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Mercy's Regret Part 1
Posted By: Thorn<sea_bass62@hotmail.com>
Date: 26 November 2004, 3:53 AM
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Author's Note: Your are welcome to criticize my story but please include any good aspects of it.
Usa 'Hanamee checked the Equipment list for his small Covenant ship the Mercy's Regret . It read:
Crew:
Five Hundred Hundred Grunts
Two Hundred Fifty Hundred Jackals
One Hundred Fifty Elites
Fifty Five Hunters
Weapons:
One Thousand Plasma Pistols
One Thousand Plasma Rifles
Five Hundred Carbines
Two Hundred Plasma Swords
Fifty Heavy Plasma Turrets
Seventy Five Light Plasma Turrets
Seventy Five Ghosts
Twenty Five Wraiths
Thirty Five Specters
Thirty Phantoms
Fifty Banshee's
Forty Five Seraph Fighters
Five Scarabs
Usa Grunted with pleasure, he had a formidable army under him, and he had orders to attack any Human ships, Colonies, or planets that his battle group could handle.
"A Human Planet is up ahead', said one of the pilot Elites.
"What is the population and what is the defense?", Usa answered questionably.
" It is a small colony of 500,00 and the defense's are only two small human Frigates and a ground force of Six Hundred Marines"
Usa figured out the odds in his head, and calculated that they were against him, he had to take into consideration that he would be fighting on unknown territory against an unknown amount of civilian militia, and an unknown number of tanks and artillery.
"Is this planet high on the Hierarchs destruction list?", asked the Ship Master.
"It is one of the lowest ranked planet, the Prophets don't care for this Planet", said the Pilot.
"But, it would be an easy victory, and one that would bring this ship and it's crew some prowess"
"Yes, Master", replied the Elite Pilot, a look of lust on his face.
" Very well, inform the Heirarchs of our intent, and inform all Unit Leaders to make ready for combat"
"Yes, Master", replied the Pilot, and he began to type furiously at his controls.
Usa figured this, he could land twenty eight of his Phantoms with twenty Elites and ten Grunts on each, with one wraith and two ghosts on each and secure a landing zone. The Phantoms would be covered by Seraphs on the way in, once his Warriors secured a landing zone, he would ferry artillery and troops down with his Phantoms. He then realized that it would be hard to get Phantoms into and out of the docking bays, while engaging two Human Frigates. He would have to send Thirty-Three of his Phantoms down with full compliments of troops, supplies, and vechiles. So they could hold out awhile until Mercy's Regret Could deal with the two Human Frigates.
His mind made up, he recited his plan to his Pilots who then sent the plan to all the Unit Leaders all over the ship. He then Told his Pilot to tell all Unit Leaders to get their units together and board the Phantoms for a blitz landing. Then he himself, flanked by his guard. walked to the docking bay to see his forces assemble. He was shocked to see his all Battle
Group assembled and waiting in the docking bay. With his command, all the battle group boarded the Phantoms. Then the Ship Master's guard and the small contingent of forces left behind to guard the ship, retreated behind the blast doors. Then the Ship Master pressed a button and the docking bay Plasma Shields opened, and the Phantoms zoomed of into the black abyss.
Usa returned to the control room, and set to work on destroying the two Human Frigates, he started the battle with two Plasma Torpedoes to one the Frigates hull, tearing into it and almost crippling it. Usa got four more plasma torpedoes off before the Humans recovered and returned fire with their MAC Guns tearing at the Mercy's Shields. Twenty Units later he received a report that his ground forces had landed and met a large force of Marines dug in on a hillside. His ground forces were taking a pounding from the forces upon the hill. That was until he ordered his Seraphs to drop some Plasma Bombs on the hill, leveling it completely.
One Hundred units later the two Frigates were black hulks floating in space, but at a tremendous cost to the Mercy, by using coordinated fire, the Humans broke the Mercy's shield and got a MAC round into the Mercy's Mid-Hull. Usa ordered his Phantoms to ferry troops and artillery to the surface of the Planet. His first casualty report for his ground forces came in, he should have acted faster on that hill, it cost them dearly. Of the Eight Hundred and Forty troops that landed, only Seven Hundred and Sixty remained.
Now the real Invasion had begun.
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