The corsair is a protoss anti-air-fighter spacecraft.^[1]

Contents 1 Overview 2 Game Unit 2.1 StarCraft 2.1.1 Abilities 2.1.2 Upgrades 2.1.3 Quotations 2.2 StarCraft II 2.2.1 Quotations 3 Known Units 4 Known Pilots 5 Notes 6 References

OverviewEdit

The corsair was a fast, and agile medium sized warship, built by the Dark Templar to safeguard their nomadic fleets. Following the reunification of the Dark Templar with the Khalai, it became a versatile component of the combined fleet.^[2]

Corsairs were armed with twin neutron flares to attack ships. The pilots could focus their psionic powers through neutron emitters against ground targets, making the corsair a valuable for siege warfare.^[1]

By the Second Great War, the corsairs was being replaced by phoenix in the main fleet.^[3]

Game UnitEdit

Corsair
Unit
Race	Protoss
Role	Medium Support Space Fighter
Armament	Neutron flare
Properties
Maximum energy	200 (init. 50)
Size	Medium
Sight range	8
Production
Minerals	150
Gas	100
Psi	2
Build time	40
Produced from	Stargate
Hotkey	O
Movement
Speed	6.67
Protection
Shields	80
Hit points	100
Armor	1
Combat
Air attack	5
Cooldown	8
Attack range	5

StarCraftEdit

The corsair has a low damage attack but with a very high rate of fire that also causes 1/2 splash damage to units within a 50 pixel radius around the target and 1/4 splash damage within 100 pixels.^[2]

This makes the corsair similar to the terran Valkyrie: both are ideal against groups of low-armor units like mutalisks but are somewhat less effective against more heavily armored units like battlecruisers and carriers. Disruption Web allows corsairs to provide valuable combat support by temporarily crippling an opponent's ranged-attack structures/units.

AbilitiesEdit

Disruption Web
Acquisition Research time 80 Researched at Fleet beacon Hotkey D	Usage Energy 125 Range 9 Hotkey D
Notes
The Corsair pilot can focus their psychic energy through the vessel's Neutron Emitter, which creates psionic static which disrupts neural impulses and renders computer-directed attacks inaccurate. The web is drawn towards the magnetic resonance found in ores and minerals. This static prevents all ground units and buildings (including base defenses such as bunkers and missile turrets) from attacking while they remain under it, but does not prevent attacks from outside. Affected units may still be attacked and damaged by units outside the web.

UpgradesEdit

Argus Jewel
Researched at	Fleet beacon
Hotkey	J
Properties
Minerals 100 Gas 100 Research time 166
Notes
Increases the Corsair's maximum energy by 50. Increases corsair starting energy from 50 to 62.

Air Armor Researched at Cybernetics core Hotkey A Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 150 225 300 Gas 150 225 300 Research time 266 298 330 Required Fleet beacon Notes +1 bonus to armor per level for shuttles, scouts, arbiters, carriers, interceptors, observers and corsairs.

Air Weapons Researched at Cybernetics core Hotkey W Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100 175 250 Gas 100 175 250 Research time 266 298 330 Required Fleet beacon Notes +1 bonus to attack per level for scout ground attack, arbiters, carrier interceptors, corsair air attack, and scout air attack.

Plasma Shields
Researched at	Forge
Hotkey	S
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 200 300 400 Gas 200 300 400 Research time 266 298 330 Required Cybernetics core
Notes
+1 armor bonus to shields per level for all units and structures.

QuotationsEdit

See: StarCraft Corsair Quotations

StarCraft IIEdit

Corsair
Unit
Race	Protoss
Properties
Maximum energy	200
Protection
Shields	80
Hit points	100

The corsair was replaced in StarCraft II by the Phoenix.

The corsair may be found in the Galaxy Map Editor.

QuotationsEdit

See: StarCraft II Corsair Quotations

Known UnitsEdit

• Airun Corsairs

Known PilotsEdit

• Khrillian

NotesEdit

The cancelled StarCraft II escort resembled the corsair.

ReferencesEdit

Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War

Ground units Probe · Zealot · Dragoon · Reaver · High templar · Archon • Dark templar (BW) · Dark archon (BW) Air units Shuttle · Scout · Arbiter · Carrier (Interceptor) · Observer • Corsair (BW) 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 Canceled buildings Maintenance bay

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