Battlecruiser (StarCraft) |
The Terran (StarCraft) Behemoth-class Battlecruiser is a fictional combat Capital_ship starship in the computer game StarCraft. It is equivalent to the Protoss Protoss Carrier.
The Battlecruiser is capable of both air-to-air and air-to-ground attack with its heavy laser batteries. It is well-protected with NeoSteel armor and serves mostly as a command and peacekeeping vessel for Terran_Confederacy and succeeding authorities. As well, it features a powerful siege weapon, the Yamato Cannon , capable of taking out ground defenses and heavy air units with impunity. The Yamato Cannon utilizes an intense magnetic field to focus a nuclear explosion into a cohesive energy beam.
Battlecruisers played a pivotal role in the s within cinematics, although an allied Battlecruiser accompanying several Carriers can be seen in an in-game cinematic in the original Protoss campaign.
Is is unclear if the Battlecruiser can carry smaller vessels within it. According to , this is the case, and the cinematics indicate this, albeit indirectly. In-game, however, they do not carry other vessels.
The Terran Battlecruiser is perhaps the most advanced Terran (StarCraft) unit, sharing the top of the Terran technology tree with the Ghost and Nuclear Missile; it requires a Physics Lab addition to the Terran Science Facility in order to be built. It is also revealed in the Brood War Introduction StarCraft Episode V campaign that the Battlecruiser requires the Physics Lab to power up its weaponry.
In-game, Battlecruisers feature 500 hit points, require 400 Scourge are cheap to build, but rarely effective against large battlecruiser groups, even en-masse.
The name Yamato is a reference to the classic anime series Space Battleship Yamato , and the title starship s massive and powerful wave motion gun.
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