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The UNSC Spirit of Fire was drifting through space, The whole crew in cryo sleep. They had used there FTL Core to destroy an armada of Forerunner ships the Covenant were planning on using to obliterate the UNSC, They succeed but had no real way to move around very fast. The crew was sleeping peacefully until the ships A.I Serena woke Captain Cutter "Sir! Something just happened!" Serena said as the Captain and the rest of the crew started waking up. Cutter ran to the bridge and when he got there he saw a planet. They were being dragged towards it. Serena started doing evasive manuverse and managed to keep the ship in orbit, But it could not escape the atmosphere. Cutter sighed and looked to Serena "Signal Gamma Company and tell them they are heading down there" Cutter said, Serena nodded "Aye sir!" Serena said as two Pelicans and two POD's took off
((The Reason I did not make the ship crash, Is because it is a massive colony ship refitted for war purposes, And if it crashed that would be a alot of base to take over and alot of destruction. This is the POD, A special Spacecraft used for dropping down colony buildings, But these ones have been re-profited to drop down pieces of military bases The UNSC SPIRIT OF FIRE ))

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Two Pelicans landed and six ODSTs and fifteen marines dropped out of them, Along with two Machine gun Warthogs. Then the two pods came down and dropped the two pieces of the base together, then the automatic welding tools kicked in and welded the base together "Firebase Ready" Serena said to the marines. Who were already loading their weapons incase of an attack. They then started to set up a supply pad for more supplies to be brought down from the Spirit Of Fire. The ODSTs mounted up on the Warthogs, The Rookie was driving one. And Buck was gunning on the Warthog The Rookie was driving "Alright Rookie lets see whats out here, No FLOOD I hope" He says looking around, then the Warthogs took off to look for anything useful or signs of life

((The UNSC Firebase The UNSC Supply Pad ))

On the same planet but further to the north a massive zerg hive cluster. The zerg hive cluster was a bunch of 'buildings' which contained zerg DNA strands allowing the larva to evolve into what ever was needed. But the buildings themselves were organisms. Living but with virtually no movement they sat on top of the creep soaked ground. The creep was a black and purple sludge like substance filled with billions of microscopic tendrils connecting all things inside it. The trees and other plant life covered in creep had died virtually instantly and their biomass was used to feed the hive cluster. But what was on the creep and in between the buildings was the true terror of it. The zerg mobile lifeforms were all over it. From the smallest zerg the one meter long serpent like larva to the massive brutalisks that stood over five meters tall and were covered in spikes and claws of all kinds. But among these was a zerg queen. A new zerg strain used to keep control over new developing hives away from the main hives in zerg space billions of light years away. The queen was a large six legged creature with a 'webbing' between it's spider like legs and a massive abdomen. The main body of the creature was skinny with skinny arms with sharp claws. The creatures head was an odd shape having no visible mouth it had two mandible like jaws either side of it's mouth. The queen had a large headdress that could shoot out powerful ten inch spikes that could shoot down armored aircraft and shred soldiers. She resided on the base of a mountain with the main hive surrounded by hydralisks, zerglings, mutalisks and overlords. Then an overlord that was on patrol came up to her. Floating above her the creature gave some low groans and flew off with it's large balloon like body. "Life forms here? We must acquire them for the swarm." the queen said telepathically to the zerg around her. A few dozen zerglings and hydralisks accompanied by some flying mutalisks left the hive to go and get the essence of these new visitors and kill them in the process. As they ran, slithered and flew past the few dozen zerg buildings you could see the many burrowed spine crawlers and spore cannons ready to defend the hive.

(The hive:
Zerg queen:

Zergling:

Hydralisk:

Overlord:

Mutalisks:

Larva: http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100906210939/starcraft/images/7/7d/Larva_SC2_Head1.jpg

Queen/Hydralisk spines:
The hive has a mountain not a volcano just so you know. The hyrdalisks fire spines just like the queens from their head and the mutalisks fire large 30cm length shuriken like bones from their tails capable of decapitating people. )

((The picture of your hive is blocked by the website from being used as a link))

The warthogs kept going on, Until one of the ODST's who was using his VISR Radar detected creatures headed towards them, By the way they moved and the emotions they gave off, they were hostile. Lots of Hostile's. The Rookie looked at Buck, Who nodded "Firebase... This is Buck we coming back with company!" He said as The Two Warthogs came rushing back to base. With both turrets looking around for the creatures. When they got back two turrets had been set up and two more supply pads built, Along with a barracks. There was five more Marines and six flame thrower marines.

