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Posted by: Kaltyr
Pretty good. Some grammar errors, but that's nothing that can't be fixed.
It seems like Titanius is different than most Jiralhanae by the fact he seems a bit apprehensive to kill a human.
Titanius is modelled after the Brute Leader from Halo Wars. He apparently fought in the war for so long that humans had earned his respect. The same can be said for Titanius. But he will still kill humans, the Prophets still run the show and what they say goes.
Titanius casually walked toward the Phantom that would lead him to the planet's surface. Thus far, no human resistance had been met in space, but what lay below was still a mystery. He edged his way to the middle of the ship and stood on the grav lift, he would be the first to step down on Prosperity.
The other Jiralhanae, Unggoy, and Kig-Yar stood in front of the walls of the Phantom. Once those hatches dropped, the fight began. A quick, sudden rumble and the Phantom was up and making it's way out of the Battlecrusier. It took only ten minutes to make it to the surface of the world from The Pride, but those few minutes built up the anticipation for bloodshed.
The Jiralhanae pack huffed with impatience, Unggoy squads were adjusting their methane tanks, and Kig-Yar twitched with the occasional squawk. Titanius simply grabbed his Gravity Hammer and slowly floated down to the planet below. Once he touched down he emitted a deafening roar which signalled the Phantoms to open their load.
Waves of Covenant troops surged out an landed on the perpetual autumn surface of prosperity. The grass remained a wheatish tan all year round on this world and the trees only shifted from orange to yellow every 8 months of the 16 month planetary cycle. It had a sense of calm to it all as the humans toiled on crop after crop. Titanius would have the honor of disrupting that.
As the vehicles made their way down, Titanius ordered a charge and ran to the valley below. All of the Jiralhanae's power armor glittered in the sun as they rushed the small human village below. Thousands of Spiker rounds, Plasma Pistol bolts, and Carbine shots rained on the human populace. Many who were outside quickly fell, but the few who did retreated inside.
Once the Covenant infantry made it inside the town, human peasants emerged from their abodes, only armed. The farmers had equipped themselves with hunting rifles used to take down Prosperity's big game animals. Titanius watched as a few pf his troops fell amidst the cracks of archaic human weapon fire. The Covenant founds shelter with whatever they could find, concrete walls, steel buildings, or simple wooden cabins.
The willpower of these simple peasants was astounding to Titanius. Here they were outnumbered 1,000 head of Covenant to around 130 of themselves, and more Covenant were on the way. Still, they fought on as hard as they could, but it was futile.
Titanius picked up his Gravity Hammer and ordered a charge. He and his pack tore into the human line. Their power armor easily deflected the bullets, but the human's garments did little to protect them. Blade from Spikers, blades from Maulers, and fists cut and maimed the humans. A man attempted to rush and stab Titanius with a pitchfork, but was smashed into the ground by his massive hammer.
"A futile effort human" Titanius said with a gruff "But one that was just as brave."
"Chieftain, our Wraiths and Choppers have touched down and are making their way to our position." a Jiralhanae Major declared.
"Good" Titanius managed to grunt out "And what of the Mkgalegolo pairs?".
"They will arrive with the next wave of equipment ready to protect you" the Major answered "As if you need protect."
Titanius let out a smile and chuckle and ordered the Major to continue the final exterminations of the humans left in the settlement. As the blue and grey dots of distant Wraith and Chopper units rolled down the valley hills, Titanius looked in the horizon as distant amber hued clouds radiated from the system's sun.
These few humans gave their lives, though perhaps in panic, to protect their way of life Titanius thought to himself. A lone human male with a gut full of spikes lay near his feet, eyes wide open. He kneeled down and put his massive claw over the man's eyes to shut them out of respect. Up ahead , a gashed up female was still clutching a shotgun, two slugs and a dead Jiralhanae lay at her feet with a bloody Mauler at his side.
It was August, one of his more skilled Jiralhanae. Looks like this human woman managed to land two shots on the warrior before he cut her with his Mauler. All the same, he had lost too much blood and collapsed. Like the human man, he closed the female human's eyes, but not August'.
"I'm afraid you do not deserve a fitting gesture" Titanius said with disgust "Surviving multiple campaigns against human military only to be cut down by a peasant woman."
With that, he walked off.