[16th of November 2010 Anno Dominus by Local Calendar]
[Distributed Intelligence Nodes, Secondary Landmass, Third Planetary Body]
The situation was growing concerning it believed as it felt a significant number of units from yet another of the oceanic nesting grounds it had attempted to establish. Losses of combat units were beginning to rapidly exceed capacity to replace them it noted, in both primary nesting and engagement zones to make matters more problematically.
The spread of minor, sadly non-reproductive, spore units was still progressing but in far too limited a number to acceptably achieving true conquest-dominance-spread before the armed local fauna could hunt them down once primary clusters had been eliminated. An eventuality that was becoming increasingly likely with the expected deployment of the hated and despised wielders of those filthy green power rings in an unhappily short timeframe.
Unfortunately, the original strategy of infiltration and fortification had failed as local fauna defence units had become aware of its presence and begun to react accordingly as other worlds had. Secondary strategies aimed at forceful planetary assimilation, fortification and spread had as such been embarked upon; sadly it noted planetary resistance to conquest and assimilation had proven more effective than desired, or had been encountered on several other worlds during its previous active period.
The local faunas leadership caste having been supported in this endeavour by a resident Lantern of the hateful Guardians of Oa in both spreading information on itself, and likely in aiding coordination of defences. Perhaps even was behind the failure of the local fauna to deploy Heavy Combat Forms called 'Justice League' or 'Metahumans' and allow The Glory That Was Starro useful assets to engaged and assimilated. Elimination of Unit Designate 'Green Lantern Guy Gardner' as such had been raised to a priority imperative if location ascertained.
'Alert: Telepathic Combat Unit [Designate: Maxwell Lord] Lost, cessation of brain functions. Transferring remains for breakdown and creation of True Body Forms' part of its secondary nodes noted as it reprioritised functions in that sector now that the assimilated fauna unit had been lost. Breakthrough against local fauna combat units towards population concentration designate 'Washington DC' had been achieved but the loss of such a valuable unit was barely acceptable in exchange despite managing to acquire over a thousand combat forms before its brain overloaded and ceased.
'Prioritising: Fauna possessing necessary musculature designate Combat Forms, required weaponry to be assembled and distributed. Prioritising: Developing Units of Fauna, designate Homo Sapiens capable of endurance Level N to be allocated as Disposable Detonation Forms. Prioritising: Fast moving Fauna to be allocated, concentration-assembly, for breakthrough spread pattern operations. Prioritising: All other Fauna and resources allocated for immediate conversion for rapid-growth-feeding to Phase Three Combat Forms. Ancillary to Prioritising: Flight Capable Breed Forms Primary [Designate; Sectors G6J through H9K]'
As with many species, Fauna [Designate: Homo Sapiens] showed increased reticence towards elimination of its young, even under combat conditions. Mass production of disposable combat forms had as usual proven far more effective that standard Combat Forms in breaching containment conditions due to the local Fauna's attempts to recover these Combat Forms regardless of detonation vests being fitted. It was an effective usage of otherwise useless resources as their body masses proved negligible in terms of resource production compared to fully developed Fauna during the mulching procedure for True Body creation.
Despite all these efforts the situation still continued to deteriorate; efforts at elimination of the planetary ruling structure [Designate: United Nations] had consistently failed, though some progress was being made towards the regional command institutions [Designate: Washington DC]. Information within Combat Unit [Designate: Vandal Savage] had yield the presence of [Designate: Project Match] within the facility [Designate: Cadmus Labs] which would potentially yield a Kryptonian Combat Form outside of [Designate: Superman] which would enable escape from this planetary biome before the arrival of the Oans. Oh, how it hated those big headed Oans...
Attention suddenly focused on the situation in [Designate: Bludhaven] as large concentrations of local fauna combat units began an yet another assault upon its breeding facility within that urban area. Concern rose at the understanding that diluted poison solutions to The Glory that was Starro being utilised by [Designate: Water Cannons] against host Combat Units. While mildly harmful to the host organism such poison was proving painfully detrimental to its own Combat Units effectiveness as the battle continued and it began to collate the available tactical situation.
[Conclusion?] [Situation untenable: destruction of breeding facility imminent]
Prioritising: Deploy remaining Combat Units in delaying action and attempt flight of developing Breeding Clusters before destruction of facilities.
[Probability of Success?] [Unlikely, best of bad options; initiating evacuation to orbitals from needed breeding facilities]
Attempting to utilise the captured 'Father Box' had failed within four hours, fifteen minutes, twenty-three seconds of utilising the captured the device from the creature [Designate: Glorious Godfrey] and transported along the one way corridor. As The Glory that was Starro had expected such transit via this Boom Tube device had trigger a lockdown of the network; proven shortly afterwards with the assimilation of [Designate: Vandal Savage] and its self-destructed device. Surprisingly [Designate: Prince Unas/Darkseid] had risen to command Apokolips as it had lay asleep, but the attempt to spread via the system there had failed when the area of Armaghetto it had spread through had been obliterated by means unknown.
With that option removed the objective had once again become focused upon acquiring either one of the [Designate: Mage] with teleportation abilities, one of the Heavy Combat Unit fauna such as the Kyrptonian species, or to at least clear a region sufficient large to enable True Body Units to gain access to space and attempt faster than light exit from the system. Or the primary True Body would exit the system and if feasible breeding units and spores would be deployed to the fourth planetary body [Designate: Mars] and begin assimilation of local fauna.
