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* AssholeVictim: Elegas, when confronted by Elric and accused of having… inappropriate feelings toward his sister, merely replies that she was only a half-sister… ''[[TooDumbToLive and then asks about her daughter]]''.
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* AssholeVictim: Elegas, when confronted by Elric and accused of having… inappropriate feelings toward his sister, merely replies that she was only a half-sister… ''[[TooDumbToLive and then asks about her daughter]]''. Mind you, said daughter is [[{{Squick}} something like seven]].
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* GotVolunteered: In Chapter 58, "Lori and other soldiers were 'asked' to 'volunteer' in their entirety to aid in the construction" of fortifications once the Space Marines arrive.
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* BackFromTheDead: The leaders of the Swarm can do it on army scale, so long as the corpses are sufficiently intact.
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* GunshipRescue: During the Imperium’s battle with the Zerg, a rampaging Ultralisk is destroyed by Valkyrie gunships. Then, a massive wave of enemies comes, too much for the gunships. All seems lost, but then [[spoiler:a KillSat network reactivates.]]
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* GunshipRescue: During the Imperium’s battle with the Zerg, a rampaging Ultralisk is destroyed by Valkyrie gunships. Then, a massive wave of enemies comes, too much for the gunships. All seems lost, but then [[spoiler:a KillSat network reactivates. Kind of a PyrrhicVictory though; the humans take enormous casualties themselves.]]
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* LostColony: They are the descendants of a destroyed warship’s crew, at least the ruling class is. Apparently, the planet was already settled by the time they arrived.
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* MeleeATrois: Five sides in the first arc. 1)The King’s Army. 2) The Space Marines and Duke Verin’s forces. 3) Judanus with his Chaos Marines and cultists. 4) Bugklaw with his Orks. 5) The Swarm. The second ark has the Swarm, the Imperium Inquisition, Chaos, Eldar, and [[spoiler:Vegin, although he doesn't seem to be his own master.]]
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* MeleeATrois: Five sides in the first arc. 1)The King’s Army. 2) The Space Marines and Duke Verin’s forces. 3) Judanus with his Chaos Marines and cultists. 4) Bugklaw with his Orks. 5) The Swarm. The second ark has the Swarm, the Imperium Inquisition, Chaos, Eldar, and [[spoiler:Vegin, although it turns out he doesn't seem to be his own master.]]is actually with the Chaos.]] In one of the intermission chapters, the Swarm manipulates the Orks, Imperium and Eldar into that, with Dark Eldar and Chaos joining in later.
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* MookPromotion: The Spyling[=/=]Blood Master now seems to be the SixthRanger.
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* SchizoTech: Mostly Middle Ages level technology, but there are some advanced weapons from the crashed starship, as well as limited production by the remaining Techmarines and the Adeptus Mechanicus descendants.
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* StandardSciFiFleet: Everything the old Swarm had is Small Craft, except for Leviathan. The new Overmind has added {{Battlestar}}s, carriers and other Capital Ships ([[LivingShip Living Ship]]s, of course), hopefully we'll see more soon.
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* StandardSciFiFleet: Everything the old Swarm had is Small Craft, except for the Leviathan. The new Overmind has added {{Battlestar}}s, carriers and other Capital Ships ([[LivingShip Living Ship]]s, of course), hopefully we'll see more soon.
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* SuperEmpowering: Alena has the power to empower entire Zerg task forces around her. However, more importantly and very ironically, the Swarm is this... to its enemies. That is, because the Zerg consume Chaos energy in their vicinity, enemy psykers can use their powers against them with a significantly reduced risk of corruption.
* SuperweaponSurprise: Bugklaw delivers a few of these. Later, a Zerg invasion of an Ork world runs into problems when the Warboss deploys what seems to be a mountain sized Necron vehicle... the vehicle vanishes before the Zerg manage to even scratch it, let's hope it reappears one day.
* SuperweaponSurprise: Bugklaw delivers a few of these. Later, a Zerg invasion of an Ork world runs into problems when the Warboss deploys what seems to be a mountain sized Necron vehicle... the vehicle vanishes before the Zerg manage to even scratch it, let's hope it reappears one day.
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* SuperEmpowering: Alena has the power to empower entire Zerg task forces around her. However, more importantly and very ironically, the Swarm is this... to its enemies. That is, because the Zerg consume Chaos energy in their vicinity, enemy psykers can use their powers against them with a significantly reduced risk of corruption. \n When a Space Marine team boards a Zerg Hive Ship, their Librarian can use his powers until he falls unconscious with exhaustion.
* SuperweaponSurprise: Bugklaw delivers a few ofthese.these in the first arc. Later, a Zerg invasion of an Ork world runs into problems when the Warboss deploys what seems to be a mountain sized Necron vehicle... the vehicle vanishes before the Zerg manage to even scratch it, let's hope it reappears one day.
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* FeatherFlechettes: The Garuda flings these... hundred meter long, armor penetrating, and explosive.
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* SuperEmpowering: The Swarm is this... to their enemies. That is, because they consume Chaos energy in their vicinity, enemy psykers can use their powers there with a significantly reduced risk of corruption. Also, Alina has the power to empower entire Zerg task forces around her.
* SuperweaponSurprise: Bugklaw delivers a few of these.
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* TheStarscream: Judanus [[spoiler:pulls it off against a Daemon Prince.]]
* SuperEmpowering:The Alena has the power to empower entire Zerg task forces around her. However, more importantly and very ironically, the Swarm is this... to their its enemies. That is, because they the Zerg consume Chaos energy in their vicinity, enemy psykers can use their powers there against them with a significantly reduced risk of corruption. Also, Alina has the power to empower entire Zerg task forces around her.
corruption.
* SuperweaponSurprise: Bugklaw delivers a few of these. Later, a Zerg invasion of an Ork world runs into problems when the Warboss deploys what seems to be a mountain sized Necron vehicle... the vehicle vanishes before the Zerg manage to even scratch it, let's hope it reappears one day.
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* SuperweaponSurprise: Bugklaw delivers a few of these. Later, a Zerg invasion of an Ork world runs into problems when the Warboss deploys what seems to be a mountain sized Necron vehicle... the vehicle vanishes before the Zerg manage to even scratch it, let's hope it reappears one day.
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* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: The Overmind doesn't tell [[spoiler:Volran about the confrontation with the Eldar because, just like the Dark Templar, the Eldar can use the Hive Mind link of the Swarm to gain knowledge about the Zerg.]]
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* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: The Overmind doesn't tell [[spoiler:Volran about the confrontation with the Eldar because, just like the Dark Templar, the Eldar can use the Hive Mind link of the Swarm to gain knowledge about the Zerg.]]]] In fact, a lot of his schemes appear to be hidden even from parts of his own mind.
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* WorfEffect: The Overmind’s first mental battle is against [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ahzek_Ahriman Ahzek Ahriman]]. That’s a ten thousand years old Badass with knowledge and power only surpassed by the Greater Daemons and Primarchs… and he’s completely [[CurbStomp Curb Stomp]]ed. At the end of arc 2, hastily prepared Overmind Host takes out (barely) an Avatar of Khaine. Volran seems to suffer from the trope as well - as the Champion most inclined toward direct combat, he was killed twice already.
