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Hello, this is my first try at writing a Fan Fic, hope you enjoy.
Some people suggested that I should post this preview here, and I'm going to put it here for some people to see.
Chapter 1.

UNSC Colony World Arcadia, UNSC Destroyer Andromeda in Orbit.
August 16th, 2531 Military Calendar

Operation Morning Sun was beginning, the UNSC Destroyer Andromeda hovered above the Colony world of Arcadia which was currently under the Covenant's control.

"Report!" Barked Captain Reverinson.

"All HEV pods launched sir!" Reported Lieutenant Yewer at the Ops station.

"Let's just hope they make it down. Thought the Captain. If this plan was going to work they would need them."

Operation Morning Sun's plan was to launch HEV pods containing 2 squads of ODSTs (Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, or more commonly known as Hell Jumpers), neutralize Covenant AA batteries, and send down an Invasion force using the cover of dawn, hence the name "Morning Sun."

"Sir, HEV pods have almost reached the surface, ETA 20 minutes." Said Yewer

"Prepare Pelicans for launch, load them with heavy weapons."

"Aye sir!"

"Those guys down there better make it." muttered the Captain to himself.

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Well that's my preview of the first chapter. I'll post the rest when I know what you think.

  • 05.28.2009 6:26 PM PDT
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Alright here, I'm going to put more then a preview since a few people thought it was good (only 3 :c)

Chapter 1

UNSC Colony World Arcadia, UNSC Destroyer Andromeda in Orbit.
August 16th, 2531 Military Calendar

Operation Morning Sun was beginning, the UNSC Destroyer Andromeda hovered above the Colony world of Arcadia which was currently under the Covenant's control.

"Report!" Barked Captain Reverinson.

"All HEV pods launched sir!" Reported Lieutenant Yewer at the Ops station.

"Let's just hope they make it down. Thought the Captain. If this plan was going to work they would need them."

Operation Morning Sun's plan was to launch HEV pods containing 2 squads of ODSTs (Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, or more commonly known as Hell Jumpers), neutralize Covenant AA batteries, and send down an Invasion force using the cover of dawn, hence the name "Morning Sun."

"Sir, HEV pods have almost reached the surface, ETA 20 minutes." Said Yewer

"Prepare Pelicans for launch, load them with heavy weapons."

"Aye sir!"

"Those guys down there better make it." muttered the Captain to himself.

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The Grunt, Fibb, curled up into a ball preparing to take a nice long nap. When suddenly he heard something roaring in the sky. He looked up and saw 8 descending figures not quite sure what they were. He squinted trying to make out what they were, but the sun made them difficult to identify. Then he suddenly recognized what they were.

He ran up to the nearest Elite screaming and pointing :

"Look! Look!"

The Elite looked up at what the Grunt was pointing at and immediately recognized the 8 descending figures.

They were human pods.

The Elite roared in anger and looked at the Grunt.

"Go alert the rest, I shall head out with a group of warriors to meet them."

Fibb bowed and ran off to a group of Jackals.

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8 HEV pods descended rapidly towards the surface. They went straight down and impacted in a valley just half a klik from the Covenant outpost. 7 ODSTs leapt out of the pods. ODSTs were dressed in a full black armor which could provide some effective protection, they also provided 15 minutes of air in vacuum which they would not need on this mission. Out of the last pod however was a Spartan. The Spartan wore MJOLNIR armor, green armor made just for personal Spartan use. The only humans who could wear the armor were Spartans because of there augmented body. Someone had once commented that the Spartans looked like Greek War Gods, but the Spartans were far more ruthless and effective then Homer's gods had ever been.

"Sergeant Jackson." Said the Spartan in a deep voice.

"Sir?" asked a nervously looking ODST, which was rare because ODSTs were hardly ever nervous. They could be launched down into the midst of gunfire from a pod in orbit, but talking to a Spartan? How could they be afraid of that?

"Take Avery, Ryan, and Hawkins down the valley and clear an LZ for the Pelicans."

"Sir, yes sir!"

Spartan 007 Dante sighed. He would have to depend on these ODSTs to fight. They weren't fully trained Spartans like him, but they would have to do.

"The rest of you are with me, we'll be taking out the Covenant outpost with the AA batteries."

