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Reactor
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The Reactor is a Terran add-on structure used to speed up production of basic units.
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Background
| Reactor (SC2) [e] | |
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| Building Attributes | |
| Race: | Terran, Tier 1 |
| Role: | Production |
| Type: | Armored Mechanical Structure |
| Size: | 2 |
| Combat | |
| HP: | 400 |
| Armor: | 1 ( Armored Structure) |
| Production | |
| Built by: | Barracks, Factory, Starport |
| Hotkey: | C |
| Build Time: | 25 |
| Requires: | Command Center |
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Game Building
StarCraft 2 Building
The Reactor can be built at any Terran production facility (Barracks, Factory and Starport), providing it the additional power to build two units at the same time. Unlike add-ons from the original Starcraft, the Reactor is able to be attached to any of the aforementioned buildings.
Since only one add-on at a time is allowed to be attached to each building, with production of more advanced units requiring an attached Tech Lab instead, Terran commanders have to choose between a large amount of weaker units or fewer, more advanced ones.
Abilities
The Reactor can't use any ability.
Upgrades
Like every other Terran Building, the Reactor can be enhanced by researching the Building Armor upgrade at the Engineering Bay, which raises its armor rating by 2.
Strategies
Thanks to their ability to Lift Off, Terran production structures are able to switch add-on by redeploying where the desired one is located.
In early to mid-game, the Reactor is often used to quickly build up one's army to secure the base or preparing an early rush tactic. Thanks to the Terran's add-on macro-mechanic, you could produce high numbers of Marines and then, as soon as a Tech Lab is ready for use (at a Factory for example), Lift Off and redeploy the Barracks to that spot to start training Marauders instead, but at a slower pace.
This means Terrans have to carefully plan the way they build up their army, depending on the chosen strategy, thus emphasizing the Terran balance between quality (Protoss) and quantity (Zerg).
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Gallery
| 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 | |
