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Subject: The Forgotten Spartan-Chapter Twelve, part 1, after considerable delay
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  • 03.19.2006 11:46 AM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

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Care to elaborate?

  • 03.19.2006 12:55 PM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

A single Warthog came blazing out of the woods with three occupants. The driver and gunner seemed to be 18 year old guys who had “borrowed” their ROTC’s ‘Hog to take out their girlfriend. Then Simmons squinted and saw they were all wearing fatigues, and their “girlfriend” was holding what appeared to Tango Company’s flag in the side seat. “Prepare to open fire!” Simmons shouted to his men, then put the call out on his radio. The men were aiming at the single Warthog, when a dozen more came chasing the first, and the men started picking individual targets. Then a Scorpion barreled out at full speed to close off the Warthog’s escape. The Scorpion fired its main gun and the gunner of the lead ‘Hog waited for the explosion that would follow.
It never came. All three-dozen vehicles on the field had been equipped with the simulation gear and were firing blanks. Even the tank. “The ‘Hog with the flag is a friendly. All other targets are enemies. Form a square around the flag ‘Hog and proceed to eliminate all Tango Company targets.” For the next twenty-seven minutes, thirty-five LRV’s and one MBT dueled on a field a mile wide and twenty miles long. When a vehicle sustained enough simulated ‘shots’ the engine would shut down, and that vehicle would be out of the fight. Simmons’ men had lost four ‘Hogs to Tango Company’s nine by the time they had gone half way down the field. The tank accounted for three of the 89th’s losses, but O’Donnell had taken it out with his rocket launcher. In simulation only, of course.
The battle ended when Tango’s CO drove his vehicle a little too close to the center of the square and O’Donnell blew him figuratively into the stratosphere. After that, the guns started to quiet, and the men realized there was nothing else to shoot at. The remainder of the platoon drove to the end of the field, where a Pelican was awaiting the three teens. “Driver, report here please.”
“Sir, yes sir! Spartan 117 reporting sir!”
“At ease soldier. Just a few questions before you go. How did you guys get Tango’s flag?”
“It was our mission, sir.”
“I know that, but how did you get it?”
“I don’t think CPO Mendez would like it if I disclosed tactical information so loosely, sir,” the young man said with a grin.
“Fine. Who are your friends there? I’d like to meet them.”
“Sir, yes sir. This is Spartan 087, Kelly and Spartan 104, Fred. Over under the trees there is Linda, number 058,” as he spoke he pointed to a shady spot, where another teenage girl came out into the light.
“You guys must be pretty good. I didn’t see you there, Linda.” The girl cringed at the sound of her name, as if it made her vulnerable to hear her name spoken aloud.
“Thank you sir,” she whispered. Simmons was admiring the fact that she could carry, much less aim, the SRS99C-S2 in her arms.
“Um… I don’t know how to say this sir, but you’re one of a very select group of people outside the team that knows our names. Dr. Halsey says its okay for you and your men to know, but it makes us feel kinda weird.” The teen showed his first real uneasiness, shifting his weight and looking nervous. Throughout the fake conflict, the Spartans had show incredible cool under fire, even if it was simulated.
“I understand. Well, don’t keep Chief Mendez waiting. Send him my regards Spartan.”
“Sir, yes sir.” With that the Spartans jogged off to the drop ship with their new prize, and as they flew off, Simmons and his men drove the Warthogs all the way back to the barracks, where the men were happy to hear they had the rest of the day off, provided they cleaned the spent shells out of their vehicles.

  • 03.20.2006 4:18 PM PDT

No soldier should be honored for doing what is expected
of him. He is after all, just doing his job.

Posted by: the green grunt
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(x..X) Keslo Killed it
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Nice chapter, poor tangos/

  • 03.20.2006 5:53 PM PDT
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cool chapter but make them longer

  • 03.20.2006 6:59 PM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

I like to end on nice neat cliffhangers.

  • 03.21.2006 3:21 AM PDT
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I am Addicted to this story!!!

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[Edited on 3/21/2006]

  • 03.21.2006 7:06 AM PDT
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yeah me to this story is great

  • 03.21.2006 8:20 AM PDT
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Keep this story nice and juicy!
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Blam! Blam! No, wait....S***! *Laughs*

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  • 03.21.2006 9:00 AM PDT
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Rainman89 when do you think the next chapter will be up

  • 03.21.2006 9:45 AM PDT
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Yeah!
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Blam! Blam! No wait....S***! *Laughs*

[Edited on 3/21/2006]

  • 03.21.2006 10:33 AM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

The next part's done, but I'll post it when I think it appropriate. Trust me, you'll like it.

  • 03.21.2006 11:47 AM PDT
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ok thanks for letting me know

  • 03.21.2006 3:40 PM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

No problem. Look for the next part before the week is out.

  • 03.22.2006 3:32 AM PDT
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ok i will be waiting

  • 03.22.2006 9:30 AM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

Good to hear it. Any one looking forward to the new Halo novel? I am.

  • 03.22.2006 2:28 PM PDT

No soldier should be honored for doing what is expected
of him. He is after all, just doing his job.

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(x..X) Keslo Killed it
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PM me when you release it plz.

  • 03.22.2006 4:05 PM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

PM the new segment? Ok, I'll try to remember, but I still say just copy and paste. It's easier on everyone. So, when do you guys think Simmons should get promoted?

