GT25's Versus Series: Rebel Marine vs. Colonial Marine
Hello, and welcome to the Versus Series. In this series, we will compare warriors from across the many universes of all forms of fiction and analyze their weapons, armor, and x-factors to see who would win in a hypothetical battle. For this installment, we will compare two groups of marines from the world of science fiction with the Rebel Marines from Star Wars and the Colonial Marines from Aliens. For this installment, we will take the Rebel Marines during the Battle of Endor in the old Expanded Universe and the Colonial Marines during the events of Aliens: Colonial Marines with information provided from their respective universes. Despite these two groups being more well known than others, I will still provide a brief summary of their histories for those who aren't as familiar with them.
History of the Warriors
Upon the Corellian Treaty being accepted by many resistance groups two years before the Battle of Yavin, the Alliance to Restore the Republic would be established and formally declared war against the Galactic Empire. As they gained support and became a credible military threat to the Empire, the Rebel Alliance would form a class of soldiers known as the Alliance Fleet troopers, or simply Rebel Marines. Tasked with defending Alliance Fleet starships from boarding parties and boarding Imperial starships, the Rebel Marines would help in battling the Empire with them often taking on stormtroopers and being armed with a variety of weapons. While often out matched by boarding parties of the Imperial Fleet, these marines would still battle to protect the starships they were stationed on and their crews. After the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Marines would be reformed under the New Republic a year later as the New Republic Marines.
In the year 2104, the United Americas would be established by the merging of North, Central, and South America as a response to the formation and growth of the Three World Empire. As both started to exploring and colonizing other planets, they would create the United Americas Allied Command with their primary force being the United States Colonial Marine Corps which was founded three years before the Americas merged together. After two years, the Colonial Marines would help in the Torin Prime Civil War and battled a group of terrorist rebels called the J'har along with the United Americas Loyalists who remained on the planet. The group would reach their peak in 2165 during the Teintsin campaign with over 240,000 marines in service. However, this number would decrease during the next fourteen years and would be called by the company Weyland-Yutani as a security force. In the year 2179, a team of Colonial Marines would arrive to LV-426 where they'd battle against a horde of Xenomorphs though most would be killed by these ferocious creatures.
Close Range
DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol (Rebel Marine): The DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol is a powerful and reliable sidearm used by the Rebel Alliance as it can penetrate stormtrooper armor with ease. This heavy blaster pistol fires bolts of plasma, or 'blaster bolts', with a power pack that can last for fifty shots. The DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol has a length of 12.3 inches and weighs 2.87 pounds with a maximum range of 75 meters.
H&K VP70 (Colonial Marine): The H&K VP70 is one of several types of pistols used by the Colonial Marines as one of their standard sidearms and operates on a blowback system. This pistol fires the 9x19mm Parabellum round with the weapon using an eighteen round detachable box magazine. The H&K VP70 has a length of 8 inches and weighs 1.81 pounds with an effective range of 50 meters.
Verdict: The DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol gets the edge. Despite the H&K VP70 being shorter by 4.3 inches and lighter by 1.06 pounds, the DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol has the greater range by 25 meters and has 32 more shots in its power pack compared to the magazine of the pistol.
Medium Range
DH-17 Blaster Pistol (Rebel Marine): The DH-17 Blaster Pistol is a blaster primarily used for shipboard combat and was a common weapon used by the Rebel Alliance. This blaster pistol fires bolts of plasma with a power pack that can last for about a hundred shots, though the plasma gas cartridge used in the DH-17 could last for five hundred shots much like the E-11 Blaster Rifle. The DH-17 Blaster Pistol has a length of 16.9 inches and weighs 5 pounds with a maximum range of 120 meters.
M39 Submachine Gun (Colonial Marine): The M39 Submachine Gun is a submachine gun typically used by the Colonial Marines in urban areas and most likely operates on a rotating breech system with an electronic pulse action. This submachine gun most likely fires a 9mm caseless round with the weapon using a forty-eight round detachable box magazine. The M39 Submachine Gun most likely has a length of 27.2 inches and possibly weighs 5.8 pounds with a possible range of 200 meters.
Verdict: The DH-17 Blaster Pistol gets the edge. Despite the M39 Submachine Gun has a greater range of 80 meters, the DH-17 Blaster Pistol is shorter by 10.3 inches and lighter by 12.8 ounces along with having 52 more shots due to its power pack compared to the magazine of the submachine gun.
