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Subject: The Forgotten Spartan-Chapter Twelve, part 1, after considerable delay
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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'm planning it for a bit later than that. Any other comments?

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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!

1557 Hours, May 8, 2525(Military Calendar)/ Epsilon Eridani System, Reach Military Complex, Immediately outside Bravo Company’s installation, planet Reach

Bravo Company was lucky to get a forest like this, three kilometers from their base. It was just close enough for everyday use, just far enough to make it a workout to get there. Simmons’ men had spent the majority of the morning hiking to rendezvous point, and though the Sergeants had kept a good pace, the Spartans beat them there.
“Hi Lieutenant!” cried the nearest Spartan.
“Hi John. Hi Fred. How’s the mission going?”
“Great. We’ve got Linda keeping an eye on the Bravo’s and James is keeping the back door open. As soon as you guys are in place, we’ll move out.” John was clearly excited, but he was still the master of his men and his situation.
“Men! Secure this perimeter. Suppressive fire areas there and… there. Okay John, looks like we’re all set up. You can go. If you’re not back in three hours, we’ll come in guns blazin’.”
“I doubt we’ll need it sir. Fred, Malcolm, Grace. Let’s go!” In thirty seconds the Spartan team was out of sight. Simmons expected them to take an hour and a half, but they were at Simmons’ feet panting with the flag in forty-three minutes.
“How in the name of…”
“Team (pant) secret (pant) sir.” John clearly enjoyed the mystery surrounding his team, and Fred didn’t seem to mind it either.
“Did you (pant) miss us sir?” Fred had the flag in his hands, and a cut on his face.
“Fiurah.”
“Yes sir?”
“Fix this Spartan up corpsman. John, we’re heading to the LZ in five.”
It took them twenty minutes to reach the LZ, and surprise surprise, the Pelicans were late. O’Donnell’s voice broke the expectant silence. “LT, the airfield just called. There’s some kind of fuel distribution issue, so no Pelicans tonight.” The men groaned, which seemed to have become their standard response to anything that happened on an exercise. Simmons looked to John to see if he was expecting it, but it seemed to be news to him. Odd that the Doctor would tell him, but not her Spartans. “Bravo’s gonna be looking for us, and this open field is not the place we want to be. Back to the ridge we passed in the forest. We can keep an eye on their movements from there. Let’s go!”
The hike was a short one, and remarkably uneventful. Simmons had just remembered the Doctor’s suggestion of the pickets. He was thinking how to pair everyone up when he nearly hiked past the ridge and Dominique tapped him on the shoulder and said “Uh, LT, you ok?”
“Yeah, I’m fine. Now, we’re gonna have to spend the night, so let’s set up some pickets. Um…Linda, you’re with Omni. Go to the best spot you can find and report on Bravo’s progress every fifteen minutes. John, go with Dominique. You two are on point. Joshua, go with Fiurah. Make sure everyone’s ok. Corporal McKay, meet Kelly. You two are going to be my runners tonight. O’Donnell, take Sam and take stock of our weapons. The rest of you Spartans, just mingle in the perimeter for now. Make a friend or two, we’re gonna be here a while. Oh, and Fred, you’re with me.” The pairs set up their perimeters and Fred made his way over to his buddy for the night.
“Hi LT.”
“Hi Fred. You seem like an observant guy, so I want you to keep your eyes open so I don’t have to.”
“Sure thing LT.”
“Do you mind if I ask you some serious questions?”
“No sir, but I can’t promise you I’ll answer. CPO Mendez would kill me if I told you some of the stuff I know.”
“Fair enough. Do you kids have official ranks?”
“I don’t think so, but John’s our squad leader. CPO Mendez just calls us ‘Spartans’ or ‘Maggots’ or ‘Trainees’.”
“Huh. So do you guys ever do normal kid stuff? “
“You mean like target practice?”
“No, like playing games and watching vids.”
“We play all kinds of games with CPO Mendez, but we always lose, and somebody usually gets hurt. And Déja shows us all kinds of tactical vids in class every day.”
“That’s not what I meant but ok. Does Doctor Halsey usually teach you guys?”
“About half the time. She seems to go all over the place, but she never says where she’s going. Sam says she’s the President of the UNSC and she’s got to go make big decisions, but I don’t believe him.”
“Hah. Now that’s real kid behavior. Here’s a serious question Fred. Do you like being a Spartan?”
“Yeah, its great. Doctor Halsey and CPO Mendez say were gonna defend the whole UNSC. We get to fight for the innocents everywhere, like…our…families.” He stopped for a moment, and he resolved himself. “Sorry LT. I don’t know what that was about. John and the guys are my family. I love being a Spartan sir, do you?”
“Do you kids consider me a Spartan?”
“James and Anton say you’re not, but John and Kelly say you are. I think you’re a Spartan who’s just not on the team. Not that we don’t want you, its just we’re all the same age and stuff.”
“I understand. Well, tell James and Anton no hard feelings. So is Linda your only sniper?”
“Oh, we can all snipe, but she gets the most practice and she’s the best. We’re all the best at something. John’s the leader, Grace is great at explosives, Anton is a scout, Li’s our zero gee guy. We’re all specialists.”
“What are you the best at?”
“I don’t know…I guess I’m the best at being second best. I get second at everything. Every race, every range contest, everything.”
“You sound like me during college. Except instead of a team always getting first, it was my friend Amacus. What was that?” A twig snapped two yards away. The nearest picket didn’t hear it, but Simmons and Fred did.
“Just me LT.” John’s outline came into the dimming light at a crouch.
“What is it John?”
“Just wanted to report. Sergeant Dominique says the Bravo’s are clueless, and I concur.”
“Thanks John. Keep it up. McKay, Kelly. Go check on Omni and Linda. O’Donnell, Sam, report.”
“Suppressive fields of fire are laid out. Oh, and we uh ‘found’ a couple extra sniper rifles. Those Bravo guys said they didn’t need em anymore.”
“You got some POW’s?”
“Yeah, they’re getting Fiurah to look at the boo boos they got when we found em. They’ll be okay.”
“LT, Bravos on the move. Two hundred meters to the left flank, three hundred meters distant. Request permission to open fire.” Omni had assumed his cold, calculating demeanor he always had on a real mission.
“How many?”
“A patrol of fifteen, sir.” Linda’s voice was as cold, if not colder than Omni’s.
“Can you hit em from there?”
“No problem,” the two snipers answered in union.
“Open up on em.”
A round fired from an SRS99C-S2 rifle will penetrate a human body with such force as to cause unbelievable damage to the entire corpse from a mile away. And corpse is the correct term, since by the time the round had done the majority of its harm, the victim is long dead. Luckily for the Bravo’s, Linda and Omni were using the simulation gear.

