Fleet beacon

The Fleet Beacon is a structure on the Protoss Technology Tree that unlocks capital ship level air units, specifically the Carrier and the Tempest at the Stargate and the Mothership at the Nexus. The Fleet Beacon also contains an ability upgrade for the Protoss fleet: the Phoenix’s Anion Pulse-Crystals upgrade, which increases the attack range of the Phoenix. Finally, the Fleet Beacon allows the Level 2 and Level 3 Air Weapons and Air Armor upgrades to be researched at the Cybernetics Core. The Fleet Beacon requires a Stargate before it can be warped in.

Like most Protoss structures, the Fleet Beacon can only be warped in at a location powered by the Psionic Matrix. It can only perform research while it remains within the Matrix, otherwise it becomes unpowered and cannot function. However, even an unpowered Fleet Beacon still unlocks all the same units and upgrades as a powered Fleet Beacon.

PROTOSS – THE WARRIORS OF AIUR

HONOR. WISDOM. TRADITION.

In stark contrast to the adaptable Terrans and the ferocious Zerg, stand the rigid, tradition-minded Protoss. With their psionic abilities and advanced technology, the Protoss have long considered themselves the most powerful species in the galaxy. This people’s greatest asset is the tenets of their primary religion – the Khala – whose tight framework demands dogmatic adherence.

Protoss Buildings

Another outstanding technical achievement of the Protoss is to teleport their buildings over long distances from their home planet Aiur to the most remote parts of the galaxy. This is done by converting the buildings into energy and dematerializing them within the psifields built on the outposts.