Mothership (Tal'darim)

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"Weakness is a path to death."

- A Tal'darim mothership pilot^(src)

The Tal'darim mothership is a unit available in the single-player campaign of StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. It is a variant of the mothership normally available to players in melee play.

Overview

"The Tal'darim motherships have warped in to strengthen our fleet, I must admit, they are quite impressive."

- Rohana^(src)

A Tal'darim mothership assaults a Umojan base

Tal'darim motherships are Khalai motherships redesigned for total annihilation. Each one is a throne from which a Tal'darim fleet lord oversees the ruin of their foes.

Alarak brought the Tal'darim's motherships to join the Daelaam after he defeated Ma'lash in Rak'Shir and became the new Tal'darim Highlord. The motherships were recognized by Rohana as highly modified from the Daelaam's motherships, with a focus on the total destruction of the Tal'darim's enemies. Some were capable of launching interceptors. Some Tal'darim motherships are outfitted with phase displacement beams, allowing the ships to purify small areas from orbit.

Game Unit

Tal'darim Mothership
Unit
Race	Protoss
Affiliation	Tal'darim
Campaign	Legacy of the Void Co-op Missions
Base unit	Mothership
Role	Capital ship Ultimate protoss vessel
Armament	Terminator beam
Properties
Maximum energy	200 0 (Co-op)
Energyregen/second	0.5625
Life span	60 (Co-op Alarak without Shadow of Death)
Sight	14
Production
Minerals	1000 (Campaign) 400 (Co-op Alarak with Shadow of Death)
Gas	1000 (Campaign) 400 (Co-op Alarak with Shadow of Death)
Psi	10 (Campaign) 0 (Co-op Alarak)
Build time	120 (Campaign) 2 (Co-op Alarak)
Produced from	Stargate (Campaign) Summon Death Fleet (Co-op Alarak)
Requires	Fleet beacon (Campaign) Reach Alarak Level 10 (Co-op without Tyrant Ascendant)
Hotkey	M
Movement
Speed	1.4 (campaign) 2.5 (Co-op)
Acceleration	1.375
Lateral acceleration	0
Deceleration	1
Collision radius	1.375
Protection
Shields	1000
Shieldregen/second	2
Hit points	1000
Armor	2
Type	Air Massive Mechanical Psionic Heroic (Co-op)
Armor type	Armored
Terminator Beam
Damage	38
Attacks	6
Targets	Ground Air
Cooldown	2.21
Range	7
Upgrade/level	+4
Miscellaneous
Notes	A player may only have 1 mothership at a time

Legacy of the Void

The mothership is the Tal'darim faction choice for the capital ship class in the Legacy of the Void campaign, and the third choice with the carrier and tempest. As in multiplayer, only one mothership can be active at a time.

The mothership is a terrifically powerful offensive vessel: it can attack while moving and its base attack does very high damage, enough to kill many enemies in one shot. Its Black Hole ability functions differently from the normal mothership, keeping units on the map in a stunned state so they may still be attacked, and its Thermal Lance does 200 damage to all enemy ground units in a line leading away from the mothership. It also has access to Blink, which makes it easier to quickly engage enemies or retreat from battle.

The mothership is a very powerful weapon, but should be used in tandem with other units, as it is easily overwhelmed with superior numbers, especially air units which its Thermal Lance cannot damage. It also costs a significant investment of resources to deploy, but is substantially cheaper than a fleet of carriers or tempests.

Abilities

Blink

The mothership instantly teleports a short distance away.

Usage
Hotkey B Range 8 Cooldown 8

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Black Hole

Stuns all enemy units in target area and prevents them from moving, attacking, or using abilities for ability duration.

Usage
Hotkey E Cost 50 Range 4 Duration 8

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Thermal Lance

Deals 200 damage to ground units in a line leading away from the mothership.

Usage
Hotkey R Cost 50 Range 10

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Co-op Missions

Alarak can summon the Death Fleet as a calldown ability, summoning a mothership and an escort of destroyers with timed life. The mothership has the same health stats as the campaign version, but with improved damage via upgrades and different abilities.

Abilities

Thermal Lance

Deals 20 damage to units in a line leading away from the mothership. Can be set to autocast.

Usage
Hotkey E Range 10 Cooldown 1

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Alarak Level 13

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Mass Teleport

Teleports the Mothership and all nearby units you control to target friendly unit or structure's location.

Shadow of Death: Mass Teleport has a 60 second cooldown and cannot teleport allied units.

Usage
Hotkey T Cooldown 0 60 (with Shadow of Death)

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Warp in Destroyer

Area assault craft. Can use Destruction Beam to attack multiple units.

Can attack ground and air units.

Usage
Hotkey V Range 8 Cooldown 20 Notes Can store up to 8 charges.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Shadow of Death prestige.

