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The following section contains information from StarCraft: Insurrection.
"Your mind betrays your tongue rebel. Here's your freedom."

- The Shroud to the Informant, when they saw through his lies(src)

The Shroud were an elite Confederate black ops unit. Like many ghosts, they were considered "creepy".[1]

History[]

Marshal Bill Constantine of the Brontes IV Colonial Militia had lost track of a routine patrol near an old installation, and was unable to count on the Confederates for help. He sent his own troops to try to find them, but they were ambushed by a mysterious militia.[2]

Now Constantine finally received some assistance from the Confederacy; they loaned him five members of the Shroud. They infiltrated the rebel installation, with orders to investigate and rescue any captured militia members[1]. During the mission, they learned of Atticus Carpenter and his rebel movement, the Fist of Redemption, from an Informant. [3]

They discovered that the Fist was keeping zerg captives within the installation, along with some of the missing soldiers. The Shroud freed the soldiers and escorted them out of the installation.[1]

The data disk they delivered to Constantine enabled him to temporarily acquire the services of Jack Frost.[4]

Game Unit[]

The members of the Shroud were significantly more powerful than the standard ghost.

Abilities[]

The ghost can cloak. It can still use attack and use other abilities while cloaked.

Usage
Hotkey C
Cost 25 (+1 per second) Energy
Acquisition
Purchased from Covert ops
Hotkey C
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 80seconds

The ghost disables enemy mechanical or robotic units. Targets may not attack, move, or use abilities; passive detection and cloaking are disabled. Lockdown may be removed by a medic's restoration ability.

Usage
Hotkey L
Cost 100 Energy
Range 8
Duration 60 seconds
Acquisition
Purchased from Covert ops
Hotkey L
Cost 200 Minerals 200 Vespene gas 100seconds

A nuclear silo may build and store one missile each.

A ghost launches and "aims" the nuclear missile at a targeted location. The missile arrives 14 seconds after. The ghost must aim for the entire duration; if the ghost takes any other action, or the ghost is killed, or the missile is cancelled, the launch is aborted and the missile is wasted.

The launch is broadcast to all players with the audio and visual message "Nuclear Launch Detected." The targeted location is visible to all players as a small flashing red dot.

The missile deals 500 damage or removes two-thirds of total hit points (whichever is greater) to all units within a wide blast radius. One nuke kill most units, and critically damage most buildings. Two nukes will destroy nearly anything. Without Ocular Implants, the ghost's targeting distance is within the blast radius.

Usage
Hotkey N
Range 8 or 10 (1 less than ghost's sight range)
Acquisition
Purchased from Nuclear silo
Cost 200 Minerals 200 Vespene gas 8 Supply
ve

Upgrades[]

Acquisition
Purchased from Engineering bay
Hotkey W
Level 1
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 267seconds
Level 2
Cost 175 Minerals 175 Vespene gas 300seconds
Required Science facility
Level 3
Cost 250 Minerals 250 Vespene gas 333seconds
Required Science facility
Acquisition
Purchased from Engineering bay
Hotkey A
Level 1
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 267seconds
Level 2
Cost 175 Minerals 175 Vespene gas 300seconds
Required Science facility
Level 3
Cost 250 Minerals 250 Vespene gas 333seconds
Required Science facility
ve
  • Increases ghost sight range by 2 (to 11), making sight range greater than the nuke blast radius.
Acquisition
Purchased from Covert ops
Hotkey O
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 166seconds
  • Increases ghost maximum energy by 50.
  • Increases ghost starting energy from 50 to 62.5.
Acquisition
Purchased from Covert ops
Hotkey M
Cost 150 Minerals 150 Vespene gas 166seconds

Quotations[]

Quotes
Trained
Selected Confirming order
Repeatedly selected
Other lines
Abilities

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 StarCraft: Insurrection. Aztech New Media. Terran campaign, mission 2: “The Rebel Installation” (in English). 1998.
  2. StarCraft: Insurrection. Aztech New Media. Terran campaign, mission 1: “Lost Souls” (in English). 1998.
  3. Informant: "Wait! Don't hurt me, I am on your side! I can tell you important information!"
    Ghost: "Then speak, or die."
    Informant: "They are crazy. Led by Atticus Carpenter they are, the craziest of the bunch. They think the Zerg are their salvation. They think with them that one day they will rule the world. Please take me with you; free me from this place."
    Ghost: "Your mind betrays your tongue rebel. Here's your freedom."
    StarCraft: Insurrection. Aztech New Media. Terran campaign, mission 2: “The Rebel Installation” (in English). 1998.
  4. StarCraft: Insurrection. Aztech New Media. Terran campaign, mission 3: “Jack's Back” (in English). 1998.
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