- Matt Horner(src)
The Odin was a Terran Dominion heavy combat walker. It was the prototype for the smaller thor.
The Odin is designed for prolonged front line duty, with firepower capable of destroying entire cities. It is armed with two twin-linked T800 cannons, shoulder-mounted Hellfire missile pods, four 330mm howitzers, and at least one nuclear missile. The chassis is commensurately durable. The walker is well-suited to spearhead assaults on entrenched positions. The crew space includes a toilet.[1]
History[]
Development[]
Odin at Simonson
Project Odin was the most significant Terran Dominion military development since the Brood War. It was developed at the Simonson Munitions Factory on Korhal under a complete security lockdown; the workers were effectively all under arrest to prevent any leak of information.[2]
The project cost millions of credits.[3]
Simonson received shipments of battlecruiser-weight neosteel armor, and testing produced seismic shocks and electromagnetic discharges detectable from without.[2] In 2503,[4] and with no further information, Umojan agent Pandora infiltrated the facility as part of a group of visiting officials and discovered the Odin undergoing testing. The intrusion was discovered, but Pandora escaped to warn the Protectorate. The Protectorate planted information implicating the Koprulu Liberation Front.[2]
Shortly afterwards, the Odin was moved to the Valhalla installation.[2]
In the Field[]
The Odin in an assembly gantry on Valhalla
The Odin's official unveiling occurred during the Second Great War, but was co-opted by Raynor's Raiders to expose Arcturus Mengsk's war crimes.[5] Prior to the ceremony, the Raiders stole the walker and used it to destroy Valhalla.[1] It arrived at the unveiling on Korhal masquerading as a Dominion unit. The Odin spearheaded the surprise attack, and the Raiders publicly broadcast Mengsk's war crimes via UNN Studios. Tychus Findlay piloted the walker on both occasions. Rory Swann reverse engineered the smaller and less-expensive Thor from the Odin schematics.[5]
The Raiders abandoned the walker and it was recovered by the Dominion. The Odin was later deployed to defend the Korhal Palace in Augustgrad during the Swarm invasion of Korhal and was subsequently destroyed.[6] The palace fell and Emperor Mengsk was killed.[7]
End War[]
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In the alternate timeline where Tychus Findlay survived the Second Great War, the Odin was recovered by Tychus and his newly reformed Heaven's Devils, and brought to the field against Amon's Forces in the End War.[8]
Game Unit[]
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Wings of Liberty[]
"Brother... it is the single greatest creation in the history of mankind. Stridin' around dispensin' righteous fury just about brought a tear to my eye."
- Jim Raynor and Tychus Findlay(src)
The Odin is a hero version of the thor. The Odin is uncontrollable in "Engine of Destruction."[1]
In "Media Blitz," the walker is controllable but lacks the nuclear missile ability, and cannot be transported by a dropship or a Hercules dropship. It damages civilian units and structures by walking over them or if a civilian car crashes into it. If destroyed, it leaves behind wreckage (with 2500 hit points, but no abilities, not even the Immortality Protocol). Findlay ejects and the mission continues, although the player is left bereft of their hero.[5]
Unlike the regular thors, the Odin's anti-air attack does not do splash damage. However, its ground attack does do splash damage, though not over a very large area. It does not gain HP or attack rate bonuses due to Vanadium Plating or Ultra Capacitors.
The Odin appears in the final mission of the heart of the swarm campaign as a boss unit that will go after the Hyperion. The best way to destroy it is with ultralisks, hydralisks and zerglings. If the player so chose, Impalers will make quick work of it.
Abilities[]
Fires a barrage of shells at an area, inflicting massive splash damage, hitting ground units and structures.
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Calls down a Nuclear Strike at a target location. Nukes take time to land, but they deal heavy damage to enemies in a large radius.
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The Odin serves as a calldown for Tychus Findlay in Co-op Missions at level 3. The calldown will despawn Tychus and put him in the Odin, which can come down anywhere on the map with vision, dealing damage to all enemies it lands on. The Odin can use a barrage ability to deal heavy damage in an area, or at Tychus level 15 can research the Big Red Button ability, which lets the Odin launch a nuke that deals massive damage in a large area.
Abilities[]
Calls down the Odin at the target location, dealing 150 damage on impact. The Odin takes Tychus as the pilot and revives him if he is inactive. It is controllable and will fight for 60 seconds.
Dutiful Dogwalker: The Odin no longer requires Tychus as its pilot, its duration is increased by 100%, and its cooldown is reduced by 40%.
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Stuns all enemies and deals 1000 damage over 10 seconds in a large area. Usable once per Odin calldown.
Dutiful Dogwalker: Barrage is unavailable.
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Calls down a Nuclear Strike at a target location. Nukes take 3 seconds to land, but they deal up to 1000 damage in a large area. Replaces Barrage.
Dutiful Dogwalker: Big Red Button is unavailable.
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Increases the attack damage of Tychus and his Outlaws.
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Increases the armor of Tychus and his Outlaws and increases their life by 10%.
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Development[]
The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty which is no longer valid.
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The Odin originally had two additional abilities: Automated Repair and EMP Burst.
Automated Repair regenerated 125 life per second for a duration of 8 seconds when activated. EMP Burst worked much in the same as the psionic shockwave ability used by the queen in the mission "Belly of the Beast", with the exception that it only stunned mechanical units (including structures).[9]
Heroes of the Storm[]
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The Odin can be used by Findlay in Heroes of the Storm, though it uses the Collectors Edition thor model.[10]
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Notes[]
- The Odin is derived from the very powerful and bulky thor unit of StarCraft II. It is actually the first thor model used.
- Odin was the one-eyed chief god in Norse mythology. Like said god, the Odin pilot is missing his left eye.
- Data in the Galaxy Map Editor suggests that the Odin was initially supposed to be available as a calldown for Nova Terra in Co-op Missions.[11]
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