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New Lunar HQ: Chapter 4
Posted By: Fleet Admiral
Date: 26 October 2003, 10:19 PM
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1200 Hours September 21, 2552 (Military Calendar) /
Lunar System, Lunar Military Complex,
UNSC Battle Cruiser Enterprise, Flagship of Fleet Admiral Kennedy's Fleet
Fleet Admiral Kennedy sat in his ready room. The Herimbal Offensive had started on September 17, so he was able to put the Lancer and the 8 ships with her back on patrol. The Kencon just got back from her patrol, the covenant must be dedicated to defeating the Herimbal Offensive because nun of his ships have encountered a covenant ship in days.
The intercom in his ready room came on, "Admiral, a message from Command for you sir. It is a Priority Alpha."
"Patch it through to my ready room," he said.
"Aye, aye sir."
"PLEASE STATE YOUR COMMAND CODE," the computer said.
"Fleet Admiral Shay Clayton Kennedy, command code Alpha Bravo Charlie 369, Fox 2 88," he said.
"VOICE PRINT CONFIRMED, COMMAND CODE CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED." The file opened and read:
United Nations Space Command Priority Transmission
87921H-47
Encryption Code: Alpha
Public Key: N/A
From: Lunar Fleet Operations Headquarters, Planet Lunar
To: UNSC Fleet Admiral Shay Kennedy, Commanding Officer UNSC Enterprise/ Sector Four Commander/ (UNSC Service Number: 07429-25747-SK)
Subject: Herimbal Offensive Defeat, New Orders
Classification: Classified (BGX Directive)
/start file/
Admiral Kennedy, the Herimbal Offensive was defeated this morning with heavy UNSC losses. Of the 90 ships in Admiral Harris's fleet, only 18 remain, and have been reassigned to your fleet. Admiral Harris was killed in the battle. We also inflicted heavy damage to the covenant fleet, an ONI spy ship went into the battle area, only one covenant warship remains. It is a destroyer class vessel that has taken heavy damage, from what we can see their sensors are off line and their weapon systems are powered down to conserve energy. Those systems are not destroyed though and she has not gone to slipstream because they must be making some repairs. You have 3 sets of new orders, first you are to capture the covenant destroyer and take it back to Lunar. Second, you are to inspect the destroyed and badly damaged hulks in the battle areas of the Herimbal Offensive, and if there are any salvageable hulks tow them back to Lunar and start to put them back into working condition. The third is very risky, but the fleet needs all the ships it can, you must go to Reach and do the same for the UNSC ships of that battle. The ONI spy ship there has not had any activity their for weeks. Good luck.
/end file/
Press Enter to close file
He closed the file. It is crazy to go back to Reach, he thought. So I'll be leading that; Avenger and a dozen UNSC ships will come with me. The Kencon with another dozen ships will go to the battles of the Herimbal Offensive, inspect the ships, and capture the covenant destroyer.
He got up and went out of his ready room and onto the bridge. "Admiral on the bridge," a young Lt. said.
"At ease," he said.
He went to the back of the bridge and went up to the second level of the bridge. He went to the fleet comm station. "Commander Hally, open a channel to the fleet, all channels, and ship wide comms," he ordered.
"Aye, aye sir," Hally said. "Channels opened sir."
"To all ships and personnel, I have terrible news, the Herimbal Offensive has failed, Admiral Harris and most of his fleet have been destroyed. Only 18 ships left alive and are now joining our ranks. All is not in vein, they were able to inflict heavy damage to the covenant fleet. That is all, Kennedy out." He turned and faced his command crew, they were just starring at him. "Commander Hally, get Commodore Lauber on a secure channel in my ready room."
"Aye, aye sir," Hally said.
He walked off the bridge and into his ready room. He tuned on the screen and Commodore Lauber came up. "Sir?" He asked.
"Lauber, I have a daring mission for you," Kennedy said.
"Just tell me what it is sir and I'll do it," he said.
"There is a badly damaged covenant destroyer in the battle area of the Herimbal Offensive. Command wants it captured and taken to Lunar. Wail you are there, a fleet of a dozen ships will inspect the damaged salvageable ships and tow them back to Lunar to be put back into service. I'll be doing the same for the UNSC ships from the battle of Reach."
