Nova Terra (Co-op Missions)

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"Agent reporting for duty. The Dominion’s best Ghost, Nova Terra, joins the ranks as our newest Co-op Commander. Backed by the most advanced Terran technology and the highest tier of trained combatants, Nova controls the battlefield with the speed and power of a nuclear explosion."

- Commander blurb^(src)

Nova Terra has been announced as a commander in Co-op Missions for Patch 3.7. She will take the field with a hero unit, and have the ability to blink, shield herself and call down nuclear strikes against her enemies.^[1] Her army consists of elite special ops units that deploy instantly, but have substantial resource costs over normal units.^[2]

Overview

Nova has simplified base and production when compared to other commanders—much of the player's focus will be on combat. She does not require supply depots, and only one of each production ability is available. Her army has a supply cap of 100, and her production facilities are called down to the battlefield instantly, without any construction time. Nova herself has high burst damage, but is relatively fragile, and relies on stealth and gadgets to be effective. Part of her covert ops theme is "having all the right toys at the right time." Nova has different equipment sets and can adapt to any situation by swapping between them on the field.^[2]

Info

Recommended for experienced players
Control Nova and her army of elite units
Use advanced tech to sustain and support your forces

Mastery

Game Unit

Nova is able to switch between Assault Mode and Stealth Mode as a hero unit, changing her weapons and abilities. In Assault Mode she is more suited for frontal combat, wielding a hellfire shotgun and wearing a damage-absorbing phase reactor suit. Her Stealth Mode abilities are geared towards infiltration and subterfuge, equipping her with a tactical stealth suit, ghost visor, and sabotage drone. This allows her to infiltrate the enemy base ahead of her army and take out critical enemy forces before her army commits to an engagement.^[2]

Abilities

Nova can call down the Griffin during battle. Its abilities, which include transport and air strikes, are listed at the top of the screen. Using its abilities costs minerals.^[2]

Assault Mode

Stealth Mode

Upgrades

Researched

Talents

Calldown Abilities

Army Composition

Units and Structures

Marine
Marauder
Ghost
Siege tank
Goliath
Liberator
Banshee
Raven

Talent Progression

Strategy

Synergies

Protoss Commanders

Vorazun - Vorazun is a perfect match for Nova, with her Strike from the Shadows passive boosting Nova's damage and that of her ghosts, banshees, and any units cloaked by her healing drones. Black Hole can set up Nova's airstrikes, nukes, banshees and ravens for area damage, and Emergency Recall will save any of her costly cloaked units from death. In return, Nova can heal Vorazun's units with her ravens and provide better ground-to-air damage than Vorazun's stalkers are capable of doing.

Terran Commanders

Zerg Commanders

Achievements

Gameplay

Levels

Development

When designing Nova as the next commander, the developers knew that she had to be a hero on the field. It was also decided to be a focus of her army composition. The theme of covert ops played a big part of her design (ghosts, nukes, stealth, gadgets), along with the concept of a small but powerful army of elite units, helping bring the feel of espionage.^[2]