Acquisition
Cost 125 75 3 2

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Upgrades

Protoss Weapons

Increases the attack damage of all protoss units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey G Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Damage: 45 Level 2 Cost 150 150 190 Required Death council Effect Damage: 52 Level 3 Cost 200 200 220 Required Death council Effect Damage: 59

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Protoss Armor

Increases the armor of all protoss units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Armor: 3 Level 2 Cost 150 150 190 Required Death council Effect Armor: 4 Level 3 Cost 200 200 220 Required Death council Effect Armor: 5

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Protoss Plasma Shields

Increases the shield armor of all protoss units and structures.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Shield armor: 1 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Required Death council Effect Shield armor: 2 Level 3 Cost 250 250 220 Required Death council Effect Shield armor: 3

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Quotations

See: StarCraft II Tal'darim Mothership Quotations

Trivia

• In the Galaxy Map Editor, the Tal'darim mothership is referred to as the "Flagship."

References

Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II v • e

Versus units and structures Infantry Probe Zealot Adept (LotV) High templar Dark templar Archon Land mechanized Stalker Immortal Sentry Colossus Disruptor (LotV) Air units Warp prism Observer Phoenix Void ray Oracle (HotS) Carrier Interceptor Tempest (HotS) Mothership Basic buildings Nexus Assimilator Gateway (Warp gate) Forge Cybernetics core Automated defenses Photon cannon Pylon Shield battery (LotV) Stasis ward (LotV) Advanced buildings Twilight council Dark shrine Templar archives Robotics facility Robotics bay Stargate Fleet beacon Campaign and Co-op Missions units and structures Units Conservator Legionnaire Interdictor Instigator Scout Shadow guard Slayer Star relic Stone guardian Supplicant Void templar War prism Xel'naga ambusher Xel'naga abrogator Xel'naga enforcer Xel'naga precursor Xel'naga shieldguard Xel'naga void array Xel'naga watcher Buildings Alarak's beacon Ancient assimilator Ancient nexus Artifact reserve Ascendant archives Constructs bay Constructs facility Core forge Core matrix Death council Monolith Null circuit Obelisk Psi-link spire Purifier conclave Shield projector Solar forge Void shrine Warp drive Xel'naga passageway Zenith stone Zeratul's beacon Automated defenses Dark pylon Khaydarin monolith Tesseract cannon Tesseract monolith Variant units Melee Warrior Zealot (Aiur) Centurion (Nerazim) Sentinel (Purifier) Ranged Warrior Adept (Purifier) Dragoon (Aiur) Stalker (Nerazim) Cloaked Warrior Avenger (Aiur) Blood Hunter (Tal'darim) Dark templar (Nerazim) Psionic Warrior Ascendant (Tal'darim) Dark archon (Nerazim) High templar (Aiur) Robotic Assault Annihilator (Nerazim) Immortal (Aiur) Vanguard (Tal'darim) Robotic Support Energizer (Purifier) Havoc (Tal'darim) Sentry (Aiur) Robotic Siege Colossus (Purifier) Reaver (Aiur) Wrathwalker (Tal'darim) Starfighter Corsair (Nerazim) Mirage (Purifier) Phoenix (Aiur) Capital Ship Carrier (Aiur) Tal'darim Mothership Tempest (Purifier) Assault Ship Arbiter (Aiur) Destroyer (Tal'darim) Void ray (Nerazim) Canceled Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II v • e Scrapped Removed units Arachnipod Defender Escort Lancer Mega archon Protoss artillery Purifier scout Replicant Signifier Skylord Skytalon Soul hunter/purifier Soul reaver Shadow archon Shaman Shuriken Stasis orb Tornado Twilight archon Void star Removed buildings Eye of Adun Observatory Phase cannon War beacon War shrine Warp beacon

Tal'darim v • e

Characters Alarak Amon's Champion Guraj Ji'nara Malain Ma'lash Nuroka Nyon Zenish Concepts Amon · Bane blade · Chain of Ascension · Day of Ascension · Death Fleet · Fleet lord · Guardian of Ma'lash · Highlord · Rak'Shir · Tal'darim of Aiur · Terrazine · Votary Locations Atrias (Temple of Erris) · Bel'Shir · Monlyth · Slayn · Typhon XI · Worldship · Xil Units Ascendant (high templar) Blood hunter (dark templar) Destroyer (void ray) Havoc (sentry) Slayer (stalker) Supplicant Tal'darim mothership Dark Skies Maw of the Void Night Terrors Steps of the Rite Trouble in Paradise Tal'darim drill Vanguard (immortal) War prism (warp prism) Wrathwalker (colossus) Structures Ascendant archives · Death council · Particle cannon · Shield projector· Void catalyst