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The Spartan Company is a former UED Expeditionary Force unit, abandoned during the Brood War. After the conflict, they became mercenaries for hire, operating powerful goliaths.[1]

History[]

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Spartan Company in combat

The Spartan Company offered its services to Commander Jim Raynor after Raynor's Raiders stole terrazine from the Tal'darim on Bel'Shir for Gabriel Tosh,[1] later accompanying them during Sarah Kerrigan's invasion of Korhal[2] and the expedition into the Void.[3][4] There were also members in the Moebius Foundation[5] and Mira's Marauders.[6]

Game Effect[]

SpartanCompany SC2 Icon1 Spartan Company
Campaign

Wings of Liberty

Hired at

Graven Hill

Price

40,000 credits

Squad size

2 Spartan Company goliaths

Squads per mission

2

Cooldown

6 min.

Resource Cost

300Minerals 125Gas Terran SC1

Produced at

Merc compound

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Unit
Affiliation

RaynorsRaiders SC2 Logo1 Raynor's Raiders
MoebiusForces SC2 Decal1 Moebius Foundation
MirasMercs SC2 Logo1 Mira's Marauders

Campaign

Wings of Liberty
Heart of the Swarm
Into the Void

Base unit

Goliath

Armament
Production
Supply

3 TerranSupply SC2 Icon1

Hotkey

C

Movement
Speed

2.69

Protection
Hit points

165

Armor

1 SC2TerrVehArm

Type
Armor type
Gatling cannon
Damage

24

Targets
  • Ground
Cooldown

1.5

Range

6

Upgrade/level

+1 SC2TerrVehWeap

Lanzer Torpedoes
Damage

11 (+11 vs armored)

Attacks

2

Targets
  • Air
Cooldown

1.5

Range

6

Upgrade/levels

+2 SC2TerrVehWeap

Two mercenary squads are available per mission. They come in squads of 2, have +33% more HP and deal +40% damage more than regular goliaths.

Upgrades[]

  • +1 damage for cyclones
  • +1 base damage and +1 bonus damage for hellions
  • +2 damage for hellbats
  • +2 base damage and +1 bonus damage for siege tanks (tank mode)
  • +4 base damage and +1 bonus damage for siege tanks (siege mode)
  • +3 ground damage,+1/+3 air base damage and +1 bonus damage for thors (AoE/single-target)
Acquisition
Purchased from Armory
Hotkey E
Level 1
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 160seconds
Level 2
Cost 175 Minerals 175 Vespene gas 190seconds
Level 3
Cost 250 Minerals 250 Vespene gas 220seconds
ve

Increases the armor of terran vehicles

Acquisition
Purchased from Armory
Hotkey V
Level 1
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 160seconds
Level 2
Cost 175 Minerals 175 Vespene gas 190seconds
Level 3
Cost 250 Minerals 250 Vespene gas 220seconds
ve

Attack upgrades improve attack cooldown of affected units by 5% per level.

These self-replicating ultra capacitors reduce the reload time of weapons and systems. Now each of the weapon upgrades at the armory and engineering bay increases attack speed by 5% in addition to increasing damage.

Campaign Acquisition
Acquired from Hyperion laboratory for 5 protoss research points
ve
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Vanadium Plating

Armor upgrades increase health of affected units by 5% per level.[7]

We have created a new lightweight alloy called vanadium. Vanadium diffuses weapon impacts much more efficiently than traditional armor plating, and it better preserves the life of our units. Now each of the armor upgrades in the armory and engineering bay increases unit life by 5% in addition to increasing armor.

Campaign Acquisition
Acquired from Hyperion laboratory for 5 protoss research points
ve
Multi-lockWeaponsSystem SC2 Icon1
Multi-Lock Weapons System

Allows goliaths to attack air and ground units simultaneously.

This improved version of the goliath allows the missile launcher and autocannons to acquire separate targets and fire simultaneously. This upgrade is ideal when fighting ground targets with heavy air support.[8]

Campaign Acquisition
Acquired from Hyperion armory for $50,000
ve
CharonBooster SC2 Icon1
Ares-Class Targeting System

Goliaths gain +3 missile range and +1 cannon range.

This advanced targeting system lets the goliath's missiles locate and lock on to more distant targets. The targeting system also features an AI that can better predict the paths of moving targets, letting the goliath's autocannons hit ground targets from a greater distance.[8]

Campaign Acquisition
Acquired from Hyperion armory for $80,000
ve

Damaged mechanical units recover hit points when out of combat, at a rate of 0.6015 each second.[9]

Our ship and vehicle hulls are now made from a material called Regenerative Bio-Steel. This material uses internal nanobots to slowly repair any damage the hull sustains. While this regeneration process is much slower than conventional SCV repairs, it can be the difference between life and death if no SCVs are available.

Campaign Acquisition
Acquired from Hyperion laboratory for 20 zerg research points
ve

Trivia[]

  • The unit portrait bears a close resemblance to Dustin Browder. This is in fact intentional, as people at Blizzard Entertainment have noted via a running joke that Brian Sousa, whose likeness was used for the regular goliath, bears resemblance to Browder, As such, the Spartan Company unit portrait was based on Browder to reflect the joke in-game.[10]
  • The unit model incorporates elements from the UED goliath seen the UED Victory Report cinematic, in its more prominent missile pods, less prominent shoulder-mounted cannons, and larger autocannon attached to its lower torso.[11][12]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Graven Hill's laptop (in English). 2010.
  2. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Heart of the Swarm, The Reckoning (in English). 2013-03-12.
  3. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Into the Void, Into the Void (in English). 2015-11-10.
  4. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Into the Void, Amon's Fall (in English). 2015-11-10.
  5. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Wings of Liberty, The Moebius Factor (in English). 2010-07-27.
  6. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Wings of Liberty, Cutthroat (in English). 2010-07-27.
  7. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Protoss research (in English). 2010.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Armory upgrades (in English). 2010.
  9. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Zerg research (in English). 2010.
  10. 2010-05-02, Blizzard's Dustin Browder talks StarCraft 2. JoyStiq, accessed on 2010-05-03
  11. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft: Brood War. Vivendi Games. Cinematic: UED Victory Report (in English). 1998.
  12. 2023-01-10, Phill Gonzales - Discord Questions. Imgur.com. Accessed on 2023-01-10
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