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// Legacy: Ulnar 
// Story: Starcraft: Warriors of Purity 
// by Xarmar13 
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Artanis, Aldaris, Tassadar and Lyra went to the solar core room to check out their newest acquisition: a Purifier machine with an imprint of Fenix’s memories.

Karax and Fenix were in the middle of reactivating the machine when they arrived. 

When the machine started moving, he looked around and saw a number of familiar faces. “Artanis! It is good to see you, young Executor! And you, Tassadar, my old friend! It has been too long. I see you have brought your newest protege with you. We should spar sometime.” He looked at Aldaris, “If you are here then the Conclave must have another task for me. What is their bidding?”

Everyone could tell that there would be a lot of awkward explanations ahead for them. Especially since Fenix was in the room with them. They would need to be extremely careful in their explanations if they wanted to avoid the Purifier going berserk.

The matter of the explanations were left to Fenix, Aldaris and Tassadar.

Meanwhile, Artanis, Lyra and Karax discussed the phasesmith’s findings of the Keystone. They discovered that the artifact could lead them to a legendary Xel’naga temple called Ulnar. When Karax pressed a few buttons, the artifact opened itself to reveal a location that came as a surprise for the two Protoss. Lyra wasn’t knowledgeable enough to understand the meaning of their surprise. Artanis and Karax had to explain to Lyra the dangers of the Alterian Rift and how, logically, nothing could survive in such a place.

“And yet, it is the best place to conceal the Xel’naga,” said Zeratul as he walked into the chamber. “We must go to the Alterian Rift and find Ulnar.”







Everyone knew how dangerous the Alterian Rift was. Many have claimed that those who enter would be dissolved into their base elements. Tassadar was willing to take the leap of faith and order the Spear of Adun into the rift.

Inside, they quickly found what they were looking for: the Xel’naga temple that was said to hold the Xel’naga in stasis. The temple was about the size of a small planet and octahedral in shape.

After examining the structure, the Protoss found what appeared to be an access way into the temple.

Lyra saw another complication, however. Tal’darim ships alongside Terran Battlecruisers were detected. The only way for that setup to make sense would be if the Terran ships were Moebius Corps property.

Tassadar decided that now would be a good time to bring in their starfighters. Artanis decided on using the Phoenixes for their battles against the Tal’darim and Moebius.

After examining the structure and what knowledge Rohana had about Ulnar, Tassadar learned that they needed to activate a series of celestial locks that looked like floating stones over pools of energy.

Moebius and the Tal’darim were seen guarding the locks to make sure the Daelaam couldn’t get inside.

Since they needed to get around fast and they were dealing with Protoss and Terrans, Lyra opted for Energizers and Stalkers. Zealots would be best to handle Moebius Corps but went with Sentinels in case she wanted to be aggressive. Immortals and Dark Templar would round off the roster that Lyra wanted to assist in the mission.

Artanis quickly set up and prepared Gateways, Robotics Facilities and Stargates to warp in the necessary troops to assist in the task of taking the celestial locks.

To improve resource efficiency, Artanis set up another Nexus near the main Nexus point to speed up the time normally taken to prepare.

While Artanis was setting up, Karax reported a large Warp Prism was flying around the area and needed to be taken out in case it becomes a nuisance in the future.

Lyra moved ahead with a group of Dark Templar and began attacking groups of Moebius and Tal’darim. Her luck held out for the time being as neither had deemed necessary to deploy their Ravens or Observers so she and her hunting party were able to eliminate a number of enemies unmolested.

When Lyra and her group attempted to capture a lock however, they realized that the mechanism was not recognizing their presence. When Artanis sent a Probe to prepare a defense of the lock, the mechanism recognized the Probe and the first celestial lock unlocked.

Lyra pouted a little when she realized that she would have to reveal herself if she wanted the lock to see her. Of course, she also didn’t want to risk a Spectre being nearby to snipe her in the head if she tried to decloak.

Deciding to change her strategy, Lyra decided that the best way to prevent the Tal’darim and the Moebius Corps from taking back the locks would be to make them retreat.

Artanis warped in an Energizer for Lyra to use to warp in the troops she wanted. When the Energizer transformed to generate a power field, Artanis began warping a large number of every variety of troops that were available to the Daelaam forces at the time.

When ready, Lyra’s group moved against the Tal’darim base to the north of the lock that they had taken. Sentinels took to the front line and bravely sacrificed themselves while Immortals were right behind them. Stalkers teleported into the fray. The Energizers supported by boosting the speed of their allies. Many of the base defenders were pulled into the air by the Phoenixes and helplessly shot to death or destruction. The Wrathwalkers were unable to deal with the starfighters due to the lack of air weaponry. 

Once the Photon Cannons were dealt with, Lyra and her Dark Templar moved in and assisted in the destruction of the Tal’darim base. The enemy offensive was effectively cut in half in a matter of minutes as many of the Tal’darim ships retreated. Those who were not at the base remained in the area to defend the locks.

Meanwhile, Artanis formed a second army to take the second celestial lock.

Lyra’s army returned to the main Nexus Point in triumph to regroup and prepare to assault the Moebius base.

While Lyra was waiting, Artanis’ group encountered the titanic Warp Prism and its escort. The Phoenixes were able to shoot down the Void Rays while the ground forces took out whatever the Warp Prism tried to warp in. While it was doing that, the Phoenixes focused their fire on the large Warp Prism and soon destroyed it, freeing its Solarite reactor and giving the Spear of Adun more Solarite that it didn’t need.

Moebius attempted to take back the celestial locks that were taken by the Daelaam but were too late as Lyra’s group was ready to assault their base. Her forces ignored the nearby lock, leaving it for Artanis to deal with.

Lyra took a Raven in her magic and smashed it against a Bunker to start the attack. Moebius had a lot more ships than the Tal’darim so the Phoenixes would be working extra hard to clear the skies of Wraiths, Banshees, Vikings and Battlecruisers. The Dark Templar went on a killing spree against the Marines, Marauders and Spectres.

One Raven spotted Lyra and fired a Seeker Missile at her. Lyra saw the incoming projectile and grabbed it in her magic and redirecting its course to a group of Marines. She then grabbed the Raven and smashed it into a nearby Missile Turret, destroying both.

Once the main defenses in the base were demolished, Lyra’s group had little trouble burning down the rest of the Moebius base and was soon obliterated within a few minutes.

Without support from the base, the Moebius Corps was forced to retreat while leaving any standing forces to fend for themselves.

There was little the remaining Tal’darim or Moebius forces could do to prevent Artanis from claiming the remaining three celestial locks.

Once all five locks were claimed, the five stones that represented the locks disappeared and the door into the temple opened.

Rohana sensed that Amon’s forces had retreated for the time being while she could only sense stillness within the temple.

Lyra could only hope that the Xel’naga were actually still inside and not all dead like Bon Bon feared.