Armory

The armory is a terran research structure.

Overview
The armory is the structure where terran researchers and test groups work to develop improved materials for the weapons and armor used by terran vehicles and starships. It contains several cooling turbines in the center of its structure, as well as a secure entrance on its side. Within the Dominion Armed Forces, whenever a strike force is deployed planetside, the armory is one of two key research facilities to be established in a field base as soon as possible (the other being the engineering bay).

StarCraft
The armory provides upgrades for terran vehicle and starship armor and weaponry and is required to build valkyries and goliaths.

Development
"That looks like an armory; add a smoke stack!"

- Samwise Didier

Along with all the other terran structures, the design of the armory was carried out by Trevor Jacobs. A smoke stack was added at the suggestion of Samwise Didier.

StarCraft II
The armory is required for the production of the thor.

Co-op Missions
Jim Raynor and Rory Swann have a number of unique upgrades available to them at the armory. Nova is able to build armories, but has no unique upgrades, being limited to normal weapon and armor upgrades.

Development
During development of StarCraft II, it was not known at first what tech buildings would be used to upgrade the terran arsenal. For the sake of having placeholder artwork, a task was given to update the armory so the building could be used in the meantime while artists waited for a design decision. The update was a simple translation of the sprite artwork of the original game to 3D. The armory was never challenged, and after the art was complete it made it all the way into the final release of the game.

Heart of the Swarm
The armory has only one armor upgrade for ground and air units.