Chapter 3 - New Identities
Hizzan 6 2503-05-23, 12:00 Sector 7-3-1
"Ok adjutant. What have you got for me?" Jason said after walking though the door. He had managed to get a few hours sleep at least, but two hours ago reports of the creatures where filtering in from all squads around the base. They were surrounded and it was only a matter a time before they attacked. "Commander, I hope you slept well. It appears the commander of base alpha-663 had given each alien a name, and gave their race a name. Do you want me to fill you in, sir?"
"Go on, the more we know the better the chance of fighting them." "Ok sir. The commander of base alpha-663 has called the alien race 'The Zerg'. They seem to be composed of different creatures that may of at some point in history been a separate race altogether. The first unit is the small creatures that appear most often. They have been called 'Zerglings'. They seem to share a genetic similarity to the dune-runners from the planet Zz'gash. The Zergling have a powerful jaw filled with rows of razor sharp teeth, which it uses to disembowel its enemy. Lucky for us while it can run really fast, it cannot manoeuvre well and has very little body armour and so can be killed really easily."
"The next unit, which your troops called snake-men, have been called 'Hydralisks'. Snake-men is a very poor description for this unit, the only similarity to snakes are the long spiked tail, on which they move along, which makes them very slow as well. The torso of this creature seems to be made from a toughened exoskeleton. This makes them harder to kill than the Zerglings. At first glance any one would assume they are close combat units like the Zerglings, attacking units with their sharp blades attached to the end of their arms, but this is a grave mistake as the shoulders of this creature popup to reveal deadly spines, that are organically grown within the creature. These spines are released at such high speeds that they can penetrate 2cm of neosteel. Be warned Commander, these units can attack air units with deadly accuracy!"
"Are we going to presume that these 'Hydralisks' are the backbone of the enemies forces?" Jason asked. "Yes Commander. When we learn more I will be able to create a better report for you sir. There is one last creature to report Commander. The suicidal creatures, sir." "Please continue Adjutant." "Very well sir. These suicidal flying creatures have been called 'Scourge'. The Scourge's sol purpose in life seems to be to create chaos by flying quickly into battle and exploding upon contact. They only attack air units, but if sent of course by enemy fire, will send them crashing into ground units. These creatures have no exoskeleton and so are easy to shoot down, if you can get a lock on them."
"Is that all we could get of the data banks?" "Unfortunately the data banks were to far damaged to retrieve information on the creatures we meet in space, and other creatures that belong to the Zerg Commander." Dam Jason thought, we need more information. Send what data we've collected to General Kixx. He can present it to the Confederacy to help with their troops in battle." The adjutant went silent for a couple of minutes. "Data sent Commander. Oh the Captain over on the west wing reports that what was believed to be hostile units was only the native creatures. Other posts are still tracking enemy movements just on the horizon."
That relieved Jason a little. They weren't totally surrounded like they first believed. "Keep in constant contact with all posts adjutant. I'm going to see about setting up some missile turrets to protect us better against these Scourge things." "Ok Commander. I'll relay any important information to you via the communications device on you arm." Jason just nodded as he walked out of the briefing room. Outside he called over the SCV's that were hanging around. There'd just brought in a large shipment of minerals, and were trying to steal a quick break. "Hey you guys, over here. I've got a job for the lot of you."
The SCV's came over, some of them looking a bit unhappy, but upon see that it was the Commander that called them over, they tried to look a bit more dignified. "Can we help commander?" The leading SCV said. The SCV suit was a marvel of Terran technology. IT allowed the few civilians that came along a little protect from attacks, and allowed them to build and maintain the building within a base. It wasn't very pretty to look at though, being made of lightweight metals, which made the suit very bulky. But the powering of the suit allowed the person inside to lift objects of great weight with ease.
"I want you guys to build me some of those top class missile turrets that you guys build." "Ok, sir. Where about would you like them?" Jason looked at the layout of the base. He wanted to ensure that any air attacks made at this base would be repelled. "Right, I want two of you to build four turrets around the command center, and the rest of you," Jason said looking at the remaining four SCV's, "I want you to build turrets ten meters apart around the perimeter of the base, as fast as possible. Any questions?" Jason looked at the SCV's around him. "Yeah, I have one." An SCV at the back said. "This project of yours is going to take a lot of minerals up. You sure you can spare them, Sir?"
Jason gave the SCV a hard look, he would of given the man inside the hard look, but he couldn't see the mans face. The guy had a point though. "Yes I can. I'm pulling three SCV's of Vespene Gas duty to take over your duty on mineral collection. Now get moving." The SCV's turned around and started heading their separate ways to start construction of the missile turrets. It took a day and a half to build one turret. Jason prayed that the 'Zergs' would allow his men time to prepare before attacking.