Long Range
A280 Blaster Rifle (Rebel Marine): The A280 Blaster Rifle is a blaster rifle used by the Rebel Alliance and considered one of the best armor piercing blasters produced during the Galactic Civil War. This blaster rifle fires bolts of plasma with a power pack that can last for about thirty shots. The A280 Blaster Rifle most likely has a length of 39.6 inches and weighs 14.77 pounds with a maximum range of 300 meters.
M41A Pulse Rifle (Colonial Marine): The M41A Pulse Rifle is an assault rifle that is the primary infantry weapon of the Colonial Marines and operates on a rotating breech system with an electronic pulse action. This assault rifle fires the 10x24mm Caseless round with the weapon using a ninety-nine round detachable box magazine, though it is loaded to ninety-five rounds to prevent jamming. In addition, the weapon has an integrated U1 Grenade Launcher that fires four M4 HEDP Grenades. The M41A Pulse Rifle has a length of 33.07 inches and weighs about 10.8 pounds with an effective range of 500 meters.
Verdict: The M41A Pulse Rifle gets the edge. Despite the armor piercing blaster bolts of the A280, the M41A has a greater range by 200 meters along with being shorter by 6.53 inches and lighter by 3.97 pounds. Plus, the M41A has an integrated grenade launcher to use and has 65 more bullets in its magazine than the shots in the power pack of the A280.
Sniper Rifles
E-17d Sniper Rifle (Rebel Marine): The E-17d Sniper Rifle is a type of blaster rifle used by the Rebel Alliance which was extremely accurate over long distances. This sniper rifle fires bolts of plasma with a power pack that can last for five shots. The E-17d Sniper Rifle most likely has a length of 47.5 inches and weighs about 17.64 pounds with a maximum range of 450 meters.
M4RA Battle Rifle (Colonial Marine): The M4RA Battle Rifle is a bullpup rifle used by the Colonial Marines as a secondary infantry weapon and operates on a rotating breech system with an electronic pulse action. This battle rifle fires the 10x28mm Caseless round with the weapon using a fifteen round detachable box magazine. The M4RA Battle Rifle most likely has a length of 40.35 inches and weighs about 12.5 pounds with a possible range of 500 meters.
Verdict: The M4RA Battle Rifle gets the edge. While the blaster bolts of the E-17d are the more damaging round, the M4RA has the greater range by 50 meters along with being shorter by 7.15 inches and lighter by 5.14 pounds. Plus, the battle rifle has ten more rounds in its magazine than the power pack of the sniper rifle.
Special Weapons
Vibro-dagger (Rebel Marine): The Vibro-dagger is a type of vibroweapon that utilizes an internal sonic generator to cause the blade to vibrate and make even a glancing blow into a huge, gruesome wound. This dagger has an 8 inch durasteel blade with a total length of 14 inches and weighs 2.2 pounds.
M37A2 Shotgun (Colonial Marine): The M37A2 Shotgun is a combat shotgun that was used by the Colonial Marines and operates on a pump-action system. This shotgun makes use of 12-gauge shells with the weapon having a tube magazine that holds seven shells plus one in the chamber. The M37A2 Shotgun has a length of 22.5 inches and weighs 6.1 pounds with a possible range of 40 meters.
Verdict: The M37A2 Shotgun gets the edge. Simply put, a shotgun is way more deadly than any dagger, even this one, and can kill from a distance.
Explosives
Thermal Detonator (Rebel Marine): The Thermal Detonator is a type of grenade used by many factions that uses a thermite and buranium charge in a durasteel casing. This grenade most likely has a length of 4.5 inches and weighs 14 ounces with a possible blast radius of six meters.
M40 HEDP Grenade (Colonial Marine): The M40 High Explosive Dual Purpose, or HEDP, Grenade is a type of high explosive grenade that be used by either throwing it or being fired from the U1 Launcher. When used as a grenade, the user can flip off the red plastic cap and depress the button to trigger a three second fuse. This grenade most like has a length of 2.5 inches and weighs 10 ounces with a blast radius of five meters.
Verdict: The Thermal Detonator gets the edge. While the M40 HEDP Grenade can be launched from a grenade launcher, the Thermal Detonator has a slightly larger blast radius and its larger size also means that it can create more shrapnel.
