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"I have returned"
—Protoss Dragoon

The Protoss Dragoon is a mechanized assault and support unit.

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The Dragoon is a quadrupedal mecha

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Dragoons providing support for Zealots

The Dragoon is a Protoss ranged attack quadrupedal mecha that deals medium explosive damage. The Dragoon can be upgraded for longer range, higher damage and stronger armor and shields. The Protoss Dragoon possesses 100 hit points and 80 points of plasma shielding. It has a base armor of 1 and is considered a large unit. One Dragoon takes up four "slots" in a Protoss shuttle, which has eight available slots in total. Creating a Dragoon requires you to have a Gateway and a Cybernetics Core.

Role in Protoss Society

Dragoons are created from Zealots who have been crippled or mortally injured in combat and are thus unable to continue fighting in their preferred manner - with a pair of psionic blades. They continue to volunteer their services, however; their crippled or mortally injured bodies are placed within large exoskeletons which contain any life-support equipment required by the individual Protoss. The Dragoon is "made" at a sacred shrine on Aiur and "upgraded" at the Cybernetics Core.

Dragoons are somewhat ostracized by other Protoss, however, and they frequently see themselves as lesser units.

Dragoon Technology

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Dragoon firing antimatter bolt

Dragoon weaponry consists of a psychically shielded bolt of antimatter, capable of being directed towards both air and ground units. The weapon is functionally similar to that of the Photon Cannon and Arbiter. The Dragoon itself is often used as a support unit for heavy ground attack units, or alternately as a multi-purpose assault unit capable of being massed and sent against enemy positions, especially against other Protoss opponents.

Within the Cybernetics Core, the structure required to warp Dragoons, are 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 quadrapedal Dragoon as naturally as if they were within their former bodies.

Practicallity

The Protoss Dragoon is one of the most versatile units incorporated by the might of the Protoss. Stalwart on their own, the Dragoon shines best as the ultimate partner to the Zealot, as does the Hydralisk complement the Zergling very well. However, Dragoons are notably one of the only ground units successfully usable en masse by the Protoss (the Archon being the other).

Counters for the Dragoon is swarming them as quickly as the opponents can; the high cooldown on its attacks leaves it vulnerable to this tactic. Also Battlecruisers or heavy units can also quickly annihilate the Walker.

Spoiler Warning: Plot or ending details follow.

Terran operatives often had a vested interest in Zerg and Protoss alien technology, as evidenced by the StarCraft Map of the Month scenario Deception, in which Kimeran Pirates steal (among other things) a data file titled "Utilizing Dragoon Technology For Human Reconstruction" from a Confederate installation.

Upgrades

Singularity Charge

Increases Dragoon range to 6.

Dragoons in StarCraft: Ghost

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Nova hides from a Dragoon

Dragoons appear in StarCraft: Ghost but no changes from their original portrayal have been seen, apart from a slightly more stocky appearance.

Dragoons in StarCraft II

The Dragoons of the past are all but gone. The sacred shrine that was dedicated to the creation of the Dragoons was infested by the Zerg along with the rest of the world of Aiur.

The remaining Dragoons have been transformed into Immortals, a StarCraft II unit.[1]

Dragoons will still be available in the map editor[2] but not in melee games.

The Dragoon was the inspiration for the new Dark Templar unit, the Stalker.[1]

Famous Dragoons

Fenix had said, of becoming a Dragoon: "There is no shame in defeat so long as the spirit is unconquered."

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Blizzard Entertainment (2007-05-19). Starcraft II Protoss features, Blizzard Entertainment, Retrieved 19 May 2007
  2. Karune. 2007-07-23. StarCraft II Q&A - Karune Briefings. StarCraft II General Discussion Forums. Accessed 2007-09-06.


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