Introduction
Date: December 25th 2650,
It has been almost a century since the end of the Human-Covenant war. Only 200 million human souls survived on Earth out of the Billions previously located on Earth. The Covenant slaughtered many of our kind. After the Human-Covenant war the UNSC forced the entire planet of Earth to submit completely to the UNSC and form a new world government. The government acted as a sort of republic, 7 representatives from each continent, who were elected by their peoples. Each person has to be reelected every 4 years. There was no position such as a president or of one who had more power, just some had more responsibility, but in turn got more privileges. Which was usually in the form of income. The new world government took the name of United Nations of Humanity, UNH. The UNSC was the military branch of the UNH. The UNH heavily encouraged Re population and accompanied it with propaganda, stating Humanity would have a better chance of survival in numbers. Which in some aspects is true. By the year 2570: Earths population has gone from 200 million, to 7 billion. In the year 2590 Earths population is now at a level of 25 billion, With most families having 6-8 children. The UNH has for the last 30 years been terraforming destroyed human planets and new ones for the growing human population, They have also been building small colonies to get the colonist started. 2600: Over the course of 10 years the UNH has migrated 15 of the 25 billion humans on Earth to colonies such as Reach, Harvest, Mars and many other planets, Hoping to expand Humanities influence and power once more. This event know as the "The First Great Migration" has used up many Human resources, but it has been necessary. The year 2620 the second "Great Migration" has been commissioned Earths population has reach 40 Billion, 20 Billion of whom have been transferred to 3 major colonies and 15 standard colonies and 40 minor colonies, Many of these colonies on newly terraformed planets and moons. Over the next 20 years the UNH has been slowing down on human growth, most places only reaching 2 children per family, They have also been improving human economy and technology. They have recently made standard marine and ODST armour more resistant to plasma, and have energy shields similar to the Spartan II's. Human ships have also been given shielding, Similar to the Covenant shielding. The UNH reengineered this technology from surviving crashed Covenant Carriers. They have also Incorporated many Covenant and some Forerunner technologies into the ships, such as better slip space, and weapons. 2645. The UNH are starting up the "Spartan V" Program, this time taking People from the ages of 12-20. Ranging from volunteers to kidnapped young children. They have replaced the abductees with clones similar to the original program. The reason they are using children of the age of 12 at youngest is because the new augmentations have a very high survival rate from the ages of 12-20, during these stages of the body development of humans. Also a reason for the volunteers is to increase the number of Spartan V's and to act as a cover of the public so the younger ones being abducted wont go noticed to much. The total number of volunteers for this program that have been selected in around 5000, estimated that 2000 will make it through the training and that 1800 will make it through the augmentations. Of the 500 abductees around 95-100% will make it through the 8 years of augmentations and training, These augmentations are meant to serve the purpose of the Spartan II augmentations, but also increase the 8 years of training to give the effect of 24 years. Do to the effect, smaller training times can be made to make Spartans. These Spartan V's will be trained throughout UNH controlled space.
Chapter 1
2650, December 25th 3:00am Some where in the outer colonies. "Closing in on Alpha 6, over", A mans voice said over a COM. "Roger that, closing in on Pink 1" said Gregg. Gregg was one of ONI's many henchmen, sent here to kidnap children during the early hours of Christmas. It was still dark out and everyone seemed to be asleep, Gregg knew they had to do this quickly and silently. Mariana, was laying silently in her bed, eagre for the sun to shine and to open presents. She layed in her bed facing her door, oblivious to the growing danger outside. "Move in now, one shot with those darts will put these kids to sleep nice and easy" the man said over the COM. Gregg sighed, he didn't like what he was doing, he knew it wasn't right, but he went along with his orders, he knew if another war broke out, they'd need Spartans. Now weather that was his hypothesis or propaganda getting to his head he didn't know anymore. "Roger moving in" Gregg whispered as he slowly crept towards the window. He slowly slid the window open, just as Mariana had noticed a dart was shot from his pistole dead centre on her forehead, she was out clean. Gregg slowly pulled her out of the house them put the asleep clone inside the bed and carried her off. "I have retrieved pink 1 over, heading to the extraction point.
Many hours later in a Spartan V training camp. "Sir, Subject 001 is waking" said Gregg. "Very good, alert me when all of the subjects are awake and have them ready in the cafeteria" Said a man over the COMs. Mariana woke in a strange place, a dark room, maybe 4 metres by 4 metres (roughly 13 feet by 13 feet). It was dark and cold, and the walls made of steel, there was a door opposite from where she laid. With a small bit of light shining out from under the door. She was scared and worried, and had no clue where she was. Then she remembered the man shooting her with a gun of some sort, she may be 12 but she isn't dumb, she knew if they wanted to kill her they'd of already done that, she sighed with a bit of relief. Many minutes later she heard the door slowly opening, A big bulky man dressed in military clothing walked in the room and lend her a hand to help her off the hard metal surface of the floor. She took his hand, she was worried sick and scared, but she didn't want to anger her capters either. She was escorted for a good 5 minutes down a hallway with a few turns, she also spotted many doors to the side of the hallway. There was also a dim artificial light emitting from the seiling of the hallway. They seemed to finally arrive at the end of the hallway, a door opened where she was told to sit down at a table, with the 9 other children seated there. They all had the look of fear, confusion and some a bit of wounder. Everyone turned their attention to the door as it opened and a 3 men walked in, One was clad white, looked to be dressed in a higher ranking military clothing, possibly a General of some kind, the other two looked to be Marines. The man walked to the other side of the table the children were all siting on, he stood peering into each ones eyes. After several minutes of this his began to speak. "Many of you are most likely wondering why you're here, You're here to be Humanities next super soldiers, Humanities next light when we are in the dark". He paused for a brief moment, "And if need be, you will be Humanities only hope in our darkest hours, you are to be the next Spartans" The kids of seemed shocked, they all knew what a Spartan was, they had learned about the Human-Covenant war extensively in history class. Spartans were the stuff of legend. The man then continued. "Look to your fellow squad-mates, they are now you're family. You will train with them. Live with them, fight with them, and if need be, die with them". The man then signaled the Marines to bring in food, a few tray fulls, a lot more than the kids could eat, He then turned to face the Marines "Once they're done eating, bring them to the courtyard, they will begin their training today. Mariana began to cry, the thought of never seeing her family again shook her to the core. Many other children did the same, they eventually toped crying and ate their food, their stomachs seemed to demand it.