Armor
Blast Vest and Blast Helmet (Rebel Marine): Despite most of the Rebel Alliance not making use of armor, the Rebel Marines would make use a type of armor known as a blast vest as body armor. The blast vest is a type of light armor which protects the torso of a humanoid being. This vest was made of a type of material that protected the user's torso from physical attacks such as shrapnel from explosive grenades or bullets from slugthrowers. However, despite the name, this vest only offered minimal protection from blaster bolts and leaves the user's limbs exposed.
In addition to this body armor, the Rebel Marines also made use of a white blast helmet with visors and an extended neck guard at the back. This blast helmet could provide limited protection from physical attacks such as shrapnel from explosive grenades and bullets from slugthrowers along with blaster bolts. While most often used to protect the head of the user from injury, the visor is often screwed up which left the user's face and part of their neck exposed.
M3 Pattern Personal Armor and M10 Pattern Ballistic Helmet (Colonial Marine): When going on a mission, the Colonial Marines made use of the M3 Pattern Personal Armor as their primary form of body armor. This combat armor is composed of a vest much like a cuirass to protect the chest, a flexible pad of armor which covers the front abdomen and groin, greaves, and webbing that are comprised with an equipment belt with keepers and bandoleers much like suspenders. It was often common practice to discard damaged pieces of the armor and replace them with new sections almost immediately.
This armor is mostly made up of four layers with the outer layer being an ultra-light titanium-alumide alloy with a layer of a hard ceramic called 'boron carbide resin' under it. Under this is a layer of graphite-composite carbon fibre and the inside of this armor is lined with a woven layer. These layers allow the M3 Pattern Personal Armor to stop low powered ball ammunition and provided some protection from impact fused explosive bullets and grenades or artillery fragments. However, direct hits from high velocity ball ammunition and High Explosive Armor Piercing small arm rounds would penetrate it along with the armor leaving the user's arms and thighs exposed.
In addition to this body armor, the Colonial Marines also made use of the M10 Pattern Ballistic Helmet that was used with the M3 armor. Made from the same material as the M3 armor, this helmet could withstand hits from glancing blows, fragments of grenades or artillery, and some small ammunition. However, direct hits or strikes from high velocity or armor piercing ammunition would pierce through it and the helmet left the user's face and neck exposed.
Verdict: The Blast Vest and Blast Helmet gets the edge. When looking at their body armor, both the Blast Vest and M3 Pattern Personal Armor can hold up against bullets and fragments from explosives as well as strikes from melee weapons. However, the M3 Pattern Personal Armor isn't made to take on energy weapons such as blasters and the Blast Vest can hold up against most slugthrowers which are basically normal firearms. This holds true when comparing the Blast Helmet and M10 Pattern Ballistic Helmet with both also leaving the user's face and at least part of their neck exposed. So, the Blast Vest and Blast Helmet are more likely to hold up in this battle than the M3 Pattern Personal Armor and M10 Pattern Ballistic Helmet.
X-Factors
Experience: The Colonial Marines get the edge. By the time of the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Marines had spend six years battling the Galactic Empire and pirates in both defending Alliance Fleet starships and boarding opposing starships. By October of the year 2179, the Colonial Marines have dealt with human rebels of extraterrestrial colonies and the local lifeforms on other planets along with Xenomorphs and mercenaries employed by Weyland-Yutani.
Audacity: As part of the Rebel Alliance, the Rebel Marines were willing to risk their lives to fight against the Galactic Empire and battle against Imperial boarding parties without hesitation. As they had to be ready for immediate deployment, the Colonial Marines were willing to enter battle against humans or lifeforms from other planets without additional training, provisions, or back up.
Ferocity: Having to battle against the Galactic Empire and pirates, the Rebel Marines would battle against boarding parties and would board opposing starships for their cause. As part of the United Americas Allied Command, the Colonial Marines are the major striking element in combat and battled against both rebels and local lifeforms from other planets.
Technology: The Rebel Marines get the edge. Much like with many other groups across the galaxy, the Rebel Marines made use of blaster weaponry which fire plasma bolts and some armor that could protect them against such weapons. Coming from the late 22nd century, the Colonial Marines make use of firearms that fire caseless ammunition and most of these firearms have an electronic pulse action operation.
Match Information: This is a seven on seven match with nothing else being taken into account.
The Set Up: On an abandoned transport spaceship, a squad of Rebel Marines are searching the ship as a squad of Colonial Marines investigate a distress signal from the ship.
