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A Screaming Skulls cybercat

Predators, sometimes called "cybercats," are big, heavy robots shaped like cats.

Overview

A predator

In 2502, some were owned by the Screaming Skulls, and were used in an attempt to kill their former captives, War Pigs members Vin Iggins and Cole Hickson. One knocked Iggins down, but Hickson terminated them with shots from a pistol. Predators were also utilized by the Icehouse for the training of the Dominion Reaper Corps, with predators that were near the size of vulture bikes.

During the Second Great War, Egon Stetmann's research was (theoretically) able to equip predators with an electrical discharge field.

Predators were used in service of the Terran Dominion, and were deployed in the defense of Skygeirr Platform against the Zerg Swarm.

After the End War, several predators were spotted in a Defenders of Man facility in Sharpsburg.

Variants

The following section contains information from Heroes of the Storm that is ambiguously canonical.

The "cyber wolf"

• Predator A-130: Known as the "cyber wolf," this variant of the predator is due for deployment in 2506, expected to replace the first generation of predators. The Dominion takes no responsibility for injuries occurred while trying to ride them.

• Predator A-130G: Known as the "golden cyber wolf," these predators were developed for use on low-orbit platforms. Few prototypes survived initial testing, and are now prized by collectors.

• Predator C-250: known as the "cyber ram," these predators were designed to operate within the harsh conditions of Kel-Morian mining worlds, and were built for durability over speed.

• Predator S-160: Known as the "obsidian cyber wolf," this variant uses prototype neo-carbon materials. Designed for Dominion black ops agents, they are only issues to the best operatives.

Game Unit

StarCraft II

Predator
Unit
Race	Terran
Affiliation	Raynor's Raiders Terran Dominion Defenders of Man
Campaign	Wings of Liberty Heart of the Swarm Nova Covert Ops
Role	Anti-Infantry Specialist
Armament	Titanium claws
Properties
Transportcapacity	2
Sight	10
Production
Minerals	100
Gas	100
Supply	3
Campaign Cost	15 zerg research points
Build time	40
Produced from	Factory
Requires	Tech lab/Tech reactor (attached)
Hotkey	P
Movement
Speed	4
Protection
Hit points	140
Armor	1
Type	Mechanical
Armor type	Armored
Titanium claws
Damage	15 (and activates Lightning Field)
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	1
Range	Melee
Upgrade/level	+1

Predator

Unlocks the predator for production.

The predator is equipped with an electrified discharge field. This field activates each time the predator strikes an enemy in combat, doing heavy damage to all nearby enemy units. This makes the predator a devastatingly effective counter to large grounds of enemy units.

Campaign Acquisition
Wings of Liberty Acquired from Hyperion laboratory for 15 zerg research points

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Predators are available as a special anti-infantry unit in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty at the cost of 15 zerg research points and access to the Hercules dropship.

Predators unleash a lightning field AoE burst which deals 20 damage with every attack. While they gain no bonus against any unit type, a handful of them can easily bring down swarms of zerglings or other low health units with their AoE burst attack.

A primary weakness to using predators is that, for their cost, they are not very durable for a melee unit. Also, because they are mechanical units, they cannot be paired with medics or medivac dropships (though they can potentially be paired with the science vessel). Without armor upgrades, predators will die fairly easily against ranged attackers.

Predators are strong against zerglings, banelings, infested terrans, marines, firebats, reapers, hellions, and occasionally zealots and sentries. Unfortunately, they have many counters: marauders, siege tanks, thors, diamondbacks, stalkers, immortals, colossi, roaches, hydralisks, ultralisks, and any air units. This makes the predator an extremely specialized unit.

Abilities

Lightning Field

The Predator unleashes a deadly field of electricity each time it attacks. Deals 20 damage.

