Merc compound

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Merc Compound
Structure
Race	Terran
Properties
Hit points	1000[1]
Type	Armored, Mechanical, Structure
Production
Minerals	150[1]
Gas	50[1]
Build time	70[1]
Function
Allows	Reaper[2]

The merc compound^[2] is a terran structure featured in StarCraft II. It unlocks reapers and upgrades marines.^[2] The merc compound also trains mercenaries hired in story mode.^[3]

Contents 1 Researched Abilities 2 Building Upgrades 3 Development 4 Trivia 5 References

[edit] Researched Abilities

StimPack Cost $35,000[4] Acquisition Minerals 100[5] Gas 100[5] Research time 110[5] Researched at Merc compound[2][6] Usage Hit points 10[7][8] Hotkey T[7] Notes Enables affected infantry to attack and move more quickly by 50%.[8] Edit

D8 Charge Acquisition Minerals 100[9][10] Gas 100[9][10] Research time 110[9] Researched at Merc compound[2][6] Usage Cooldown 20[10] Notes This ability must be researched.[11][12] The reaper throws a demolition charge on the ground. If the charge is not destroyed within[11] five seconds,[13] it detonates damaging friendly and hostile ground units and buildings in the vicinity.[11] A red timer bar shows how long until it detonates.[14][15] Each mine has only 10 hit points.[16] The mines deal 30 damage + 30 against armored units and buildings[11] although it appears to have increased as of December 2009.[2] Mine explosions do not detonate other mines.[11] The mines are very small, making them difficult to target. They are visible, but can be hidden by units moving past them.[11] Edit

[edit] Building Upgrades

Building Armor[17][10]
Researched at	Engineering bay[10]
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Minerals 150[17] 200[17] Gas 150[17] 200[17] Research time 140[17] 160[17]
Notes
Increases the armor of terran buildings.[17]
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[edit] Development

The structure was once called the merc haven. The merc haven used to train reapers. Training reapers worked similarly to hiring units from mercenary camps in WarCraft III. There was a maximum number of units "in stock" at any one time with that number slowly regenerating over time. Reapers were inexpensive with a build time of one or two seconds. Four reapers could be bought from a single merc haven in quick succession with another reaper becoming ready to "hire" every thirty seconds.^[18]

In November 2008 the merc haven was removed, as well as the model used for a bar in the StarCraft II campaign.^[19] It returned as of April 2009.^[2]

[edit] Trivia

Above the merc haven was a holographic woman doing the night elf dance, which is a reference to Blizzard's WarCraft franchise.

[edit] References

Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft II
Infantry	SCV · Marine · Reaper · Marauder · Ghost
Land Vehicles	MULE · Hellion · Siege tank · Thor
Air Units	Viking · Medivac dropship · Banshee · Raven · Battlecruiser
Basic Buildings	Command center · Refinery · Supply depot · Barracks · Engineering bay
Automated Defenses and Explosives	Auto-turret · Defensive drone · D-8 charges · Missile turret
Support Buildings	Orbital command · Planetary fortress · Sensor tower · Bunker
Add-ons	Tech lab · Nuclear reactor
Advanced Buildings	Merc compound · Ghost academy · Factory · Armory · Starport · Fusion core
Other	Drop pod · Nuclear missile
Campaign-Exclusive Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft II	Infantry	Firebat · Medic · Rebel · Spectre
	Mercenaries	(Kel-Morian Mercenaries — Elite marines) · (Devil Dogs — Elite firebats) · (Hammer Securities — Elite marauders)
	Land Vehicles	Cobra · Diamondback tank · Goliath · Transport truck · Vulture
	Air Units	Hercules dropship · Wraith
	Automated defenses	Perdition turret · Shrike turret
Scrapped	Removed Units	Mine drone · Predator · Spider mines · Targeting drone
	Removed Buildings	Munitions depot · Radar tower · Shadow ops · Star base