Magna Nexus Incident by E.C.Moore
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Magna Nexus Incident Pt 1
Date: 20 May 2004, 7:25 PM
The Magna Nexus Incident Pt 1
Silent. That is what space should be like thought Captain Melisi of the UNSC cruiser the Patriot. Instead space was mostly filled with small skirmishes between the humans and the covenant. It was getting tiresome as one ship was sent to complete a mission and several covenant cruisers were taking them out. They were being picked off one by one. The patriot had been sent to this small system to find a secret UNSC facility. For what purpose was unknown to her as she didn't know the details. But she was about to speak to someone who did, Sergeant. M.L Corelli. He had told her that he would discuss the mission's purpose to her as soon as they entered the system. That was thirty minutes ago. Suddenly the her radio began to vibrate as someone tried to contact her over her frequency.
"Meet me in engineering in five minutes. Come alone" said the voice. Her radio cracked off. She turned to commander Locke and said :
" Take the helm for a few minutes". He nodded and the captain left for engineering.
The narrow halls of the patriot were plated in shiny metal but not shiny enough to make you cover your eyes. The ship held up to one thousand men and carried a flock of longswords and pelicans. It was built for war. The captain took out her pin-card as she reached the door to engineering. The captain had access to all rooms aboard the Patriot, so getting in was no problem. She swiped her card down through the CPU and the doors swooshed open. She clmly stepped inside to hear the doors suddenly screech closed behind her. The room was too dark to see hardly anything and she started to get a bad feeling about the whole situation. She pulled out her standard military pistol and switched on it's searchlight. She searched the surrounding area before she heard something move. She quickly swerved round to where the sound had come from and fired.
"What the fucking hell are you doing Captain?" asked a voice.
"Sergeant!" said the Captain surprised.
"Who did you expect, the tooth fairy?" questioned the sarge.
" Well I wouldn't have been so shocked if you hadn't set up engineering like some gothic torture room" the Captain yelled.
" Never mind I asked you to come so we can talk about the mission in private, so shall we?" he asked.
"Alright" agreed the Captain.
"You know where were headed, to the Magna Nexus facility on the fourth moon of Bural, but what you don't know is why. Right?" he questioned.
"Affirmative, said the captain, but let me hazard a guess. The covenant" she said.
" No, it's one of their experiments" answered the Sarge.
" What type of experiment? Asked the captain.
" Now that's what I don't know, all I know is that the Refuge sent in a first contact team and there has been no answer from that team or the Refuge since" exclaimed the sergeant.
" Sounds bad sarge" said the Captain.
" Yes, I know but it's our job to find out what the hell is going on down there and stop the chaos if we can. My plan is to lead a strike team down to the facility, of course only if the Captain agrees" he announced.
" You may lead your strike team down there but what makes you think you'll have better luck than the first contact team?" she asked.
" Oh, we will Captain, we will" the sarge said as the Captain headed back to the bridge.
Commander Locke approached the captain.
"Maam, a covenant cruiser is on the edge of the system, what are your commands?" He asked.
"Fuck, they must have tracked us, the captain said, My commands are as follows : Send all longsword fighters to engage the enemy, once the covenant are pinned down move the Patriot in for a final assault". Commander Locke nodded and returned to his work place.
Private. Harrison Lee picked up his helmet and entered the hangar. He and his squad of longswords had been told to engage the enemy and pin them down. And they would do just that. He looked up at his longsword before entering it's tight cockpit. In his eyes it was the pride of the UNSC but the truth was that they were covenant cannon fodder. Whatever the truth was he knew one thing : He'd die before he hid from the covenant. He stepped inside. The cockpit was tiny and uncomfortable but it felt like home sweet home to the private. He launched the thrusters and the tiny ship lifted into space. The rest of his outfit followed. Not many people saw a covenant cruiser up close and most of those who did didn't live to tell the tale. It was daunting. The vibrant colours was enough to make anyone feel dizzy. As the longswords approached the cruiser the covenant seraph fighters came out to greet them. Fierce fighting began. Harrison immediately found a target and followed it. The seraph was a slippery bugger. It kept weaving up and down and around but finally it was caught in a barrage of bullets. No sooner had he destroyed the seraph one began to chase him. He tried his hardest but couldn't shake him so he brought the seraph back into the middle of the battle. He flew straight for one of the fighters swerved at the last second causing the two seraphs to crash. The battle wasn't going well when the seraphs pulled back and the cruiser opened fire. The longswords were put into the meat grinder as the plasma tore them apart. Harrison's longsword took a hit on the wing fell towards the moons of Bural.
"Send the second wave of longswords to engage the cruiser and pull the the Patriot up close to it. But be careful, I don't want you to scratch the paint" the Captain told the crew.
" Madden, ready those MAC cannons I need them ready for our scenic tour past the cruiser" She commanded.
" Yes, Maam" he answered. It was a classic move used by the UNSC hundreds of times in previous battles and most of them had been successful. She hoped their assault would be too.
She looked out of the fantastic view from the bridge and saw as the covenant cruiser turned it's attention away from the longswords and fired at the Patriot.
"Take evasive action" the Captain yelled.
The patriot swerved to the right and the plasma missed by inches. "That was too close she thought. The patriot fired it's secondary thrusters and came alongside the cruiser.
" All longswords pull back" she commanded over the intercom. The longswords flew back into the hangars.
" MAC cannons running at 100% maam" said Madden.
" Fire" shouted the captain. The 102mm rounds tore through the hull of the cruiser. It collapsed in on itself and exploded. The wreckage fell towards the moons of Bural. A loud cheer echoed throughout the Patriot. The captain turned her radio on and said : " Sergeant, you may assemble your strike team".
A few hours later the sarge had picked his team and they were boarding a pelican. The team was consisted of seven top class marines and himself. They were Private. Murphy, Private. Green, lieutenant Millagan, Private. Myers, Private. Perry, Private. Hunter and Corporal Hitchcock. The best-of-the-best, mainly because of the records, they were the best for the current mission. The pelican took off and flew towards the secret Magna Nexus Facility.......
To be Continued.....................................................
I didn't continue the Beuselle chronicles because it was crap. I hope everyone likes the Magna Nexus story better and I'd like to hear any comments you have.
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