T-280 space construction vehicle

"The T-280 SCV is the cornerstone of our hostile-environment construction and resource gathering operations."

- Terran Adjutant

The T-280 SCV (Space Construction Vehicle) is the basic Terran construction unit.

Overview
The T-280 was first used to construct Tarsonis' orbital platforms. Standing just over ten feet tall, the SCV is a reliable vehicle, able to perform a multitude of tasks, ranging from harvesting resources to constructing structures in space or on the ground. This has led to its proliferation and use as a general-purpose SCV throughout the Koprulu Sector by civilian and military organizations alike. In the era of the Terran Confederacy, volunteering to pilot an SCV appeared to be an alternative to military service. The PEB (Preferred Experience Base) was hostile environment engineering, with combat experience a plus.

SCV's are equipped with fusion cutters and plasma welders.

StarCraft
The SCV is the Terran worker unit. SCVs count as a biological and mechanical unit. This means they can be healed by Medics and other SCVs, but are also vulnerable to a wider range of spells.

The construction of a Terran building maybe interrupted by destroying the SCV assigned to build it, since the SCV remains exposed during the process.

SCVs may also repair Terran mechanical units and buildings, and even construct buildings such as bunkers near the fighting to aid the offensive. A few SCVs can keep a force on the attack longer before returning to base.

SCVs have the ability to carry campaign items such as psi-emitters or data disks.

Abilities

 * Repair
 * Starting ability
 * Restores the HP of a Terran mechanical unit or building. Repairing costs resources.

Upgrades

 * Infantry Armor

Quotations

 * See: StarCraft Quotations



StarCraft: Ghost
Judging by screenshots (see below) the SCV appears in StarCraft: Ghost but is not usable.

StarCraft II
The SCV in StarCraft II can be transported five at a time in a Command Center and builds the new Thor ground unit.

It may be able to auto-cast Repair, but the status of this change is in doubt.

Known Pilots

 * Sergeant Marcus Jans
 * Engineer Jim Smith