January 20th 2651: They have been given the same training exercises for 4 hours a day, for the last 25 days, They would group up into teams of 2 and run through an obstical course, which would be rearranged each day, the kids didn't know how, but they assumed the track must be made up of many platforms. Which included rock climbing, crawling under barbwire while live covenant and UNSC weapons shot above, After they got through that they had to run 300 metres through knee height muddy water, then they had to sprint while jumping over logs that were 1.21 metres high (roughly 4 feet). This lasted 100 metres, then they had to swim 200 metres to the finish, and finish as a team, the last team to finish had to eat what the kids nicknamed "Barfmeal" In reality it was all the nutrients they needed, just grinded up into a thick, oatmeal type substance, instead of the regular good tasting food they'd eat.
They were all also educated in Military tactics, ranging from ancient warfare and how those tactics can be used in todays battles, to current military strategies and how to utilize the terrain around you. They also would run a series of holographic war games for 4 hours, giving the kids command of a UNSC task force and made to fight one another or fight a Covenant force controlled by one of ONI's highly advanced ai's with the armies they were given, ONI didn't just want to make good fighters, they wanted well educated tacticians and strategist. They also practiced for 4 hours hand to hand combat, utilizing various styles of martial arts.
2651 February 1st, Today was another run of the day, except today Mariana had to face an AI controlled covenant task force in their virtual War games, No one has ever beaten an AI before, all the kids have lost to them, even the ONI members who have tried to beat them, even Mariana had lost time and time again to the AI, ONI made them fight. She knew AI's would always process faster than Humans, But the AI in the end was a computer, It could'nt think like a Human, Computers had to do things in set orders, sure the AI. Could take short cuts, they could also learn, just not the same as Humans. At least she told herself that, they don't know how advanced AI's are now, maybe even if they can teach themselves, that is what their programmed for, so do they really think for themselves, she liked to think not, besides, it was just doing what it was told to do, what it was programmed to do, nothing more, nothing less. Before battle Mariana was given 10 minutes to asses her forces, and the terrain, her object was to take a covenant data core, and get it on to a pelican to be taken back to a UNSC ship above. The terrain consisted of a large forerunner structure were her troops were stationed, and on the other side another structure, very similar, but the covenant were stationed there. Both the structures were covered by mountains around 300 metres heigh, with some platues a clever person could utilize. There was an opening 50 metres wide which led into a vally that had a small lake in the middle, various hills and some small for runner structures, also the vally was surrounded by 300 metre tall mountains, which were then turned followed by a flat land of forest on the outside of the mountains for 10 kilometres. But there was a surprise both the AI and Mariana didn't know, there was a small base underground guarded by sentinels, if they could find it and use whats inside to their advantage it could turn the tide of the battle. Marianas force consisted of 1000 UNSC Marines and all these vehicles with their crews, 15 warthogs (5 gauss, 10 chain guns), 20 mongoose, 5 scorpions, 3 mantis, 4 pelicans, 8 falcons armed with a missile launched in the front and 1 elephant, used as a front line command centre. Also 150 ODST waited to be dropped down from orbit, on a moments notice. Mariana also had 15 deployable turrets of kind, 5 Machine guns, 3 Gause cannons, (prototype) 3 AT guns, and 4 AA guns that shot heat seeking missiles. All of these turrets could be carried by a Pelican, Of the 1000 UNSC Marines, she had 6 sniper teams consisting of 6 soldiers, 2 snipers 2 spotters, and 2 regular marines. She had 20 Marine squads consisting of 20 Marines armed with Battle Rifles(5) Assault Rifles(6) Rocket Launchers(2) DMRs(3) Shotguns(2) EMP Grenade launchers(2) 1000 Marines into squads, 36 snipers (including team members) 150 ODST, and the Vehicles and their crews, mean while the Covenant had, 1000 grunts, 400 jackals, 300 elites, 200 drones, and 40 hunters. The also had along with their crews 40 ghosts, 12 wraiths, 20 spectres, 40 banshees, 8 phantoms. They also had a defense of turrets, sniper teams and towers, guarding the Forerunner structure were the data core is housed. The data core itself is guarded by 8 Ultra Elites, lead by a Zealot. This simulation is meant to be extremely realistic, so the only way the enemies forced can be spotted is by the view of their warriors. Marianas heart was beating fast, as she waited for the clock to count down 10...9...8 She wanted to prove herself and beat this AI no one else has. 7...6...she knew it would take skill and determination...5...4...she hadn't notice the rest of the children crowding around her, wanting to see who would win...3...2...she let out a big breath of air...1...A bell wrung and the battle was on.