BATTLE
In one of the hangers of a large transport starship in the middle of deep space, a Lambda-Class T-4a Shuttle with the Alliance emblem on either side of the central stationary wing prepares to take off as seven beings are in the hanger. All of them are wearing blue shirts with long sleeves and grey trousers with black Blast Vests over their shirts and black calf length boots along with four of them having Blast Helmets. Their leader is a normal human with his hair hidden by his Blast Helmet who is armed with an A280 Blaster Rifle in his hands and has a DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol holstered on his belt. Next to him is a female Mon Calamari with the sleeves of her shirt rolled up who has a DH-17 Blaster Pistol in her hands.
Close to them is a woman, who has an appearance of Asian descent and is wearing a Blast Helmet, with a E-17d Sniper Rifle in her hands and a DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol holstered on her belt. She turns to a male Sullustan who has an A280 Blaster Rifle in his hands with the same blaster pistol holstered on his belt and the alien gives her a nod. Close to them is another woman who has a Blast Helmet on her head, holding a DH-17 Blaster Pistol in her hands with a few Thermal Detonators and a Medpac on her belt, and is talking to a male Murachuan with blue skin. Said alien being has an A280 Blaster Rifle in his hands with a DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol holstered and a Vibro-dagger sheathed on his belt.
The final member is a human that has a dark skin tone with a Blast Helmet on his head who has an A280 Blaster Rifle in his hands with a DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol holstered on his belt with him walking up to the team's leader. These being, in order of appearance, are Karlos, Cha, Juno, Neb, Iella, Saffi, and Oron. These seven are Rebel Marines who have been sent to investigate a message that was the Alliance Fleet had intercepted calling for help.
Rebel Marines: 7
As the shuttle takes off and flies out of the hanger, Karlos looks to the others and says, "Alright, listen up. You know why we're here, so be ready for combat. We'll be heading to the cargo bay and see what they were transporting. Juno, be ready to break off."
"Yes, sir," Juno says with a nod.
"Alright, let's move!" Karlos tells the group before he leads the group out of the hanger and into the corridors of the transport starship with him taking point.
In another hanger on the other side of the large transport starship, a UD-4L Cheyenne rests in the hanger as a group of people are standing about five feet away from it with two more coming out of the dropship. All of these people are wearing M3 Pattern Personal Armor and M10 Pattern Ballistic Helmets with them having other equipment with their armor and a H&K VP70 holstered on their belts. The leader of this group is a woman who has a M41A Pulse Rifle in her hands as she's next to a man with a M39 Submachine Gun in his left hand and a M314 Motion Tracker in his right hand as he uses it to check their surroundings.
Not far from them is a black man who has a M4RA Battle Rifle in his hands along with three M40 HEDP Grenades in one of his bandoleers standing with another woman who has a M39 Submachine Gun in her hands. Close to them is a black man who has a M41A Pulse Rifle in his hands before he turns to see the two who came out of the dropship. These two are both men with the first having a M37A2 Shotgun in his hands while the other is holding a M41A Pulse Rifle in his hands.
These people, in order of appearance, are Kristina, Dylan, Mac, Hana, Troy, Calvin, and Aleser. These seven are Colonial Marines who have been arrived to the starship due to the distress signal that was sent out.
Rebel Marines: 7
Colonial Marines: 7
"We have some movement," Dylan says loudly, looking at the motion tracker, "Signal's clean. Range, thirty meters and coming from the west."
"Alright, I'll take point," Kristina tells the others, "Move out!"
Kristina quickly takes point as Dylan moves behind her while keeping his motion tracker out as he and the other Colonial Marines leave the hanger and start moving down the corridors of the starship.
As the Rebel Marines keep moving forward in the corridors, they find a doorway and Karlos motions to surround the door just in case. When he moves to be at the control panel, the others form around the door as they aim their blasters at it. Looking at his fellow marines and waiting a second, Karlos presses a button and the door splits open to either side to reveal a stairwell that was well lit.
"Juno," Karlos says, looking to the sniper, "Head up and get to the next floor."
"Yes, sir," Juno replies before quickly moving past the doorway and up the stairwell.
"Okay, let's keep moving," Karlos says before they keep moving down the corridor with him taking point.
The Colonial Marines keep moving down the corridor with Dylan looking at his motion tracker. As he moves it to find anything, he sees their leader holding up her hand and they stop almost immediately. As the other marines look on, Kristina steps forward to a corpse of a person wearing a white coat and plain clothing underneath and kneel down. The clothing and coat were soaked in blood and were ripped up like on the arms where pieces of flesh were missing and the stomach having been ripped apart.
"What did it, sir?" Troy asks upon seeing the corpse.
