Raid on Tarsonis (Vile Disruption)

Previous	Invasion of Char
Next	Liberation of Braxis
Raid on Tarsonis
Conflict	Brood War, (The Queen of Blades)
Date	Late May, 2501
Place	Kerrigan's main hive cluster, Tarsonis
Result	Zerg Swarm pyrrhic victory.
Combatants
Kerrigan's Swarm
Kerrigan's Swarm
Renegade Zerg forces
Renegade Zerg forces
Renegade Zerg forces
Renegade Zerg forces
Commanders
br> Infested Kerrigan Infested Duran The "Cerebrate"
br> Infested Kerrigan Infested Duran The "Cerebrate"
None
None
None
None
Strength
At least a few Hunter Killers Zerglings Hydralisks Queens Scourges
At least a few Hunter Killers Zerglings Hydralisks Queens Scourges
Zerglings Hydralisks Ultralisks Mutalisks Guardians
Zerglings Hydralisks Ultralisks Mutalisks Guardians
Zerglings Hydralisks Mutalisks
Zerglings Hydralisks Mutalisks
Casualties
Medium
Medium
Total
Total
Total
Total

The Raid on Tarsonis marks the beginning of the last phase of the Brood War, sometime after the UED's takeover of the [[Second Overmind|Overmind and shortly after the Psi Disrupter's signal reaches Kerrigan's zerg on Tarsonis.

History

After the UED's victory on Char, Infested Kerrigan was hiding out on Tarsonis, former (and empty) capital of the Terran Confederacy with her minion, Infested Duran, and a very small Swarm. She had taken control of 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 - 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 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 hives as it did so. Unfortunately, the hives failed to respond to the Cerebrate's orders, and so the associated larvae 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 Killers 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.