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"You know who the best star fighter in the fleet is? Yours truly."

- A Wraith pilot(src)

Wraith
Wraith SC1 Art1.jpg
Historical
Built
Physical
Race

Terran

Type

Aerospace fighter

Political
Affiliation

Various

Personnel
Crew

1

The Wraith is a terran space superiority fighter that has seen extensive use throughout the history of engagements in the Koprulu sector.

Contents

OverviewEdit

Wraiths on the attack
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The Confederacy used the Wraith in 2485 at the beginning of the Guild Wars. These Wraiths had access to laser weapons.[1]

By 2499, the Wraith was still considered the newest in a line of space superiority fighters. Traditionally, most space battles had taken place between capital ships and smaller gunships. However, Tarsonian technicians found that small, dynamic high-speed fighters could repeatedly deal damage to large ships while evading most defensive battery attacks. They primarily use missiles for their air/space attacks[2] but could also use lasers for air/space targets. Against ground targets however, their lasers lacked punch.[1]

Known for their maneuverability,[3] piloting a Wraith was no small task however, and aspiring Colonial Fleet Wraith pilots already had to be certified combat pilots before gaining access to the new craft.[4] Wraith pilots were typically "lionized" in a manner similar to destroyer captains.[5]

Wraiths in flight
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The Wraith's prominence diminished after the Brood War as the conflict revealed several critical weaknesses in terran anti-air capability and Wraith's design itself: combined Wraith/Valkyrie squadrons were an unwieldy combination against agile zerg airborne organisms.The Viking was developed as a more versatile anti-air craft, which could better fulfill the role Wraiths were originally intended for.[6] With the development of the AH/G-24 Banshee, the Wraith lost it's anti-ground role to the new dedicated ground support craft, equipped with Wraith cloaking systems to boot.[7]

Wraiths remained in service by the Dominion until at least 2503[8][9][10] and placed restrictions on the augmentations allowed on privately-owned Wraith fighters.[11] By 2504 they had gone out of service no longer part of the Dominion Armed Forces. However, the mercenary group Raynor's Raiders still has access to Wraith fighters.[12][13] and Dominion Wraith squadrons were memorialized through masonry.[14]

Wraiths are capable of both atmospheric and deep space flight,[15] can withstand entry through a planet's atmosphere[3] and are capable of travelling at super-sonic speeds.[1] It is generally a given that Wraiths will be attached to capital ships, as they lack the ability to make jumps through warp space.[11]

VariantsEdit

Quite a few variants of the Wraith exist.[7] Known variants include;

CF/A-17 WraithEdit

The CF/A-17 Wraith is the earliest known Wraith model, acting as the basis for all later variants. However, it has been supplanted by the CF/A-17G variant (see below). It is armed with Gemini Air-to-Air Missiles.[2]

CF/A-17G WraithEdit

CF/A-17G profile
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The CF/A-17G Wraith is an upgraded version of its A-17 predecessor and for all intents and purposes, represents the 'standard' Wraith.[2] Its design was spurred by the lack of an effective terran air-to-ground unit below battlecruiser weight. As such, the G variant was designed featuring a 25mm burst laser in addition to Gemini missiles, for attacks against ground targets.[7]

The CF/A-17G also features other upgrades. Equipped with the latest in ECM and stealth technology,[16] the G variant features a built-in cloaking field which runs off the fighter's main power supply.[2] The CF/A-17G is also capable of hovering, and equipped with a computer system which, among other functions, can key in on heat signatures and is compatible with an energy shield.[15]

Wraiths with lasers were in use by 2485 (fighting at the first battle of the Guild Wars) and specifically identified by 2490.[1]

DF/A-19 WraithEdit

The DF/A-19 Wraith Mk2 is an upgraded version of the CF/A-17G, possessing greater resilience and more powerful weapons without the loss of speed. The DF/A-19 was used by the mercenary group, "Unholy" Tara's Stalkers.[17]

Game UnitEdit

StarCraftEdit

Wraith
Wraith SC1 Game1.jpg
Unit
Race

Terran

Role

Cloaking Starfighter

Armament
  • 25 mm burst lasers
  • Gemini AA missiles
Properties
Maximum energy

200 (init. 50) Energy

Size

Large

Sight range

7

Production
Minerals

150 Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

100 Gas Terran SC1.png

Supply

2 Supply

Build time

60 seconds

Produced from

Starport

Hotkey

W

Protection
Hit points

120

Combat
Ground attack

8

Air attack

20LongboltMissiles SC2 DevGame1.jpg

Cooldown
  • 30 (ground)
  • 22 (air)
Attack range

5

Unit profile

The Wraith is best against large-sized air targets.

