Dropship

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The Terran Dropship is a Transport used for moving units faster, or over impassable terrain. It was used in StarCraft I.

Contents 1 Background 1.1 StarCraft II Unit 1.1.1 Abilities 1.1.2 Upgrades 1.2 StarCraft I Unit 1.2.1 Abilities 1.2.2 Upgrades 2 Development 3 Trivia 4 Gallery

[edit] Background

StarCraft II Unit [e]
Dropship
Race:	Terran
Role:	Transportation
Unit Statistics
Size:	Large
Type:	Air, Mechanical
Speed:	x
Transport Slots:	x
Hit Points:	150
Plasma Shields:	N/A
Energy Points:	N/A
Offence
Armament:	N/A
Ground Attack:	N/A
Air Attack:	N/A
Range:	N/A
Defence
Armor:	1
Sight:	x
Cooldown:	N/A
Special Abilities
Transportation	Can pick up other units and carry them to other locations.
Production
Hotkey:	D
Supply:	2
Resources:	100 100
Build Time:	42
Produced by:	Starport
Prerequisite:	Starport

The heavily armored Terran Dropships were a vital part of Colonial defense, and are fully rated for both atmospheric and deep space flight. The daredevil pilots of these transports are charged with delivering Marine armor and infantry to any hot spot or combat zone.

[edit] StarCraft II Unit

The Dropship was present in the early builds of StarCraft II but has since been replaced by the Medivac Dropship.

[edit] Abilities

• Transport

[edit] Upgrades

• Ship Plating 1-3

[edit] StarCraft I Unit

The Dropship's primary purpose is to transport units from one location to another. To do this, the Dropship has the limited capacity of 8 Slots with each Terran units taking 1, 2 or 4 slots accordingly. Any combination of units can be loaded as long as they do not equal more then the 8 count limit. The breakdown of each unit is as follows:

• SCV - 1 slot, max 8 SCVs
• Marine - 1 slot, max 8 Marines
• Firebat - 1 slot, max 8 Firebats
• Ghost - 1 slot, max 8 Ghosts
• Medic - 1 slot, max 8 Medics
• Vulture - 2 slots, max 4 Vultures
• Siege Tank - 4 slots, max 2 Siege Tanks
• Goliath - 2 slots, max 4 Goliaths

While transporting units the Dropship is extremely vulnerable to anti-air attacks; if they are destroyed while carrying units all the units inside will die. It is for this reason the Dropship should always be escorted with defending units, such as Wraiths and Valkyries. If the Dropship comes under attack and is close to death, a useful tactic would be to try and unload as many units as possible before the Dropship is destroyed.

The Dropship is very useful in transporting much slower units and can also provide protection to some of the more vulnerable, and sometimes expensive, units by storing them in the Dropship's payload hangar.

Another common tactic is to use several Dropships to deploy a few Siege Tanks and/or Vultures behind the enemy's income line, or atop a nearby cliff to rain destruction on nearby units and structures.

[edit] Abilities

• Transport

[edit] Upgrades

• Ship Plating 1-3

StarCraft I Unit [e]
Dropship
Race:	Terran
Role:	Transportation
Unit Statistics
Size:	Large
Type:	Air, Mechanical
Transport Slots:	N/A
Hit Points:	150
Plasma Shields:	N/A
Energy Points:	N/A
Offence
Armament:	N/A
Ground Attack:	N/A
Air Attack:	N/A
Range:	N/A
Defence
Armor:	1
Sight:	8
Cooldown:	N/A
Special Abilities
Transportation	Can pick up other units and carry them to other locations.
Production
Hotkey:	D
Supply:	2
Resources:	100 100
Build Time:	50
Produced by:	Starport
Prerequisite:	Control Tower

[edit] Development

The Dropship returned as the transportation unit for the Terrans during the early development stages of Starcraft II, In early March '08 as part of the Zerg release interviews it was revealed the developers were testing a new unit that would eventually replace both the Dropship and Medic.

Not long after it was confirmed that the Dropship has been removed, their role as air transportation is now filled by the Medivac Dropship. They may appear in the map editor, but will not be available in the multiplayer aspect of the final release of StarCraft II.

[edit] Trivia

• Mind Control can be a devastating ability for the Protoss to cast on friendly Dropships; if they are carrying units then both the Dropship and all the units it is carrying will be converted under the Protoss's command.
• During the very first gameplay video the Dropship was shown to briefly land during the unloading of friendly units.

[edit] Gallery

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

Dropship concept art for StarCraft Ghost.	A Dropship with a Terran assault.	The Dropship's wireframe from Starcraft I.	Starcraft's Dropship portrait.
A Ghost pickup in a Terran base.	Dropships with several Banshee attacking a Terran outpost.	Terran vs Terran battle.	Several Dropships leading an assault on the Protoss.
The Dropship model from StarCraft Ghost.	A Dropship spotting for some Siege Tanks in StarCraft I.

Terran Units (StarCraft II) [e]
Ground Units:	SCV | Marine | Marauder | Ghost | Reaper | Hellion | Siege Tank | Thor
Air Units:	Viking | Medivac Dropship | Nighthawk | 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 | Surveillance Station | 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