Chapter One of Halo:Armageddon
Posted By: Chris L<sonic_22@charter.net>
Date: 14 February 2004, 3:32 AM
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2301 hours, February 12th, 3001(Military Calander)/ UNSC battle cruiser Demonseed/en route to "Basis", the moon of Threshold.
Captain James Newtonn stood in front of the Demonseed's controls. The many men and woman around him were shuffling about, each afraid of what may lie on Threshold's dark side.
The long, gray cruiser sped toward Threshold at flank speed.
"Major Tauros," said Newtonn, not a trace of emotion in his gruff voice. "Glad to have you aboard!" he boomed, making several people jump. "Thank you sir!" replied Major Tauros
softly. "Now, back to buisness." barked Newtonn at the people around him. They began scrambling to their posts, occasionally running into one another. "Sir!" yelled a woman's voice from behind Newtonn. "I'm picking up a large patrol of Covenant cruisers!" she said. "Lets find em' and blow em' to pieces!" yelled Newtonn over the shouts and cries of frightened marines and workers. "Lets give those
bugs a night to remember." whispered James to himself.
The Elite named Xula 'joromee sat behind the controls of his Seraph fighter. He gripped the blue joystick and looked around at the hologram of the space around him. That was how most Covenant ships functioned anyhow. Each ship would display a hologram of the surroundings. It was much easier than a breakable windshield that those humans favored. Xula put the tear-drop shaped fighter into a tight roll to the right. The six fighters behind him followed suit. The purple fighters rounded Threshold and came to the dark side. Xula glanced around. His ship(named: "False life")
was a commander's ship. It had all the latest technology.
The scanners suddenly went crazy and a Longsword fighter appeared less then fifty yards in front of the Seraphs. "Open fire!" growled Xula into the built in com-stat. Blue-white flames erupted on the underside of each fighter. Xula pulled the small trigger on the joystick and launched a focused plasma torpedo at the human fighter. The other Seraphs did the same, and the Longsword erupted into a small sun. When Xula's vision cleared, he felt all four of his mouthpieces drop. The UNSC battle cruiser floated not far away. Xula tried to pull back, but he wasn't quick enough. The missles turned the other Seraphs into molten slag. Xula felt his own fighter shake, and prepared for the worst.
2337 hours,February 12th,(Military Calander)
Covenant battle station Xionoros V
Coraz lumbered through the shiny, chrome streets.
She was a Hunter. She was at least sixteen feet high.
She didn't feel safe without her armor. She had orange skin flecked with black. Her pale blue eyes peered around at passing Covenant. Her large, two-toed feet make cracks in the chrome streets. She snarled loudly at a passing Grunt.
The Grunt flipped head-over-heels and landed with a soft,"Thud!" on the side of the street, clearly swept over by the strenghth of Coraz's snarl. She felt no sympathy. As she walked toward the Valorian style cruiser floating at least four-hundred feet off the ground, a long energy lift
extended down and touched the ground about a mile from Coraz's current position. She stopped, seeing a massive army of Elites marching toward the cruiser. Coraz spotted her bond-brother named Velctrisc. He had pure white skin.
He was clearly albino. Coraz lumbered over to him. He greeted her with a loud roar and slammed his fists into the ground, causing the chrome to split and crumble into pieces. Coraz set her hands on the ground and began bounding at the gravity lift like a gorilla. Soon, she heard Vel behind her. They reached the lift and looked up.
It extended straight into the middle of the cruiser. Elites were floating upwards, as were Jackals, Grunts, and Coraz was stunned to see, a Prophet, guarded by seven massive Brutes. Their red eyes stared dangerously at Coraz. She coward back, a look of fear in her eyes.Those exact same Brutes had killed her mother, father, blood brother, and her former bond sister. They tightened their grip on their bladed plasma weopons and floated up to the Valorian cruiser named: "Malevolent Spear" Coraz entered the lift and began floating upward. She was much slower than other aliens, but a lot stronger. All exept for the Brutes, which were easily the strongest. Coraz entered the massive hanger and felt her jaw drop.
Xula's Seraph fighter gave an almighty lurch, and the ship split open. Xula fell toward Threshold at immense speed, feeling heat press against his shield system.
He screamed in agony as his shields failed and flames erupted on his blue-green skin. His jaws clattered for fresh air. His skin blackened and he went unconcious, falling into the belly of a gas giant...
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