Cybernetics core

The cybernetics core provides upgrades for protoss aircraft and protoss cybernetic units. It also allows access to the advanced tech tree.

Within the cybernetics core are the necessary construction materials, automated factories and the mysterious essence translators that bond the spirits of fallen protoss to the cold metal exoskeletons of the dragoons. Eventually, by focusing through the Khala, the fallen warriors can control the movements of the quadrupedal dragoon as naturally as if they were within their former bodies.

Cybernetic cores are famed for their ability to blend machinery with biological beings and psionics through the use of advanced essence translators. Cybernetics cores also provide protoss commanders with the necessary auto-fabricators and materials needed to stage successful battlefield operations. The structure itself is equipped with flux dissipators, photon stabilizer arrays, and phase alignment amplifiers that give protoss warriors a decided edge on the battlefield where numbers are typically in the enemy's favor.

StarCraft
The cybernetics core allows for the warp-in of the protoss dragoon and provides upgrades for protoss aircraft.

Development
During the StarCraft alpha, the cybernetics core was known as the "gencore."

StarCraft II
The cybernetics core acts as a support structure in StarCraft II. It allows for the warping in of stalkers, sentries, and the mothership core.

Co-op Missions
All protoss commanders can build a cybernetics core and research air weapon and armor upgrades at the cybernetics core. Vorazun and Karax gain the ability to research warp gates from the structure. Alarak does not research air upgrades, instead researching upgrades for the havoc here.

Development
The cybernetics core had an uneventful creation and implementation in StarCraft II. After one slight cosmetic improvement, the team let it be.