Psi-emitter

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"There's been a lot of secret Confederate research surrounding Ghosts and the Zerg. What we stole was a small but critical piece of the puzzle: designs for a Transplanar Psionic Waveform Emitter. The emitters broadcast the neural imprint of a Ghost, but at a much greater magnitude. These things reach across worlds."

―Sarah Kerrigan^[src]

The Transplanar Psionic Waveform Emitter, also known as a Psi Emitter is a piece of Terran technology. These portable machines have the uncanny ability to lure Zerg to their signals. Those running the Confederate Ghost Program found that the Zerg are attuned to the psychic emanations of ghosts. The emitters broadcast the neural imprint of a Ghost, but at a much greater magnitude. They can reach across worlds,^[1] having a maximum range of around 10-25 light years.^[2] Numerous psi emitters in the same area appear to amplify the overall effect.^[3]

[edit] Background

"It was the Confederacy that brought the Zerg here! With all their weapons and all their starships and all their soldier boy marines, they wanted more power. So they built that box, not even comprehending the death it would bring with it. They thought they could control them or capture them. They had no idea what they had unleashed. And now they're just 'writing us off' as though we were some cipher on a balance sheet!"

―Merdith Jernic^[src]

The Terran Confederacy intended to use Psi Emitters to lure the Zerg into isolated containment areas. Their plan was to use the Zerg to put an end to their other rivals and be lauded as heroes for coming in and destroying the Zerg.^[1][2]

Before leaving Mar Sara, Captain Jim Raynor of the Sons of Korhal raided the Jacobs Installation in order to retrieve whatever designs or weapons schematics that they could find in the Confederate networks. They download data discs and fled^[4] to the border colony of Antiga Prime. When headquarters completed analysis of the discs, shortly after recruiting Alpha Squadron General Edmund Duke, Sons of Korhal leader Arcturus Mengsk called a meeting and had his second in command, ghost Lieutenant Sarah Kerrigan, explain that they contained designs for a Psi Emitter. He then had Kerrigan plant an emitter at the base camp of a large Confederate strike force which had arrived on Antiga Prime and established a base camp within their defensive perimeter. The Zerg, lured by the Psi Emitter's signal, descended upon the unsuspecting Confederate forces and annihilated them.^[1]

Mengsk's forces traveled to the Confederate capital world of Tarsonis and had General Edmund Duke's Alpha Squadron plant emitters there.^[5] Like a beacon, the combined power of the Psi Emitters reach out to the far corners of the Terran Sector, luring billions of Zerg to Tarsonis. Overrunning the Confederacy's best defences, the Zerg proceeded to lay waste to Tarsonis' major cities and industrial centers.^[3]

[edit] The Brood War

In StarCraft: Brood War Episode VI Arcturus Mengsk was deposed by the United Earth Directorate. The UED later assembled a Psi Disrupter on the world of Braxis,^[6] which severely hampered Infested Kerrigan's control over her Zerg forces.^[7]

Mengsk was rescued by Raynor and brought to Infested Kerrigan's Fortress on Tarsonis. She needed his Psi Emitters to gather up enough Zerg to destroy the Psi Disrupter and confront the UED. On Braxis, Raynor's Raiders destroyed the Disrupter's primary power generator. With the Disrupter's power cut, the emitter, carried by one of Mengsk's SCVs, was able to get the attention of renegade Zerg near it, allowing Kerrigan to assert direct control over them and destroy the Psi Disrupter.^[8]

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} StarCraft. Vivendi Games. Mission: The Trump Card (in English). 1998.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Grubb, Jeff (February 27, 2001). StarCraft: Liberty's Crusade. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-671-04148-7.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} StarCraft. Vivendi Games. Mission: New Gettysburg (in English). 1998.
4. ↑ StarCraft. Vivendi Games. Mission: The Jacobs Installation (in English). 1998.
5. ↑ StarCraft. Vivendi Games. Mission: The Big Push (in English). 1998.
6. ↑ StarCraft: Brood War. Vivendi Games. Mission: Patriot's Blood (in English). 1998.
7. ↑ StarCraft: Brood War. Vivendi Games. Mission: Vile Disruption (in English). 1998.
8. ↑ StarCraft: Brood War. Vivendi Games. Mission: Reign of Fire (in English). 1998.

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