Prologue: Chapter 1 The Dawning of the New Century

Location: Mars assembly yards.

Year: 2700 new year

Soldier: sir it's time to go on stage.

Announcer: thank you for telling me.

Announcer walks on stage.

Announcer: welcome to the christening of the UNSC Enterprise.

Crowd cheering

Announcer: quiet(loudly). Now shall we begin the ceremony.

Crowd cheering.

The UNSC Enterprise is the first ship of the Echelon ll class. She is nearly as big a cove covenant super carrier at approximately 25 kilometers long.

Crowd: break the bottle(chanting)

Announcer: ok ok I'll break the bottle. But just settle down.

Crowd quiets.

Clink(bottle breaking).

Crowd cheering

Announcer waves hands to calm crowd

Announcer: looks like this ship is go no to be lucky. Now may I present captain las. (Muffled voice) what he's not here where is he.

Other person: I don't know his ship has been off the radar for a week.

Announcer: get me lord hood.

Other person: yes sir.

Announcer: I'm sorry folks it turns out that captain Laskey isn't here currently.

(Whispering voices)

Lord Hood: Andrew (announcer) Captain Laskey is no longer in command of the Enterprise. I'm appointing you as captain you are in command now.

Andrew: what? I'm in command, no the honor shouldn't be mine. (Com going out) sir sir.

Andrew: I don't know how say this but lord hood has appointed me captain of

the Enterprise.

Crowd cheering and booing

Andrew: calm down now I'm surprised by this to but we must stay strong and not fight with each other.

Conversations quieting

Andrew: may I present commander Samuel Tomas.

Crowd cheering

(Sam take the podium)

Sam: thank you captain. I will serve captain Andrew to my fullest. And honor the memory of captain Laskey.

Andrew: thank you Mr. Tomas for you short speech. Now it's time for Sam and I to report to the ship. You can stay and watch the ship launch if you wish. But it will take a few hours to get all the systems online and operating. Also you won't be able to stay you need to move to the main observation deck. That is all people have a good day.

About 30mins later.

Samantha(AI): welcome aboard sir.

Andrew: hello what's your name AI.

Samantha: My name is Samantha sir.

Andrew: thank you Samantha, can you direct me to the bridge please.

Samantha: yes sir. There is an elevator on the right.

Andrew: thank you. Sam(come here tone).

Gets on elevator

Andrew: I think one of my first actions is going to be getting rid of the damn music, it's horrible.

Sam: I can agree with you one that.

Elevator stops.

Bridge crew: Officer on the bridge

Everyone snaps to a salute

Andrew: at ease. Here's one of my rules you don't have to be that formal on the bridge. But no disrespect, understand.

Bridge crew: yes sir.

Andrew: prep the systems for take off.

Bridge crew: yes sir( loudly)

Every one gets busy messing with there controls getting ready to move the ship.

Crewman: sir do we know what has happened to captain Laskey

Andrew: no we dont. All I know that his ship has been missing for several weeks.

2 hours later

Andrew: Samantha are all systems green.

Samantha: systems green across the board sir.

Andrew: great we can get moving. Helmsman move us out slowly we don't want to scratch the paint.

Helmsman: aye sir. 1/8 thrust it is

Engines ignite, shaking of the floor panels

Crowd cheering on the stations.

Helmsman: and we are off. Sir we are clear of the dry dock.

Andrew: full thrust.

Helmsman: aye sir

He moved the lever all the way up

Helmsman: we have now reached top speed.

Andrew: great. Now I heard that there was some squabble on harvest.

Samantha: you are correct.

Andrew: well then import the coordinates and take us there.

One day later

Helmsman: sir we are exiting slipspace In 3 2 1.

Whoosh

Andrew: put us in orbit of the planet.

On the space station

Bridge crewman: sir we are detecting a very large object moving towards the planet at a rapid rate.

Officer: deploy all the defense ships in a defensive line

Bridge crewman: yes sir. All frigates move towards this waypoint. Sir the object is within visual range now.

Officer: let's see it.

Image comes up on view screen.

Officer: Holy #*%^£# what is that.

Bridge crewman: the data base says it's the UNSC Enterprise.

Officer: isn't that the new class of ship

Bridge crewman: yes sir.

Officer: contact it

On the Enterprise

Helmsman: captain we are receiving a message from the station.

Andrew: on screen

Officer: sir you gave us quite a scare there. We thought you where the enemy. Do you mind if ask what your doing here.

