- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
The 10 dropships enter the atmosphere near a murky river in a ravine. Halo orders all of the dropships to land at the edge of the ravine, where he spots thousands of swarm down in the river. This form of swarm were small, about 5 feet tall, but came in massive numbers. Halo, his soldiers and his 4 tanks line up at the edge of the ravine. Halo and his forces open fire on the creatures, then the tanks fire, eliminating at least one quarter of the group, but almost less than a second the creatures immediatly scatter and head up the ravine towards his soldiers at amazing speed.
He orders his troops to fall back into the dropships, but it was too late for the tanks. As the dropships took off and were firing upon the swarm with their cannons, Halo watched as the creatures ripped the drivers out of the vehicles and mauled them to death. Only a quarter of the tank crew managed to get out and into the dropship in time, but all of the tanks were lost. Halo suddenly gets a report, that just down the ravine, Kensai and Blue Elite have found some sort of swarm hive. He flies his dropship down into the ravine towards the cave while the other 9 stay back and mop up the remaining swarm.