Physics lab

Physics Lab
Structure
Race	Terran
Role	Particle physics lab add-on
Production
Minerals	50
Gas	50
Build time	40
Parent	Science facility
Protection
Hit points	600
Armor	1
Function
Allows	Battlecruiser
Research	Colossus Reactor Yamato Gun

The physics lab is a terran support structure, an add-on to the science facility. Via a high-energy particle accelerator and a plethora of diagnostic equipment, it provides upgrades to the battlecruiser, and is an alternative to the covert ops.

The physics lab does not appear in StarCraft II, its role of providing support for battlecruisers having been taken by the fusion core and tech lab.

Game Structure

Researched Abilities

Yamato Gun

The Yamato Gun is a powerful weapon that focuses a nuclear explosion into a beam using magnetic fields. It deals 260 damage.

Usage
Hotkey Y Cost 150 Range 10

Acquisition
Purchased from Physics lab Hotkey Y Cost 100 100 120

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Researched Upgrades

Colossus Reactor

• Increases battlecruiser maximum energy by 50.
• Increases battlecruiser starting energy from 50 to 62.5.

Acquisition
Purchased from Physics lab Hotkey C Cost 150 150 166

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Development

In the StarCraft beta, cloaking was researched at the physics lab.

Early versions of the StarCraft manual state that the Apollo Reactor and Cloak upgrade for the wraith were to be researched at the physics lab rather than the control tower. This has been changed for later releases of the manual.

Images

Building wireframe

Remastered building wireframe

References

Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.

Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War v • e

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