Spore cannon

"The zerg planetary defenses are made up of spore cannons. They destroy targets entering the planet's orbit."

- An adjutant^(src)

A spore cannon firing

Spore cannons are zerg structures which can fire globs of acid spores at land targets or at spacecraft in orbit. They are powerful enough to act as siege weapons.

The spores can carry genetic information, and can be launched into space toward other zerg-inhabited planets.

History

The spore cannon had been evolved by 2501. The Terran Dominion recognized them by that point.

A number of them were present during the Siege of Cask, where they were used for the transmission of genetic information, not combat, and in the defense of Char, where they were used for destroying Dominion spacecraft and structures.

Game Unit

Spore Cannon
Structure
Race	Zerg
Properties
Detection range	Yes
Protection
Hit points	400
Armor	1
Type	Biological Structure
Armor type	Armored

Spore cannons appear in the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty mission, "Gates of Hell". Their attack launches into the air and disappears, making it purely cosmetic though the destruction of them leaves behind deposits of vespene gas for players to gather. Cut lines from the mission indicate that if the player destroyed the cannons, a bonus would be received.

The cannon uses the same model as the virophage except the head of the former is angled upward and the head of the latter is level.

Abilities

Detector

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

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References

Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft II v • e

Versus units and structures Terrestrial units Larva Drone Zergling Baneling Roach Ravager (LotV) Hydralisk Lurker (LotV) Infestor Ultralisk Queen Swarm host (HotS) Aerospace units Overlord Overseer Mutalisk Brood lord Corruptor Viper (HotS) Spawned units Broodling Changeling Infested terran Locust (HotS) Basic buildings Hatchery Creep tumor Extractor Evolution chamber Spawning pool Baneling nest Roach warren Automated defenses Spine crawler Spore crawler Advanced buildings Lair Hive Infestation pit Spire Greater spire Hydralisk den Lurker den Nydus network Nydus worm Ultralisk cavern Transition units Baneling cocoon Broodmother cocoon Brood lord cocoon Egg Impaler cocoon Infested swarm egg Lurker cocoon Overseer cocoon Ravager cocoon Ultralisk chrysalis Others Creep Campaign and Co-op Missions units and structures Terrestrial units Aberration Blightbringer Brutalisk Defiler Impaler cocoon Infested colonist Infested diamondback Infested marine Infested trooper Infested medic Infested SCV Infested siege tank Omegalisk Pygalisk Pygalisk cocoon Swarmling Volatile infested Aeropsace units Guardian Leviathan Sac Scourge Swarm guardian Infested banshee Infested liberator Buildings Impaler den Infested terran buildings Infested command center Toxic nest Virophage Automated defenses Bile launcher Impaler colony Scourge cannon Spore cannon Sunken colony Infested bunker Infested missile turret Variant units Zergling Strains Raptor Swarmling Baneling Strains Hunter Splitter Baneling spawn Roach Strains Corpser Roachling Vile Queen Strains Aiur queen Broodmother Swarm queen Hydralisk Strains Hunter Killer Impaler Lurker Ultralisk Strains Noxious Stank Torrasque Swarm host Strains Carrion Creeper Locust Strains Flying locust Mutalisk Strains Brood lord Viper Guardian Strains Swarm guardian Canceled Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft II v • e Scrapped Removed Units Behemoth chrysalis Bone wasp Cobra Dracolisk Fiend Fury Gigalisk Gorgeling Huge queen Incubus Infested protoss Klurken Large queen Larval queen Leech Lilev coccoon Magnasaur Magnathar Mantalisk Mantis Miasmalisk Morphalisk Nihilisk Primalisk Prowler Scavenger Siegeling Spore host Swarm Swarm guardian Swarm larva Terrorling Trichinella Removed Buildings Broodling nest Creep colony Creep tower Infested protoss buildings Nydus destroyer Nydus warren Shrieker Spore colony Swarm clutch Swarm infestation Underfiend