Chapter 11-Changes to come
It had been a full year since the nuclear bombing of Cranagan …..
The observation from the TSAB main headquarters, had shown what had happened using special drones, all of which were shot down.
The usage of the Arc en Ciel was horrible, as the weapon was made for usage against legitimate threats, like lost logia and other such things, but now it was being used to bombard their own world, they place they had used the weapon to defend.
It pretty much made the rebels usage of the mass based reactive weapons quite valid.
The reason being that while it was illegal for a magic world to posses such weapons, the people who were on Mid-Childa had no magic, and thus no magic ways of fighting, which meant that the usage of mass-based weapons had become warranted, and the only viable option.
The people assembled then realized that a signal was starting to come in to, and then on a magitek screen appeared the words:
RDF
The techs then told them that it was from Mid-Childa, from the resistance, then another more detailed message came in.
"This is the Reclaimer Defense Force, we have managed to gain establish a sort of dimensional link to your system, but it only lasts a very short time since the system is a non-magic based system, but were working on extending the time, we are still fighting and are preparing to mount a large scale attack, combined with an assault on the orbital stations, the attack will be the liberation of the city of Radis and the retaking of the Saint Churches territory from enemy hands, the attack will unfortunately involve the usage of our nuclear devices, but we believe that they will be clean enough after how we modified them, this transmission will contain the specifications for our specialty nuclear radiation cleaner, RAD-DOWN."
They soon received the data, and found that it was true, the RAD-DOWN was a special airborne micro-machine system that used the energy from the nuclear blast for power, could replicate quickly and were set to create a type of radiation barrier that kept the radiation from the bomb trapped in the area of the blast zone, and then to break down the radiation through a rather complex means that left many especially the blue-haired cyborg that was with them, thinking till smoke was coming out, no wait, its actually only Subaru.
They soon lost the signal and knew that whatever happened, it was up to the RDF to at that point.
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The cyborgs were slowly settling into their new quarters, located on orbital station 1, and had been in rehab for a long period, ever since the nuclear bombing of the capital, which wiped out the small populace and virtually all of the defensive forces, with the EMP destroying the vital components of the gadgets and cyborgs and the blast destroying those who weren't taken out by the EMP.
All in all, it was a miracle that they had even lived, and that they were even back to being combat ready.
They looked at the images from the bombing, the area of Cranagan replaced by three large craters, with hardly any buildings left, the destruction clear as day, though it turns out that the nuclear devices had an anti-radiation system that quickly eliminated the radiation in the atmosphere.
With the destruction of Cranagan, there were only five other defended areas on Neo-Belka, and that was the cities Radis, Valian, and the coastal city Hadia, and the two defended structures in the Saint Churches territory, the Saint Church itself and the Church buildings that were located near the Saint Church itself.
Then a call came in from Uno, and it said that the rebels were launching another major attack, and it was against the orbital defenses …..
….. station 5 to be specific.
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In space, soundless explosions filled the void, as the Sabre's of Veil flight tore into the defenders, using medusa's and MITV's to thin the numbers.
Then the Sabre bombers released a swarm of MITV's, tearing right through the shield, and then the Archer II's tore into the hull and soon explosions began to rip into the station, but it still was active.
Then a modified version of the Sabre came in, equipped with plasma engine for better speed and power, and it was larger than the others, and it had a large weapons bay on its bottom as well as two smaller ones on its top, then from the bottom bay came a new weapon, which was more specifically, Plasma Torpedoes, made to be carried in large numbers on the newly made version of the Sabre, and the torpedoes, strengthened by the technology of the Forerunners, detonated throughout the station, and soon the whole station lit up from the explosions, which were blue instead of purple due to the modifications.
As the station fell, the squadron re-entered the atmosphere, heading straight back to base.
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The city of Radis had been reinforced by newer Type XI anti-air gadgets, which carried potent focused laser weapons, and other gadgets as well as teams of cyborgs, were going throughout the city.
Their day was rudely interrupted.
