Gateway

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Gateway
Race	Protoss
Statistics
Hit points	500
Shields	500
Size	Large
Production
Minerals	150
Requires	Nexus
Combat
Armor	1
Function
Produces	Dark Templar (Brood War only), Dragoon, High Templar, Zealot

The Gateway is a Protoss building used to "create" infantry. It creates a swirling rift that warps in Protoss warriors from their home territories to the location of the military colony housing the Gateway. A phenomenal amount of energy is required for this operation and, as with all Protoss structures, a Gateway can only function if it is powered by the psionic matrix formed by a network of Pylons.^[1]

Gateways are an inferior form of the Warp Gate technology which was lost during the Aeon of Strife. (The Protoss maintained the ability to use Warp Gates, however.)^[2]

Contents 1 Upgrades 2 Gateways in StarCraft II 2.1 Upgrades 2.1.1 Warp-In 3 References

[edit] Upgrades

• Plasma Shields

[edit] Gateways in StarCraft II

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Gateway
Race	Protoss
Statistics
Hit points	500
Shields	500
Type	Building/Mechanical
Production
Minerals	150[3]
Build time	50[3]
Requires	Nexus
Function
Parent	Warp Gate[4]
Produces	Dark Templar, High Templar, Immortal, Nullifier, Stalker, Zealot

The Protoss have significantly upgraded the Gateway for the upcoming conflict: it can now be transformed into a new version of the Warp Gate.

The Protoss inventors barely understand the technology, as it has been reverse engineered from ancient Xel'Naga structures found on both Aiur and Shakuras.^[1]

[edit] Upgrades

• Warp Gate
  • Cost: 50 50 ^[5]
  • Time: 35 seconds.^[5]
  • Researched at: Cybernetics Core^[4][5]
  • This enables Gateways to transform into Warp Gates, a process which takes three seconds and no resources.^[4]

[edit] Warp-In

A Warp Gate can warp-in Protoss forces to any part of the battlefield that lies within the Psionic Matrix, which can be expanded by the very mobile Phase Prism^[1] and even the Mothership.^[6] This enables Protoss forces to be transported directly to the front lines, to beleaguered outposts, or even to launch ambushes.^[1] The forces quickly warp in, gaining hit points over time. If the units fall outside the Psionic Matrix during this process (for instance, if the supporting Pylon or Phase Prism is destroyed) then they are destroyed.^[7] Each Warp Gate has a cooldown slightly less than the production time of the unit it just produced before it can warp-in another unit.^[6] All Warp Gates can be selected by using the "W" key.^[8] The Warp Gate does not have the ability to queue units regularly,^[6] but can be quickly transformed back into a Gateway.^[9]

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Blizzard Entertainment (2007-05-19). Gateway, Blizzard Entertainment, Retrieved 19 May 2007
2. ↑ 1998-08-07. Warp Gates. StarCraft Compendium Map Archives.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} StarCraft Legacy staff. 2008-06-29. WWI 08 Coverage- Protoss Buildings. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2008-07-17.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} 2008-03-28. More Starcraft 2 eye candy - Protoss interface closeups. StarFeeder. Accessed 2008-03-29.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} StarCraft Legacy staff. 2008-06-29. Zerg & Protoss Upgrades. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2008-07-17.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Karune. 2008-04-16. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 35. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forums. Accessed 2008-04-16.
7. ↑ Karune. 2007-09-20. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 14. StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2007-09-21.
8. ↑ 2007-05-19. Gameplay Trailer. Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2007-08-12.
9. ↑ Browder, Dustin. (Cavez). How will Warping work? Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-01-31.

• Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
• Blizzard Entertainment. (1998-08-07). Warp Gates. StarCraft Compendium Map Archives. Accessed 2007-08-10.

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Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War
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

Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II
Infantry	Probe · Zealot · High templar · Dark templar · Archon
Land vehicles	Stalker · Immortal · Nullifier · Colossus
Air vehicles	Phase prism · Observer · Phoenix · Warp ray · Carrier (Interceptor) · Mothership
Basic buildings	Nexus · Assimilator · Pylon · Gateway (Warp gate) · Forge · Cybernetics core
Combat buildings	Photon Cannon
Advanced buildings	Twilight council · Dark obelisk · Templar archives · Robotics facility · Null circuit · Observatory · Stargate · Fleet beacon
Removed units	Escort · Reaver · Soul hunter/purifier · Star relic · Stasis orb · Tempest · Twilight archon
Removed buildings	Dark pylon · Robotics support bay · Phase cannon · War beacon · War shrine