"Reach sir? You're going to Reach?" Lauber asked.
"Yes, I'm afraid so," he said. "Get a dozen ships together and brief your marines. Good luck."
Lauber saluted, he saluted back and switched off the screen.
1300 Hours September 21, 2552 (Military Calendar) /
Epsilon Eridani System, Former Reach Military Complex/
UNSC Battle Cruiser Enterprise, Flagship of Fleet Admiral Kennedy's Fleet
Admiral Kennedy looked at the destruction of Reach. Admiral Freeman's fleet of 250 ships could not stop the covenant, he saw what was left of the mighty Mark V Super MAC platforms. So far, 6 ships would be towed back to Lunar.
"Admiral, I have a FOF signal sir," a Lt. said on the ships' sensor station.
"What?" He replied.
"I've checked it sir, it is from the destroyer Hondo, it's near one of the destroyed docking platforms. I have another one sir, it's coming from onboard the Hondo sir."
"Get a boarding team ready and board her. Is she salvageable?"
"Yes sir, and her secondary reactor is still active, but just barley. Some of the crew must still be alive."
"Get the tow lines ready, tow her back as soon as the survivors are on board," he said.
"Aye, aye sir."
1330 Hours September 21, 2552 (Military Calendar) /
Epsilon Eridani System, Former Reach Military Complex/
UNSC Destroyer Hondo
Lt. Boomer led his men toward engineering, if there are any survivors that's were they would go. They neared the door, bodies were floating allover the place. "Second Squad open the door," he said. Second Squad neared the door, they hooked the opening device on the console, pressed in the access code. The door opened and they entered the room. They saw a tall soldier in green armor, they raised their guns thinking it was a covenant at first, but the soldier saluted him. Then he realized that he was a Spartan.
His ranking patch was the symbol of Chief. He saluted him back and told his men to lower their weapons. The Chief came up to him, stood at attention, and said, "Chief James reporting sir."
"Chief, is their anyone else alive?" He asked.
"Yes sir, the engineering crew made it."
"Good, lets get back to the pelican then. Corporal, get the Enterprise on the horn."
"Yes sir."
"Enterprise? Fleet Admiral Kennedy's flagship?" The Spartan asked.
"Yes Chief."
1400 Hours September 21, 2552 (Military Calendar) /
Epsilon Eridani System, Former Reach Military Complex/
UNSC Battle Cruiser Enterprise, Flagship of Fleet Admiral Kennedy's Fleet
"Sir, Pelican Charlie 329 is coming back sir and are hailing us."
"Thank you Lt., put it on holotank 2."
"Yes Admiral."
Lt. Boomer came up, "Sir, we couldn't get a hold of you from inside the Hondo; we found survivors sir, the engineering crew and, you wont believe this, but also a SPARTAN."
"A Spartan?! I thought all the ones at Reach were killed?"
"Well he says that they were going aboard one of the docking stations to destroy a navigation database when he was blown off course, he says that the Pillar of Autumn was able to escape, but his comm system says that all the Spartan's on Reach were killed."
"Well get aboard. We have 10 ships to tow back to Lunar."
"Yes Admiral."
Pelican Charlie 329 docked, and the ships jumped out on a random vector, then went back to Lunar.
1500 Hours September 21, 2552 (Military Calendar) /
Herimbal System, Over Covenant Destroyer Hypocrites /
UNSC Marathon Cruiser Kencon, Commodore Lauber's Flagship
"Sir, the pelicans are away."
"Thank you Lt., are you in contact with Liz?" Lauber asked.
"Yes sir, she says that she can open close the hangars force fields long enough so one pelican can enter, once inside she'll lower them from inside."
"Good, proceed," Lauber said.
Pelican Alpha 1 entered the covenant hangar bay just as the force fields went back up. Major Goodman got up, "Alright, get your asses out and secure the bay. Liz, find out how to get those force fields down again. Go! Go! Go!"
They piled out, the bay was a mess, there were bodies allover the place. Two Elites and 4 Grunts ran up to engage them. Goodman opened fire with his MA5B. he emptied a whole clip at one of the Elites. It fell to the ground. By the time he reloaded the other Elite was down and so were the Grunts.
