Editing Raid on Tarsonis (Vile Disruption)

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|name=Vile Disruption
|prev=[[Invasion of Char (To Chain the Beast)|Invasion of Char]]
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|next=[[Liberation of Braxis (Reign of Fire)|Liberation of Braxis]]
|image=VileDisruption SC1 Map1.jpg
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|conflict=[[Brood War (conflict)|Brood War]]
|campaign=[[StarCraft Episode VI|The Queen of Blades]]
|date=[[2500]]
|place=[[Sarah Kerrigan|Kerrigan]]'s main [[hive]] cluster, [[Tarsonis]]
|result=[[Kerrigan's Swarm]] pyrrhic victory
|side1={{FlagKerrigan}} [[Kerrigan's Swarm]]
|side2=Renegade [[Zerg]]
:Two rogue [[Zerg Brood|broods]]
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|commanders1={{FlagKerrigan}} Queen [[Sarah Kerrigan]]<br>
{{FlagKerrigan}} Consort [[Samir Duran|Duran]]<br/>
{{FlagKerrigan}} [[Cerebrate (Episode VI)|Unnamed cerebrate]]
|commanders2=None; each minion fended by itself due to a lack of centralized control and command
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|forces1=Whatever forces Kerrigan still had under her control, more some reinforcements she was able to get from the rescued hives
|forces2=Rampaging unguided zerg
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|casual1=Some damage to Kerrigan's main hive clusters, substantial damage to minions' strength, but recoverable
|casual2=Every rampaging zerg warrior was either killed or returned under Kerrigan's control
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The '''Raid on Tarsonis''' marked the beginning of the last phase of the [[Brood War (conflict)|Brood War]], sometime after the [[United Earth Directorate]]'s takeover of the [[Second Overmind|Overmind]] and shortly after the [[Psi disrupter]]'s signal reached [[Sarah Kerrigan]]'s [[zerg]] on [[Tarsonis]].

==History==
After the [[United Earth Directorate|UED]]'s [[Invasion of Char (To Chain the Beast)|victory on Char]], Sarah Kerrigan was hiding out on [[Tarsonis]], former (and empty) capital of the [[Terran Confederacy]] with her minion, [[Samir Duran|Infested Duran]], and a very small Swarm. She had taken control of [[Cerebrate (Episode VI)|a cerebrate]], a necessary link in the zerg chain of command. Her forces were weak because the [[United Earth Directorate]] had activated the [[Psi Disrupter]], interfering with her control of the zerg.

Duran interrupted her ruminations, telling her that visitors had arrived. [[Jim Raynor]] and [[Fenix]] were there to see her. Kerrigan had contacted the two of them on [[Aiur]] previously, and had alerted them to the [[United Earth Directorate]]'s plans &ndash; to take control of the [[second Overmind]]. Raynor and Fenix didn't trust her, but were nonetheless willing to work with her to defeat the UED. She convinced Raynor that, if the Directorate succeeded in their plans, they would not be above manipulating the Overmind to enslave Kerrigan once more, much the way the [[United Powers League]] ruled Earth with an iron fist. Kerrigan, having already gained freedom from the  [[Overmind|first Overmind]] when it was slain by the protoss hero, [[Tassadar]], was not about to relinquish her free will once more.

Duran interrupted the conversation, saying the Psi Disrupter had caused many of Kerrigan's zerg to leave her control over the past few hours and run amok.  Raynor mocked her on this point, while Kerrigan and Duran got to work.

The new cerebrate took control of Kerrigan's few remaining zerg minions and, with the use of superior tactics, slowly defeated the rebel zerg, recovering [[hive]]s as it did so.  The hives failed to respond to the cerebrate's orders, and so the associated [[larva]]e were unable to be transformed into new zerg minions.

Kerrigan's zerg moved from hive to hive, taking them from the rebels' control. Each time, some of the renegade zerg joined Kerrigan's side. Kerrigan recruited a number of [[Hunter Killer]]s this way; using her now formidable forces in tandem with the mighty Hunter Killers, the Queen of Blades managed to put down the rebels and claimed victory.<ref>''[[StarCraft: Brood War]].'' Vivendi Games. Mission: [[Vile Disruption]] (in English). 1998.</ref>

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