Location: Sydney, Australia, Earth, HIGHCOM Facility-Bravo 6
Date: 2497, December 8
Time: 12 days after first deployment of Centurion Alpha-1, 10 days after attempted NOVA detonation by ONI.
"Can we confirm that the Office of Naval Intelligence has indeed gone rogue?"
The man talked, his white UNSC uniform was covered in numerous medals, along with a 5 stars surrounding a planet on his shoulder, his face was wrinkled, eyes glowed green with intelligence and ancient pain, shoulders stiff from his military background, and his eyes scanned the room, waiting for a response.
He was the UNSC Master Admiral, the leader of all UNSC forces.
"Sir, we received a transmission from Captain Butler aboard the UNSC Vicious Killer of Hades. Transmission shows a detailed conversation between a suspected ONI agent and a well-known ONI supervisor, detailing how they set up the Insurrectionist base as a test facility for Centurion Alpha-1. A second transmission intercepted minutes after the field report came in fromAlpha-1 suggests that they don't care about the Spartan casualty, nor the 2 seriously injured."
The door to the circular room opened and a fresh soldier walked in, his eyes opened wide seeing the 17 members of HIGHCOM all in one room surrounding a U-shaped table, with the Master Admiral sitting in the middle. After the moment of pause, he immediately looked at the committee and stated what he knew.
"Sirs, an ONI vessel has de-cloaked roughly 3 minutes from the moon, their passive stealth abilities and blocking the Orbital Defense Grid from getting a lock. Two battle groups are in-bound to intercept."
The Master Admiral analyzed the information in his head before he silently told his personal AI called Cutlass to show the possible battlefield.
And then the AI stated something everyone in the room feared.
"Sir, high levels of fusion energy detected, suggests presence of NOVA-class nuclear weaponry, advised to immediately secure this bunker."
One of the nearby Fleet Admirals stood up and yelled.
"There is no way ONI would deploy a NOVA bomb here! We on Earth for God's sake! They deploy that bomb here they will lose multiple facilities as well!"
Then a General stood up and yelled at the Fleet Admiral.
"Who's to say they haven't already written off those assets? I certainly would, their bases are in the middle of UNSC territory!"
Then the rest of the Admirals and Generals stood up and started yelling at each other, it is not often when all of the Admirals and Generals are in one facility, and they all have a few personal grudges. Chaos was spreading fast until the Master Admiral stood up and angrily yelled.
"Shut up! We are the pride of our people, the best military minds in the UNSC! Stop this meaningless bickering!"
The Master Admiral glanced at the soldier still standing by the door.
"Soldier, I want you to seal those doors and have your sidearm ready. If they break through those doors we do not have any weapons, we will need you to defend us."
The soldier's eyes seemed to ignite with fire, and then responded like a well-trained ONI agent…
"Yes sir, closing doors."
Massive blast doors could be heard closing down the length hallway leading towards the room, lights flashed off, being replaced with dull red ones. The main room simply had a few lights turned off and emergency holographic monitors turned on, displaying the solar system. Here they were safe, at least so they thought, they couldn't hear the soldier whisper something into his mysterious ear piece that was definitely not of UNSC make, as the commotion from the doors was still echoing through the room.
The soldier straightened his back and reported to his superior.
"Bombardier-1 to Alpha-1, all HIGHCOM personal are present, permission to detonate the explosives?"
A strong emotionless voice echoed through the radio, the voice was Centurion Alpha-1's.
"Alpha-1 to Bombardier-1, Operation Black Eye is to proceed. Eliminate HIGHCOM."
"See you on the other side Alpha-1."
The soldier stood up and yelled at the standing members of HIGHCOM
"May Humanity forgive me for removing your sickening hides!"
The man's eyes glowed for a second, and then the low-yield fusion warhead that had embedded inside of his gut detonated, atomizing all the members of HIGHCOM before they could form a reply.
******PERSPECTIVE CHANGE*****
Location: Mars Orbit
Time: 2 minutes after assassination of HIGHCOM
Captain Butler was looking into the depths of space from his command chair when a transmission came through, from the HIGHCOM AI-2490 called Chess.
He opened the message and then immediately noticed the massive red label saying
Do not open this message in the presence of others, use a secure room that blocks monitoring.
"Commander Ryan, you have the bridge. I must check on something."
Commander Ryan hesitated noticing his Captains concern and the bright red message, before averting his eyes and replying crisply.
"Yes sir."
2 minutes later, Captain Butlers quarters
Captain Butler opened the message and then widened his eyes in a second of panic, before his military training kicked in.
Captain Butler, it my duty as HIGHCOM AI to inform you of a new field promotion, you are now Fleet Admiral of the fleet Home-03, you have been selected for emergency promotion regarding JAG-091A-24 regulation for the following;
All HIGHCOM members are KIA
Master Admiral is KIA
Other possible candidates for emergency promotion do not meet the skill requirements; you along with Rear Admiral Hood are in charge of the defense of Earth and all her colonies. A new Master Admiral will be decided upon by all other HIGHCOM-AI and MilNavy-AI. The candidates are as follows;
Rear Admiral Hood
Fleet Admiral Butler
Admiral Parongsky
All other Navy members are either incapable of leading UNSC forces or cannot for other reasons.
