Ghost (StarCraft)

	This article concerns StarCraft/StarCraft: Brood War gameplay. You may be looking for:
	Unit lore StarCraft II gameplay information StarCraft: Ghost gameplay information Ghost Program

"Somebody call for an exterminator?"

- Production line^(src)

Ghost
Unit
Race	Terran
Role	Psionic Stealth Assassin
Armament	C-10 canister rifle
Protection	Hostile environment suit
Properties
Maximum energy	200 (init. 50)
Size	Small
Transport slots	1
Sight	9 (11 with Ocular Implants)
Production
Minerals	25
Gas	75
Supply	1
Build time	50
Produced from	Barracks
Requires	Academy Science Facility Covert ops (attached)
Hotkey	G
Movement
Speed	4
Protection
Hit points	45
Armor	0
Combat
Ground attack	10
Air attack	10
Cooldown	22
Attack range	7 (+2 to range in a bunker)

Ghosts are feared terran covert operatives. They are known for their skills, psionic powers and ability to cloak.

The unit was voiced by Chris Metzen.

Game Unit

Ghosts are support units. Their attack and health are unremarkable for their cost. Their weapons deal concussive damage, which is ineffective against large units (e.g. siege tanks and ultralisks) unless massed, which is usually unfeasible due to their high tech position, cost and build time. Ghosts are a poor choice for large-scale combat due to their expensive cost and fragility to many attacks and spells such as spawn broodling, psionic storm and irradiation. Ghosts are also fairly slow which leaves them vulnerable to units like vultures and mutalisks.

Ghosts are best used for their abilities. Their lockdown ability, while micro-intensive, is devastating to mechanical and robotic units, especially battlecruisers and carriers.

Defensively, dark templar make good counters against ghosts, especially when they attempt to use the nuclear missile ability.

The ghost also has its own death sound that is in the game data, however it is not implemented into the gameplay. Instead, a recycled and slightly altered marine death sound is used.

Ghosts become available in to the player in the campaign in "The Big Push" in Episode 1 and in "Assault on Korhal" in Episode V, though the player uses them in "The Dylarian Shipyards."

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

Nuclear Strike

A nuclear silo may build and store one missile each.

A ghost launches and "aims" the nuclear missile at a targeted location. The missile arrives 14 seconds after. The ghost must aim for the entire duration; if the ghost takes any other action, or the ghost is killed, or the missile is cancelled, the launch is aborted and the missile is wasted.

The launch is broadcast to all players with the audio and visual message "Nuclear Launch Detected." The targeted location is visible to all players as a small flashing red dot.

The missile deals 500 damage or removes two-thirds of total hit points (whichever is greater) to all units within a wide blast radius. One nuke kill most units, and critically damage most buildings. Two nukes will destroy nearly anything. Without Ocular Implants, the ghost's targeting distance is within the blast radius.

Usage
Hotkey N Range 8 or 10 (1 less than ghost's sight range)

Acquisition
Purchased from Nuclear silo Cost 200 200 8

v • e

Upgrades

Infantry Weapons

• +1 bonus per attack per level for ghosts, and marines.
• +2 bonus per attack per level for firebats.

Acquisition
Purchased from Engineering bay Hotkey W Level 1 Cost 100 100 267 Level 2 Cost 175 175 300 Required Science facility Level 3 Cost 250 250 333 Required Science facility

Infantry Armor

• +1 upgrade to armor per level for SCVs, marines, firebats, ghosts, and medics.

Acquisition
Purchased from Engineering bay Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 267 Level 2 Cost 175 175 300 Required Science facility Level 3 Cost 250 250 333 Required Science facility

v • e

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

Ghost Heroes

• Samir Duran
• Sarah Kerrigan
• Alexei Stukov

Quotations

Quotes
Trained
Somebody call for an exterminator?
Selected	Confirming order
Ghost reportin'. I'm here. Finally. Call the shot.	I hear that. I'm gone. Never know what hit 'em. I'm all over it.
Repeatedly selected
You called down the thunder... ...now reap the whirlwind! (breathing faster) Keep it up! I dare ya! I'm about t' overload my aggression inhibitors!
Other lines
Death 1. Death 2. Abilities Nuclear Strike. Lockdown.

Images

Concept art

Manual artwork

Unit wireframe

Remastered unit 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