Arbiter

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Arbiter
Unit
Race	Protoss
Role	Support Starship
Armament	Phase disruptor cannon
Properties
Hit points	200
Shields	150
Energy	200
Size	Large
Production
Minerals	100
Gas	350
Psi	4
Build time	160
Produced at	Stargate
Requires	Arbiter tribunal
Hot key	A
Combat
Ground attack	10e
Air attack	10e
Cooldown	45
Armor	1
Attack range	5
Sight range	9
Unit speed	5

The Arbiter-class starship is a protoss warship specializing in providing psychic support.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Game Unit 2.1 StarCraft 2.1.1 Abilities 2.1.2 Upgrades 2.1.3 Quotations 2.2 StarCraft: The Board Game 3 Known Arbiters 4 Arbiter Variants 5 Known Arbiter Crew 6 References

[edit] Overview

Arbiters were crewed exclusively by Judicators, unlike other warships that were manned predominantly by Templar. The Judicator used the Arbiter as a base to provide support using space-time manipulation.^[1]

The Judicator could generate a large reality-warping field that served to conceal nearby friendly units. The Arbiter had to remain firmly anchored in space-time to generate the field and so was not concealed. Arbiters could weaken space-time, tearing rifts in the fabric of space-time, creating a vortex linking another location to the Arbiter's location. This could be used to move personnel and supplies over long distances. On the other hand Arbiters could also strengthen space-time and create discrete pockets of space-time, trapping objects and preventing those objects from interacting with objects outside of their pockets. ^[1]

Despite troop transport usually being left to shuttles,^[1] Arbiters were capable of transporting forces within their holds, including dragoons.^[2]

After the Judicator Caste was eliminated from the Protoss power structure, the Arbiter quickly fell into disuse. When the protoss fled Aiur to Shakuras, the Arbiters were lost along with Aiur.^[3]

[edit] Game Unit

[edit] StarCraft

The Arbiter, like the terran science vessel, is a support unit. They cost lots of resources and time to produce though their special abilities make up for it. They have a cloaking range field that can cloak any unit within its radius (even allies) which is best used for catching the enemy by surprise with a large force. A popular strategy is utilizing Arbiters with a force of Carriers backed up with one or two Observers for detecting cloaked enemies. When attacking the enemy, the Arbiter's field cloaking ability allows Carriers to be safe from direct enemy fire and even if the opponent tries to target the Arbiter, the Carriers can backdown any attempt.

Arbiters have fairly large shield and hit point reservoirs. It has its own attack, although it is widely recommended that the Arbiter shouldn't be used for attacking since it has a very slow rate of fire and deals little damage.

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Arbiter wireframe

[edit] Abilities

Cloaking Field Usage Range 5 Duration Constant Notes The Arbiter cloaks all nearby friendly units except for Arbiters. The cloak is disabled under Lockdown.	Recall Acquisition Minerals 150 Gas 150 Researched at Arbiter tribunal Usage Energy 150 Notes The Arbiter teleports a group of friendly units to its location.
Stasis Field Acquisition Minerals 150 Gas 150 Researched at Arbiter tribunal Usage Energy 100 Range 9 Duration Approximately 40 seconds Notes The Arbiter can prevent units in a targeted area from moving, attacking, or using special abilities. Trapped units may not be attacked or affected by special abilities, except for EMP Shockwave.

[edit] Upgrades

Air Weapons Researched at Cybernetics core Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100 175 250 Gas 100 175 250 Research time 266 298 330 Required Fleet beacon Fleet beacon Notes +1 bonus to attack per level for scout ground attack, arbiters, carrier interceptors, corsair air attack, and scout air attack.	Air Armor Researched at Cybernetics core Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 150 225 300 Gas 150 225 300 Notes +1 bonus to armor per level for shuttles, scouts, arbiters, carriers, interceptors, observers and corsairs.
Plasma shields Researched at Forge Hotkey S Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 200 300 400 Gas 200 300 400 Required Cybernetics core Cybernetics core Notes +1 bonus to shields per level for all units and structures.	Khaydarin Core Researched at Arbiter tribunal Properties Minerals 150 Gas 150 Notes Increases maximum Arbiter energy by 50.

[edit] Quotations

See: StarCraft I Arbiter Quotations

[edit] StarCraft: The Board Game

Arbiters are featured in StarCraft: The Board Game.

[edit] Known Arbiters

• Danimoth
• Escort Leader
• Serenity

[edit] Arbiter Variants

• High Arbiter
• Paganite

[edit] Known Arbiter Crew

• Executor Koronis
• Judicator Amdor
• Judicator Assmael
• Judicator Syndrea

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
2. ↑ Mesta, Gabriel (July 1, 2001). StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-671-04149-5.
3. ↑ Chris Metzen, StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-04-03. SC:L Metzen Interview - Lore Exclusive. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-05-18.

Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War
Ground units	Probe · Zealot · Dragoon · Reaver · High templar · Archon • Brood War only • Dark templar · Dark archon
Air units	Shuttle · Scout · Arbiter · Carrier (Interceptor) · Observer • Brood War only • 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

Protoss Starship Classifications
Transports	Atmospheric vessel • Escape pod • Shuttle • Warp prism
Starfighters	Corsair • Phoenix • Scout — Pathfinder Scout · Scout Hero • Void ray
Support Ships	Arbiter — High Arbiter · Paganite • Mothership • Star relic
Capital Ships	Carrier · Fleet Carrier · Super carrier • Mothership • Tempest
Carrier-Launched Fighters	Escort • Interceptor