"Sir, yes sir." they replied in unison.

He reached into his HEV pod and grabbed an MA5B assault rifle, an HE pistol, a pair of frag grenades and a combat knife. He also took a pair of satchel charges, they might come in handy. He took a dozen extra clips for the assault rifle, and half a dozen for the pistol.

The ODSTs took similar equipment with a few moderations.

Private N.J Martineau took a BR55 battle rifle, which unlike the MA5B, had a longer barrel and stock with a cut down muzzle shroud. A scope was mounted on its optics railing along the top of the rifle. It fired 3 shots in one burst, which was very effective, but the downside was it ran out of ammunition quickly.

Corporal D. W. Smith took a MA5B, with an M7 SMG as a side arm instead, he also took a silencer for his guns, they might need them for stealth.

Private Matthew Perez took a JackHammer rocket launcher, they would need it if things got too hot, he also took an HE pistol for some light work.

Once they were finishing gearing up they had an equipment check.

"Let's go." Said Dante as he started to jog off towards the outpost.




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  • 05.28.2009 6:45 PM PDT

-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

not bad but you dont need to go into so much detail about the mjolinir armour and stuff it tends to put the reader off unless its relevant
keep it up

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Thank you! But, I'm putting details about the armor because it fills up space. Most writers usually pause to think about what to write, I just put something unimportant, but related to the subject in.

I'm going to be posting the 2nd chapter soon. :)

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Chapter 2.

UNSC Colony World Arcadia, Outskirts Of Arcadia City, August 16th, 2008, Military Calendar, 0079 Military Time.

"Sergeant Jackson! Report!" Hissed Dante on the COM.

"Sir, there's a clearing that can fit 6 Pelicans, but its filled with Covenant."

"You have permission to engage, if things get to hot, pull out."

"Roger that sir, but you're getting that we're ODSTs! Sir!" Said Jackson cockily.

Dante's squad was hiding under a field of bushes and trees scouting out the Covenant outpost. The outpost consisted of 4 buildings, and a giant AA Battery in the center. It could probably rip a UNSC Destroyer apart. The Covenant had sent a party of Elites to investigate the HEV Pods, but what would be waiting for them were satchel charges that would blow them half way to hell.

"Smith, Perez, stay here while Martineau and I rig the explosives."

They both nodded.

Dante and Martineau ran towards a couple of Wraiths that were parked along side a building.
Dante took out a pack of Satchel charges and rigged them on a Wraith. Dante opened up a private COM and said to Martineau :

"We'll create a distraction with these explosives and sprint along the yard. Get out silencers. If you see any of the Covenant looking at you, kill them. Return fire unless you're being shot at."

Martineau nodded and prepared to sprint for the nearest building. When Dante finished rigging the explosives he nodded to Martineau and ran for the closest building. Half-way to the building Dante took out the detonator and pushed a red button on it. The Wraiths and a group of Elites near them were blown to little bits. Covenant Engineers, Jackals and Grunts ran to see what happened.

A Jackal saw Dante, activated his energy shield, pulled out his plasma pistol and prepared to fire, but Martineau was quicker. Martineau aimed his BR55 battle rifle, aimed for the aliens chest and pumped 3 bullets into it. The Jackal dropped his pistol, clutched his chest and fell over and died.

Dante and Martineau made it towards the building and took cover.

"Cover me while I rig the charges! Perez, Smith, when I give you the signal, cause a diversion."

Martineau took a position by the wall of the structure and looked around for any targets who might have sighted them. Meanwhile in the bushes Perez and Smith checked their weapons and prepared to cause a distraction for them.

When Dante finished rigging the charges he yelled on the Team COM :

"NOW!"

Suddenly a rocket flew through the air and hit a group of Elites, followed by muffled bursts of gun fire from the bushes. Most of the Covenant base noticed and ran towards the bushes.

"Perez, Smith, leave a satchel charge where you are and move towards us, quietly as you can!"

Dante looked at Martineau pointed to himself and to him then at another building.
Martineau nodded and started to move.

Then Dante pinged his COM and said :

"No need for silence anymore, fire at will."

A load of Covenant saw Dante, not sure what they were seeing, because they would have saw a Green Blur running at over 100KPH, but they raised their guns and fired anyway.

