High Sanctum Chapter Three: Scarab Paradise
Posted By: Jerzey
Date: 12 March 2006, 10:49 pm
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Supreme Commander Kunta Kamamee, year 2525, Ninth Age of Reclamation/Approaching human mining world "Polyphemus"
A full scale invasion was being prepared at that moment. Kamamee stared at the opposing human fleet in front of the planet, not thinking much of it. A mere obstacle. He was a brilliant strategist, so he would win the battle in space first and move on to the ground battles. He was the type of leader that went headfirst into the heart of battle, not like those cowardly Jirhailanae.
"Attack formation 10-20." barked Kunta over the fleet com. "Have plasma coils heated and guns ready to fire." This was done. The ships went in a circle around the human fleet leaving space in between each one. The process happened so quickly the humans had no time to react. The space would leave more room for the human's single shell "MAC rounds" as they called them, to miss. "Fire at will." ordered Kamamee.
Lances of plasma shot out from the fleet and struck the human ships causing some to explode and others to just boil and die where they were. It was a savage barrage and the Fleet of the High Sanctum was at least five times as large as the human fleet. Then from what was left of the enemy, MAC rounds came. Most missed and sailed in between the ships because of Kunta's formation. One or two Covenant ships were struck and destroyed. Kunta grimaced, two more than he had hoped for. Then for the glorious end of the space conflict. The human fleet was turned into one massive orb of plasma leaving wreckage as far as the eye could see. All too easy, thought Kamamee.
"Commence the ground invasion." ordered the Kamamee who then went to his third in command to take control of the fleet for the time being, for Sanren Conomee was a Field Master and would be going into battle himself. Kamamee made his way to the hangar of the Glory of Supremacy choosing the nearest dropship to take. He boarded it and it took off with the rest of the fleet's troops. This mining planet would be theirs and its valuable ore, the Covenant's.
It was a turbulent ride to the surface. Human AA fire downed several dropships but many made it to dump is load of Covenant troops.Dropships had been deployed all across the planet to strategic locations to take the largest quarries and mines. Once they were captured, the humans could be effectively eliminated. Kamamee's personal quarry happened to be the largest on the planet, thus more of a challenge. That's why he ordered his troops to go there, the more of a challenge, the happier the elite was.
The dropship shook and jerked as anti-aircraft fire skimmed the sides of it. Then it gave on huge buck as the ship took a direct hit."We're losing altitude!" came the pilot's voice over the intercom. "Brace yourselves, especially you Supreme Commander!" Then the ship hit the surface. Troops were thrown everywhere. Jackals squawked in pain and grunts screamed in terror. The few elites present didn't make a sound. Then everything was still. The only thing that could be heard was the sound of plasma discharges outside and human guns firing metal projectiles. Kamamee recovered and stood up. The pilot's life meters were blank. The only ones alive were Kamamee himself and two other blue armored elites.
"May the prophets curse these humans..." muttered one elite who was trying to pry the emergency hatch open.
"Don't waste your time with that" said Kamamee who ignited his personal energy sword and carved a hole out of the dropship hull large enough to climb out of. Immediately a variety of sounds came into the dropship. Seraphs and human fighters could be seen zipping around in the sky, some on fire. "Come, we have a quarry to capture!" said Kunta climbing out of the dropship, slinging two plasma rifles over his shoulder. The two elites nodded and followed both eager for battle.
An impressive sight greeted their eyes. An enormous quarry, at least ten miles across could be seen dropping down below. Lights and flashes could be seen at the bottom. This was the largest of many battles being fought across the planet at that moment. Near them, a human battle tank emerged from the quarry lip. Its turret positioned itself, ready to fire its deadly round at the three elites. Kamamee hurled a plasma grenade which fused itself to the pilot compartment. It detonated, sending the tank and its pilot into oblivion and hurling debris everywhere. Kamamee took out a small device and spoke into it. When he did, his voice swept across the entire quarry, echoing eerily. "Warriors of the Covenant!" he said. "Your Supreme Commander is here to fight along your side! Go on to the last breath!" Kamamee could here cheers coming from the nearby parts of the quarry. Kamamee charged into the hellish canyon brandishing two plasma rifles, followed by the two elites.
