Derek- Hello all you Starcraft fans! Welcome to my first ever Starcraft fanfic. I'm the author-

Damian- And I'm his yami.

Derek- Yeah, that's a spirit sealed in a magical item for all you non- Yugioh fans reading this.

Damian- Don't worry, I don't have much to do in this story, so this is probably the only time you'll see me here.

Derek- Now then, back to the fic. I've had to take a few 'creative liberties' with the Starcraft universe in this, but not too many. Some I'll list at the end of this chapter, the others will be a surprise along the way. Anyway, On with the show!

Disclaimer- I don't own Starcraft, the race histories, or any other copyrighted items.


Return to Koprulu- Prologue

In the year 2229, in the chaos that erupted from the fall of western society, a new organization was founded, the United Powers League. This new society brought order back into the world, through many harsh ways, but managed to bring 93 percent of the human population back into modern civilized order. One of these harsh ways was the bringing together of 40,000 criminals and launch them light years away from earth in a cryogenic sleep, to not only cleanse the population of Earth, but to also start to colonize the galaxy for the continuation of the human race. Four Super Carriers, the Nagglfar, the Argos, the Sarengo, and the Reagan were launched into space for a planets deemed viable to sustain human life. However, something happened to the ships, something which shut down the navigation systems, and erased the coordinates for not only the planet they were destined to land, Gantris VI, but also Earth, turning their originally planned 1 year trip, into a 30 year voyage into unknown space.

Eventually, the life support ran low, and the emergency systems of the ships were activated, dropping them out of warp space at the edges of a planetary system, and sending them crashing to the surface of any nearby habitable planet. The Sarengo and the Reagan landed on a world which would be named Umoja. The Reagan landed safely, while the Sarengo suffered damage during atmospheric descent, and crashed into the planets surface, killing all of its 8000 passengers. The Argo landed on a planet that would be named Moria, and the Nagglfar landed on what was to be known as Tarsonis. On all separate ships, the survivors of the cryo freeze were awakened. The Terran had arrived in the Koprulu Sector.

This event had not gone unnoticed, however. An ancient race, thousands of years ahead of the Terrans had been in the Koprulu sector for many centuries, the Protoss. They secretly studied the Terran from afar, not interfering with their lives, as they knew the consequences of that action. Long ago before the Terran ever evolved, a race named the Xel'Naga, the creators of the Protoss, had made themselves known to the Protoss very early in their history. Soon, the Protoss began to attack the Xel'Naga, causing them to flee with the few ships they had left. So the Protoss stayed away from the Terran, until one day, a new race came to the edge of Protoss Space...

After fleeing the Protoss homeworld of Aiur, the Xel'Naga raced across the galaxy, to try again to create 'The Perfect Race'. This time, however, instead of the gift of 'Purity of From', they gave this new race the gift of 'Purity of Essence'. Their product was the Zerg, small, harmless worms. However, they did not stay like this for long. The Zerg evolved the ability to infest another animal of their homeworld, Zerus, and survive as parasites. This was not all, though, for soon the animals they infested began to evolve, growing spikes, razor sharp limbs, and ultra hard carapaces. The Xel'Naga furthered the Zerg by creating a collective mind to which to control the Zerg swarms, the Overmind was born. This new creature took quick control over the vast numbers, seeking out only the best races of animals to infest, any deemed unworthy, were eradicated. Soon, the overmind created new strains of zerg, agents to carry out his commands to the swarms to ensure peak efficiency. These new strains were Cerebrates, Hives, Queens, and Overlords. However, it soon came that all the inhabitants of Zerus had been either infested, or destroyed, so the overmind sought a way to further evolve the swarm. Chance came that the overmind found the Xel'Naga, and began to develop its swarms to survive in the vacuum of space. The overmind attacked the Xel'Naga, killing them all.

Now the Zerg had found the Koprulu sector, and new species to assimilate into the swarm, the Terran. On the border world of Chau Sara, the zerg began their infestation. They quickly overpowered the small colony, and infested or slaughtered the inhabitants. With orders from the Protoss Conclave, the High Templar, Tassadar, arrived with his fleet, and bombarded the planet from space. Nothing on the planet remained alive. Soon after, a second world, Mar Sara was infested by the zerg. Tassadar received orders to destroy the infestation in the same way as the one on Chau Sara. However, before Tassadar's fleet could reach this world, a Terran fleet arrived to protect it, ignoring the Zerg infestation. Tassadar could not bring himself to destroy the fleet or the colony, so he fled in search of another way to eradicate the Zerg.

