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"The Revenge got a new captain and they're looking for a patron. They're a good crew, kinda paranoid though."
Jackson's Revenge
Battlecruiser Jackson's Revenge WoL
Race

Terran

Type

Battlecruiser

Political
Affiliation

TerranConfederacy SC1 Logo1 Terran Confederacy (formerly)
Independent
RaynorsRaiders SC2 Logo1 Raynor's Raiders

Role
Mercenary Contract
Source

Jackson's Revenge

Campaign

Wings of Liberty

Hired at

Graven Hill

Price

80,000 credits

Squad size

1 Jackson's Revenge battlecruiser

Squads per mission

1

Cooldown

7 min.

Resource Cost

400 Minerals 300 Gas Terran SC1

Produced at

Merc compound

Notes

+30% Health, +33% Damage

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Jackson's Revenge is an independent terran battlecruiser. It dated back to the early days of the Terran Confederacy. Up to the Second Great War, the ship had dozens of captains. All were killed in action or by the ship's crew.[1]

History[]

During the Second Great War, the mercenary ship offered its services to Raynor's Raiders after they acquired the final fragment of the Keystone from a derelict xel'naga worldship in the Sigma quadrant.[1]

Jackson's Revenge aided Raynor's Raiders during their final offensive against Amon during the End War, aiding during Sarah Kerrigan's transformation into a xel'naga[2] and during the final assault against Amon himself.[3]

Game Unit[]

Unlike most other mercenary variants, the Jackson's Revenge does not cost more to field than standard battlecruisers. In contrast to the very long construction time for other battlecruisers, the Jackson's Revenge is called down instantly. It is the only mercenary that comes as a single unit and can only be hired once per mission, although it can still be accompanied by regular battlecruisers or other ships.

Abilities[]

YamatoCannon SC2 Icon1
Yamato Cannon

Blasts a target with a devastating plasma cannon, causing 300 damage.

Usage
Hotkey Y
Cost 125 Energy
Range 10
Duration 3 seconds
ve

Grants the battlecruiser the Missile Pods ability. Missile Pods deals 40 splash damage (+50 damage to light units) to air units over an area of effect.

Laser batteries are fearsome weapons across wide stretches of space, but they leave a battlecruiser vulnerable to small interceptors. The ATVX Missile Pod can show up this weakness by instantly bombarding an area with a massive barrage of anti-air missiles.

Usage
Hotkey E
Cost 125 Energy
Campaign Acquisition
Acquired from Hyperion armory for $140,000
ve

The battlecruiser produces a shield which absorbs 200 damage. The ability is not smartcast.

The defensive matrix is a temporary deflection field that helped save countless assets from a premature death during the original Brood War. Now the minds at LarsCorp have adapted this technological marvel to protect the massive hull of the Minotaur-class battlecruiser.

Usage
Hotkey D
Cost 100 Energy
Duration 20 seconds
Cooldown 20 seconds
Campaign Acquisition
Acquired from Hyperion armory for $150,000
ve

Increase starting energy of all units by 100. Increase maximum energy of all units by 100.[4]

This reactor has a larger energy reserve on startup and can hold a much larger charge. Now our specialist units can use their abilities the moment they hit the battlefield, and they can store more energy when idle for long periods of time. All "Specialists units" use energy: such as the medic, ghost, spectre, thor, wraith, banshee, raven, science vessel and battlecruiser.

Campaign Acquisition
Acquired from Hyperion laboratory for 20 zerg research points
ve

Damaged mechanical units recover hit points when out of combat, at a rate of 0.6015 each second.[4]

Our ship and vehicle hulls are now made from a material called Regenerative Bio-Steel. This material uses internal nanobots to slowly repair any damage the hull sustains. While this regeneration process is much slower than conventional SCV repairs, it can be the difference between life and death if no SCVs are available.

Campaign Acquisition
Acquired from Hyperion laboratory for 20 zerg research points
ve

Upgrades[]

Acquisition
Purchased from Armory
Hotkey S
Level 1
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 160seconds
Level 2
Cost 175 Minerals 175 Vespene gas 190seconds
Level 3
Cost 250 Minerals 250 Vespene gas 220seconds
ve

Attack upgrades improve attack cooldown of affected units by 5% per level.

These self-replicating ultra capacitors reduce the reload time of weapons and systems. Now each of the weapon upgrades at the armory and engineering bay increases attack speed by 5% in addition to increasing damage.

Campaign Acquisition
Acquired from Hyperion laboratory for 5 protoss research points
ve

Increases the armor of all terran air units.

Acquisition
Purchased from Armory
Hotkey P
Level 1
Cost 150 Minerals 150 Vespene gas 160seconds
Level 2
Cost 225 Minerals 225 Vespene gas 190seconds
Level 3
Cost 300 Minerals 300 Vespene gas 220seconds
ve
SC2 Lab VanPlating Icon
Vanadium Plating

Armor upgrades increase health of affected units by 5% per level.[5]

We have created a new lightweight alloy called vanadium. Vanadium diffuses weapon impacts much more efficiently than traditional armor plating, and it better preserves the life of our units. Now each of the armor upgrades in the armory and engineering bay increases unit life by 5% in addition to increasing armor.

Campaign Acquisition
Acquired from Hyperion laboratory for 5 protoss research points
ve

Development[]

The mercenary battlecruiser's name was originally Duke's Revenge. Remnants of this can still be viewed in the game editor, where the Jackson's Revenge and its assets are still sometimes referred to as Duke's Revenge. It was possibly named for Edmund Duke, who famously commanded the Norad II and Norad III; a cut line from Graven Hill asks Jim Raynor if he knew Duke, which may have been dialogue referring to Duke's Revenge.[6]

Notes[]

  • The Loki uses an enlarged version of Jackson's Revenge's model.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Graven Hill's laptop (in English). 2010.
  2. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: The Essence of Eternity. (in English). November 10, 2015
  3. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Amon's Fall. (in English). November 10, 2015
  4. 4.0 4.1 Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Zerg research (in English). 2010.
  5. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Protoss research (in English). 2010.
  6. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II Map Editor. (Activision Blizzard) (in English). July 27, 2010
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