Immortal

"We shall serve forever."

- An immortal

The immortal is a protoss cybernetic trooper.

Overview
Historically, crippled veteran templar could volunteer to continue serving by being transplanted into dragoon exoskeletons. This honored tradition was broken by the fall of Aiur when the shrine dedicated to dragoon creation was infested by the zerg. Following the, crippled templar were transplanted into the new immortal exoskeletons instead. The first were in service by 2502. The remaining dragoons were transformed into immortals as well.

Immortals are outfitted with twin phase disruptors as their primary attack form; they give critical fire support to legions of zealots against ground targets, deployed when the protoss are faced with heavy enemy firepower and are even able to shrug off rounds fired by siege tanks. When deployed, immortals give critical support by eliminating enemy artillery and ranged attackers. However, the specially hardened energy shields of immortals only activate when struck by powerful attacks, which leaves them more vulnerable to the pinprick attacks of lesser foes.

Ultimately, immortals are a dying breed. Soon, none will remain.

Game Unit
The immortal is geared against small groups of armored targets. The hardened shield allows the immortal to survive even when outnumbered by units with slow but powerful attacks; conversely faster firing units, typically dealing low damage per attack, work well against immortals.

Immortals dropped by warp prisms may conduct raids against enemy structures and expansions.

Quotations

 * See: StarCraft II Immortal Quotations

Wings of Liberty
Immortals are usable in the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty protoss mini-campaign, available during and after the "A Sinister Turn" mission.

Known Immortals

 * Khastiana

Trivia
As an Easter egg, the immortal's portrait occasionally showed a "goldfish", although it appeared more often than it should. As a joke, Dustin Browder called the fish "Herbie".