The Dawn of Havoc: Warhammer 40k/Halo
The UCAF 42nd fleet is transported to another universe, where mankind is engrossed in eternal war with the many races of the galaxy, and demons. It is a time of war and it is a time of devastation and ruin, however the UCAF fights for its own survival and their own way back home.
Chapter 1
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"I think there's someone knocking on my door; I think its heaven…"
Rey-0499 just before death
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(This is the basis of the total UCAF military at this point in time guys. You really don't need to read this part, but get a good idea of what my AU is like)
2551
UCAF:
3,990 Spartans- V
320 Spartan IV
4,500,000 recorded augments all within military roles
700,000,000 military personnel in active profile
95,000,000 in non-active
3,000,000,000 total personnel across all of Nova Stratus, including guerrilla and PDF and all Marauders from set ages.
(Yes we have over 4 billion personnel thanks to our recent update, and also because of the fact that someone wanted to complain… and I swear if that person rants on about how MACs in the UCAF are overly too powerful, dear god help your PM when I get through to you… seriously no complaints at all…)
Naval capabilities- Over- 150,000 now in production- Total unknown- estimates last accounted for all of Nova Stratus- 250,000+ ships
1500- Dreadnought class ships available
Dreadnoughts are ships that range the sizes of 10-15km long and possess the greatest amounts of weaponry and personnel, there were 3 other sizes
-Endurance Class- 20km heavy armour plated dreadnoughts made for ship to ship action and planetary invasion
-Retainer Class- Support dreadnoughts, meant only for planetary defence and offence, they provide sheer and absolute power when needed, they also provide energy shields for large fleets and a fully stocked resupply workshop.
-Exterminator Class- Anti ship dreadnoughts meant for hunting enemy ships in heavy combat, the large scale super MAC was adjusted for smaller ships, a single Exterminator class was said to have 2 dual super MACs and an attachment of 40 anti-ship rail cannons alongside many seek and destroy support units. The size of the vessel is 25km long and only 1/5th of total space is used in the MACs.
36,000- Frigates
550m-750m Medium to Assault class
Colt class- The medium standard for all UCAF frigate packs, they provide support and recon as well as scouting in hot zones and combat active regions of the galaxy. Roughly 575m the ship carriers a standard 'advanced' MAC along with a strike force of 1200.
Winchester class- The larger variant of the Frigates, and the longest, the Winchesters were made for long ranged combat to ship to ship and then to anti-ship warfare. The UCAF ensured that the ship would last longest in ranged combat, utilising the best mass accelerator cannons, the Winchester has the range of over 5 times that of all known UCAF ships. It is over 700m and has the shape of the Winchester rifle; it fires at a slower rate, but decimates enemy forces from range.
16,500- Destroyer class
600m-850-1750m Assault to Defender class
Haldane Class Destroyer- The most powerful class of destroyer, the Haldane is 750m in length and has one of the most powerful shields and armour in the UCAF fleet, it is a long range anti-ship and assault class destroyer designed to search and destroy opposing ships.
Advent Class- Advent class destroyers have been known to be completely capable of long ranged combat and utilises the same variants of weapons combined by the Winchester class Frigate and the Haldane, it is a powerful hybrid ship. It is over 1.7km in length and has a force of over 5 battalions.
24200- Cruiser class
Haldane Class Cruisers- heavy assault cruisers designed for ship to ship warfare and planetary assault. It is 2.4km in total length and possesses the greatest speed out of the fleet; it has also the greatest resilience against other ship to ship weapons, using the most reactive energy plating to deal with incoming energy and kinetic weapons.
Halcyon Class- light to medium these ships provided the defence of Nova Stratus for over 150 years. The Halcyon has been well known as the forefront of the UCAF spearhead, even if it is old, the Halcyon has lasted the entire war of the covenant for over 30 years and even after. It is 1.5-2.5km in length, the cruisers have been in use for generations and many refits have come from these ships.
Redeemer Class- Heavy Assault cruiser- 2X the size of a Haldane Class, the Redeemer is the standard warship of the UCAF; it still remains in active service patrolling borders. The Redeemer was named in the aftermath of the destruction of the Pyros homeworld of the Redeemers legion. It is a 4.8km heavy cruiser made for ship to ship warfare and long ranged operations in the galaxy.
