Shuttle
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| Shuttle | |
|---|---|
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| Unit | |
| Race | |
| Role |
Robotic Air Transport |
| Properties | |
| Hit points |
80 |
| Shields |
60 |
| Size |
Large |
| Production | |
| Minerals |
200 |
| Psi |
2 |
| Build time |
40 |
| Produced at | |
| Hot key |
S |
| Combat | |
| Armor |
1 |
| Sight range |
8 |
The shuttle is a protoss aerospace transport.
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[edit] Overview
With skilled pilots at a premium, the protoss turned to robotic shuttles to ferry troops over rough terrain and into hostile territory. They are equipped with powerful thrusters, allowing them to carry even massive reavers within their hulls, but they are not armed with any defensive systems other than a basic plasma shield[1] and a heavily armored hull.[2] They are capable of achieving escape velocity.[3]
After the Brood War, the protoss still use shuttles. However, they feature a sleeker, less curved design.[4]
[edit] Game Unit
[edit] StarCraft
Shuttles are commonly used to transport reavers given the reavers' slow speed. One notable strategy is the "Reaver Drop", whereas a group of reavers and dragoons are transported by shuttle and attempt to land near an opponent's mineral and gas harvesting operation. The reavers quickly destroy workers while dragoons provide cover. Their transport abilites however, are not quite as useful as the terran dropship or the zerg overlord. This is known because the shuttle can only hold four protoss infantry units or two large-sized units. Probes only take one space. They're also not quite durable compared to its terran and zerg counterparts and can be easily damaged by any anti-air opponents though their speed makes up for it.
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[edit] StarCraft: Ghost
The shuttle appears in StarCraft: Ghost, its functions presumably remaining the same.
[edit] StarCraft II
The shuttle has been replaced by the warp prism.
[edit] Known Shuttles
[edit] References
- ↑ Shuttle. StarCraft Compendium. Accessed on 2008-02-07
- ↑ Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
- ↑ Zapotek, Ren (w), Noel Rodriguez (p, i), Mel Joy San Juan (i). "Twilight Archon." In StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 3 (paperback binding), pp. 132-177. Tokyopop, July 14, 2009. ISBN 978-1427-80832-5.
- ↑ Furman, Simon (w), Tomás Aira (p, i), German Erramouspe (i). "Creep." In StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 2 (paperback binding), pp. 26-67. Tokyopop, January 1, 2009. ISBN 1427-80831-7.
| Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Ground units |
Probe · Zealot · Dragoon · Reaver · High templar · Archon • Brood War only • Dark templar · Dark archon | |
| Air units |
Shuttle · Scout · Arbiter · Carrier (Interceptor) · Observer • Brood War only • Corsair | |
| Basic buildings |
Nexus · Assimilator · Pylon · Gateway · Forge · Shield battery · Cybernetics core · Photon cannon | |
| Advanced buildings |
Robotics facility · Stargate · Citadel of Adun · Robotics support bay · Fleet beacon · Templar archives · Observatory · Arbiter tribunal | |
| Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft: Ghost
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Ground |
Probe · Zealot · Dragoon · High templar · Dark templar · Purifier/Vindicator | |
| Air |
Scout · Shuttle | |
| Buildings | ||
| Protoss Starship Classifications
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Transports |
Atmospheric vessel • Escape pod • Shuttle • Warp prism | |
| Starfighters |
Corsair • Phoenix • Scout — Pathfinder Scout · Scout Hero • Void ray | |
| Support Ships |
Arbiter — High Arbiter · Paganite • Mothership • Star relic | |
| Capital Ships |
Carrier · Fleet Carrier · Super carrier • Mothership • Tempest | |
| Carrier-Launched Fighters | ||