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* WorfEffect: The Overmind’s first mental battle is against [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ahzek_Ahriman Ahzek Ahriman]]. That’s a ten thousand years old Badass with knowledge and power only surpassed by the Greater Daemons and Primarchs… and he’s completely [[CurbStomp Curb Stomp]]ed. At the end of arc 2, a hastily prepared Overmind Host takes out (barely) an Avatar of Khaine. Volran seems to suffer from the trope as well - as the Champion most inclined toward direct combat, combat and brute strength, he was killed twice already.already.
* WorthyOpponent: Apparently, Bugklaw is considered that by the Overmind, seeing as a Zerg agent made in his image appears at one point.
* WorthyOpponent: Apparently, Bugklaw is considered that by the Overmind, seeing as a Zerg agent made in his image appears at one point.
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* WeHaveReserves: The Overmind is perfectly willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of creatures to delay Bugklaw’s Stompa for a single day.
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* WeHaveReserves: The Overmind is perfectly willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of creatures to delay Bugklaw’s Stompa for a single day. Later, at the end of Arc 2, Volran assaults an impregnable fortress... by sending creatures at it until the Imperium RagnarokProof weapons break down from constant firing.
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The first story arc – the first 40 chapters – is about the Overmind taking over the planet. The second arc – just barely started as of late 2013 – is about the Swarm expanding, opposed by the Imperium, the Eldar, the Chaos… and [[VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine Captain Titus]].
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The first story arc – the first 40 chapters – is about the Overmind taking over the planet. The second arc – just barely started as of late 2013 finished in summer 2014 – is about the Swarm expanding, testing itself against future enemies on a remote planet, opposed by the Imperium, the Eldar, the Chaos… and [[VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine Captain Titus]].
* BigDamnHeroes: In the final battle of arc 2.
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* WorfEffect: The Overmind’s first mental battle is against [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ahzek_Ahriman Ahzek Ahriman]]. That’s a ten thousand years old Badass with knowledge and power only surpassed by the Greater Daemons and Primarchs… and he’s completely [[CurbStomp Curb Stomp]]ed.
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* WorfEffect: The Overmind’s first mental battle is against [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ahzek_Ahriman Ahzek Ahriman]]. That’s a ten thousand years old Badass with knowledge and power only surpassed by the Greater Daemons and Primarchs… and he’s completely [[CurbStomp Curb Stomp]]ed. At the end of arc 2, hastily prepared Overmind Host takes out (barely) an Avatar of Khaine. Volran seems to suffer from the trope as well - as the Champion most inclined toward direct combat, he was killed twice already.
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* CurbStompBattle: The first Warboss against the Ultralisk, then the Kingdom forces against the Chaos. Alena and the Host deliver these to… well, whatever they have encountered so far.
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* CurbStompBattle: The first Warboss against the Ultralisk, then the Kingdom forces against the Chaos. Alena and the Host deliver these to… well, whatever they have encountered so far.in the first arc. An Avatar of Khaine turned out to be much more of a problem.
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* StatusBuff: Alina is the most prominent example.
* SuperEmpowering: The Swarm is this... to their enemies. That is, because they consume Chaos energy in their vicinity, enemy psykers can use their powers there with a significantly reduced risk of corruption.
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* BodyHorror: When Zerg attack humans with acid and spores, the results are… not pretty.
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* BodyHorror: When Zerg attack humans with acid and spores, the results are… not pretty. Also, chapter 23 describes a battlefield full of corpses... and then a severed head comes alive - a [[PuppeteerParasite Spyling]] still has enough life in him to try searching for another host. Of course, a few tentacles must be grown first to move around.
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* CavalryBetrayal: The Space Marines. First, the ones woken up turn out to be largely corrupted by Chaos. Later, during a battle between the King’s Army and the Chaos, forces led by the Loyalist Space Marines attack and wipe out the Chaos… and then the other side; due to the King refusing to recognize the Space Marines as his superiors, his kingdom is branded as heretics.
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* CavalryBetrayal: The Space Marines. First, the ones village which called for help against the Orks is attacked due to Tobias being mistaken for a daemon. Then, the Space Marines woken up turn out to be largely corrupted by Chaos. Later, during a battle between the King’s Army and the Chaos, forces led by the Loyalist Space Marines attack and wipe out the Chaos… and then the other side; due to the King refusing to recognize the Space Marines as his superiors, his kingdom is branded as heretics.
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* MeaningfulRename: After Char, the name “James” isn’t used often, except in some private concersations. There is only the new Overmind. After the first arc, the planet upon which it occurred is named New Char, although it is unclear whether it had one earlier.
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* MeaningfulRename: After Char, the name “James” isn’t used often, except in some private concersations. There is only the new Overmind. After the first arc, the planet upon which it occurred is named New Char, although it is unclear whether it had one a name earlier.
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* CannibalismSuperpower: Aside from the Zerg consuming native fauna, Orks, space marines, daemons, etc, for their essence, Captain Titus demonstrates the Space Marines' little-remembered [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Creation_of_a_Space_Marine#Omophagea Omophagea]] implant by eating a zergling's brain to learn about the Zerg.
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* ArchNemesis: Warboss Bugklaw. [[spoiler:Too bad he doesn’t survive into the second arc.]]
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* AttackOfThe50footWhatever: James’ first body was a Hive sized Ultralisk variant. Gets better later, when he starts making Zerg Titans and [[LivingShip Living Ship]]s up to ten kilometers long, with bigger stuff being planned.
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* AttackOfThe50footWhatever: AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: James’ first body was a Hive sized Ultralisk variant. Gets better later, when he starts making Zerg Titans and [[LivingShip Living Ship]]s up to ten kilometers long, with bigger stuff being planned.
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As of late 2013, the story could use some betaing, but is generally a very enjoyable one.
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7080862/1/The-Swarm-of-War The Swarm of War]] is a [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40000]][=/=][[{{VideoGame/Starcraft}} Starcraft]] {{Crossover}} written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1272704/VexMaster VexMaster]]. It tells the story of James Malcolm Raynor, a nerd with knowledge of both universes killed by a car… and reincarnated as a Zerg Larva on the fallen Aiur. The guy morphs to a Drone… then a Hatchery… then a Hive Cluster… and just as he’s ready to take over after Kerrigan’s depowerment… the Xel’Naga artifact transports him elsewhere. From that moment, James is no more. There is a new Overmind. And that Overmind lands on a new planet. A planet just in the middle of a Warp Storm. Well, time to rebuild… and consume.
The first story arc – the first 40 chapters – is about the Overmind taking over the planet. The second arc – just barely started as of late 2013 – is about the Swarm expanding, opposed by the Imperium, the Eldar, the Chaos… and [[Warhammer40000SpaceMarine Captain Titus]].
The first story arc – the first 40 chapters – is about the Overmind taking over the planet. The second arc – just barely started as of late 2013 – is about the Swarm expanding, opposed by the Imperium, the Eldar, the Chaos… and [[Warhammer40000SpaceMarine Captain Titus]].
