This is a cross over, of 'what if the battle of reach had gone differently and the Pillar of Autumn, along with several other UNSC as well as Covenant ships had become stranded in the warhammer 40k universe'
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This first chapter lays out the actions above reach, differently from what has been told in 'The Fall of Reach' which is a great novel by the way, and, along with the next 2 chapters, sets the stage for the clash between the two universes.
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The Pillar of Autumn shook as a plasma torpedo impacted on its hull, burning through several layers of titanium-A armour.
"Cortana, report," Captain Keyes said.
"The Covenant cruisers have flanked us sir, I'm doing my best to give them as small a target as possible, but they're out manoeuvring us," came Cortana's reply.
"What about the Chief?" Keyes asked.
"He's already headed for the repair station, they should be landing about now," Cortana said.
"Good, status on the mac gun," Keyes asked.
"Fully charged," Lieutenant Hikowa replied.
"Target the port cruiser and fire," Keyes ordered.
"Aye," said Ensign Lovell as his fingers darted over the control panel.
The hull strained as the thrusters turned the ship around, this was soon followed by the triple shudders as the mac gun fired its three depleted uranium shells.
Keyes watched one of the view screens as the projectiles slammed into the Covenant cruiser. The first two were absorbed by the shields but the third slammed straight through the weakened shields and slammed into the cruiser's side, shearing it in two.
"Good shot, now lets deal with the other one," Keyes said.
"Yes sir, mac gun recharging, at 37 charge," Lieutenant Hikowa said.
"Cortana, dump energy from the engines to speed it up," Keyes ordered.
"Yes captain," there was a pause for a moment before Cortana said, "mac gun will be recharged in a few seconds."
"Good, now get me a firing solution on the second covenant ship," Keyes said.
"Plasma torpedo incoming!" another crewman reported.
"Decompress the main longsword bay, brace!" Keyes yelled, grabbing onto the arms of his seat.
Soon he felt the ship kick to the side as the explosive decompression pushed the ship over.
"We shouldn't have felt that," Keyes began.
"Sir, we're being drawn into Reach's gravity well," the crewman reported.
"Redline the engines, get us clear," Keyes ordered.
The Pillar of Autumn shook as it fought against the gravity of the planet, the hull whining as the 2 opposite momentums were being forced on it.
"We're clear," Cortana reported, "The plasma torpedoes seem to have dissipated in the upper atmosphere."
"Mac gun charged sir," Lieutenant Hikowa reported.
"Fire!" Keyes ordered.
The Pillar of Autumn shuddered as its mac gun fired, all three shots were absorbed by the cruiser's shields, and the crew watched as it launched a second pair of plasma torpedoes, which arced almost agonisingly slowly towards them.