Dante ran towards a group of Grunts, raised his MA5B rifle, and smashed the back of his rifle into an unlucky Grunt's head. Then he raised his rifle and fired 3 bursts into each of their chest. Dante sprinted, ducked and rolled as incoming plasma fire came towards him. He took cover behind the next building he reached. He wouldn't be able to set up the charges because the Covenant was shooting at him. Suddenly gun fire came from nowhere and started picking off the Covenant one by one, Grunt by Grunt, Jackal by Jackal...

Dante scanned the tree lines and the bushes. He found what he was looking for. 3 ODSTs firing their weapons and killing aliens as if it was their favorite thing to do.

The aliens quickly stopped firing at Dante and moved towards the ODSTs.

Dante took advantage of the situation and started to rig another charge. When he was done he moved to another building but was stopped by a white armor elite. An Ultra.

The Elite roared in anger, dropped his plasma rifle, and pulled out an Energy Sword. Dante waited for him to charge, and let out a full automatic burst from his MA5B. The Elites shields stayed up, but flickered. Dante ran out of ammo, and tried to hit the Elite with the butt of his rifle. He missed and the Elite slashed with his sword, but Dante blocked it with his rifle. Unfortunately his rifle broke in half. Dante threw away the now useless pieces, and lunged at the Elite. Dante pushed the Elite down, pinned his sword arm to the ground and punched the Elite until his shields went down. When his shields went down, Dante punched him hard enough to break the Elites ribs. Then Dante reached for his pistol, but unaware that he let go of the Elites sword arm. The Elite slashed at Dante's shoulders. A deep gashing wound was in his armor, blood and gel pouring out of it. He didn't even whimper. Dante took out his pistol, fired at the Elites wrist. The Elite howled in pain dropping the sword, then Dante put his pistol to the Elite's throat and fired at it. The bullet when straight through it cutting his lunges. Just to make sure the Elite was dead, Dante took out his combat knife and slit another hole on the Elites throat.

Dante picked up the Elites sword. It wasn't his type of weapon. But seeing as his MA5B was in pieces... He dropped the sword and took up a plasma rifle. It would have to do for now.

Dante looked up, the ODSTs were pinned down from Covenant fire. Dante looked at the Elites belt and saw several plasma grenades there. He had an idea, but he would have to act fast.

Dante took the plasma grenade, and grabbed a frag grenade. He took a deep breath. He activated the plasma grenade, stuck it to the frag grenade and pulled the pin on the frag grenade. He threw it. It landed right in between two elites. The double explosion blew them apart, along with several other Covenant. The only survivor was one Grunt who had his arm blasted off. He was cowering in a corner, but that didn't stop Dante from shooting him with a plasma rifle.

"Perez, fire a few Jackhammers at that AA battery."

"Sir, yes sir!" Said the ODST.

There was one building left though. He would finish it after he checked on his squad.

Martineau had been hit in the leg by a needler shard. It had exploded ripping through the bone, but the ODST didn't cry out in pain at all. It would limit mobility though. Smith had been hit in the chest by plasma repeatedly, but he was okay.

"Get some biofoam on that Martineau, you too Smith."

Suddenly an large explosion happened. Dante turned around and saw the AA battery falling apart. Dante then grabbed his detonator and pushed the button, 2 buildings blew up too.
One last one.

"Jackson! Update!" Said Dante on the COM

"Sir, Covenant bastards didn't know what hit em!" and he could tell that Jackson was grinning.

"Alright. I'm sending Martineau and Smith you're way. They've both been wounded, give them medical attention."

"Sir, yes sir!"

Dante looked at Martineau and Smith, they both nodded and started to jog off towards the clearing.

"Wait! Smith, give me your M7 SMG."

Smith handed him the SMG along with the clips for it. Dante gave Smith his remaining clips for his MA5B.

"Perez, fire the last of your Jackhammers on that building."

"Yes sir!" The ODST said eagerly.

The ODST fired the last 4 of his Jackhammer rockets on the building, the building had several holes punctured in it. Their must have been some ordinance in it, because the building blew up.

"Petty Officer 1st Class Spartan 007 Dante to Captain Reverinson, Sir!" Said Dante on the COM.

"Right here Chief, give me a status report."

