Here is chapter five. I hope you enjoy it. Don't worry I will try and put up the chapters that need to be rewritten when I can. Reviews and Criticism are welcome as always.

updated 8/26/2014: Just fixed some minor grammar changes.

Ch.5

Diana's squad was recalled back to the fort as the aliens were preparing another assault on it. They didn't know when but it could be at any time. When the aliens first attacked, the holograms decimated them, it was a sight. No vid could give that much depth and fear as that moment. Such things had made her miss Hollywood. She was brought out of her zoned out trance as Rictor walked up beside her. They were in apartment building, a fancy one too. Her human squad mates found some nice furniture to lounge in. Rictor, despite being eight feet tall moved more silently than any of them, but that was expected of a nightkin. "We move in five minutes, get Sera and Juan up. They want us back at the fort."

"They can't just communicate orders to your pip-boy." Rictor said sourly.

Diana shrugged, "Something about a special mission. They are just paranoid in case the aliens cracked our inscription."

Rictor nodded and did as instructed without complaint. Diana looked back out at the city seeing a small fire here and there, but all and all the city was in ruins. The fort was barely holding and the war of attrition the aliens were waging was beginning to wear on everyone. Diana put on her helm and walked out followed by Rictor, and Juan and a very grumpy Sera. They carefully made their way out of the building, saving on their stealth generators. The fort wouldn't be too hard to get to as they climbed into the sewers. From there they went to the tunnel system beneath the bulwark of the fort. Diana opened the grate and motioned her team through. She thought she saw movement out the corner of her eye and shined a light on a pile of rubble. She walked over and looked behind it. Nothing, she chalked it up to just seeing things and went back to the tunnel entrance looking back at the pile one last time to be sure before closing the grate behind her.

…

Adrian let out a breath that he had been holding and thanked the spirits that the General Larius had him fitted with a stealth field generator before going out on his mission. He had taken two others with him, they were hiding farther down the tunnels. He smothered the excitement he had knowing he was right about the tunnels. He found the rest of his squad and they made their way back through the sewers. Everything was going well when Baetina, who was on point, held up her hand, "Do you hear that?"

Adrian listened for a few seconds and heard what sounded like heavy breathing. Fater looked nervous. Adrian motioned the group forward anyway. They approached the corner cautiously. Adrian peeked around. He saw a large reptilian creature with long arms and large claws. It had two menacing horns pointing forward running parallel along its snout. It seemed to be cleaning its massive claws. Adrian quickly motioned Fater to lead them back. He did so with haste perhaps too much… another creature jumped out slashed Fater across the chest. Baetina let out a small shriek before firing her weapon at the thing's head. Adrian grabbed her arm and pulled her into a small side room. The creature was too big to fit and tried reaching out with its claws. The other one whom had blocked their path earlier now joined in its counterpart.

He noticed Baetina shaking, and he realized he too was shaking as well. He had to find a way past these monsters otherwise the next assault on the enemy fortifications would end badly. What scared him the most was the fact these creatures had on light armor with the aliens' insignia in the right shoulder pads, a fact he missed while Fater was being torn apart.

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Elder Briggs received a message from Jenna that a shuttle came down carrying a fresh unit of troops and General Williams. He was on his way to the war room. Williams was dressed in grey combat armor and was standing over the map. "Ah, Elder Briggs. It is good you are here," Maro looked at Williams and then to the black armored ranger standing not far away from him. He shook his head at the woman. If it wasn't for her, he wouldn't be down on quarter of his robot reserves. Williams looked from the map to Maro, "I am impressed so far. Luckily the enemy troops are having a hard time getting reinforcements due the battle over the planet. Lucky Yes Man arrived with more reinforcements and yours truly."

"Do you have a point General?" Briggs asked.

"I am not here to usurp your position, merely plan for the counter attack," the General grabbed a mug of coffee from an initiate, "You may be asking why I am not planning up with the fleet? Well the High Elder felt it would be a waste to have me up in a space battle where I wouldn't do much good or case something goes wrong."

