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25xx year. Planet Anbarm ll.

Located on the borders of the Koprulu sector, this desert planet lives a normal life, illuminated by the star Kers. Despite its discovery, it was little known and never came under the attention of Terrans, Zerg and Protoss for both military and resource purposes.

But that was all for the time being. There was a battle going on on the planet, where the winner would get everything, including resources.

On one side of the barricades, the mercenary organization "Seekers" under the command of Captain Karl Meyrond. There were many rumors about this person and the secrets of the past hidden behind the screen. Rumor has it that he led one of the branches of the UED fleet, during their invasion of the sector and after the defeat, like the few surviving Earthlings, went into mercenaries. At the moment, he has a personal small fleet of cruisers (some of them restored and modified UED ships), as well as having good connections, he also has a private mercenary army consisting of both battle-hardened veterans and recruits who decided to join him.

Their goal was to scout out the situation of the planet and gather resources, because as it turned out later, there are valuable Jorium minerals. The customer was interested in this planet and its riches, and therefore was willing to pay a considerable amount for this mission.

On the other side was a race of high-tech aliens calling themselves Tau. Their expeditionary fleet arrived here during the so-called "Fifth Expansion Sphere" in order to increase their territory. Of course, they were not against starting peace negotiations for their so-called "Greater Good" and even offered an alliance, but it was clear what this meant for the mercenaries: submit and give the xenos resources, losing money or die. And no one wanted to lose something.

There will be no peaceful solution. Whoever wins will get everything.

***

" - Everyone prepare the main caliber. We'll meet their cars properly!

- Commander, enemy tanks are not advancing on us. For some reason they are taking positions on the hills.

- Occupy the hills? Are they afraid of us?”

From the negotiations between the commander of the Hammerhead armored squad and his wards. They are listed as dead during the shelling.

During the first clashes, the xenos infantry of the "Fire Caste", they are also “Fire Warriors” suffered huge losses, unlike mercenaries. The Tau clearly did not expect such a course of events and the fact that their technological pieces would become useless. Two factors played a role here: weapons and equipment.

Pulse rifles could not penetrate CMC armor, at least from the first time. The armored skin held shots perfectly, and such things as Medics, Combat Shields and StimPacks increased the chances of survival. However, the Warriors quickly realized this and began to take action. Having increased the power of rifles, sacrificing ammunition at the same time, small groups coordinated and shot first one and then another target, aiming at weak points, such as the helmet visor. The primary target of the snipers were the Medics, who covered themselves with shields and fired stun grenades in response, occasionally using a pistol. Also, their combat drones with shields came to the rescue, giving at least some protection. Mercenaries have repeatedly encountered Protoss and had experience in "bursting” shields, and therefore quickly coordinated targets and overloaded shields.

The situation worsened when Marauders and Firebats appeared on the battlefield. They have become almost impenetrable, despite the increase in power and concentrated fire. The CMC-660 armor, along with additional protection (Juggernaut Plating and Kinetic Foam) and weapons (Incinerator Gauntlets and Concussive Shells) made them walking tanks. Firebat's burned infantry alive, and Marauders destroyed shelters and light armored vehicles. Even the drone shields didn't help. Only combat suits, warships and rail rifles could stop the advance of these units, keeping them at a decent distance.

But from the Terran side, new combat units have appeared: Ghosts and Reapers. They have become the main pain of Tau. The former possessed invisibility, and were also psykers, referred to by Terrans as "psionics". They quietly and imperceptibly killed soldiers and pilots of combat suits with their rifles, and also used their psi abilities, and also played a role for aiming missiles. It was lucky that they were beaten with ordinary ones. The second attacked suddenly: they appeared, shot with pistols and threw bombs, and then also suddenly left.

Speaking of Reapers and Ghosts. The armor of the “Fire Warriors” was too much like the protection of the fighters' data. Maybe they protected from small-caliber guns and allowed the carrier to move quickly, but from Gauss technology it was negligible.

The C-14 "Impaler" rifle, despite its primitiveness, according to Tau, was very rapid-firing, and magnetic induction accelerated the bullets so that the power was at the level of a bolter. Bullets simply tore the soldiers apart, leaving severe and incompatible with life wounds. The shields of the drones could hold a blow, but, unfortunately, they quickly overloaded and became useless. Also, the rifle was dangerous even for equipment, both air and ground, since in addition to standard ammunition, armor-piercing ones intended for armored targets were also included. Not to say that their rifles pierced everything and everything, but any pilot of a Combat suit, a Gravity tank or a ship starting to dive to drop bombs will not like it when a hail of ultra-fast bullets flies in their direction.

The second shock for the “Fire Warriors” were tanks.

When the Iron giants appeared on the battlefield, the few who participated in conflicts with the Imperium experienced deja vu. These huge and clumsy machines looked too much like Astra Militarum tanks. What can I say, the infantry itself was too much like the fighters of the Adeptus Astartes.

The main twin cannon has a high rate of fire and armor penetration, and the armor withstands two or three shots of rail weapons from combat suits. However, an accurate hit from the "Hammerhead" instantly turned the car into a useless piece of scrap metal.