As the zerg charged the enemy the mutalisks were further ahead as they were flying and faster but the zerglings and hydralisks were close behind on the ground. The mutalisks saw the humans ahead and let out a shriek as they fired the large glades from their tails. The shuriken like bone flew at them hitting the base and cutting into the metal for three inches. They did this in a bombing fashion flying over then going back in a circle to continue fireing. The zerglings and hydras arrived after the first wave hit. The few dozen fast moving zerglings were the size of a large dog and had teeth and claws that could pierce the marines armor and flesh with ease. The hydralisks in the back fired their bony shards at the foes. They would pierce anything that they hit but how deep they would go depended on how thick the foe it they hit. The Overlords flew over the top and they began to vomit a thick oozy substance all over the ground. They were placing creep. On creep zerg can move much faster and the zerglings already move like cheetahs. The zerg could also regenerate wounds by coating themselves in it and any none zerg organism would be mildly poisoned.

(If you can't see the image just right click and go open image or link in new tab.

Creep:

The purple stuff on the ground. In serious cases of large hives and once it 'matures' it can becoume more like a field of large slimy tentacles.

Spine crawlers:



Spore Crawlers:

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Marines fell down, But they knew how to deal with fast moving creatures, they started firing short bursts, The Warthogs running over Zurg and shooting them up with the chaingun. "Spirit! This is Buck! We could use some help down here!" There was a pause, then Cutter was heard "Hold out for a little longer, Help is on the way!" As the battle raged on more marines went down. But the Bases turrets came online and began firing its fast and powerful chaingun at the enemy. Then a Pelican came down and Dropped off a Scorpion (CE Model) And then nine Marines jumped out of the Pelican, Along with three armored humans with energy shields, Spartans Alice, Jerome and Douglas. Alice began laying down fire with his Chaingun, Jerome using his Spartan Laser and Douglas using his special four barrel rocket launcher

The human marines were not fairing so well against the zerg. With most of the marines dead the Zerg saw a victory but then reinforcements arrived for the humans. With the bases automatic turrets now online and mowing down zerglings the overlords saw there chance and began to flee. With a good sized area now covered in the slowly spreading creep they knew they succeed in their task in the attack. The mutalisks began to get blown out of the sky and one of their large two meter high and two meter wing spans hit one of the marines. The hydralisks were slithering closer and fireing their spines at the foes. With most of the zerg dead and half the overlords fleeing the fight looked good for the humans.

"Spirit, This is Buck. We have control over this sector for now. What the hell were those things?" Buck asked, Rookie shrugged and continued to drive around the base looking for any zerg survivors. Serena Spoke "I do not know the exact name, But they seem to use DNA and Bio mass as a form of upgrading their units" Buck sighed hearing this "So its like the FLOOD, Only they dont infect you, they just break down your BIO MASS Immediately" Buck said spinning the gun around looking for more Zerg. Cutter then came onto the come "The Firebase has built some Cyclops's to help repair the base, However Serena has detected strange crystals of sorts around here. I recommend you send a few over to start collecting them" And with that two Cyclops's head over and start collecting the crystals. While four others start repairing the warthogs and the firebase. Then the Firebase started building a Reactor.

With the first zerg attack a failure the overlords returned to the queen and gave her the news. "These creatures must be dealt with. I want a large attack force of four hundred zerg ready by night fall. Half zerglings a quarter hydralisks and the other quarter mutalisks. I want a message sent to the overmind so it can learn about our new foes." The queen said telepathically. The zerg larva of the four hives in the area formed cocoons as they began transforming into the units they wanted. With seven and a half hours left till dusk and another two hours for the full force to be ready withing twelve hours the human base would be hit hard. "Prepare the brutalisks I want two to go on the force and attack with them the other will stay here with another two hundred zerg." The queen said. The massive brutalisk let out a roar and and two of them walked to were they had to go.