Mythic Class- the most powerful class of known cruisers in existence, the 20km super cruiser class out guns even the most powerful fleets within the known galaxy including the covenant, only 2500 have ever been created, and to date only half of these ships remain active.
14,500 Carriers
2,500m-5,000m Troop carriers- Supply carriers
MVF-AVF-MVS-MS Carriers- the UCAF created these classes to carry massive forces of MVF Advanced Independent Armour Defence System, these ships carry somewhere between 60-120 suits per each, they are fully stocked with rearming equipment and repair rigs for use against the covenant, they were deployed during the war.
Combat Carriers- 10km heavy carriers designed to carry over 100,000 personnel to a battlefield, the UCAF use these ships to carry massive armoured divisions and force deployments with prefab bases and extra supplies.
Endurance class- 20km super carriers: the Endurance classes are known to carry entire mini cities to past colonies along the first colonial systems; they were brought into active service as of 2525 when Haven's Gate fell.
Ultima class- the ultra-heavy super carriers of the UCAF, the Ultra carriers are over 45km in length and stretch over 750m over the top to bottom. The Ultra class use the most powerful engines and weapons in the UCAF fleet including Ultra MACs.
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Codex- Variations of MACs
Planetary MAC: The most common Mass Accelerator Cannon in the galaxy, the planetary MAC is used as a mainline defence against invasion and against possible threats from orbit. The MAC is powered by local standard fusion generator; it is also armed to fire within planetary gravity to defend against possible inner atmospheric threats. It is over 200m in length and has a standard fire power of 600-750ton rounds at 40% speed of light.
ERMAC- Energy Resistant Mass Accelerator Cannon is a modified space to planetary used Cannon, it is also the smallest MAC known, and only at a size of 75m the MAC is deployed via a portable carrier unit such as a MAC Tank or commonly known as the Stormsword. The UCAF only deploys these types of MACs in hostile or Rapid Response situations that cannot be ignored.
(This goes credit to vforvengeance of Deviant Art)
The XG3-079 Spartan Class MVS has been known to carry the MAC by an extra external booster frame which can carry the massive cannon. It uses three portable generators to fire and manoeuvre the frame and charge the MAC, it has only been used once in atmospheric conditions, which has produced staggering results. It fires at 45% the speed of light and can fire a 750kg ASAPR round.
Standard MAC is the basic MAC for all UCAF and UNSC ships.
Platform MAC- Planetary Defence Platform Mass Accelerator Cannons are the standard planetary defences as they provide the best means of covering a long range of targets without having to move as much. The Platforms have the entire MAC integrated within them, along with a powerful Fusion generator. The platforms are not however restrained by the lack of separate generator as the inner fusion generator is capable of powering massive external engines to drive the platform into slip-space and back out. The platform can be deployed into combat areas and fire it's either mono MAC or multi MACs at any given target.
Advanced MAC is an advanced prototype of all UCAF MACs and is now the supposed standard MAC of all new ships within the UCAF. The Advanced MAC can fire at 75% the speed of light and fire weights of over 900-7500tons depending on vessel type. The advanced MAC is thanks to the use of multi energy reactive panels which increase the natural Magnetic Accelerator without over compromising the heat exhausts, the Cannon then fires an ultra-powerful round which is shaped to fit the barrel differently.
Anti-shield Anti-ship Rounds- (Yes I made a powerful as round that can destroy shields and armour like paper and tear a hole in the rear ends of all other MACs or Nova Cannons in existence… JK, but yeah it is powerful, I will explain later.)
Super MAC- the big sticks of the UCAF, the Super MAC uses both Advanced and Platform designs, it is usually a stationary platform that is powered by a planetary fusion generator, however with the UCAF the Super MACs were seen as a liability in defence as there were too many known factors that easily damaged these massive cannons.
