Stargate

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The Stargate is the main warp in for the Protoss air fleet. If you want air units, you will definitely need this useful building.

Background

The warships of the Protoss fleet require a much stronger warp link in order to materialize than a standard Gateway can provide. The immense Stargate is capable of calling ships from high orbit or across immense distances to appear on a planet's surface. The construction of one or more Stargates in a Protoss base is a sure sign that it has become a major staging point for an offensive. This excerpt from the after-action report of Flight Sergeant Aaron Keebler helps underline how rapidly the Protoss can change their stance.

"It was a small outpost: a Nexus, Assimilator, and a couple of Gateways. Commander didn't want to risk Marines against the cannons they had dug in on the cliffs so me and the boys got brought in for a little death from above. First raid, we got a bunch of them little worker probes and lit up the Pylons powering the cannon. They tore us up pretty bad, though, so we headed back for repairs.

By the time we came back, it'd all changed. Two big Stargates were there, and Protoss flyers were popping out of those big hoops like bees from a hive. We got hit every which way, and I only made it home on one engine and half a wing. Couple of minutes later, Protoss air hit our base hard; I'm starting to think they only let me get away so they could follow me back...."

Stats

Purpose: Builds air units
Builds: Phoenix, Warp Ray,Carrier, Mothership
HP: Unknown
Shields: Unknown
Unit Upgrades: Unknown

Navigation - Protoss - Terran - Zerg      [e]

Protoss Units (StarCraft II) [e]
Ground Units:	Probe | Zealot | Stalker | Sentry | Immortal | Colossus | High Templar | Archon | Dark Templar
Air Units:	Warp Prism | Observer | Phoenix | Void Ray | Carrier (Interceptor) | Mothership
Basic Buildings:	Nexus | Assimilator | Pylon | Gateway | Warp Gate | Forge | Photon Cannon | Cybernetics Core
Advanced Buildings:	Twilight Council | Templar Archives | Dark Obelisk | Robotics Facility | Robotics Bay | Null Circuit | Stargate | Fleet Beacon
Cancelled Units:	Purifier | Reaver | Star Relic | Tempest (Shuriken)
Cancelled Buildings:	Phase Cannon | War Shrine | War Beacon | Dark Pylon | Observatory

Protoss Units (StarCraft I & Brood War) [e]
Ground Units:	Probe | Zealot | Dragoon | Reaver | High Templar | Archon | Dark Templar | Dark Archon
Air Units:	Shuttle | Scout | Arbiter | Carrier (Interceptor) | Observer | Corsair
Basic Buildings:	Nexus | Assimilator | Pylon | Gateway | Forge | Shield Battery | Cybernetics Core | Photon Cannon
Advanced Buildings:	Robotics Facility | Stargate | Citadel of Adun | Robotics Support Bay | Fleet Beacon | Templar Archives | Observatory | Arbiter Tribunal
Hero ground units:	Dark Templar (Hero) (dt) | Zeratul (dt, arc) | Tassadar (ht, arc) | Fenix (zl, dr) | Warbringer (r)
Hero air units:	Mojo (sct) | Gantrithor (cr) | Danimoth (arb) | Artanis (sct)
(dt) = Dark Templar, (arc) = Archon, (ht) = High Templar, (zl) = Zealot, (dr) = Dragoon, (r) = Reaver, (sct) = Scout, (cr) Carrier, (arb) = Arbiter