"Don't know," Kristina says as she stands up, "Most likely done by a carnivore of some kind."
"Sir," Dylan tells his leader, his motion tracker pointed towards the wall to his right, "Got movement again. Range, fifteen meters and still coming from the west."
"Alright, eyes up and weapons at the ready!" Kristina tells her fellow marines, "Let's keep moving!"
With that, the Colonial Marines keep moving forward down the corridor as Dylan keeps his motion tracker at the ready to direct the group.
The doorway to a large cargo bay opens with the Rebel Marines entering the bay with them seeing metal crates on the ground and catwalks on where the second floor of the ship would be. As they move to check the crates close to them, they see a few intact through most were broken open with some type of natural material and broken machinery from the various crates.
"This tech must have been really mashed up," Saffi states upon looking at a piece of broken tech, "The crew would have needed to have some motive if they wanted to break this stuff."
"(Sir, over here!)" Neb shouts, which causes Iella to move over to him as he kneels down next to a crate with Karlos looking over to them.
"What is it?" Karlos asks, walking over from the crate he was looking at.
"(I found something,)" Neb tells them, "(I think it's a piece of an egg.)"
As he tells them, he hands them a piece of an egg shell that seemed like the size of a small dinner plate. Iella, having been kneeling next to him, takes it and looks at the egg shell with a bit of shock and curiosity from just the size of the piece.
"There's more like this crate," Kralos says while looking around at the crates near them that are broken open, "Someone must have hidden more in those crates with the tech."
"I've never seen a piece of an egg that was this big," Iella says, standing up as the others quickly come over to them.
"(I don't think it's any species we know,)" Neb tells them upon standing back up, "(If the crew knew about it, then they were using the tech to help hide them.)"
Oron feels a nudge to his right arm and looks to Saffi before the alien being quietly asks, "Do you what he said? I don't speak Sullustese."
"He said that it may not be a species we know," Iella says, looking at Saffi, "Though we should find a crate with one of these eggs to examine."
"Good idea," Karlos says, turning to an unopened crate near them, "We'll check a few of these crates and-"
At that moment, another doorway on the other side of the room opens up with the Colonial Marines quickly filing in. The Rebels quickly look over to see them with Kristina and her fellow marines quickly spotting them and the weapons they have.
"Enemy spotted!" Aleser says with his M41A Pulse Rifle aimed at them with the others quickly raising their weapons.
"Open fire!" Kristina shouts.
Before the Rebel Marines could react, the Colonial Marines begin firing their weapons at them and Cha nearly getting hit by one of the bullets. However, Saffi quickly fires his A280 Blaster Rifle with the blaster bolt causing Calvin to dodge it and causes the Colonial Marines to stop firing for a moment.
"What the hell, they have phased plasma rifles?!" Calvin shouts in surprise.
"Take cover and open fire!" Karlos quickly shouts before firing his own A280 Blaster Rifle as his fellow rebels quickly get to some of the crates with him and Cha getting to crates in front of their foes and close to the doorway they came in from. The others quickly move to other crates with Oron, Saffi, and Neb getting behind some of the broken crates.
"Get into cover!" Kristina shouts, trying to get her soldiers to go into cover to avoid getting hit by the blaster bolts. However, Dylan isn't fast enough as Neb fires his A280 Blaster Rifle which goes straight through his chest with his armor doing nothing and he collapses to the ground dead.
Rebel Marines: 7
Colonial Marines: 6
"Fall back," Karlos shouts as he fires his blaster, "Fall back!"
As Cha uses her DH-17 Blaster Pistol to help her leader, the Colonial Marines take cover behind metal crates to avoid the incoming blaster bolts. While they keep firing, Iella quickly gets to the doorway and opens the doors as Oron and Neb runs towards it with Saffi firing a few more shots. Just as the Colonial Marines start firing while staying in cover, Iella runs after her fellow marines just when Saffi runs towards the doorway as well.
However, Mac puts his M4RA Battle Rifle on the ground and takes one of his M40 HEDP Grenades from his bandoleer and quickly flips the red cap off. Pushing the button, Mac turns and tosses the grenade as after he cries out, "Get down!"
As the Colonial Marines stay behind cover and Saffi runs out of the cargo bay, the M40 HEDP Grenade lands close to Karlos with neither him or Cha noticing.
Boom!
Both Rebel Marines are sent to the ground with Cha laying on the ground while stunned by the blast and Karlos haven been killed by the shock wave.