The UCAF used the Super MACs only within the Naval Division and ordered them to be constructed only upon assault carriers and the Mythic Class Super Cruisers. The Super MAC is used as a means to devastating all opposing naval vessels, covenant ships have been known to be utterly vaporised by the forces involved with the Advanced Super MACs.
The Cannon fires a standard round of 5000-7500tons, the round would be fired at 60% the speed of light and with a kinetic force possibly over 95million times that of the Hiroshima Bomb and 2X as powerful as the Advanced MAC.
Ultra MAC- the Ultra MAC is the most powerful class of MAC in known history and only 30 ships have ever been updated with such MACs, the first was the UCAF Yamato, a super cruiser which was over 5kms in length. The Ultra MAC fires an ASAPR at over 85% the speed of light, it is known the MAC can destroy planets from over ½ of a light year away.
ASAPR weighs- 600-750tons and even more
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Mass driver acceleration units:
MDAUs: the Mass driver units provide an acceleration to all weapons once utilising older gas fired rifles of the MA and AR series. Mass production of the MA5C [I] series produced in early 2540. These new weapons would increase the UCAF fighting capability by over 20% and invoke the creation of the gauss weapons.
Rail batteries
Initially used in the creation of the Cobra anti-tank rail tanks, they were redesigned as ship to ship weapons alongside the M88 Gauss cannons. These rail batteries fired with 4 cannon mounts to deal significant damage to any enemy vessel within 400,000km. Their projected fire effectiveness is at 75% the speed of light; they fire rounds of anti-shield to HE shells, each weighing over 500kgs.
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2553
The UCAF 42nd fleet was currently engaged in battle over the artefact world of Morpheus, there were over 35 ships involved in the battle, the covenant loyalists with equal numbers holding out in ship to ship warfare. The artefact that they were battling for was the N.3 quantum rift generator, a supposed means of travelling beyond slip-space by the forerunners.
However the covenant was quite content with assaulting the UCAF fleet without a second thought, these loyalists were nearly separatists, they only believed that the forerunner artefacts were theirs to keep though. The UCAF wasn't going to let them have it without a fight though.
In the heat of the battle, the UCAF ultra carrier Light of Aiden fired its 4 ultra MACs, the 4 5000 ton objects shot forwards at 8.5/10 the speed of light, each round was an ASAPR, the anti-shield rounds tore into the hulls of the purple and white hulls of 3 cruisers and 1 carrier.
The rounds impact warped the metal underneath and melted and buckled the hulls, the ships were torn into oblivion as they exploded out the other side. The Ultra Carrier was attacked as 3 more cruisers fired from over 300,000km away; each battered its shields with energy pulses and beam blasts; however a 45km ship like the Aiden wasn't going to fall at the hands of only 3 cruisers.
The Aiden responded with its many rail batteries, the hundreds of rail guns fired in quad bursts without pausing, they covered the distance with ease and pummelled the layers of shields of the cruisers faster than they could retaliate. The bursts of HE and AS rounds tore into the ships and blew apart each cruiser; it was a sight to behold as they finally were overcome after 5 volleys.
The battle slowly began to subside as the UCAF pushed the covenant back with sheer firepower, but the artefact was still too close in the crossfire and the covenant was content with activating the device. On the bridge of the Aiden, Admiral Christopher Greco watched as the covenant held back, they'd never give up unless the artefact was either destroyed or lost.
His calm tired green/blue eyes pierced the sight, the covenant fleet in full defence; his command ship had practically decimated everything in its path. He didn't know why but it seemed that even after the war, the loyalists and renegade factions were content with still fighting to the end. He was happy to oblige them though; he brought the fleet to arm's length as they finally sent over another team of marines to hold the artefact.
"Anya, what's the status on the N.9?" He asked.
The AI materialised, her eyes glimmering ever so brilliantly, she was dressed in a body suit of brown and gold, her torso was with a mark of the marathon. She was a contender class AI, and as such she found it so necessary to dress as whatever she felt at that moment. Chris always wondered why she was given to him though.
"N.9 is still under attack, however advent Valentine and crusader squad delta have held the line, and the covenant shouldn't last any longer." She replied.
"Good tell them to bolt down and prepare for retrieval; we'll be going in swinging." He stated.