Andrew: I heard there was a squabble here.

Officer yes there is one currently going on, and your welcome to help if you wish to wast your time.

Andrew: it would be my pleasure to take on this mission. We have nothing to do as of now.

Officer: thank you Captain for doing this.

Andrew: it was a pleasure speaking to you but I must go now.

Officer: goodbye sir.

Andrew: Samantha give me all the data you have on this "squabble".

Samantha: over the past few weeks two rival groups have been fighting over land.

Samantha: they believe all the land belongs to them both

Andrew: how do we stop it

Samantha: well we could force them into submission or some how get them to split the land.

Andrew: are there any natural barriers.

Samantha: yes in fact there's a very large river in the middle of the disputed territory.

Andrew: great all we have to do is get them to agree to split at the river. Get a pelican fired up for department with fireteam foxtrot.

Samantha: yes sir.

Half an hour later

Samantha: sir your pelican is waiting

Andrew: thank you Samantha. Foxtrot team report to the hanger.

Foxtrot leader: yes sir.

Andrew: pilot what's you name.

Pilot: my name is Jerry

Andrew: well Jerry as soon as fireteam foxtrot gets on the bird take off.

Jerry: yes sir.

Andrew: Jerry they're on board.

Jerry: hang on to your asses boys.

Rapid acceleration

People complaining

5mins later

Jerry: sir where just about to the first camp.

Andrew: good flying son.

Jerry: thank you.

Andrew: foxtrot lets go.

Civilian: who are you.

Andrew: I'm the captain of the Enterprise.

Civilian: ain't that the new ship.

Andrew: yes it is but I need to speak to your leader.

Civilian: why

Andrew: I have a proposal for him that he might want to hear.

Civilian: fine follow me.

Leader: yes what do want.

Andrew: I wish to speak to you( speaks with authority)

Leader: and who are.

Andrew: I'm the captain of the ship in orbit that you can see from here.

Leader: yes I sa it awhile ago.

Andrew: I have a proposal for your current problem.

Leader: I'm listening.

Andrew: there's a very large river separating the disputed territory. And it turns out that the land on each side is virtually equal. You can split it at the river. And if one faction violates this then they lose that land.

Leader: haven't thought about that. I'm up for it if the other guy/gal is. Great idea too.

Andrew: didn't think it would be that easy. It's time to depart people.

Jerry: did it work sir.

Andrew: yes it did work.

Jerry: great.

Andrew: now we need to go to the other area. Get ready to take off.

Jerry: yes sir.

An hour later.

Jerry: sir we are coming up on the landing site.

Andrew: great it took long enough.

Jerry: landing in 3 2 1

Andrew: let's go foxtrot.

Goes though the same thing

Andrew: Jerry take us home.

Jerry: yes sir.

Authors note: tell me what you think of this chapter. If it's good or needs work and tell me any errors I have. This is just one story remember. And I will be ignoring halo5 and I will be changing a few things too from the lore.

Echelon II Class

Dimensions:

Length: 25,942 M

Height: 9,914 M

Width: 5,934 M

Armament:

Main weapons:

2 Series 12 MAC's

4 Series 10 MAC's

6 Series 8 MAC's

4 THOR Direct Lazer Weapons

2 Lazer Lances

Secondary weapons:

241 MK. 3,482 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon

26,636 Archer Missile Pods

29,436 Rapier Missile Pods

30,325 Howler Missile Pods

214 Plasma Torpedo Launchers

Defense Weapons:

50,353 70mm MK. 1592 Point Defense Guns

45,535 MK. 56 Point Defense Lazer Guns

Nukes:

4,242 Shiva

1,636 HAVOC

Ship Compliment:

18 Infinity Class

Vehicle Compliment:

100 Mammoths

10,536 Scorpions

15,244 Warthogs

5,254 Mongooses

Aircraft Compliment:

1,142 Raven Class

524 Crow Class

452 Eagle Class

4,456 Pelicans

Crew Compliment:

13,424 Engineers

7,535 Logistical

1,433 Scientists

135 Bridge Crew

4,252 Repair Crew

Spartan Compliment:

20 Spartan V

ODST/Marine Compliment :

12,141 ODST

22,553 Marines

Pilot Complement:

Unknown

Lore:

In the 27th century the Echelon II class was built. It's was the pinnacle of technology in its day.