StarCraft: Return to Homeworld
Prologue:
Cube 1748 had lost contact with the remainder of the Borg. Final reports indicted transmission of pathogen that was destroying the rest of the Borg. It would seem that the rest of the Borg was destroyed. Structural integrity of the transwarp conduits was reaching a critical phase... Cube 1748 used remaining conduits to leave charted space. It's retreat led it out of the Delta Quadrant and into a heretofore unknown region.
Chapter 1: First Contact
Zerg Cerebrate Daggoth was... upset. Mutalisk scout 24856-54853 failed to report an unknown spacecraft entering Chau Sara space until the craft had already reached orbit. The scout seemed shocked that a craft could move that fast, as it seemed to enter orbit as it passed the scout. Overlord 85484-82549 calculated that the craft would need to travel 50 times light-speed to be at both places in seconds. Daggoth ordered Mutalisk 24856-54853 to lead the fight when they engaged the craft.
As the cube began it's final approach to Chau Sara, a squadron of Scourge crashed into the hull, causing fairly extensive damage to the ship. Devourers, approximately twelve in total, fired on the ship and retreated, fired and retreated again. While the devourers continued strafing, two squadrons of mutalisks, Mutalisk 24856-54853 at the lead, flew in and started launching their Glave Worm at the slowly-descending ship. Of course, the ship wasn't just taking it but firing energy weapons that were like lasers, but more powerful, and deadly accurate. However, between the waves of scourge, devourers, and mutalisks, the ship was faltering. Sometimes it would seem to begin to fall, then catch itself after a few seconds. Suddenly the cube began falling and it didn't slow down. It only had a mile left to go, but great would be the ship that could survive an attack that began in the upper atmosphere, since the cube lacked a heat shield it had to descend slowly.
The cube smashed hard into the planet's surface. Surprisingly, however, the cube was not vaporized, a great deal of it remained. Slowly, humanoid forms began to emerge from the cube. Daggoth had prepared for a landing, so a hoard of zerglings began their run with a large number of hydralisks providing support. When the zerglings reached the first group of figures, the overlords that perpetually hang over them sent a message back: These were cyborg creatures, acting in a unity similar to the Zerg. The zerglings ripped into the cyborg beings with the abandon and fury that their enemies feared above all but the Ultralisk. Most of the invaders were ripped apart in seconds, but a few on the outskirts corned a single zergling and while the beast was ripping one of them apart, another stuck some small tubes in it. Suddenly the zergling stopped, frozen. Small machine-like things popped out of it's skin and it began convulsing. It's Overlord reported that the zergling was receiving
orders from somewhere else, via the implants. Suddenly, a small squad of zerglings ambushed the group and killed all of them, including the paralyzed zergling.
Medium Scout/Assault Cube 1748-0003 approached the planet at warp five. Since all the Transwarp conduits had been destroyed, interstellar travel seemed to take a resource-straining time. They approached a planet was detected by Scout Cube 1748-0001 during the initial exploration of the surrounding systems. This planet was inhabited by apparently semi-intelligent animals. They had a large number of giant organisms they moved in and out of, these were believed to be structures of some kind. The structures seemed to feed off of a purple material that was spread across the immediate areas. This purple material seemed to be created by smaller structures that were designed for that purpose.
The Cube began it's initial descent into the atmosphere when a number of small, bird-like creatures began moving towards it. The CubeLeader, currently drone 12 of 63, suspected that this was an aggressive action, designed to frighten any attackers. CubeLeader also knew that resources were not to be wasted, under any circumstances, so it did not give the firing command.The cube rocked with the fierceness of the explosion. CubeLeader demanded to receive all available information about the explosion... Apparently, the explosion had been created by the bird-like creatures... The damage was extensive, but superficial. A group of the largest fliers began strafing the Cube, while medium-sized creatures flew around the Cube shooting some kind of material that seemed to complement the larger animal's corrosive spray. The Cube engaged it's phaser banks, trying to insure it's landing by frightening the animals away, but they were undeterred. The structural integrity of the ship began
to collapse, and it began falling. The anti-gravity units used in a planetary landing were beginning to fail. The units would fail, the ship would begin a free-fall and then the units would kick in. CubeLeader instructed all units to their alcoves so they would be better able to stand the impact.
The cube smashed hard into the planet's surface, but a small number of drones remained. These then proceeded to climb out of the cube and assimilate some of the animals, as that was the purpose of this visit. The main group was quickly destroyed by small wolf-like creatures with giant claws. A small group ambushed one of these creatures and injected it with nano-probes. The probes constructed the beginning machines but the creature resisted somehow... It seemed to be under the direct control of something else, what, was unknown. This control seemed to be as strong as the implants, ironically this was the only other strictly biological species aside from 8274, and they too were resistant to assimilation. The Borg's final transmission back to the PrimeCube was the designation of this species as 8274-1.