"Sir, outpost destroyed, AA battery neutralized."

"Alright, I'm sending in a couple of Pelicans, over and out."

"Sir, yes sir."

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  • 05.29.2009 5:41 PM PDT

-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

you need more descipiton of the surroundings, ike saying the buildigs are old and faint blue or sumething apat from that its quite good

  • 05.30.2009 1:58 AM PDT
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Thank you! The buildings are part of Covenant outpost so they should be purple - blue.
I'll be posting up the next chapter later today.

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Chapter 3.

UNSC Colony World Arcadia, ruins of Covenant Outpost, 0085 Military time.

"Jackson, status report?"

"Sir! Pelicans have just arrived, we've got heavy weapons and some reinforcements. We're setting up camp now, also it seems there are some ONI (Office of Navel Intelligence) spooks here as well."

ONI? What was ONI doing down here? Well whatever thought Dante.

"Anything else?" Asked Dante.

"Sir, we got ourselves a HAVOK nuke!"

A HAVOK nuke? A HAVOK nuke was a small tactical nuclear mine, a clean thirty - megaton explosive which could be detonated by a remote signal. The nuke alone could wipe out the whole city and any Covenant ships around it.

"Jackson, we're returning to camp, prep a Pelican for the wounded."

"Sir, yes sir!"

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UNSC Colony World Arcadia, Covenant Outpost, 0178 Military Time.

Three Shangheili walked into the ruins of the Covenant outpost. One of them was wearing white armor, while the other two wore the ceremonial armor of the Honor Guard.

"What happened here?!" One of the Honor Guard demanded.

"How were the humans able to destroy this base?" the other asked.

"It seems, the human had brought their rumored Demon." the white armor Shangheili said.

"A demon? What is that?" they both asked.

"It is a human who seemed to be trained from birth, bred for combat, just for the means of battle. The human rivals our own Shangheili warriors. I have seen it and fought it once. But I slayed it."

"A human that rivals our own Shangheili warriors? Heresy!"

"Enough. We shall pull back for now, the humans will send a scouting party. We shall have the Unoggy and Kig-Yar lay an ambush for them."

"Yes, Shipmaster." they both replied.

"The Prophet of Regret must be evacuated from this planet, we cannot take the chance that he will be injured. A Hierarch's safety must be our main priority."

With that, the 3 Shangheili left walking towards Arcadia City.

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UNSC Colony World Arcadia, Bridge of the UNSC Destroyer Andromeda, August 17, 2531 Military Calendar.

"Captain! 3 Covenant Frigates are advancing towards us! ETA 20 minutes estimate." Said Lieutenant Rodriguez from the Communications Station.

"So they figured out we're here eh." Muttered the Captain to himself.

"All hands to battle stations, sound the alarm, this is not a drill, I repeat this is not a drill. Arm the MAC Gun Lieutenant Garcia, bring reactors to 50%, arm Archer Missile pods, take the safety off from one of our Shiva's."

"Aye sir." Responded Garcia

The UNSC Destroyer Andromeda was not like any other Destroyer in the fleet. She had been outfitted with the latest UNSC technology. She was twice as large as the average UNSC destroyer, with at least 2 Meters thick of solid Titanium A. This ship could withstand a humongous beating. The ship carried 40 Archer Missile pods across, 20 down. They're were 50mm defense cannons against single ships. It held 2 MAC guns, although Destroyers usually held 3. These 2 MAC guns were special though. One of them was smaller, but could fire 3 shots in one charge. The second one was a heavy MAC gun that could probably destroy a Covenant frigate without worrying about its shields. Although the problem was that the MAC guns took an enormous amount of energy. The ships reactor was also of new reactor technology. It could the equivalent of up to 4 reactors which was also dangerous. The ship also held 3 AIs, one to assist the ship, one for Spartan 007's use, and one for point defense and navigation. Indeed, this ship was one of the most advanced in the fleet. But could it stand up to 3 Covenant Frigates?

"Silvia. Captain Reverinson said to the ships AI. Give me your best firing solution."

"Aye sir, working on it." replied a cool female voice.

"Mina, reverse thrusters, keep going until the Covenant Frigates are in weapons range."

"Aye sir!" Said another female AI.

