Ok so I decided to do a Halo/Marvel crossover. Let me know what you think. PS be patient this is only my Second fanfic and my first crossover.
Notes: Ok to start with thanks for all the feedback it was really helpful. This is the Re-Written first chapter and it should make more sense now (hopefully!) and have less mistakes. There is also a (rather large) Author's note section at the bottom that will hopefully help explain things as well as address the edits I have made. If you are send a PM or put it in the reviews. Both are always helpful. As always Enjoy the chapter:
UNSC Spirit of FIre CFV-88
Approaching wormhole in unknown space
UNSC Date: 10/5/2535
"Are you sure about this Serina?" Captain Cutter asked the ship's smart AI as he looked at the holotable on the bridge of the Spirit of Fire. "To answer the same question you have asked 35 times since I brought you and the crew out of cryo a week ago Captain yes I am sure. Both myself and Professor Anders have triple checked the data. The wormhole I first detected a week ago and that is currently directly in front of us leads back to UNSC space. Or rather the other end of it is in UNSC space". Captain Cutter sighed knowing he really had no choice in the matter as the chances of being rescued by the UNSC at their current position were extremely slim at best. Yet he couldn't help but doubt that their plan would work. Piloting the Spirit of Fire inside a possibly unstable wormhole in the hopes that it did not destabilize and send them elsewhere rather than the current exit aperture located deep inside UNSC space where rescue was all but certain. They all knew what could happen if something went wrong. The ship could be torn apart by forces inside the wormhole. Or worse, they could end up in the middle of a covenant fleet due to some yet unknown property of space-time and the effects of wormhole travel. "Captain" he heard and turned to the right to face the engineer busily typing away on his tablet. "The modifications to the MJOLNIR armor as well as the weapons have been completed. The armor's strength as well as shield strength has been increased and the number of shots the spartan laser can fire has been increased by 5. Although I have to admit we have Serina to thank for that. She did most of the design work for the armor and improved the spartan laser by studying the covenant tech we secured in the labs". "Well I had to keep myself busy somehow while everyone was in cryo" Serina commented. Captain Cutter then sighed before turning to the AI again. "Serina give me a report on the status of the ship and all available assets please" He asked before he saw the report on a screen not 2 second later and read it:
UNSC SPIRIT OF FIRE STATUS:
HULL INTEGRITY: 90%- RECENT HULL REPAIRS DETECTED
WEAPONS:ONLINE-WARNING! SEVERE DAMAGE TO SEVERAL DECK GUNS!
*MAC GUN-ONLINE
*DECK GUNS: 18 of 24 FUNCTIONAL
*50mm POINT DEFENSE TURRETS (50)-ONLINE
*ARCHER MISSILE PODS: ONLINE
ADDITIONAL: HAVOK CLASS 30 MEGATON FUSION WARHEAD DETECTED
AMMO CAPACITY-84%
FUEL-86%
SUB-LIGHT ENGINES-NOMINAL
WARNING! SLIPSPACE DRIVE FAILURE! FTL TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE
FOOD AND WATER RATIONS: 80%
LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS: 100%
MILITARY PERSONNEL: 75%
MILITARY VEHICLES (NOT INCLUDING CAPTURED ASSETS): 76%
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT:
*PLASMA RHINO TANK X7
*GRIZZLY "SUPER" TANK X26
*HAWK ANTI TANK AIRCRAFT X23
*PELICAN GUNSHIP VARIANT X3
*GREMLIN COMBAT SUPPORT VEHICLE X5
*CAPTURED COVENANT CRAFT (VARIOUS) GROUND X13 AIR X10
*FORERUNNER WEAPON CRATES MARKED FOR USE BY "PROMETHEAN KNIGHTS" X5
*SENTINEL BEAMS X17
Cutter felt he was extremely lucky to have resupplied at Arcadia before leaving for that Flood infested shield world. If he hadn't he would have far less to work with and far fewer marines on board as well. Ever since the crew had awakened a week ago they had used some of the extra materials supplied during their brief battle on Arcadia to repair some of the damage to the hull. Hopefully insuring the ship did not get torn apart by whatever forces were inside the wormhole. "Alright Serena charge all weapons in case we find trouble on the other side of the wormhole". "Aye sir" was her only response before disappearing as the hologram flickered out. "All forces we are preparing to enter the wormhole I want everyone to be a combat alert alpha incase we encounter hostiles on the other side of the wormhole Cutter out". He then proceeded to strap himself into his chair as blast shutters covered the windows on the bridge as Serena started to give a countdown "Alright everyone entering in 5...4...3...2...1. Several seconds passed and everyone started to breathe a sigh of relief until the ship started shaking violently and alarms went off everywhere. "Serina, Anders what the hell is going on here". He practically yelled at them. Surprisingly it was Anders who answered first. "I...I don't know captain but we should be back in normal space in several seconds". Moments later, just for a second Anders saw a forerunner symbol appear on her screen. One she recognized very well. It was the glyph used by the Librarian. Anders blinked in surprise only to find that the glyph was gone. However she was too panicked to think much of it.
