This is my first attempt at Star Trek fanfiction, and I warn readers before hand that my collective knowledge of the Star Trek universe comes primarily from fanfic and websites. I've hardly seen any of the series except for a few Voyager episodes when it was first broadcast in Australia.

Because of my limited knowledge there is bound to be technical error regarding the various ship spec etc, if I make any mistake please feel free to criticise and CORRECT! (This last is I would dearly appreciate above all else)

Starcraft is far more loosely constructed, not only do I have a lot of leeway with tech, I'm also making things up since this is happening after broodwar and the Zerg would invariably have grown more powerful.

I am oblige to also warn that spelling and grammar will is terrible, I am not the best English speaker, and MS word's spell checker isn't full proof...

Anyways enjoy my first attempt at a crossover!

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Collective Consciousness

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Chapter 01: First Contact

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The relatively small Borg scout ship entered normal space through the singularity, arriving near the fourth planet of an apparently dead system, as sensor apparatus went online, the scout cube quickly made adaptation to compensate for the minor disparity of incoming data from the different quantum frequencies due to the changing universe, sensor array where soon flooded with data as the scout cube began scanning the individual planets for signs of life.

When the returning data indicated negative with the exception of a slowly decaying fungal colony that is still covering the majority of the fourth planet within this system, the scout cube turned its attention to signs of functioning technological object, again the return data was negative, with the exception of small residue of radioactive decay again on the fourth planet.

Widening the scan to encompassing as much normal space as possible, the Borg drone executing the task began diverting energy from the scout cube's containment field towards the sensor array, increasing the scanning capability and available frequency to it's maximum capability, the process of data compilation after acquisition of raw materials took the Borg drone twenty nine minute and thirty two second, the result was less than satisfactory in diversity but shows the potential pattern of a strong biological race that could prove a worthy addition to the collective.

Of the return scan there consist a total of sixty two systems with ninety eight planets proving habitable to at least one of the twelve thousand nine hundred and fourty two race the Borg have encountered and archived. With the exception of the slowly decaying fungal colony that appeared on eighty two of the habitable planets there had been no sign of biological or biomechanical life form nor were there any functioning technological unit. Radioactive decay and residue of large quantity of photon discharge were the only other indication that civilization once exist in this quadrant of the galaxy.

From the gathered data, the Borg drone estimated that the existence of biological lifeform with unique technological distinction on this system had ceased some two years four month seventeen days ago with a margin of error of twelve days.

The Invader had swept passed, leaving behind nothing save scraps not worth salvaging and a slowly decaying fungal colony that belied their organic nature.

Having finished the initial sensor log, the scout cube began to establish contact within its assigned Unimatrix to report its finding.

The Borg will come.

And the conqueror will soon be conquered and assimilated.

They will soon know that their existence as a species is now irrelevant.

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Scout Cube XZ2-234-562-1245-233-1S to Collective, universe X9-123-D4 has been found suitable for the establishment of an independent Unimatrix, potential species for assimilation has been identified, universal coordinate and all available data will now be transferred to Unimatrix Zero-One for further study.

WE-ARE-BORG!

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In another quadrant of space previous held by Unite Earth Directorate, millions of Zerg devourers and scourge engaged in the act of pursuit against the fleeing remnant of mankind's last line of defence.

Ever since the disastrous attempt to reclaim the lost colony that had label themselves the Terran confederacy back to earth sovereignty, the earthlings have been plagued with the universe's most cancerous and deadly evil. The Zerg swarm consumed all in it's wake, grafting superior genetic trait into themselves while purging all unnecessary deficiency of all encountered species, eliminating any and all signs of civilization in their wake. Earth fell like so many others, and humanity joined the Xel'Naga as history's remnant.

In contrast, the swarm had grown leaps and bound since its days as the parasitic and genetically malleable insectoid found and altered by the ancient Xel'Naga. Now genetically improved by the grafting of the Protoss' psionic potential, the swarm truly had no equal in the universe.

Deep space travel had been cut to a fraction of the previous time as psionically enhanced Devourers and Overlord use transphasic technology to achieve faster than light speed, while the shielding technology of the Protoss had finally allowed individual Zerg to function with personal psi shield, making them nearly impervious to mundane weapon.

Thanks to the integration of newer species in their pursuit of humanity, the Zerg now have the benefit of enhance carapace some ten times stronger than those encountered by the Protoss and Terran first contact. Individual Zerg now come genetically tailor with programmed psionic capabilities for increase damage factor, temporary shielding capability, enhanced electromagnetic resistivity & compatibility, and toughened hide that could withstand repeated attack by duranium projectiles and particle photon burst.