The Captain was going to delay them for as long as possible. A UNSC fleet consisting of 10 ships was en route towards Arcadia, but they had to arrive later. They only sent one ship in order to maintain stealth for Operation Morning Sun.

"Estimated time till the fleet arrives?" asked Reverinson

"A little over 2 hours." Responded Silvia.

Reverinson cursed quietly. They would be able to buy at least 45 minutes before the fleet arrived.

"Give me 150% to reactors, Ensign Mackenzie, full reverse thrusters."

Ensign Mackenzie at the NAV station paused to look at the Captain. He hesitated then said :

"Aye sir, 150% to reactors, full reverse thrusters."

"Captain! One of the Covenant ships has engaged Slipspace!" came Silvia's voice.

What? Was it running? No, Damn it the Captain cursed quietly. He had forgotten that they could use short jumps and catch up to them.

"Silvia, give me an estimate at what position it will reappear."

"Aye sir, done. Sending you coordinates now."

Normally, the Captain would have launched Archer Missile pods in front of the area where the Covenant Ship was entering from Slipspace, but their shields made it a problem.

"Sir, Covenant Ship exiting from Slipspace." reported Silvia.

"Wait a minute..." continued Silvia. "It's shields seems to be deactivated."

Covenant Ships shields are deactivated when they exit from Slipspace? This would be useful.

"Well let's not wait for them to activate them, Garcia fire the MAC!"

"Aye sir, firing MAC."

A single round from the heavy MAC gun fired and ripped through the Covenant Frigate. The ship screamed and exploded.

"Captain! Both Covenant frigates have accelerated and are in firing range!"

The other Frigate was a diversion? Damn it thought the Captain. Wait a minute. He surveyed the battle area. He did have another option.

"Bring us to heading Zero twenty - three."

"Aye sir." Said Mackenzie.

"Captain, Covenant frigates are opening fire." Cried Silvia

"Estimated time till plasma hits?"

"25 seconds sir."

"Mina turn the ship then head to original destination."

"Aye sir." she replied calmly.

The plasma torpedoes accelerated and missed the Destroyer by mere inches. When the Andromeda arrived at its destination another Covenant Frigate appeared in front of it.

"Covenant Frigate opening fire sir."

The Captain grinned, he had been counting on this. The Covenant frigates opened fire, but they hit the debris from the destroyed Covenant frigate. Then the cool-down period between the Frigates shots began.

"Fire Archer missile pods at heading Zero thirty - two."

"Sir, that takes the missiles away from the frigates!" Said Garcia.

"I'm aware of that Lieutenant. Fire the MAC at the frigate in front of us."

"Aye sir, firing MAC."

The Andromeda fired a single MAC round at the Covenant frigate taking down its shields.

"Ram that son of a -blam!- while its still dead in the water!" Ordered the Captain.

The Andromeda accelerated forward ramming the Covenant ship smashing it head on.

"Damage report!" Bellowed the Captain

"No serious damage sir, small hull breach, sealing bulkhead doors."

The Covenant ship forced back by the Andromeda took no serious damage, but suddenly hundreds of tiny dots of explosions filled the Covenants hull. The Andromeda had pushed the Covenant to where it had launched the Archer missiles. The Covenant Frigate screamed and blew up into bits.

"Two down, one to go." thought the Captain.

"Captain, last Covenant Frigate is opening fire at us." said Silvia calmly.

"Arm the heavy MAC gun Silvia, give me your best firing solution."

"Aye sir, MAC ready Captain, firing at your order."

If this MAC missed, the Andromeda's power would run out. The heavy MAC took up a lot of the ship's power.

"Wait a minute, sir, Covenant ship launching single ship fighters! said Silvia.

"Launch Longsword pilots, Mina, ready port defense."

"Aye sir!" they both replied in unison.

"Fire the MAC."

The ship's MAC gun fired a heavy round, which tore through the Frigates shields and the frigate itself. The ship blew into bits, while the incoming Seraph fighters came and bombarded them. The Andromeda's 50mm cannons targeted them and shot them down. Longsword pilots zeroed in on the Seraphs and destroyed them.

"I don't believe it..." muttered Mackenzie his face stern.

"I think we just won!" said Garcia who barely seemed to be able to contain his excitement.

