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"Spaceflight and air superiority form the foundation of terran dominance in the Koprulu sector. And the very cornerstone of our areospace capabilities is the modern starport"
TerranStarport SC2 Rend1

A starport

The starport is an advanced terran structure, responsible for the construction and maintenance of all space-faring vehicles and starships.[1] Along with featuring a number of landing pads,[2] a control tower may be attached to coordinate the upgrading and construction of advanced vessels.[1] Starports contain an advanced fueling system, as well as a versatile, retractable landing pad.[3]

Starports can function both terrestrially[4] and as space stations.[5] At least some feature a flight school.[6] Starports are known to have many amenities for their pilots, including a lounge stocked with beer, much to the ire of frontline infantry.[3]

Game Structure

StarCraft

In StarCraft, the starport constructs the wraith, dropship, valkyrie, science vessel and battlecruiser.

Building Abilities

This structure can lift off, enabling it to fly. It cannot produce units or conduct research while in flight, and must leave add-ons behind.

Usage
Hotkey L

The starport can add a control tower to itself, giving it the ability to produce advanced starships (dropships, science vessels, battlecruiser and in Brood War, Valkyries). The control tower also researches abilities and upgrades for the Wraith.

Usage
Hotkey C
Cost 50 Minerals 50 Vespene gas 40 seconds

Development

During early builds of StarCraft, the starport had a dry docks add-on.[7]

StarCraft II

In StarCraft II, the starport is compatible with the tech lab and reactor, albeit not both simultaneously.

Versus

This structure can lift off, enabling it to fly. It cannot produce units or conduct research while in flight, and must leave add-ons behind.

Usage
Hotkey L
Cost 2 (for lifting off and landing) seconds
ve

This structure can create a reactor.

Usage
Hotkey C
Cost 50 Minerals 50 Vespene gas 36 seconds
ve

This structure can create a tech lab.

Usage
Hotkey X
Cost 50 Minerals 25 Vespene gas 18 seconds
ve
Acquisition
Purchased from Engineering bay
Hotkey B
Cost 150 Minerals 150 Vespene gas 100seconds
ve

Wings of Liberty

Combines the tech lab and reactor into one add-on.[8]

Protoss plasma shields have finally given us the ability to fit the tech lab and the reactor into a single structure add-on. This new add-on, known as the tech reactor, replaces the old tech lab and reactor add-ons, and allows us to train two of any unit type simultaneously.

Campaign Acquisition
Acquired from Hyperion laboratory for 25 protoss research points
ve

All structures repair themselves to 50% life. All structure fires are automatically put out.

This all-in-one safety system automatically dispatches robotic drones to put out any fires and perform basic repairs on damaged structures. Although these drones are effective at doing basic repairs, they do not have a strong enough AI to perform the more delicate repairs needed to restore a structure past half life.[9]

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Complete 12 missions.
Acquired from Hyperion armory for $90,000
ve

Co-op Missions

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Covert Ops starport model

Raynor Upgrades

In Co-op Missions, Jim Raynor gains the following upgrades to the starport.

InfantrySpecialist SC2 Coop Icon
Rapid Recruitment
  • Raynor trains combat units and builds Barracks 50% faster.
  • Factory and Starport Mechanical units cost 20% less vespene gas.
  • Stimpack grants increase bonuses, costs less life, and does not require research.
  • Cost reduction does not affect SCVs.

Raynor's infantry units are able to use Improved Stim. (Increases movement and attack speeds by 75% for 15 seconds at the cost of 5 health.)

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.
ve
DropPods SC2 Coop Icon
Orbital Drop Pods

Barracks, factory, and starport units are delivered directly to the structure's Rally Point via drop pod.
Passive: Reduces the production time of units, produces from Barracks, Factory, and Starport, by 2.3 seconds.

Speed Increase for Drop-Pod units Mastery: All combat units, after being dropped by Orbital Drop-Pods, gain +2% to movement speed, attack speed, cooldown reduction and energy regeneration per each mastery point for 30 seconds.

Usage
Cost 3 seconds
Notes

Mastery: +2% per Speed Increase for Drop-Pod units mastery point. Up to a maximum +60%

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Raynor Level 8.
ve
Swann Upgrades

In Co-op Missions, Rory Swann gains the following upgrades to the starport.

SC2 Swann AC - VehicleSpecialist
Vehicle Specialist

Swann builds SCV, vehicles and starships 20% faster than other Commanders. Factories and armories do not cost vespene gas.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available
ve
SC2 Swann AC - TechReactor
Tech Reactors

Combines tech lab and reactor add-ons, allowing two units of any type to be trained simultaneously.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Swann Level 10
ve

Development

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.
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Early render of the starport in StarCraft II

In early builds of the game, the starport was capable of being upgraded into the star base, but the building was scrapped.[10]

The development team wanted to revise the starport and some other terran structures from the first game, but there wasn't enough time for this. The starport underwent only by a couple art revisions, the second revision done to realize the structures properly in 3D with all the flight animations and moving parts the placeholder art lacked. These versions were done two or more years or more before Wings of Liberty shipped, and didn't get the benefit of a texture unification pass.[11]

Known Starports

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A starport

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
  2. Dietz, William C. (April 6, 2010). StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils. Simon & Schuster (Gallery Books). ISBN 978-1416-55084-6.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Barba, Rick. StarCraft Field Manual (hardcover). Insight Editions, November 17, 2015.
  4. Hickman, Tracy (May 21, 2002). StarCraft: Speed of Darkness. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-671-04150-9.
  5. Randolph, Grace (w), Nan Kim (art), Matt Dalton (i). "Newsworthy." In StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 2 (paperback binding), pp. 68-121. Tokyopop, January 1, 2009. ISBN 1427-80831-7.
  6. Personality Test: Viking, Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed on 2010-06-19
  7. Alpha-Beta, accessed on 2011-07-20
  8. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Protoss research (in English). 2010.
  9. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Armory upgrades (in English). 2010.
  10. Karune. 2007-09-28. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 15. StarCraft II General Discussion Forums. Accessed 2007-09-28.
  11. 2011, SC2: Terran Starport. Deviantart, accessed on 2011-07-01
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