Starcraft: Ways of the Heroes

About this story: This is my view of the Starcraft game. This story will be fairly long and will take you from the period before the game, during and after the game. A small number of famous characters will be from the game but majority of them will be fabricated and completely different. Unlike the computer game, my version of starcraft won't be very far into the future. This starcraft will be set in the near future so most things and terminology related to weapons, vehicles and other technologies will be similar to today.

Prologue: The One that Got Away

The prophecy

Heroes, they were ancient myths. From time to time, several chosen ones will come forth and save the humanity from destruction. From the dawn of time, heroes were the agents of the god, the creator of mankind. The heroes were on their missions to ensure the unity of the people, the development of the human race and their enlightenment. They were called back once their missions were done. There were periods without the heroes; darkness, murder, chaos and atrocity reigned supreme. People without their heroes proclaimed themselves to be the one, many wars were fought, blood was shed and many lives were taken. For all that, another hero came, he slowly restored peace and order through the broken world, and it was him that saved the planet and mankind from extinction. Many years had gone since the departure of that hero. Peace still existed but trouble was not very far away, another hero was needed, this hero will come to light at the mankind's darkest hour, and once again he will save the mankind from destruction. The wait had began for this hero to emerge…

Wasteland, 3rd moon of Tyconus, Galadin system, Year 2039

The uninhabited sectors of Tyconus were rough and unforgiving. The terrain was rough and barren. It lacked water and moist. The atmosphere wasn't very good either in fact it was appalling, the sky glowed red for most of the time. That was not because of the sun but because of the pollution from the nearby industrial city Manchus. Each day more than 2.5 million tones of the suet, CFC, carbon dioxide and load of other crap rose to sky and that had been going for at least 39 years.

Subterranean lab, 1.5 km East 98 degrees East of Manchus

The complex was as big as a modern shopping centre where there were hundreds maybe thousands of the scientists working there. Apart from them there were nearly as much and maybe more maintenance workers and security guards. The scientists on the first few sublevels were mostly young men and woman of ages between 22 to 27. They all wore the expression of total dedication to their work and their research. Most, if not all the scientists are either really smart or stupid to be working in a place like this but whatever they were, they were all social rejects. Payment was high, in fact they get paid more than a hundred times the payment if compare to their counterparts in military or civil laboratory. The reason for that was related to two words, illegal research.

The more you descend into the lab, the more bizarre the scientists became. Age for one thing, the people who were working on last few sublevels were usually a lot older. Their appearance also became more wicked. Looking at some of the experimental subjects then look back at some of the scientists, you may not be able to tell any difference. But don't be fooled, these scientists are probably some of the wisest man alive in the entire galaxy and they had probably created some of the most deadly inventions.

Biological weapons' bay, sub-level 12

This is by far the most mysterious place on the planet and in the universe. No government, military force, terrorist faction knew anything about this lab, not even the underground base. One of the deadliest weapons was undergoing their final preparation before completion.

By cutting through the medical bay, some of the most hideous creatures/ nightmares were finally proven their existences. Inside the two rows of stasis tubes that flanked the two sides of the medical bay contained mutants, fleshy goo, aliens cut open at the bellies and others foul substances that couldn't be described by use of modern day languages. However they were all failures of experiments, the real prize was hiding away behind the triple titanium vaults and through countless sets of security cameras, gun turrets and flame exterminators. Enter another lab similar to the medical bay, it had a label saying 'The artificial Zerg hive'. The lab itself was half the size of the medical bay and inside there was a small glass tube that laid a worm inside. The worm was brown in colour much like a piece of shit. Constantly it dripped down black-brown saliva so the tube must be specially modified to let the saliva to leave the tube while keeping the worm inside.

It may look like a worm but its DNA was program to be higher than any human or technology could get. This was the god of new specie, he who controlled this controlled new specie, and anyone who contradicted with the owner of the specie will be exterminated. However the worm had other plan…

The inevitable finally happened one day when the scientist finished analyzing with worm, they put it back to the tube. Once the worm was back inside the tube it began to work. The first step in its escape was to produce a lot of brown saliva and covered the entire tube with it. So from afar, the tube looked brown. The brown goo also dried before they could run out of the tube provided the first example of the creature's ability. It had change its metabolism rates and thus made the goo to run thicker then usual so they wouldn't fall away that quickly. The worm decided to escape today because there would be more time. Today there will be a general meeting and that would take at least 2 hours. How did the worm know about it, well it heard the news from the announcement through the speakers and the scientists.