With the Apollo Reactor a Wraith can remain cloaked for over 3.5 minutes.

The ground attack and cloak make Wraiths useful for harassing the workers of poorly defended expansions. They're also useful for picking out lone units scouting before the opposition can react.  Wraiths, however, have a weak ground attack, are fairly fragile against most units, and easily damaged. While this is compensated with the cloaking ability, Wraiths are not very massable due to their cost.

AbilitiesEdit

InterCloak Terran SC1.PNG Cloaking Field
Acquisition
Minerals

150 Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

150 Gas Terran SC1.png

Research time

100 seconds

Researched at

Control tower

Hotkey

C

Usage
Energy

25 (+1 per second) Energy

Hotkey

C

Notes

The Wraith can cloak. It can still attack while cloaked.

UpgradesEdit

ApolloReactor SC1 Upgrd1.png Apollo Reactor
Researched at

Control tower

Hotkey

A

Properties
Minerals

200 Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

200 Gas Terran SC1.png

Research time

166 seconds

Notes
  • Increases the Wraith's energy by 50.
  • Increases starting energy from 50 to 62.5.
InterShipWep Terran SC1.PNG Ship Weapons
Researched at

Armory

Hotkey

S

Properties
Level

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Minerals

100 Minerals Terran SC1.png

150 Minerals Terran SC1.png

200 Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

100 Gas Terran SC1.png

150 Gas Terran SC1.png

200 Gas Terran SC1.png

Research time

266 seconds

298 seconds

330 seconds

Required

Science facility

Notes
  • +1 bonus to attack per level for Wraith ground attack and Valkyrie attack.
  • +2 bonus to attack per level for Wraith air attack
  • +3 bonus to attack per level for battlecruiser attack
InterShipArm Terran SC1.PNG Ship Plating
Researched at

Armory

Hotkey

H

Properties
Level

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Minerals

150 Minerals Terran SC1.png

225 Minerals Terran SC1.png

300 Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

150 Gas Terran SC1.png

225 Gas Terran SC1.png

300 Gas Terran SC1.png

Research time

266 seconds

298 seconds

330 seconds

Required

Science facility

Notes

QuotationsEdit

See: StarCraft Wraith Quotations

DevelopmentEdit

StarCraft alpha Phoenix
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During development, the Wraith was known as the Phoenix.[18] In the StarCraft alpha the craft had a different appearance[19] In the StarCraft beta, while the original name was retained, the craft had an appearance identical to its end successor.[20] Both versions of this craft had Gemini missiles.[19][20]

The name has since been adopted by a StarCraft II protoss unit.[21]

StarCraft IIEdit

Wraith
Wraith SC2 Rend1.jpg
Unit
Race

Terran

Properties
Maximum energy

200 (init. 50) Energy

Production
Minerals

150 Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

150 TerranVespene SC2 Game1.png

Supply

2 Supply

Build time

50 seconds

Produced from

Starport

Hotkey

W

Movement
Speed

3.75

Protection
Hit points

125

Armor

0 SC2TerrShipArm.jpg

Gemini Missiles
Damage

5 (+5 vs armored)

Attacks

2

Targets
  • Air
Cooldown

1.25

Range

5

Upgrade/level

+1/+1 SC2TerrShipWeap.jpg

Burst lasers
Damage

8

Targets
  • Ground
Cooldown

1.69

Range

5

Upgrade/levels

+1 SC2TerrShipWeap.jpg

The Wraith has been replaced by the Viking in the anti-air role, while the Banshee is far superior in the ground attack role and inherits the Wraith's cloaking ability.

The Wraith may be built during and after the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty mission, "Engine of Destruction", where Rory Swann dispatches them to provide air support for the Odin.[13]

Compared to the Viking, the Wraith is more expensive, slower to build and has much lower air-to-air range, but has the advantages of cloaking, higher speed, and being able to attack ground targets. The damage output of their missiles is a trade-off - the Viking's missiles do more damage (10 +4 versus the wraith's 5 +5), but the wraith attacks faster. The Viking also has the advantage of not requiring a tech lab, though this is circumvented if the player gets tech reactors. Compared to the Banshee, the Wraith costs one less supply, builds and moves faster, and is able to attack air targets. However, the Banshee costs less gas, and does significantly greater damage to ground targets. As an overall the Banshee and Viking are preferable to the Wraith, but if the player wishes for an entirely cloaked force, then a fleet of Banshees and Wraiths is perfectly viable.

