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Spartans in NYC
Posted By: Chief-117<smg6787@msn.com>
Date: 27 June 2003, 5:41 AM
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1431 Hours Nov. 15, 2553 onboard the Red Phalanx in orbit above Earth, Sol System
The sound of footsteps echoed throughout the Red Phalanx as First Sergeant Samuel-213 trotted quickly to the briefing room along with John and Michael. When they entered the regimental briefing room it was already crowded, they took their seats in the back row and began chatting to each other.
"Alright everybody, listen up," the Intel Officer said the intercom. Everybody in the room stopped their chatter and came to attention. The Intel Officer continued, "As you all know exactly 24 hours ago the Covenant fleet began an orbital bomdarment of Earth which was later proceed by an invasion 8 hours later. So far the Covenant havenot yet acquired a frim foothold. Currently the Covenant have only landed in London, Hong Kong, New Mombasa, New Moscow, Buenos Aires, and New York. Each of these cities contain a spaceport vital to both the UNSC and the Covenant. If the Covenant capture these spaceports the can then receive enough supplies to break out to take the rest of the planet. If we can keep these spaceports for 3 weeks reinforcements from the other few remaining planets will arrive."
Everyone in the 2000 man briefing room knew what would happen if the men on Earth were unable to hold the spaceports every human on Earth would be murdered by the Covenant. The Intel Officer continued, "You guys will operate in New York until further notice. Currently only the 81st Army, 405th Armor Corp, and 51st Air Assualt Corp are defending NYC. They number up to 380,000 and the Covie army in the city number up to 3,456,00. Most of the city has been overun, the sections in our control are Brooklyn, Queens, and a small section in Manhattan around the spaceport and the U.N. Building. Both of these buildings are vital to us and must not be turned over to the Covenant."
"The mission of the 203rd Spartan Regiment is to make a coordinated assualt with other units along the Covie rear. You will be working with the 3rd Marine Division, 18th Air Assualt Division, 88th Division, and the 17th Armored. the 17th and 88th are already on the gorund and will attack the Covies on their right flank and make a drive toward the Manhattan perimeter and reestablish contact between them and units in the other parts of town. The 3rd and 18th are cuurently in orbit and will drop to the north of the Covies and come down on their left flank. 6 hours after this you, the 203rd, will drop 2 miles to the rear of the Covie line and drive up it's center until you reach their HQ, upon this you will capture it and the three cruisers around the HQ. We are hoping that the other division's assualts plus your surprise and abilities as Spartans you all will be able to the enemy HQ with little problem. You all will land in 4 separate drop zones, DZ Alpha, DZ Charlie, DZ Zulu, and DZ November. Any qustions."
Sam stood up,"Yeah, the 203rd only has 2000 combatants and we will be charging through the center of the Covie line in it's rear, there will be at least 200,000 Covies there plus thousands of additional reinforcements."
"Yes, we know this but the Covies will be distracted by the counterattack and most of the units you will run into will be support units that are not properly armed to deal with Spartans, understand," the Intel Officer said.
"Yeah, just making sure so we don't get wasted when we land because i want to kill me some Covenant," Sam said as his voice was magnified by the advanced sound magnification system in the room.
A bunch of "hell yeahs" were said after what Sam said.
"Don't worry, you'll get your chance, just remember that even though you all are Spartans you've never been in combat, only one Spartan as seen combat and he is needed elsewhere. just remember your training and review clips of the Spartans on Reach and you'll do fine. Now reprt to your company commander for further briefing. Dismisses."
After their commpany briefing Sam, Mike, and John were suited up and battle equipped they were ready to go. They boarded their Pelican along with the other Spartans and the ship lifted off and began it's descent for Earth. "Can't wait to kill me some Covie," John said.
"To bad Im gonna kill them all with this baby," Mike said stroking his rocket launcher.
"We'll Im gonna fuckin kill more Covie then John-117 has in one day," said Sam.
Bet you fifty bucks you won't," said Mike. "Your on."
After that it was a quiet ride except for some sporadic anti-aircraft fire. "Five minutes till we hit the dirt," said the pilot.
Suddenly someone started singing the "Spartans of New Thermopolyea." "We, the Spartans of Thermopolyea..." everyone else continued along until an explosion rocked the ship. Anti-aircraft fire shot up all around them. The Pelican next to was engulfed by plamsa fire and exploded into a ball of fire. The heat of the inferno could be felt inside the Pelican.
The pilots voice suddenly could be heard again, "Heads up, the LZ is hot." the doorgunner began firing at every thing moving on the surface and the the pilot fired several rockets at a battery of AA guns.
"Hit it Saprtans, go go go," the pilot roared into his headset as they hit the surface.
To be continued...
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