(Brutalisk:

Also the queen is about twice the height of the spartans, The brutalisk is about nine meters tall and the overlords are about the size of a covenant wraith. Just so you get the scale a bit better.)

"Captain, Im heading down there. We need to figure out what these crystals do" Anders said as she got onto a Pelican "Alright, Buck I want you to make sure you keep Anders safe at all costs" He said as a Pelican came down and dropped Anders and a small Research team off. They then head into the Field Armory. The base now had all four turrets up and running, Two with Flame Mortars and two with missile pods. Then an Elephant drove out of the base and went into lock down mode. The Elephant was a sturdy vehicle and designed to be a mini base. everyone manned the Chainguns, and then the Auto Defence Turret came out of the top of the Elephant. Then another Pelican came down with a rocket Warthog and three marines to man it. Then two more Pelicans came down and dropped off two Cobra's. which drove over to the base and went into lock down mode as well. Five Hornets flew down and began patrolling from the air

It was still five hours till the assault on the human base and when they sent people to examine the crystals they were unaware of a few zerg drones inside a near by cave. The low to the ground zerg units were what all zerg buildings grew out of. They watched as they humans took small samples of the stones before they went back into the ave to a creep filled area. In a cavern was a hatchery and spawning pool which gave the DNA to mutate larva into zerglings. There was also a baneling nest the large spider like appearance oozed with a slightly corrosive ooze that would burn and eat through exposed none zerg organic matter.From this a dozen creatures that looked the same size of zerglings but with massive slightly glowing green backs, no eyes and large hollow claws slowly came up. These banelings were a mutation of the zergling. They were by no means fast or tough per say but when they got close to an enemy they would cause a chemical reaction in their bodies and explode coating everything in a large radius of five meters in a corrosive acid. It would melt through anything that was not zerg as zerg had made themselves immune to these chemicals.

(Drone:

Baneling:

Hatchery:

Spawning pool:

Baneling nest: )

"Spirit, this is Buck. We are securing this location, But I have a feeling the enemy will be back soon, With the numbers we saw on the Radar they did not send every one of their men after us" Buck said looking around, Cutter nodded "I have Pelicans on route to drop down cover" And with that the Pelican's came down and dropped down metal barricades and the Marines started setting up turrets and ammo creates behind the cover. Another Pelican came down and dropped off another Scorpion. along with six other marines. they upgraded their turrets to Medium turrets and began using the stations radar to keep an eye out for enemies. "We are using the ships sensors to try and see if there are any other life forms on this planet" Cutter said scanning the planet

Inside the cave the zerg banelings growled as they massed in numbers of twelve per 'squad'. This was simply groups of twelve and with eight groups they had ninety six banelings. The banelings do not walk fast however in fact they can only scuttle along the ground however they can role rather quickly into combat. The banelings would not explode if shot at. They only explode when they choose to as it requires a chemical reaction inside their body to make the acid so runny and acidic to non zerg substances. With a hiss the banelings rolled up and began to role out of the cave into the enemies. With there shear numbers it would be impossible to stop this many banelings from hitting there outpost of the people researching the crystals. It was still two hours till the main zerg assault but it was still rather dark. Out of the cave came dozens of these lethal banelings whose acid would melt through their armor, vehicles, flesh and buildings with ease.

"Hay who sent the Rollie Pollies!" Buck said firing his Warthog gun at them, The Base turrets began firing Missiles, Bullets and fire at the rolling Zerg. "uhh Spirit! We need help!" Buck said as a few hit the base, Then a short sword flew by and Carpet bombed some of them. The Elephants, Marines and Hornets opened fire now. But a few more did hit the base

The banelings that hit the base burnt large holes in it. Some marines and scientists got his with the acid and suffered horrendous burns. One marine was broken in half and both halves were melted beyond recantation. With half the banelings either detonated or killed three managed to get inside the base and they detonated. The structural integrity of the base was quickly coming undone. Meanwhile at the main hive cluster the zerg queen was preparing her forces for battle. Hundreds of zerg all stood ready to go and feast on the flesh of the humans. Meanwhile with the banelings one had gotten close to the rookie and Bucks warthog and was hit with some splash damage from the acid on the front wheels and it stopped as it was damaged. But with the fuel tank hit and acid slowly leaking into it, it would explode shortly.