"Seems a bit premature don't you think?" Briggs asked.

"Yes it does, but the High Elder says that the battle won't be going on for much longer with the fancy tech Yes Man bought with him."

"Fine what do have in mind if our victory is so assured?"

Williams face darkened, "When we push them back we'll take over one their colonies and pay them back in kind for what happened here. A city for a city."

Briggs sighed, "And just how will we be able to take over one of their colonies."

Williams smirked. "Let's just say it involves something worse than a simple nuke, while being more subtle."

…

Charon wasn't happy about Yes Man's plan. It involved using the cruisers and battle cruisers as shields while the three ships linked power sacrificing them for a weapon that may not even work. The plan banked on this maneuver being necessary to win this battle. As the ships moved into position he had Davners transferred to his ship as hers took another hit and had a core breach. She stood in the bridge with him as the final link was made.

"This is not a good idea sir," Danvers said as another light cruiser was destroyed.

Charon shook his head, "It is all we have. The fourth fleet will not arrive in time to give the breathing room needed to regroup and push them back though the relay."

Danvers frowned, "That'll leave only the fifth and sixth fleets in the heart of Brotherhood territory. If we do push them back what will keep them from doing the same to us if we push to one of their worlds to try and take it."

"The High Elder brought General Williams for that part of the plan. He is planet side right now helping coordinate with Elder Briggs."

"Great, we got it all figured out don't we?"

Charon was about to respond when Yes Man's face appeared on screen, "Well, here goes nothing."

Charon watched as the holoship flickered to life. It was about the size of a cruiser, but the laser that fired out of it was massive destroying an enemy cruiser by slicing it clean in half. Seeing a new threat the aliens opened fire, their mass accelerator rounds hitting nothing but vacuum as they passed though the ship. The ship returned more fire and sliced clean threw an enemy dreadnought. Many more red flashes, and the enemy frigates and heavy cruisers were all exploding with the dreadnoughts in full retreat, limping away from the fight toward the relay. Danvers looked at him, "Holy shit."

"Took the words right out my mouth Carol." Charon replied looking at the scrapyard before him and then to his ships power supply. It was down to less than half but recharging very slowly.

The High Elder appeared on a vid screen, "Admiral, we must press our advantage as soon as the Fourth fleet arrives supplement what we lost. I will send a shuttle to pick up General Williams and we will follow your vanguard force through the relay."

"Aye, The Wanderer stands ready," Charon said with a crisp salute.

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Codex:

Deathstalkers: are intelligent Deathclaws that volunteer Military service. They generally part of hunter-killer teams and black ops taking advantage of the Deathclaws' natural agility and hunting skills. While Deathclaws can choose to serve in the regular military, the Deathstalkers were founded by the Great Scholar Goris and is an option only available to Deathclaws. Goris was a great leader among the intelligent Deathclaws and felt that the Brotherhood and Deathclaws both were not ready for complete assimilation. It was considered a wise move at the time as barriers between Deathclaws and other races were still strained. Now Deathclaws are generally widely accepted and usually only join the Deathstalkers out of tradition.

Brotherhood Marine Ranks:

Squire

Initiate

Knight or Scribe

Knight-Sergeant

Star Paladin (I changed this rank to the highest ranking Noncommissioned Officer).

Knight-Lieutenant

Paladin or Inquisitor

Knight-Captain

Head Paladin and Head Scribe

Sentinel: is sort of a weird limbo rank when the rank of General has already been filled as there can only a certain number of Generals at any given time. The number of generals varies depending on current military size. A Sentinel can be field promoted quickly if a General is killed in battle.

General

Elder

High Elder

Brotherhood Special Ops Ranks:

Wraith

Wraith-Sergeant

Wraith-Captain

Ranger

Elite Ranger

A/N: These are the ranks I have planned. The Brotherhood navy still uses pre-war ranks. Also Rangers and Wraiths are two different divisions of the Black Ops branch. If my ranking system seems a little off, let me know.