Corsair

The Corsair is a Protoss anti-fighter spacecraft introduced in StarCraft: Brood War.

Overview
The Corsair is a fast, medium sized warship, built by the Dark Templar to safeguard their nomadic fleets. Extremely quick and agile, the Corsair was a versatile addition to the Protoss fleet with the Dark Templar's reunion with their Khalai counterparts"

Corsairs are designed for ship-to-ship combat, employing Twin Neutron Flares. In addition, Corsair pilots can focus their psionic powers through their vessel's Neutron Emitters against ground targets, making the Corsair a valuable part of siege warfare.

Despite its abilities, the Corsair is considered to be an aging vessel and is steadily being phased out by the Phoenix.

StarCraft
The Corsair has a low damage attack but with a very high rate of fire that also causes 1/2 splash damage to units within a 50 pixel radius around the target and 1/4 splash damage within 100 pixels.

This makes the Corsair similar to the Terran Valkyrie: both are ideal against groups of low-armor aircraft but are somewhat less effective against more heavily armored units like Battlecruisers and Carriers. Disruption Web allows Corsairs to provide valuable combat support by temporarily crippling an opponent's ranged-attack units.

StarCraft II
The Corsair does not appear in StarCraft II, having been replaced by the Phoenix.

Known Units

 * Airun Corsairs

Known Pilots

 * Khrillian