"Sir! The Fleet has arrived, getting incoming message from the Leviathan." Said Lieutenant Rodriguez.

A mixture of 10 UNSC ships arrived, destroyers, frigates, and a single cruiser. The Leviathan was a UNSC Cruiser, which was one of the largest ships in the fleet.

"Put it on screen Lieutenant."

An old man appeared on the screen. His hair was gray, which edges of white. His face was wrinkled, and his eyes sad like he had seen death one - to many times. On the shoulder of his uniform however, were 3 stars.

"Vice Admiral Sir!" Said Reverinson as he snapped a salute.

"The names Harvard son. A damn fine job you did here, taking out 3 Covenant Frigates with a single Destroyer? We need more like you." replied Harvard as he returned the Captain's salute.

"Thank you sir."

"Listen up, we're sending you and an escort down to planet surface. You're to take back Arcadia city and line up an assault against Covenant forces down there. Now that you've taken out their orbital support, it should be easy pickings for you."

This plan worried Reverinson. There were several flaws in it, but it was of course, an order.

"Sir, yes sir."

He turned and said to Silvia :

"Take us down planet side, keep Longsword fighters out as a precaution."

"Aye sir, taking us down."

Another destroyer, the Centaur followed the Andromeda, and headed with it towards the planet's surface.




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  • 05.30.2009 3:56 PM PDT

I'm liking it. You need more description though, not on things we already know about like Mjolnir armour but things like the scenery, expressions on faces, etc etc.

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Thank you very much! I will do as you say, but I'm an inexperienced writer O_o.

Also! Chapter 3 is not finished. I'm going to finish it later on today. I took a break from writing it.

  • 05.31.2009 7:53 AM PDT

First thing I did was search clip

  • 05.31.2009 6:40 PM PDT

-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

try updating your title it would help alot
good job!

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I don't have a title for the story! I know right!

I'm trying to think one up!

This was originally a draft I thought up.

So I'm gonna think of one!

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UNSC Colony World Arcadia, August 20th, Military Calendar, Camp Humberdog.

Dante watched as the Destroyer, the Andromeda, worked it's way down into the valley and shook his head. There were several flaws in bringing the ships from orbit to ground side.
A party of Covenant could always capture the ship and escape the planet, or destroy it from the inside. They could sabotage their supplies too. But, orders were orders. Dante like the rest of the Spartans had been taught that.

Sgt. Jackson approached Dante and patted him on the shoulder.

"Sir, we've got new orders from ONI."

ONI? Dante hadn't known that ONI was coming down here. Were they after something? Or here to observe the Covenant? Dante had known that ONI found it odd that the Covenant hadn't glassed the planet after they attacked, so it might have been some importance.

"What are the orders Sargent?"

"There's an old research outpost near the outskirts of the city, there are Covenant forces positioned there. We're to take them out, and defend the outpost until reinforcements arrive."

"How much Intel do we have on the Op?"

"Well sir, there are a couple thousand grunts, two hundred or so Elites, maybe more. We'll be taking a platoon of men in. 2 squads move through the city while two around the forest."

"Alright. Alert the ODSTs, their going through the city. Grab heavy gear, pack extra ammunition and explosives."

Dante couldn't take the ODSTs through the outskirts. They'd stand out too much in their armor. He turned and started to turn and go towards the tent encampments where the armory was, when suddenly a young corporal ran into him. The corporal stared at Dante disbelieving, which was the usual reaction when a soldier saw Dante.

"Petty..Petty Officer 1st clas... class.. sir!" Stuttered the Corporal his eyes wide.

"What is it Corporal?"

"I have something for you sir!" Said the Corporal who suddenly felt braver.

The Corporal handed him a chip, an AI processor. Dante took the chip and put it into the back of his armor. Suddenly a new awareness, as if someone else was in the suit came.

"Hello Dante." Said a cool female voice.

"Hello Allison." Replied Dante.

"The spooks at ONI say you're gonna need me for this job."

"Really? How so?"

"We're breaking into an ONI Research Facility. Why do you think?"

Dante ignored her remark and walked towards the armory. There were a variety of weapons there. Dante grabbed an MA5B and 2 HE pistols. He grabbed a shot gun for close work. He threw one of the pistols and the shot gun into a duffel bag. He took a dozen clips and put them in his munitions belt. He took another half dozen clips and threw them into the bag.
He also took some rations, and a canteen of water in case they stayed there too long.

