- Matt Eddy
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- Exalted Heroic Member
-eddy!
huh! What? It was the other guy, honest! ;)
'it was a sniper!' looks down at my sniper
uhh yeah? hes got one too. XD
thanks, heres the next part
Part One: There's always something
The Dawn, Cryostorage 3
Unknown date & time
System: N/A
Mission: N/A
Squad: Classified
"Well Chief, we've been found, but they're not human, whoever 'they' are", Cortana waves a hand through the air, "with what's left of The Dawn's scanners its hard to tell anything, roughly the ship is about 1 kilometre long, but that's all I know, weapons, shields cant get a fix on, either they don't have any or they're a very advance race, lets hope for the former but still, I think we should be ready for anything."
Looking round I see that nothings changed from when I went into cryo. "Okay, fill me in, what's our tactical option, where's the armoury and what birds do we have left?"
I look around for anything that might be of use. Attached to the back of the cryotube is an oxygen tank; I turn the valve off and brace myself in the 0-gee to rip it off its mountings. It comes of quietly in the vacuum of space; I attach it onto my back weapon plate, then connect the cable to my auxiliary air port and turn on the valve. At last some good news, the tanks was 3 quarters full, at least air won't be a top priority for the moment. "Okay Chief, we have 20 archer missile pods, altogether though we only have 53 missiles, most exploded when the Dawns hull was ripped in half. There is a single flight worthy pelican which is luckily fully stocked; we're not going to need that armoury now Chief. I've placed a marker on the pelican, head there and we can use the missiles as a distraction if things turn ugly."
I'm already moving towards the marker "have you tried signalling the ship? Use a weak signal, and loop it back"
I turn down a corridor, the lights flicker and die; I turn on my headlight and carry on.
"Signalling them now Chief, interesting, they're asking if we need assistance, its not humans but I think its, no it cant be, its grunts, its highly unlikely but it would explain why they don't have any shields or weapons.
In front of me doors open and an elevator shaft appears, the marker is pointing downwards yet I still look up, part of my training really. Up? Or is it down, I really hate 0-gee, anyway. 'Up' the shaft there's the blackness of space, down there's the flicker of lights showing the different decks.
I grasp the handle by the doors and push myself off increasing my speed, as I near the bottom I slowly turn and brace my legs to absorb the momentum and not send me flying back up. I hit the bottom of the shaft and grab the handle next to be in case I do bounce. I slowly float upwards towards the next set of doors. They slowly open and reveal the hangar bay.
Crates ripped free of their packaging and pieces of the charred hull floated aimlessly past, a pelican pinned to the ceiling by the magnetic clamps which had come loose. To the right the only other pelican in the bay was still secure in place.
The pelican's ramp opens and crates blow out with the air. I glide in brushing past the floating debris and secure the air tank in the riggings above the seats, I open weapon crates which float past and take clips for the assault rifle. I pick up a shotgun and box of shells caught on one of the seats straps, and sling the shotgun on its strap over my shoulder and put the shells in my pouches. I grab a rucksack of the wall and put in as many clips, grenades and shells as possible and anything else to hand that might be of use in an emergency, like first aid kits & rations. I float towards the cockpit and stuff the rucksack under the co-pilots chair.
"Signal them and tell them who we are, any sign of hostile activity and you fire those missiles and get this pelican out of here, don't forget I need you in here with me not on this ship."
I hit the ramp and it closes, the outer bay doors open just in case and I strap myself into the pilot's chair. "Chief! They're saying that they're transporting goods and UNSC personnel, they've got slipspace capabilities. We can get back to earth!"
I hit the quick release button and float towards the rear of the pelican; I drop the ramp "That's grea-"
"Chief" I'm detecting energy signatures all around us. It's a covenant fleet! They've opened fire!"
ill post the part after this when theres a couple more comments
any tips or critism will be welcomed
saying its bad does not help, elaborate please
[Edited on 04.18.2009 11:30 AM PDT]