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Entry Three: The Fall of Reach, Part One
The Battle of Manassas:
July 19, 2552. Marcus A-134 of Echo Team, Buck B-202 of Kilo Team, and Derrick G-399 and Josh G-029 of Joker Team met for the first time on the UNSC Thundering Echo as it was docked at the spaceport of Manassas, Reach. There, Buck was reunited with Quinn B-173, after a long coma. Five days later they recieved word that Reach had been invaded by the Covenant. The newly formed Echo team was assigned to the evacuation of the civillians of Manassas, while other teams such as Gauntlet (composed of three Spartan IIIs) and Red (composed of three Spartan IIs) where doing the same in other populace cities around Reach.
Earlier in the year, Buck was assigned an AI unit named Jeffery who took the form of a Trojan warrior that was now in control of the Thundering Echo. The Spartans started to defend Manassas by using the ballistic turrets of the Thundering Echo to shoot down enemy dropships and the MAC gun to destroy corvettes. Marcus and Josh captained the ship while Derrick and Quinn took two of the cannons, Jeffery piloted and fired the MAC, and Buck was using the main turret on the outer hull. Several other small UNSC ships aided in this onslaught until they were called into space. The Thundering Echo, however, remained behind until they were sure the civillians had escaped.
Most civillian shuttles got out got away, but some did not, and soon a Covenant Supercarrier came into view. Jeffery got Echo out of range as fast as he could and turned on the cloaking. The Supercarrier then let down a rain of plasma and began glassing the city.
The Spartans had done their job and began their second assignment. They were to evacuate as many Spartans as they could and then deploy them near the Orbital MAC gun reactors for protection. The Spartans followed through with their mission, picking up teams Red, Gray, Gauntlet, Valkyrie, and Reaver. Each one was sent to a different MAC reactor and was deployed with some of the Thundering Echo's onboard armaments.
Entry Four: The Fall of Reach, Part Two
Anchor 12:
After they completed this task they were called into space to destroy vital information aboard the space station Anchor 12. It had been boarded by Elite Zealots. Marc remembered the last time he was on an assignment like this, how he had lost his team to these monsters not but a couple months ago. It wouldn't happen again.
Jeffery deployed Echo Team on the station where they gunned down numerous grunts and skirmishers. They made their way to they central command room where they found the prize. Seven Elites, all Zealots, but they were ready. Buck used his Spartan laser to blow the leader into dust and Derrick took down the Elite's shields with a grenade launcher. Just as this had happened Josh rocketed two Elites out of the situation and Marcus sniped one more before they had time to react. Then Quinn landed a DMR shot in another Elite's head. The last Elite lept toward the team but Derrick planted a shotgun shell into his chest as he jumped.
The team planted explosives in the station and fled back to the Thundering Echo. Once on board the explosives were detonated and the Thundering Echo went silently back into the night.
Entry Five: The Fall of Reach, Part Three
The Everlasting Glory:
Echo Team recieved what looked like it's final mission. The Spartans were to board the Covenant flagship, Everlasting Glory, plant Jeffery into the command console, and have him destroy the ship. It seemed impossible to get there in the first place, but since the Thunderin Echo had cloaking technology it seemed almost possible.
Echo Team set off. Jeffery navigated through the Covenant fleet with exceptional ease. He approached the commanding vessel which was probably thoasands of times bigger than the Spartan ship. The AI, at Marc's command, disengaged cloaking and sped into the central chamber, tearing away its armored hull. The Spartans then deployed in a Falcon, letting the ship fly into the inner wall of the Supercarrier. Jeffery, catering inside Buck's head, provided tactical data to the team as they gunned down Banshees and Drones.
The team landed on a nearby landing pad and rained fire on the Grunts who defended it. They tore through their enemies until the landing pad was clear. Jeffery directed them through hallways and corriders filled with hostiles, all of which were gunned down by the team. They were soon in the main resting hall for the grunts. The Spartans tip-toed through the sleeping aliens until one of them woke. Derrick had stepped on the foot of a sleeping Grunt, causing it to squeel in agony. Many other Grunts were awoken and many more followed them. The supersoldiers sprinted though the beasts but the doors on the other side of the room were closing. All made it through but Derrick, who was cornered and fighting off thoasands of Grunts. Half of his body had made it through the door when it closed, slowly squeezing him in half. The other Spartans glanced at each other and at the half dead warrior in the door. Marc raised his sniper rifle and fired a single shot, ending his brother's pain.
The remaining soldiers took the last elevator leading to the bridge. As they ascended they trembled at the thought of what may be inside the bridge. The elevator doors opened, and there stood a pair of Hunters, who raised their guns and fired. Buck, Quinn, and Marc were quick to dodge the blasts, but Josh, who instead fired a rocket at one Hunter, was not. Josh's armor was breached and he layed there twitching and dying. The remaining Hunter prepared another blast, but Buck sent a grenade flying into what looked like it's head before it did. The grenade exploded, killing the beast and allowing the Spartans to continue into the bridge.
The doors opened, and there stood at least twenty of the biggest, strongest elites the three Spartans had ever seen. Marc looked at Buck and nodded. Buck pulled a flamethrower off of his back and unleashed Hell onto the Elites. Marc and Quinn killed them with DMRs, as they were burning alive. Buck's flamer ran out of fuel, and the bridge ran out of Elites. Buck ran to the central terminal and looked out the viewscreen. He saw the Covenant fleet start fleeing from the UNSC and triumph ran over him. But then, as the covenant ran, hundreds more ships came into view. All of them open firing on the UNSC fleet. Buck saw Reach below, being glassed and started to wonder why he cared. He looked beside him at Marc, who had taken off his helmet and raised his sidearm to his head. Instead off inserting Jeffery into the terminal, he closed his eyes, hearing the burst of Marc's pistol. When he opened his eyes he felt a faint stinging in his chest. A Covenant energy sword was sticking out of his breastplate. He then saw that the same had happened to Quinn, his last friend. He fell to his knees as the Elite Generals that surrounded him came out of their camoflauge state. He crawled to the terminal, un afflicted, and inserted Jeffery in the computer.
The Everlasting Glory was destroyed and Reach was lost along with all the brave soldiers who fought there. All the people who died protecting a lost cause. Protecting Humanity.
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[Edited on 05.30.2011 11:19 AM PDT]