Covert ops (add-on)

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Covert Ops
Structure
Race	Terran
Role	Special operations add-on
Properties
Sight	8
Production
Minerals	50
Gas	50
Build time	40
Parent	Science facility
Protection
Hit points	750
Armor	1
Function
Allows	Ghost Nuclear silo
Research	Ocular Implants Moebius Reactor Lockdown Personal Cloaking

The covert ops is a terran facility that is an add-on to the Science facility. It provides the ability to train ghosts and the upgrades they can receive, and is an alternative to the physics lab. It was originally only accessible to members of the Confederate Intelligence Corps.

The covert ops does not appear in StarCraft II, its role of providing support for ghosts having been taken by the ghost academy and tech lab.

Game Structure

Researched Abilities

Personal Cloaking

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

Usage
Hotkey C Cost 25 (+1 per second)

Acquisition
Purchased from Covert ops Hotkey C Cost 100 100 80

Lockdown

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 Range 8 Duration 60

Acquisition
Purchased from Covert ops Hotkey L Cost 200 200 100

Researched Upgrades

Ocular Implants

• 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 100 100 166

Moebius Reactor

• Increases ghost maximum energy by 50.
• Increases ghost starting energy from 50 to 62.5.

Acquisition
Purchased from Covert ops Hotkey M Cost 150 150 166

Development

In the StarCraft alpha, the covert ops was known as the "genetics lab."

Images

Building wireframe

Remastered building wireframe

References

Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War v • e

Infantry SCV Marine Firebat Medic (BW) Ghost Ground vehicles Vulture Goliath Siege tank Air units Wraith Dropship Valkyrie (BW) Science vessel Battlecruiser Basic buildings Command center ComSat station Nuclear silo Supply depot Engineering bay Barracks Refinery Missile turret Academy Bunker Advanced buildings Factory Machine shop Armory Starport Control tower Science facility Physics lab Covert ops Other Nuclear missile Spider mine Scrapped units Cargo ship Merc biker Mercenary gunship Raider Spysat Scrapped buildings Cantina Dry docks Power station Repair bay Star base