Black Hand Emerges
On Jobar, several moons orbiting the 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, becoming seas of fire everywhere.
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 accounted for one-third of all current Protoss fleets. Each Carrier was 1,333 meters long and piloted by a High Templar, whose mental power resonated with the ship's core to control the warship's movements and the thousands of drones it carried.
Other than that one High Templar, there were only a few "engineers"—Huragok—aboard each Protoss Carrier, responsible for routine maintenance.
That was right. Compared with humans, the "engineer" race in the Kingdom of Dawn's order of battle preferred staying with the Protoss, learning and studying 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 eased the Protoss' current problem of severe manpower shortages. Their exceptional adaptability also allowed them to function effectively within the Kyber Crystal matrix environment filled with waste ions, ensuring that the Protoss Carriers' power cores remained in good working order at all times.
Under such circumstances, although both were drone motherships, Protoss Carriers were unquestionably