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Should Deffinatly Be Front Page ..

  • 03.27.2006 8:56 AM 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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Nice Chapter, keep it up

  • 03.27.2006 9:18 AM PDT
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So Simmons Is Helping The Spartans Do What? It Isn't Training Because That Is What CPO Mendez Is Doing .. Or Is Simmons There To Replace CPO Mendez As Trainer For The Next Batch Of Spartans Because Simmons Himself Is A Spartan?

  • 03.27.2006 10:29 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!

Up to now, the Spartans have never interacted with other units as friendlies. Simmons is teaching them to use back up. The 89th is their immediate back up. When the Spartans need to train with a group of Marines, Simmons and company will be there.

  • 03.27.2006 1:13 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!

Posted by: hunta slaya
Should Deffinatly Be Front Page ..


What does that mean?

  • 03.27.2006 1:13 PM PDT
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great chapter keep up the good work Rainman . I cannot wait for the next one .

  • 03.27.2006 1:58 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!

Thanks.

  • 03.28.2006 3:16 AM PDT
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Posted by: hunta slaya
Should Deffinatly Be Front Page ..


What does that mean?


It Means This Should Be On The Front Page Of BungieNet Rather Than The Updates ..

And Thanks .. That Cleared Things Up For Me .. Keep Up The Good Work .. You Think Bungie Would Let You Print All This Off And Sell It?

[Edited on 3/28/2006]

  • 03.28.2006 8:49 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!

So long as I don't violate canon, they may eventually let me print it. I personally don't know.

  • 03.28.2006 1:19 PM PDT

"I hope nothing, I fear nothing, I am free"
"A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free." - Nikos Kazantzakis
"The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of martyrs" - Hasan al-Basri
Black Chapter, for all religious and political debate that doesn't fit in the Flood.

Good updates :)

Why ask your readers for ideas? its your idea, run with it with what you feel should happen, dont appeal to your readers, but to your dream of what the story should be.

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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!

Excellent point. Fact is, the lack of activity on this thread is discouraging, but I'm in it for the art, so so long as one person still cares, I'll keep posting. If not, I'll keep it to myself.

  • 03.28.2006 4:28 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!

