High Orbit above Sigma Octannus IV, UNSC Space
Ral Vadam'ee heard and acknowldeged the orders, even as the crew of his vessel, The Light Which Pierces, shifted uncomfortably.
"Change heading to an outbound vector and prepare to transition to slipspace." Ral barked at his navigator as he seethed. However he felt, however much it strained his honor to turn his back on a fight, the Prophets will was clear and the battle for Sigma Octanus IV was lost.
Records discovered via the Luminaries had led them to this world, to an artifact. From what Ral understood, the artifact was more of a map than anything else, with information on some of the Gods greatest treasures. Kig-Yar scouts determined that the planet had already been infested by humans, and the initial flotilla had been decimated by a single human ship. Ral could still see the ship on the aft monitor, an ugly patchwork of metal evidence of the humans hasty repairs and a testament to the danger that one human shipmaster presented.
"We shall meet again Keyyess," The Vadam shipmaster hissed as space vanished around him.
High Charity, Covenant Capitol
The Prophets, it was said, used to be a race as physically capable as the Sanghelli, but Ral had trouble believing it. The minor Prophet of Harmonious Resonance was a decrepit thing, floating in a hover chair as he addressed the Sanghelli shipmasters before him. Behind and above him, watching the proceedings from floating chairs of their own were the Hierarchs. If he was honest with himself, Ral thought the prophets were honorless in their abuse of their bodies, but such thoughts were blasphemy and he banished it from his mind.
"Greetings brother." Came a confident voice from behind, Ral turned to see Thel Vadamee striding towards him.
"Supreme commander," Ral gave a bow of respect to his clanmate and commander. The Kaidon of Vadam would be leading the assault on the human world they had discovered by via their tracking device. However, given the dishonorable way he had been forced to retreat Ral hesitated before pulling himself upright.
He felt a hand on his shoulder.
"You worry you lost your honor in retreating from your enemy." Thel Vadamee stated, seeing the shame clearly in his cousin. "But there is no dishonor in following the will of the prophets. The path may be full of twist and turns, but honor is in following it."
Ral appreciated what his cousin was trying to do, but he had his own misgivings.
"We were outfought."
"Humans are a weak species," Thel began. "But they are not all alike. A few among the Nishun are cunning and strong, but this very rarely brings them honor. For all that they gain, they are willing to throw it away in tricks and treachery."
Ral thanked him for the sentiment, but it did not assauge his shame, much as he was grateful Thel would try.
"Ral." Thel began," after the loss the prophets planned to send you back to Covenant space to patrol against any dissidents that crawl like vermin through space."
Looking Ral straight in the eye, he then said. "I insisted, however that you and the other shipmasters go with me on this mission. If my words cannot ease your shame, let it go in plasma fire on this world."
"Thank you supreme commander." Ral bowed low, gripped with elation.
He would meet the human shipmaster at reach, and regain his honor in battle.
Soooo, a Halo fic. Yes, yes i know i havent finished my Gravity falls one yet, but i haven't forgotten it don't worry. I'm honestly not sure where to take that one given how the series has gone. But enough about GF and more about Halo. It has always bothered me how some of the biggest events in Halo canon are glanced over. The Covenant point of view in the battles of Sigma Octannus IV and Reach, not to mention basically the entire battle for Earth are all subjects that could be books or games unto themselves.
To fill in some of these gaps, I am going to be writing a series of oneshots from the perspective of random characters in these battles. The next one will be about a engineer onboard a Reach orbital cannon. If a story is well liked, i might expand it into a full fic. maybe. unless i fall asleep.
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