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Planetary Fortress
From The StarCraft 2 Wiki
The Planetary Fortress is an upgrade to the Terran regular Command Center, increasing its durability and providing it with railguns against ground targets.
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Background
| Planetary Fortress (SC2) [e] | |
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| Building Attributes | |
| Race: | Terran, Tier 2 |
| Role: | Defence Production Resource |
| Type: | Armored Mechanical Structure |
| Supplies: | 10 |
| Size: | 4x4 |
| Unit Slots: | 5 SCVs |
| Combat | |
| Armament: | Twin Ibiks Cannon |
| Attack: | 40 (ground) |
| Range: | 6 (ground) |
| Speed: | Normal (ground) |
| HP: | 1500 |
| Armor: | 3 ( Armored Structure) |
| Special Abilities | |
| Load(O) | |
| Builds | |
| Production | |
| Built by: | Command Center |
| Hotkey: | P |
| Cost: |  150  150
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| Build Time: | 50 |
| Requires: | Engineering Bay |
Of course, everything comes at a price, so the heavy armament the Planetary Fortress comes equipped with has the major drawback of being so massive the structure can't Lift Off, while lacking the required space for advanced scanning and orbital communication the Orbital Command is equipped with.
Since the primary role of this structure is the base's defense, and specifically workers defense, the Fortress' designers did decided to maintain a secure compartment within the heavily armored frame, which allows commanders to offer to a few SCVs a safe spot to take repair from enemy fire.
Game Unit
The Planetary Fortress is one of two upgrades to the Terran Command Center, the other being the Orbital Command.
StarCraft II Unit
The Planetary Fortress deals splash damage with each attack. Though it will continue to produce SCVs normally, the Planetary Fortress can not be downgraded back to a Command Center nor can it lift off like most Terran strutures.
Abilities
The Planetary fortress is designed to be the defensive strong-point of the Terran base. Hence, it lacks any significant ability but the following.
- Load. Leads nearbay SCVs into Planetary Fortress.
Upgrades
The Planetary Fortress will benefit from the following upgrades, available at the Engineering Bay
- Building Armor. Upgrades the armor of buildings by 2.
- Hi-Sec Auto Tracking. Adds +1 to attack range.
Unit Production
Planetary Fortresses retain the Command Center's ability to train SCVs
StarCraft I Unit
There is no Planetary Fortress in the original StarCraft, the closest relative is the Command Center.
Related Structures
Gallery
The Planetary Fortress ingame model in StarCraft II. |
 A Planetary Fortress defending against the Zerg. |
 A Terran base with the Planetary Fortress. |
 The Planetary Fortress helps defend the Terran outpost. |
 A Planetary Fortress in a TvT matchup. |
 The Planetary Fortress attacking the Protoss. |
 The Planetary Fortress watches over a Terran base. |
| 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] | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
