I dont own Starcraft or anything Blizzard related. The only thing i own are my characters.
My first actually posted story so enjoy, hate whatever fits your fancy.
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Ghost FB-31 chuckled in amusement as the siege tanks shell shredded the latest batch of Zerg before going to one of the few chairs in the bunker and sitting down. Closing his eyes from the glare of his HUD he cycled through the radio chatter of the base listening to the unhurried reports from around the base.
He actually found it very odd that this base didn't have the usual screams of dieing marines and breach reports echoing through the radio with the strained voice of the commander trying to stop the latest disaster before calling a retreat. The base, jokingly called "Salvation" by the commander, is surrounded by turrets and bunkers which by now had easily mowed down thousands of the Zerg's forces and it even had enough supplies to keep the soldiers and engineers in good spirits.
31 opened his eyes as he heard the private signal ping on his comm and widened them a little when the commander's personal insignia flashed in front of his eyes. He quickly opened the channel and kept himself from blinking as the grinning visage of the commander popped into his HUD.
"Hey man how are you doing?" The commander's voice echoed in 0031's helmet causing him to narrow his eyes as he turned down the volume making the commander chuckle before his face suddenly became serious.
"Okay thirty one I know you were listening to the radio chatter and even though it sounds bright and cheery the Intel reports that have arrived are saying that the zerg are getting ready to come running down the bridges and cliffs in numbers that will completely crush us."
31 didn't even blink as he processed this new information, going through all the reasons the commander had decided to contact him only he could only come up with one clear reason. "What's the target I'm nuking sir."
The commander grinned "You're the best Ghost in Salvation so you get the toughest target in the Zerg hive. You get to paint the hatcheries and blow them to high hell. The other ghosts will be targeting their defenses and troops to make it easier for the marines to clean up." He turned to talk to someone off screen before turning back to 31 and reaching for the comm. switch. "Your drop ship is already en-route."
"Sir, I have a question."
The commander paused, his eyes flashing in interest. "This is new. Ask away soldier."
31 closed his eyes in thought before asking "Why now sir? Why right before the zerg attack us with enough force to wipe out Salvation? Shouldn't we have attacked the zerg before this point?"
The commander straightened and gave a small sigh. "Yes I realize that I'm asking you to sneak into the middle of the Zerg hive and yes it's as close to suicide as I can order you to do." He raised his hand as 31 opened his mouth. "Can it soldier; I know that's what you were actually thinking." 31 clamped his mouth shut his teeth clicking in annoyance while carefully keeping the rest of his face expressionless.
"There are two reasons I'm attacking now. The first is because if we had attacked before now we would've lost a lot more soldiers and the second reason is research on the zerg's DNA. Specifically how they can take other species DNA and change it so dramatically." The commander cocked his head to the side as a thrumming sound filled the air and filtered through the comm. "Your ride's here 31 and that's all I'm going to say on the matter. But tell you what, when you come back I'll tell you the rest over steak dinner." He finished with a grin before quickly turning off the COM link.
31 sat there until one of the marines carefully poked him and pointed at the drop ship that was burning a hole in the ground as it waited for him. Shaking his head he stood up and grabbed his AGR-14 assault rifle as he cleared his mind for the mission.