Hizzan 6 2503-05-23, 12:00 Sector 7-3-1
"Ok adjutant. What have you got for me?" Jason said after walking though the door. He had managed to get a few hours sleep at least, but two hours ago reports of the creatures where filtering in from all squads around the base. They were surrounded and it was only a matter a time before they attacked. "Commander, I hope you slept well. It appears the commander of base alpha-663 had given each alien a name, and gave their race a name. Do you want me to fill you in, sir?"
"Go on, the more we know the better the chance of fighting them." "Ok sir. The commander of base alpha-663 has called the alien race 'The Zerg'. They seem to be composed of different creatures that may of at some point in history been a separate race altogether. The first unit is the small creatures that appear most often. They have been called 'Zerglings'. They seem to share a genetic similarity to the dune-runners from the planet Zz'gash. The Zergling have a powerful jaw filled with rows of razor sharp teeth, which it uses to disembowel its enemy. Lucky for us while it can run really fast, it cannot manoeuvre well and has very little body armour and so can be killed really easily."
"The next unit, which your troops called snake-men, have been called 'Hydralisks'. Snake-men is a very poor description for this unit, the only similarity to snakes are the long spiked tail, on which they move along, which makes them very slow as well. The torso of this creature seems to be made from a toughened exoskeleton. This makes them harder to kill than the Zerglings. At first glance any one would assume they are close combat units like the Zerglings, attacking units with their sharp blades attached to the end of their arms, but this is a grave mistake as the shoulders of this creature popup to reveal deadly spines, that are organically grown within the creature. These spines are released at such high speeds that they can penetrate 2cm of neosteel. Be warned Commander, these units can attack air units with deadly accuracy!"
"Are we going to presume that these 'Hydralisks' are the backbone of the enemies forces?" Jason asked. "Yes Commander. When we learn more I will be able to create a better report for you sir. There is one last creature to report Commander. The suicidal creatures, sir." "Please continue Adjutant." "Very well sir. These suicidal flying creatures have been called 'Scourge'. The Scourge's sol purpose in life seems to be to create chaos by flying quickly into battle and exploding upon contact. They only attack air units, but if sent of course by enemy fire, will send them crashing into ground units. These creatures have no exoskeleton and so are easy to shoot down, if you can get a lock on them."
"Is that all we could get of the data banks?" "Unfortunately the data banks were to far damaged to retrieve information on the creatures we meet in space, and other creatures that belong to the Zerg Commander." Dam Jason thought, we need more information. Send what data we've collected to General Kixx. He can present it to the Confederacy to help with their troops in battle." The adjutant went silent for a couple of minutes. "Data sent Commander. Oh the Captain over on the west wing reports that what was believed to be hostile units was only the native creatures. Other posts are still tracking enemy movements just on the horizon."
That relieved Jason a little. They weren't totally surrounded like they first believed. "Keep in constant contact with all posts adjutant. I'm going to see about setting up some missile turrets to protect us better against these Scourge things." "Ok Commander. I'll relay any important information to you via the communications device on you arm." Jason just nodded as he walked out of the briefing room. Outside he called over the SCV's that were hanging around. There'd just brought in a large shipment of minerals, and were trying to steal a quick break. "Hey you guys, over here. I've got a job for the lot of you."
The SCV's came over, some of them looking a bit unhappy, but upon see that it was the Commander that called them over, they tried to look a bit more dignified. "Can we help commander?" The leading SCV said. The SCV suit was a marvel of Terran technology. IT allowed the few civilians that came along a little protect from attacks, and allowed them to build and maintain the building within a base. It wasn't very pretty to look at though, being made of lightweight metals, which made the suit very bulky. But the powering of the suit allowed the person inside to lift objects of great weight with ease.
"I want you guys to build me some of those top class missile turrets that you guys build." "Ok, sir. Where about would you like them?" Jason looked at the layout of the base. He wanted to ensure that any air attacks made at this base would be repelled. "Right, I want two of you to build four turrets around the command center, and the rest of you," Jason said looking at the remaining four SCV's, "I want you to build turrets ten meters apart around the perimeter of the base, as fast as possible. Any questions?" Jason looked at the SCV's around him. "Yeah, I have one." An SCV at the back said. "This project of yours is going to take a lot of minerals up. You sure you can spare them, Sir?"
Jason gave the SCV a hard look, he would of given the man inside the hard look, but he couldn't see the mans face. The guy had a point though. "Yes I can. I'm pulling three SCV's of Vespene Gas duty to take over your duty on mineral collection. Now get moving." The SCV's turned around and started heading their separate ways to start construction of the missile turrets. It took a day and a half to build one turret. Jason prayed that the 'Zergs' would allow his men time to prepare before attacking.