The document provides unit design specifications for several StarCraft: Brood War units including the Medic, Valkyrie, Lurker, Devourer, Corsair, Dark Templar, Dark Archon, and upgrades for the Ultralisk and Goliath. It details each unit's stats, costs, tech tree requirements, weapons, spells/abilities, and available upgrades. New upgrades are introduced for several existing units to improve their armor, movement speed, and weapon range.

1. StarCraft: Brood War
Unit Design Specification
UNIT NAME: MEDIC SPELLS/SPECIAL ABILITIES
RACE: Terran
RANK: 1st Lieutenant Heal (Spell)
Casting Cost: 1 mana point for every 2
VITAL STATISTICS hp healed
Hit Points: 60 Range: 2
Armor Class: Light Description: The Medic starts with this
Armor: 1 spell and may cast it on any organic
ground units to heal damage.
COSTS
Mineral: 50 Restoration (Spell)
Gas: 25 Casting Cost: 50
Food: 1 Range: 6 Matrix
Description: The Medic may cast this
TECH TREE spell on any unit to remove harmful spell
Built From: Barracks effects (does not affect Stasis Field, but
Pre-Requisite: Academy does include Lockdown)
WEAPONS Optic Flare (Spell)
Weapon System: none Casting Cost: 75
Attack Type: n/a Range: 8 Matrix
Damage Class: n/a Description: Targeted spell. The unit hit
Splash Damage: n/a will have his sight range reduced to 1
Damage: n/a matrix permanently (unless restored by
Bonus: n/a Medic). The unit affected should have
‘Blinded’ displayed in info box. Also
removes detection ability if the unit had
any.
NEW UPGRADES
Restoration (Spell)
Researched at: Academy
Research Cost: 100m, 100g
Optic Flare (Spell)
Researched at: Academy
Research Cost: 100m, 100g
Caduceus Reactor (+50 Mana Capacity)
Researched at: Academy
Research Cost: 150m, 150g
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2. StarCraft: Brood War
Unit Design Specification
UNIT NAME: VALKYRIE FRIGATE SPELLS/SPECIAL ABILITIES
RACE: Terran
RANK: Lt. Commander Halo Rockets
This is the Valkyrie’s only attack. It is an
VITAL STATISTICS Air to Air attack that fires a volley of 8
Hit Points: 200 small missiles at a target. The missiles
Armor Class: Heavy will hit at and around the target within a
Armor: 2 3 x 3 matrix area. Each missile does a
small amount of splash damage in its
COSTS target area.
Mineral: 250
Gas: 125
Food: 3
TECH TREE
Built From: Starport
Pre-Requisite: Armory, Control Tower
WEAPONS
Weapon System: Halo Rockets
Attack Type: Air only
Damage Class: Explosive
Splash Damage: Yes (Small area)
Damage: 5 per missile
Bonus: 1 NEW UPGRADES
None
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3. StarCraft: Brood War
Unit Design Specification
UNIT NAME: LURKER
RACE: Zerg Attack while Burrowed
RANK: n/a The Lurker may Burrow himself. This
acts exactly like Burrow for other Zerg
VITAL STATISTICS units, but while Burrowed, the Lurker
Hit Points: 125 may attack. The Lurker always has this
Armor Class: Heavy ability, it does not have to researched.
Armor: 1
Subterranean Spines
COSTS The Lurker may only attack while
Mineral: 50 Burrowed. The attack is a series on
Gas: 100 spines that rip through the ground in a
Food: 2 straight line from the Lurker to the target
to its maximum range. Every enemy unit
TECH TREE in the path of the spines will take
Built From: Hydralisk damage.
Pre-Requisite: Lair, Aspect Research
WEAPONS NEW UPGRADES
Weapon System: Subterranean Spines
Attack Type: Ground only Lurker Aspect
Damage Class: Normal Research at: Hydralisk Den (after Lair)
Splash Damage: Yes (Straight Line) Research Cost: 125m, 125g
Damage: 20
Bonus: 2
SPELLS/SPECIAL ABILITIES
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4. StarCraft: Brood War
Unit Design Specification
SPELLS/SPECIAL ABILITIES
UNIT NAME: DEVOURER
RACE: Zerg Corrosive Venom: The Devourer has
RANK: n/a an attack that can only effect air units. It
will damage its target and splash all
VITAL STATISTICS surrounding targets with a corrosive
Hit Points: 250 acid. Units that are affected will take
Armor Class: Heavy longer to fire and will take more damage
Armor: 2 when attacked.
