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Dropping out of warp, the three ships, with their smaller accompanying ships, or in the case of the Leviathan, swarm of flyers, approached Aiur. Zagara and Izsha watched through the shield barrier of the Hyperion's cargo bay once they were close enough, scrutinizing the surface of the jungle world. The Gantrithor's Revenge, a massive carrier named by Artanis in honour of his late teacher Tassadar, could be seen nearby, a small cluster of the golden armada around it.
**It appears almost akin to Zerus… Though less wild.** Zagara mused, tapping her right hand talons on her left forelimb, as she kept her arms crossed to appear less menacing. Izsha did not respond, simply watching her Overqueen and documenting events as she viewed them. Valerian soon entered, clad in a more streamlined and compact version of the Marine battle armour, nodding to her as a Medivac approached to shuttle them to the surface that had launched from another cargo bay. Zagara looked Valerian over, amused, as she did not think the young emperor to be one interested in field missions.
"What, not what you expected?" He smirked, stepping down the partial stairwell to the lower cargo area where Zagara and Izsha, in her hive structure, sat. Zagara seemed to smile with her eyes, nodding once.
**I did not think you would be willing to endanger yourself.** She responded carefully, barely hiding her amusement. He smiled toothily.
"Well, I can't let you have all the fun. Besides, I'm not my father." He winked, looking back to the door as it opened to see Egon hurriedly enter as well, clad in his field gear that he likely had not touched since before the Bel'Shir incident. Zagara did not comment, though nodded that she understood what Valerian referred to, albeit reluctantly, regarding his late father, Arcturus. He had no love for the man, who treated him with less respect than he had treated Jim Raynor, even when vilifying the Hero by twisting public and media perceptions. At least his father had acknowledged the fact that Jim had existed.
Egon finished restrapping his equipment harness, checked the scan readouts and controls before nodding to Valerian, who watched him patiently. Many adjustments had been made to help Egon return to the Hyperion and his research here, as when he returned with his robotic Zerg, their existence turned into a vicious debate between Zagara and Matthew that Valerian had to mitigate.
Matthew felt that the automaton Zerg were Dominion Military Assets and did not need to be seen as a separate entity. Zagara disliked that her swarm had been used to create simulacrums for war or even peace, Abathur having voiced his distaste for his designs being cheapened in such a way. Egon had a lengthy debate for his case, yet understood Abathur and Zagaras' wishes, apologised and willingly shut down Gary and his automaton Zerg. Some had mysteriously disappeared during the process, a few drones, though searches and investigations into how they went unnoticed as missing turned up nothing.
Instead, he had been working more extensively to utilise his findings to improve the Hyperion and, by proxy, the entire Dominion fleet. This had allowed for the creation of lighter, slimmer and less costly exosuits, like the one Valerian sported. Egon had even worked with Karax during downtime between training with Rohana, learning about the Protoss artifacts that the Hyperion had retrieved in the past and received confirmation on many of his research findings, which led him into other rabbit holes of research and discovery that kept him occupied for days. One thing he had not really mentioned to anyone, was that he kept the Ihan crystal that Zeratul had left for Jim, on his person.
The trio, the Zerg Overqueen with her two Terran Escorts, entered the medivac and took seats on either side, Zagara opting to simply lower herself to the floor of the dropship, which quickly closed its cargo doors and sped back out into space, and down toward the planet.