The only critical vulnerability that is still present lies in the lesser breeds of the swarm's reliant on Overlords. Most Zerg breed still cannot function without the direct presence of Overlords or Celebrants within the immediate vicinity. This, the Earthling had quickly realize and attempted to capitalize upon.

The swarm responded by adding more overlords per the assign unit group, effectively making the cell less efficient but with a larger percentage of tolerance to damaged Overlords in the relay system.

Meanwhile Celebrants capable of independent thoughts where furiously working on a longer neurological relay network. Soon this flaw within the swarm will be address, and the Zerg will become an even more efficient killer.

WE-ARE-THE-SWARM!

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In a system previously occupied by the now defunct Terran Dominion, the Borg armada began their triumphant entrance into this new universe, a fleet of thirty heavily armed tactical cubes along with three research cube for the express purpose of acquiring sample of the organic being labelled Species 12943.

The scout cube began docking process aboard a designate tactical cube while the newly establish fleet debate on establishing an independent Unimatrix or pursue Species 12943 first, quickly and efficiently the Borg went through all possible scenario giving random factorisation and deduced that its best possible action was to establish first encounter with Species: 12943 and withdraw with a select sample before establishing a permanent presence within this universe.

Action decided, the Borg armada began to follow the trail of carnage left by Species 12943, sensor array fully engaged as one by one went each cube went into warp speed.

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The psionic probing of the rearguards Overlords alerted the Celebrant of a fast moving unknown's imminent approach on the migration. The relay network immediately jump to action as the Celebrant inform the Queen of this unknown that is approaching the Hive, at the speed of their travel, the Hive estimate that the approaching unknown will arrive at the rearguards of the migration within two days.

Immediately a simple and curt response came from the Queen, two simple words that were telepathically imprinted into the Celebrants cerebral network.

ELIMINATE-THREAT!

The command given, the Celebrant instructed the newly formed Juggast brood, some two million strong to break off from the migration and head towards the fast moving potential threat, it's mind repeating the simple command given to it to every Overlord within their respective cell.

ELIMINATE-THREAT!

WE-ARE-THE-SWARM!

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The Collective had finally encountered the organic catalogued as Species 12943 after nearly two month of constant probing. The scan from research cube XR1-252-579-1888-847-1R had detected a massive organic cluster spanning a radius of approximately four hundred million kilometres or point zero zero five light year.

The collective has identified at least twenty distinct organic subvariants within the massive cluster, also detected was the presence of the fungal colony that had been a constant on their continual advance towards Species 12943. From the correlative data acquired, and the fact that no lifeform had been detected on the path of the fungal colony, the Collective had deduced that the organic Species 12943 are a highly aggressive race with an extremely efficient method of execution.

Residue of organic compound all rapidly decay as soon as they left the fungal colony and research have been temporarily halted in favour of the pursuit of the actual species. Now the Collective is face with a threat so huge that the current fleet had deduced that no possible victory can been attained through a frontal assault. The collective quickly run through its option before deciding that a sample of species 12943 and all its subvariants shall be acquired on first encounter as planed, before the armada will make a tactical withdrawal to further analyse the species' genetic structure.

Not soon after coming to this decision, Borg tactical cube XT1-762-686-3978-847-1T scanned that a small detachment of some two million organic entities of Species 12943 has broken from the cluster and are converging on their position.

This proved a perfect opportunity to gather sample data for the Collective. The large majority of the cluster had remained in their set course, and the capability of the smaller cluster will invariably be less than the larger whole.

Pulling themselves into maximum warp, the Borg fleet began preparation to engaging Species 12943.

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As soon as the first cube like vessel appeared in normal space, neural network began flaring to life as Overlord working in their respective cell began a consorted effort to take down the intruders. Thousands of devourers received their telepathic command and rushed en masse towards the thirty some cube like vessel that had emerged into normal space with weapons a-blazing.

Plasma and laser cutting beam splashed against devourer shield before tearing carapace apart. Of the initial onslaught thousands perish from the advance Borg weaponry.

Mindless and unrelenting, more Zerg devourers filled the gaps, as one perish two took its place, and soon the Borg cube where being pushed back by shear number, as devourer spat acidic compound propel by psionic force, the Borg raise shield to its maximum as the first wave of attack hit home.