[Edited on 3/22/2006]

  • 03.22.2006 5:23 PM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

Chapter 14
0900 Hours, May 7, 2525(Military Calendar)/ Epsilon Eridani System, Reach Military Complex, planet Reach

The Naval Officer’s Academy was a strange scene to most of the men, but to Simmons it was like a homecoming. He hadn’t been to the famous Reach academy, but he was looking forward to it. The majority of the NCOs were bemused and took in the sights, while the privates just whistled and commented on the Navy’s digs. Simmons walked up the stairs and was forced to block his eyes from the sun as he admired the scalloped dome of the main academy building. Doctor Halsey was leaning against one of the columns, conversing with an AI in a toga.
“Morning Doctor,” Simmons called out.
“Good morning Lieutenant. I hope your men are enjoying themselves,” she said with a smile.
“Men! Lets bring it in!”
“Thank you. Now gentlemen, let’s begin.” The Good Doctor ushered them with a wave to the medical building. Most of the men hadn’t sat at a desk since grade school, and the sight of Dominique squished into a chair designed for twenty year old officer hopefuls was enough to make everyone laugh. “Today’s class,” the doctor began, “Is on battlefield medicine.” A series of holographic diagrams were coming up, each suffering typical battlefield wounds, and the group was being herded by the same toga wearing AI. “This is Déja, and she’ll be assisting us. Now, our first malady is a bullet wound to the abdomen from a 12.7mm round. Yes private?”
“What does all that mean ma’am?” a young member of the squad enquired.
“It means he got shot in the stomach. Now, who knows what to do first? No, not you corpsman. Anyone else? Yes, Corporal.”
“Biofoam?” a Corporal timidly raised his hand.
“No, in ideal conditions, first you would remove the bullet. Good guess though. The round would be unlikely to penetrate very far, but since I doubt you have ever removed a bullet before, we’ll practice that. Biofoam is next, then a field dressing. Now gather around the lab table here, and I’ll show you.” As she spoke, a hologram of a Sergeant with a 12.7mm pistol round in his pancreas appeared on her table. The doctor was about to begin when she was interrupted by a voice from the back.
“Shouldn’t you wash you hands first, Doctor?” Simmons asked.
“Maybe you’d like to perform the operation, Lieutenant?”
“Sure thing Doctor.” Simmons had failed his field medicine class back at Quantico, and was forced to take it again. He had run this particular simulation twelve times, and had received a one hundred percent on the last one. When he reached the ‘body’ he saw the Doctor had changed the program. The ribs were coated with some weird gel, and the vital signs were super charged. It was a simulated Spartan. It was a subtle difference, but Fiurah noticed. Simmons motioned this to Doctor Halsey, and she took the medic from the room.
“Déja, please supervise the class for a moment.”
“Of course doctor. You may begin when ready Lieutenant.”
Simmons successfully treated the simulated patient, and was glad to realize the program had given him a ninety three percent. That meant the Spartan oriented medicine would still work on normal Marines.
As the Doctor reentered, she checked the score. “That’s almost an ‘A’ Lieutenant. Very good. Does anyone else want to try? Yes, very well corpsman.” Within an hour everyone had performed the operation and everyone had passed. Dominique had nearly yanked the subject’s intestines out with the bullet, but he managed a seventy percent. “Alright class. Same time next week. Corpsman, Lieutenant, could I see you for a moment in my office?”
“Yes ma’am?” Simmons asked. He thought the session had gone well, but he was ready for the good doctors ‘not good enough’.
“Your men performed extremely well. I’m surprised. Now, corpsman, you noticed the program’s alteration extremely fast. Where did you train?”
“Oxford, ma’am. First in class. It was kind of obvious, the vital signs gave it away,” he replied with a smirk.
“Very well, thank you corpsman. That is all.”
“Ma’am. Sir.” And with that Fiurah left the building to catch up with the men.
“You hand picked him, didn’t you ma’am?”
“He was in my class for a semester. Most of the professors said he was the best they’d seen in a while. I knew he’d come in handy, so I called in a favor. You’re catching on Lieutenant. But that’s not why I kept you here. Tomorrow there will be another exercise. You will support the Spartans in their attempt to infiltrate Bravo Company’s perimeter and retrieve their flag. Your Pelican’s will be delayed and you will be forced to spend the night in the woods surrounding Bravo Company’s perimeter. Your and your men must insure the Spartan’s safety and make sure that flag ends up on my wall here.” She motioned toward the long wall of her office and it seemed her Spartans had managed to swipe at least one flag from every unit on Reach, and even a few on other planets. There was a space for Bravo Company’s, so they were sure to be expecting this. “Now I don’t pretend to be a tactician, but I think this would be a good opportunity for our two units to bond. I understand two man pickets are a viable strategy to spend the night…”
“Understood ma’am.”
“I’ll leave the pairings up to you. Thank you Lieutenant.”
“Thank you ma’am.”

  • 03.24.2006 3:22 AM PDT

No soldier should be honored for doing what is expected
of him. He is after all, just doing his job.

Posted by: the green grunt
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(x..X) Keslo Killed it
('') ('') what a nice guy

Good job, keep it pumping.

  • 03.24.2006 9:20 AM PDT
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FREAKIN' SWEET

  • 03.24.2006 10:50 AM PDT
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sweet chapter Rainman keep up the great work

  • 03.24.2006 11:14 AM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

Gracias Amigos, Gracias.

  • 03.24.2006 11:48 AM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

You guys really don't talk much, do you? All I get is, "this rocks", and "you rule". I appreciate the support, but you can think of more intelligent things to say, like "Simmons needs a promotion", or "Why does he keep following the Doctor's orders?". C'mon guys a little activity never hurt anyone.

  • 03.25.2006 6:37 AM PDT
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Rainman i think that Simmons should get promoted after the mission with the spartans .

  • 03.25.2006 10:17 AM PDT