Hello everyone. This is the rewrite of my original story. would like to thank all the reviewers and followers.
Disclaimer: Don't own either mass Effect or Command and Conquer.
Valkyrie transport
Above Torfan
A team of marines were waiting for the command to head down to the planet's surface. Young Major Alexander "Axel" Belmont was standing beside the cockpit wondering about the fight that would be happening planet side. He was an American with French and German heritage. He grew up in a Yellow Zone in the lower North American area. He joined the military when he was old enough after Zone Troopers came to his town to help give relief operations to the local area. He had admired the huge armored soldiers for years after that day.
He was carrying M-96 Mattock, M-15 Vindicator, and a N7 Valkyrie. The HDI got them modified to fire slugs instead of those sand grains they called bullets so troops had non-rail gun weapons to fire when they needed a better firing rate. The system wasn't perfect, he had to insert a new thermal clip every so often but it got the job done better. The mods included thermal scopes and a Omni-blade attachment which was useful. Due to the bigger rounds a magazine upgrade and higher velocity barrel were a must.
One of the other marines stepped beside him. "You okay marine?"
Axel nodded, "I am fine, sir. This is just Elysium was my first true combat mission. I only fought pirates and the occasional slaver group before this."
The other nodded, "Yeah, I was nervous too on my first combat drop, don't worry stay calm and stick close to your team and you will be fine. John Shepard," he said holding out a hand which Axel shook. "Alexander Belmont, most call me Axel though."
Axel sat down beside Shepard and thought about how this all started.
Three months ago
Elysium
Marcus Goldman was sitting the night shift on the first of two ODPs (Orbital Defense Platform) above Elysium having a cup of coffee to stave off sleep. Commander Steelman was sitting in a raised chair behind waiting until he could go to bed. The night shifts were boring due to the lack of orbital traffic. Elysium had only been colonized two months prior and the orbital defense system was still not fully finished. The only real defense was the TD Net. The TD Net was a network of old WW2 Terror Drones. The drones used passive sensors to find ships. If they had no IFF or hostile IFFs they would converge onto the ship and start to tear it apart.
Marcus got a blip on his radar stating several unknown spacecraft were headed to Elysium. "Commander, I have thirty unknown craft headed our way. One is a Dreadnought sized craft. They aren't answering any comms." Steelman turned to him. "If they don't answer 15 klicks out activate the Net and arm weapons."
Marcus nodded and warmed up the station's limited firepower. So far workers only finished two heavy rail-cannons and seven of the particle beams and the station'a armor wasn't fully built. It was going to be a hard fight ahead.
Pirate vessel Hydra
"This will be the biggest payday ever, boys! I can't wait to get down there and shows those damn Humans why they should be cowering in fear of the Batarian Hegemony." The Batarian in command of the ship was relaxing believing that this would be easy as there was only one orbital station left and the fleet was gone.
THUNK!
The crew looked around wondering what that was. Suddenly alarms blared and one of the techs yelled to the commander, "Sir, we have decompression on decks five and six and no-one is responding."
The captain growled, "Then bring the section on-screen you idiot!"
The tech nodded and pulled up the security footage and what they saw was ... strange. There were ten weird two and a half tall mechs pulling themselves out of a large pod that had bored through the hull. The worst part showed why the crew in that area didn't respond. The entire room was sprayed with blood and small body parts laying everywhere.
"Oh God!" One of the crew gags and turns away from the carnage in the video. They watch as the mechs charge the walls. The captain laughs, "Look at this, these pathetic Humans can't even program mechs properly." But they see that he was wrong as the drones start to chop and saw their way through the walls in different directions.
"Shit! Get fire teams down there and put those things down now!"
"Sir, similar pods have hit six other ships in the fleet. The others are holding position."
"Captain, enemy ODP is firin on the fleet! Two frigates are down and we are..." The engineer was cut-off as the dreadnought rocked.
"What was that?" Yelled the Captain. Another round rocked the ship.