When he was done gearing up, he went outside and saw 2 squads of marines, and 2 squads of ODSTs waiting for him.

"ODSTs, get on a pelican. They'll drop you off near the city."

"Sir!" They said in unison.

"Marines, get 3 warthogs, we're gonna head through the jungle."

"Yes sir." They replied.

Dante got into the "shotgun" seat of the warthog. A marine Private got on the gunner seat and a Corporal in the driver seat. The Corporal started driving out of the camp, down onto a ragged road. 2 more warthogs followed them.

They drove for 2 hours, passing ruins of buildings and corpses. Earlier, a marine battalion had tried to take back the city but were repelled by Elite teams of Covenant.

Dante looked at the corpses of Elites and Marines alike. He starred out into the open space for a while. Then suddenly he heard something. He turned on his COM and said :

"STOP!"

All 3 Warthogs stopped. He waved 2 Marines forward. They jogged towards a road that led into the forest. He took cover behind a tree and looked around.

A patrol of Jackals and Grunts were walking around. There were 2 Jackals, shield gauntlets raised as if they were expecting something to attack. Half a dozen grunts however were being lazy, some were sleeping, some were lazily walking around.

Perfect.

"Bring up two warthogs when I give the signal." Dante said on the COM.

Dante looked around. It was beautiful. In the forest, the tree's stood at least 20 feet tall. At their barks were moss growing on it, giving it the color of a deep olive green. The marines could blend in with the color. Dante looked up, and saw that the tree branches covered the sky. A faint ray of sun light shined down on where the Jackals were. The forest provided good cover from air forces.

Dante looked at the marine next to him. He was holding an SRS 99D AM sniper rifle. Dante pointed at him then towards a tree. The marine nodded and started to climb up. Dante took out his combat knife, went around another tree, and into a small clearing where the Covenant were. He grabbed a sleeping grunt, slit it's throat and let it drop to the ground. The other Covenant hadn't noticed, so Dante slipped back behind the tree and waited. Dante looked up and saw that the marine had taken up a good sniping position. Dante made a throat slicing gesture and pointed at the Covenant. The marine nodded, aimed his rifle, and fired. 3 cracks. And both jackals and a grunt were dead. Then Dante ran in, killed the remaining Grunts who were confused and in disarray. Dante shouted over the COM :

"NOW!"

Two Warthogs came in, bursting firing their chain guns. Several grunts who were standing around went down. Then 4 marines ran in securing the area. Dante waved them off, got back into the Warthog, and continued to drive on the dirt road.

2 hours later, as they continued to drive, they arrived at a large fortress - looking outpost. The walls were beige, with moss growing, and vines hanging down on it. The structure resembled a medieval castle.

"This must be the outpost." Dante said to the Marines.

On the wall, there were Jackals carrying beam rifles. Drones flew around patrolling in squads, while two by two banshee squads helped patrol the air.

A pair of Hunters guarded the gate, both relaxed as if nothing would attack them.
Near them however, were 2 dozen Elites, tensed as if sensing something. The Covenant were guarding this fortress too well. What could possibly be in it that was in their interest?



[Edited on 06.05.2009 8:51 PM PDT]

  • 06.02.2009 7:04 PM PDT

I believe that you can be a fan of all shooters,
COD, Halo, Gears of War,
I am a fanboy of all three, by the way,
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You can check out my lame Star Wars - Halo crossover if you want. I agree with everyone else on your descriptive style, but overall it's well written.

  • 06.03.2009 6:17 AM PDT
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Thanks! As an amateur writer, I have little idea of how to describe stuff. I'm gonna finish chapter 4 today :D And probably write chapter 5 in the process. I'm updating the story once a day!

  • 06.03.2009 12:53 PM PDT
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Nice good job. People seem to hate mine cause of the dialog and the format which will change and apparently my plot sucks. Oh well for me, but yours is really nice too.

  • 06.03.2009 6:44 PM PDT
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Thanks! :D

I'm sure yours isn't that bad. You just need to make the story, even if it's a fanfic, a bit believable.

  • 06.04.2009 12:58 PM PDT