Prologue:
Cube 1748 had lost contact with the remainder of the Borg. Final reports indicted transmission of pathogen that was destroying the rest of the Borg. It would seem that the rest of the Borg was destroyed. Structural integrity of the transwarp conduits was reaching a critical phase... Cube 1748 used remaining conduits to leave charted space. It's retreat led it out of the Delta Quadrant and into a heretofore unknown region.
Chapter 1: First Contact
Zerg Cerebrate Daggoth was... upset. Mutalisk scout 24856-54853 failed to report an unknown spacecraft entering Chau Sara space until the craft had already reached orbit. The scout seemed shocked that a craft could move that fast, as it seemed to enter orbit as it passed the scout. Overlord 85484-82549 calculated that the craft would need to travel 50 times light-speed to be at both places in seconds. Daggoth ordered Mutalisk 24856-54853 to lead the fight when they engaged the craft.
As the cube began it's final approach to Chau Sara, a squadron of Scourge crashed into the hull, causing fairly extensive damage to the ship. Devourers, approximately twelve in total, fired on the ship and retreated, fired and retreated again. While the devourers continued strafing, two squadrons of mutalisks, Mutalisk 24856-54853 at the lead, flew in and started launching their Glave Worm at the slowly-descending ship. Of course, the ship wasn't just taking it but firing energy weapons that were like lasers, but more powerful, and deadly accurate. However, between the waves of scourge, devourers, and mutalisks, the ship was faltering. Sometimes it would seem to begin to fall, then catch itself after a few seconds. Suddenly the cube began falling and it didn't slow down. It only had a mile left to go, but great would be the ship that could survive an attack that began in the upper atmosphere, since the cube lacked a heat shield it had to descend slowly.
The cube smashed hard into the planet's surface. Surprisingly, however, the cube was not vaporized, a great deal of it remained. Slowly, humanoid forms began to emerge from the cube. Daggoth had prepared for a landing, so a hoard of zerglings began their run with a large number of hydralisks providing support. When the zerglings reached the first group of figures, the overlords that perpetually hang over them sent a message back: These were cyborg creatures, acting in a unity similar to the Zerg. The zerglings ripped into the cyborg beings with the abandon and fury that their enemies feared above all but the Ultralisk. Most of the invaders were ripped apart in seconds, but a few on the outskirts corned a single zergling and while the beast was ripping one of them apart, another stuck some small tubes in it. Suddenly the zergling stopped, frozen. Small machine-like things popped out of it's skin and it began convulsing. It's Overlord reported that the zergling was receiving
orders from somewhere else, via the implants. Suddenly, a small squad of zerglings ambushed the group and killed all of them, including the paralyzed zergling.
Medium Scout/Assault Cube 1748-0003 approached the planet at warp five. Since all the Transwarp conduits had been destroyed, interstellar travel seemed to take a resource-straining time. They approached a planet was detected by Scout Cube 1748-0001 during the initial exploration of the surrounding systems. This planet was inhabited by apparently semi-intelligent animals. They had a large number of giant organisms they moved in and out of, these were believed to be structures of some kind. The structures seemed to feed off of a purple material that was spread across the immediate areas. This purple material seemed to be created by smaller structures that were designed for that purpose.
The Cube began it's initial descent into the atmosphere when a number of small, bird-like creatures began moving towards it. The CubeLeader, currently drone 12 of 63, suspected that this was an aggressive action, designed to frighten any attackers. CubeLeader also knew that resources were not to be wasted, under any circumstances, so it did not give the firing command.The cube rocked with the fierceness of the explosion. CubeLeader demanded to receive all available information about the explosion... Apparently, the explosion had been created by the bird-like creatures... The damage was extensive, but superficial. A group of the largest fliers began strafing the Cube, while medium-sized creatures flew around the Cube shooting some kind of material that seemed to complement the larger animal's corrosive spray. The Cube engaged it's phaser banks, trying to insure it's landing by frightening the animals away, but they were undeterred. The structural integrity of the ship began
to collapse, and it began falling. The anti-gravity units used in a planetary landing were beginning to fail. The units would fail, the ship would begin a free-fall and then the units would kick in. CubeLeader instructed all units to their alcoves so they would be better able to stand the impact.
The cube smashed hard into the planet's surface, but a small number of drones remained. These then proceeded to climb out of the cube and assimilate some of the animals, as that was the purpose of this visit. The main group was quickly destroyed by small wolf-like creatures with giant claws. A small group ambushed one of these creatures and injected it with nano-probes. The probes constructed the beginning machines but the creature resisted somehow... It seemed to be under the direct control of something else, what, was unknown. This control seemed to be as strong as the implants, ironically this was the only other strictly biological species aside from 8274, and they too were resistant to assimilation. The Borg's final transmission back to the PrimeCube was the designation of this species as 8274-1.