Missile turret

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

- Lieutenant Sarah Kerrigan^(src)

A pair of missile turrets

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

Overview

"That missile turret can detect our impalers when burrowed. Take it out first."

- Kerrigan^(src)

A missile turret in action

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 (by the Second Great War, manual control was apparently the de facto method of operation). Turrets are also equipped with a tracking scanner that allows powerful sensors capable of detecting cloaked vessels to center in on an identified target. Running on a set of power cells, a missile turret is able to operate independently for at least forty years.

Longbolt missiles

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.

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.

Game Unit

StarCraft

Missile Turret
Structure
Race	Terran
Role	Anti-air defensive structure
Armament	Longbolt missiles
Properties
Sight	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.

Abilities

Detector

This unit may detect cloaked and burrowed enemies.

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Development

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

StarCraft: Ghost

Nova using a missile turret

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

StarCraft II

Missile Turret
Structure
Race	Terran
Role	Anti-air defensive structure
Armament	Longbolt missiles Hellstorm missile pods (WoL campaign only)
Properties
Sight	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
Targetpriority	19
Kill score	150
Productionscore	50

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

Abilities

Detector

This unit or structure can detect cloaked, burrowed, duplicated and hallucination enemies.

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Upgrades

Hi-Sec Auto Tracking

Increases the attack range of automated defenses: missile turrets, auto-turrets, point defense drones, and the planetary fortress by +1.

Acquisition
Purchased from Engineering bay Hotkey H Cost 100 100 57

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Building Armor

• +2 armor for terran buildings

Acquisition
Purchased from Engineering bay Hotkey B Cost 150 150 100

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Wings of Liberty

Titanium Housing

Missile turrets gain +75 hit points.

Enlightened Dynamics has developed a new titanium housing for the missile turret. Early adopters have found this housing to be noticeably tougher than the original, allowing missile turrets to absorb more punishment before falling.

Campaign Acquisition
Wings of Liberty Unlock Complete 6 missions. Acquired from Hyperion armory for $50,000

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Hellstorm Batteries

Missile turrets gain Hellstorm Battery secondary attack. Hellstorm batteries fire 8 missiles that each deals 1 point of splash damage.

Hellstorm Bateries are an additional weapon set that can be fitted to your missile turrets. Each battery fires several small missiles that accompany the standard missile attack and saturate the target area on impact. Hellstorm Batteries are a great way to welcome swarms of enemy flyers to your base. Don't disappoint!

Campaign Acquisition
Wings of Liberty Unlock Complete 6 missions. Acquired from Hyperion armory for $80,000

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Fire Suppression System

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 half life.

Campaign Acquisition
Wings of Liberty Unlock Complete 12 missions. Acquired from Hyperion armory for $90,000

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Heart of the Swarm Notes

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

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

References

Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War v • e

Infantry SCV Marine Firebat Medic (BW) Ghost Ground vehicles Vulture Goliath Siege tank Air units Wraith Dropship Valkyrie (BW) Science vessel Battlecruiser 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 Scrapped units Cargo ship Merc biker Mercenary gunship Raider Spysat Scrapped buildings Cantina Dry docks Power station Repair bay Star base

Terran Units and Weapons of StarCraft: Ghost v • e

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 Mini science vessel Science vessel Security camera Seeker droid Valkyrie Experimental Spectre Buildings Bunker 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 Mines Spider mines Firefly mines Mantis mines 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 v • e

Versus Units and Structures Infantry SCV Marine Reaper Marauder Ghost Terrestrial Vehicles MULE Hellion Hellbat (HotS) Siege tank Cyclone (LotV) Thor Widow mine (HotS) Aerospace Vessels Viking Medivac dropship Banshee Raven Battlecruiser Liberator (LotV) Spawned Units MULE Drop pod Nuclear missile Basic Buildings Command center Refinery Supply depot Barracks Engineering bay Automated Defenses Auto-turret Missile turret Point defense drone Repair drone Support Buildings Orbital command Planetary fortress Sensor tower Bunker Add-ons Tech lab Reactor Advanced Buildings Ghost academy Factory Armory Starport Fusion core Campaign and Co-op Missions Units and Structures Mercenaries Devil Dogs Hammer Securities Siege Breakers Spartan Company War Pigs Hel's Angels Dusk Wings Jackson's Revenge Dominion Elite Guard Sons of Korhal Prometheus Company Death Head Aegis Guard Field Response Theta Outback Hunter Bulwark Company Shock Division Blackhammer Sky Fury Squadron Night Wolves Winged Nightmare Pride of Augustgrad Valor of Vardona Infantry Firebat HERC Medic Rebel Spectre Trooper Terrestrial Vehicles Armored personnel carrier Diamondback Goliath Militarized transport Predator Sensor drone Vulture Warhound Aerospace Vessels Asteria wraith Assault galleon Hercules dropship Science vessel Harvester Special ops dropship Sonar drone Sovereign battlecruiser Strike fighter Tac fighter Theia raven Valkyrie Wraith Spawned units A.R.E.S. Bio-mechanical repair drone Advanced Buildings Dominion starport HERC compound Merc compound Shadow ops Add-ons Tech reactor Support Buildings Laser drill Hive mind emulator Psi disrupter Nuclear silo Strike fighter platform Automated defenses Devastation turret Gun turret Flame turret Perdition turret Sentry gun Shrike turret Spider mine Cerberus mine Canceled Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft II v • e Scrapped Removed Units Anti-air walker Block B Bulwark D-8 charges Guardian Gundam HERC Hercules tank Incinerator Laser drill tank Mine drone Missile launcher Nomad Pillager Predator Prison infantry guard Quantradyne APOD-33 dropship Red Adder Scout Shredder Super crane Targeting drone Valkyrie Zeus battle tank Zeus lander Removed Buildings Drop pod facility Listening post Munitions depot Radar tower Star base