The Pillar of Autumn had just finished off the Covenant carrier and was now viewing the enemy fleet facing of with the human fleet guarding Reach. 216 ships, all of them enemies. They out numbered the humans 2-1 but there was something odd. There were raged holes in the Covenant formation, something the aliens rarely allowed, especially with their precision slip space jumps. Also, there were pieces of white/purple covenant hull plating mixed in with their fleet. As if something had torn into them while they were still inside the alternate realm. Still, that would have to wait as the two sides squared off. Plasma Torpedoes began to charge and MAC guns fired. Fifty six more covenant ships were destroyed in the 30 seconds needed for their weapons to charge, including two of the five carriers.
About ten seconds before they were ready to fire, 63 ships dropped out of slip space, with another 7 appearing INDSIDE the Covenant formation. This smaller group launched what appeared to be over 450 missiles, then jumped again, this time appearing behind the main formation. The main group, comprised of, 40 destroyers, 10 odd looking, hexagon shaped ships and 8 battle ships, launched fighters at the enemy fleet. The tube shaped craft broke apart, layer after layer becoming a swarm of fighter craft, until there was only a single tube left, half of its former size. Over 1000 fighter craft flew at the covenant ships. The missiles hit their targets, the massive explosions ripping enemy vessels apart, with 42 killed or disabled, including 2 of the three carriers, with their fighters still in the hangers. The remaining carrier turned and launched it's fighters at the newcomers, along with 68 of the remaining covenant fleet, over half. The new comers' battleships, looking like an arrowhead with a reverse notch cut out of the tip, giving them a serrated point; flared their bows, white light spewing forth to slam into the ships charging at them, trying to get into range for a torpedo shot. Eight of the enemy ships simply exploded, including the last carrier and four destroyers.
The fighters engaged each other and the covenant strike craft were over whelmed by sheer numbers, being out numbered 6 to one. Another salvo of missiles came from the new ships, this time all of them firing, not just the 7 smaller frigates. Now with in range, the remaining Covenant ships fired their plasma, over 110 bright lights burning through space, 60 going after the new people and fifty attacking the humans. The humans fired one more salvo, destroying another 30 ships, before they moved their repair platforms into place to block the plasma. As Admiral Stanforth knew, when you destroy a covenant ship, the plasma it fired lost cohesion and dissipated in space. Both the Humans and newcomers now took advantage of that fact as they desperately tried to destroy as many ships as possible before the enemy shots hit them.
Only fifty shots remained, 20 aimed at the humans and 30 at the other aliens, as the humans and their allies, for now, destroyed their enemies frantically. But the new guys had two more cards to play. The missiles, now with in range of the covenant, slammed into not the ships targeting them but the ships targeting the humans. The remaining plasma headed at the humans dissipated into bright blue clouds only ten klicks short of their targets. The aliens spread out as much as possible dividing the plasma among their formation, dispersing the damage. Ten beams of light shot from one end of the tubes that had carried the fighters into battle. Each struck a covenant destroyer and obliterated it, reducing the number of shots headed at the aliens by ten. The alien fighters, now in range to fire their missiles did so, destroying 6 more covenant vessels. Fourteen plasma torpedoes still sped toward their targets. Each one hit, and was partially dissipated by the ships shields, only to break through and rip into the armor. When the plasma settled, the Covenant was in shock. The enemy ships were unscathed.
They activated their slip space drives and ran. Only to reappear right on top of the Autumn.
"Cortana! Get us out of here!" Keyes said, his voice slightly strained.
With that, The Autumn jumped, all of its Spartans still on board, towards a destination that would change the face of the galaxy forever.
(AN: This is an idea I have been toying with for a very long time. I have many things in store for the Spartans, Humanity, The Covenant and those New Guys. This should even the odds in Technology between the Humans and the Covenant , for the most part. I've always wondered what would happen if they did not out class humanity by so much. Well, I guess there is only one way to find out. :D As you can see, ALL the Spartans will be going to Halo, not just the Chief. That is mainly so I can keep the main plot as intact as possible, making my life easier. The next update to Naruto the Gunslinger should be next week or maybe the week after. Moving sucks. Have a nice day.)