All the events here take place before chapter 10

I was happy. In fact I was happier than ever in my short existence as a Zerg. Those primals didn't stand a chance against the real swarm. He had justslaughteredan entire pack's worth and the few survivors were running from him .In a way he felt sorry for them, unlike the swarm they weren't unitedin a greater purpose, they were each alone without any connection to bind them together. Barley more than animals with no greater purpose than simple survival. Maybe I felt this way because I was no different not a long time ago.

His scion the overmind was pleased with his work as he could sense it through the connection that bound all within the swarm. Loki however wasn't as accepting.
"You left survivors, very inefficient and shows weakness "
"Did it ever occur to you that maybe I wanted them survive ? "
"Why?"
"They will run to the nearest pack and I will follow them "
"Still this means that the next pack you face will simply have more members , better to slaughter them all "
"But remember these Zerg aren't like us . They feel fear and those who survive encounters will spread word of my power. Not everything has to be solved with brute force ,you overgrown Lizard "
"You weak ,insolent..."
Enough
"You would do well to get along you too . Your methods while they differ are both effective and necessary for the swarm to survive."
"Yes Overmind "

Two weeks later.

This was my largest battle here yet, I had ambushed alarge pack of primal zerg numbering in the thousands and though we had the element of surprise, the primals fought to the bitter end with all they got, but I had some tricks up my sleeve . I unleashed a new strain the overmind had created , derived from the swarm host was the swarm bomber . Burying their legs and rearing their backs forward they could launch projectiles wether they be bile bombs , acid sprays or even other Zergunits. Also there was the new air units. These new Phantoms could effectively render themselves invisible and were completely undetectable until the enemy would be struck by a plasma blast.

The battle ended with a very narrow victory, I lost half my brood but the remaining primals either escaped or submitted and would be added to the new pack I formed. When I returned to the hive cluster, I found a surprisewaiting for me. A primal pack leader ,who resembled what my creator would described as a gorilla.
"I am Groven, I wish to join you. "

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Planet 4546B

Lara wasn't a usual Zerg. She was special, designed by the overmind himself and unlike other zerg she wasn't built for combat. The overmind had specifically raised and trained her for retrievel of Prosecuor technology.
Her body was weak and wasn't even fully solid nor contain any form of Endoskeleton, based on the design of a creature the overmind called the octopus.

But she couldn't deny she was effective at what she did, skilfully navigating the narrow underground tunnels . It turns out that each base and lab were connected through an intricate tunnel network. She found various ruined bases and salvage there and would release some bits of herself ton investigate. Millions of microorganisms were infiltrated the various circuits to understand their designs and attempted to download databases into their own DNA.

Slowly through the information gathered and those from the Zerg memory, she managed to piece together the prosecuors story.

Alpha Centauri

Of course it all made sense now, it was so easy no wonder I didn't notice. The prosecors were Xel'naga all along. From the looks of it a rogue faction not aligned with Amon or the mainstream Xel'naga. They believed the cycle was flawed and sought to use the creatures of the planet to create new bodies for themselves. The carar was actually an attempt at achieving immortality through a super organism consciousness. We all know how that turned out. Nevertheless I tasked Lara to retrieve as much technology as possible. Xel'naga technology was very hard to come by and this was a rare opportunity. As for I would get from hundreds of light years away. I had a plan.

I checked on the sea empress. Whom Abathur was still modifying, apparently her genetic structure was one of the most complex the swarm ever encountered and without the original's experience he was going to need more time. But even though incomplete I could sense her immense power.

All was set for me to conquer the birthworld of mankind

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Casper
Earth, Australia

Earth, for having such an unimaginative name, it was an interesting planet to say the least. So much contradictory biomes and such lush ecosystems. Truly a feast worthy of the swarm and according to the Overmind this is nothing compared to its past glory.

The Overmind had sent me here to gather some useful essence from here. He wanted me to build my own brood. The primals are excellent warriors but not good soliders.

Even now they were hurling themselves at the solar system defenses dying by the millions. Still they were good enough to distract and soften up enemy forces and those who survive will definitely be much stronger and more intelligent. And I couldn't deny they provided a great distraction for me to infiltrate with my small force. Nothing compared to the swarm really just 2000 zerglings, 200 hydralisks , a couple of Neoursenks and 155 Aqualisks. Not a large force but I didn't need that , I prefer subtlety.

