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Unforeseen Allies Can this be?
Posted By: Lloyd<lingling4789@wmconnect.com>
Date: 8 April 2005, 11:35 PM
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Earth Orbital defense Super Station Jezzabel
0801Hours, May 2, 25599 (military calendar)
"Hello, Admiral White, is my ship supplied for the jump today?" I asked excitedly as this would be my ships first actual jump.
"Don't be in such a hurry Captain Burton, she'll be ready." Admiral White replied. "Damnit Spark, will you stop with the constant humming?"
343 Guilty Spark after returning from Delta Halo was for some reason amazed to see Earth.
"Inform me on the bridge of the Erebus." I said exiting the bridge of the Plasma Station.
The Plasma Station was one of a few modified MAC stations that now use Covenant technology combined with our own. These new stations can launch a huge ball of Plasma at sub light speeds. There has also been additions to all ships currently in the UNSC. All ships are now fitted with shields and at least three Plasma Turrets. Using the combined technology the UNSC has also created a new class of ship. The classification of the new series is simply the Chaos class. The Erebus is the first ship in the series. This huge ship is easily twice the size of the UNSC's Carriers.
"Hello, Noozamilee. Are you ready to make history?" I asked.
"I still do not understand this history which your race speaks of, but if you are implieng the slip of the Erebus, than yes, I would be most dignified if I were to be here when it jumps." Noozamilee replied.
"You do remember that you are the commander of the ship?" I said.
"These ranks your race refers to are meaningless." The Elite replied. "If I wanted control of the ship I would simply kill you."
Noozamilee finished his sarcastic sentence and than walked to one of the many computers on the Bridge. The one in particular that he went to was ship status. He made sure that every system was operating at normal levels. He checked to see if the Plasma and Mac launchers were ready incase of any trouble. The last thing he checked was the new style of reactor. The Erebus would be the fastest ship of the entire Human, Covenant fleet.
"Captain Burton, this is Admiral White, The Erebus is read for her maiden voyage. We are beginning release sequence now. Good luck." The Admiral said.
As the massive docking clamps of the Jezzabel released from the Erebus, her reactors hummed to life. The vibrations of the Engine room were felt throughout the entire ship. She was ready to jump.
"Okay crew, this is your captain speaking, prepare for Slip-Space jump in five minutes. Report to stations and inform the Bridge immediately of any problems." I said over the ship intercom.
"Prometheus, are all systems operating at peak performance?" I asked.
A holographic image of the Greek Titan Prometheus appeared on the bridges A.I. Console. Prometheus was a copy of Cortana, which she had made before her central crystalline structure shattered and she in any case died. With her help whoever Prometheus was the smartest A.I. Of any yet created. "Yes Captain, she is ready to jump at your command. Countdown to Shaw -Fujikawa -covenant jump. Ten seconds."
As the massive ship suddenly vanished from the view of the Jezzabel, Admiral White said a prayer in his thoughts. He had thought of the stories that he had heard of the first attempts to jump to Slip Space. The first ship to attempt was the Lighting Hope. That ship was in Slip for thirty seconds before reappearing in thousands of pieces. The Erebus was built well, but was she ready for one of the fastest jumps any ship has made to date?
Delta Halo
0825 Hours May 2, 2559 (military colander)
Deep in the recess of Delta Halo's control room, Gravemind awoke. 2401 Penitent Tangit greeted the massive flood form with the utmost disrespect. "Why you disgusting being of existence, why wont you just die? I will forbid you from doing what you want with my Ring." 2401 Penitent Tangit finished his sentence and Gravemind took hold of him and tore his tiny body frame apart with his massive tentacle.
Gravemind activated the monitor on the massive wall of the control room. On the screen he saw a massive armada of ships, and what the Covenant refer to as Holy cities. Leading the armada was what Gravemind wanted, the Forerunner ship. With this ship he would be able to do what he had wanted for countless centuries. The ships suddenly vanished and Gravemind knew it was time. He tapped into Halos control center and prepared himself for one of his most dangerous moves he would ever make.
UNSC ship Erebus
0829 May 2, 2559 (military calendar)
Through the Bridge windows of the Erebus, I could see something different. We weren't in the nothingness of Slip Space, but in an extraordinary Bluish, red vortex. Since this wasn't what we realized as Slip Space I dubbed it just the Chaos jump.
"Okay, Prometheus, stop the ship, I think we proved that she can fly. Hey Noozamilee, how do you think the ride was?" I asked.
"I am honored to be the one who was able to be in command of this vessel." He replied.