Wraiths are strong against medivac dropships, banshees, battlecruisers, void rays, carriers, warp prisms, overlords, corruptors, and brood lords. They are weak against marines, goliaths, missile turrets, stalkers, photon cannons, hydralisks, and spore crawlers, while not being very effective against phoenixes and mutalisks, and being on par with Vikings.

AbilitiesEdit

SC2BansheeCloak.jpg Cloaking Field
Acquisition
Minerals

100 Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

100 Gas Terran SC1.png

Research time

110 seconds

Researched at

Tech lab attached to starport

Hotkey

C

Usage
Energy

25 (+0.9 per second) Energy

Notes

Enables terran Wraiths to cloak.

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UpgradesEdit

SC2 TerrAirWeap.gif Terran Ship Weapons
Researched at

Armory

Hotkey

S

Properties
Minerals

100 Minerals Terran SC1.png

175 Minerals Terran SC1.png

250 Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

100 Gas Terran SC1.png

175 Gas Terran SC1.png

250 Gas Terran SC1.png

Research time

160 seconds

190 seconds

220 seconds

Notes

Increases the damage of terran air units.

Edit
SC2 TerrAirArm.gif Terran Ship Plating
Researched at

Armory

Hotkey

P

Properties
Minerals

150 Minerals Terran SC1.png

225 Minerals Terran SC1.png

300 Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

150 Gas Terran SC1.png

225 Gas Terran SC1.png

300 Gas Terran SC1.png

Research time

160 seconds

190 seconds

220 seconds

Notes

Increases the armor of all terran air units.

Edit

Wings of LibertyEdit

TomahawkPowerCells SC2 Icon1.jpg Tomahawk Power Cells
Campaign

Wings of Liberty

Cost

$80,000

Researched at

Hyperion armory

Notes

Wraiths start with +100 energy.[22]

Edit
DisplacementField SC2 Icon1.jpg Displacement Field
Campaign

Wings of Liberty

Cost

$125,000

Researched at

Hyperion armory

Notes

Wraiths dodge 20% of attacks when cloaked but detected. Misses are indicated with an aura.[23]

ATVX has developed an improved cloaking field that can radically alter the course of incoming projectiles.[22]

Edit
SC2 Lab CellReactor Icon.png Cellular Reactor
Campaign

Wings of Liberty

Cost

20 zerg research points

Acquisition
Researched at

Hyperion laboratory

Notes

Increase starting energy of all units by 100. Increase maximum energy of all units by 100.[24]

Edit
SC2 Lab BioSteel Icon.png 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.[24]

Edit
SC2 Lab Ultra Capacitors Icon.png 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.[25]

Edit
SC2 Lab VanPlating Icon.png 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.[25]

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QuotationsEdit

See: StarCraft II Wraith Quotations

Known UnitsEdit

Known CraftEdit

Known PilotsEdit

A Wraith pilot
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ReferencesEdit

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mesta, Gabriel (July 1, 2001). StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-671-04149-5.
  4. Space Fleet. Accessed on 2008-01-28
  5. Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
  6. Viking. Accessed on 2008-01-28
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Banshee. Accessed on 2008-01-28
  8. April 6, 2010. "Timeline". StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). pp. 311 - 323. ISBN 978-1416-55084-6.
  9. Golden, Christie (May 22, 2007). StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga #1: Firstborn. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 978-0-7434-7125-1.
  10. Golden, Christie (November 27, 2007). StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga #2: Shadow Hunters. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 978-0-7434-7126-8.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Golden, Christie. StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga #1: Firstborn. Pocket Star Books, May 2007. ISBN 0-7434-7125-3.
  12. 2008-17-10, Q&A: The Starcraft II Brain Trust. Giant Bomb News. Accessed on 2008-20-10
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  16. Wraith. StarCraft Compendium. Accessed on 2008-01-28
  17. 1999-03-26. StarCraft. Vivendi Games. Mission: Mercenaries (in English). Map Archives: Mercenaries. StarCraft Compendium Map Archives.
  18. Lord of Ascension. 2007-09-28. [1]. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2007-12-02.
  19. 19.0 19.1 2009-03-19, StarCraft Wire. Artist: Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed on 2010-01-19
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  21. Blizzard Entertainment. Phoenix, Blizzard Entertainment, Retrieved 2007-09-06.
  22. 22.0 22.1 Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Armory upgrades (in English). 2010.
  23. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard) (in English). July 27, 2010
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  25. 25.0 25.1 Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Protoss research (in English). 2010.


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