The Black Hand Emerges
Jobar. Several moons orbiting this massive gas giant had already been completely engulfed in flames.
Ten large Protoss warships hovered before those moons, firing immensely powerful beams directly from their prows. Under the terrifying radiance, the moons' surfaces rapidly melted into lava, turning everywhere into seas of fire.
Aili Satellite, Nogu Satellite—these former testing grounds where Abathur had bred the Togot Swarm were now being utterly incinerated by the Protoss Executor Fleet in the name of purification. Selendis stood before the flagship's observation deck, gazing at the burning celestial bodies without the slightest ripple in her eyes.
The burning moons displayed the Protoss' power and proclaimed their resolve.
The Swarm, no matter where it came from, had to be completely purified!
These ten Carriers made up one-third of all current Protoss fleets. Each Carrier was 1,333 meters long and piloted by a High Templar, whose psionic power resonated with the vessel's core, controlling the warship's movements as well as the thousands of drones it carried.
Other than that High Templar, there were only several "engineers," Huragok, aboard each Protoss Carrier to handle routine maintenance.
That was right. Compared to humans, the "engineer" race in the Kingdom of Dawn's organization preferred staying with the Protoss, studying and researching Protoss warship technology. While engineers were extremely difficult to recruit elsewhere, or had to be assigned directly by High Command, every Protoss Carrier had several engineers working aboard it.
The addition of these engineers greatly alleviated the Protoss' severe population shortage. Their extraordinary adaptability also allowed them to function effectively within the Kyber Crystal matrix environment, saturated with waste ions, ensuring that the Protoss Carrier's power core remained in good working order at all times.
Under such circumstances, though both were drone motherships, Protoss Carriers were undoubtedly on an