"We'll, I am in command, not you, but maybe one day we can work...." Prometheus interrupted me mid sentence. "Captain I am receiving an urgent message for us to stop what we are doing and jump straight back to Earth. It appears that Jupiter out post nine has just been destroyed, but before communications ended they sent this."
A video appeared on the forward view screen and it showed what the outpost had seen before being destroyed. Thousands of ships where in orbit of Jupiter. Glassing what outpost's where there. "Prometheus how many ships do you estimate there are?" The smart A.I replied, "I estimate that there are at least four thousand ships in this cluster alone."
"Prometheus, how fast will we get to Earth at fifty percent reactor capacity?" I asked.
"If my calculations are correct it will take fifteen minutes." he replied.
"Okay, bring the reactors to 100 percent capacity, I didn't want to push the ship this hard, but we need to get to Earth in a reasonable amount of time." I informed my crew.
"At that speed we will reach Earth in two minutes." He informed me.
"All hands report to battle stations, we're heading home".
The Erebus moved forward and then disappeared in a blinding flash of light.
UNSC ship Erebus
0831 May 2, 2559 (military calendar)
The Erebus exited slip space. The entire Fleet which was consisted of over seven hundred Covenant vessels, one thousand UNSC ships, and four hundred platforms.
"With proper calculations sir, I believe the enemy armada will be here in eleven minutes." Prometheus said.
"Captain, This is Admiral White, I want you to take the Zeus and the Galactic to greet our old friends. I will stay in command of the orbital defenses." The Admiral ordered.
"Understood." I said. "Captains Beker, and Halzey follow my lead."
"Prometheus, bring the ship about and head to coordinates 108-90588-125 and send the NAV link to the Zeus and Galactic." I ordered.
As the three ships slowed at the NAV marker, the Armada appeared form Slip. That's when we saw that we were in trouble. There where thousands of ships. Hundreds of them where Holy cities. Huge Covenant stations most likely harboring ships and crew for the assault of Earth.
"Prometheus, fire when all of the weapons are charged." I ordered.
As the magnetic couplings for the MAC round charged, the archer missiles fired and so did the turrets. A massive discharge indicated that the MAC lug had been fired. Even with the Erebus's ability to fire three MAC rounds simultaneously, like the Pillar of Autumn, They would only do so much damage to the Armada. The weapons of the three ships hurtled at the fleet, impacting countless ships. Eight were destroyed instantly.
"Well, eight down thousands left, Retreat back to the fleet." I ordered.
As the three ships turned headings and speed back to the fleet, something appeared behind the Erebus. It appeared on the sensors as a planetoid object. I realized it as no planet, it was Halo!
"How in the Hell did that get here?" I yelled, while looking at the ring which had appeared between us and the fleet.
"Sir, we will pass right through the center of the ring." Lieutenant Steier said.
The three ships passed through the massive rings center. While they did this they were able to view the continents of the ring. Some were very scared and absent of any life, while others were thick with forest, and ocean.
"Well I sure as hell don't miss this place one bit." I said.
"Sir, I am getting some kind of reading from the surface of the ring world. I don't know what to make of it." Prometheus said.
"Where is it emanating from?" I asked
On the view screen Prometheus had shown where this was coming from. It was a large structure that I realized was the control room where the Brute Tartarus died. It was the control room where Commander Keyes barely reached the index in time.
Noozamilee looked in amazement and disgust at this ring. This was the place where the Elites broke from the covenant, and many of his Brothers died.
The three ships had rejoined the fleet. All ships in the fleet where now ready to defend Earth. The Covenant Fleet opened fire. As the ships discharged their massive beams of Plasma, the ring glowed bright white. Where the weapons would have normally passed through the center of the ring they were deflected.
The lead enemy ships tried to pass through the ring as we had a few moments ago. The result for the ships was an explosion, and inevitable death in the cold vacuum of space.
Halo was beginning to glow again. As this was happening I realized that the Ring world stooped rotating.
Earth Orbital defense Super Station Jezzabel
0850 May 2, 2559 (military calendar)
"Spark, what in the hell is that thing doing here?" Admiral White asked.
Sparks eye changed from it's original Blue to a Yellowish color. His original chirpy voice was now serious, as if he had awoken.
"The ring has returned to the Forerunner home world. It is awaiting instructions from the Galactic Center Control Room. Why would you not know what Installation 05 is doing? It is preparing to annihilate all attackers of Earth. Next it will await orders from the control room. I don't understand why you ask such ridiculous questions, after all master, you are the Forerunners!"
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