-Authors Note-
So! Hope you enjoyed the teaser/introduction to the rewritten version! As theirs no way the Empire could've had the technology to leave their own galaxy I will have to delve into the backstory for the way they did that, but that will come in the future when the UNSC and Empire escalate to full scale war.
Thanks for reading :)!
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It had been two years since that conversation between two of the most powerful men in what the UNSC knew as the "Andromeda" Galaxy occurred. The Imperials had the technology to finally traverse the dark void of the unknown between the two galaxies from Forerunner and Precursor ruins found in their galaxy. In early October, the UNSC discovered a small patrol fleet of four star destroyers near a moon of New Arcadia, one of the furthermost outlying colonies of the galaxy. Within two hours, the UNSC had mounted a response of six frigates and two destroyers.
~New Arcadia, Orbit, UNSC Wagga Wagga, October 7th, 12:03pm, 2565, ~
"Sir. The four unidentified ships are triangular in shape, and seem to have some kind of t shape towards the back of the triangle. They are… quite large for a spaceship. Reports from the satellites say that its about 1.6 kilometers long and about 1 kilometer wide…" Spoke the young Ensign,
Captain Rosicky stood up and wandered to the screen of the Ensign, he scowled and backed off,
"To the UNSC Response fleet, return to the safety of the Planetary Defense Stations and we will make contact with the unknown fleet from there." Said Rosicky through his rough and deep French accent,
As the fleet returned to the safety of the PDS, the communication system lit up as the unknown ships approached, Captain Rosicky hit the button to bring up the comms and spoke in his best English;
"This is Captain Rosicky of the United Nations Space Command, you are trespassing our space and we require you to state who and what you are and as to why you are invading our neutrality."
Much to his surprise, he was staring right at a human that looked oddly like him, What the hell? Their not insurrectionists and he's definetly not ONI. What the fuck!?
"This is Commander Detralix of the Galactic Empire, surrender now and your lives will be spared. We come from another galaxy and YOU are a threat to the peace of such." Spoke a short stocky man whom Rosicky thought was clearly joking,
"You have come here unwanted and uninvited. Leave now, or face the consequences." Replied a clearly angry Rosicky,
The communications instantly were cut off and within a minute, the UNSC Elizabeth was in a burning heap as laser fire tore it to shreds. The four triangular ships were heading right their way! The six PDS systems fired off their Magnetic Accelerator Cannons and it was targeted at the ship taking point, the first two rounds looked as if they just vaporated against the surface of the ship, while three hit the ship causing a mediocre amount of damage to grey ship. The fourth was a lucky shot as it hit the T part of the ship smack bang in the middle, tearing it in half.
Rosicky's ship along with the other remaining four of the UNSC's fleet fired everything they had at the ship that had been damaged in order to take it down, but the other three tore the UNSC to shreds, with the PDS systems only managing to cause major damage to the first ship they had targeted before they too, were torn apart.
Rosicky quickly ordered a retreat as the remaining two frigates and destroyer descended to the surface in an effort to defend the civillians on the planet.
The Star Destroyers moved above the planet and began to unload what looked like hundreds of fighters and dropships onto the surface…
~New Arcadia, Feyeenord Jungles, October 7th, 12:56pm, 2565~
The UNSC Marines on the planet began to evacuate the cities as hundreds of "Imperial" troops began to pour out of the dropships and into the streets, gunning down civillians and marines that couldn't respond in time. The armour the marines wore couldn't prevent the laser bolts that would ultimately tear straight through the body plating. Even the ODSTs armor could withstand minor damage before the soldier beneath the carbon fibre plating.
As the final PDS Stations were blown to pieces, they jettisoned their final ODST Drop pods towards the surface in an attempt to save the last few lives on board. One particular drop pod contained one of the most well-known ODSTs within the ONI database, The Rookie. His pod went smack down into the jungles of New Arcadia.
The Rookie popped open his pod and grabbed his Silenced SMG from the slot next to him and checked the magazine, "Good. A Full Clip." He cocked his Magnum and put it on his right holster, and the SMG on his left, while he grabbed the battle rifle on the left slot and put it over his back. "Alright then, let's move." He looked to the sky and witnessed the PDS debrief crashing to the ground, setting the forest alight, he had a long day ahead of him. He equipped his BR55 and headed off through the jungle, using his HUD to pinpoint the closest ODST to him.
~New Arcadia, Feyeenord Jungles, October 7th, 1:21pm, 2565~
The Rookie saw a clearing in the Jungle and began to run towards it. As he neared the clearing, he could see smoke above the trees that mustve been coming from a pod.
He saw white flashes through the trees and quickly dived into a nearby bush overlooking the small clearing. Five of these troopers had grabbed the ODST inside and dragged him to the middle of the clearing. The Troopers took off his helmet and setup as if it were an execution. As the Rookie got a good look at the ODST, turned out it was a HER. She was fairly tanned for someone who spends time in a full armour suit, blonde hair, hazelnut eyes, mesmerizing hazelnut eyes and… "Snap out of it! There wont be anything to admire if you don't save her!" Rookie shook his head and fired a burst round into the trooper about to shoot her, he fired off three more rounds into a second trooper, but by then they'd worked out his location. They fired back and he was forced to roll behind a vine tree as the laser fire was singeing the very plant he was hiding behind. As he went to peek out and take the shot, he noticed he was no longer under fire. The remaining three troopers were on the ground; one had a knife sticking out of its neck and the other two had holes in their armour from a laser blast.
"Hey." Said the mysterious ODST in an Australian accent,
Rookie nodded and picked up her helmet, he gave it to her and he unmasked one of the troopers nearby; "What the hell? A human?" He unmasked another to see the exact same face on it, "Okay. Now this is fucked."
"Don't speak much, do you?" Asked the ODST "It must be some kind of… cloning system or rather. There's no chance that a five brothers who all looked the same joined the army and were stationed in the same unit in the same squad."
Rookie nodded in agreement and put one of the laser blasters in his backpack. He looked at the girl as she put her helmet back on. He activiated his VISR HUD to see that her name was "Tahlia Feronski" An Australian with what he guessed were Russian parents from the name. As he was observing her she coughed and spoke to him, "Well then Rookie? I assume from your tag on my VISR; we better get moving. We have more ODSTs to regroup with."
-Authors Note-
Would like to know how often you guys would prefer updates - hoping to be able to do 2 a month right now but im on holidays so I could force 3 or 4!