"Right, crusader squad alerted, marines acknowledged sir, they're waiting for extraction." She said.
The Light of Aiden speared the attack, firing as many of its batteries it tore through the numbers of ships and vehicles with ease, the rest of the fleet following alongside it. They'd reach the artefact and tow it with them into slip-space and escape from the battle. It didn't take long as they made their approach.
"Preparing rig clamps, all crews brace."
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N.9
The marauders fired in waves, blasts of machine gun and AR rounds clattered around them, the covenant fell in droves in a desperate attempt to take the room. Joshua Ford fired with his underslung grenade launcher; it blew into the closest cluster of grunts sending blood and methane into the air.
He reloaded and ran to the closest pillar generator, keeping his eyes out for the covenant that were still inside the core generator. He watched as more marines gained a foothold, slowly bringing more firepower into this fight. Josh ran around the corner of the pillar and into the room, he saw a squad pinned under heavy repeater fire, and there he saw a familiar face.
Advent Valentine was waiting behind a quantum barrier; she released it once he was in range and then began her push to the covenant. She teleported in a swirl of light, her form going into slip-space and then re-appearing behind an elite major and decapitating the commander, she quickly finished off the rest of the troops before heading back.
Josh was greeted by her as her squad moved in.
"Corporal what's the news?"
"Nothing ma'am, the admiral just wants to advise you to hurry in dealing with the covenant loyalists, the fleet outside is pulling back and that's pretty good news, but they're still determined to hold out."
"Right, we'll be finished in a few more minutes." She replied quite confidently.
The marine saluted and bolted away to fight the left flank of the remaining loyalists, leaving the advent to think about what might be happening, she reached her quantum mind beyond the ship and found the focal point where the fleets were engaged.
She did think it was odd that the covenant were just going to give up, but since the end of the old covenant it wasn't too surprising anymore that they'd change tactics and behaviour. But it still seemed off, the covenant was even completely losing, they were just falling back.
She dismissed the thought and went back to work, her main focus on the enemy lines surrounding the generator, she levitated and then dissipated into subspace and moved through to engage. She burst forwards and slammed the closest elite with a light blast.
She landed on her feet and began to pummel the covenant with her forerunner powers, they grasped the forms with quantum manipulative fields and either crushed or blasted away, she reached into the weapon of a fuel rod and detonated it sending the grunt gunner into a smoking crater.
Valentine was then distracted as she saw a single covenant engineer working away at a console, its control function still active, she pulled her mind into the unit to see what it was doing. She watched as it put in constant numbers and energy pulses, it was sending a set of coordinates… no it was sending energy influxes into the drive.
She blurred speed around her, running for the engineer, it all made sense, the covenant destroys things that they can't have, but they were using the artefact to blast the fleet out of existence. She reached with her quantum mind and tried to stop the engineer, but it seemed that she was too late.
The last pulses sent the drives into override; the core function was now set to blast at any given moment. She watched as the covenant saw that their mission had been successful, they held their ground and fought to the end, their suicide mission for their journey had ended.
It was then that she called to the admiral.
"Sir, break the fleet clear from here."
"What's happening Advent Valentine, the entire covenant fleet has stopped firing."
"This artefact, they weren't trying to capture it, they were trying to destroy it, the rift is opening and it's unstable." She replied in sheer panic.
On the Light of Aiden, Anya reported the same thing.
"Slip-space functions have gone right off the scale admiral, it's a cascade."
"Like the one of the Advent Ascendant? Those bastards…" He growled.
The slip-space energies if released without proper consideration of input and output would rip a tunnel into oblivion, however a slip-space rift dimension drive is unknown, the outcome would either mean a very large vortex into oblivion or a trans-light eruption, either one wasn't a very pleasant outcome.
"Valentine, get the troops buckled and ready, Anya hold control over the artefact, realign all slip-space drives to our own frequency, we're going to ride the explosion." He ordered.
"Sir, riding out a slip-space vortex is more dangerous than solar surfing with a detonating star; the fields could obliterate the entire ship."
"Better than losing the fleet, do it."
