Listening Post Tau

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Listening Post
Race	Tau
Version	Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey L	Build Cost 100 0  Return Value 50 0  Build Time 25 s Built By Earth Caste Builder Requires Cadre Headquarters Limit None
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	2000
Armour	Building Low
Resource Bonus	+6
Resource Gift	50
Control Radius	20
Sight Radius	25 (detection 7 by Strategic Point or Relic)

Contents 1 Listening Post 2 Tactics 3 Add-ons 3.1 Fortified Position Add-on 3.2 Heavily Fortified Position Add-on 4 Researches 4.1 Escalate Engagement 4.2 Full Scale War 5 Weapon Upgrades 5.1 Twin-Linked Plasma Rifles 5.2 Rail Gun 6 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Listening Post

The Listening Post can be built upon any captured Strategic Points or Relic sites. Once built, the structure will increase the rate at which you accumulate the Requisition resource from that point, as well as make it more difficult for an enemy to capture. The Listening Post can be upgraded a number of times with more advanced weaponry to make it more effective against various enemy units.

Tactics

Build Listening Posts on captured Strategic Points and Relics to improve requisition gained by +6 ( +12 total for the point) and provide a greater sight radius of the surrounding area (though it still relies on the Strategic Points base detection range for infiltrated units). In addition when the Listening Post has finished construction you are given a gift of 50 . This means that the Listening Post will have paid for itself just under 75 seconds after it has been finished.

You can also upgrade your Listening Posts for 100 75  which further improves requisition gained by another +6 ( +18 total) and adds a useful point-defense gun which is effective on infantry. This time the upgrade takes nearly 3 minutes just to pay for its requisition costs so it should only be done if you expect to hold the point for a while or you want the turret that the upgrade provides.

Upon reaching Tier 2 you can upgrade your Listening Posts again for 250 155  to improve requisition gained +6 ( +24 total), increase the health of the Post by 1250 and greatly improve the Listening Post's range and damage. However this upgrade would take almost 7 minutes to pay for its own requisition costs so the point should only be upgraded to this state if you need the improved health and weapon it provides.

Since the Tau have no standard defense turrets, Listening Posts are their only static defenses. Unfortunately, the firepower of the Rail Gun has far less anti-infantry firepower than most fully upgraded Listening Posts and disappointingly low anti-vehicular firepower. Despite doing mediocre damage to infantry, the longer range of the Rail Gun allows it to support nearby troops much better.

Add-ons

Fortified Position Add-on

	Fortified Position Add-on				Hotkey: U
	Cost	100 75	Build Time	30 s
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	</b> Increases Requisition production by +6 (for a total of +18 ) Enables the Twin-Linked Plasma Rifles Health is increased by +400 Hitpoints

Heavily Fortified Position Add-on

	Heavily Fortified Position Add-on				Hotkey: U
	Cost	250 155	Build Time	60 s
	Requires	Fortified Position Add-on, Path to Enlightenment
Effects	</b> Increases Requisition production by +6 (for a total of +24 ) Enables the Rail Gun Health is increased by +1200 Hitpoints to 3200 total

Researches

Escalate Engagement

	Escalate Engagement			Hotkey: E
	Cost	75 250	Research Time	60 s
	Researched From	Tau Listening Post
	Requires	Cadre Headquarters
Effects	Provides a 15% bonus to the global Requisition rate. It does not effect the requisition gift from completing the Listening Post.

Full Scale War

	Full Scale War			Hotkey: E
	Cost	100 350	Research Time	95 s
	Researched From	Tau Listening Post
	Requires	Escalate Engagement
Effects	Provides a further 20% bonus to the global Requisition rate. It does not effect the requisition gift from completing the Listening Post. This bonus stacks with the bonus from Escalate Engagement giving a 38% bonus total.

Weapon Upgrades

Twin-Linked Plasma Rifles

	Twin-Linked Plasma Rifles
Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 26.3 52.5 48.1 39.4 30.6 13.1 17.5 13.1 3.5 26.3 17.5 8.8 3.5 30.6 3.5 10.7 3.5 12 13 0.5
Cost	See Fortified Position Add-on	Range	25	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	See Fortified Position Add-on	Accuracy	70%	Refire Rate	0.1 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Fortified Position Add-on

Rail Gun

	Rail Gun
Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 93.3 93.3 93.3 93.3 69.1 28.0 93.3 69.1 56.0 46.7 93.3 69.1 56.0 93.3 56.0 10.5 90 700 900 20
Cost	See Heavily Fortified Position Add-on	Range	35	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	See Heavily Fortified Position Add-on	Accuracy	70%	Refire Rate	3 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Heavily Fortified Position Add-on

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