The worm then morphed, but the process looked more like giving birth to a baby. The worm's length extended and extended until it was twice as long as its original length. It then broke in two pieces, one a replicate of another. Then the worm squeezed through the hole that was only small enough for saliva to go through. The worm made through without problem. Freedom was nearly there, only the dome like glass shielded it from freedom. Glass maybe not accessible, its bottom connecting the metal desk was another story. Once again the worm squeezed through the nano-meter thick gap and got out. Its metabolism changed again and the saliva wouldn't drip out until it changed it back. The worm looked around, rather sensed around and quickly headed for the air ventilation duct.

2 hours and 12 minutes later

The scientists returned as the worm predicted. When he enter the lab, the first thing he looked for was the tube. Instead of the worm there, the tube was completely brown like it had just been repainted. He was instantly alert, presuming the worst. One scientist rushed to the computer terminals and hurriedly used cleaning fluid to cleanse the tube and checked the worm. The worst fears of the scientists' were proven, 23 years of work had been ruined. All the vital signs of the worm were now only a thing line on the displaying screen. The worm was dead. But from the gap of ventilation duct, the worm observed every movement of the three scientists and clearly read their minds. The scientist fell for its trick. It laughed but the laugh sounded more like a hiss.

3 days later

In the long, dark sewage pipes the worm slithered across with relative freedom. According to its current growth rate, the pipes will be too small in a few years. The worm was no longer a tiny string like creature. It was now over ten meters long and nearly 3 meters in diameter. Even with such size, it moved around with amazing agility. The sewage system was as long as its big, it easily fit the worm, but not for long, the worm must find a suitable place to reproduce.

All kinds of things came into the sewage pipe. From metal junk, to bio-toxin byproduct to dead animals, the limit of what comes down here was unknown. There was no light at all, but that didn't bother the worm at all, it could see with use of night vision, electromagnetic and heat. Ahead was something bright, the worm sensed it must be an animal of some kind, died not long ago. The worm came closer and sensed the animal was still alive but in pain as the worm saw the vision of the animal falling through a huge ventilation duct on the surface and landed awkwardly. Through the x-ray vision, the worm could see through the skin of the wild boar and saw both of its forelegs were broken. The worm felt no pity for the boar as it slowly approached its meal with an evil grin on the face.

Two weeks later

The garbage dumping ground was busy with traffic. The first hive was near completion as the worm's minions had been busily extending the hive inch by inch. The worm had morphed into a large and hideous creature and it was cocoon to the ground. The ground, if you call it the ground was like a layer of rotten flesh as it served like a carpet for the overmind and its underlings. The saliva the dripped out of the overmind was like some sort of pastes, they automatically searched for new ground to cover. After a while, the saliva would dry and become a hard layer to let the worker to add more decoration to the hive. The overmind resembled nothing of its original form. Basically, the overmind was a giant blob of goo that grew in size every two hours, so the hive had to be extended indefinitely.

There were at least hundreds of the zergs if not thousand. The growth rate of the zergs was amazing, every now and then, a few hundred more zerg workers were added to the general population. The worker drones were not the only zergs produced, as the hive was big enough, the overmind began the production of his fighting force…

Two days later

There had been a problem, the vault that allowed the rubbish to go into the garbage yard was heavily jammed. A team of twelve maintenance workers was sent to investigate. Through the pitch black labyrinthine, the workers managed to reach the yard without getting completely lost because they had helps from their big flashlights and other complex positioning equipment.

The pipes and corridors that led to the yard were completely different to what they use to be. They were all smooth and skeletal shaped much resembled the interior of a giant animal. Also the ground wasn't how it should, they seemed to be alive and covered with something sticky and the smell was awful.