She did it in moments, the ship moved into position, the rest of the fleet following into formation and trying to cluster close together. She replied.
"It is done sir, I'd advise holding on to something."
He braced his command chair and waited as the artefact began to rumble, inside the core Advent Valentine was attempting to stabilize the forces of energy with her powers, they reached into the core and held it steady as the final build up was completed.
In moments, the covenant fleet situated away would be blasted into oblivion as they did not activate their slip-space drives. However the fate that now waited for the UCAF fleet on the other side would be a fate far worse than that of the covenant as there was a danger that even the light of the forerunners may not be able to protect them from.
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In the warp, the chaotic realms of demons and horrific entities, this was the place where only the damned live, and where the innocent come to die. Here was the realms of souls and damnation the place in which only the mightiest survive and thrive, which made it perfect for the ones known as the chaos gods to do so unopposed.
But in the deepest of their realms they'd feel the coming change; one not sent by Tzeentch or the throes of the warp, it was by something unexpected, something truly greater. In the furthest reaches of the demonic realms, in the highest points of the demonic gods, the throne of Khorne felt it, his skulls burned with a light that he had never seen or felt before in a long time.
He looked to what this disturbance might be, but found that it was blank, hollow, the place where he looked was empty, but it didn't make sense, this was the place where the disturbance came from was it not? But as he looked ever deeper, he found why he could not see, the light, the quantum energies of a race he believed to have died out so long ago.
In the realms to the furthest edges, the temple of Tzeentch seemed to sway to the passing tides of fate, in here the god of change could tell that something had come through, his mind was quite clear, it was truly change, like that of… the. He shook his mind clear, it was impossible; the ancient ones had been gone for millions of years, Zen would not return here after so long, would he?
(I've got some secrets.)
Deep in the wallows of death and decay, the father of plagues and pestilence wandered in about working his way with possible concoctions of death; however his duties were disrupted as he felt an overturn. He keeled to his knees and dropped the vials of plagues, their whispers not even bothering him as he felt nearly terrified. Fear was one thing that he never had ever felt, not since the corpse emperor, but this was more than just fear, it felt as though someone had opened the light, life was coming through and burning away at his works, but it had not occurred yet, so what must it be? Nurgle was shocked, it was them, they had finally returned.
In the lands of sodomy and carnal pleasures of the realm of Slaanesh, the prince of pleasure went on and about his usual routine, and as such went to feed on the coming souls from the living realms of reality. However his mind was absent and then shaken as he felt something not of pleasure but fear, he did not know what it might have been, but it was clear, it was nothing like any enemy that had been faced.
(Obviously being the youngest he wasn't around before the others.)
All throughout the warp the tides had changed, the waves had broken and the waters of souls pulled themselves through eddy and currents, something had completely changed. And not far away, the eldar felt a moment of grace, there was peace only if a moment before it was washed away.
And in the astronomicon the psykers felt the light of grace, a feeling that they had never felt before, but to the emperor, he knew of what was coming and he needed to wait, he must endure for their sake.
In the furthest depths of space in a place so far away, to a place of true darkness the C'tan was in wait, he felt it, the light, it came only so briefly. But it was clear, they were back again, they were back from the ancient wars and now were here to finish what had been their fate.
(I've got a lot of secrets.)
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The flash of light sent the crew of the Light of Aiden sprawling to the ground, Admiral Greco was jolted as the ship came to a stop, his gamble had worked because they were alive, and at least he hoped so. He wasn't so sure about the rest of the fleet and climbed to his feet and called out.
"Anya what's the status on the fleet?"
The AI glimmered, her form still active, which meant that they shouldn't have been through as much.
"All systems still active sir, the fleet is nearly well; we have only 27 ships here though." She replied.
"What? Where's the other 4 then?" He asked.
"Unknown, it seemed that they were caught on the edge out our slip-space bubble, they were synced but not in our area, they have most probably been slung well out of our range." She theorised.
"Great, just great, what about the artefact, is it still working?" He asked.
"Nothing that looks like it, the teams seem alive, however I've just gotten a scan through, the quantum drives and field amplifiers have been blown apart, the artefact is incapable for flight anytime soon." She reported.
