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MULE

Unit
Race	Terran
Role	Prototype harvesting unit
Properties
Life span	90
Sight range	8
Production
Energy cost	50
Supply	0
Produced from	Orbital command
Hotkey	E
Movement
Speed	2.8125
Acceleration	2.5
Lateral acceleration	46
Deceleration	0
Collision radius	0.375
Protection
Hit points	60
Armor	0
Type	Ground Mechanical
Armor type	Light
Meta
Target priority	20
Kill score	0
Production score	0
Miscellaneous
Notes	MULES are dropped via drop pod anywhere viewable on the map.

The Mobile Utility Lunar Excavator^[1] (MULE) is an experimental terran mining robot. It is still in the prototype stage and has a limited battery life.^[2]

1 Game Unit
2 Trivia
3 References

Game UnitEdit

MULEs are summoned by the orbital command's Calldown: MULE ability. Each drop pod contains one MULE. A MULE takes about three times longer to finish mining a load than an SCV, but retrieves 30 minerals per load, meaning that it collects minerals approximately twice as quickly as an SCV (SCVs retrieve 5 minerals per load). A MULE and an SCV may mine from the same mineral patch simultaneously.

MULEs mine the same amount from high yield mineral patches.^[3]

A MULE summoned directly onto a mineral patch will harvest 270 minerals before running out of energy.^[4]

ProductionEdit

Calldown: MULE

Usage
Energy	50
Duration	90
Hotkey	E

Notes

An orbital command summons one MULE via drop pod. If the ability is targeted on a mineral patch the MULE will begin mining automatically. The ability may be used only on areas uncovered by the fog of war.

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AbilitiesEdit

Repair

Usage
Minerals	Varies
Gas	Varies

Notes

Restores the hit points of a mechanical unit or building, terran or protoss. Repairing costs resources.

The ability can be auto-cast.

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UpgradesEdit

Infantry Armor

Researched at

Engineering bay

Hotkey

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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Wings of LibertyEdit

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.^[5]

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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.^[6]
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DevelopmentEdit

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.

The MULE's attack^[7] was removed by April 2009.^[8] Its repair ability was also removed by April 2009^[8] but later reinstated.

MULEs carried three times more minerals than SCVs.^[9]

TriviaEdit

A mule is an eponymous beast of burden and the name been applied to other objects with similar aspirations.
The MULE's portrait bears similarity to HAL 9000.

ReferencesEdit

↑ shinbanryu. 2010-05-02. 맵소스를 직접 찍었습니다. Korean fan's blog. Accessed 2010-05-02.
↑ Karune. 2009-02-18. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 49. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2009-02-18.
↑ Blizzard Entertainment. 2012-02-21. Patch 1.4.3 Now Live. Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2012-02-22.
↑ StarCraft Legacy staff. 2010-03-08. Macro in StarCraft II Beta - First Look. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2010-03-16.
↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Zerg research (in English). 2010.
↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Protoss research (in English). 2010.
↑ Karune. 2009-02-18. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 49 (page 2). Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2009-02-18.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 True, as long as you have line of sight on the spot, you can drop MULE. On the enemy's Siege Tanks, on a ramp, etc. However MULE can't attack or repair. Cydra. 2009-04-23. Blues -- can the OC call down mules anywhere? Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2009-04-24.
↑ Browder, Dustin and Shadowie. 2009-05-01. Fan Site Q&A #3 - SC2Pod. SC2pod. Accessed 2009-05-01.