The confused workers ignored all that and continued ahead until they reached the actual yard. That was when they figured out something was very wrong. The garbage dump was cleared of any garbage save a huge round organic being surrounded by thousands of bug like creature that were building the hive.

Half of the workers were stunned by the scenery. They were stunned not because of the amazement but by pure horror. The worker drones didn't care about the human intruders but the guards did. They all silently crept up to the workers without getting their attention by avoiding their light.

Finally the workers couldn't take it any more then turned and leave. As they turned they were welcomed by around fifty warrior zergs. There were known as the zerglings. The zerglings were smallest race by the zerg standards. They were doglike as they positioned themselves at a battle stance. They all had smooth but stretched dome like head. Their tail was frightening to look at, and fatal to be swiped at. The tail was nearly 1.5 meters long and it had a with a few columns of sharp carapace on it. A swipe will usually result in the decapitation of any body parts, as the zerglings tend to like wrapping it around other organs bodies and cut they through with the sharp carapace. The zerglings also had sharp teeth, the reflection of the light beam from the flash lights made it shine. The human workers shrieked in terror as they fled but before they even got to ten meters, they were chased down by the zerglings. The warrior zergs came in front all direction in front and behind, even from above. With the suction plate grown on to the claw, legs and arms, the zerglings at easily access any terrain in three dimensions. The zerglings attacked, they attacked without mercy and hesitation. The workers finally realized that those doglike creatures had two claws as their forelegs, the only reason that they use all for limbs to run was to achieve the maximum speed and agility. The claws were sharp and they dug deep into the back of one of the workers, the zergling dug deeper and eventually dug deep enough to reach the heart and ripped out of it. The dead body went into a spasm then ceased to move.

The other six managed reached the corridors that led to the dumping vault. They however were not as lucky as they thought they were. Standing in front of them was a detachment of hydralisks, the bigger brothers of the worrier zerglings. The hydralisks were nearly twice as big and was covered with thicker and heavier carapace for heavier protection against harm. They didn't have any leg but they had scaly muscled belly. They were much like the nightmares then reality. The hydralisk moved through the contraction of their belly muscles. They massive tail were grown with even more sharp carapaces. Instead of claws, they had two large scythes like limbs in compensation for two arms. Their face was devil like, their eyes were black, jet-black. Their mouths always seemed open and with an evil grin. Inside the mouth was the spike 'projection bay', all hydralisks had about a few dozens of those deadly stakes 'stored' in the throat and can be launched immediately. For more they needed to recuperate it from the stomach. They chased down the fleeing workers and cut them to pieces one by one until there was one left. The last one was too far away to chase, his puffing sound from exhaustion was pathetic, and one of the hydralisks ran after him for a while took aim. The worker was out of sight but the hydralisk could still sense him as he was running behind a wall. It took precise aim, inhaled some air and 'spat' the pike out. The pike penetrated through the wall and struck the last fleeing worker right in the temple and easily drove through the head. Small pieces of the brain splashed to the surround at worker fell to the ground in almost slow motion.

One month later

The alarm siren was ringing all over the place, there were sounds of screaming, and scene of carnage. There were sounds of running footsteps and sounds of machine fires. The entire laboratory was overrun by the zergs. The security forces and workers were treated alike, one by one they were mutilated or shredded by the zergs. The futile resistance was over after a short 30 minutes. Almost not one died cleanly or quickly. The ones that died with one stroke were considered to the lucky ones.

The females were treated much worse than their male counterparts. They were taken alive as the hive specifically ordered, so the females could be transformed into breeding hosts for more zergs. Few of the most intelligent male scientists were also taken alive, but the overmind had no plan for their use other than extraction of valuable information and knowledge about other worlds.

Deep inside the hive, the overmind roared as the hive rumbled. Through its telepathic ability it visualized the nearby cities, planets, systems and the entire universe. 'Soon they will be mine, all mine!'

So the zergs enter the story and they are on the loose, whoo, ahhh, yeah. The universe is on the verge of anther major intergalactic war. So far it's zerg Vs human but it will get worse. Please, review, and I mean please, I want detail review about my story. Where did I go right and where did go wrong, not just comments like 'yep good enough' or 'crap' etc.