His heart sank, if the artefact wasn't functional anymore that meant that he and the entire fleet would be stranded here, wherever here was. He brought himself from his pit and ordered.
"Get the teams off the artefact, and get a team to work on it ASAP, the fleet is in need of repairs and a full over sweep, send out beacons and try to get an idea where we might be."
"Yes sir, I might advise though you might want to see someone about that scar on your head though."
He noticed it, his forehead was bleeding, and he pulled a kit out and stuck a bio stitch over it. He had a feeling that the rest of their time here was going to be patching almost everything with stitches.
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Somewhere else in the galaxy…
The Advent class destroyer and Haldane cruiser counterpart were both slung into this corner of space, and thus it was unique, this was a place that both ships were not familiar with and both had a sneaking suspicion that the fleet weren't anywhere close.
Captain Kale Mendel, watched as he gathered his wits, the Haldane had come clear through the slip-space blast but at the wrong point, this wasn't where the fleet was, and that meant that they were very far off. The dark skinned officer ordered.
"Bring the Advent around with the Haldane, we're going to need to do an inventory, send out the beacons and prepare the pulses, we're going to have to do a full sweep of the place."
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UCAF MS Carrier and the Endurance class cruiser both throttled through space, their slip-space drives still charging as they fought off the stark shapes of ebony and dark navy like coloured fighters and opposing vessels.
On the Endurance class, Rear Admiral Adams watched the display of fire power, the shields were not fully functional when they exited the rift but their weapons were unaffected. Batteries came online the moment the ship's AI Veda detected the silhouettes of the unknowns.
And thanks to that the ships were holding off the enemy attackers with some ease, but the sheer numbers were a problem, their speeds weren't capable of dodging the versatile fire of the Vulcan M151 or the sheer number of interceptor class missile launchers placed over the length of the ship.
But being over 20km long the Endurance class wasn't meant for versatility, it was taking fire from almost every point, lances of dark energy fire striking the energised energy plating and reinforced armour. But that wasn't enough to deal significant damage to the dreadnought.
The MS carrier was under significant fire and only managed to evade just barely most attacks, it relied upon its squadrons of AVF series MVFs and its prototype XG3 Spartan mobile frames. The suits were already deployed and were fighting well.
In the lead the MVFs fired off hundreds of missiles and weapons that even most covenant fighters could dodge, argent V missiles fired from Anti-ship launchers. And there were the XGs which made short work of anything that wished to fight them; the 18m suits pummelled the competition with speed and agility, and the fact that they weren't fighters made the whole use of chasing almost useless.
An AVF transformed into its combat form and blasted away with its Vulcan repeaters, the shredder rounds pelting the small fighters with mass acceleration munitions. The fighter shortly was engulfed in flames and burnt to oblivion.
"All suits try to hold them off for a bit longer, slip-space drives at 91%" Veda reported.
In a few moments the fleet would evade their pursuers and hopefully make it to safety.
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Chris watched his data pad come through with all the reports from the fleet, it had been over a full day but they'd scoured the nearby systems, the beacons had searched for anything that looked familiar, but so far nothing was similar. They did manage to locate something nearby in another sector of space; it was a faint EM band width signal. It seemed odd that anyone would be using any EM signals now with all the subspace coms located over the UCAF.
But then again this could be a new civilisation that may or may not use EM radios or simply a background signal from space. Whatever it was, it seemed the best idea to send a forwards scout frigate, and a dispatch would go to the system and scan for anything and then head back.
Chris was now focused on his total report once more.
There was a total of: 27 ships
1 Endurance class
2 combat carriers
2 MS carriers
2 Mythic class super cruisers
4 Redeemer class cruisers
5 Haldane class cruisers
3 Halcyons
2 Advent class destroyers
2 Haldane class
2 Winchester class frigates
2 Colt class frigates
That was essentially the total of his fleet, the other 4 were scattered and possibly either in hostile situations or not. But the fleet had to find out where they were and what to do, if they managed to find a safe haven they'd reinforce and wait for help, or try to gain support in this region of space.