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Upgrades

Terran Vehicle Weapons

• +1 damage for cyclones
• +1 base damage and +1 bonus damage for hellions
• +2 damage for hellbats
• +2 base damage and +1 bonus damage for siege tanks (tank mode)
• +4 base damage and +1 bonus damage for siege tanks (siege mode)
• +3 ground damage，+1/+3 air base damage and +1 bonus damage for thors (AoE/single-target)

Acquisition
Purchased from Armory Hotkey E Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Level 3 Cost 250 250 220

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Terran Vehicle Plating

Increases the armor of terran vehicles

Acquisition
Purchased from Armory Hotkey V Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Level 3 Cost 250 250 220

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Ultra Capacitors

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
Wings of Liberty Acquired from Hyperion laboratory for 5 protoss research points

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Vanadium Plating

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

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
Wings of Liberty Acquired from Hyperion laboratory for 5 protoss research points

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Regenerative Bio-Steel

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

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
Wings of Liberty Acquired from Hyperion laboratory for 20 zerg research points

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Development

Predators were able to cloak as long as they had energy available to use. In addition, Lightning Field was also known as 'Retribution Field' instead.

Heroes of the Storm

	The following section contains information from Heroes of the Storm and is not canon to StarCraft continuity

The golden cyber wolf

Predator variants called cyber wolves were available as mounts in Heroes of the Storm. A promotional golden variant of the cyber wolf was available to players who purchased a Founders Pack. An obsidian variant was added during the game's Machines of War event.

Later a variant named the cyber ram was made available as a mount alongside the Maraudin' Muradin skin.

Trivia

In the Heart of the Swarm mission "Infested," there are five predators of different colors(black, blue, yellow, green and red)This is a possible reference to the Voltron anime series.

References

Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft II v • e

Versus Units and Structures Infantry SCV Marine Reaper Marauder Ghost Terrestrial Vehicles MULE Hellion Hellbat (HotS) Siege tank Cyclone (LotV) Thor Widow mine (HotS) Aerospace Vessels Viking Medivac dropship Banshee Raven Battlecruiser Liberator (LotV) Spawned Units MULE Drop pod Nuclear missile Basic Buildings Command center Refinery Supply depot Barracks Engineering bay Automated Defenses Auto-turret Missile turret Point defense drone Repair drone Support Buildings Orbital command Planetary fortress Sensor tower Bunker Add-ons Tech lab Reactor Advanced Buildings Ghost academy Factory Armory Starport Fusion core Campaign and Co-op Missions Units and Structures Mercenaries Devil Dogs Hammer Securities Siege Breakers Spartan Company War Pigs Hel's Angels Dusk Wings Jackson's Revenge Dominion Elite Guard Sons of Korhal Prometheus Company Death Head Aegis Guard Field Response Theta Outback Hunter Bulwark Company Shock Division Blackhammer Sky Fury Squadron Night Wolves Winged Nightmare Pride of Augustgrad Valor of Vardona Infantry Firebat HERC Medic Rebel Spectre Trooper Terrestrial Vehicles Armored personnel carrier Diamondback Goliath Militarized transport Predator Sensor drone Vulture Warhound Aerospace Vessels Asteria wraith Assault galleon Hercules dropship Science vessel Harvester Special ops dropship Sonar drone Sovereign battlecruiser Strike fighter Tac fighter Theia raven Valkyrie Wraith Spawned units A.R.E.S. Bio-mechanical repair drone Advanced Buildings Dominion starport HERC compound Merc compound Shadow ops Add-ons Tech reactor Support Buildings Laser drill Hive mind emulator Psi disrupter Nuclear silo Strike fighter platform Automated defenses Devastation turret Gun turret Flame turret Perdition turret Sentry gun Shrike turret Spider mine Cerberus mine Canceled Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft II v • e Scrapped Removed Units Anti-air walker Block B Bulwark D-8 charges Guardian Gundam HERC Hercules tank Incinerator Laser drill tank Mine drone Missile launcher Nomad Pillager Predator Prison infantry guard Quantradyne APOD-33 dropship Red Adder Scout Shredder Super crane Targeting drone Valkyrie Zeus battle tank Zeus lander Removed Buildings Drop pod facility Listening post Munitions depot Radar tower Star base