Orbital Command

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The Orbital Command is the new name for the surveillance upgrade of the Command Center.

Contents 1 Background 2 Game Unit 2.1 StarCraft II Unit 2.1.1 Abilities 2.2 StarCraft I Unit 3 Related Structures 4 Development 5 Gallery 6 References

[edit] Background

StarCraft II Building [e]
Orbital Command
Race:	Terran, Tier x
Role:	Primary Collection Point, Support
Unit Statistics
Size:	Large
Type:	Structure, Mechanical
Slots:	0
Hit Points:	1500
Plasma Shields:	N/A
Energy Points:	200
Offence
Armament:	N/A
Ground Attack:	N/A
Air Attack:	N/A
Range:	N/A
Defence
Armor:	x
Sight:	x
Cooldown:	x
Special Abilities
Liftoff	Lifts a building, enabling flight. Production is impossible in liftoff.
Calldown Mule	Calls down a single Mule via a drop pod to the targeted location.
Calldown Extra Supplies    50	Permanently sends additional supplies to a targeted Supply Depot, increasing its supply allocation by +2.
Scanner Sweep	Reveals a small portion of the target area on the map. Can detect cloaked units.
Production
Hotkey:	x
Supply:	0
Resources:	100 100
Build Time:	35
Produced by:	Command Center
Prerequisite:	Barracks
Builds
SCV

The main feature of this station is that it can call down Mules that are basically SCVs that can harvest more minerals, but not gas or build buildings.

[edit] Game Unit

[edit] StarCraft II Unit

[edit] Abilities

• Liftoff
• Calldown Mule
• Calldown Extra Supplies
• Scanner Sweep

[edit] StarCraft I Unit

There is no Orbital Command in the original StarCraft, the closest relative is the Command Center with Comsat add-on.

[edit] Related Structures

• Command Center
• Planetary Fortress

[edit] Development

The Orbital Command was originally called the Surveillance Station but appears to have been renamed as part of the StarCraft 2 Q&A Batch 49 when it gained the two Calldown abilities.

[edit] Gallery

• General StarCraft II Shots
  • In-game Shots
  • Concept Art
  • Unit Models

The Orbital Command ingame model in StarCraft II.

A close-up of the Orbital Command.

The Orbital Command in a Terran base.

[edit] References

• StarCraft 2 Q&A Batch 49

Terran Units (StarCraft II) [e]
Ground Units:	SCV | Marine | Marauder | Ghost | Reaper | Hellion | Siege Tank | Thor
Air Units:	Viking | Medivac Dropship | Raven | Banshee | Battlecruiser
Basic Buildings:	Command Center | Supply Depot | Refinery | Barracks | Bunker | Engineering Bay | Missile Turret | Planetary Fortress | Radar Tower
Advanced Buildings:	Ghost Academy | Factory | Merc Haven | Orbital Command | Armory | Starport | Deep Space Relay
Support Buildings:	Tech Lab | Reactor
Hero ground units:	Jim Raynor | Tychus Findlay
Cancelled Units:	Cobra | Firebat | Predator | Medic | Dropship
Cancelled Buildings:	Sensor Tower | Munitions Depot | Starbase | Shadow Ops

Terran Units (StarCraft I & Brood War) [e]
Ground Units:	SCV | Marine | Firebat | Medic | Vulture | Goliath | Siege Tank | Ghost
Air Units:	Dropship | Wraith | Valkyrie | Battlecruiser | Science Vessel |
Basic Buildings:	Command Center (ComSat Station & Nuclear Silo) | Supply Depot | Engineering Bay | Barracks | Refinery | Missile Turret | Academy | Bunker
Advanced Buildings:	Factory | Machine Shop | Armory | Starport (Control Tower) | Science Facility (Physics Lab & Covert Ops)
Hero ground units:	Gui Montag (fb) | Terran Civilian | Sarah Kerrigan (g) | Samir Duran (g) | Alexei Stukov (g) | Alan Schezar (gol) | Jim Raynor (vul, mrn) | Edmund Duke (st)
Hero air units:	Tom Kazansky (wrt) | Magallan (sv) | Hyperion (bc) | Norad II (bc)
(fb) = Firebat -- (g) = Ghost -- (gol) = Goliath -- (v) = Vulture -- (m) = Marine -- (st) = Siege Tank -- (wrt) = Wraith -- (sv) = Science Vessel -- (bc) = Battlecruiser