	2
Cooldown	6 min.
Resource Cost	250 75
Produced at	Merc compound
Notes
+25% Health, +20% Damage
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Unit
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Base unit	Marauder
Production
Supply	2
Produced from	Merc compound
Hotkey	M
Movement
Speed	2.25
Protection
Hit points	125
Armor	1
Type	Biological
Armor type	Armored
The Mediator
Damage	12 (+12 vs armored)
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	1.5
Range	6
Upgrade/level	+1/+1

Elite marauders come in squads of 2, which can be bought twice per mission. They have +25% more HP and deal +20% damage compared to regular marauders.

AbilitiesEdit

Concussive Shells
Acquisition Minerals 50 Gas 50 Research time 60 Researched at Tech lab attached to barracks Hotkey G
Notes
Marauder attacks slow the movement speed of non-massive enemy units by 50%. Only affects one target at a time.
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UpgradesEdit

Infantry Weapons
Researched at	Engineering bay
Hotkey	E
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100 175 250 Gas 100 175 250 Research time 160 190 220 Required Armory Armory
Notes
+1 base damage for marines. +1 base damage and +1 bonus damage for marauders, ghosts, and spectres. +1 pistol base damage and +4 D-8 charge base damage for reapers.
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Ultra Capacitors
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	5 protoss research points
Researched at	Hyperion laboratory
Notes
Attack upgrades at the armory and engineering bay improved cooldown by 5% per level. Self-replicating ultra capacitors reduce the reload time of weapons and systems.[5]
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Infantry Armor
Researched at	Engineering bay
Hotkey	A
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100 175 250 Gas 100 175 250 Research time 160 190 220 Required Armory Armory
Notes
+1 to armor for SCVs, marines, firebats. marauders, medics, reapers, spectres, and ghosts.
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Vanadium Plating
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	5 protoss research points
Researched at	Hyperion laboratory
Notes
Armor upgrades at the armory and engineering bay increase health by 5% per level. Vanadium better disperses weapon impacts than standard armor.[5]
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Jackhammer Concussive Shells Campaign Wings of Liberty Cost $70,000 Researched at Hyperion armory Notes The marauder's attack slows all units in target area. Concussive Shells actually form a gravitational warp when they detonate. This warp not only damages the target, but it also slows the movement speed of all nearby units to a crawl for a short period of time. It does not slow down massive units.[6] Edit

Kinetic Foam Campaign Wings of Liberty Cost $90,000 Researched at Hyperion armory Notes Marauders gain +25 hp. (This increases the hit points of Wings of Liberty marauders to those of standard multiplayer marauders.) Wolfe Industries offers a Kinetic Foam undersuit that protects the soldier from the violent impacts the armor takes.[6] Edit

DevelopmentEdit

The elite marauders' arms, backpack, head, crotch, and kneepads were all redone which left very little of the original marauder model left. Its claws are a reference to the cybernetic arm of Rory Swann.^[7]

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