Listening Post (Space Marines)

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This article has been updated for Soulstorm. The Dark Crusade version is now archived.

Dawn of War Building

Listening Post
Race	Space Marines
Version	Soulstorm v1.0
Build Info
Hotkey L	Build Cost 100 0  Return Value 50 0  Build Time 30 s Built By Servitor Requires Strategic Point or Relic Limit None
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	2812
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 Buildable Units 3.1 Skull Probe 4 Add-ons 4.1 Fortified Position Add-on 4.2 Heavily Fortified Position Add-on 5 Researches 5.1 Escalate Engagement Research 5.2 Full Scale War Research 6 Weapon Upgrades 6.1 Heavy Bolter 6.2 Assault Cannon 7 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Listening Post

Listening Posts provide the Space Marines with increased requisition on captured Strategic Points and Relics as well as securing the locations against decapturing.

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 260 150  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 over 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.

Listening Posts can also produce Skull Probes to act as scouts and detectors.

Buildable Units

Skull Probe

	Skull Probe				Hotkey: S
	Cost	65	Build Time	18 s
	Unit Size	1	Limit	4
	Requires	Armoury or Chapel-Barracks

Add-ons

Fortified Position Add-on

	Fortified Position Add-on				Hotkey: U
	Cost	100 75	Build Time	35 s
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Increases Requisition production by +6 ( +18 total ) Equips Listening Post with Heavy Bolter

Heavily Fortified Position Add-on

	Heavily Fortified Postion Add-on				Hotkey: U
	Cost	260 150	Build Time	60 s
	Requires	Fortified Position Add-on, Monastery
Effects	Increases Requisition production by +6 ( +24 total ) Hitpoints increased from 2812 to 4062 Equips Listening Post with Assault Cannon

Researches

Escalate Engagement Research

	Escalate Engagement Research			Hotkey: E
	Cost	75 250	Research Time	60 s
	Researched From	Listening Post
	Requires	Monastery
Effects	Increases global Requisition production 15%

Full Scale War Research

	Full Scale War Research			Hotkey: E
	Cost	100 350	Research Time	95 s
	Researched From	Listening Post
	Requires	Escalate Engagement Research, Fortress Monastery
Effects	Increases global Requisition production 20% (total 38%)

Weapon Upgrades

Heavy Bolter

	Heavy Bolter
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: 29.8 47.2 41.3 51.0 38.7 16.3 9.0 15.3 4.0 20.0 15.0 5.6 4.0 49.6 6.1 1.6 2 56.0 69.0 2.5
Cost	See Fortified Position Add-on	Range	25	Setup Time	None
Build Time	See Fortified Position Add-on	Accuracy	80%	Refire Rate	0.5 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Fortified Position Add-on

Assault Cannon

	Assault Cannon
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: 51.6 81.9 71.6 88.4 72.2 28.3 20.8 17.3 8.7 34.7 43.3 23.6 29.5 85.9 10.5 9.8 12 93.3 120.0 2.0
Cost	See Heavily Fortified Position Add-on	Range	35	Setup Time	None
Build Time	See Heavily Fortified Position Add-on	Accuracy	65%	Refire Rate	0.4 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Heavily Fortified Position Add-on

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