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The Terran Dominion - Units and Structures

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Nuclear Silo (Command Center add-on)

You can add a Nuclear Silo to your Command Center only after you've attached a Covert Ops to your Science Facility. This structure lets you build a nuclear bomb that a Ghost agent may later target on the enemy. Nukes take a very long time to build and are expensive to produce. Further, using a Nuclear Silo means not using a Comsat Station, so a Nuclear Silo is only suitable at a secondary Command Center. Nuclear strikes are only useful in long battles. A Nuclear Silo may only contain a single nuke, but you can construct multiple silos and build multiple nukes in that fashion. For more information on using nuclear bombs, consult the unit guide for a thorough description of the Ghost agent.

Hit Points 600
Time to Build 80
Cost 100m 100g
Requires Science Facility with attached Covert Ops
Special Options Arm Nuclear Silo 200m 200g 8s time 200

Supply Depot

The quantity of Supply Depots under your control directly influences how many units you can support on the battlefield. Make sure and always stay ahead of your unit production by building plenty of austere structures. Supply Depots are big and bulky, and toward the end of a battle, you'll have built far more of them than you would have liked. Try and find a clean spot within your base where you can place many Depots side by side, so you can readily keep track of them. Otherwise, since Supply Depots are cheap and reasonably well armored, don't be afraid to line the outskirts of your base with them to slow the enemy down.

Hit Points 500
Time to Build 40
Cost 100m 0g
Requires N/A
Special Options Supplies provided: 8