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"It was a small outpost: a nexus, assimilator, and a couple of gateways. Commander didn't want to risk marines against the cannons they had dug in on the cliffs so me and the boys got brought in for a little death from above. First raid, we got a bunch of them little worker probes and lit up the pylons powering the cannon. They tore us up pretty bad, though, so we headed back for repairs. By the time we came back, it'd all changed. Two big stargates were there, and protoss flyers were popping out of those big hoops like bees from a hive. We got hit every which way, and I only made it home on one engine and half a wing. Couple of minutes later, protoss air hit our base hard; I'm starting to think they only let me get away so they could follow me back..."

- Flight Sergeant Aaron Keebler^(src)

The stargate is an advanced protoss structure.

OverviewEdit

The stargate provides a warp link strong enough to call ships to a planet's surface.^[1] A large amount of electric (or similar) energy is generated just prior to the ship being warped in, showing itself visibly.^[2]

The warships of the protoss fleet require a much stronger warp link in order to materialize than a standard gateway can provide. The immense stargate is capable of calling ships from high orbit or across immense distances to appear on a planet surface. The construction of one or more stargates at a protoss base is a sure sign that it has become a major staging point for an offensive.^[3]

Game UnitEdit

StarCraftEdit

Stargate

Structure
Race	Protoss
Role	Aircraft warp-in
Production
Minerals	150
Gas	150
Build time	70
Produced from	Probe
Requires	Cybernetics core
Protection
Shields	600
Hit points	600
Armor	1
Function
Produces	Scout Arbiter (with arbiter tribunal) Carrier (with fleet beacon) Corsair (BW only)
Allows	Fleet beacon Arbiter tribunal

The stargate is the production building for protoss combat air units. Although it is a floating structure in the concept, it requires an area to construct and ground units cannot go underneath it.

UpgradesEdit

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.

DevelopmentEdit

Stargate SC1 DevGame2 — The StarCraft beta stargate
Added by FenixT93

In the StarCraft beta, the stargate was originally known as the nexus.^[4]

StarCraft IIEdit

Stargate

Structure
Race	Protoss
Role	Aircraft warp-in
Production
Minerals	150
Gas	150
Build time	60
Produced from	Probe
Requires	Cybernetics core
Hotkey	S
Protection
Shields	600
Hit points	600
Armor	1
Type	Armored Mechanical Structure
Function
Produces	Phoenix Void ray Oracle^[5] Tempest^[6] (with fleet beacon) Carrier (with fleet beacon)
Allows	Fleet beacon

Stargates function exactly the same in StarCraft II.

When a stargate summons a unit, a shimmering silhouette of that unit appears within the stargate.

Stargates haven't been used by protoss players much over the course of Wings of Liberty, but Blizzard hopes to change this via the introduction of the tempest.^[6]

Building UpgradesEdit