STARCRAFT

The Lands of Doom

Introduction

       "I've never thought that this could happen. They've taken control of Ras Kandhark System in just a month," Emperor Alard sighed. He sat on his throne with his royal guards beside him. The throne room was dark, and the wall was made of grey metal. Then, he looked at one of the guards, "I want you to bring the Protoss representative here."

       "It shall be done, sir," the first guy on his left replied. He stepped forward and headed towards the green glass door in front of them. The door slid open, and the guard went out…

       The whole station was made of hard steel, and had a shape of a ring. People from the view port could see the gigantic ice planet of Mars II. Shark-like shuttles docked inside the station, and they came in great numbers. All of them came from Toss Ar, a big wide planet with massive metal resources. These two system- Mars II and Toss Ar were in peace for a long time, probably for decades, and had never been touched by Zerg Forces. Emperor Alard had kept the systems from anyone else, even from the Terran Forces. He trusted his policy that was not to trust anyone. He had been alone these days, and he wished to see his old comrades. But unfortunately, he couldn't meet them. He couldn't trust them. That was his policy.

       The giant metallic ring moved slowly around in a circle. More miners came out from the shuttles in the docking bay. Jim, a high ranking commander looked gracefully at them. His face was dark brown, and his hair was beginning to grow messy.  Then, his blue eyes turned to a big yellow sting ray looking transport ship docking at his left. A big blue sphere with white glow suddenly appeared below the transport ship, and it suddenly turned into a creature. A Protoss zealot.

      "Fenix?" Jim frowned. The marines walking nearby were terrified by the zealot's appearance. Each of them gave a cold look at it.

       The zealot didn't look at any of them. He just walked forward towards the entrance. As he was beside Jim, Jim suddenly gave him a cold greet, "You have something in mind?"

       "I have a business with your leader," the zealot said, not looking at him. Then, it left him behind. Jim smiled. Suddenly, as the red entrance door slid open, a woman in white dress came towards him.

      She met him face to face, and spoke in a soft voice, "Commander Jim, the emperor wants to see you in the meeting hall."

      Jim's eyes went wide. He pointed his finger at himself, "Who, me?"

      She nodded. Jim shook his head. He had never been called by the emperor since years ago. Another serious matter, he thought.  He had never been so excited. This was another opportunity for him to get involve in war. The emperor would never call him for other reasons than to go for battle. He longed to crush the Zergs. He wanted to have their heads as trophies. He had kept some of them in his resident, though, but they just weren't enough for him.

      He shrugged, "Well, I guess I'm going to be famous again." He laughed for no reason…

      The meeting hall was wide. A big round metallic table was placed at the center of the hall.  Giant red curtains surrounded the wall.  The hall had a shape of an octagon, and a grey pillar was placed on each corner of the hall. Emperor Alard sat at the far side of the table. Leaders and representatives from different systems sat around the table- including the zealot which Jim assumed as Fenix. Jim sat at the opposite side of Emperor Alard's chair.

      "So, everyone is here," the emperor said. The woman with white dress beside the emperor stood up.

      "The Emperor has an announcement to make before we begin the meeting," she explained. Then, she sat down.

      The Emperor stood up, "As I have been told in a grand meeting with the head of each system yesterday, we are having a big situation right now. The head system of Toss Ar told me that the Zergs were on their way to his system. The Zergs, which were supposed to be vanquished from this sector months ago- after the death of their Brood Queen- came back in very large and unexpected numbers. They seemed to have found a new Brood Queen as they conquered each of the system in this sector with unexpected tactics and behaviors. I recall the best warriors that this Empire has to perform their duty to free this sector from the Zergs. I also need the hands of Protoss armies in order to keep both side in peace."

      "Is there a new Brood Queen? Who could she be?" Jim thought. Another war was called…