The adaptive quality of the shield seems to quickly neutralise the acidic compound of the devourer's main attack, yet just as the shield adapted to the genetic make up of the corrosive weapon, the Zerg's metamorphic nature made its presence felt and the simple yet effective biological weapon altered itself on a genetic level to combat the adaptive shield.

The Borg shield seems equal to the task of adapting to the Zerg's metamorphic nature but a standstill in this circumstance does not favour the Borg. Damage began stacking in alarming rate as the unhindered acid glob, free of the shield's adaptive resistance ate through the shield then through Borg plating with a vengeance.

Situation worsen as the Overlord began to take initiative, surrounding each of the vast cerebral junction were hundreds of cloaked man size scourge, these organic kamikaze unit decloaked and join the battle just as the Overlord approach the front line.

Thousand of scourge perish as they approach the Borg vessel but more than enough made it through, the shear number of unit that the Borg had not long ago felt confident of defeating now prove their downfall as the scourge unit impacted on already weakened Borg shields. Massive casualties were felt on both sides as the scourge did their job.

Suiciding into Borg cubes, the scourge by itself does a relatively small amount of damage to the cube's structural integrity. Relatively small damage however, eventually add up, and as ten then hundred and then thousands of scourge impacted the Borg shield, the defence matrix overload on one cube then another as each vessel began experiencing the beginning of its death row.

The First Overlord soon approach a slowly dying cube, attaching tentacle limbs to the outer hull before smashing a small entrance to deposit combat units and drone into the Borg cube.

The beginning of the end is near for this new threat

WE-ARE-THE-SWARM!

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The Borg research cubes retreated in alarm as the battle continues to spiral out of control. Of the thirty tactical cubes, only eight remain battle functional if a tactical retreat were to be called. Tactical Cube XT1-792-885-3778-447-1T had been boarded by Species 12943, new variant of Species 12943 were being deposit from the inner chambers of organic variant 1A. Continual study of Species 12943 has shown signs of highly adaptable genetics.

Twelve attempts at extraction have been met with failures, Species 12943 seems immune to localised matter displacement, tractor beam weaponry once locked will always result in the termination of Species 12943, subvariant 1A, 1B and 1C all prove intractable towards discrete extraction. Application of force is now not an option due to limited resources.

Attempting to open singularity. Sending URGENT distress signal to Unimatrix Zero-One. Initial attempt of assimilating Species 12943 has been met with resistance. Localise armada severely damaged...

Before the drone could continue his transmission, a massive explosion rocked the research cube. Immediately, data were fed into the drone's cordical node, reporting damage to more than eighty percent of the vessel outer structure when the cube had rang straight into the ambush of a massive cluster of cloaked Species 12943 subvariant 1C.

Critical function began failing one after another as the cluster of subvariant 1C relentless bombarded the flailing research cube, within minute the immobilized vessel of the once fearsome Borg armada was approached by several subvariant 1A of species 12943 who then proceeded to breach the ship's now fragile hull with thousands of slithering tentacles limbs.

At this point every drone aboard the research cube initiated the collective preservation protocol and began hunting down the intruding entities that began flooding the ship.

The battle was on and this time the resistors were the Borg themselves.

The act –ironical- would prove futile.

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Zergling, followed by Hydralisk in the thousands rushed into the research cube, quickly fanning out to cover every inch of the vessel. Borg drone immediately began a counteroffensive, hundreds of drones forming localised cell that advanced on the mindless Zerg without fear or hesitation.

Thousands of Zergling were sliced into ribbon before even nearing the wall of Borg drone, the Hydralisk faired slightly better as their personal psi shield gave them a small measure of protection.

But where the Zerg lacked in individual power, their shear number eventually gave them the chance to initiate close combat, Charging towards the wall of Borg drones who extracted their micro-tubules to initiate assimilation, the Zerg had only one command in their simplistic mind.

ELIMINATE-THREAT!

The Borg's attempt at assimilation however, proved disastrous. As soon as the Borg nanite met a Zergling's inner structure, a violent neural feedback loop would occur, totally frying the Zerg's neural pathway and subspace receptacles.

The feedback destroys the Zergling before assimilation could even take place, taking the drone that attempted assimilation with it. As Zergling fell to the floor in violent seizure, individual drones that had attempted the assimilation collapse like puppets with their strings cut: receiving a massive dose of backlash from its own subspace transceiver than effectively 'brain dead' the drones in question.

