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Preview: the Terransby Corey Konieczka Evicted from their home world of Earth, the terrans of the Koprulu sector have survived and even flourished. The ranks of the terran military are comprised of armored infantry, land vehicles and enormous warships, all of which are designed and fielded with an eye towards flexibility and adaptability. Of all the races in StarCraft: the Board Game, the terrans have the most different unit types. Each of these units has a wide range of abilities and serves a particular role for the terran military. Terran infantry are produced by the Barracks building, and every terran player begins with a basic Barracks. Terran infantry are not especially powerful, but they are relatively inexpensive and can be upgraded by a variety of advanced technologies. For example, all terran infantry can use the bunker upgrade. The bunker is a reinforcement card that provides any terran infantry unit with a defensive boost when present at a friendly base. When protected by their bunkers, terran infantry can survive assaults from much more powerful foes. Marine
Marines make up the backbone of the terran military. These relatively inexpensive units
come in large quantities but lack the survivability of some other
units. One advantage that Marines grant terran players is that they are
the only basic starting units that are able to attack both land and air
units. Even against an opponent that has claimed air superiority, a
terran player can survive. Firebat
The Firebat is a close
combat melee unit armed with twin flame throwers. They can pack quite a
punch against enemy ground units and can take a little more punishment
than Marines. Both Firebats and Marines can use the Stim Pack upgrade
which grants them substantial firepower at the cost of making them
extremely vulnerable. Ghost
The last type of terran infantry is the specialized ghost
unit. Ghosts have a wide variety of upgrades available including
Cloaking (making them impervious to attack), Lockdown (enabling them to
take enemy mechanical units out of commission), and Nuke (which
destroys enemy units at the end of the battle). While terran infantry are excellent all-around units and form the backbone of most strategies, their vehicles, produced by the Factory building, are the true elites of the terran ground forces. Terran vehicles are more powerful, more expensive, and more survivable than infantry … but they also tend to be more specialized. Vulture
The vulture is a fast
one-man hoverbike equipped with an anti-personnel grenade launcher.
While decently powerful against ground units, the Vulture's
main power lies in the fact that it is the cheapest mechanical unit and
can benefit from both the repair ability (increasing its defense) and
the Spider Mine upgrade (which causes ground splash damage against
non-cloaked units). Goliath
The Goliath is a mechanized walking vehicle with powerful mounted weaponry. While the Goliath is also useful against ground units, its main power lies in its devastating anti-air hellfire missiles. The Goliath has some of the highest attack values when attacking enemy flying units. Siege Tank
The Siege Tank is the most
powerful ground unit available to the terrans. While it is only
effective against ground units, it is covered in thick armor and can be
upgraded with the powerful Siege Cannon. The Siege Cannon has an
extremely powerful ground attack which can cause massive splash damage,
potentially destroying multiple enemy units. In addition to their infantry and mechanized forces, the terrans also sport an impressive navy. Built at the Spaceport building, terran flying units are effective at destroying ground and air targets as well as functioning in a support role. Wraith
The Wraith fighter is the
standard terran flying unit. These units have decent attack strength
and are even better when attacking other flying units. Like the Ghost
unit, Wraiths can also benefit from the cloaking ability, making them
the perfect unit for reconnaissance. Science Vessel
The Science Vessel is a
support unit. While it has no inherent attack strength, it has a wide
range of special abilities. These include the Defensive Matrix
(increase friendly units defenses), EMP Shockwave (cancel opponent's
abilities or Protoss shields), and Irradiate (harm enemy organic
units). Science Vessels are an affordable and effective support unit
for any strategy. Battle Cruiser
The largest terran unit is the mighty Battle
Cruiser. These flying fortresses can lay waste to enemy
ranks while taking quite a bit of punishment. Once upgraded with the
Yamato Gun technology, the Battle Cruiser can single-handedly deal more
concentrated damage than any other unit in the game. In addition to all of these specialized units, the terrans also have two racial abilities, both of which provide a variety of benefits. The liftoff ability allows terran players to move their bases to other areas on the same planet. While this ability is circumstantial, it can often be used to save a base from certain destruction. The terrans have another ability that reflects their versatility. They have the highest combat card hand limit out of all of the races. This enables them to diversify in units and store cards until they are required, as well as potentially giving them great depth of effectiveness with a smaller number of unit types. |
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