Buck saw the fuel tanks and jumped out, Rookie and the other ODST jumped out as well and the warthog exploded. Rookie and Buck took out their Assault rifles and began attacking the more. Buck spoke into his com "Spirit of fire! we need repair drones!" And with that a ring of healing drones began fixing the base. Three Pelicans came down and dropped two Scorpions, and one Gauss Hog. along with 8 Flame Thrower marines, five marines and ten ODSTS.

As the reinforcements came down some of the banelings focused on the pelican. Two of them rolled up to it and used the broken warthog as a ramp to fling it's self up onto one of the pelican with the flame throwers and exploded on it causing it to be melted in half and it crashed in a acidic fiery mess. With only thirteen of the banelings alive another twenty came out of the cave to continue the assault. Inside the cave three dozen zerglings were preparing to rush out and attack. The zerg would keep coming out of the cave until the hatchery and other zerg 'structures' were still alive.

Buck looked at Alice, Jerome and Douglas. "Hay those things are coming out of the cave! Why dont you show them a thing or two about Spartans!" Buck said, the three spartans nodded and ran in guns ablazing, Rockets, Spartan Lasers and Machine gun fire. While Buck, The Rookie and the other ODST jumped onto the Gauss Hog and began laying down fire

The zerg continued to run out of the cave as the spartans entered. The zerglings running out of the cave met the spartans half way between the entrance and hive cluster inside the cavern. The zerglings tackled the spartans with their numbers and tried to bite them. Why their teeth are not strong enough to pierce the spartans armor they and their claws could scratch the armor with still. Hearing the gunfire the drones on the insider of the cave at the hive cluster all went and began to burrow into the ground. They then developed a rubbery skin like lump that filled with a liquid and the drones began to grow into spine crawlers. The spine crawlers were five meter long tendrils with a spike capable of piercing the Spartans armor and killing them. The six drones would become six spine crawlers located in the hive. But with there being over two dozen at the main hive cluster this would only be a test for the spartans. With the spine crawlers rooted and ready to kill the spartans once they made it into the cluster they would be in for a fight. The 'buildings' were also either large with the spawning pool being two meters deep and full of a substance used to develop the zerg. The pool helped the meter long larva turn into zerglings and the drones into the spore/spine crawlers. The baneling nest was about eight meters high and oozed acidic sludge. The hatchery however was a rather small one being only fourteen meters high and twenty long. The one at the main hive cluster was easily twice that size. Inside it were dozens of larva and on the outside was small tentacles for defense and on the top a mouth that can and will eat the humans.

(Sorry if I am just blabbering on I wanted to get the idea of the size of the things ready for you. )

(nah its alright )

The spartans used their combat knifes to kill any zerg that got near them. They continued to fight closer. Meanwhile back at base the UNSC Elephant began moving around, shooting and running over Zerg as they came. The Rookie and Buck were gaussing the enemy Zerg, The Spartans kept going until they got a message of The Spirit of Fire "Spartans fall back We have a different idea" The three spartans backed away and soon four MAC blasts smashed into the cave hive

The zerg screeched as the mac rounds came in and caused the cave to collapse and crushing most of the hive. Some of the larva survived and turned into one and a half meter tall slimy cocoons and after a few seconds became small drones which ran into the depths of the cave the hide. Meanwhile back at the main hive the queen had got some zerg guardians created to defend the hive cluster. The guardians were huge flying crab flat crablike creatures larger then even the unsc pelican. They fire large clomps of semi acidic but highly toxic sludge that weighs half a tone and can easily shoot down a pelican or long sword. The guardian itself weighed enough to crush a scorpion if it landed on it.

(Zerg Cocoon:

Zerg Guardian: )