He put his data pad down as the doors opened to the CIC, Advent Valentine had arrived, she and Spartan commander Alexander 0449, the Spartan Alpha's frame filling the doorway, his face hidden behind his MKV Vindicator class armour.
He saluted as they approached. Alex returned the gesture and said.
"Sir, I have a request to make."
"What request might this be commander?" He asked.
"I'd like to accompany the reconnaissance mission alongside Advent Valentine." He answered.
He looked at the Advent who simply shrugged her shoulders and said.
"He has my approval sir."
"Very well, you've my permission to accompany the Advent, though I'd expect you to fall back should trouble arise, am I clear?" He asked.
"Yes sir." Alex replied.
He looked at the advent.
"Is there something else?"
Valentine replied her face in some deep thought.
"Yes sir, I've done a full sweep over the region with my quantum mind, I've come across something different."
"What is that?" He asked.
Valentine walked over to the tactical map display and began to input data, she brought up an image of her discovery, and Anya appeared over the hologram and looked at it.
"What is this?" He asked looking at the odd wave patterns.
"This is what shouldn't be here sir, it's an underlying universe, it's a psychic dimensional infusion, I don't know how it formed but this shouldn't be here, the other advents have picked up on this signal as well, we're not sure how to make heads or tails, but it's definitely causing a number psychic surges around the sector, it's over the entire galaxy." She explained.
"What does this mean?" He asked.
"Nothing good sir, if this is what we think it is, then we're going to have more than just problems, this unstable region of a parallel universe is causing a number of psychic rifts, we can't enter it thanks to our quantum fields. But I suspect that these fields are still dangerous, some of the advents of life and light have detected malevolent entities, and they're more than just hostile."
"So another plane of existence where demons lie, this is just brilliant, demons, folklore and jokes, and here in this universe they manifest?"
"Essentially yes, that sums it up a lot." She replied.
"Why is it that we can't enter this plane?" He asked.
"I believe it's because we're of an alternate universe, we don't technically match this universe's level of matter, and our frequency is different by a great distance. It makes us literally invisible or incompatible with this universe's psychic level." She explained.
"Well at least we shouldn't need to worry about demons popping inside our ships, Valentine you should go on your mission now, I'll advise the other ships to prepare their quantum fields, and it'll keep the drives ready to get us out of here at a moment's notice."
"Yes sir." She saluted and dismissed herself.
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In the system of Iscarus the space marines battle barge Judgement of His Will, the ultramarines chapter vessel pummelled the forces of the orks in orbit over Iscarus II; the fight was brutal as the orks had superior numbers; however that did not deter the ultramarines from decimating the shoddy work of the orks.
At the bridge Brother Captain Hector of the 7th company watched as the battle barge continued its assault on the green skins. Hector had never imagined to be sent here of all places, it was said that the system was safe from possible attacks for another 9 months as the imperial guard forces on the planet were supposed to act as defence.
However it seemed as though those reports were false, the orks had practically wiped out the fleet by boarding actions and suicide tactics, and it came at the cost of 7 of the 20 ships that were in orbit. Now there were green skins practically raining down on the planet, hector had ordered the entire company to engage as soon as possible, the ship was to remain in orbit and deploy its last reserves and he'd follow soon.
He was interrupted from his thoughts as a cold cut voice asked.
"The sons of the emperor, and noble warriors of mankind, I'm still amazed that you're still here Brother Captain Hector."
Hector turned to see militant governor Julius Vinter, his hat at his side and his power claws retracted, his face was a mass of scars and old wounds. He looked at him with a definite look of thoughtfulness, the governor was a supportive man, only to an extent though, and he was apprehensive to the inquisition and tried to lessen his own forces losses for many reasons. He was in the good books of the ultramarines however.
"Governor, I thought you wished to stay your ground on Iscarus?" Hector asked.
"I did, I haven't planned on leaving anytime soon, though my troops have held on for now, are you ready to depart captain?" He asked.
"I've just finished sending out my report to the nearest reinforcements, they are on route. However it will take time." He replied.
"Well then we should hold until they arrive, I'm sure that your brothers are soon to arrive." He said with some optimism.
