3-20-2550, Unknown System, Ubid 05

The ground shook, causing the marines to stumble.

It had only been an hour, since the initial invasion, and the planet was ablaze.

Sergeant Otan slid into cover, his squad doing so as well.

Several Covenant contacts were seen up ahead, engaged with three other squads.

Otans goal: Flank the enemy. That objective went to hell within minutes.

He racked the bolt of his MA5B, firing at the nearest foe. The Covenant Elite stumbled, as Otan and his squad fired upon him.

The Elite fell back, blood spurting out.

They concentrated their fire on several different targets, effectively taking the enemy down, with the help of the other squads.

Otan pressed the magazine release button, letting the clip fall, slamming a new one into the magwell, once the empty was clear.

He racked the bolt, just in time to see two Hunters firing upon the others.

He yelled, an M41-SPNKR Rocket striking a Hunter, the worm-filled creature disappearing, into orange, and chunks of armor.

He watched as the second Hunter rushed at him, and he opened fire.

The combined fire of the squads tore through the Hunter.

He got up, his squad behind him.

He would make a run for the new objective.

The Pelican dropships waited, on a helipad.

He ran, for what seemed like hours to him, which was actually only a few minutes, until he reached the stairs.

He started his climb, when he saw five Banshee fliers strafe his position, with plasma.

Molten metal rained upon his helmet.

He turned, to see, that several Covenant were approaching.

He made a dash up, the stairs creaking.

He ran at a Pelican, only to be hit by a heat wave, as a Banshee fired a green bolt into the Pelican, the transport exploding.

He lay on his back, looking at a massive blue light, and, at first, he was dumbfounded.

He snapped out of it, scrambling onto the third Pelican, the second currently ablaze, as Banshees strafed it, the doors closing.

The Pelican Lifted, before speeding away.

He heard a deafening scream, and his eyesight went white.

The words that came out of his mouth, wasn't coherent.

Before Otan knew it, he was vaporized, the massive heat turning him into dust.

A SATCOM Satellite took video, of the Covenant ships, glassing the planet, before being vaporized by a shield on a Capital ship.

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The Planet Ubid, along with many more, was glassed, turned to dust. These Soldiers fought their best, and were cut down. The fighting was still to come….