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Orbital Command
From The StarCraft 2 Wiki
The Orbital Command is an enhanced version of the Terran Command Center.
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Background
| Orbital Command (SC2) [e] | |
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| Building Attributes | |
| Race: | Terran, Tier 1 |
| Role: | Production Resource |
| Type: | Armored Mechanical Structure |
| Supplies: | 10 |
| Size: | 4x4 |
| Unit Slots: | 5 SCVs |
| Combat | |
| HP: | 1500 |
| Energy: | 200 |
| Armor: | 1 ( Armored Structure) |
| Special Abilities | |
| Lift Off(L), Calldown: MULE(E), Calldown: Extra Supplies(X), Scanner Sweep(X) | |
| Builds | |
| Production | |
| Built by: | Command Center |
| Hotkey: | B |
| Cost: |  150
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| Build Time: | 35 |
| Requires: | Barracks |
At the cost of additional internal space to load SCVs, this intel powerhouse is able to scan unexplored areas from a distance, and call down MULEs workers or additional supplies, directly from their orbit.
Wise Terran Commanders should choose carefully which of these features they need the most and use them in the right situation, since the structure's energy reserve is limited and the recharge is slow.
Game Unit
StarCraft II Unit
The Orbital Command is a crucial structure for any Terran Player. Its abilities are in fact a fundamental part of the Terran macro-mechanic. These in fact allows Terran to give boost to their mineral gathering speed, instantly raise the current supply limit by a solid amount or instantly reveal a large map portion.
Abilities
The Orbital Command can use the following abilities.
- Lift Off. The structure transforms in a slow air unit for redeployment.
- Calldown: MULE. Drops a MULE miner onto the target mineral field. MULEs collect minerals quicker than SCVs and last 90 seconds.
- Calldown: Extra Supplies. Drops additional Supplies, incrementing the supply output of the target Supply Depot by 8.
- Scanner Sweep. Reveals an area of the map, detecting cloaked and burrowed units. Lasts 12 seconds.
StarCraft I Unit
There is no Orbital Command in the original StarCraft, the most similar structure being the Command Center with Comsat add-on.
Related Structures
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.
Gallery
The Orbital Command ingame model in StarCraft II. |
 A close-up of the Orbital Command. |
 The Orbital Command in a Terran base. |
References
| Navigation - Protoss - Terran - Zerg [e] |
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| Terran Units (StarCraft II) [e] | |
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| 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 | Sensor Tower |
| Advanced Buildings: | Ghost Academy | Factory | Merc Haven | Orbital Command | Armory | Starport | Fusion Core |
| Support Buildings: | Tech Lab | Reactor |
| Hero ground units: | Jim Raynor | Tychus Findlay |
| Cancelled Units: | Cobra/Diamondback - Firebat - Predator - Medic - Dropship |
| Cancelled Buildings: | Munitions Depot - Starbase - Shadow Ops |
| Terran Units (StarCraft I & Brood War) [e] | |
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| 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 | |