Three large squadrons of Osprey drones were flying in at their maximum speeds, then they released their payloads, which consisted of a large amount of MITV's, which were mostly fired at the AA positions, destroying many AA sites in one pass, though the remaining AA shot down fourteen Osprey's, but the damage caused had wiped out three-fourths of the cities AA, then next that came was a flight of F100 Falcon Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle B variant its size being between the size of a regular Osprey and the new Sabre variants, and had newer and better plasma engines, and the each carried a newly made weapon, the Anvil-V Air-to-Surface, Fuel Air Explosive (FAE), Missiles, the missiles carried on a weapons bay that was created for the falcons, and then they released their loads, and all hell is unleashed, the Anvil-V's completely wiping out the enemy positions.
Afterward, a large force of Scorpions and Grizzly's rolled in, and with a minimal effort, wiped the last enemy resistance, though they ended up leveling a whole building to kill the last few.
The city was soon fully retaken, and the enemy forces had been completely routed.
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The two Combat Cyborgs, Tre and Sette, were in a full retreat.
They would have fought on had conditions been better, but they had a rather good reason for fleeing.
Tre was almost blown apart as a 110 mm cannon shell almost did her in, chasing her and Sette was a Sabre II, armed with a Gauss Cannon, and carrying two 110 mm rotary cannons in an integrated aerodynamic weapons pack on the top of the fuselage, which was sending multiple shells at the two.
Even one of the shells could more than easily cut through their barriers and turn them into nothing but mist in a heartbeat, so they had no other choice but to flee.
The Saint Churches territory was open for an attack by the RDF.
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Sora was running through the church buildings as artillery shells from the far off Cobras roared in, using pin-point precision as they blew apart gadget drone positions and cyborg holdouts.
Overhead a flight of the new Falcon drones flew overhead, using new Anvil-V's to destroy large-scale troop concentrations in a matter of moments, the battle quickly becoming a one sided fight.
Sora fired the DMR at a combat cyborg using needles to strike down RDF soldiers, the armor-piercing penetrator slugs bringing down its barrier in one moment and then blasting through its brain in the next moment.
Then a massive blast blew up a group of RDF marines (all recruits are given marine training in the RDF), and caused great damage to a grizzly, leaving it unable to function.
Then another blast came in and almost blew Sora to kingdom come, luckily she got into a building and successfully avoided the debris, then she went to the roof and managed to spot the shooter on a distant building using a video link from an Osprey drone, showing that it was a cyborg, one of the Numbers to be precise.
Combat Cyborg number 10, Dieci.
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Dieci just kept aiming and firing, still trying to get a proper feel for her weapon after having to be heavily repaired after the nuclear attack on Clanagan.
Thankfully the rebels used an advanced technology to get rid of all the radiation from the bomb, so all that had to be done was to repair the damage, which still took almost a year.
Dieci targeted a group of warthogs and fired, destroying all the warthogs in short order, and then locked onto a landing Falcon transport, and then fired a shot that blew it and its passengers apart.
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"This is Sora over, we are pinned down by Combat Cyborg Number 10, I repeat Number 10 has us pinned down," said Sora through the Comm.'s.
"Copy that, Halsey is sending you some backup, and this backups has just the item you need," came the voice of Haki, a member of the command and control team on sight.
A Pelican flies in, firing at any gadgets that get close and soon lands on the field, and out of it steps the Spartan Linda, and she is carrying a large rifle that appeared to be a split down the length of the the barrel which had an angular shape, and had a slightly bulky design and what looked like a power cell on the underside of the main body as well as cartridges which had large slugs that had appeared to have energy in them.
"What weapon is that," asked Sora.
"This, this is the M100 Longinus Gauss Rifle, a more enhanced version of the Stanchion Gauss Rifle, this thing uses a rechargeable plasma cell to fire special plasma infused slugs, the plasma being used to charge the rifle itself, and today will be its first test, and if it doesn't work, I will officially say that Forerunner tech is all hype," finished Linda.
With that Linda prepared the weapon and took aim at Dieci's location.
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"This is Dieci, I have a lock on an enemy rebel super-soldier, designated: SPARTAN, the enemy has my position, I am taking my shot," said Dieci.
Dieci locked on and fired her shot, being 'energy bullet', and it went straight Sora and Linda's location.
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"Shot ready in three-two-one, firing," said Linda as she fired the Longinus.
