Missile turret

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"I hate these things. They can sense me even when I'm cloaked. We should take these out."

―Sarah Kerrigan^[src]

Missile Turret
Structure
Race	Terran
Role	Automated surface-to-air missile launcher
Armament	Longbolt missile
Properties
Hit points	200
Production
Minerals	75
Requires	Engineering bay
Combat
Air attack	20e
Armor	1
Attack range	7
Sight range	11
Detection range	11

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

Contents 1 Overview 2 Game Unit 2.1 StarCraft 2.1.1 Abilities 2.2 StarCraft: Ghost 2.3 StarCraft II 2.3.1 Upgrades 2.3.2 Wings of Liberty Upgrades 2.4 Building Abilities 2.4.1 Development 3 References

[edit] Overview

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. 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.^[2] 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, has made the missile turret a standard defense system in the Koprulu Sector. Refinements to the system continue to be disseminated in a similar fashion.^[2]

[edit] Game Unit

[edit] StarCraft

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.

[edit] Abilities

Detector
Notes
This unit is a detector and can detect cloaked enemies.

[edit] StarCraft: Ghost

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In StarCraft: Ghost, Nova was able to manually operate missile turrets in singleplayer.^[3]

[edit] StarCraft II

Missile Turret
Structure
Race	Terran
Role	Automated surface-to-air missile launcher
Armament	Longbolt missile[4]
Properties
Hit points	250[5][6]
Type	Armored Mechanical Structure
Production
Minerals	100[5]
Build time	25[5]
Requires	Engineering bay[5]
Combat
Air attack	7 (+7 vs armored) (x2 attacks)[7]

	This article or section contains information about a StarCraft II unit or structure.
	The content may be significantly out of date as StarCraft II experiences a new build weekly and may change substantially as more information becomes available. Please do not add speculation to this article, and remember to cite a published source for details.

Missile turrets feature in the gameplay footage of StarCraft II released in May 2007.^[8] They are able to attack the protoss colossus units;^[9] Blizzard has confirmed that this is because the colossus is so tall that it counts as both a ground and air unit for the purpose of what attacks are able to hit it.^[10]

[edit] Upgrades

Hi-Sec Auto Tracking[11] Researched at Engineering bay[12] Properties Minerals 100[11][12] Gas 100[11][12] Research time 80[11][12] Notes Increases the attack range of automated defenses: missile turrets, auto-turrets, defensive drones and the planetary fortress by +1.[11] Edit

Neosteel Frames Campaign Wings of Liberty (Zero-Hour)[13] Cost $40,000[14] Researched at Engineering bay[15] Properties Minerals 100[16] Gas 100[16] Research time 110[16] Notes This upgrade increases the armor of the missile turret and bunker.[7] The upgraded bunker can hold six units rather than four.[13][17] The upgraded bunker appears bigger and taller.[18] The upgrade was available in the multiplayer game as of May 2009.[15] Edit

Building Armor[19][20] Researched at Engineering bay[20] Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Minerals 150[19] 200[19] Gas 150[19] 200[19] Research time 140[19] 160[19] Notes Increases the armor of terran buildings.[19] Edit

[edit] Wings of Liberty Upgrades

Devastator Missiles[21] Campaign Wings of Liberty Notes Missile turrets gain a single-target attack with range 8, dealing 50 damage[21] Edit

Hailstorm Missile Pods[21] Campaign Wings of Liberty Cost $30,000[14] Notes Missile turrets gain an area attack, dealing damage 4x9[21] Edit

Missile turrets can toggle between these modes.^[14]

[edit] Building Abilities

Salvage
Usage Duration 5[23] Hotkey V[22]
Notes
"Salvage the structure, removing it and returning 100% of its mineral and gas value. Warning - once salvage is triggered it cannot be cancelled."[22] Salvage enables certain terran structures to be "sold" for their full resource value.[24] This ability takes 5 seconds to use, however.[23] Once activated, stopping the salvaging process is impossible.[25]
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[edit] Development

Missile turrets used to rely on sensor towers and radar towers to detect enemy units.^[26] However, by the GDC 2008 build they could detect by themselves.^[27] By May 21st, 2009 they had lost their detection ability again.^[15]

Detector Notes Missile turrets are detectors.[27] Edit

Detector Notes Missile Turrets lose the detector ability but sensor towers/radar towers grant detection to Missile Turrets within an area.[26] Edit

[edit] References

Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War
Infantry	SCV · Marine · Firebat · Ghost • Brood War only • Medic
Ground vehicles	Vulture · Goliath · Siege tank
Air units	Wraith · Dropship · Science vessel · Battlecruiser • Brood War only • Valkyrie
Basic buildings	Command center (ComSat station · Nuclear silo) · Supply depot · Engineering bay · Barracks · Refinery · Missile turret · Academy · Bunker
Advanced buildings	Factory (Machine shop) · Armory · Starport (Control tower) · Science facility (Physics lab · Covert ops)
Other	Nuclear missile · Spider mine

Terran Units and Weapons of StarCraft: Ghost
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 · Science vessel · Seeker droid
Experimental	Brain spectre · Spectre
Buildings	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
Other	E-11 lockdown device · Napalm rocket · Perdition flamethrower · Psyblade · Tactical nuke launcher
Constructable	Automated chain gun · Decloaking device · Gun turret

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