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7080862/1/The-Swarm-of-War The Swarm of War]] is a [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40000]][=/=][[{{VideoGame/Starcraft}} Starcraft]] ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' [=/=] ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' {{Crossover}} written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1272704/VexMaster VexMaster]]. It tells the story of James Malcolm Raynor, a nerd with knowledge of both universes killed by a car… and reincarnated as a Zerg Larva on the fallen Aiur. The guy morphs to a Drone… then a Hatchery… then a Hive Cluster… and just as he’s ready to take over after Kerrigan’s depowerment… the Xel’Naga artifact transports him elsewhere. From that moment, James is no more. There is a new Overmind. And that Overmind lands on a new planet. A planet just in the middle of a Warp Storm. Well, time to rebuild… and consume.
The first story arc – the first 40 chapters – is about the Overmind taking over the planet. The second arc – just barely started as of late 2013 – is about the Swarm expanding, opposed by the Imperium, the Eldar, the Chaos… and[[Warhammer40000SpaceMarine [[VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine Captain Titus]].
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* HormoneAddledTeenager: The ''Overmind'' goes through such a stage a few months after arriving in the [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40000]] universe. Doesn’t quite work the way it does for humans, but it’s enough for some confusion. Then Alena goes through the same… enough for them both to be confused.
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* HormoneAddledTeenager: The ''Overmind'' goes through such a stage a few months after arriving in the [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40000]] ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe. Doesn’t quite work the way it does for humans, but it’s enough for some confusion. Then Alena goes through the same… enough for them both to be confused.
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* LikeAFishTakesToWater: James accepts his reincarnation very quickly. Then he builds an empire within months. Then he gets to the [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40000]] universe… well, it’s technically not him anymore, but still, he develops a new plan quickly enough.
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* LikeAFishTakesToWater: James accepts his reincarnation very quickly. Then he builds an empire within months. Then he gets to the [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40000]] ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe… well, it’s technically not him anymore, but still, he develops a new plan quickly enough.
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* FalseFlagOperation: In the second story arc, a Zerg force is lost in a minor Warp anomaly and lands on an Imperium world. Investigation reveals LaserGuidedAmnesia in the colony’s memories, which implies artificial causes with hints pointing toward [[spoiler:the Eldar and their psyker powers]]. However, Volran guesses correctly that the real culprit is [[spoiler:the Overmind, since only he could have done such a precise work]].
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* FalseFlagOperation: In the second story arc, a Zerg force is lost in a minor Warp anomaly and lands on an Imperium world. Investigation reveals LaserGuidedAmnesia in the colony’s memories, which implies artificial causes with hints pointing toward [[spoiler:the Eldar and their psyker powers]]. However, Volran guesses correctly that the real culprit is [[spoiler:the Overmind, since only he could have done such a precise work]]. The next chapter reveals [[spoiler:it was an Eldar attack all right, but the Overmind attempted to erase the evidence.]]
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* GeneralFailure: General Vegin is yet to appear personally, but everything is done already to make him look like one.
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* MeleeATrois: Five sides in the first arc. 1)The King’s Army. 2) The Space Marines and Duke Verin’s forces. 3) Judanus with his Chaos Marines and cultists. 4) Bugklaw with his Orks. 5) The Swarm. The second ark has the Swarm, the Imperium Inquisition, Chaos, Eldar, and [[spoiler:Vegin, although he doesn't seem to be his own master.]]
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7080862/32/The-Swarm-of-War net/s/7080862/1/The-Swarm-of-War The Swarm of War]] is a [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40000]][=/=][[{{VideoGame/Starcraft}} Starcraft]] {{Crossover}} written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1272704/VexMaster VexMaster]]. It tells the story of James Malcolm Raynor, a nerd with knowledge of both universes killed by a car… and reincarnated as a Zerg Larva on the fallen Aiur. The guy morphs to a Drone… then a Hatchery… then a Hive Cluster… and just as he’s ready to take over after Kerrigan’s depowerment… the Xel’Naga artifact transports him elsewhere. From that moment, James is no more. There is a new Overmind. And that Overmind lands on a new planet. A planet just in the middle of a Warp Storm. Well, time to rebuild… and consume.
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* WorfEffect: The Overmind’s first mental battle is against [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ahzek_Ahriman Ahzek Ahriman]]. That’s a ten thousand years old Badass with knowledge and power only surpassed by the Greater Daemons and Primarchs… and he’s completely [[CurbStomp]]ed.
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* UpToEleven: The Overmind’s upgrades Leviathan is a kilometer long and wide with massive firepower. Then, he introduces the Hive Ship which can ''give birth'' to these, three at a time.
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* UpToEleven: The After the Overmind’s upgrades Leviathan is a kilometer long and wide with massive firepower. Then, he introduces the Hive Ship which can ''give birth'' to these, three at a time.
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* AntiMagic: The Warp Storm around the planet rendered all the human Psykers incapable of using their powers. Well, except for the ones using the Swarm. Daemon summoning magic is also much reduced in power.
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* AntiMagic: The Warp Storm around the planet rendered all the human Psykers incapable of using their powers. Well, except for the ones using in the Swarm. Daemon summoning magic is also much reduced in power.
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* BackFromTheBrink: After Char, James/Overmind arrives in the [=W40K=] universe with only eight Overlords and some escorts from his force. Three of the Overlords are lost to local [[GiantFlier]]s, so he makes do with just over twenty land units and a lot of dead meat from the crashed Overlords. Oh, and a large Khaydarin Crystal from a Protoss Pylon.
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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: The daemon Ga'huld orders Judanus to break the hibernation tube where it's imprisoned with his bare hands. Fortunately for Judanus, he takes time first to consult other daemons and... well, from that moment, he has a powerful sword named Ga'huld.
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7080862/32/The-Swarm-of-War The Swarm of War]] is a [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40000]][=/=][[{{VideoGame/Starcraft}} Starcraft]] {{Crossover}} written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1272704/VexMaster VexMaster]]. It tells the story of James Malcolm Raynor, a nerd with knowledge of both universes killed by a car… and reincarnated as a Zerg Larva on the fallen Aiur. The guy morphs to a Drone… then a Hatchery… then a Hive Cluster… and just as he’s ready to take over after Kerrigan’s depowerment… the Xel’Naga artifact transports him elsewhere. From that moment, James is no more. There is a new Overmind. And that Overmind lands on a new planet. A planet just in the middle of a Warp Storm. Well, time to rebuild… and consume.
The first story arc – the first 40 chapters – is about the Overmind taking over the planet. The second arc – just barely started as of late 2013 – is about the Swarm expanding, opposed by the Imperium, the Eldar, the Chaos… and [[Warhammer40000SpaceMarine Captain Titus]].
As of late 2013, the story could use some betaing, but is generally a very enjoyable one.
!!Contains examples of:
* AbnormalAmmo: Can be expected, considering the setting. For the Swarm, goes all the way from the regular Hydralisk spines in the ground units to psionically charged Ultralisk sized Baneling bunches and ICBM sized explosive spines fired at relativistic speeds from the newer capital [[LivingShip Living Ship]]s.
* AntiMagic: The Warp Storm around the planet rendered all the human Psykers incapable of using their powers. Well, except for the ones using the Swarm. Daemon summoning magic is also much reduced in power.
