Moebius Foundation

The  is a (formerly) legitimate scientific organization interested in archaeology. It has explored sites created by a race older than the protoss, such as Research Site KL-2.

The Foundation is publicly led by Dr. Emil Narud, but is in fact privately owned by Valerian Mengsk.

KL-2 Research
In 2503, a team explored a xel'naga relic on a barren world at KL-2, a dead star. The site housed a crystal, which acted as a "lock" for the underground prison of a powerful entity which had been imprisoned millennia ago by the xel'naga.

Researcher Dr. Morrigan, a minor telepath, learned from the entity how to create a psionic amplifier. With it, she released the entity, which quickly possessed and slew the other researchers. A team of Dark Templar arrived and battled the entity, resulting in the deaths of the rest of the researchers.

Illegal Means
By the Second Great War, the Foundation was led by Dr. Emil Narud and secretly owned by Prince Valerian Mengsk of the Terran Dominion. The prince used the Foundation to search for a xel'naga device that would be used to deinfest the Queen of Blades. The Foundation's main research facility was on Tyrador VIII and its research stored in data cores.

Möebius' work was threatened by the Terran Dominion ban in the trade of alien goods. In response, the Foundation turned to illicit means. Just before the war they used Tychus Findlay to hire the rebel Raynor's Raiders to acquire the components. The Foundation directed the rebels to each component through the ex-convict.

Perils of War
While the Raiders were ultimately to recover all of the components, the Foundation's own expeditions were not idle. An expedition discovered a component inside a xel'naga temple on Xil but was destroyed by the Tal'darim before they could excavate it. Many of the group's structures were still intact, including its Drakken laser drill. Möebius brought in the Raiders to complete the extraction.

The components were also of interest to Infested Kerrigan, and was constantly in competition with the Raiders for them. She discovered the Foundation as the key to the terrans' success and ordered an attack on the 's base on Tyrador VIII. The Foundation knew the attack was coming but was unable to fully evacuate before it struck. Mercenaries hired to purge the data cores were unsuccessful. Nonetheless, Kerrigan did not get what she sought. The Raiders' intervention destroyed the data cores and helped the Foundation evacuate. The Foundation promptly resumed providing the Raiders with support afterward.

Möebius located the last component on a Sigma Quadrant Worldship after Prince Valerian Mengsk secured the Raiders cooperation for the assault on Char.

Known Members

 * Valerian Mengsk (owner)
 * Emil Narud (leader)
 * Tychus Findlay (liaison with the Raiders)
 * Dr. Morrigan
 * Hassan
 * Precht