Light infantry

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Light infantry

Light infantry are lightly armed and armored terran troops specialized in defending installations.

Overview

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft (comic) which is no longer valid.

Light infantry wear CMC Light Combat Armor.

Game Unit

Light infantry in StarCraft: Ghost

Light infantry were to be introduced in StarCraft: Ghost. They wore light armor, which offered less protection than CMC Powered Combat Suits.

They were the basic terran unit in the Invasion Mode. They could upgrade into more powerful units such as the marine (two points), firebat (three points) or ghost (five points).

Equipment

Light infantry armament could range from the Torrent SR-8 shotgun for close-quarters to submachine guns and/or gauss rifles. They may be issued with additional munitions depending on mission, for example, BE3 sticky grenades for Mobile Conflict missions.

They could build automated chain guns. These automated weapons were short-ranged and were more powerful than the shotguns they normally carry. They could be attached to vehicles as well.

They also had the ability to build and service armored flak gun turrets, which could be placed either in an installation or on a battlefield; the flak guns were long-ranged weapons.

An infantryman manning a gun turret

Light infantry could only put one turret on the map, at least in Invasion Mode.

Light infantry could build stationary decloaking devices.

Known Light Infantry

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II that is ambiguously canonical.

• Turfa Dei
• Cole Hickson
• Nuura Joss

Notes

Light infantry may have been seen manning vulture hover bikes in the battle at Artika.

References

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