Teleportation
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Teleportation is a type of matter transport used by terrans and protoss.
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Protoss TeleportationEdit
The protoss have spent thousands of years studying the nature of time and space[1] and as a result, their ability to manipulate it far exceeds that of other races.[2] Arbiters could weaken space-time, tearing rifts in the fabric of space-time, creating a vortex linking another location to the Arbiter's location,[3] warp prisms are able to perform a similar ability through the psionic matrix.[1] In addition, teleportation mechanisms are built into power suits and light armor suits. When a protoss wearing one of these suits nears death, they disappear in a flash of bright light, and are teleported to safety. Primitive and superstitious civilizations have attributed this to supernatural causes.[4] These mechanisms can also be activated manually.[5]
Stalkers are also able to blink—essentially short-range teleportation.[6] Some dark templar also have an ability similar to the stalkers' blink.[7]
Terran TeleportationEdit
Terran teleportation fields were invented by Transmatter Inc. Although not as advanced as protoss teleportation technology,[8] terran teleportation devices are able to quickly move living organisms and objects short distances within structures[9] and science vessels via teleportation pads.[10]
Teleporting a solid object into another solid object can result in a "telefrag".[11]
Transmatter made several attempts to improve on the technology, but they were all failures.[8] Another terran attempt at a teleportation system was the MH-232 Teleportation system, but there was a terrible accident and it malfunctioned. There was a valiant attempt to manually control the teleportation matrix without the automated computer system, but it eventually failed.[12]
In contrast, the Kimeran Pirates had an advanced teleportation system aboard their ship, the Kimera, which didn't require a fixed piece of technology to transport people onto and off the ship. However, the technology required accurate positioning information which came from transponders. If those were knocked off-line, the teleportation system could not be used.[13]
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