Tosh directed the Freedom Fighters to the planet, Bel'Shir, "Here we go. Much prettier than Redstone, yeah?"
"It's best not to have any unnecessary fights with the Protoss," Matthew remembered Tassadar's forces that assisted the evacuation.
"Not just any old Protoss, fanatics called the Tal'darim. They believed the terrazine they called 'Breath of Creation' was a sacred, a gift from their gods, the Xel'Naga," Tosh informed.
"How do we get to the terrazine?" Matthew questioned.
"See those altars? Tal'darim mystics set them up to collect the terrazine. We just need to grab it," Tosh showed him the altars.
"It's an easy task, but we'll need to cover our SCVs. If the Tal'darim want to fight, we'll be ready for them," Matthew considered that the Protoss could not be killed by any small measures due to having plasma shields to absorb damage.
"Here are the coordinates for the terrazine sites, brother. This should make our lives a little easier," Tosh marked them in the starmap.
Matthew assembled a force of marines, medics, Marauders, Goliaths, Diamondbacks, and Siege tanks to cover two SCVs harvesting the terrazine. When the harvest began, he received an incoming transmission. "I have a bad feeling about this," Matthew thought.
"This land is sacred to the Tal'darim before Terrans ever reach the stars! You must depart immediately!" the Tal'darim executor spoke in a hostile tone.
"Can you at least share some of the gas with us? We don't want to have any quarrel with you," Matthew attempted to deal with the Protoss diplomatically.
"No! You shall not defile the Breath of Creation! Tal'darim warriors, execute all those who would desecrate our altars!" the Tal'darim executor refused and order his troops to mobilize against the humans. Matthew ordered the defenses to be built as he expected the attack on their base as well.
"Bold move, Mr. Turkins, collecting terrazine from two places at once," Tosh commented as both SCVs were harvesting not far from the escorts.
"Sure it's going to be harder to keep the Tal'darim off from our backs, but the quicker we're done here the sooner we get out of here," Matthew knew the risk had to take to avoid further fights with the Protoss.
Marauders slowed the Zealots so that the siege tanks could hit them easily and allowing the marines and Goliaths to finish them off. The tanks and Marauders shredded the Dragoons while the Goliaths shot down the Scout fighters.
"I got the first canister unhooked, sir! I'll take it to the nearest command center," an SCV as he disconnected the canister.
"Good job! That's the first canister filled!" Tosh praised and in fact there were two canisters already. He required seven canisters of terrazine.
"Warning. The Tal'darim is sealing off a terrazine altar," the adjutant warned as the Tal'darim sent Dragoons and Scout fighters to cover the robotic Probe sealing the terrazine altar to prevent the humans from getting their hands on it. This forced Matthew to take down the escorts and destroying the Probe to stop them. "You shall not steal the Breath of Creation so easily," the Tal'darim executor spoke in a fierce tone.
"Careful, they're sending their ships to take out your SCVs. Shoot them down quick or we're finished," Tosh warned as the Tal'darim sent more Scout fighters than ground forces. Matthew decided to add Wraith fighters and Vikings as escorts to dogfight the Scout fighters. The Wraith's cloaking field and the Vikings' long missile range could offset each other's' strengths. "That's over half the canisters you wanted," Matthew reported as the SCVs brought in two more canisters.
After another attempt of sealing a terrazine altar was stopped, the same move was repeated and the SCVs brought two more canisters in. "You and your Raiders sure can walk the walk! We just need one more canister," Tosh praised. Matthew sent one SCV to harvest terrazine one last time to finish the job. "These reckless Terrans must be stopped! Slay them all!" the Tal'darim executor ordered his troops to show no mercy to the humans. The Tal'darim included Archons and Colossi to attack the SCV and the escorts. Vikings could hit the tall battle striders in fighter mode unharmed mode due to the robots' height while the Goliaths and Wraith fighters fired their missiles at them. The Archons could also be slowed by Marauders but they were more durable than Zealots having more plasma shields. After the Tal'darim force was repelled, the SCV returned to the base with the last canister completing mission, "That's the last canister! I think we've outstayed our welcome, boys!" Matthew muttered. The Tal'darim decided not to pursue them.
He received a transmission from an untraceable sourcing informing him of Project: Shadowblade that used jorium and terrazine to enhance Ghost powers and the transmission ended with "I'll be in touch soon". Tosh admitted, "It's true. We're called Spectres, next generation Ghosts. We have our secrets, Mr. Turkins. Doesn't mean I'm any threat to you."
"Why should I trust on that?" Matthew became suspicious.
"It comes from the enemy trying to turn us against each other. Don't let them!" Tosh guessed and spoke desperately.
"I'll work out the source of the transmission and will keep an eye on you," Matthew spoke in a serious tone.
Despite the engineer's attempts to find out where the encrypted message came from, there were no results.
In the armory, Matthew provided medics with Stabilizer Med-Packs enabling them to heal troops faster and more efficient. He upgraded the weapon systems of Goliaths and Vikings extending the attack range of all their weapons. The Vikings received the Plasma Charge for their missiles to increase damage against fortified armor and unarmored enemies; whereas the Goliaths had the Multi-lock System installed to fire at both air and ground forces simultaneously. Matthew gave marines, Firebats, and Marauders access to Stimpacks that inject chemical stimulants that enable the marines, Firebats, and Marauders to move and attack faster like crazy for a period of time. By doing so would damage their health. He installed the Fire-Suppression System to his base buildings and enhanced the durability of missile turret with Titanium Housing.