COSTS
Mineral: 150
Gas: 50
Food: 2 NEW UPGRADES
TECH TREE none
Built From: Mutalisk
Pre-Requisite: Greater Spire
WEAPONS
Weapon System: Corrosive Venom
Attack Type: Air only
Damage Class: Normal (special)
Splash Damage: No
Damage: 25
Bonus: 2
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5. StarCraft: Brood War
Unit Design Specification
SPELLS/SPECIAL ABILITIES
UNIT NAME: CORSAIR Neutron Flare: The Corsair fires short
RACE: Protoss quick bursts of Photon energy that are
RANK: n/a very effective against groups of small
flying units.
VITAL STATISTICS
Hit Points: 100 Disruption Web (Spell)
Shields: 80 Casting Cost: 125
Armor Class: Medium Range: 9 Matrix
Armor: 0 Description: Can cast a web of energy
in a small area of effect that disrupts all
COSTS attacks that are within it. All ground
Mineral: 150 units, including photon cannons, spore
Gas: 100 colonies, sunken colonies, and bunkers,
Food: 2 cannot attack while within the Web’s
area of effect.
TECH TREE
Built From: Stargate
Pre-Requisite: none NEW UPGRADES
WEAPONS Disruption Web
Weapon System: Neutron Flare Research at: Fleet Beacon
Attack Type: Air only Research Cost: 200m, 200g
Damage Class: Normal
Splash Damage: Yes (Small area) Argus Jewel (+50 mana capacity)
Damage: 5 Research at: Fleet Beacon
Bonus: 1 Research Cost: 100m, 100g
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6. StarCraft: Brood War
Unit Design Specification
SPELLS/SPECIAL ABILITIES
UNIT NAME: DARK TEMPLAR
RACE: Protoss Permanent Cloaking
RANK: none Dark Templars are always cloaked, just
like the Observer, they can only be
VITAL STATISTICS attacked if detected first.
Hit Points: 80
Shields: 40 Dark Archon Meld
Armor Class: Light Two Dark Templars may combine into a
Armor: 1 Dark Archon.
COSTS
Mineral: 125 NEW UPGRADES
Gas: 100
Food: 2 none
TECH TREE
Built From: Gateway
Pre-Requisite: Templar Archives
WEAPONS
Weapon System: Warp Blades
Attack Type: Ground only
Damage Class: Normal
Splash Damage: No
Damage: 40
Bonus: 3
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7. StarCraft: Brood War
Unit Design Specification
SPELLS/SPECIAL ABILITIES
Feedback (Spell):
Casting Cost: 50
UNIT NAME: DARK ARCHON Range: 8 Matrix
RACE: Protoss Description: Targeted spell that when
RANK: n/a cast on a unit, that unit lose all of its
mana and will take an amount of
VITAL STATISTICS damage equal to the mana lost.
Hit Points: 25
Shields: 200 Mind Control (Spell):
Armor Class: Heavy Casting Cost: 150 + Shields
Armor: 1 Range: 6 Matrix
Description: The Dark Archon may take
COSTS control of any unit when this spell is
Mineral: 0 cast. The spell costs 200 mana and it
Gas: 0 will drain all the shields from the Dark
Food: 4 Archon when it is cast.
TECH TREE Maelstrom (Spell):
Built From: 2 Dark Templars Casting Cost: 100
Pre-Requisite: none Range: 8 Matrix
Description: Area of effect spell (same
WEAPONS size as Ensnare) that will stun (cannot
Weapon System: none move or attack) all organic units for
Attack Type: n/a several seconds.
Damage Class: n/a
Splash Damage: n/a NEW UPGRADES
Damage: n/a
Bonus: n/a Maelstrom
Research at: Templar Archives
Research Cost: 100m, 100g
Mind Control
Research at: Templar Archives
Research Cost: 200m, 200g
Argus Talisman (+50 mana capacity)
Research at: Templar Archives
Research Cost: 150m, 150g
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8. StarCraft: Brood War
Unit Design Specification
NEW UPGRADES TO EXISTING UNITS
ULTRALISK
Chitinous Plating
(Improved Ultralisk Armor)
Researched at: Ultralisk Cavern
Research Cost: 150m, 150g
Description: This will give all the player’s Ultralisks an addition +2 to their armor.
ULTRALISK
Anabolic Synthesis
(Faster Ultralisk Movement)
Researched at: Ultralisk Cavern
Research Cost: 200m, 200g
Description: This will greatly increase the speed of all Ultralisks.
GOLIATH
Charon Boosters
(Increased Goliath Missile Range)
Researched at: Machine Shop (also requires Armory)
Research Cost: 150m, 150g
Description: This will increase the Goliath Air attack range. This does not increase his
ground attack range.
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