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= Introduction =

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Amongst the wars and chaos there was a new alliance forming, dawning just after the early StarCraft era. Mengsk's reign as emperor was slowly crumbling apart and the Queen of Blades and her minions grew stronger by the moment. Her broods, now pumped up and fully regenerated despite the previous war, were no match for the Terran armies.

General Trey Gabriel, one of the newly recruited Generals since the disappearances of Jim Raynor, Edmund Duke, and other Terran heroes, was sent to the Correa Sector atop the planet Treble. Because of the previous assaults on Earth, General Gabriel's mission was to set up a small and very temporary colony for emergencies. Along with him were mass groups of Terran infantry, assault, and civilians, as well as Gabriel's own son, DevlinGabriel. However, none of the Terrans knew that the planet Treble was a trading post for the Zerg.

General Gabriel sent out his Marines and Vultures to scout for an area with moderate resources in order to set up part of the colony. Little did they know that the Queen of Blades set up Lurkers at all possible resource sites. Of course, the units never returned or left any trace. General Gabriel immediately knew something was wrong. He was prepared for a large attack and built legions of Bunkers and Missile Turrets in and around the new colony. The Queen of Blades launchedthe assault at night when supposedly most of the unwary army was asleep. But they weren't. General Gabriel made sure they all hid throughout the colony by nightfall. Despite his thoughtful attempts for defense, his army still was not strong enough. They were all wiped out by dawn. But Trey's son, Devlin, managed to get away. As he fled from whatever was left of the colony including his father, the wise and forgiving Dark Templar of a landed Shuttle found him and they hid for the rest of the wars.

By now the Zerg's destruction spread and the era known as the Brood Wars began. Many other Generals and Commanders were recruited, such as Samir Duran, Gerard DuGalle, and Alexi Stukov, each finishing just as unsuccessfully as the next - not to mention Duran being Infested by the Zerg. The Terrans even allied with the Protoss for some time, but it was no use. The Terran forces slowly decayed until it was nothing. The Brood Wars were over and the Zerg stood victorious.

The Protoss weren't heard from after the Brood Wars. The hid away on Shakuras to possibly start a new primary colony as great as Aiur once was. The Terrans also hid as Earth was already in the process of being ravaged and terrorized by the Queen of Blades. As the Zerg became stronger and stronger, the others races became frail and there were very few left. This begins the rise to power of Devlin Dante Gabriel and the Dark Templar. They allied with the remaining Terran and Protoss forces while hidden from the Zerg. Together, with the technology of the Protoss and the technique of the Terran, they formed the elite DarkSages and swore to annihilate the Zerg to make the universe balanced as it was before.