As of now Fleet Admiral Butler, you are to transfer to Project Homeworld to receive a new ship along with loyal UNSC crewmembers. Once you arrive at the facility to receive the ship, you will receive Level 10 classified information regarding that ship, you are to deploy immediately to the facility and return with the fleet called "End of All Things" and eliminate any remaining ONI assets and re-organize ONI into "The Board of Information and Technology" (BIT).
2 critical points to the war effort;
-UNSC Spartans have remained loyal
-Just before the assassination of HIGHCOM, a message was intercepted using Centurion Alpha-1's radio sign. It is possible since ONI trained the Centurions that they may become an enemy.
Recommendation:
-Use Spartans to eliminate ONI field teams and assets
-If a Centurion is spotted, I highly recommend bombardment from orbit using SHIVA class nukes or MAC strikes.
New Assets of ONI:
ONI has been found to have the ability to use energy shielding, as demonstrated on the prowler above Circumstance before its destruction. After a few calculations, I suggest to remain open to the idea that ONI has Directed Energy Weapons.
New Assets of UNSC:
All tech located on *REDACTED, PLEASE MEET WITH HIGHCOM AI TO RETRIEVE DATA* is available to use, including *REDACTED* bombs, *REDACTED*-class warships,*REDACTED* weaponry and new *REDACTED* Mk I powered armor.
Captain Nemo has been recovered from the wreckage of the Nautilus, after replacing 3 limbs with prosthetics and an eyeball, I highly recommend that you use your new powers to promote Captain Nemo to Admiral underneath JAG-091A-24-FP Regulations; he will be a loyal Admiral.
Fleet Admiral Butler, please report to the facility ASAP and prepare to transfer to new ship. All the redacted information will be provided upon arrival in the new ships captain's quarters. Upon arrival your fleet of 76 ships containing mostly Paris-class heavy frigates, all crewmen will transfer to your new fleet, they will be sworn to secrecy.
And do not worry about not having enough space on the new ships, there is plenty.
But you will only have 13 new ships.
END MESSAGE
Capt- no, Fleet Admiral Butler was astonished, he had never expected this. He had just been promoted from a meager Captain to a Fleet Admiral, sure he was a very popular captain, one who literally wrote a rule into the book of space warfare, and had commanded serious respect from superiors in both UNSC and ONI. And now he was preparing to receive a new fleet from a black ops project so big that he had to redeploy all of his fleet to switch ships.
He couldn't wait to get his hands on this new warship…
******AUTHORS NOTES******
Sorry about the short chapter, after receiving a kindly review from DarkDeathTrooper I decided to cut this chapter short and write the next chapter on Monday when I get back from my Grandparents house.
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Now to the reviews!
Ravemonster bloody hell, ONI has done it.
Indeed they have, wait until you see what happens in the oncoming chapters.
DarkDeathTrooper: This is an amazing take on the Halo universe that I absolutely love. That's a fav, a follow, and a thumbs-up from me. Keep up the good work!
Thanks mate! Positive reviews help me get through writers block when I encounter it!
Now for a massive spoiler!
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My plan for the rest of the book is as follows:
The Centurions AI (Will be really short, like maybe 1k words)
The Homeworld-class (Mostly information on the new ships and a field test)
Data Wars (Black Box and Cortana have a little chat involving a certain Centurion)
Operation: Retribution (The UNSC take the fight to ONI)
Centurio de hoc mors (Translate this from Latin to English if you want to know this one)
Silence Will Fall (After a very bloody battle between ONI and the UNSC)
The Last Resort (ONI pulls all plugs on their secret weapons)
Mundi morte (Same thing as before, Latin to English translate on Google) "World Death"
Operation: Silent Death (Assassination of ONI Director)
Revelations (The AI Collective reveals themselves)
Exercitus de mors (Same as before, Google Translate from Latin to English) "Army of Death"
Orbital Bombardment (UNSC eliminates a major threat unleashed by ONI)
Doctor Catherine Halsey (Doctor Catherine Halsey is rescued from ONI by Alpha)
The Hamanume (Halsey reveals secret dig sites to the UNSC)
CENTURION Mk. IV (UNSC reveals new armor for Alpha)
Emotions are a fickle thing (Alpha experiences a rare emotion)
Preparing for The End (UNSC gathers itself to prepare for the final assault against ONI)
Naval Engagement (Massive battle above ONIs last stronghold)
Meet the Wet Navy (ONI reveals a massive surprise, UNSC receives massive devastation)
Ground Engagements (Spartans vs. The World)
annihilatio spartam (Again, Google translate from Latin to English) "Annihilation of Spartans"
Loyalties Change (Alpha has second thoughts, turning the tides)
Death of a King (You can guess this one)
Operation: Clean Slate
Timeline (Timeline from this to the sequel "The Centurion: First Contact", will also be posted on the sequel)
As per usual, let me know if I spelled anything wrong or if I did not clarify something enough! ;)