* ArchNemesis: Warboss Bugklaw. [[spoiler:Too bad he doesn’t survive into the second arc.]]
* AssholeVictim: Elegas, when confronted by Elric and accused of having… inappropriate feelings toward his sister, merely replies that she was only a half-sister… ''[[TooDumbToLive and then asks about her daughter]]''.
* AssimilationPlot: Well, what did you expect? It’s the Swarm.
* AttackOfThe50footWhatever: James’ first body was a Hive sized Ultralisk variant. Gets better later, when he starts making Zerg Titans and [[LivingShip Living Ship]]s up to ten kilometers long, with bigger stuff being planned.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Overmind makes powerful bodies for himself and his Champions. Also, Warboss Bugklaw gets bigger and stronger with each encounter, until he’s six meters tall.
* BackFromTheBrink: After Char, James/Overmind arrives in the W40K universe with only eight Overlords and some escorts from his force. Three of the Overlords are lost to local [[GiantFlier]]s, so he makes do with just over twenty land units and a lot of dead meat from the crashed Overlords. Oh, and a large Khaydarin Crystal from a Protoss Pylon.
* BadassBoast:
-->''We are the Zerg. We are the Swarm. We are the Devouring Ones. We are the God Killers. We are the Conquerors of Aiur and Destroyers of Tarsonis. We are the Unending Doom.''
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: The Overmind has one against Ahzek Ahriman. Turns out even one of the most powerful psykers in the galaxy cannot match a world spanning HiveMind.
* BeehiveBarrier: Naturally, considering the Zerg shield technology comes from the Protoss.
* TheBattlestar: The larger Zerg [[LivingShip Living Ship]]s, like the Hive Ship.
* BewareMyStingerTail: Zerg Patriarchs have the beam firing type.
* BodyHorror: When Zerg attack humans with acid and spores, the results are… not pretty.
* BrainInAJar: Humans allowed to survive under the Swarm largely end up as these in the end. So far, it has not been specified how aware and of what they are.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Elegas harbored rather… inappropriate feelings toward his sister.
* CallASmeerpARabbit: Zerglings are often called “Dog-things” by humans.
* CarryABigStick: Bugklaw’s mace during his first Waaagh. As befits his name, it was made from Roach claws.
* CassandraTruth: Inquisitor Pardia is the first to realize the threat of the Swarm, but is ignored. Later, he is the one to figure out the truth about [[spoiler:the identity of Queen Alena]], but others are rather disbelieving – not to mention simply have no forces capable of dealing with the problem by then.
* CavalryBetrayal: The Space Marines. First, the ones woken up turn out to be largely corrupted by Chaos. Later, during a battle between the King’s Army and the Chaos, forces led by the Loyalist Space Marines attack and wipe out the Chaos… and then the other side; due to the King refusing to recognize the Space Marines as his superiors, his kingdom is branded as heretics.
* CombatTentacles: Many of the advanced Zerg units have them. For some of them, they double as [[EnergyWeapon Energy Weapon]]s.
* CoolSword: Judanus’ sword, once it absorbs Ga’huld the daemon.
* CurbStompBattle: The first Warboss against the Ultralisk, then the Kingdom forces against the Chaos. Alena and the Host deliver these to… well, whatever they have encountered so far.
* {{Cyborg}}: The new Swarm incorporates a good amount of Protoss tech in its units.
* DealWithTheDevil: Not counting the obvious examples for the Chaos Marines, there is Judanus’ deal with Ahriman [[spoiler:to get him into Warp before he’s killed by the Swarm]].
* DeathFromAbove: In chapter 32, after the Overmind learns that Ork reinforcement are coming from a large archipelago with a single island as a rally point, he uses Overlords to bring in a million Banelings and literally ''flood the island with acid''.
* DeflectorShields: The new Swarm gets a lot of them.
* DissonantSerenity: When questioned, Captain Paris is the only calm person among the shouting and complaining commanders, despite Hadrian psionically influencing everyone to express their emotions.
* TheDragon: Apothecary Lilgath to Judanus.
* EasyLogistics: Averted. There are a lot of issues with feeding an army a million strong, and the Ork invasion runs into significant problems once they find out their spores don’t grow in Creep.
* EmergencyTransformation: Alena, Elric, Volran and Hargen.
* TheEnemyWeaponsAreBetter: There is a reason the Ork Warboss is called Bugklaw.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Played with. Enough of James remains in the Overmind to care for Alena, but it later turns a good part of it is attraction to her psyker talent. It doesn’t tend to extend to other children, in any case (although quite a few ''are'' spared for PragmaticVillainy purposes).
* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: The Krakenlisk.
* ExplosiveLeash: Judanus puts these on the other Marines’ necks.
* {{Exposition}}: Quite a few chapters are dedicated to description of the politics, forces and new units.
* FalseFlagOperation: In the second story arc, a Zerg force is lost in a minor Warp anomaly and lands on an Imperium world. Investigation reveals LaserGuidedAmnesia in the colony’s memories, which implies artificial causes with hints pointing toward [[spoiler:the Eldar and their psyker powers]]. However, Volran guesses correctly that the real culprit is [[spoiler:the Overmind, since only he could have done such a precise work]].
* FantasticNuke: A single ability of the Overmind [[spoiler:wipes out a city of eight million people in a heartbeat]].
* FatalFlaw: The remains of James’ human overconfidence cause quite a bit of trouble at first.
* FightingAShadow: The Overmind and its Champions.
* FiveManBand: Seems to shape up for this, but Hargen and Elric are yet to express their traits enough to be sure.
** The Overmind: TheLeader.
** Alena: TheLancer[=/=]TheChick (although the last quality is only seen when inside the virtual reality).
** Volran: TheBigGuy – and apparently smarter than can be expected.
** Blood Master: TheSixthRanger.
* FlauntingYourFleets: Chapter 46 describes a fleet of tens of thousands of [[LivingShip Living Ship]]s at the start of the Zerg expansion, and that’s just the ones in the kilometer and above size category.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Starts as a nerd, ends up as… well, we’ll see.
* FusionDance: The Overmind does this with ''bases''. A Hive merged with a dozen Spine Crawlers and Spore Crawlers is not something to take lightly.
* GeneralFailure: General Vegin is yet to appear personally, but everything is done already to make him look like one.
* GeniusBruiser: Bugklaw is the closest an Ork can come to this trope.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: The Host’s attack against Bugklaw’s forces starts with him summoning a small army of Zerg and ''flinging'' them at the Ork tanks and Stompa.
* GunshipRescue: During the Imperium’s battle with the Zerg, a rampaging Ultralisk is destroyed by Valkyrie gunships. Then, a massive wave of enemies comes, too much for the gunships. All seems lost, but then [[spoiler:a KillSat network reactivates.]]
* [[ABoyAndHisX A Girl and her Zergling]]: Alena and Tobi.
* HauntedTechnology: Judanus is forced to resort to that due to the limited volume of conventional production.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: The ''Overmind'' goes through such a stage a few months after arriving in the [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40000]] universe. Doesn’t quite work the way it does for humans, but it’s enough for some confusion. Then Alena goes through the same… enough for them both to be confused.
* HumanSacrifice: Judanus, naturally. The Ruinous Powers pay him well.
