Victory over Reach, as the Republic fleets headed by General Skywalker and Admiral Cole force the Fleet of Particular Justice into retreat, there remains the matter of destroying the last of the Covenant ground forces. Under the command of JedI General Obi-Wan Kenobi, Republic troops are tasked with wiping out the last of the Covenants ground forces.
Captain Rex stepped into the briefing room, where General Kenobi and Commander Cody were waiting for him.
"Ah Captain" Kenobi commented "Nice of you to join us."
"Sorry if I'm late" He replied "Got dragged into an argument about what animal the UNSC's jeep looks like."
"If you don't mind" Admiral Cole interrupted over the holoprojector "We do have a battle to win!"
"Right" Kenobi replied as the holoprojector shifted to display the battlefield "Our objective is to retake an ONI facility that is currently under Covenant control. The UNSC already has Noble team assigned to this objective, but due to certain circumstances, they need us to back them up."
He continued " Cody will take four gunships and a CR-20 transport in first. Once the UNSC ground team secures the insertion point, Cody will deploy his tanks in it and then push on to the Covenant AA guns on this ridge." indicating the well defended ridgeline to the east of sword.
He then gestured to Rex "Once the guns are eliminated, Rex will take Torrent Company and meet up with the rest of the UNSC's strike force" he said, indicating the other members of Noble "deploying in Sword base's courtyard, and eliminating any Covenant resistance, and clearing the way for our Dropships."
"Sir yes Sir!" Both clones replied as they headed off to ready their men.
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Cody's group exited the Acclamator's hanger and rushed through Reach's skies. Even from high altitude, the battle raging on the surface was clear as day. A Scarab charged its beam, only to be eliminated by three SPHA-T's combined fire. AT-TE's traded fire with Wraiths, and JedI slashed their way through Zealots. It was a nightmare, but one they were winning. Finally, Sword base came into view.
Cody looked out and saw Noble Six's team. They had eliminated the Covenant forces in their insertion point, which happened to be just big enough for the CR-20 to land in.
"CR-20" Cody barked "Land in that depression and deploy your Tanks."
"Copy that Sir."
The gunship pushed forward, eliminating several pickets of Covenant along the way. Once the AA-guns came into sight the Gunships landed and the Clone troopers poured out.
Blaster bolts flashed across the ridge as members of the 212th traded fire with the Covenant. After a minute, the TX Fighter tanks and a scorpion, piloted by Six, rolled over the ridgeline, eager to engage in combat. Commander Cody activated his COM link. "Pilot" He yelled "Concentrate your fire on those Anti-Aircraft guns."
"Roger that" the pilot replied "adjusting fire heading." The tanks main guns opened up on the nearest gun emplacement while the tanks gunner laid down suppressing fire with his particle beam turret. The rest of the tanks followed suit and the emplacement exploded into a brilliant display of blue fire. The Second gun was brought down by Noble Six's Scorpion, single handed.
"Good job Six" Carter A-259 Affirmed on the COM "We've got a clear path to Sword now". As the teams Falcon flew towards Sword, Jun A-266, who had been observing the battle with his sniper, realized something. :Where's Delta?' He asked Six.
"They took the scenic route."
"What?"
"They're flanking using the lake as cover."
"Oh."
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Nearby a Covenant Elite was on patrol. The Heretics were closing in, now that their retched allies had crippled the holy fleet. He had to be on guard, as the Humans had taken out the defensive AA guns and were advancing. The Elite wouldn't be able to help in the coming battle, as he was grabbed from behind and a vibroblade tore through his throat.
"Nighty night, split face!" said RC-1207, better known as Sev, as he finished off the dying alien. The rest of Delta swam out of the water. Quickly checking to make sure they hadn't lost anything, Boss, official designation RC-1138, ordered the team to stack up. He took out his Macrobinoculars and scanned the area.
"So Boss" RC-1262, codename Scorch, inquired "What needs to blow up."