He nodded.
"Let us make landfall I'm sure that the battle is far from over."
Donning his helmet, the space marine followed the governor to the thunder hawk waiting in the hangar bay.
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From afar the battle of the valorous humans and the brutish green skins went on, they were not aware that from distance they were being watched. The hidden forms of 9 eldar void stalkers sat there in space overwatching the events unfold, their elegant forms told of grace and fluidity, a beauty amongst the darkness.
On the bridge the white suited figure stood, her helm in her arms and her mind in the war, she could see that things had not gone as she foretold. Farseer Macha watched with uneasy feelings, she kept them in check, but this was disturbing, the barbaric orks shouldn't have gotten as far as they did, either by utter blind luck or coincidence she did not care, this had to be dealt with.
The orks played a devastating role in the future as they were said to come across a maiden world in only a few short years, and craftworld Biel'tan had a duty to perform for those on those few worlds, to protect them from harm and hopefully reseed the eldar race in the future.
The eldar farseer predicted that this battle with the mon'keigh should have ended the threat; however it had instead increased the threat and accelerated it. It would have to take a large force of ships to deal with orks now, she focused her mind on the battle, she watched as a few of the remaining human vessels departed into the warp, they'd regroup and return soon.
However she saw that by the time a force returned the planet would either be devastated and the orks surviving or simply the orks dominating and them continuing on with their rampage throughout the sector. She didn't know how to feel at this point, the sense of defeat was becoming quite real, the void stalkers wouldn't be able to do much, and the sheer number of ork vessels out gunned the fleet. And sending her force to the planet was a death sentence, the green skins had launched a force that was already threatening to overwhelm the numbers of imperial guard and space marines.
Her thoughts were interrupted as the captain alerted her.
"Farseer, there is another group of ships entering the system, there are 2 nearby from the planet, they do not match any known vessels we have on record."
Macha turned her eyes to the display, 2 large ships, 1 easily dwarfing the smaller vessel, the other still looking quite formidable. But something was different, these ships did not look like anything she had seen, both were of different size and shape to that of any of the known races in the galaxy.
She focused her mind on the ships, she reached out to sense the vessels, and however she was surprised how difficult it was to establish a form near them. She saw nothing more than figures aboard the ship; they were human, thousands aboard each one. However there was nothing indicating any relation to the imperium.
She looked around the bridge, there was a dark skinned man in command, and he was ordering the ships to scan the region. That was then that she saw someone approach, a figure in simple clothes, it was a child, and he was strangely glowing.
His eyes focused on the spot she was looking through, how could he see her? The boy reached his hand out and then she felt very much vulnerable, her mind couldn't leave, how did this child manage to pin a farseer of her calibre on ship with almost no trace of the warp?
It was then that the others in the bridge saw her, the officer in charge called for security; however the young child stated not to.
"You know, it's rude to spy on someone?" He said to her in a childish tone.
She answered back.
"Release me foolish child, I don't care for your antics."
"I'll release you only if you answer why you are here." He replied.
She seethed at the statement, however she was at his mercy, if he could isolate her with his mind and manage to speak through his lips and move her at his command, then he was truly powerful. The only question it raised was the fact that there were few who could do such things.
"I'll answer." She replied as he applied a bit more force.
He let his grip slide, but not to the point that she could escape.
"Okay just answer this and you'll be fine. What were you here for?"
She was slightly hesitant.
"I was here to investigate your arrival; your vessels did not match any known ships in our record."
"We don't? Hmm, I have truesight and so far you've answered truthfully. Very well…"
She felt the fields that held her lift, she was about to head back to her body, but before she left the child said.
"If you need help we'll be able to, but you need to ask first."
She paused, how did he know?
"By the way, my name is Vincent of Truesight, the guardian of the forerunners, it was an eventful day speaking with you farseer Macha of Biel'tan.
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(This is a prototype story for one of my next works.)
Please note that this is a planned idea, I've set things like Rogue Psyker so please if there are things that seem to close to others just remember that something's are and not the same.
This is a 3-5 chapter story prototype; it'll be continued in 1 month.
I've got a lot of exams
