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The fleet beacon is a StarCraft II structure.

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.

The flux vanes ability was removed in patch 1.2.[1]

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Flux Vanes

Increases the void ray's movement speed to 4.65 and acceleration to 3.76.

Acquisition
Purchased from Fleet beacon
Hotkey F
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 57seconds
ve
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Development render

The fleet beacon used to research Apial Sensors (enhanced vision) and Gravitic Thrusters (enhanced speed) for the Phoenix[2]. This has since been canceled.[3]

During development of StarCraft II, the fleet beacon's form started off as a placeholder, though no adequate replacement was found for its structure. As such, its form was simply updated from its StarCraft appearance, though work was done on its sphere to make it look less like a "fishbowl."[4]

Heart of the Swarm Development[]

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm which is no longer valid.

The tempest gained an upgrade called Quantic Reactor in Heart of the Swarm beta patch #6, researched at the fleet beacon. This upgrade cost was 200 minerals and 200 vespene gas. It granted the tempest a +35 damage bonus against massive units[5]. This was later removed.[6]

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Gravity Sling[7]

Increases tempests’ range by 12, to a total of 22 range.[7]

Acquisition
Purchased from Fleet beacon[7]
Hotkey G[8]
Cost 150[7] Minerals 150[7] Vespene gas 100[7]seconds
ve
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Bosonic Core[7]

Increases the oracle's starting energy by 25[7]

Acquisition
Purchased from Fleet beacon[8]
Hotkey A[8]
Cost 150[7] Minerals 150[7] Vespene gas 90[7]seconds
ve

These abilities were removed during the Heart of the Swarm beta.[9]

Legacy of the Void Development[]

Launch interceptors faster. The first four interceptors are launched at a cooldown of 0.125, the last four at 0.25.

Acquisition
Purchased from Fleet beacon
Cost 150 Minerals 150 Vespene gas 57seconds
ve

References[]

  1. Blizzard Entertainment staff. 2011-01-11. Patch 1.2.0 Now Live. Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2011-01-11.
  2. Mielke, James. 2007-07-27. Protoss for a Day. 1up.com Accessed 2007-07-28.
  3. 1) There is no observatory back in the game. You can warp in Observers at your Robotics Facility.

    2) Observer's movement speed and Warp Prism's movement speed can be researched at Null Circuit. Phoenix has no upgrades for the movement speed and range at the current development stage.

    3) Nullfier's Force Beam is its regular attack.

    4) Hellion's upgrade can be researched at Armory.

    Cydra. 2008-12-05. Protoss tech tree clarifications. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-12-05.
  4. 2011, SC2: Protoss Fleet Beacon. Deviantart, accessed on 2011-02-16.
  5. Cloaken. 2012-10-12. Balance Update #6 (10/12/2012) Heart of the Swarm Beta Discussion. Accessed 2012-10-12.
  6. Aldrexus. 2012-10-26. Balance Update #7 (10/26/2012). Heart of the Swarm Beta Discussion. Accessed 2012-10-26.
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 KDraconis. 2012-06-08. Heart of the Swarm Unit Stats. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2012-06-09.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Cloaken. 2012-09-07. Balance Update #1 (9/7/2012). Heart of the Swarm Beta Discussion Forum. Accessed 2012-09-08.
  9. Cloaken. 2012-09-14. Balance Update #2 9/14/2012. Battle.net, accessed on 2012-09-14.
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