Energy creature


 * You may be looking for the Phoenix, a Protoss air unit in StarCraft II

The energy creature or phoenix creature is a mysterious creature which emerged from one or more Xel'Naga Temples. One was observed on Bhekar Ro.

Overview
The energy creature is huge and squid-like. Its internal energy form is barely contained within a luminous organic skin. It has giant feathery wings, grasping tentacles, and glowing eyes. It is capable of space flight.

The energy creature is a powerful telepath, capable of being sensed by Ghosts and Protoss such as Judicator Amdor. The latter believed the presence's power was greater than the combined mental power of the Protoss race.

It has the ability to emit "scanning beams" which disintegrate creatures and objects of interest. It uses the beams to absorb the genetics of Protoss and Zerg. While it is capable of absorbing Terrans, it seems to have little interest in them.

In addition, the energy creature is capable of absorbing incoming energy attacks and converting them into biological energy.

The Temple absorbed numerous Protoss and Zerg, granting it enough information to "awake" and undergo a metamorphosis.

History
The Xel'Naga Temple of Bhekar Ro was uncovered by a violent storm. Its first act was to absorb a hapless Terran who ventured too close.

The site eventually erupted into a battle between the Terrans, Protoss and Zerg, all attempting to take over the Temple. Members of all three races invaded the Temple, where they were absorbed.

During the battle, a Ghost dropped a nuke on the Temple. This granted the temple enough power to awaken. A chrysalis exploded its way out of the Temple, hatching and releasing an energy creature. As it flew from the battlefield, it absorbed the creatures around it and reached another stage of maturity. Excess bioenergy created from the nuke's energies caused a "boom" in plant growth.

Xerana opined that the creature was young and only accidentally absorbed Terrans. It "released" the ones that had been absorbed around the Temple. However, this did not prevent it from absorbing Terran fleet crew members as it flew from the planet.

Nemaka
A Xel'Naga Temple was present on the world of Nemaka as well. The top had been blown open, and archaeologist Jake Ramsey theorized that an energy creature hatched out of there (within the last fifteen years). *