MEANWHILE IN XANDAR STAR SYSTEM ANDROMEDA GALAXY:
RAVAGER VESSEL
Things were not going to plan at all. When they arrived at Xandar instead of just Ronan's ship their were multiple ships escorting Ronan's as well. Ronan's new fleet consisted of various mercenary and pirate ships although there were some Sakaaran military ships as well. Many of them were engaged in a full on fleet engagement with unprepared Nova Corp defenders. If that news wasn't bad enough the next bit of information said over the intercom was the icing on the cake. "We are detecting what appears to be an unstable wormhole opening close to our position. Wait there is a ship coming through the wormhole and it does not match any known factions vessel and appears to be over 2.5 KM long! It appears to be armed with primitive but extremely powerful weapons". Peter Quill's only response was "Terrific". Peter Quill reluctantly looked at one of the screens displaying the ship only for his eyes to nearly bulged out of his head when he saw what was written on the side the unidentified ship. UNSC Spirit of Fire CFV-88. "Thats not possible" he muttered to himself "Humans are not that advanced". Drax, curious about what his new friend was saying interrupted Peter's thoughts by asking him "Who is not that advanced Quill?". Peter only looked back at his new friends and simply said "That new ship-It's from Terra!" he practically yelled partly from shock and partly out of excitement. After telling Yondu the ship was from Terra he said "Yondu! hail that ship let me talk to them! Also, you might want to transmit languages so they can translate them otherwise they won't understand you". Seconds after that was done they received a response from the unknown Human vessel. "This is Captain James Cutter of the UNSC Spirit of Fire"...
UNSC Spirit of FIre
Several seconds ago.
"Serina where the hell are we? This certainly doesn't look like any UNSC colony to me or even anywhere in UNSC space!" "Sir sensors indicate we somehow ended up in the Andromeda Galaxy. In addition to that particular bit of bad news there are also multiple unknown ships in this system most of which are engaged in combat". Looking at the holotable Cutter noticed one ship close by and was about to order Serina to hack into its computers and retrieve what data she could especially the aliens language and navigational records so they could translate them and know about the surrounding systems. However, the unknown alien vessel started transmitting various languages which Serina translated in a matter of seconds. After the transmission stopped Cutter decided to open a line of communication to it. The first thing he said to the crew of the unknown ship was "This is Captain James Cutter of the UNSC Spirit of Fire CFV-88 I apologise for dropping in unexpectedly like that but we did not mean to this system. If you are receiving please respond". When the other ship responded they were surprised to see a Human along with aliens that were definitely not Covenant. For around the next minute Peter continually told them how surprised he was that Earth had spaceships (leaving most people aboard the Spirit confused). Gamora finally got him to stop talking long enough to explain the situation to the Terran ship. Captain Cutter listened as she told him "Captain Cutter these attacking vessels are lead by someone named Ronan he has a weapon that will kill all life on the world below all he needs to do is touch the surface of the planet with it. Your vessel packs a significant amount of firepower do you think you could assist in destroying some of the ships protecting his own vessel"? I know it is a lot to ask but I promise to help you in anyway I can afterwards and the Nova Corp- would likely do the same to thank you for saving countless innocent lives". Before the transmission cut she heard this 'Captain Cutter' telling someone to get him targeting solutions on the attacking fleet and she smiled as the transmission ended.