But to the surprise of many Warriors, tanks did not go on the offensive. On the contrary, they occupied secluded positions and hills, and so that they could not get into them.

But less than two minutes later, high-explosive and smart shells hit the positions, taking the infantry and equipment by surprise.

Tau suffered losses from artillery… But wait, where did she turn around so quickly? There was nothing like her among the enemy. But the next report horrified many.

These were the tanks.

As it turned out, these machines had a so-called "Mode system": in the "Tank mode” this is a classic tank, but in the “Siege mode" it turned into long-range field artillery, carrying death for many kilometers. With a built-in multifunctional terrain map, the tanker could easily detect the target and open fire, having smart projectiles in the arsenal that scanned the terrain in flight and flew straight to the target.

Of course, there was a justice for the tanks. Aviation effectively attacked and bombed tanks, dodging air defense fire, Marines and air fire. Combat suits broke through the defenses and destroyed tanks, although it was not easy to do this.

In the first hours of the battle, the Terrans took the advantage.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

For the atmosphere: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-p4P…

Finally, I did it!

This has been done for a long time and I am happy with my result. I have been hatching this idea and implementation for a long time. The inspiration was this video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhTTt_…

(unfortunately, the author of the Starcraft mod removed it from the Steam Workshop. Very sorry )

And I will answer two questions right away:

1. How did the Tau get into the Koprulu sector?

I'll answer right away - no, they are not in the same universe, and Koprulu is not a sector cut off by a warp-storm. Let's just say this idea is related to my idea of a crossover called "Holes in the Wall". (I will soon release an article where I will tell you everything in more detail).

Upd: www.deviantart.com/artem0/jour…

Hell, I even wanted a mod for Dawn of War with units from Starcraft. "Getting to know Koprulu", why not?

2. Why is Tau's blood blue?

Because that's what I decided. It seems that somewhere it is said that they are red, somewhere blue... chose the blue color, because Tau are blue? Blue! That's all. (Why then the Orcs' blood is not green, I do not know).

In general, I got confused in the canons of Tau. Then they have blood of one or another color (this has already been mentioned), then tau women do not have boobs, that is (I mean that they still have. It is clear that Shadowrun is taken as a basis, but come on, she is in a combat suit and it is obvious that they are not visible. Is she going to war for ideology or having sex with a space marine?) In short, you get it...

If you have other comments, questions and criticism, write in the comments, we will discuss.

Support the author: www.donationalerts.com/r/popra…

Description
25xx year. Planet Anbarm ll.

Located on the borders of the Koprulu sector, this desert planet lives a normal life, illuminated by the star Kers. Despite its discovery, it was little known and never came under the attention of Terrans, Zerg and Protoss for both military and resource purposes.

But that was all for the time being. There was a battle going on on the planet, where the winner would get everything, including resources.

On one side of the barricades, the mercenary organization "Seekers" under the command of Captain Karl Meyrond. There were many rumors about this person and the secrets of the past hidden behind the screen. Rumor has it that he led one of the branches of the UED fleet, during their invasion of the sector and after the defeat, like the few surviving Earthlings, went into mercenaries. At the moment, he has a personal small fleet of cruisers (some of them restored and modified UED ships), as well as having good connections, he also has a private mercenary army consisting of both battle-hardened veterans and recruits who decided to join him.

Their goal was to scout out the situation of the planet and gather resources, because as it turned out later, there are valuable Jorium minerals. The customer was interested in this planet and its riches, and therefore was willing to pay a considerable amount for this mission.

On the other side was a race of high-tech aliens calling themselves Tau. Their expeditionary fleet arrived here during the so-called "Fifth Expansion Sphere" in order to increase their territory. Of course, they were not against starting peace negotiations for their so-called "Greater Good" and even offered an alliance, but it was clear what this meant for the mercenaries: submit and give the xenos resources, losing money or die. And no one wanted to lose something.

There will be no peaceful solution. Whoever wins will get everything.

***

" - Everyone prepare the main caliber. We'll meet their cars properly!

- Commander, enemy tanks are not advancing on us. For some reason they are taking positions on the hills.

- Occupy the hills? Are they afraid of us?”

From the negotiations between the commander of the Hammerhead armored squad and his wards. They are listed as dead during the shelling.

During the first clashes, the xenos infantry of the "Fire Caste", they are also “Fire Warriors” suffered huge losses, unlike mercenaries. The Tau clearly did not expect such a course of events and the fact that their technological pieces would become useless. Two factors played a role here: weapons and equipment.

Pulse rifles could not penetrate CMC armor, at least from the first time. The armored skin held shots perfectly, and such things as Medics, Combat Shields and StimPacks increased the chances of survival. However, the Warriors quickly realized this and began to take action. Having increased the power of rifles, sacrificing ammunition at the same time, small groups coordinated and shot first one and then another target, aiming at weak points, such as the helmet visor. The primary target of the snipers were the Medics, who covered themselves with shields and fired stun grenades in response, occasionally using a pistol. Also, their combat drones with shields came to the rescue, giving at least some protection. Mercenaries have repeatedly encountered Protoss and had experience in "bursting” shields, and therefore quickly coordinated targets and overloaded shields.

