The zerg invasion of the sector brought the anti-Confederate rebel group, the Fist of Redemption, to the planet. The civilian government, the Council of Inquiry, created the Hammer Strike Force, to combat the insurgency. Assistance from the Confederacy amounted to a number of ghosts. Heavy handed tactics by government forces incited another group, the New Dresdin Outlaws, to revolt. Additional zerg forces, including the Fenris Brood, joined the battle. A belated alliance between the terran and protoss failed to stem the tide and Brontes IV was ultimately overrun by the zerg.