It believed that if it could achieve this it would likely take the verminous servants of Oa a significant period of time to uproot any inroads it could made. The species [Designate: Martian] of that planetary body possessed shifting abilities and could be rapidly repurposed into Production, Combat, and Breeding Forms as required. Such species had been ideal when it had last led legions across the stars. Even better if it could crossbreed [Designate: Kyrptonian] with [Designate: Martian] to produce Heavy Combat Units capable of facing down Ring wielders. Such planning was for later though as it felt the still only partially developed True Body's come under sustained attack by hostile fauna filled aerial vehicles.
[True Body Destroyed] [True Body Destroyed] [Node Destroyed] [True Body Destroyed] [True Body Destroyed] [Breeding Facility Destroyed] [True Body Destroyed]
Prioritising: Shifting resources towards [Designate: Metropolis, [Designate: Washington DC, [Designate: US Eastern Continental shelf] and [Designate: Newfoundland].
Something was occurring in the landmass [Designate: British Isles] but local Combat Units and Spores had been almost entirely eliminated, and current difficulties [Designate: Atlantis] had required all available aquatic resources merely to stalemate attacks and maintain replacement growth of spores. Inability to easily spread through aerial or aquatic means was proving incredibly detrimental to expansion; as well as a strange phenomenon around specific regions [Designate: Los Angeles] that caused all Forms to be immediately teleported elsewhere.
Means were currently unknown, though local fauna religious superstitions indicated Bleed based energies [Local Designate: Magic/Arcane/Thaumology] in the form of a currently unknown energy based entity. Growing energy indicators urged The Glory that was Starro to redouble its efforts towards the population concentration [Designate: Metropolis] and intiate a terror campaign against Fauna deemed non-essential for growth purposes. Ideally the creature [Designate: Lois Lane, Female, Homo Sapiens] could be acquired and utilised to summon [Designate: Superman] to be assimilated; from assimilated fauna it was felt sufficiently public torment inflicted upon this creature, and others, would prove the most efficient manner to remove caution from the Kryptonian based fauna creature.
Unfortunately penetrating into the more fortified areas of that urban centre was proving more difficult than it had projected; it estimated that [Designate: Lex Luthor] and [Designate: Brain] of the organisation that accidently freed The Glory that was Starro were on-site and partially responsible for these difficulties. Prototype technology had clearly been deployed against initial waves [Designate: Toyman] and [Designate: Giganta] such as a Bipedal Combat Mechanised Unit not currently expected to exist by assimilated already existent Fauna Combat Forms. Recapture of [Designate: Giganta] had been also prioritised due to effectiveness of Heavy Combat Unit despite injuries...
'Alert: Multiple Non-Living Motiles Encountered! Black Light Presence Suspected!' it thought suddenly as one of its minor infestations in [Designate: Louisiana] encountered a significant number of non-living construct platforms. Attempts to assume control were pointless as dead flesh poisoned and rotted spores as they clawed at assimilated Combat Units. Redirecting Combat Units - Prioritising: All Units in locality to focus upon rapid growth, spread secrecy no longer a priority – attack vector on...
'Alert!: Hostile Flora Encountered! Attacks upon Combat Unit command spores underway..."
"Begone Invader! By Command of the Parliament of Trees you are not welcome here!" unknown plant-life construct stated. Failure to assume control! Unknown control mechanism in...
"Fool Fleshling! Leave these lands of the Rot! Release those are to one day join us in death! I Abigail Arcane command this of you!" one of the constructs of potential Black Light screeched from rotted and diseased lunges before broken teeth tore into Spore Flesh and broke control it's control of the Combat Unit. Roaring defiance at the unnatural entities that would deny it its due it roared its defiance from a thousand throats and charged to battle. Unfortunately undeveloped fauna Combat Forms had not yet been properly equipped, but every available tool and makeshift weapon was taken to hand and hurled at the unnatural foes.
"FOOL CREATURE! NOW GO MY UNDEAD MINIONS! GO FORTH AND SAVE THE CHILDREN!" the unliving constructs screeched back to its charging Combat Unit as the strange constructs of flora continued their assault in that locality, and then in other regions nearby. Concern: estimated Black constructs beginning to rise from the soil in [Designate Zones: JK-04D, KL-12L, H7U through J9I] to join combat conditions through unknown means. Beginning withdrawal and redeployment to nearby sectors...
'Alert!: Hostile Telepathic and Bleed Event underway in [Designate: British Isles] through means unknown. Local captured Spore Units being chained to rocks and cut to draw blood! Methodology of Attack Unknown! Attempting to cease functions of Spore Units...Failure...Failure...Failure...unable to cease functionality of Spore Units'
...unknown pressure detected; concern, fear, anxiety...
...something is happening...
...I feel...feel...feel...stranggggggggeeeeeeeee...
...Control Maintained...Unknown Telepathic Attack Underway! Shifting Intelligence Node Functionality to resist and adapt...
Alert! Alert! Energy Surge Detected!
...I...I...no, assimilated Fauna hear a voice...it is...it...says...
[Species Designated: Homo Sapiens of the Planet Earth. There is Great Rage in your Hearts! Welcome to the Red Lantern Corps!]
Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert! Red Light Detected! Assimilated Fauna...
...Pain...I feel Pain...get it off, get it off...it burnnnnssssss...
Prioritising: Situation no longer tenable – Attempt Space Evacuation on Currently Available Resources immediately!
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