A Mac OS version was released in 1999, and a Nintendo 64 adaptation co-developed with Mass Media was released on June 13, 2000. The game later spawned a franchise, and is the first game of the Starcraft series.
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The Archangel makes its way down a lane, unleashing missile barrages and areas of fire with its cannons. Starcraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment and released for Microsoft Windows on March 31, 1998. It starts off as an infested unit, but a natural one will fly in after the infested version is defeated. The following section contains information from Heroes of the Storm and is not canon to StarCraft continuityĪrchangels appear as the boss mercenary on the Braxis Holdout map of Heroes of the Storm. The remodel of the ship was made as a homage to the transforming mechs that first inspired the design of the viking. The Archangel's rank "Dominion Titan" may be a nod to this. Development ĭuring development the Archangel was known as the Viking Titan. Īn archangel is a possible gift that can be gained by players during the "Gift Exchange" mutator. Even if the Balius is destroyed, it will just go back to spawn and need to be rebuilt again. The Balius will then attack a nearby Moebius hybrid, and help the players kill it. It is still vulnerable while in assault mode, and can be shot down with anti-air units as it transforms to escape.Īn Archangel named the Balius helps players on the " Part and Parcel" map, and players must gather scrap from around the map in order to reactivate it. It transforms and flies across the map after taking enough damage, and when left alone begins rapidly regenerating health. The Archangel reappears in the Co-op Mission " Void Thrashing" as a bonus objective. It creates a shockwave causing AOE damage when it lands. Drop pods landing three marines each accompany strafing runs. Strafing runs are marked before hand by red lines. In air mode, the Archangel strafes in straight lines. A barrage is marked before hand by a cluster of red ground markers. In ground mode, it fires cannon and has a missile barrage. The Archangel appears as a boss of sorts at the end of " Back in the Saddle". During a battle in a Moebius Corps research station, General Carolina Davis captured an experimental Archangel called the Balius aided allied commanders in destroying experimental Moebius hybrids in the facility. Kowalski wanted the Archangel for herself, and tasked the allied forces aiding in her defense to destroy it so she could salvage and rebuild it after the battle. This article or section contains information derived from Co-op Missions, and should not be considered part of the official StarCraft storyline.ĭuring the End War, Moebius Corps came into possession of an Archangel, and dispatched it to Char to aid Amon's forces in besieging Alabama Kowalski's fortress on the planet.
After a prolonged battle, Kerrigan destroyed it. The vehicle obstructed the evacuation of the station by holding the shuttle bay. ĭuring the Second Great War, an Archangel deployed against Umojan Protectorate Research Station EB-103 on XT39323 during as part of the Dominion's efforts to kill the now human Sarah Kerrigan. The force from landing was also hazardous. The Archangel could strike ground targets in aerial mode with bombs. In addition to chaingun cannon, it carried ground-to-ground missiles, and blades were mounted under the cannon. The Archangel featured improved ground attack capabilities over the Viking.