Void ray

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Void Ray
Unit
Race	Protoss
Role	Heavy Aerial Support Unit
Properties
Hit points	150[1]
Shields	100[1]
Type	Air, mechanical[1][2]
Armor type	Armored[1]
Production
Minerals	200[1]
Gas	150[1]
Psi	2[1]
Build time	60[1]
Produced at	Stargate[1][3]
Hot key	V[1]
Combat
Ground attack	6 (increases to 12 and then 24)[4]
Air attack	6 (increases to 12 and then 24)[4]
Armor	1[1]
Attack range	7[5][6]
Unit speed	Fast[1]

The void ray, formerly known as the warp ray,^[7] is a protoss ship to be featured in StarCraft II.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Game Unit 2.1 Attacks 2.2 Upgrades 3 Quotes 4 Lore Development 5 Images 6 References

[edit] Overview

The void ray is a Dark Templar^[8] protoss escort ship.^[9]

[edit] Game Unit

The void ray is produced at the stargate, and does not require further technological advancements to be built. It can be immediately constructed after the stargate is built.^[3]

[edit] Attacks

The beam is capable of engaging both land and air targets, and is powerful against heavily armored structures and units, such as terran battlecruisers, as there is a longer time required to destroy such targets, and therefore, a longer time for all of the void ray's three primary arms to align onto target and activate successively.^[10] The base damage is 6, increasing to 12 after 3 seconds and to 24 after another 3 seconds.^[4] When a void ray attacks a target, it continues to follow.^[11] The damage continues to increase as it follows the target.^[12] The beam attack is weak against low hit point units such as terran marines, because the short amount of time required to kill a marine does not allow the void ray to take advantage of all three of its projector arms, and there is a notable cooldown between engaging different targets.^[10] The attack is very powerful against buildings, even anti-air defenses. Other players should deploy specialized anti-air units such as corruptors or Phoenixes to deal with them.^[13] The beam attack cannot be stopped by a mothership's Time Bomb ability.^[14]

[edit] Upgrades

Air Weapons Researched at Cybernetics Core[15] Hotkey E[15] Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100[15] 150[15] 200[15] Gas 100[15] 150[15] 200[15] Research time 140[15] 170[15] 200[15] Edit	Air Armor Researched at Cybernetics Core[15] Hotkey A[15] Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100[15] 150[15] 200[15] Gas 100[15] 150[15] 200[15] Research time 140[15] 170[15] 200[15] Notes Increases air unit armor. Edit
Plasma shields Researched at Forge[15] Hotkey S[15] Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 200[15] 300[15] 400[15] Gas 200[15] 300[15] 400[15] Research time 140[15] 170[15] 200[15] Notes +1 to shields per level. Edit

Flux Vanes[6]
Researched at	Fleet beacon[16]
Properties
Minerals 150[6] Gas 150[6] Research time 80[6]
Notes
Increases the rate at which a void ray's attack powers up.[6]
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[edit] Quotes

Main article: Void Ray Quotations

[edit] Lore Development

The old warp ray was composed of a combination of Khalai and Dark Templar techniques and technologies.^[17]

[edit] Images

Void ray portrait

Early warp ray model, firing a single beam

Early render of the warp ray, firing three beams

[edit] References

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

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