Starcraft: Dark Destiny
By DaiSu

Prologue

The deep stillness of open space was disturbed as a blue ring appeared above the Terran colony world known as Chau Sara. Four sleek, golden starships emerged from the warp tunnel, and they arrayed themselves in orbit above the planet as the tunnel disappeared.

On board the lead ship, a lone being sat alone in the command room, contemplating.
Tassadar, Executor of the Protoss Expeditionary Fleet, studied the lush, green world before him. It almost reminded him of Aiur, his homeworld. As he worked out his next action, one of the communication screens flared to life, displaying a fellow Protoss.
"Executor, the Gantrithor, Aiur's Fury, Aoara-Shi, and the Sanguria are in position to cleanse the planet. According to the last scout report, the infestation is extremely high. It may have already spread to other worlds. Shall I commence the attack?"
Tassadar responded with silence.
"… Executor?"
The Executor sat in silence for another minute. The Protoss warrior on the other end of the line spoke again.
"Shall I commence the attack, Executor?"
"…Yes. Begin the cleansing."
All four Protoss carriers shuddered as their ventral planetary cannons extended towards Chau Sara, as if trying to touch its surface. Blue-white energy formed and coalesced at the mouth of each cannon. Tassadar braced himself for what he was about to witness. With no fanfare at all, the cannons fired.

The first three cannons vaporized the three major settlements on the planet surface, while the fourth burned through the heart of the infestation. The carriers fired again and again, burning away rock, water, atmosphere, and life. Just as Tassadar felt that he could watch no longer, the assault stopped.
Chau Sara was now a melted ball of rock floating in space.
Tassadar opened a channel to all ships.
"Bring us out of orbit. Rendezvous with the rest of the fleet."
He shut off the comm., and leaning back heavily in his chair, closed his brilliant white eyes.
"By Adun, what have I done?"

On the edge of the system, a lone craft observed the destruction of Chau Sara. On closer inspection, the craft looks not metallic at all, but rather, organic. Shaped somewhat like a brain-sac, with lobster-like arms, it hung there in space on its own power. Within, another, smaller creature also observed the event. Zeros was quite intrigued.
"Interesting. Most interesting indeed. It seems we will have quite an interesting war ahead of us, Protoss."

End Prologue