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The Terran Dominion - Units and Structures

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Factory

The Factory produces Terran ground assault vehicles, from the speedy Vulture Hoverbike to the awesome Arclite Siege Tank. Build this structure as soon as you've fortified your infantry defenses. Build a Machine Shop attachment as soon as you can to upgrade your Siege Tanks and Vultures with useful enhancements. Be sure to build an additional Factory when resources allow. Siege Tanks and Goliaths are slow to produce, so you need at least two Factories turning them out to build a strong attack force. The Factory can lift off and fly.

Hit Points 1,250
Time to Build 80
Cost 200m 100g
Requires Barracks
Special Options   Build Machine Shop
  Build Vulture
  Build Goliath Requires Machine Shop, Armory
  Build Siege Tank Requires Machine Shop
  Liftoff/Land

Machine Shop (Factory add-on)

This inexpensive yet heavily armored add-on lets you research several critical enhancements for your vehicles. Spider Mines are a crucial addition to your Vultures, debatably more useful than the Vultures themselves. Ion Thrusters make the naturally quick Vultures the single fastest land unit anywhere. Siege Tech is imperative for your Siege Tanks, letting them change into deadly artillery cannons at will. Build this add-on only after you construct a few Vultures since you cannot produce units while the Machine Shop is being constructed. Then, get to researching Spider Mines, and once finished, those Vultures you've already built will be equipped with the mines.

Hit Points 750
Time to Build 40
Cost 50m 50g
Requires Factory
Special Options   Research Ion Thrusters 100m 100g Time 100
  Research Spider Mines 150m 150g Time 80
  Research Siege Tech 150m 150g Time 80