Two-Handed Preparation

"We've also invited a new friend," Raynor said.

At Raynor's whistle, more majestic Purifier warships leaped out of the blue arc-lit vortexes at the exits of the warp lanes. Advanced Cybros-forged armor plating and formidable weaponry displayed unparalleled deterrence and power, while the muzzles of massive cannons flickered in and out of view amid the golden-orange flashes of solar arrays.

With their sleek lines and exquisite craftsmanship, they represented the pinnacle of Purifier Protoss technology and engineering.

In a short time, over a thousand Purifier carriers, Tempests, and Void Rays arrived in the orbital space outside Chiron III. To the surprise of both Augustus and Artanis, only three years after the end of the Second Total War, the Purifiers had even acquired motherships.

In truth, the Purifiers had been strengthening their armaments and upgrading their war technology ever since their awakening. The automated factories aboard the Cybros operated day and night, furnaces roaring and lights never extinguished. As time passed, great numbers of new warships and mechanical warriors combining traditional Protoss armaments with Purifier assembly-line construction methods emerged one after another.

At Executor Korolariang's direction, the Purifiers had integrated the Protoss unit types that had emerged during their slumber into their data network, then reprogrammed them and optimized their protocols.

Though they themselves were military-industrial technological creations of the Protoss, the Purifiers were not without creative ability. They had even developed intelligent mechanical disruptors equipped with solar arsenals. These weapons of war, designed and built solely for destruction, had once left a deep impression on the Daelaam.

From the new generation of mechanical sentinels, adepts, and Dark Templars to the Phoenixes, Oracles, and Void Rays in the skies, the Purifiers swiftly developed mechanical versions of their own. Even the Tal'darim could not match their efficient replication capabilities.

The intelligent programming