1957 Hours, May 8, 2525(Military Calendar)/ Epsilon Eridani System, Reach Military Complex, Immediately outside the 89th Drop Jet Platoon’s perimeter, planet Reach

“Where we going Lieutenant?” a tired Bravo Lance Corporal asked.
“Shut up. They’re around here somewhere.” Lieutenant Silva had been tasked with taking the 105th Drop Jet Platoon and reclaiming the flag. Silva was determined to complete his objective, since Captain O’Brien was a sore loser.
“Fan out. Keep quiet. Those freak kids aren’t gonna win this time.” The mark John had left on Silva’s conscience was not going to go away any time soon. Just as Silva gave out his advice, a private’s MILES gear started ringing.
“Oh, man!”
“Get down!”
Another private started buzzing before he could move, and by the time the men had regrouped, four soldiers were ringing and out of the fight. Then Silva noticed there was a grenade at his feet and he put his fingers in his ears. Instead of having his meat torn apart, he was treated to the incessant noise that was the ‘dead’ siren.
“You may want to turn that off Tony.” Simmons stepped out from behind a tree with his MA5B pointed at the remaining 105th Marines. Behind Simmons were all the Spartans, and half of Simmons’s men.
“Yeah, thanks Matt. What are you doing here?”
“Keeping you and your men from killing the Spartans and taking back the flag.”
“Looks like you did a good job. If my platoon was as old as yours, we’d be a little better trained and we’d have got that flag back.”
“That’s pretty bold talk for a guy who can’t find the off switch to his gear.”
“Its good to see you again Matt.”
“Good to see you too. Sadly, I’m afraid you’re a corpse now, and those two are POW’s. If you gentlemen will just walk this way…”

  • 03.30.2006 3:19 AM PDT
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Good Tie In With The Books .. This Is Starting To Get More Interesting .. Especially As You've Shown The Discontent That The ODST's Show The Spartans

  • 03.30.2006 8:26 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!

Yeah, Silva doesn't much care for the Spartans. He's the third amigo from back in Simmons' academy days.

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Who's The Second?

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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!

Read chapter five on the first page.

  • 03.30.2006 4:41 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!

The captured Marines were kept in the center of the square with their hands bound, and, mercifully, their ringers turned off. Silva seemed pretty ticked, but he was happy to see an old friend again. Simmons remembered the episode on the Atlas and wanted to see if Silva was still mad.
“Fred, c’mere.”
“Yeah LT?’
“I want you to interrogate the Lieutenant there and figure out what the Bravo’s are planning. Take John and double team him. Go on.”
“But LT, I’ve never done an interrogation before.”
“There’s a first time for everything Fred.”
“Okay. You’re the Lieutenant.”
As Simmons anticipated, Silva didn’t take well to interrogation, much less by a couple of kids, one of whom he genuinely hated. Simmons made his rounds, and on his return found Fred and John deep in conversation with a Lance Corporal from Silva’s platoon. The three were laughing as if they had been friends for years. If this really was Fred’s first interrogation, he was doing a fine job of it.
“Spartans, over here please.”
“Coming LT.” John answered.
“What’s up LT?” Fred’s face betrayed his eagerness to spill what he had learned from Silva’s man.
“What did you guys get out of Lieutenant Silva?”
“Nothing. He would hardly grunt at Fred and I couldn’t get anything out of him.” John seemed to be putting the pieces together, but Fred didn’t seem to care about Silva.
“I figured that would happen. Did you find out anything at all?”
“Oh, man LT. That one guy wouldn’t shut up. He told us how many, where, and when. There’s gonna be a hundred man assault at dawn a hundred meters to the left of here.” Fred pointed to the hill where Omni and Linda were keeping an eye out.
“What was that man’s name?”
“Lance Corporal Lister. Service Number…” John answered methodically.
“It’s not important. I think I’ll go talk to him.”

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*Sniffs* I Smell A Set Up .. Or Do I? *Ponders* Anywhoo .. Nice Little Bit .. Maybe You Could Post More Frequently, Other Fanfics Aren't Nearly As Good As This One .. However There All Closer To The Front Page ..

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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 don't know about any set up, but you're right. There's not enough activity on this thread. Seems like its just me and hunta slaya lately...

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I Know What You Mean .. Maybe You Should Set A Link Up In The Flood?
And It Is A Shame How Little Activity This Thread Is Gettin' Cause It's FREAKIN' SWEET


[Edited on 4/3/2006]

  • 04.03.2006 11:17 AM PDT
Subject: The Forgotten Spartan
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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 don't think that posting in the Flood would lower my credibility? Maybe I should post in the Library...Fact is this thread just doesn't have the activity it'll need for me to have a good case for publication down the road.

  • 04.03.2006 2:19 PM PDT
Subject: The Forgotten Spartan-Chapter Twelve, part 1, after considerable delay
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Sorry Rainman for not posting lately i have been gone for awile keep up the goodwork

[Edited on 4/3/2006]

  • 04.03.2006 2:19 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!

Let's just try for a realistic goal, like 500 posts before the end of the month. That doesn't seem too hard does it?

  • 04.03.2006 2:25 PM PDT