Spartan Company
Political
Type	Mercenary company
Race(s)	Human
Affiliation	United Earth Directorate (2500) UED Expeditionary Force (2500)
Special units	Elite goliaths
Historical
Date established	2500

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

DeploymentsEdit

During the Second Great War, the Spartans offered their services to the Möebius Foundation.^[2] There were also members in other mercenary organizations, such as Mira's Mercs.^[3] They also offered their services to Jim Raynor after Raynor's Raiders collected terrazine from Bel'Shir.^[1]

During the invasion of Korhal at the end of the war, the Spartans fought alongside the Raiders again.^[4]

Game EffectEdit

Spartan Company
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Hired at	Graven Hill Hyperion cantina
Price	40,000 credits
Squad size	2 Spartan Company goliaths
Squads per mission	2
Cooldown	6 min.
Resource Cost	300 125
Produced at	Merc compound
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Unit
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Base unit	Goliath
Production
Supply	3
Hotkey	C
Movement
Speed	2.69
Protection
Hit points	165
Armor	1
Type	Mechanical
Armor type	Armored
Gatling cannon
Damage	24
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	1.5
Range	6
Upgrade/level	+1
Lanzer Torpedoes
Damage	11 (+11 vs armored)
Attacks	2
Targets	Air
Cooldown	1.5
Range	6
Upgrade/levels	+1/+1

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.

UpgradesEdit

Terran Vehicle Weapons
Researched at	Armory
Hotkey	E
Properties
Minerals 100 175 250 Gas 100 175 250 Research time 160 190 220
Notes
Increases the attack damage of terran vehicles.
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Terran Vehicle Plating
Researched at	Armory
Hotkey	V
Properties
Minerals 100 175 250 Gas 100 175 250 Research time 160 190 220
Notes
Increases the armor of terran vehicles
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Ultra Capacitors
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	5 protoss research points
Researched at	Hyperion laboratory
Notes
Attack upgrades at the armory and engineering bay improved cooldown by 5% per level. Self-replicating ultra capacitors reduce the reload time of weapons and systems.[5]
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Vanadium Plating
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	5 protoss research points
Researched at	Hyperion laboratory
Notes
Armor upgrades at the armory and engineering bay increase health by 5% per level. Vanadium better disperses weapon impacts than standard armor.[5]
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Multi-Lock Weapons System
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	$50,000
Researched at	Hyperion armory
Notes
Goliaths can target air and ground units simultaneously.[6]
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Ares-Class Targeting System
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	$90,000
Researched at	Hyperion armory
Notes
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.[6]
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Regenerative Bio-Steel
Campaign Wings of Liberty Cost 20 zerg research points
Acquisition Researched at Hyperion laboratory
Notes
Damaged ships and vehicles recover hit points over time.[7]
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TriviaEdit

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.^[8]

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