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The Terrans are a race of futuristic humanoids that appear in the Starcraft universe. They are noted for their ability to quickly adapt to new terrains and use any natural resources to their advantage.

Terran Overview

Terrans are basically "Humans". They are also the most divided of the 3 Starcraft races. They are in different factions that are all competing with each other to become the most dominant. Most of the Terrans in Starcraft are descendants of a crashed criminals holding ship. They are also the most mobile of the 3 races and are the best adapters. Terrans use their technology to survive. They are known to use powerful vehicles, body enhancements through drugs or technology integration. Terrans also seem to have telekinetic and or physic abilities, the Protoss seem to have an incredibly more advanced version of this though. The Terrans also build mechanized tools and buildings. They combine all of this to become a powerful force among the other more advanced species. They seem to be the perfect balance between organic and technological power.

Terran Units

SCV (Space Construction Vehicle)

The SCV, a small engineering mech, is the primary non-combat unit of the Terran forces. SCVswere first used as construction vehicles on space stations, but were soon put to good use in the Terran military. It is used to build and repair various buildings and ground units, as well as to gather minerals and Vespene gas. The SVC is not heavily armored and does not posess any effective weapon systems; it is thus very vulnerable to enemy attack.

Marine

Marine concept art

The Marine is the most common unit in the Terran forces, the first line of defense when it comes to attacking or defending. The Marine wears a suit of large and very bulky cybernetic plate armor, and is armed with a C-14 Gauss rifle. Marines can be upgraded with the Stim Pack ability, which increases the unit's awareness and accuracy at the cost of a certain amount of health.

Firebat (Armored Assault Trooper)

Firebat Concept art

Firebats, specialized assault troopers equipped with flamethrowers, are mainly used in close-quarters combat. They are most effective against small units like Zerglings or any close combat unit.

Ghost

Nova, a ghost from the game Starcraft: Ghost.

The Ghosts are gifted espionage units. They are adopted by the confederacy at an early age, when they first show signs of physics abilities. They wear state of the art stealth technology which renders them completely invisible in normal conditions. They are equipped with powerful C-10 canister rifles, effective at long range. Ghost have the ability to "lockdown" mechanical units rendering them useless for a temporary amount of time. They can also "paint" a target so as to direct a nuclear warhead to a desired location.

Medic

Medic concept art

The Medic is a support unit that has the ability to heal injured allies. This potentially increases the life span of Marines, Ghosts, and Firebats while in combat. The Medic also carries an A-13 flash grenade launcher that can blind or severely decrease the vision of enemies, as well as a large shield for defense against hostile units

Vulture

Vulture fan art

The Vulture is a lightly armored hover-bike vehicle equipped with an AG-2 grenade launcher. It can travel at speeds of up to 230 MPH, which makes it an ideal unit for scouting or raiding.

Siege Tank

Siege Tank concept art.

The Siege Tank is one of the most powerful units available to the Terrans. It is equipped with two 80mm plasma cannons and a 120mm Shock Cannon. The latter attack is very powerful, but has a short range and requires the unit to enter 'siege mode' before using the attack. The attack deals a large amount of splash damage and is most effective against buildings and ranged units.

Goliath

Goliath concept art

The Goliath is a combat mech unit equipped with anti-armor auto-annons, as well as an array of anti-air Hellfire missiles.

Wraith

Wraith concept art

The Wraith is the primary offensive air unit available to the Terrans. It is equipped with burst lasers and anti-air Gemini missiles, as well as a cloaking system. Although it can attack both ground and air units, it is most effective against other air units. It is the most used vehicle in space warfare among the different factions.

Dropship

Dropship concept art

The APOD-33 Dropship is an air transport unit used to insert Terran units wherever necessary, often close to an enemy base. It is heavily armored, but possesses no weapon systems and is quite slow. Wraiths are often used to protect Dropships from enemy attacks.

Explorer Science Vessel

Science vessel screenshot

The Explorer Science Vessel was initially used to study various phenomena in space, and was later deployed for use in the Terran military as a support ship and research facility. The vessel has the ability to shield units temporarily, attack electronic technologies or weapons with an EMP shockwave, and irradiate a ground unit, damaging that unit's health and the health of those around it (given that the units are biological).

Valkyrie

Valkyrie screenshot

The Valkyrie, an anti-fighter spacecraft, is only able to attack other air units. It is equipped with an array of H.A.L.O. cluster rockets, which cause area-of-effect damage to all air units in its attack radius.

Battlecruiser

Battlecruiser cutscene screenshot

The Behemoth-class Battlecruiser is a heavily armed & armored Terran battleship. It is able to attack both land and air units, being equipped with burst laser batteries and the powerful Yamato Gun, a nuclear blast focused into a beam through magnetic fields. The Battlecruiser is most effectively used to attack structures.

Starcraft 2 Terran Units

Reaper

Reaper concept art

Reapers are a units that personify the mobility of the Terrans. Equipped with jet packs, they can jump up and down cliffs while most units cannot. They are the most hardened criminals that go under the most brutal training. They are also more frequent users of Stim Packs than the average Terran Marine.

Viking

Viking concept art of both ground and air modes

Vikings have he ability to switch from a ground unit to an air unit. This simple mechanic makes the Viking very important to the Terran arsenal. They can be fighting off hordes of Zerglings but once they are overwhelmed, can simply switch to become an air unit to avoid further damage. There are many more strategic uses for the Viking as well.

Banshee

Banshee concept art

The AH/G-24 Banshee is a tactical strike aircraft designed to attack ground units. It has the ability to cloak itself, which allows it to move into unprotected enemy bases and launch a surprise attack on the ground units therein. The Banshee is very cheap to produce.

Nomad

Nomad Screenshot

The Nomad is related to the SCV, but is different in that it specializes mainly in building autoturrets and detecting cloaked or burrowed units. It serves as a replacement for the Science Vessel.

Thor

Thor concept art

First started as a super secret project, the Thor is the most powerful ground unit of the Terrans. It is devastatingly powerful to buildings. Its main weakness is that it can't attack fast moving units and it turn at a slow rate. It is so large that it cannot be built inside a structure

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Name	Platforms	Developer
Starcraft Ghost	PS2, XBOX, GC	Blizzard Entertainment, Swingin' Ape Studios, Nihilistic Software
Retribution: Authorized Add-On for StarCraft	PC	Stardock Corporation
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty	MAC, PC	Blizzard Entertainment
X³: Reunion released on Nov. 6, 2005	PC, MAC	Egosoft
StarCraft 64 released on June 13, 2000	N64	Blizzard Entertainment
StarCraft: Battle Chest released on Dec. 31, 1999	PC	Blizzard Entertainment
StarCraft: Brood War released on Nov. 30, 1998	PC, MAC	Blizzard Entertainment, Saffire Corporation
Insurrection: Campaigns for StarCraft released on July 31, 1998	PC	Aztech New Media
StarCraft released on March 31, 1998	PC, MAC	Blizzard Entertainment