Marcus was maintaining the power and coolant levels as the temporary one-sided fight continued. Luckily only a few of the pirate ships had long enough range guns to attack them. "Marcus, transfer the power and coolant controls to me and get off this station."
Marcus turned to his commanding officer in shock, "Sir?"
"Get out of here you have a little girl to take care of. I intend to go down with the station. The station isn't going to last long and I can control the weapons until the shields fail."
Marcus just numbly nodded, "It was an honor Steelman."
Steelman laughed softly, "Just call me Jack Marcus and Godspeed."
Elysium
Fire teams were heading to check points as civilians headed to bunkers under the city. They had deployed across the city as Slingshots patrolled waiting for enemy troopships to descend into their firing range. Local milita officers had armor based off of old world war 2 Peacekeeper forces (Red Alert 3) with a riot shield that had a kinetic barrier installed to increase their defensive power.
The militia had a variety of weapons but most had a standard level armor but each was personalized by squad level. They had heavy Infantry with LMGs and rockets down to riflemen with assault rifles. Rigs were deploying at four-ways and the edges of the cities. The new Rigs had a built-in bunker were troops could bunker for protection. Wolverines marched around keeping an eye as sniper teams deployed atop skyscrapers and tall buildings.
Specter and Juggernaut artillery set-up in defended positions with Sonic Emitters and Guardian turrets protected them with a few Watchtowers keeping an eye for enemy infantry.
Space above Elysium
Jack was firing rounds and lasers as fast as the cannons could cycle while the station was being pounded by enemy fire and shaking from the explosions blazing into existence. Jack could die proud that his station alone took eight enemy vessels and could still fight. Six more vessels were destroyed by Terror Drone Pods. He grinned in savage triumph at that even will around thirty ships at the start they were still fighting as the stations space drones and the ion storm held off the fighters.
Unfortunately the ships holding troops hid behind more combative vessels after losing four of ten troop ships. He was sure that the rest of the fleet carried troops but it was better to take out most of the ground troops. An explosion rocked the room as shrapnel slammed into his command chair and everything went black.
Outside the fleet, after noticing that the station stopped firing ready to land. Elanos Haliat stood at a table showing the status of the pirate and slaver fleet which took more of a beating then he imagined it would from the defenses. The Turian watched as drop ships and the troop ships headed down through the atmosphere towards the planet.
He was hoping to gain control of the Terminus pirate fleets with this but it wasn't looking good. As he watched the ships head down Jack was lying down bleeding heavily from his wounds he saw a transport and a couple drop ships cross the last functioning rail gun's line of fire. Taking it as a sign Jack pulled himself up and held his hand above the fire button and said quietly, "See you in hell, Mother Fuckers!" and sent a round straight through the transport and three small drop ships before hitting a pirate frigate.
The retaliation fire destroyed the station before Jack could even realize he was dead. On the surface the defense forces saw the station die but not before it took out a large chunk of the landing forces, it would be a hard fight but they would persevere and win.
Outskirts of Elysium
Fly fast around the city was a certifiable swarm of Viper Assualt craft. The dozen or so bikes were just slim frames that had two tiberium core engines and a anti-grav device connected to the bottom that allowed it to effortlessly fly above the ground at high speeds. Armed with a light Tiberium shard cannon it was useful for quick recon or to defend the large heavy walkers and mechs from infantry or scout craft. The bikes could send a burst of energy to the anti-grav to "leap" over obstacles without having to slow down or turn. Due to the small fragile frame and high-speed most consider them to be death traps but when in the hands of a master they are lethal weapons capable of quick strikes than withdrawing before anyone can fight back.
As the Mammoth mk. 2s and Slingshots fired upon the ships descending upon them. Most of the ships survived the landing and ready IFVs and Makos and other craft along with hordes of pirates and slavers.
