CSS Jupiter's Leviathan Encounter
CSS Jupiter, uncharted space.
Captain Bergenson sits in his captains chair, studying a data pad. It contains the latest scan data for the star system; a Class Y planet (uninhabitable), and a star.
And strangely a class 9 psionic life form, a Zerg Leviathan.
"This one isn't attacking us... Curious." he says out loud
"Behavior patterns show it's not aggressive." says the Weapons Officer.
"Is it feral?"
"Doesn't seem so, Ferals look a bit different. Fat almost. This one seems pretty in shape." says the Science Officer
"And very, very fast."
"Odd it seems like it's wandering astray." says the Science Officer
"Visual."
A monitor mounted to the ceiling immediately shows a high power camera feed of the leviathan.
It's the same leviathan HAWK assisted a few months ago.
The on-board computer of CSS Jupiter feeds through another signal; tag designation neutral. What's strange is that when comparing sensor readings of the relayed position of the supposed craft, there is nothing.
The leviathan changes course in the direction of the position in question.
On the bridge of CSS Jupiter:
"Get me a visual of that location"
On a second monitor the picture loads in. There is nothing but black emptiness, stars and various other cosmic sights on display.
That is until some of those sources of light are covered by something black. Looking closer a certain outline becomes apparent. The one of a familiar black, oval shape.
The captain stands up.
"That's looks familiar."
The current Order Communicator on the bridge murmurs to himself: "That's odd."
HAWK's craft telepathically speaks to the Leviathan.
"What do you seek lost one?"
The leviathan approaches the craft.
"What did you mean by 'slavery?'"
"What is your relationship with the, what I have heard is now commonly referred to as, Zerg Collective?"
"I am a Zerg."
"I am connected to the Overmind."
"I am related to all of them"
"Hm... so you serve the Overmind out of biological necessity?"
"In a way."
"But you are an independent individual only following the overmind's commands?"
"In a way."
"But in a way, I am also the Overmind."
"Yeah... whole collective running only through the shared processing of the individual units I assume."
"Why do you feel the urge to consume?"
"It's our primal instinct."
"It is embedded in our genome."
CSS Jupiter continued observing the interaction for some time before leaving the area.