Upholders of the Mantle

by PVonTuckIII

When a Orion Species Goverment vessel discovers the Clone Wars, the now superior UNSC and Covenant go head-to-head with the Galactic Republic in war to determine who will become the new holders of the Mantle: The Reclaimers and their Protectors, or the Ursurpers? (NOW A MULTI-VERSE CROSSOVER WITH WARFRAME)[ON HIATUS]

1. Chapter 1 - Prologue

Upholders of the Mantle

Pre - Story (A/N, Factions/Timelines, etc)

Author's Note # 1 - Introduction and things to consider before reading.

Hello FF, I'm PVonTuckIII. First off, I am new to the whole, FF thing, and this is my first story, so please try not to kill me in any reviews or PMs you send me, unless necessary. Try not to flame, that would be nice. Yeah, just wanted to get that outta the way, before you start reading this, so you know not to expect super-high-quality style reading right away. This story will be completed unless it does terrible (cough).

Anyways, more to the story, this is a crossover of the UNSC (Halo), the Cinematic Galactic Republic (SW), and a small amount of Mass Effect thrown in it, just for the sake of it. Not sure if I'll add anything else in, but I may consider it depending on reviews and PMs. See the Plot Summary/Faction chart info sec below for info. And with that, hope you enjoy this story, hopefully it get really long, and as a consistent reader of such stories myself, and I know how terrible it feels when you are reading and you find out that the author didn't finish it.

So saying, I will update this once a month, with a new chapter each month. To make up for this, I will try to make these chapters longer, and they will be well edited (He he).

Alright, sorry for all that. On with the show! And with that, I introduce:

UPHOLDERS OF THE MANTLE!

Faction Info/Plot Summary

Orion Species Government - The formation of the OSG was between the Covenant Separatists and all other former Covenant species, other than the now extinct Prophets. After the assasination of Jul 'Mdama at the hands of Blue Team, not only did the UNSC recover Dr. Catherine Halsey, but more importantly, they retrieved the alternate half of the Janus Key, a map of all Forerunner Tech in the Galaxy. The OSG, now without any hinderance from Storm, began a Golden Age of advancement for 75 years, until their fateful contact with the Galactic Republic. By the time the conflict had started, the total number of UNSC and Covenant ships numbered at around 100, 000, due to the UNSC's gaining of Onyx's production facilities, along with others. Technological tier - High Tier 2, or Extremely Low Tier 1. (Search up the story Inheritors of the Mantle. The tech of the OSG is the exact same as that story's)

Galactic Republic - For this story, the Republic has just started the Clone Wars, which means the fleets and clone army exist. First of all - Many books state that the Republic's Navy numbers in the Millions, but in the movie, we don't really see more than a few thousand. Thus, to make it fair, they will have a Navy strength of 500, 000 ships of various classes. Technological Tier - Around 2, as they do not have world building Tech.

Plot Summary

A OSG scientific ship, the Tobias, is investigating a Precursor artifact that looks like a small halo (the size of an asteroid) when said artifact rapidly opens a portal to a previously unexplored place - A part of the Milky that lay on the opposite end of the galaxy. It is here that the Tobias stumbles across the battle between the Resolute, piloted by Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, and a Droid Munificent - Class Frigate. The Tobias assists the damaged Resolute by Firing its outdated Hybrid MAC, which takes out the droid ship in around a dozen+ shots. Communications begin, and both sides get a snapshot of eachother in about 12 hours of meeting, until the several Slipspace portals open, revealing OSG Battlegroup Oliver which had intercepted the distress beacons of the Tobias and had arrived, after 1 day of travel, thanks to the new drives. The OSG and Republic remain in contact.

Tensions begin to mount after the OSG review the Clone Wars and define it as "despicable" and state that the Republic is too lazy to enlist it's own soldiers to fight and instead relies on slaves that never were meant to be born. This is then increased when Jedi Council is floored when they discover that the entirety of the OSG has NO PRESENCE IN THE FORCE. Only static can be felt when trying to sense them. Physical Force attacks and such still affect them, though not as severely. The OSG then shocks the Republic when they show hostility towards the Jedi, stating as how they have been the main starters of wars for the centuries that the Reublic stood.

All of this culminated when in a war game, the Republic Acclamator Irreversiblefires upon an OSG ship, turning the War Games into the first battles of an actual war. This is where the story continues.

BAHM BAHM BAAAAAAAAHM!

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Author's Note # 2 - Thoughts?

How's it going, people? Hope you liked this, 'cause MOAR is comin! Next chapter will describe Republic as it preps for war, as well as showcase some UNSC tech! Have a great month, this story will be updated on April 30th, FOR SURE. This is a guaruntee, to make up for the fact that wait will be a bit tough (sniggers behind hand). You can rely on that when I say I update then, I will.

This is PVonTuckIII, transmission end!