Unlike Loki I wasn't a brute and I have a mind to use. My forces began to dig tunnels to hide in . I then began my master plan. I had my Zerg search out for bunkers or evacuation centres. I found my quarry when my Aqualisks detected a large port where large repurposed freighters and barges were evacuating. The Aqualisks launched themselves towards the ships at high speed. These weren't normal Aqualisks, each was a fitted with a baneling/bomblisk cross on its back. So Collisions would lead to explosions. I didn't even need to blow all of them up, just blow some up and people are too scared to board them.

And so my campaign of terror continued, Destroying airports and seaports, destroying a city to herd the escapees into bomb shelters rigged with banelings. Best of all was taking control of UED forces and having them randomly open fire on their comrades. That spread confusion and suspicion . Soon UED forces were at each other's throats and were fighting themselves as much as the Zerg . Meanwhile the civilians were terrified (though from the Zerg or UED forces I was never sure) . My attacks made them too paranoid to try to evacuate lest it be a trap or trust authorities lest they turn on them. So most escaped into the wilderness . I broadcasted a psionic message offering safety to those who surrender. Many did , exhausted by the constant fighting and paranoid waiting. There were even entire squads who surrendered on the mere suspicion that I had infiltrated them ( I didn't) . Still those who remained fought more ferociously.

All the while I was collecting essence. My brood wasn't as large as it could be but that was because I was interested in the quality of troops and diversifying them. My first creature was a mix of creatures called the box jellyfish, , lion fish blue ringed octopus and some Crapsquid DNA . The resulting Oceanlises are huge and can launch underwater EMPS disabling submarines or ships before destroying and upon death they unleash a poisonous cloud that can kill any human in less than a minute and just touching it is painful and lethal . My other aquatic creation was a simple adding of crocodile DNA into the swarm to create the perfect ambush predators. Lying in wait in fresh water streams and lakes making it impossible not to be paranoid when trying to drink.

For airel forces I had assaimilated bats . Creating a new Zerg strain I called Horrorlisks. While individually they are small and weak, they can form swarms that can take out targets as large as battle cruisers . Their glowing eyes and horrifying shrieks were a welcome feature that only added to their fear factor. It helped that I added some of my own DNA into my zerglings giving them more fearsome appearances

So one week into my incursion and the fighting had died down a bit. Most of the continent was destroyed and my Zerg dominated. The remaining humans were either added or weren't a threat . At least that's what I thought .

While processing some captured humans, a group of them went insane all of sudden and broke free . They were suicide bombers and detonated themselves near my baneling nest. The result was a massive explosion that destroyed half of my base and momentarily threw my brood into disarray. That was when a large force of Tanks, robots and air units revealed themselves. I tried using my psionic power to dessimate them, but I couldn't sense anything. Damn it an entire force of drones, my forces aren't equipped equipped to deal with this but we are Zerg, we evolve. I reasserted control over my forces and the battle was joined.

My remaining banelings threw themselves at the tanks to slow them down, giving my zerglings the opportunity to tunnel down and ambush some robotic soliders.

My horrorlisks aren't doing well , these damn airships have some sort of force field preventing them from swarming them. Still some were already evolving tougher hides to try an penetrate it. Eventually they would but not soon enough .

I was losing, the UED forces were advancing on us , I tried to use Some brood lords to bring down the aircraft but it didn't work. The tanks were covering drones that began to lay waste to our nests. I used another line of defence. Banelings hidden to act as mines. Everything I tried didn't work. A normal force would have retreated by now but these robots advanced headless of casualties. I had no choice and I couldn't allow myself to be captured, so I ordered my modified Reefazours to bombard my location to destroy the enemy forces as well mine and for the first time I experienced defeat. My conscience returned to the overmind.

"I have failed you master, I will except any punishment you bring on me " however I couldn't sense anger in him only amusement
"You have not failed me at all Casper, I sent you there to distract their forces and you succeeded, allowing us to gain a stronger and larger foothold somewhere else on Earth. "
"But I lost nonetheless "
"In the tactical sense yes, but in terms of strategy it was a victory. Understand this Casper, winning battles doesn't make for a good general its winning wars that does that "
I was shocked by his mercy yet relieved at the Same time and was determined to take the overmind's wisdom to heart .