* HumanPopsicle: The Space Marines from the original ship.
* HumansAreBastards: There is an off handed mention of James adding the “boundless cruelty of a human” to the Swarm.
* HumansAreSpecial: The new Overmind is certainly much more creative than the first one. And GenreSavvy enough about the trope.
* HumongousMecha: Bugklaw’s Stompa.
* HybridMonster: The new Zerg, especially the special units, have all kind of combined abilities from different old units.
* ICanRuleAlone: Judanus to Ga’huld.
* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Said by Captain Barridon right before his force and Inquisitor Pardia are attacked by the Zerg.
* KillSat: At the beginning of the second arc, Captain Titus leads a mission to reactivate a network of these.
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: The Swarm’s first attack against an Imperium fleet starts with dozens of asteroids (with shield disruption fields). One Cobra Class Destroyer makes a HeroicSacrifice, the rest survive, although not completely unscathed.
* KissOfDeath: The Blood Master exchanging his body for that of a Chaos Terminator. He even calls it “the kiss of your doom”. Not the slightest bit erotic, of course. Then there is a Krakenlisk’s attack, which involves grabbing an enemy ''starship'' and blasting it point blank with a BreathWeapon.
* LaserBlade: Elric uses a Protoss style Warp Blade. Also, many Zerg units have their regular blades enhanced with psionic energy.
* LastStand: Lord Hebaras against the Swarm. Eblas against Judanus’ forces.
* LikeAFishTakesToWater: James accepts his reincarnation very quickly. Then he builds an empire within months. Then he gets to the [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40000]] universe… well, it’s technically not him anymore, but still, he develops a new plan quickly enough.
* LivingShip: Up to ten kilometers long so far.
* LostColony: They are the descendants of a destroyed warship’s crew, at least the ruling class is. Apparently, the planet was already settled by the time they arrived.
* LoveIsInTheAir: The entire royal family and the court are destroyed by [[spoiler:Alena’s pheromones. And perhaps her psyker power as well.]]
* MadDoctor: Lilgath is described to look like one, although there is little opportunity to demonstrate.
* MagicEater: The new Zerg, with their Khaydarin Crystal implants, are capable of consuming Warp. And daemons.
* MeaningfulRename: After Char, the name “James” isn’t used often, except in some private concersations. There is only the new Overmind. After the first arc, the planet upon which it occurred is named New Char, although it is unclear whether it had one earlier.
* {{Megalodon}}: A Zerg SeaMonster type. It’s even called the Carcharlisk.
* MeleeATrois: Five sides in the first arc. 1)The King’s Army. 2) The Space Marines and Duke Verin’s forces. 3) Judanus with his Chaos Marines and cultists. 4) Bugklaw with his Orks. 5) The Swarm.
* MillionMookMarch: By the end of the first arc, every faction was at that scale (before the Swarm emerged victorious). In the second one...
* MoleInCharge: [[spoiler:Alena as the queen, Changelings as most of the nobility and commanders]].
* MookPromotion: The Spyling[=/=]Blood Master now seems to be the SixthRanger.
* MultipurposeTongue Alena can use hers as a [[CombatTentacles Combat Tentacle]].
*MultiArmedAndDangerous: The first Host and its bodyguards all have four arms. And that’s not counting all the CombatTentacles and Kerrigan style wings.
* MundaneUtility: The Ultralisks’ SharpenedToASingleAtom Kaiser Blades turn out to be very useful for cutting down trees.
* NamedLikeMyName: James Malcolm Raynor. He became rather popular with his friends once Starcraft came out.
* NegativeSpaceWedgie: The planet upon which the first arc occurs is inside a Warp Storm.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: After the Kingdom learns about the Zerg and misidentifies them as a Chaos corruption, a decision is made to bring out the hidden superweapon: [[spoiler:hibernating Space Marines. Unfortunately, nine of them ''are'' corrupted by Chaos.]]
* NoSell: Theq’aras shoots the Blood Master with a full volley from a Meltagun. The guy gets knocked back a few meters… and then thanks the Chaos Terminator for the experience – now the Swarm knows what a point blank Meltagun blast is like.
* OneWingedAngel: Used by Volran against Warboss Bugklaw. [[spoiler: Volran gets [[CurbStomp Curb Stomp]]ed.]]
* OnlyAFleshWound: With the new modifications, Zerglings can regenerate even after losing a ''head'', a Spyling possessed human can regrow an arm in seconds, and some units are upgraded to pull off the FromASingleCell variant.
* PeopleFarms: After the first planet is conquered, about a million humans are allowed to survive because the Swarm needs workers to build machines, as well as psykers.
* PhlebotinumOverload: The Overmind’s first bite of the Warp Storm is enough to send him into a coma. After that, he’s careful not to bite off more than he can chew.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Alena’s mind grows from 5 to 16 in a matter of months. Then, an adult looking Zerg/human body is made for her.
* PowerCreepPowerSeep: When the Imperium encounters the Zerg for the first time, they are much easier to dispatch than one would expect from the earlier chapters. [[spoiler:That’s because it’s a LostColony which lacks some of the upgrades]].
* [[PowerCrystal Power Crystal]]s: The Khaydarin Crystals serve as that. Also, [[spoiler:at the end of the first arc, the temporary success of the human forces is because Alena ordered to put small amethysts in all weapons, with her and the Spylings regularly charging them up with psionic energy.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: A lot of children are spared – because they can grow up to become powerful psykers, or, failing that, workers producing advanced equipment.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Spylings are capable of consuming a human brain and then taking over from inside the empty skull – with all of the target’s memories, of course.
* RapePillageAndBurn: The inquisition and the Chaos forces.
* RemovableTurretGun: Titus sees a heavy bolter during his mission to retake the facility. Unlike the usual examples, however, he has a cyborg Huscarl carry it – the weapons he carries already are heavy enough.
* ResurrectedForAJob: Judanus summons back the souls of the Chaos marines betrayed and killed by him. Then he binds them to their former armor and skeletons.
* RPGElements: The Zerg, both individually and as a collective, turn out to be capable of using psionic energy (including that of slain enemies) to mutate into stronger forms.
* RousingSpeech: Armanus gives the DoNotGoGentle type after it’s discovered most of his brothers have been corrupted or killed by Chaos.
* SchizoTech: Mostly Middle Ages level technology, but there are some advanced weapons from the crashed starship, as well as limited production by the remaining Techmarines and the Adeptus Mechanicus descendants.
* SerialEscalation: Starts with a few hundred humans, a few hundred Orks, and the Overmind with a few dozen Zerglings… Ends up with human armies a million strong, hundreds of Chaos Space Marines, hundreds of Daemons. hundreds of thousands of Chaos Cultists, millions of Orks, and tens of millions of Zerg (with all kinds of advanced tech brought out). And all of that is ''before'' the expansion to other planets starts…
* SplitPersonalityMerge: Happens to the Overmind after the HormoneAddledTeenager phase.
* SuperweaponSurprise: Bugklaw delivers a few of these.
* TastesLikeChicken: The Overmind compares the taste of daemon essences to human food… although chicken isn’t on the list.