The rifle fired its shot as a beam of glowing blue energy appeared, the plasma-charged cannon also fired a sort of beam, in which the round had been heavily energized, causing the energy from the shot to compact around the slug, and this caused an effect that allowed the slug to penetrate Diecis shot, and it traveled down the whole beam, an entered the barrel of Dieci's cannon.
The round detonated right next to Dieci's head, tearing her body apart an explosion of plasma energy.
Then and there the battle shifted immediately and the church was secured and they also found Dieci's body as well, and they considered killing her and leaving her for dead, but Pace defended Dieci, who was unknowingly still conscious and heard how Pace defended her, then came the voice of a woman over a radio who said that there were other ways to handle the matter, and said that they would have a different way, knowing that by the doctor's psyche and the data gathered from observing the Numbers, that they were taught only to fight and nothing of the world, the other cyborgs knew but just simply did not care and could not be brought over, meaning that they may have had emotional tampering.
The woman who called herself Halsey asked the soldiers to bring the girl to the base for a better explanation of the matter and to be fixed up, since in her condition she would die.
Afterwards, they loaded her body onto a Pelican and took off, destination RDF Command.
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"Doctor we have an emergency," said Uno through the system.
"What is it," said Jail.
"Dieci's signal has disappeared, we can't find her anywhere," said Uno.
"What, what do you mean," said the rapidly confused Jail.
"She was sent to defend the Saint Church territory, but the forces there were defeated, and she herself is gone, it could mean that," said Uno.
"No, we'll find her," the Doctor suddenly became calm.
"Should we send out a search party," said Uno.
"Not at this moment, we must first crush the rebellion, more than likely they have captured her, we will find her, and this rebellion will be put down," Jail began raving.
"Understood," said Uno as the screen shut off.
With that the doctor was in his lair, which was at that time in the Saint's Cradle, and observed from their as the other Numbers fought on, knowing even if the land is taken, the rebels were stuck on the ground and will fail, and there was nothing they could do.
Or could they….
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Within the base Halsey watched over a very large area and saw as a large amount of mist cleared out to reveal …..
… a shipyard.
A small fleet was being made at the yard, which used the same technology of the shield world to make it many times bigger on the inside than on the outside, and in it was produced five ships, three receiving ammo and two almost completed.
It had the shape of a UNSC frigate but was larger than a covenant corvette, and was larger length-wise by a third and height-wise by a fourth, carried two large MAC guns in the area where the regular one would, be and were modified to reach one-hundred percent charge quickly, fire faster, and carried energized slugs for more destructive power, newer Archer V missiles that had faster speed, could have a regular, nuclear, plasma warhead, and could also be filled with many micro-missiles for a massive burst attack in 30 pods, 20 point defense guns on several positions of the ship, and ten twin defensive railgun turrets, 4 on the main hull and 6 on the aft section, and on the aft end was a large module that contained launchers for plasma torpedoes (they were trying to work on the plasma guns, and hoped to finish soon), and launch bays on either side for Sabre's, and Osprey and Hawk drones.
It was a powerful force, but the offensive against Jails last stronghold would take a new force altogether, and most of the production was into making the ships.
They needed a surprise, but what?
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A Covenant Separatist CCS-class Battlecruiser suddenly got caught in a small anomaly in space, forcing its rather specific crew to flee, and then the slip space drive set a random yet strangely specific set of co-ordinates, and with that …
….. the CCS disappeared.
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An alarm in the base activated and soon RDF forces raced to find out what was happening, but Light provided the answer.
"A slip-space gate is activating, a ship is about to enter the facility, origin, Sol System."
Everyone raced to the gate to find out what was coming through, and soon saw it, Sora, Pace, the Spartans, and Mendez with most of the personnel, then they saw the rather horribly familiar shape of the purple, bulbous ship as it exited entirely.
"It's a covenant cruiser, CCS-class, all soldiers get to battl-."
"That will not be needed, they are sending their coming in peace signal and also they have a message, the speaker being a 'Lord Hood'?"
"He's one of the biggest names and pretty much the leader of the UNSC, put the message through," said Mendez.
"Beginning message," said Unyielding Light as a large screen and hundreds of other screens in the base displayed the message.
Soon, it showed the face of Lord Hood, who appeared to be a rather old yet strong looking leader, and he started to speak.