The nearest conflict Kamamee found was between an elite and his squad of grunts and jackals pinned down behind rocks. They were under fire by a human turret emplacement. Kamamee and the two elites came from the other side. Kunta fired on the human gunner which struck him in the head cutting his life short effectively. "Prophets bless you Supreme Commander." said the pinned down elite who motioned his squad out from behind the rocks. They charged forward and overwhelmed the human turret emplacment without anyone manning the gun. The grunts and jackals cheered as they shot at the dead humans and examined their weapons while the elites spoke.
"I'm going to move around the quarry and the win the different battles being fought in it. We should take the entire thing eventually." said Kunta.
"I will assist you." said the red armored elite who gathered his squad. A damaged spectre with blue plasma streaming from its ravaged hull drove up.
"We need a gunner and passenger." said the driver. "The battle sways in the human'a favor over beyond those boulders."
"Go." said Kamamee to the two other elites with him."You are needed." They nodded and mounted the spectre which left in a hurry. "Come." said Kamamee to the elite and his squad. "Let us see how the battle goes several units to the north."
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They made haste to the battle Kamamee spoke of to find two human recon vehicles the humans dubbed "Warthogs" circling around a disgruntled group of Covenant. Kamamee motioned a grunt forward who fired his fuel rod gun. It struck one of the warthogs and it was blown to pieces.
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Field Master Sanren Conomee
Sanren was happy for the first time in many cycles, too many to count. He had Kamamee right where he wanted him. Conomee had sent his squad to engage the two human warthogs and knew Kunta was on his way to assist them. Now Sanren could see one of the warthogs was taken out. Kamamee had boarded the other and was in the process of killing the human pilot. Conomee however, had his sights on Kamamee through the scope of a human sniper rifle which he had taken from a human he had killed. It was perfect, Sanren would fell Kamamee with the human weapon and the Covenant would all think a human had done the deed. As soon as he figured out how to operate this blasted human device. He zoomed in on Kamamee's head and fired. A sudden swerve in the warthog caused the bullet to go right by Kunta but hit the driver of the warthog right between the eyes. The warthog halted. Kamamee looked up at Sanren and waved him down. "Curse this turn of luck!" said Sanren under his breath who dropped the sniper and made his way down to Kunta.
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Kunta had dealt with the second hog and had run through the gunner. Sanren Conomee had come down from the ridge. "Impressive work Field Master." said Kunta noting the dead driver sniped through the wind shield.
"I thank you Excellency." said Conomee with a nod. "The human weapon was all I had at my disposal."
"Though I never wish to see you adandon your squad again." said Kunta with sternness in his voice.
"It will not happen again Excellency." said Sanren.
"I trust it won't" replied Kamamee. Then a transmission came. Kamamee listened then said to the troops around him: "The quarry is ours!" And with that quarry, the planet for the armies of Covenant around the planet had done their job of capturing their designated areas. Smoke could be seen rising into the sky and there was wreckage and bodies littering the ground as far as the eye could see. A serpah crashed nearby and had its nose dug into the ground. A plasma discharge went through the air which signified a straggling human was just taken out. Then silence. The battle was over.
***
Much later, the Covenant that fought for the planet were assembled in the center of the large quarry by order of Kamamee. he stood before them. "Today." he said, "We have achieved a great victory. Though we lost many brothers, their sacrifice was not in vain, for another human planet falls!"
Cheers from the gigantic crowd.
"And this one will provide us with valuable ship building ore that will be mined to effectiveness."
Already groups of dropships carrying scarab mining vehicles could be seen dropping them off on the planet's surface and engineers could be seen hard at work putting in foundations for Covenant structures. The first of many great victories for Kamamee. His speech was through and dropships were coming down to collect the Covenant army. A battle worn Relda Sonomee approached Kunta.
"A battle well won friend." said the special operations officer.
"I see you have fought hard in it as well." replied Kamamee.
Their conversation went on for a few more cycles before returning to the fleet. Meanwhile, a few units off, Sanren Conomee gave one last look of hatred at his Supreme Commander and boarded the dropship headed for the Glory of Supremacy.
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