DISCLAIMER
This is a work of fiction; any resemblance to any real persons or happenings is purely coincidental. I also do not own the intellectual property rights to Starcraft or any other Blizzard Entertainment product.
SYNOPSIS
The UED expeditionary fleet had been shattered. The tired remnants of their once proud fleet fled the Koprulu sector in a vain effort to return to Earth. The only survivor of the debacle was a distorted and brief message from Admiral DuGalle (the speech he gave at the end of the Brood War before dying.) The message was received by a science crew at the outermost limit of UED territory, and though it eventually cost them their lives, the scientists chose to re-transmit the message to media elements on Earth instead of the government. 48 hours after the message was broadcast throughout the Orion arm to every sector of human habitation, the first shots of the rebellion took place.
The UED had long oppressed the people it purported to serve. People suffered in silence while their freedoms were taken away. They stood in mute testimony to the draconian methods used by the UED military to crush the peaceful demonstrations of the Workers Union on Titan. They turned aside and wept in private at the "Purification". The message from DuGalle, by itself, would not have evoked the reaction it did. But taken with the myriad of atrocities over the span of its history, the people finally found their righteous anger. To the dismay of the Directors, that righteous flame would rise to consume them.