"That day, the Terrans had a sad reminder. For years we thought we owned the Koprulu sector; we exploit it and fill it with our own human problems. We thought that this would remain forever, well, that until the Zerg appeared.
Officer Armin Arlet, Second Brood War, Circa 2513..."
2499, Mar Sara, 3200 kilometers from Backwater ...
The assault had left two hours ago in the morning. The colonial assistant informed the magistrate of a hostile life form that was sweeping the settlements of the New Cheyenne basin, the Alpha squadron had called them Zergs; were spreaded quickly, so they sent General Keith Shadiz in charge of the Gamma squad to control the situation.
They were armed to the teeth, carrying an insurmountable barrier of Arclite siege tanks, behind them a squadron of Goliaths as an air support, courtesy of the men of Cerberus, the rest of the contingent consisted of heavy infantry, which carried Gauss C- 14 and Throwing Flamethrower. Behind them came a squadron of Wraiths from Mike Zacharius.
-. OK, squad! "He shouted through the communicator. We have only one objective, we will erase those bugs from the map and we will teach them who commands this planet. "The men of the squad responded with a hoarse cry of Spartan.
-. The target is aproaching, fifteen hundred meters "announced Lieutenant Erwin Smith after lowering his binoculars.
-. Excellent, all tanks shoot my signal, "he ordered. Now! - a succession of explosions began with precise coordination, an infinity of projectiles shot out from the rail barrels in a long arc-shaped trajectory. Then they hit the hordes of zerlings, flying like charred cockroaches in the midst of fireballs.
At that moment a squadron of Wraiths passed over their heads, just in time, a flock of mutalisks was reaching to the troops.
-. Make two flanks, "Mike commanded serenely through the communicator, wearing a Keblar suit, a helmet and a respirator, did not seem to be disturbed by the abrupt turns he took with his aircraft. Braun, take your boys on the left; Gelgar, Nanaba, you come with me.-
-. Roger that .- they respond in unison.
At that moment the exchange of fire began; laser shots were interspersed with the explosive green incandescent spores. A thousand meters below, the ground units were under direct fire.
-. Do not break attack formation, try to use directed missiles.-
At that moment a mutalisk came directly to Braun, he smiled under his breathing mask, then put his thumb on the trigger of the lever. They were getting closer…
-. I'll show you the force ... "He pressed the button, two missiles fired toward his target - ... of humanity ! - tried to evade them. Too late, they hit his abdomen squarely, there was a burning explosion, the parts of the corpse jumped around leaving slow trails of smoke. Braun flashed through the clouds of fire as he gave a shout of celebration, but it did not last long. The last thing he saw was a green light over his cabin, he realized that he had reacted too slowly to push the ejection button ...
