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File name
Da Vinci
Classification: Omega-1 Eyes only. Destroy after reading.
ONI report to all UNSC research facilities:
To all UNSC research facilities government, private and commercial owned you will be getting top secret Covenant technologies for your research and development for all UNSC military personnel. This is the up most importance to the war efforts. We expect the best of all of you.
That is all.
End File.
Prologue
Year 2543
New Egypt
1300 hours
Capital center
The marines had been trying to defend the city for three days but they had been slowly pushed back block, by bloody block of fighting by the Covenant. The last place they had secured was the ONI research facility. The planet was going to fall to the Covenant and there was not a damn thing any of the marines could do about it. All they had to do was hold out a little longer for extraction and that was easier said than done.
"And how are we supposed to stop a Covenant armored column sarge. We only have the two rocket launcher's". said Private David
"Just shut the hell up and I'll tell you". Sarge said. "Now listen up all of you, ONI has given us a couple of new toys to test out on that armored column." "Yea and what are they exactly". said Private Frank. Sarge continued." They are experimental extreme light focusing weapons." " What lasers?" said the last private who's name was Jake. "That is exactly what it is Jake." said Sarge. "From what I am told about these weapons they are extremely powerful but we only get two shots per laser. So make them count marines." " And when do we get them?" Frank said." I have them in the warthog, so saddle up we attack that armored column in fifteen. Move out grunts ou ra." Sarge said.
The Covenant armored column was going right down main street to the ONI facility. They had no air support do to the tight confines of the cities sky scrapers so the marines were lucky in that regard. The marines split up to better their chances of taking out or at least slowing down that armored column. Sarge and Frank took a third storied window over looking the street. While David and Jake took cover behind a abandon car in the middle of the street. They only had one of the experimental weapons per group and one rocket launcher so this was going to be a fire and run mission. They were going up against ten wraiths two specters and five ghosts with infantry covering the rear. The ghost were riding in formation beside the wraiths while the specters were with the infantry.
"Remember Jake were supposed to take the first shot." said David." "Got it." said Jake. "Sarge are you in position yet." "Yea we are. Take the shot when your ready Jake." "Roger Sarge." Jake lined up is target sight to lead tank and started getting nervous because he had no clue to how this new weapon was going to perform and he didn't want it to cost him his life. "Ok here we go, firing in three two one." The laser took a second to charge up and then exploded from the rifle with tremendous heat and noise. It riped threw the first three wraiths and melted the front armor of the fourth. The resulting plasma fire ball from the exploding tanks completely destroyed the escorting ghost and caused the fourth tank, that was already damaged, plasma core to overload and melt from the inside out. While that was happening Sarge took his shot with the laser and hit the last tank in the formation. Causing it to explode and take out most of the infantry and one of the specters in a hellish blue flame. Then the rocket's started to fly. Resulting in two more of the wraiths to be destroyed and effectively bottling the rest were they could not move. Squad move out double time back to HQ. Just then something started over the com."Attention all squads evac is here time to bug out."
"You heard them lets move." said Sarge. When they got back to the HQ they were the last personel to get on a pelican. They ran to it and once they were on it took off. They all sied with relief and frustration of their departure of the doomed planet. All of a sudden they noticed someone standing across from them. They jumped to attention once they noticed it was a ONI Colonel." At ease." he said. "So how did the weapons perform Sargent?" " Sir. The weapons riped threw multiple heavy armor in one shot. I have never seen any thing like it before but I wish that I had Sir." Just then the pelican docked with the ship in orbit. "What you and your squad just did is deamed Top Secret. Not a word to anyone. Do you understand me Sargent?" " Sir yes Sir!" " That is all." That was all the ONI Colonel said as he left the pelican.