"This is Lord Terrence Hood, to all those who listen to this message, the war has ended, but at great cost, and in the end because it began because of the greed of one being, Arbiter I believe this is your part," he said to another figure near him.
A large, bipedal, reptilian-like alien with four mandibles and wearing a suit of silver armor came into view and spoke in rather clear English.
"Humans who hear this, I know you may not believe the words I say, but know that Lord Hoods words are true, the war has ended, and the one who began it all has been slain by my hand, that being the bastard High Prophet of Truth, he used the legend of Halo to create a lie insinuating that your people committed a heinous act of heresy against our gods the Forerunners, and the war started because of this, only after the truth of Halo, of what it would have done had we used it, allowed us to see the real truth, and that the Prophet of Truth created the greatest lie that could have existed and caused us to attack the ones that had been truly selected by our gods to inherit what they left behind, even with him finally dead and the Halo's stopped both my race and myself still feel great shame from what we have done, and know that we can do nothing right the wrongs we know we have committed, but we can do what we can to ensure your race prospers, and as a direct order to all Separatist craft of the Covenant Separatist Forces, they are to immediately aid any humans they come across without fail, and ensure that they are protected from any forces that may bring them harm, this both a request and an order to those who know of the prophets lies, and seek redemption and to those humans who are listening to this recording, I am truly sorry for what has happened and wish I could do more, but what I can assure is that whoever the crew consists of, will aid you in your venture."
The message ended, and then the ship began to set down, and soon the Spartans, Sora, Pace and Halsey waited at the universal docking cradle near one end of the obscenely large room, and out of it ….
….. came weird alien creatures that looked like worms with gas bags on them.
"Harugok," said Halsey, "better known as engineers, these creatures are in fact creations of the forerunners, and they are basically living super-computers, and tend to want to study anything in sight, and they are capable of interfacing with machinery, and can take apart, assemble, repair, and enhance any technology they find in short order, and they are practically harmless, they don't even react to being attacked, kind of a sad thing really."
"So," said Sora, "these guys were flying the ship," she finished as more flew around, starting to go everywhere.
"No, I think that was them," said a nervous sounding Pace, and then she saw the Spartans tense up and reach for weapons but Halsey stopped them with a hand gesture.
Sora turned and then stared at a very large and very tall creature, which was covered in large amounts of armor, and had a very large shield in the place where the hand would be on its arm, and the other arm had a very big energy cannon on it, and it appeared that worms were going around underneath the whole thing.
"Mgalekgolo," began Halsey, "known as Hunters, they are the covenants heavy assault troopers, and are only armed with one powerful shield and a fuel-rod cannon, but this is pretty much their only combat form, I managed to read through some info we took from the Covenant, and it turns out that the Lekgolo, we'll call them hunters for now, are in reality a very peaceful and docile race, and are in fact worm-like creatures that always live in large colonies, the hunters themselves being a bunch of them in a humanoid form, they bear no hatred or ill will, though only if they are not attacked, they only made combat troops because it was either they fought or they Covenant killed them off since their race had inadvertently been eating Forerunner artifacts as meals, which made them a target for the Covenant, though they were able to get on the good side of the Covenant before their race almost got killed off."
"So, what do we do with them, does anyone even know how to speak to them," asked Sora.
"I can provide a solution," said Light as a Sentinel came in carrying a container with a headband of sorts.
"Put one on, if you would," said Light, Pace, Sora and Halsey placing them on.
"Activating, universal communicator online," said Light.
Then Sora heard a voice, and then realized she could her the Hunter, along with Pace and Halsey, and soon Halsey struck a deal, the hunters heard of Jail and his combat cyborgs, who while they looked human were in fact killing machines that were made to kill even though they look human, and Jail was ordering them to go around and oppress the people of the planet, and about the RDF, it's operations and successes, and that they would need help to end the fighting and asked the Hunters.
The Hunters agreed, believing that they had been sent to the Forerunner base to aid the people on the planet to throw off their oppressors, and with that the deal was struck.
The next battle that came up, Jail and the cyborgs were going to get a very big surprise, and it also allowed Halsey to start a new project, one that could only be done with Lekgolo, making it even lmore certain that they were brought in to help, and with them …
….. Jail would and will FALL.