Escort

''This article describes the Escort figher. Alternatively, you may be looking for the Escort Carrier.

The Escort is a Protoss air unit set to appear in StarCraft II.

Overview
The Escort is built by the Carrier, allowing a temporary boost to focus fire.

Game Unit
Strike Fighter Escorts cost resources to build and last only 45 seconds, but add a decent amount of firepower to a Carriers attack. A Carrier can have a maximum of 4 Escorts. Escorts are given attack orders to focus-fire on whatever the Carrier is attacking and they can be destroyed independently of the Carrier or each other. The cost for these Escorts will be significant enough to where players will not want to just have the max number all of the time, as that would bleed one's economy needlessly. Thus, players will have to pick and choose their battles in where they want the full force of the Protoss fleet present.