Unknown to either the Spirit of Fire or the Ravagers Ronan's forces were listening to the transmission between the two vessels as they spoke. Thinking it was too primitive to cause any harm they ignored the large ship. Although, they did get a good laugh at the idea of a Human warship yet alone one that could stand up to their fleet as even the Nova Corp were slowly losing ships to their fleet. As Ronan's forces celebrated the destruction of another Nova Corp ship they failed to notice the Spirit of Fire firing at one of their ships. Seconds later one of their larger ships exploded as a 600 ton tungsten round with a depleted uranium core slammed into it at 30,000 meters a second. A similar fate befell several other vessels. Some of the remaining ships flew behind the Nova Corps ships preving the Spirit of Fire from attacking them while launching fighters and ground forces. "Serena get us close enough to fire the deck guns best possible speed!" Cutter exclaimed from his seat before adding "And arm the point defence guns". Some of the hostile vessels and dozens of fighters moved in weapons charged looking for revenge against the ship that had destroyed so many of their own. Laser, bullets (similar to what the ravagers use), plasma and necroblasts flew toward the Spirit of Fire only to fail to pierce the 6 meter thick tungsten coated Titanium-A armor. The attacking vessels realized their mistake as the Spirit's quad barreled 480mm railgun deck guns started to reveal themselves and started tracking the attacking vessels before opening fire on them. The attack destroyed or heavily damaged the small raiding vessels as they were no match against a full broadside from the Spirit's deck guns. As for the fighters, they got picked apart by the point defence guns and fighters launched from the Spirit of Fire. The few ships that remained began launching fighters and moved toward the planet surface in a desperate bid to assist Ronan's flagship and draw attention away from it.
Alright Next Chapter we are going to have fighter battles and/or Red Team join the Guardians in boarding Ronan's ship.
Author's Notes: I put these in to address both your reviews and to explain the edits I have made. If I failed to explain something or fix something or you have something you think should be included in the story (as long as it can/could make sense plot wise of course) please don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks for all the reviews and your help in pointing out plot errors:
Yes, I fixed the underpowered MAC gun issue. No idea why I put it at 200 tones in the first place. As for the slipspace drive I removed that completely. It was originally supposed to be connected to the ship's power supply in order to be used to re-direct the wormhole so that the other end was in UNSC space but still not have enough power to create a slipspace rupture since it needs its own reactor for that. However couldn't figure out how that would make sense so again removed it. As for the Librarian's Glyph right now thats just an 'easter egg'. However, I put it in there in case I want to do something like "the Librarian was responsible for sending them to the MCU" but for right now it was just a freak accident.
Had the Spirit of Fire partially repaired/in better shape than it should be because I wanted the Spirit of Fire to be able to show off its full capabilities rather than be heavily damaged and needing to spend weeks in a shipyard for repairs.
As for how the Spirit of Fire got ahold of covenant tech it's entirely possible they captured weapons and some armor and vehicles (you do so all the time in the games). In the backstory of the Halo games the UNSC frequently captured covenant tech however most of it was taken by ONI who studied and reverse engineered it. That's why the research station in Halo 4 (Ivanoff station) had shields and grav lifts. As for the Promethean weapons (Suppressor, Light Rifle, ext) it is not entirely impossible to think the Didact left some on the shield world as a supply cache. And Sentinels are easily destroyed so the crew would just have to search a destroyed one for its beam weapon (Professor Anders would be interested in it due to her interest in the Forerunners not to mention she is part of ONI).
I felt Red Team needed the armor upgraded to deal with some of the weapons in the MCU without making them indestructible. I also doubt that the armor would have been created without a means of upgrading it since the wiki said the MJOLNIR armor costs as much as a frigate to build.
I Removed the hacking part from the original. I put that in their because Cortana could hack Forerunner computer systems and they were FAR more advanced than the Ravagers or the Nova Corps. However, Cortana was (is?) the most advanced AI humans have created and Serena might be a smart AI but she is nowhere near that advanced.
Made the combat scene longer. Hopefully it is more enjoyable as I did like writing that part. I cut the archer missile pod part but they will probably be in the story at some point in the future.
For the pelican gunships they are supposed to be an early version of what you use in Halo 4. I included a HAVOK nuke in the Spirit's arsonal because 1) It was listed on the Halo Wiki as being on the Spirit of FIre (so the nuke is cannon) no idea if it's going to be used in the story at any point. It's too early to tell but it will at least be mentioned being aboard the ship.
Next chapter the crew WILL figure out they are not only in another galaxy but another universe as well. Also Don't worry I won't downplay Ronan's strength, durability and his high healing factor.
Finally, Yes if everything works out with this story there will be chapters about a ground war (Most likely on Xandar). That's why I mentioned troops landing on Xandar and included a list ground vehicles and some weapons. Ronan's forces will consist of Various aliens among them Kree, Sakaarans (like in the movie), Chitauri. Possibly someone from the 9 realms (Frost Giant most likely because' they have ice powers. However it could also be someone from Vanaheim, Alfheim or Asgard but again this is a MAYBE. If it won't make sense plotwise I won't put it in.