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The UED Slave Broods were several zerg broods controlled by the United Earth Directorate after it had captured the second Overmind.

History[]

During the early stages of the Brood War, the former Zerg Swarm was split into two factions, Kerrigan's Zerg Swarm and Daggoth's Renegade Zerg faction.[1][2]

The two sides clashed on Shakuras and elsewhere, with Daggoth's forces losing most of its cerebrates.[3]

The United Earth Directorate[]

The United Earth Directorate, a government based on Earth, sent an Expeditionary Fleet to the Koprulu Sector, led by Admiral Gerard DuGalle, intent on capturing the Overmind and, through it, controlling the zerg to pacify the protoss as part of Project "Black Flag".[4]

To this end, the force captured the Psi Disrupter, a powerful anti-zerg weapon, and used it to weaken the zerg forces on Char. This enabled DuGalle's forces to capture the second Overmind.[5]

Using neurostims and powerful psychics, the UED "pacified" the Overmind.[6]

Conflict with Kerrigan[]

This brought the UED into direct conflict with Kerrigan, who desired control of these zerg forces.[5]

She arranged an alliance with the Terran Dominion, Raynor's Raiders and protoss forces under the command of Fenix to attack the UED forces on Korhal, the throne world of the Dominion which the UED had captured.

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Second Overmind's hive cluster

Kerrigan's forces led the assault, fighting both the UED forces and its enslaved zerg. Kerrigan noted that the UED had trouble controlling its enslaved zerg at that distance from the second Overmind on Char. Kerrigan and her allies achieved victory.[7]

In revenge, the UED attacked Kerrigan at her fortress on Tarsonis, using masses of enslaved zerg coordinated by "scientists." The UED also had genetic engineers present, conducting experiments on seemingly passive zerg. Kerrigan ordered her forces to destroy the scientists, which caused the formerly passive zerg to rampage out of control.[8]

Eventually Kerrigan was ready to take the fight to the UED. Garnering Dark Templar as "allies", she launched an assault on Char. The "allied" forces slew the second Overmind[9], putting the zerg underneath Kerrigan's command.[10]

References[]

  1. Kerrigan: Queen of Blades. Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2007-10-13.
  2. Kerrigan: "Apparently, many of the renegade Cerebrates, commanded by Daggoth, have merged into a new Overmind. Fortunately, the creature is still in its infant stages. It can't control the Swarm yet, but Daggoth and the others still have control over most of the Broods."
    StarCraft: Brood War. Vivendi Games. Mission: The Quest for Uraj (in English). 1998.
  3. Blizzard Entertainment staff. 2008-04-16. The Story so Far... Part 2: The Brood War. Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2008-04-16.
  4. Underwood, Peter, Chris Metzen and Bill Roper. StarCraft: Brood War (Manual). Irvine, Calif. Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
  5. 5.0 5.1 StarCraft: Brood War. Vivendi Games. Mission: To Chain the Beast (in English). 1998.
  6. StarCraft: Brood War. Vivendi Games. Cinematic: UED Victory Report (in English). 1998.
  7. StarCraft: Brood War. Vivendi Games. Mission: The Liberation of Korhal (in English). 1998.
  8. StarCraft: Brood War. Vivendi Games. Mission: Fury of the Swarm (in English). 1998.
  9. StarCraft: Brood War. Vivendi Games. Mission: To Slay the Beast (in English). 1998.
  10. Infested Duran: My Queen, with the Overmind and its cerebrates destroyed, all of the Zerg in this sector have reverted to your direct control.
    StarCraft: Brood War. Vivendi Games. Level/area: The Reckoning (in English). 1998.
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