* TeleportInterdiction: Overmind does this to Judanus. [[spoiler:Judanus is forced into a DealWithTheDevil to make an escape]]. Later, it is introduced as a special attack of a Krakenling group.
* TeleportSpam: Bugklaw does this at the end of the first arc… after using ''a lot of teleporters'' for a surprise invasion.
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: Axhand the Magos has the [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic HK]][=/=][[MassEffect Elcor]] speech pattern.
* ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts: In the first arc, the Zerg had most of their units burrow and hibernate, with little outside indication about the real size of their army. The Orks turn out to have an army millions strong on a remote archipelago. [[spoiler:Now, the Imperium has its first encounter with the Zerg… a rather degraded LostColony…]]
* TimeSkip: After the end of the first arc, the Overmind rules the planet, but cannot expand beyond until he consumes enough of the Warp Storm to clear the way. It takes decades, but of course there isn’t much to tell about.
* TookALevelInBadass: The new Swarm, the new units, Warboss Bugklaw…
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: The Overmind is GenreSavvy enough not to try absorbing Chaos Space Marines, despite the usefulness of the Gene-seeds for his plans.
* TranshumanTreachery: What used to be James and its transformed human servants care little for humanity.
* UpgradeArtifact: Judanus’ transformed Power Sword grants him spellcasting abilities thanks to the daemon trapped inside.
* UpToEleven: The Overmind’s upgrades Leviathan is a kilometer long and wide with massive firepower. Then, he introduces the Hive Ship which can ''give birth'' to these, three at a time.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Alena is… quite the horror by the end of the first arc.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Changelings.
* WaveMotionGun: The Lance cannon. Two have appeared so far, and each was a BIG trouble.
* WeAreEverywhere: Alena says the exact words to Judanus. You can trust her to have a good reason for such a boast.
* WeHaveReserves: The Overmind is perfectly willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of creatures to delay Bugklaw’s Stompa for a single day.
* WeatherManipulation: In their first attack against a city, the Zerg fliers use their psionic power to start it with fist sized hail.
* WhatTheHellAreYou: Seems to be a common reaction to the Spylings.
* WorfEffect: the Overmind’s first mental battle is against [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ahzek_Ahriman Ahzek Ahriman]]. That’s a ten thousand years old Badass with knowledge and power only surpassed by the Greater Daemons and Primarchs… and he’s completely [[CurbStomp]]ed.
* YearInsideHourOutside: The planet upon which the first arc occurs is trapped inside a Warp Storm. Inside, over five centuries have passed. Outside, it’s a single century at the most. [[spoiler:For an orbiting abandoned starship in the Storm itself – ten hours.]]
* YouAndWhatArmy: Elegas and Elric have the exchange word for word.
* YouAreInCommandNow: In chapter 45, after the battle is finished, Lieutenant Worak realizes he’s the only officer alive in his regiment. Naturally, he then reports to Captain Titus.
* YouMonster: Elegas’ final words to Elric. Elric’s reply is “Well, I am a monster now, Elegas”.
* YouShallNotPass: The Imperium’s attitude toward the Zerg in the second arc.
* ZergRush: [[TheBigGuy Volran]] actually has it as a tactic – a psionically reinforced stampede of a million Zerg isn’t easy to stop.
The first story arc – the first 40 chapters – is about the Overmind taking over the planet. The second arc – just barely started as of late 2013 – is about the Swarm expanding, opposed by the Imperium, the Eldar, the Chaos… and [[Warhammer40000SpaceMarine Captain Titus]].
As of late 2013, the story could use some betaing, but is generally a very enjoyable one.
!!Contains examples of:
* AbnormalAmmo: Can be expected, considering the setting. For the Swarm, goes all the way from the regular Hydralisk spines in the ground units to psionically charged Ultralisk sized Baneling bunches and ICBM sized explosive spines fired at relativistic speeds from the newer capital [[LivingShip Living Ship]]s.
* AntiMagic: The Warp Storm around the planet rendered all the human Psykers incapable of using their powers. Well, except for the ones using the Swarm. Daemon summoning magic is also much reduced in power.
* ArchNemesis: Warboss Bugklaw. [[spoiler:Too bad he doesn’t survive into the second arc.]]
* AssholeVictim: Elegas, when confronted by Elric and accused of having… inappropriate feelings toward his sister, merely replies that she was only a half-sister… ''[[TooDumbToLive and then asks about her daughter]]''.
* AssimilationPlot: Well, what did you expect? It’s the Swarm.
* AttackOfThe50footWhatever: James’ first body was a Hive sized Ultralisk variant. Gets better later, when he starts making Zerg Titans and [[LivingShip Living Ship]]s up to ten kilometers long, with bigger stuff being planned.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Overmind makes powerful bodies for himself and his Champions. Also, Warboss Bugklaw gets bigger and stronger with each encounter, until he’s six meters tall.
* BackFromTheBrink: After Char, James/Overmind arrives in the W40K universe with only eight Overlords and some escorts from his force. Three of the Overlords are lost to local [[GiantFlier]]s, so he makes do with just over twenty land units and a lot of dead meat from the crashed Overlords. Oh, and a large Khaydarin Crystal from a Protoss Pylon.
* BadassBoast:
-->''We are the Zerg. We are the Swarm. We are the Devouring Ones. We are the God Killers. We are the Conquerors of Aiur and Destroyers of Tarsonis. We are the Unending Doom.''
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: The Overmind has one against Ahzek Ahriman. Turns out even one of the most powerful psykers in the galaxy cannot match a world spanning HiveMind.
* BeehiveBarrier: Naturally, considering the Zerg shield technology comes from the Protoss.
* TheBattlestar: The larger Zerg [[LivingShip Living Ship]]s, like the Hive Ship.
* BewareMyStingerTail: Zerg Patriarchs have the beam firing type.
* BodyHorror: When Zerg attack humans with acid and spores, the results are… not pretty.
* BrainInAJar: Humans allowed to survive under the Swarm largely end up as these in the end. So far, it has not been specified how aware and of what they are.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Elegas harbored rather… inappropriate feelings toward his sister.
* CallASmeerpARabbit: Zerglings are often called “Dog-things” by humans.
* CarryABigStick: Bugklaw’s mace during his first Waaagh. As befits his name, it was made from Roach claws.
* CassandraTruth: Inquisitor Pardia is the first to realize the threat of the Swarm, but is ignored. Later, he is the one to figure out the truth about [[spoiler:the identity of Queen Alena]], but others are rather disbelieving – not to mention simply have no forces capable of dealing with the problem by then.
* CavalryBetrayal: The Space Marines. First, the ones woken up turn out to be largely corrupted by Chaos. Later, during a battle between the King’s Army and the Chaos, forces led by the Loyalist Space Marines attack and wipe out the Chaos… and then the other side; due to the King refusing to recognize the Space Marines as his superiors, his kingdom is branded as heretics.
* CombatTentacles: Many of the advanced Zerg units have them. For some of them, they double as [[EnergyWeapon Energy Weapon]]s.
* CoolSword: Judanus’ sword, once it absorbs Ga’huld the daemon.
* CurbStompBattle: The first Warboss against the Ultralisk, then the Kingdom forces against the Chaos. Alena and the Host deliver these to… well, whatever they have encountered so far.
