The medic is a terran unit that can heal friendly biological ground units.

OverviewEdit

During the Guild Wars, the Confederate experimented with adding Colonial Fleet medics to front-line infantry units.^[1]

Marines suffered high casualties, but retained their strength through aggressive recruitment practices. By the Great War, Confederate medics remained at bases to care for wounded soldiers^[2] but were sometimes attached to squads/platoons.^[3] Confederate medics had a distinct appearance (white armor with a red cross).^[4] Raynor's Raiders medics operated on the front lines, at least on some occasions.^[3]

As conflict escalated to include the protoss and zerg, marine losses became prohibitive. The United Earth Directorate pacification fleet included combat medics in its front lines. Recruitment for medics drew in mostly women.^[5]

The UED's technological prowess included the field of medical science. Medic tools have been expanded to chemical modifiers increasing marine survival rates and the use of nano-conveyed anesthetic and attenuated lasers to carry out on-site surgery.^[5] However, casualties will still occur and for dying marines, medics administer a drug known as the "Final Protocol".^[6]

Despite their armor and arm-mounted shields, medics are still vulnerable. Generally, their only armament is the A-13 flash grenade launcher, which is used to provide illumination and 'blind' enemy targets.^[5] The Alliance's medics use the C-7 gauss pistol and wear CMC-405 light combat suits.^[7]

Following the Brood War, the Koprulu Sector factions continue to use medics.^[8][9][10] The Terran Dominion still maintains a combat medic program, as medivac dropships are expensive to deploy.^[11]

Game UnitEdit

StarCraftEdit

Medic
Unit
Race	Terran
Role	Combat Healer
Armament	A-13 flash grenade launcher (non-lethal)
Protection	CMC-405 light combat suit (Alliance medics)
Properties
Maximum energy	200 (init. 50)
Size	Small
Sight range	9
Production
Minerals	50
Gas	25
Supply	1
Build time	30
Produced from	Barracks
Requires	Academy
Hotkey	C
Protection
Hit points	60
Armor	1

Marines and firebats may make more liberal use of stimpacks when supported by medics; the increased firepower may be sustained so long as the medics have energy remaining to heal. Medics may also heal protoss and zerg biological units. Protoss players may acquire medics through the dark archon's mind control ability.

In StarCraft: Brood War they were voiced by Glynnis Talken-Campbell.^[12]

AbilitiesEdit

Heal
Usage Energy 1 (per 2 hit points) Range 2 Hotkey A
Notes
Medics use this ability to automatically heal friendly biological units in range.

Restoration
Acquisition Minerals 100 Gas 100 Research time 80 Researched at Academy	Usage Energy 50 Range 6 Hotkey R
Notes
Medics remove parasite, ensnare, plague, devourer's corrosive acid (removes all multipliers of acid in one cast), maelstrom, lockdown, optical flare, and irradiate, from a targeted unit; a single cast removes any combination and number of negative buffs from the above list from the target unit. Restoration can be cast on any friendly or allied unit.

Optic Flare
Acquisition Minerals 100 Gas 100 Research time 80 Researched at Academy Hotkey F	Usage Energy 75 Range 9 Hotkey F
Notes
The medic uses its A-13 grenade launcher to reduces the sight of an enemy unit to 1, and removes any detection ability.

UpgradesEdit

Caduceus Reactor Researched at Academy Hotkey D Properties Minerals 150 Gas 150 Research time 166 Notes Increases the medic's energy by 50. Increases medic starting energy from 50 to 62.5.

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 266 298 330 Required Science facility Notes +1 upgrade to armor per level for SCVs, marines, firebats, ghosts, and medics.

QuotationsEdit

See: StarCraft Medic Quotations

StarCraft IIEdit

Medic
Unit
Race	Terran
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Role	Support trooper
Properties
Maximum energy	200 (init. 50)
Transport slots	1
Sight range	9
Production
Minerals	75
Gas	50
Supply	2
Build time	25
Produced from	Barracks
Requires	Tech lab/Tech reactor (attached) None (with Advanced Medic Facilities) (WoL campaign only)
Hotkey	E
Protection
Hit points	60
Armor	1
Type	Biological
Armor type	Light

Medics are a campaign-only unit in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. They are unlocked by playing the mission "The Outlaws".^[13] The healing ability has a somewhat longer range than in StarCraft, allowing medics to stay behind friendly troops. Bunkered medics may also heal troops in the same bunker, allowing bunkered marines to use stimpacks more liberally.

Medics are cheaper and available earlier in the campaign than the medivac dropship. Medics are better able to keep formation with infantry, but are in turn more vulnerable to attack. Medics have a higher priority in StarCraft II than in StarCraft and are more likely to be targeted.

AbilitiesEdit

Heal
Usage Energy 1 (per 3 hit points healed) Range 2 Hotkey E
Notes
The medic automatically (autocast) heals friendly biological units near it with a visible animation.
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UpgradesEdit

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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Wings of LibertyEdit

Stabilizer Med-packs Campaign Wings of Liberty Cost $105,000 Researched at Hyperion armory Notes Medics heal targets 25% faster and use 33% less energy per heal. The stabilizer medpack is a new generation of medical nanobot that heals targets more efficiently and can be injected at faster rates.[14] Edit

Advanced Medic Facilities Campaign Wings of Liberty Cost $60,000 Researched at Hyperion armory Notes Medics no longer need a tech lab to be constructed. Remedius Medical Systems now offers a storage facility that can be housed in the barracks itself, eliminating the need for the tech lab which would store medpacks when training and outfitting medics.[14] Edit

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.[15] Edit

Cellular Reactor Campaign Wings of Liberty Cost 20 zerg research points Acquisition Researched at Hyperion laboratory Notes Increase starting energy of all units by 100. Increase maximum energy of all units by 100.[16] Edit

QuotationsEdit

See: StarCraft II Medic Quotations

DevelopmentEdit

In earlier StarCraft II builds the medic was available in multiplayer before being replaced by the medivac dropship.^[17] The medics could not jump and made reapers much less useful.^[18]

The medic's abilities remained largely the same as in StarCraft I. Medics were produced from barracks with attached tech labs.^[19]

The medic's campaign-only upgrades would make them overpowered in multiplayer.^[20]

• Flare
  • The grenade launcher ability had been changed to reveal an area rather than blind a target unit.^[21][22] It cost 50 energy. The flare did not act as a detector, but it did reveal terrain over cliffs (spotting for siege tank attacks).^[22]

Known MedicsEdit

• Lieutenant Mari Suzek
• Sergeant Scheeler
• Petty Officer Lisa Cassidy
• Private Maren Ayers
• Private Cat
• Private Gina Elani
• Private Slug
• Private Trent
• Doctor Egon Stetmann
• Amanda Haley
• Romy Pyrius
• Corporal Sawn

SpecialistsEdit

• Skibi's Angel
• UED Genetic Engineers
• Field Response Theta

ReferencesEdit