PROTOSS
The most ancient and
powerful race in the galaxy (or so they believe), the Protoss possess a
highly structured
society based
on the preservation of their way of thinking.
Highly intelligent
and gifted with great psionic powers,
they nevertheless
suffer from a certain inflexibility that makes them extremely difficult
to work with.
Originally the
Protoss were divided into several warring
tribes, but
they were united by a single Protoss
warrior/philosopher,
Adun. He is apparently responsible
for strengthening
the psionic racial link that all Protoss
share,
and he developed the Khala, a strict religion,
philosophy,
and social structure. Under the Khala, the Protoss have mostly abandoned
their tribal
lines and divided into three castes: Khalai, artisans and inventors; Templar,
warriors and explorers;
and Judicator, administrators and leaders.
Terran dealings with the Protoss have been limited, restricting our knowledge
of their abilities and
equipment, but we do know that they possess extremely advanced technology,
including warp-gate
manipulation and energy shield generation. It is only recently that we
have made significant progress
in learning more about them.