* {{Cyborg}}: The new Swarm incorporates a good amount of Protoss tech in its units.
* DealWithTheDevil: Not counting the obvious examples for the Chaos Marines, there is Judanus’ deal with Ahriman [[spoiler:to get him into Warp before he’s killed by the Swarm]].
* DeathFromAbove: In chapter 32, after the Overmind learns that Ork reinforcement are coming from a large archipelago with a single island as a rally point, he uses Overlords to bring in a million Banelings and literally ''flood the island with acid''.
* DeflectorShields: The new Swarm gets a lot of them.
* DissonantSerenity: When questioned, Captain Paris is the only calm person among the shouting and complaining commanders, despite Hadrian psionically influencing everyone to express their emotions.
* TheDragon: Apothecary Lilgath to Judanus.
* EasyLogistics: Averted. There are a lot of issues with feeding an army a million strong, and the Ork invasion runs into significant problems once they find out their spores don’t grow in Creep.
* EmergencyTransformation: Alena, Elric, Volran and Hargen.
* TheEnemyWeaponsAreBetter: There is a reason the Ork Warboss is called Bugklaw.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Played with. Enough of James remains in the Overmind to care for Alena, but it later turns a good part of it is attraction to her psyker talent. It doesn’t tend to extend to other children, in any case (although quite a few ''are'' spared for PragmaticVillainy purposes).
* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: The Krakenlisk.
* ExplosiveLeash: Judanus puts these on the other Marines’ necks.
* {{Exposition}}: Quite a few chapters are dedicated to description of the politics, forces and new units.
* FalseFlagOperation: In the second story arc, a Zerg force is lost in a minor Warp anomaly and lands on an Imperium world. Investigation reveals LaserGuidedAmnesia in the colony’s memories, which implies artificial causes with hints pointing toward [[spoiler:the Eldar and their psyker powers]]. However, Volran guesses correctly that the real culprit is [[spoiler:the Overmind, since only he could have done such a precise work]].
* FantasticNuke: A single ability of the Overmind [[spoiler:wipes out a city of eight million people in a heartbeat]].
* FatalFlaw: The remains of James’ human overconfidence cause quite a bit of trouble at first.
* FightingAShadow: The Overmind and its Champions.
* FiveManBand: Seems to shape up for this, but Hargen and Elric are yet to express their traits enough to be sure.
** The Overmind: TheLeader.
** Alena: TheLancer[=/=]TheChick (although the last quality is only seen when inside the virtual reality).
** Volran: TheBigGuy – and apparently smarter than can be expected.
** Blood Master: TheSixthRanger.
* FlauntingYourFleets: Chapter 46 describes a fleet of tens of thousands of [[LivingShip Living Ship]]s at the start of the Zerg expansion, and that’s just the ones in the kilometer and above size category.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Starts as a nerd, ends up as… well, we’ll see.
* FusionDance: The Overmind does this with ''bases''. A Hive merged with a dozen Spine Crawlers and Spore Crawlers is not something to take lightly.
* GeneralFailure: General Vegin is yet to appear personally, but everything is done already to make him look like one.
* GeniusBruiser: Bugklaw is the closest an Ork can come to this trope.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: The Host’s attack against Bugklaw’s forces starts with him summoning a small army of Zerg and ''flinging'' them at the Ork tanks and Stompa.
* GunshipRescue: During the Imperium’s battle with the Zerg, a rampaging Ultralisk is destroyed by Valkyrie gunships. Then, a massive wave of enemies comes, too much for the gunships. All seems lost, but then [[spoiler:a KillSat network reactivates.]]
* [[ABoyAndHisX A Girl and her Zergling]]: Alena and Tobi.
* HauntedTechnology: Judanus is forced to resort to that due to the limited volume of conventional production.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: The ''Overmind'' goes through such a stage a few months after arriving in the [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40000]] universe. Doesn’t quite work the way it does for humans, but it’s enough for some confusion. Then Alena goes through the same… enough for them both to be confused.
* HumanSacrifice: Judanus, naturally. The Ruinous Powers pay him well.
* HumanPopsicle: The Space Marines from the original ship.
* HumansAreBastards: There is an off handed mention of James adding the “boundless cruelty of a human” to the Swarm.
* HumansAreSpecial: The new Overmind is certainly much more creative than the first one. And GenreSavvy enough about the trope.
* HumongousMecha: Bugklaw’s Stompa.
* HybridMonster: The new Zerg, especially the special units, have all kind of combined abilities from different old units.
* ICanRuleAlone: Judanus to Ga’huld.
* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Said by Captain Barridon right before his force and Inquisitor Pardia are attacked by the Zerg.
* KillSat: At the beginning of the second arc, Captain Titus leads a mission to reactivate a network of these.
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: The Swarm’s first attack against an Imperium fleet starts with dozens of asteroids (with shield disruption fields). One Cobra Class Destroyer makes a HeroicSacrifice, the rest survive, although not completely unscathed.
* KissOfDeath: The Blood Master exchanging his body for that of a Chaos Terminator. He even calls it “the kiss of your doom”. Not the slightest bit erotic, of course. Then there is a Krakenlisk’s attack, which involves grabbing an enemy ''starship'' and blasting it point blank with a BreathWeapon.
* LaserBlade: Elric uses a Protoss style Warp Blade. Also, many Zerg units have their regular blades enhanced with psionic energy.
* LastStand: Lord Hebaras against the Swarm. Eblas against Judanus’ forces.
* LikeAFishTakesToWater: James accepts his reincarnation very quickly. Then he builds an empire within months. Then he gets to the [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40000]] universe… well, it’s technically not him anymore, but still, he develops a new plan quickly enough.
* LivingShip: Up to ten kilometers long so far.
* LostColony: They are the descendants of a destroyed warship’s crew, at least the ruling class is. Apparently, the planet was already settled by the time they arrived.
* LoveIsInTheAir: The entire royal family and the court are destroyed by [[spoiler:Alena’s pheromones. And perhaps her psyker power as well.]]
* MadDoctor: Lilgath is described to look like one, although there is little opportunity to demonstrate.
* MagicEater: The new Zerg, with their Khaydarin Crystal implants, are capable of consuming Warp. And daemons.
* MeaningfulRename: After Char, the name “James” isn’t used often, except in some private concersations. There is only the new Overmind. After the first arc, the planet upon which it occurred is named New Char, although it is unclear whether it had one earlier.
* {{Megalodon}}: A Zerg SeaMonster type. It’s even called the Carcharlisk.
* MeleeATrois: Five sides in the first arc. 1)The King’s Army. 2) The Space Marines and Duke Verin’s forces. 3) Judanus with his Chaos Marines and cultists. 4) Bugklaw with his Orks. 5) The Swarm.
* MillionMookMarch: By the end of the first arc, every faction was at that scale (before the Swarm emerged victorious). In the second one...
* MoleInCharge: [[spoiler:Alena as the queen, Changelings as most of the nobility and commanders]].
* MookPromotion: The Spyling[=/=]Blood Master now seems to be the SixthRanger.
* MultipurposeTongue Alena can use hers as a [[CombatTentacles Combat Tentacle]].
