The missile turret is a terran defense building designed to destroy air units and detect invisible and burrowed units.

OverviewEdit

Missile turrets are inexpensive structures that fire the Longbolt missile. The system may be computer controlled to automatically engage aerial targets. A secondary manual control mode allows the system to fire at ground targets as well^[1] (by the Second Great War, manual control was apparently the de facto method of operation).^[2] Turrets are also equipped with a tracking scanner^[1] that allows powerful sensors capable of detecting cloaked vessels to center in on an identified target.^[3] Running on a set of power cells, a missile turret is able to operate independently for at least forty years.^[1]

The characteristic diffusion of information between the terran factions, frequently through clandestine or illicit methods, made the missile turret a standard defense system in the Koprulu Sector. Refinements to the system continued to be disseminated in a similar fashion.^[3]

By the Second Great War, Enlightened Dynamics had developed a new titanium housing for missile turrets, allowing turrets to absorb more damage before failing. By this stage, Hellstorm batteries could also be fitted to turrets, each battery firing waves of short-range missiles for a saturation effect.^[4]

Game UnitEdit

StarCraftEdit

Missile Turret
Structure
Race	Terran
Role	Anti-air defensive structure
Armament	Longbolt missiles
Properties
Sight range	11
Detection range	11
Production
Minerals	75
Build time	30
Produced from	SCV
Requires	Engineering bay
Protection
Hit points	200
Armor	1
Combat
Air attack	20
Cooldown	15
Attack range	7

The missile turret is a detector and has no ground attack. Unlike the photon cannon and spore colony that deal normal damage, missile turrets deal explosive damage making them less effective against small targets like mutalisks.

In the early game, missile turrets are a cheap and effective means of air defense. In the late game their lack of upgrades makes upgraded goliaths more attractive. Upgraded goliaths deal damage faster and, most importantly of all, have the mobility to concentrate against enemy air fleets.

Missile turrets are only a serious threat against a determined air attack if built in clusters. Otherwise their immobility means they can be destroyed piecemeal.

AbilitiesEdit

DevelopmentEdit

In the StarCraft beta, missile turrets fired two missiles simultaneously, three times in rapid succession, during each volley.^[5]

StarCraft: GhostEdit

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In StarCraft: Ghost, Nova was able to manually operate missile turrets in singleplayer.^[6]

StarCraft IIEdit

Missile Turret
Structure
Race	Terran
Role	Anti-air defensive structure
Armament	Longbolt missiles Hellstorm missile pods (WoL campaign only)
Properties
Sight range	11
Detection range	11
Production
Minerals	100
Build time	25
Produced from	SCV
Requires	Engineering bay
Hotkey	T
Movement
Collision radius	0.75
Protection
Hit points	250 (+75 with Titanium Housing) (WoL campaign only)
Armor	0 (+2 with Building Armor)
Type	Mechanical Structure
Armor type	Armored
Longbolt missiles
Damage	12
Attacks	2
Targets	Air
Cooldown	Fast (0.8608 seconds)
Range	7 (8 with Hi-Sec Auto Tracking)
Hellstorm missile pods (WoL campaign only)
Damage	1s
Attacks	8
Targets	Air
Cooldown	1.78
Range	7
Meta
Target priority	19
Kill score	150
Production score	50

The missile turret may strike protoss colossi, which are considered air units due to their height.

AbilitiesEdit

Detector
Notes
This unit can detect cloaked and burrowed enemies.
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UpgradesEdit

Hi-Sec Auto Tracking
Researched at	Engineering bay
Hotkey	H
Properties
Minerals 100 Gas 100 Research time 80
Notes
Increases the attack range of automated defenses: missile turrets, auto-turrets, point defense drones, and the planetary fortress by +1.
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Building Armor
Researched at	Engineering bay
Hotkey	B
Properties
Minerals 150 Gas 150 Research time 140
Notes
+2 armor for terran buildings
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Wings of LibertyEdit

Titanium Housing
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	$50,000
Researched at	Hyperion armory
Notes
Missile turrets gain +75 hit points. Enlightened Dynamics has developed a new titanium housing for the missile turret, enabling one to absorb more punishment before failing.[4]
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Hellstorm Batteries
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	$80,000
Researched at	Hyperion armory
Notes
Missile turrets gain a secondary area of effect attack; 8 hits of 1 damage each with a cooldown of 1.78.
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Fire Suppression System
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	$90,000
Researched at	Hyperion armory
Notes
All structures repair themselves to 50% life. All structure fires are automatically put out. This all-in-one safety system automatically dispatches robotic drones to put out any fires and perform basic repairs on damaged structures. Although these drones are effective at doing basic repairs, they do not have a strong enough AI to perform the more delicate repairs needed to restore a structure past 50% structural integrity.[4]
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Heart of the Swarm NotesEdit

An "anti-air turret" file was found in the Heart of the Swarm beta.^[7]

DevelopmentEdit

Main article: Missile turret/Development

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