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Hercules Dropship
Unit
Race	Terran
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Role	Heavy transport
Transport capacity	30
Production
Minerals	300
Gas	200
Supply	6
Campaign Cost	15 zerg research points[1]
Build time	70
Produced from	Starport
Requires	Tech lab/Tech reactor (attached) Fusion core
Hotkey	H
Movement
Speed	2.75
Protection
Hit points	500
Armor	3
Type	Mechanical Massive
Armor type	Armored
Function
Abilities	Instantaneous deployment Escape pods

The Hercules dropship is a terran aerospace vehicle.

OverviewEdit

The Hercules dropship is a retrofitted version of the Hercules-class cargo ship, carried out by Raynor's Raiders. They have a reinforced superstructure thanks to Egon Stetmann's research of zerg biology. It has a large carrying capacity and can deploy troops at record speeds. Should the Hercules be destroyed, its occupants can escape in survival pods. While they will suffer damage, most would agree that it is preferable to the alternative.^[2]

Game UnitEdit

The dropship is available in the Wings of Liberty single-player campaign. The Hercules is unlocked through spending 15 zerg research points. It has 30 passenger slots, allowing it to carry nearly four times the number of passengers as normal transports can, and deploys all of its units simultaneously.^[1] Transported units survive a Hercules' destruction. They sustain damage and are ejected in survival pods.^[3] The Hercules may be used to transport thors, and can carry three of them at a time, since each thor takes up eight slots when transported. This leaves six slots to spare.

Hercules
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	15 zerg research points
Researched at	Hyperion laboratory
Notes
Unlocks the Hercules. This cannot be unlocked if the predator has been unlocked.[2]
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AbilitiesEdit

Rapid Deployment
Notes
The Hercules deploys loaded troops almost instantly.
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UpgradesEdit

Terran Ship Plating
Researched at	Armory
Hotkey	P
Properties
Minerals 150 225 300 Gas 150 225 300 Research time 160 190 220
Notes
Increases the armor of all terran air units.
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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.[4] Edit

Regenerative Bio-Steel Campaign Wings of Liberty Cost 20 zerg research points Acquisition Researched at Hyperion laboratory Notes Damaged ships and vehicles recover hit points over time.[2] Edit

QuotationsEdit

See: StarCraft II Hercules Quotations

DevelopmentEdit

• The Hercules dropship uses the same model as colony ships, only smaller. Indeed, the dropship stemmed from the conception of the colony ship.^[5]
• The Hercules has two unused Hyperion armory upgrades; Rapid Deployment and Survival Pods. In the release version of the Wings of Liberty campaign, the abilities are enabled by default for Hercules and do not need to be researched. A third (likely) unused upgrade is also present as a button texture. It does not have a proper name however and is simply named 'hurculescantrainunit', alluding all Hercules dropships to have been able to essentially become mobile barracks.^[6]

TriviaEdit

• Hercules, also known as Heracles, was a Roman-Greek demigod noted for his strength.

• The C-130 Hercules is a real-world military transport plane.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} StarCraft Legacy staff. 2010-04-22. April 19 Single Player Campaign Info and Press Event. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2010-04-23.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Zerg research (in English). 2010.
3. ↑ 2010-07-24, Wings of Liberty Campaign Overview Accessed 2010-07-24.
4. ↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Protoss research (in English). 2010.
5. ↑ 2010, Starcraft 2: Colonist Ship. Deviantart, accessed on 2011-07-20
6. ↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II Map Editor. (Activision Blizzard) (in English). July 27, 2010