*MultiArmedAndDangerous: The first Host and its bodyguards all have four arms. And that’s not counting all the CombatTentacles and Kerrigan style wings.
* MundaneUtility: The Ultralisks’ SharpenedToASingleAtom Kaiser Blades turn out to be very useful for cutting down trees.
* NamedLikeMyName: James Malcolm Raynor. He became rather popular with his friends once Starcraft came out.
* NegativeSpaceWedgie: The planet upon which the first arc occurs is inside a Warp Storm.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: After the Kingdom learns about the Zerg and misidentifies them as a Chaos corruption, a decision is made to bring out the hidden superweapon: [[spoiler:hibernating Space Marines. Unfortunately, nine of them ''are'' corrupted by Chaos.]]
* NoSell: Theq’aras shoots the Blood Master with a full volley from a Meltagun. The guy gets knocked back a few meters… and then thanks the Chaos Terminator for the experience – now the Swarm knows what a point blank Meltagun blast is like.
* OneWingedAngel: Used by Volran against Warboss Bugklaw. [[spoiler: Volran gets [[CurbStomp Curb Stomp]]ed.]]
* OnlyAFleshWound: With the new modifications, Zerglings can regenerate even after losing a ''head'', a Spyling possessed human can regrow an arm in seconds, and some units are upgraded to pull off the FromASingleCell variant.
* PeopleFarms: After the first planet is conquered, about a million humans are allowed to survive because the Swarm needs workers to build machines, as well as psykers.
* PhlebotinumOverload: The Overmind’s first bite of the Warp Storm is enough to send him into a coma. After that, he’s careful not to bite off more than he can chew.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Alena’s mind grows from 5 to 16 in a matter of months. Then, an adult looking Zerg/human body is made for her.
* PowerCreepPowerSeep: When the Imperium encounters the Zerg for the first time, they are much easier to dispatch than one would expect from the earlier chapters. [[spoiler:That’s because it’s a LostColony which lacks some of the upgrades]].
* [[PowerCrystal Power Crystal]]s: The Khaydarin Crystals serve as that. Also, [[spoiler:at the end of the first arc, the temporary success of the human forces is because Alena ordered to put small amethysts in all weapons, with her and the Spylings regularly charging them up with psionic energy.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: A lot of children are spared – because they can grow up to become powerful psykers, or, failing that, workers producing advanced equipment.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Spylings are capable of consuming a human brain and then taking over from inside the empty skull – with all of the target’s memories, of course.
* RapePillageAndBurn: The inquisition and the Chaos forces.
* RemovableTurretGun: Titus sees a heavy bolter during his mission to retake the facility. Unlike the usual examples, however, he has a cyborg Huscarl carry it – the weapons he carries already are heavy enough.
* ResurrectedForAJob: Judanus summons back the souls of the Chaos marines betrayed and killed by him. Then he binds them to their former armor and skeletons.
* RPGElements: The Zerg, both individually and as a collective, turn out to be capable of using psionic energy (including that of slain enemies) to mutate into stronger forms.
* RousingSpeech: Armanus gives the DoNotGoGentle type after it’s discovered most of his brothers have been corrupted or killed by Chaos.
* SchizoTech: Mostly Middle Ages level technology, but there are some advanced weapons from the crashed starship, as well as limited production by the remaining Techmarines and the Adeptus Mechanicus descendants.
* SerialEscalation: Starts with a few hundred humans, a few hundred Orks, and the Overmind with a few dozen Zerglings… Ends up with human armies a million strong, hundreds of Chaos Space Marines, hundreds of Daemons. hundreds of thousands of Chaos Cultists, millions of Orks, and tens of millions of Zerg (with all kinds of advanced tech brought out). And all of that is ''before'' the expansion to other planets starts…
* SplitPersonalityMerge: Happens to the Overmind after the HormoneAddledTeenager phase.
* SuperweaponSurprise: Bugklaw delivers a few of these.
* TastesLikeChicken: The Overmind compares the taste of daemon essences to human food… although chicken isn’t on the list.
* TeleportInterdiction: Overmind does this to Judanus. [[spoiler:Judanus is forced into a DealWithTheDevil to make an escape]]. Later, it is introduced as a special attack of a Krakenling group.
* TeleportSpam: Bugklaw does this at the end of the first arc… after using ''a lot of teleporters'' for a surprise invasion.
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: Axhand the Magos has the [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic HK]][=/=][[MassEffect Elcor]] speech pattern.
* ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts: In the first arc, the Zerg had most of their units burrow and hibernate, with little outside indication about the real size of their army. The Orks turn out to have an army millions strong on a remote archipelago. [[spoiler:Now, the Imperium has its first encounter with the Zerg… a rather degraded LostColony…]]
* TimeSkip: After the end of the first arc, the Overmind rules the planet, but cannot expand beyond until he consumes enough of the Warp Storm to clear the way. It takes decades, but of course there isn’t much to tell about.
* TookALevelInBadass: The new Swarm, the new units, Warboss Bugklaw…
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: The Overmind is GenreSavvy enough not to try absorbing Chaos Space Marines, despite the usefulness of the Gene-seeds for his plans.
* TranshumanTreachery: What used to be James and its transformed human servants care little for humanity.
* UpgradeArtifact: Judanus’ transformed Power Sword grants him spellcasting abilities thanks to the daemon trapped inside.
* UpToEleven: The Overmind’s upgrades Leviathan is a kilometer long and wide with massive firepower. Then, he introduces the Hive Ship which can ''give birth'' to these, three at a time.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Alena is… quite the horror by the end of the first arc.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Changelings.
* WaveMotionGun: The Lance cannon. Two have appeared so far, and each was a BIG trouble.
* WeAreEverywhere: Alena says the exact words to Judanus. You can trust her to have a good reason for such a boast.
* WeHaveReserves: The Overmind is perfectly willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of creatures to delay Bugklaw’s Stompa for a single day.
* WeatherManipulation: In their first attack against a city, the Zerg fliers use their psionic power to start it with fist sized hail.
* WhatTheHellAreYou: Seems to be a common reaction to the Spylings.
* WorfEffect: the Overmind’s first mental battle is against [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ahzek_Ahriman Ahzek Ahriman]]. That’s a ten thousand years old Badass with knowledge and power only surpassed by the Greater Daemons and Primarchs… and he’s completely [[CurbStomp]]ed.
* YearInsideHourOutside: The planet upon which the first arc occurs is trapped inside a Warp Storm. Inside, over five centuries have passed. Outside, it’s a single century at the most. [[spoiler:For an orbiting abandoned starship in the Storm itself – ten hours.]]
* YouAndWhatArmy: Elegas and Elric have the exchange word for word.
* YouAreInCommandNow: In chapter 45, after the battle is finished, Lieutenant Worak realizes he’s the only officer alive in his regiment. Naturally, he then reports to Captain Titus.
* YouMonster: Elegas’ final words to Elric. Elric’s reply is “Well, I am a monster now, Elegas”.
* YouShallNotPass: The Imperium’s attitude toward the Zerg in the second arc.
* ZergRush: [[TheBigGuy Volran]] actually has it as a tactic – a psionically reinforced stampede of a million Zerg isn’t easy to stop.