Both sides met with a clash of missile and rifle fire, both trying to kill the other side. A Mammoth charged up it's beam cannons and fired into the enemy lines hitting a Mako and then the two beams sweeping away from each other for four feet blowing up the vehicles and incinerating the infantry around them.
Sargent Jared Dorreno pulled the trigger on his Mattock, the new staple weapon of city garrisons, shooting a Turian in the chest shattering his kinetic barriers so his partner Mike Wazowski could take the kill shot. He saw to his left a trooper firing a LMG at a IFV and the troopers around it.
Orcas and Hammerheads flew over head while Firehawks dealt with dogfights against the Pirate fighters. The battle was going well until a team of Krogan Warlords came charging towards a group of militia who had to scatter or get crushed under their feet. The pirates rushed into the gap behind them only to run face first into fire from the Rig that had parked a few meters away at the beginning of the street leading into the city.
In other areas of the city things were going worse than that as pirate groups managed to get into the city and take out a couple of Slingshots but were forced into cover by sniper fire and artillery bombardment.
Gareck Halinos was pissed off, this was supposed to be an easy raid on a Human planet to make them pay for taking planets that belonged to the Hegemony. He hated the fact the Council did nothing to stop these Filthy pests from taking Batarian territory. He stood and fired a burst into a militia taking him down but not out of the fight as he was pulled behind a destroyed car by a Zone trooper who was leading this pack of Human dogs.
Gareck didn't realize but his time in this universe was coming to end. "Target sighted, 30 degrees north two degrees west in sector Bravo deep. 800 yards -22 degree incline, wind going 2 mph west."
"Noted, humidity, temperature, and range accounted for target sighted and preparing to fire." BOOM! A single 50 caliber round flew 800 yards and impacted the targets left lower eye and tore out the back of his skull spraying a couple of others with his blood. "Target down. Delta-team out."
Civilian bunker 5
The militia stood and fought for an hour against the pirates but eventually they fell to the overwhelming numbers against them but managed to inflict forty percent causalities of the men they fought.
The Slavers grinned at finally having something of value after three hours of trying to raid this damn city. After cutting their way inside their grins fell at the measly thirty maybe forty people there it was full of construction workers and heavy workers, no women or children to speak of.
"Damn it! They must have sent the women to the interior bunkers. Still round them up and get them on a transport to our ship and get ready to get out of here the Humans won't be long."
After forcing the Humans into a transport the ship headed to one of the smaller corvettes where the crew decided to get out of there before they could get caught by the Human reinforcements.
Space
They had just started under way when four Human Cruisers jumped into the system by the other Relay with ten destroyers. They started to fire upon the pirate fleet which had been caught with its pants down since most of the ships had been focused on the fight planet side and were decimated by the opening salvo and couldn't get their heavier cannons into play without having to turn.
Once the heavier cannons came into play the fighting become much more even and fiercer then either side could have wanted. Several ships died within the first five minutes of fighting but the HDI ship's better condition and more rested crew gave them an advantage from the damaged pirate ships and their tired crew.
On the ground the fighting was maybe even fiercer then the one above them fighting. Guns blazed and explosives blew as the battle raged across the city streets. A militant had gotten the idea of putting a Shredder Turret into the bed of a armored pick-up truck and using it as a mobile turret like old MG trucks from Africa in the 2000s. gunships and fighters fought in aerial dogfights as they tried to bring each other down. The whole city was like one big symphony of gunfire and explosions being sung.
Jared put a round through a Batarian's eye and slammed his K-bar knife into a Turian's throat as the fighting continued. "Command, We need support ASAP! Get us some firepower here pronto." Two Wolverines marched out as their chain-guns blazed ripping through the enemy while gun fire pinged off their armor giving the troops a breather to reload and resupply. "Alright Troopers, Command wants us to capture one of the landed ships so Intel can find the bastards who came up with this attack so we can kick down their door. Well when that happens the Devil Dogs will be there to show them the errors of their ways, right boys?"
