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StarCraft: Liberty's Crusade
Written by Jeff Grubb with cover art by Justin Thavirat.
Even at long range, the Protoss ships had form and definition. The largest were huge cylindrical creations, similar in appearance to luminous zeppelins. They were surrounded by hungry moths, and Mike realized these had to be their fighters, their equivalents of the A-17 Wraiths that were now in the hangars, just waiting for them to close to within striking range. Other golden ships danced between the larger carriers, glimmering like small stars.
Then, as Mike watched, one of the great carriers seemed to dissolve. There was a flash of light, a soft glowing, and then it was gone. Another moment, and another flash, and another disappearance.
"Sir," said the technician. "Anomalous reading disappearing."
"Cloaking technology?" asked the colonel.
Despite himself, Mike said, "At this scale?"
"Working." A huge pause, as deep as a canyon. "Negative. It appear that they are surrounding themselves with a sub-warp field. They are retreating."
As Mike watched, more of the golden ships began to flash and vanish. The great carriers and their brood of smaller ships, the lesser golden vessels, all vanished like fey spirits with the coming of dawn.
Fey spirits that could burn a planet down to its molten core….
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