The planetary fortress is an upgrade to the terran command center.

OverviewEdit

The number of command centers deployed in combat zones drove the development of standard schematics to upgrade them into a dedicated military role. One variant was the planetary fortress.^[1] The Ares planetary fortress entered service following the Brood War and featured twin Ibiks cannon and heavier armor.^[2]

Structures similar to orbital commands and planetary fortresses were in use by the Kel-Morian Combine by 2502.^[3]

Game StructureEdit

Planetary Fortress
Structure
Race	Terran
Role	Foundation building/Anti-ground defensive structure
Armament	Ibiks cannon
Properties
Transport capacity	5 SCVs (10 with Neosteel Frame)
Sight range	11
Production
Minerals	150
Gas	150
Supply	Provides 11
Campaign Cost	10 zerg points
Build time	50
Upgrades from	Command center
Requires	Engineering bay
Hotkey	P
Movement
Collision radius	2.5
Protection
Hit points	1500
Armor	3 (+2 with Building Armor)
Type	Mechanical Structure
Armor type	Armored
Ibiks cannon
Damage	40
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	Normal (2)
Range	6 (7 with Hi-Sec Auto Tracking)
Function
Produces	SCV
Meta
Target priority	20
Kill score	1500
Production score	500

Planetary fortresses are useful for defending exposed expansions. The Hi-Sec Auto Tracking upgrade allows an optimally placed fortress to hit targets beyond the mineral line.

The planetary fortress' splash damage does not affect friendly units. The fortress may not lift off, or be converted to a command center or orbital command.

A variant, called the mercenary fortress, can be found in the Galaxy Map Editor.^[4]

ProductionEdit

AbilitiesEdit

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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Neosteel Frame
Campaign	Wings of Liberty (Zero Hour)
Cost	$50,000
Researched at	Engineering bay
Hotkey	N
Properties
Minerals 100 Gas 100 Research time 110
Notes
Increases bunker capacity by 2. The bunker model is changed. Increases command center and planetary fortress SCV capacity by 5.
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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

In the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty single-player campaign, access to planetary fortresses is unlocked via 10 zerg research points and at the cost of Perdition turrets.^[5] Planetary fortresses must still be upgraded from existing command centers, unlike their orbital command counterparts.

Planetary Fortress Campaign Wings of Liberty Cost 10 zerg research points Researched at Hyperion laboratory Notes Enables the command center to transform into a planetary fortress. This cannot be unlocked if the Perdition turret has been unlocked.[5] Edit

Command Center Reactor Campaign Wings of Liberty Cost 15 protoss research points Acquisition Researched at Hyperion laboratory Notes Command centers and planetary fortresses produce two SCVs at the same time (at the usual cost per SCV).[6] Edit

DevelopmentEdit

The planetary fortress used to be an independent structure enabled by the factory. In regards to command center variants, most work went into the fortress, with the results effectively being ported to the orbital command, which was designed later. It used to have lift off properties, but it was ultimately decided to keep it as a grounded structure.^[7]

References Edit