During Tassadar's search, he found Zeratul, a member of the fallen Protoss, the Dark Templar. From his lost brethren he learned how to channel certain energies which flow through the Dark Templar, and the Zerg Overmind. Soon, the first counterattack against the Zerg was achieved, when Zeratul assassinated the Cerebrate, Zasz, on Char. However, an unexpected occurrence happened when he slew the vile creature. For a moment his mind touched that of the Overmind, and they both learned each other's knowledge. Zeratul learned all there was about the Zerg, what they were, where they had come from, and how to stop them. Unfortunately, the Overmind was able to learn of the Protoss' history, of the Dark Templar, and the location of their homeworld, Aiur.

Aiur fell under Zerg attack, but the Protoss held strong as the true warriors they were. Yet there were other things on the Conclave's minds than stopping the zerg, the redundantly sought out Tassadar, to attempt to bring him to justice. After capturing and sentencing Tassadar to death, he was set free by his followers, and made an attempt against the zerg. The overmind had embedded itself in the soil of Aiur, giving the Protoss, and the Terran who had allied themselves with them, the chance to end the Zerg menace once and for all. A great battle was fought, laying waste to the surface of the once beautiful Aiur. Many were slain, but in the end the overmind was vanquished through Tassadar's noble sacrifice, as he channeled the Dark Templar's energies throughout the hull of his flagship, the Gantrithor, and steered a collision course into the overmind. The menace was slain.

Despite their victory against the overmind, the ruins of Aiur were overrun with now wild and erratic Zerg swarms, forcing the triumphant heroes to flee to Shakuras, the Dark Templar world. There they learned of two new threats against them. The United Earth Directorate had been sent from Earth to seek out and claim the Koprulu sector for the Earth, and the queen of blades, Sarah Kerrigan, who had been infested by the overmind before its destruction, and had gone unnoticed on Char, and had control over the zerg.

The UED showed great interest in the Zerg, and learned as much as they could about them. They soon learned about the Overmind, and that several Cerebrates had joined together to from a new overmind. While they sought to control this new Overmind, Kerrigan approached the Protoss and Terran on Shakuras with the news. They fell into her trap and helped her in her quest to have control over all the Zerg swarms. In the end, the UED gained control over the fledgling Overmind using powerful drugs and psychics. This, however did not last long. Kerrigan had secretly gained control over the Dark Templar matriarch, Raszagal, and used her influence to have the Dark Templar destroy the Overmind, giving her control over the Zerg swarms.

In the wake of the destruction of the overmind, the separate forces of the UED, the Terran Dominion, and the Protoss fleet engaged Kerrigan in an enormous space platform. In the end, the Zerg defeated the attacking forces. The UED was completely destroyed, the Dominion was beaten, but not broken, and retreated to the Terran capitol world of Tarsonis, knowing the Zerg would soon descend upon them. The Protoss, led by Prelate Zeratul, and the Terran allied with them, led by Marshall Jim Raynor, fled the zerg in what ships they had left.

Despite his best efforts, Arcturus Mengsk, leader of the Dominion, was quickly defeated by the zerg, quickly pushing his forces back to Korhal, where he made his last stand. The brave men and women of the Dominion forces held out against the Zerg for two long months, but in the end the planet fell, and all were slaughtered or infested by the Zerg. Mengsk had attempted to flee Korhal in its final hour in his last Battlecruiser and small escort, but he was stopped by a swarm of Zerg which overpowered the small convoy. The Emperor was dead.

The Protoss and Terran who fled the Zerg left the Koprulu sector. Kerrigan had overlooked their force and had let them slip away. However, she did not pursue them, for her forces were weak from the past battles, and instead let them get away, confident they could never pose any threat. And so she spread the Zerg across the Koprulu sector, to build up her forces until they could launch an attack that would spread across the galaxy, and after that, the entire universe.

Unbeknownst to her, the Protoss and Terran had been able to find another sector of space uninfested by the Zerg. There they founded the Federation, and planned their return to the Koprulu sector. After setting up a capitol on the world they named Tassadaris, they began to research new technologies and strategies to aid them against the Zerg. After 50 years the Federation is now stronger than both the old Terran UED, and the Protoss Conclave combined. With their new forces they now plan their return to Koprulu and finally end the Zerg menace, which now spreads across the entire Koprulu sector, and is now searching out the Federation.


Derek- Well, I hope you like it. I found the race histories on the internet, but the stuff about the Dominion battling the Zerg, and the Protoss and Terran going to a new sector of space are my ideas. If these happen to be in any other stories, then please let me know, I don't wanna get sued. As for the slight changes in the Starcraft stuff, its only for the units, and I'll put up the info at the end of the chapter they first show up in.. I've gone through every unit, kept the ones I've really liked, and replaced the ones I downright never liked to use in the game, or I just couldn't figure out how to write them in, or thought up better versions of. Actually, for some of them, 'replacing' isn't a very good word, more like, 'improved upon'. The first chapter will be up as soon as I finish a couple other things I'm working on, so please be patient. And please review.