HURRAH! The scattered Zone Troopers and Marines yelled as they started a push towards the enemy. The pirates refused to give up without a fight though as a team of Batarians and a couple of Krogan hold back the Human forces until two Hammerheads flew in and air dropped Heavy Riflemen on the ground. Four of them held a long rifle while the others carried LMGs.
BOOM! Two of the rifles fired and the first hit a Batarian and its upper half simply ceased to exist as the round just tore him in half. The second hit a charging Krogan and did some real damage, not enough to kill or even stop it but enough to help put him down. After the soldiers secured the area Jared turned to the sergeant in charge of the Heavy riflemen.
"What kind of rifles are those, and how do we get some?"
"They are double rifles, elephant guns, and these are just a test run on them. Command decided if these can blow a hole in an elephant's ass then they can blow a hole in Krogan." A laugh ensues at that.
"Come on Marines! We got aliens to kill." The group gets back in the fight.
Jared snapped a grenade into a group of cars that a trio of Turian mercs were hiding behind. The explosion ripped one apart and knocked the others back as Zone troopers used their jump pack to drop in amoung them and quickly cut open their throats and let the blood fly.
The Batarians' IFVs held a zone between two buildings managing to hold the assault at bay until a Juggernaut managed to destroy one and flip another giving the marines a chance to bring up RPGs. Two rounds lashed out and hit the third taking it out of the fight for good. The ship could be seen as Hammerheads and Venoms could be seen harassing and keeping the ship from getting away.
After ten minutes of hellish firefights and constant mortars and artillery strikes as Pitbulls fired rockets and mortars while Titans and Juggernauts marched forward firing their heavy cannons at the faltering enemy line.
Garek couldn't believe it, after all the time and money spent they still couldn't beat these swine! The Human troopers were marching forward relentlessly unwilling to let them escape with their lives. He wouldn't hide from these morons anymore. Grabbing a second assault rifle and stood yelling, "I AM GOING TO KI..." unfortunately for him a cannon round from a Titan decided to take up residence in his chest cavity causing it to burst in a way reminiscent of a Chest Buster from Aliens.
Once the Marines had gained a foothold in the ship CQC specialists took the lead on the operation. The fight became what the Russians called a Rattenkrieg, or Rat War, the entire ship had to be cleared room by room. Jared and his team slowly cleared the sector of the ship they were given which included the cargo hold. Along the way in the firefights outside of the ship they had picked up a marine by the name of Alexander Belmont, he was alright, a bit green but alright.
Once they hit the door to the Hold Jared grabbed two flash bangs and slowly pushed the door open a crack. They could hear Batarians arguing over something. Jared looked at his team to make sure they were ready and flung the grenades in and grabbed his rifle, after the explosion of light and sound the team threw open the door and quickly executed the Batarians before they even realized what had happened.
That was when Jared looked around and almost threw up in horror and disgust. There were cages, not cargo containers like they thought, full of aliens. Asari, Turians, Salarians, and even a couple of Krogan and Quarians. They were ill and some cages had their excrement across the cage's floor. It was a horror the team wished they never had to have seen.
"Command, are you seeing this?" Jared asked as his team tried to stay calm and check for more Batarians. "Roger, Sargent. Have your team get these people out of there, Medical supplies and staff are on their way with food and basic supplies. I am sending a translation matrix to you now." Jared could hear the disgust in the Intel Officer's voice as he relayed commands.
"Alright team, start getting these cage doors open and these people out of here. Try and keep them calm we don't need a riot."
Jared then spoke out loud to the prisoners. "Attention everyone, I am Jared Dorreno of the HDI. My team and I will be getting you out of here but I need you to stay calm and follow our orders. Food and medical aide will be waiting for you outside but there are still Batarians out there so we need to be able to keep quiet and not get into a firefight."
The team quickly used the bolt cutters in their standard issue gear to cut the locks of the cage doors and started helping people out of their cells. Many could barely walk while some didn't even seem aware of their surroundings.