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Sol system
Mars

I am Zerg. I wasn't always like this but the past doesn't matter. My fellow Zerg commanders think of me as a simple unintelligent brute . Especially that overthinking worm Casper, but he was smarter than they thought and the overmind knew that. That's why he assigned me to the most difficult target in the system , Mars . It was less a planet and more a huge fortress. It was here that he could unleash his full potential. While the others had all their fancy tactics, I was content with only one. The famous Zerg rush. He preferred it for its simplicity and effectiveness. The fact that the Zerg had used for millions of years against countless foes, from the most primitive beings to the Godlike Xel'naga. Oh he would change his mind if someone can come up with a way to stop 10 million charging Ultralisks.

My forces were now currently rampaging through Mars. According to the Overmind's memory it was much different at one point. Once a barren red desert, it was now Silver from the mega cities that it housed.

Heralding his attack was a new Zerg construct. The Explolings . Serpentine like creatures that each carried thousands of Banelings. They began carpet bombing the planet. After that my leviathans dropped millions of sacs into the surface. Sure enough the planetary defence systems destroyed millions but millions more reached the surface enough to establish a hive cluster which immediately churned out zerglings.

A week later

Loki

Mars

My brood was growing strong, as it should. I now had massive hive clusters producing mind copious amounts of Zerg creatures. The newly modified Reefbacks, which I called Megapours, transported my troops and launched them directly into the enemy lines. Just to give some sense of scale and clarity, I now had over 20 million Ultralisks rampaging throughout the planet, accompanied by billions of Zerglings scattered on the surface and millions of Corruptors and Mutalisks dominating the skies.

By now only one city remained and from what my Overseers scouted, I could see it was much better fortified than the other cities. But I had some surprises for them. One of the things we found during our invasion were gene banks . These high security facilities contained millions of DNA samples from Earth. In it we found an interesting group of fauna known as The Dinosaurs.

When the Overmind discovered what we found he was delighted and I can see why. The Dinosaur essence was very strong and diverse, which opened new possibilities for me and the Swarm's Creature Designs.

In this last city, Tyson I believe it was called, I unleashed my new creations. Triceralisks, from the DNA of a triceratops and several others of the same genus, plus some Zerg essence. These creatures were battering rams, who constantly charged, uncaring of casualties, and brought down the fortified walls of the city. This had the unfortunate side effect of unleashing the only partially terraformed atmosphere of Mars onto the populace. While most armed forces were equipped to deal with this, the civilians weren't as lucky. This was unfortunate as the overmind had requested I reduce casualties. I wonder if was with the intent to not waste essence or some lingering humanity. No matter, my primary objective was to destroy the city and that was what I would do.

In the skies Zerg forces were joined by the Petralisks, beings created using the essence of Pteranodons. These were ariel forces who could outmatch any fighter jets of the UED.

Meanwhile on the ground to bolster my forces, I made the ultimate predators, the Tyranalisks, from the DNA of the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex. Powerful and intelligent while also being equipped with immense psionic powers, these creatures were truly deserving of their title. I had added acid spit and a special organic crystal armour to further bolster them. While they were rare, each of them was an army in and of itself, with the Protoss helping by outfitting them with powerful cybernetics. At this point the message seemed clear to everyone who could see it.

Tyson simply didn't stand a chance.

Lara

She had to admit Loki was very good at causing immense destruction but still as always he missed the finer details. Human survivors, UED technology and salvage. Taking care of that was my job. I would scour the aftermath of battlefields for anything useful. To achieve that very result I had taken a new, more humanoid form as part of my job was to convince human survivors to join the Swarm. It wasn't hard for them, having seen first hand how their struggle was futile.

Looking at some of her helpers in her various jobs Lara thought about the Warpers.

Their attempts at cloning them had proved very effective and as a result provided extremely powerful beings for the Swarm. Whenever they found something interesting they would simply teleport it to the ship for processing, making my endeavours easier.

Beyond all that I also used Overlords and Overseers to scour the battlefield. One day one of them brought me something interesting. It was a data pad containing a message for a project named Ragnarok. What the hell was that?