"I got it, the force fields are down," Liz said.
The 4 other pelicans came into the hangar and unloaded their troops. Captain Nevins came up to him. "Sir, what are our orders?"
"Take your men here." He pointed to the engineering section on the display that Liz brought up. "Liz says that that's Main Engineering. I'll take my men here." He pointed to another place on the map. "Liz says that that's the bridge. Have all but the 5th platoon from the 5th pelican to start a deck by deck sweep of the ship."
"Yes sir," Nevins said. He saluted and walked off.
He got his men together and moved out for the bridge. They moved to the top of the hangar running into no resistance. When they went up to the next level though they ran into a barricade. "Open fire," he yelled. He through a grenade, once it exploded he pulled the trigger on his assault rifle. After taking down 4 Grunts he reloaded. He aimed at an Elite and opened fire. The Elite's shields held, but not for long, when the shield went down he emptied the rest of the clip into his head. He fell on the deck in a pile of bluish purple blood.
As he reloaded a frag grenade soared behind the barricade and exploded. When he looked again all the covenant troops were dead. "Lets move!" He said. They ran and jumped over the barricade and up to the next level. They entered a large room, in the middle was a platform with displays, and on that platform was a gold Elite. He signaled for 4 men to through in a grenade. The grenades soared into the room and detonated. They rushed into the room, the gold Elite pulled out a plasma pistol and aimed it at him. He aimed his assault rifle and fired. The rounds ricochet off his shields. He emptied his clip and dropped his assault rifle and pulled out his M6D pistol. He aimed and fired, the Elite pulled the trigger and started to charge the weapon. Finally a round downed his shields and he put 2 rounds in the Elites' head, as he fell his weapon discharged and a bolt of green plasma came toward him. Just as it was about to hit him he dove out of its way and there was a black hole where he once stood.
He got up and picked up his assault rifle and reloaded it. He also reloaded his pistol and went up to the top of the platform. He set a laptop like computer on the deck and opened it. Liz came out in a holographic display. "Major, are we on the bridge?" She asked.
"Yes, were should I plug you in at?"
"Over their, by that green display."
He took her out of the computer and put her into the slot. She came up on the green display. "I am interfacing with the ships controls. Once engineering is under our control we'll move out."
"Before we do that scan for any type of tacking devices," Goodman said.
"Of course major." She put her hand on her forehead like she was thinking then looked up. "I can not seam to find any sir."
"Good."
Captain Nevins went up to the door that was the engineering room for the covenant ship. The door light up and opened, they ran in to find 4 Elites, they turned and started firing. He pulled up his assault rifle and fired at the nearest Elite. He emptied his whole clip at it and it fell to the deck, dead.
He started to put another clip in when he felt a sharp pain in his side. He looked down to see a needler round in his side. It exploded and he flew back and hit the deck. "That son of a bitch," he yelled
He pulled out his pistol and fired at the only Elite that had a needler. In half a clip the Elite was dead on the deck, he emptied the rest of the clip into it to make sure it was dead. Sargent Decker came to him and helped him up. "Corporal Luke, contact Major Goodman and tell him that the hangar has been secure," he told the comm man.
"Yes sir," he said.
1630 Hours September 21, 2552 (Military Calendar) /
Herimbal System, Over Covenant Destroyer Hypocrites /
UNSC Marathon Cruiser Kencon, Commodore Lauber's Flagship
"Commodore, Major Goodman is calling from the Hypocrites."
"Thank you Lt. put it on holotank 2," he replied.
"Yes sir."
Major Goodman came up, in the background was the bridge of the covenant destroyer. "Sir, Liz says that we are ready to go."
"Already, I thought it would take longer."
"So did I, but most of the crew were killed in the battle. Liz says that there are no tracking devices and the ship is operational, plus the navigation database is intact, we have the location of the covenant homeworld, fleet deployments, objectives, strengths and weaknesses, and weapon research. But the thing you will like is that Liz says that she understands the covenant shield technology, and it can be built with materials we have."
"That's great, the fleet is ready, we have all the ships we can salvage. Is the Hypocrites ready to go to slipstream?"
"Yes."
"Good then lets go."
With that the fleet returned to Lunar with there prize.
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