"We've got a Shade to our left, and another further up, a fuel rod to our front, and a second one on the right ridge, plus a couple of Revenants." Boss Quickly formulated a plan. He gestured to RC-1140, Fixer.
"Fixer, take out that Shade gunner and be ready to fire at my command, Scorch, scale that plateau and be ready to kill the fuel rod gunner, Sev, get your sights on the ridge and take out the gunner on my mark."
Each squad mate got into position and, after a few tense moments Boss yelled "Now!"
The Revenant's pilot couldn't react fast enough, and his craft exploded under the rapid fire assault of Fixer's Shade. A grunt let out a pathetic squeal as he was thrust out of his shade and fell several meters to the ground. The other Fuel rod Gunner heard the commotion and turned his gun, only to be missing his head the next second.
Scorch wasted no time in mowing down the last Turret and focused his fire on the Revenant. What little hope was left for the Covenant was smashed when the TX-Fighter tanks and the 212th Attack Battalion stormed over the hill.
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Captain Rex looked down upon the battle below with content. Cody's forces were pushing through fine, but it was up to him and Torrent Company to push through and give the Commandos a clear path into the facility.
"Alright men" Rex barked "Gear up."
All the troopers scrambled, grabbing their weapons as they approached the LZ.
"Get ready Troopers!" the gunship's pilot yelled.
As the gunship touched down, the doors flung open. Out rushed twenty clone troopers, weapons firing, cutting through all resistance. From the weakest grunt to the biggest elite, nothing lived. Noble Team was actually having trouble keeping up.
As the Covenant were pushed back to Sword Base's entrance, the 212th made their appearance, rushing out from the garage entrance, taking the enemy by surprise. In seconds, the Covenant forces were neutralized.
"Hunters!" one trooper yelled. As a green blob impacted a wall and killed the unlucky trooper.
"Stand back" ordered Cody "The Spartans can handle this."
No sooner had he spoke than Noble Six jumped over the troops and dove at the hunters. Sliding beneath one, Six planted a plasma grenade on its back, hurting it. The two hunters turned two face the Spartan. This proved to be a mistake, as the sound of a Rotatory Blaster Cannon spinning up could be heard, before it rained its lethal payload upon the exposed hunters. They both dropped with the combined fire of Six, the cannon, and the other Noble members.
The Cannon spun down, and it's wielder, an ARC Trooper, slid the weapon on his back. Rex approached him. "Nice shoot." He complimented.
"Anything to pay the Chief back for Rishi." Hevy replied
"Gentlemen" Kat, Noble Two, intervened. "If you don't mind, we have a base to secure."
"you heard the Spartan" Rex barked "Set up a perimeter. Get our artillery on the ground."
Noble Team and Delta Squad entered the facility while the 212th and Torrent Company took up defensive positions.
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Well, that's the first chapter. Since I'm modeling the story after The Clone Wars format, each "Episode" will be divided into three chapters, which are the "Commercial Breaks" of the "Episode".
Also, yes Kat and Hevy are alive, and their survival will be explained later (Hevy already hinted that the Master Chief had something to do with his survival and I know for a fact that a later episode will explain Kat's).
It helps to have played Halo Reach prior to reading this chapter, as the locations in this chapter are virtually unchanged from their appearance in the Halo Reach mission "The Package" (Not to be confused with the Halo Legends episode of the same name)
Yes, there is a lot of things that happened prior to this story that will be explained at another time. Either in a different "Episode", an overall timeline I plan on putting on my profile, or in entirely different fics that don't follow the "Episode" format.
Anyway Comment and Review. Be sure to make constructive criticism, although I know that some people are incapable of that, so try to get your point across without sounding like an annoying 12 year old on XBOX Live.
The "Commercial Break" will be over soon and the whole "Episode" should be out before winter break is over. I say should because things have a tendency to not go as planned.
"Update" I rewrote the first section to make it flow better. I only now realized that it's best to have a briefing scene for exposition rather than what I was doing. I also added all the punctuation missing from the first chapter.
"Update 2" on the Recommendation of Just a Crazy Man, I've added clearer transitions between scenes.