The situation worsened when Marauders and Firebats appeared on the battlefield. They have become almost impenetrable, despite the increase in power and concentrated fire. The CMC-660 armor, along with additional protection (Juggernaut Plating and Kinetic Foam) and weapons (Incinerator Gauntlets and Concussive Shells) made them walking tanks. Firebat's burned infantry alive, and Marauders destroyed shelters and light armored vehicles. Even the drone shields didn't help. Only combat suits, warships and rail rifles could stop the advance of these units, keeping them at a decent distance.

But from the Terran side, new combat units have appeared: Ghosts and Reapers. They have become the main pain of Tau. The former possessed invisibility, and were also psykers, referred to by Terrans as "psionics". They quietly and imperceptibly killed soldiers and pilots of combat suits with their rifles, and also used their psi abilities, and also played a role for aiming missiles. It was lucky that they were beaten with ordinary ones. The second attacked suddenly: they appeared, shot with pistols and threw bombs, and then also suddenly left.

Speaking of Reapers and Ghosts. The armor of the “Fire Warriors” was too much like the protection of the fighters' data. Maybe they protected from small-caliber guns and allowed the carrier to move quickly, but from Gauss technology it was negligible.

The C-14 "Impaler" rifle, despite its primitiveness, according to Tau, was very rapid-firing, and magnetic induction accelerated the bullets so that the power was at the level of a bolter. Bullets simply tore the soldiers apart, leaving severe and incompatible with life wounds. The shields of the drones could hold a blow, but, unfortunately, they quickly overloaded and became useless. Also, the rifle was dangerous even for equipment, both air and ground, since in addition to standard ammunition, armor-piercing ones intended for armored targets were also included. Not to say that their rifles pierced everything and everything, but any pilot of a Combat suit, a Gravity tank or a ship starting to dive to drop bombs will not like it when a hail of ultra-fast bullets flies in their direction.

The second shock for the “Fire Warriors” were tanks.

When the Iron giants appeared on the battlefield, the few who participated in conflicts with the Imperium experienced deja vu. These huge and clumsy machines looked too much like Astra Militarum tanks. What can I say, the infantry itself was too much like the fighters of the Adeptus Astartes.

The main twin cannon has a high rate of fire and armor penetration, and the armor withstands two or three shots of rail weapons from combat suits. However, an accurate hit from the "Hammerhead" instantly turned the car into a useless piece of scrap metal.

But to the surprise of many Warriors, tanks did not go on the offensive. On the contrary, they occupied secluded positions and hills, and so that they could not get into them.

But less than two minutes later, high-explosive and smart shells hit the positions, taking the infantry and equipment by surprise.

Tau suffered losses from artillery… But wait, where did she turn around so quickly? There was nothing like her among the enemy. But the next report horrified many.

These were the tanks.

As it turned out, these machines had a so-called "Mode system": in the "Tank mode” this is a classic tank, but in the “Siege mode" it turned into long-range field artillery, carrying death for many kilometers. With a built-in multifunctional terrain map, the tanker could easily detect the target and open fire, having smart projectiles in the arsenal that scanned the terrain in flight and flew straight to the target.

Of course, there was a justice for the tanks. Aviation effectively attacked and bombed tanks, dodging air defense fire, Marines and air fire. Combat suits broke through the defenses and destroyed tanks, although it was not easy to do this.

In the first hours of the battle, the Terrans took the advantage.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

For the atmosphere: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-p4P…

Finally, I did it!

This has been done for a long time and I am happy with my result. I have been hatching this idea and implementation for a long time. The inspiration was this video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhTTt_…

(unfortunately, the author of the Starcraft mod removed it from the Steam Workshop. Very sorry )

And I will answer two questions right away:

1. How did the Tau get into the Koprulu sector?

I'll answer right away - no, they are not in the same universe, and Koprulu is not a sector cut off by a warp-storm. Let's just say this idea is related to my idea of a crossover called "Holes in the Wall". (I will soon release an article where I will tell you everything in more detail).

Upd: www.deviantart.com/artem0/jour…

Hell, I even wanted a mod for Dawn of War with units from Starcraft. "Getting to know Koprulu", why not?

2. Why is Tau's blood blue?

Because that's what I decided. It seems that somewhere it is said that they are red, somewhere blue... chose the blue color, because Tau are blue? Blue! That's all. (Why then the Orcs' blood is not green, I do not know).

In general, I got confused in the canons of Tau. Then they have blood of one or another color (this has already been mentioned), then tau women do not have boobs, that is (I mean that they still have. It is clear that Shadowrun is taken as a basis, but come on, she is in a combat suit and it is obvious that they are not visible. Is she going to war for ideology or having sex with a space marine?) In short, you get it...

If you have other comments, questions and criticism, write in the comments, we will discuss.

Support the author: www.donationalerts.com/r/popra…