The Borg's attempt of assimilation stopped cold after a dozen of such failure and individual cell began to initiate close arm combat without the benefit of assimilation. The casualty of the Zerg where staggering, sometime numbering more than ten Zergling to take out just one drone, but where as the number of drone was finite and limited, the Zerg were without such constraint. Already six level one hatchery had been created within the alien vessel producing Zergling and Hydralisk at a rapid pace while the evolutionary chamber began advancing the genetic coding of the Zerg cluster to produce stronger and more advance breeds.

Drone after drone fell as the unending tide of Zergling slowly overwhelm the finite defence of the Borg vessel. When the Hydralisk entered the battle, the Collective again attempted assimilation and once again, the process produced a neural feedback the killed both drone and Hydralisk alike, it has become apparent then that Species 12943 much like species 8472 are immune to the process of assimilation, albeit in an entirely different way.

The Borg drones fought on but even to them, the conclusion had become obvious.

With such limited resource and without the benefit of assimilation, the defence cannot last.

Resistance was futile.

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Of the two remaining research cube, one had been nearly completely destroyed by a another scourge ambush while the second barely escaped the same fate, heavily damaged and losing nearly a fifth of it mass, the Borg research cube has no choice but to open a singularity, escaping just barely ahead of a swath of Devourer closing in on the badly damaged cube.

As the cube jumped universe, it received one last transmission from a dying drone, acquiring data so vital that the lost of the forward armada would seem almost worthwhile if not for the potential consequences of lost technologies.

The Collective MUST be notified of this new development, Species 12943 are NOT individuals!

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The defiler had been the final product of the hatchery and the evolutionary chamber's successful grafting of the full genetic coding of the Hive. The final product of the Juggast brood was an entity capable of tactical operation and partial genetic engram, measuring some six metre in length, the massive form of the defiler slithered through the corridor of the Borg research vessel with a grace the belied its size.

Unlike the Zergling and Hydralisk, the protection offered by the defiler's psionic shield ware markedly superior, the large expenditure of resource was deemed worthwhile for the tactical units that are considered a vital piece of the Zerg's evolutionary process. As the massive centripetal insectoid unit advance on the a straggling Borg drone, it let out sharp hiss and produce a cloud of nearly transparent vapour that temporarily immobilized the already damaged drone. As the drone struggle to adapt to this metamorphic biological weapon, the defiler advance forward, locking the drone in place with his forward pincers and gave a sharp sting with its rear injection tubules.

The genetic structure of the Borg began flooding the Defiler's mind, which it diligently began storing for later access by the Hive; as the data continue to be extracted from the humanoid, the defiler noted the drone's slow death.

Just before the drone ceased functioning forever, its subspace transceiver detected the collective with an acute clarity that clearly mystify the doomed unit.

It took merely a second however, for the drone to identified the error and it quickly marked the millions of new voice filling its subspace transceiver as those not of the collective but something much more alien.

This must be further investigated! Even in death, the drone strived to obtain data to help further the Collective, desperately it began probing this alien 'not collective' that had suddenly sprung into its mind.

The dying drone did not have long to wait for an answer. A micro second later, the drone got his response. Another micro second later, this message was sent through its subspace transceiver to any and all Borg vessel and drones along with the following transcript.

The Collective MUST be notified of this new development! All cubes MUST initiate tactical retreat! Relevant data must be given to the Collective at ALL COST!

Slowly, the message played out, then repeated itself again and again through the dying drone's subspace transceiver in an endless loop.

WE-ARE-THE-SWARM!

YOUR-GENETIC-DISTINCTION-SHALL-BE-ADDED-TO-OUR-OWN!

RESISTANCE-IS-FUTILE!!!!!

The drone expired moments later.

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End Chapter 01: First Contact

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Well that was an interesting experience. As I mentioned before, I'm new to Star Trek. I would probably have never written this if I had not come across the awesome B5/Star Trek Crossover by AlbertG. The story was so enthralling that I just wanted to write something with Star Trek in it, I'm like the Borg a lot and one thing led to another, before long I had this sitting on my desktop.

I was initially not going to publish it, but a friend who read the first chapter said that it was decent, so I'm giving it a go on If enough people give me comments then I might even continue it, though I will probably have to ask for help on matters concerning Star trek the deeper I get into this series. I am unsure how I would bring the federation into this, I'm thinking of the Voyager crew but if an all out war does ensue I'm sure there is a way to bring Picard and co into the picture.

I have no clue where this story is going, just a vogue ideas, essentially this story is just testing out a concept. C&C would be dearly appreciated.