The Tal'darim Executor vowed not to forget Raynor's desecration, threatening that the day of reckoning was coming. Despite the Tal'darim's interference, the Raiders broke into the temple and retrieved the artifact. Executor Nyon ordered his forces to assault the Raiders, and became ever more vehement as the Raiders refused to be dislodged.Īs the protoss response intensified with heavy units and aircraft, Captain Matt Horner transferred manual control of the laser drill to Commander Jim Raynor the terrans had realized it was an effective weapon as well as a tool. Although the reconnaissance force had encountered Tal'darim patrols, the full extent of the protoss presence became apparent only after the drill began working on the temple door.

Crucio siege tanks cleared the way for reactivating the abandoned Foundation base and the laser drill. The Raiders landed to find the debris of the ill-fated expedition. The Foundation became concerned with the lack of further updates from the expedition, and brought in Raynor's Raiders to investigate and help complete the excavation. The protoss wiped out the terrans but left their base mostly intact. However, the expedition was detected by the Tal'darim, the self-appointed guardians of xel'naga relics. They informed the Foundation and set up a Drakken laser drill to break through the temple's door. A Moebius Foundation expedition detected a fragment within a xel'naga temple.

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