Axel found a young Asari, she appeared to be maybe ten years old, trapped in a razor cage that barely gave her any room to move without being torn to shreds from the razor wire. He quickly came over and spoke softly and gently to her, "Hi, my name is Alexander but you can call me Axel. I am going to get you out of there, its going to be okay I promise." The poor girl couldn't even stand as her legs had atrophied due to them not being used in so long. Axel quickly pulled her into a bridal carry and headed out with her clinging to his neck crying her eyes out.
"What's your name little one?" She looked at him with teary eyes and whispered, "Selrina." He smiled, "That's a beautiful name." She smiled a little and hugged him tighter. She refused to let him go even when paramedics tried to pull her away to check her injuries.
Arturus Station
The day after the Skyllian Blitz
David Grendson was pissed. Head Security Administrator of the HDI for only a few months and this happens! The video from the team who had found the slaves and prisoners had leaked to the press and the public was in an uproar. Almost everyone was crying out for Batarian blood, even the pacifists which was shocking. The worst part was that a group of civilians had been kidnapped and taken from Elysium but there was nothing they could do until they found the missing colonists.
"Good day Administrator. The Intelligence Department is working to crack the computers aboard the captured slaver ship. The colonists will be found with all due haste. On other news while they are horrified as usual the Citadel refuses to do anything stating it isn't worth it to start a war with the Terminus Systems."
David turned to face the speaker. "Hello Illusive Man. Alright this needs to be done quick before the public gets even rowdier from this. Send in the troops as soon as you find out thier location. As for the Citadel, I was honestly expecting that but no matter. We shoved the Scrin off our home world so we don't need their help."
The Illusive Man was about to leave when David said , "Send in the Burning Legion once you find them. I want them to burn!"
Codex
CC-6 Pitbull: The GDI use this jeep vehicle as a patrol car and light attack craft. It has a dual missile launcher to engage ground and air targets, it has a 80mm mortar for extra damage against ground forces. Capable of deceting stealthed units the Pitbull is the staple of HDI scouting and reconnaissance efforts.
Terror Drones pods: The ship based weapons were by using terror drones as anti-ship weapons. Holding ten Terror Drones they would use heavy magnets to attach to the sides of a ship and burrow a hole in and unleash their cargo of Drones which would immediately run rampant and cut their way through the ship and tear it apart from the inside.
Hammerhead: With the creation of the Thunderhawk gunship the Hammerhead was slated for police work and city defense due to it's slower speed but more stable flight. The Hammerhead has two Vulcan cannons and an octagonal deflective armor. It's twin intermeshed rotor give it immense lift and great stability.
Slingshots: These dedicated anti-air craft have four 30mm anti-air guns and a hexagonal composite armor allowing it to survive most light weapons. It has a HoverTech Chassis giving it a greater acceleration with great stability.
SA-2 Orca: a mix of the third and fourth tiberium war era Orcas this helicopter is more capable as a light attack craft for city defense due to its tighter turn radius compared to the Thunderhawk gunship. Armed twin 50mm machineguns and two light comet rocket launchers this gunship is capable of being a asset to city defenses as it weaves through buildings at a high or low altitude.
Firehawk: This Fighter-Bomber carries two Incendiary bombs or four air-to-air missiles. This aircraft has become Humanities premier dual-role aircraft in the HDI armory. Capable of 8-1 thrust, it puts out 8 times it's weight in thrust.
Black Hand: The Black Hand has become the one of the Elite combat companies of the HDI armies. wearing full power armor and flame-proof cloaks and armed with flamethrowers these troopers are capable of burning the enemy to the ground with their purifying flame while not threatening their own safety. They use Purifiers as combat walkers and flame tanks mostly due to their slight pyromaniac tendencies.
Well the action is heating up. Haha! get it? Black Hand are getting into the story? Ah oh well, no one ever thinks I am funny. Anyway Sorry for the wait. Please Read and Review. Let the Great War commence.