Rebel Marines: 6
Colonial Marines: 6
At this moment, Juno arrives into the cargo bay on one of the catwalks and she quickly spots the Colonial Marines and her fellow marines on the ground. As she quickly brings up her E-17d Sniper Rifle, Troy sees Cha trying to stand up only for him to quickly fire a burst of rounds into her head and easily kills her.
"All clear," Troy says, looking at his fellow marines.
"Good work," Kristina says, "Alright, let's head after-"
Before she can continue, a blaster bolt comes from above them with it striking Troy in the helmet and cutting through his helmet with ease. Just as he falls down to the ground, a second shot nearly strikes Kristina before the marines once again takes cover.
Rebel Marines: 5
Colonial Marines: 5
Looking up at the catwalks above them, Mac manages to see the Rebel Marine as she looks down the scope while still aiming her rifle. Looking at Calvin, he motions to his own helmet and then to his fellow marine's M37A2 Shotgun with him nodding in response. Quickly taking his helmet off, he places it on the barrel of his shotgun and raises it a bit into the air.
Seeing the helmet, Juno fires a bolt that strikes the helmet with a hole going straight through it with almost ease. However, Mac gets up and aims his M4RA Battle Rifle at her with her trying to move to take him out. Mac quickly fires two shots off which striking her chest and sending her into the railing on the opposite side of the catwalk and falls onto it while the E-17d Sniper Rifle falls to the floor.
Rebel Marines: 4
Colonial Marines: 5
"Good shot, Mac!" Calvin says as he puts his M10 helmet back on and loads a few rounds of buckshot into his M37A2 Shotgun.
"Okay, we're going after them," Kristina tells them before asking, "Whose got a motion tracker?"
"I do, sir," Aleser says, pulling out his M314 Motion Tracker and turns it on, "I've got movement. Range is about twenty meters away to our west!"
"Alright, let's go!" Kristina shouts as the Colonial Marines charge forward with Mac ending up taking point upon reaching the door. The marines quickly leave the cargo bay and run down the corridor as they follow their newest foes.
After they leave, a few reptilian bird-like creatures that are the size of a normal human and have silver skin start making cries before one descends down onto the catwalk. A few more fly down to the floor towards the corpses with one of the reptilian creatures folds up its bat-like wings and chomps down onto the neck of one of the fallen Colonial Marines as the doorway closes.
While the remaining Colonial Marines are running down the corridor, Mac keeps his M4RA Battle Rifle at the ready with Aleser looks at his motion tracker. However, as they approach a doorway that is about eight meters away from them, Saffi comes off and fires a few blaster bolts from his DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol at them. The Colonial Marines stop short with Aleser and Kristina fire their M41A Pulse Rifles only for Saffi to duck into the doorway.
"Come on," Mac says, quickly running towards the doorway.
In a large hallway with a few doors on one side, the Murachuan holsters his blaster pistol as he arrives to the other Rebel Marines as they wait close to the doorway at the end of the hallway.
"They're on their way," Saffi says, being given his A280 Blaster Rifle by Oron and quickly gets behind him as he aims down the hallway. As Mac runs through the doorway and into the hallway just as the other marines are about to enter it, both Saffi and Iella fires their blasters and quickly shoot him through the chest.
Rebel Marines: 4
Colonial Marines: 4
As he falls to the ground, Aleser and Kristina starts opening fire at their foes as Calvin and Hana enter into the hallway. Quickly realizing that they need to fall back again, Saffi hits the door panel to open the doors and sees a disorganized mess hall with tables thrown around.
"Fall back into the mess hall," Saffi says, firing a few more shots from his blaster rifle.
"You two go first," Oron says as he turns to look at the Murachuan and Iella, "We'll hold them off and-"
At that moment, Calvin works the pump-action of his M37A2 Shotgun to load in a new shell and fires it off. While some of the shot misses, most strike Oron's helmet only to fail to break through and only really stun him. As Saffi steps to walk back into the doorway, Hana gets a bead and fires two bursts from her M39 Submachine Gun with one going into his left upper arm and one into his right thigh just above the knee.
Crying out in pain, the Murachuan drops his A280 Blaster Rifle and falls only for Iella to grab him and getting his left arm over her shoulders. Holding her DH-17 Blaster Pistol in her left hand, she fires a few shots as she helps her fellow marine into the mess hall and out of harms way. Neb fires a few shots before he falls back into the mess hall and fires a few more shots off to allow Oron to get into the room. As the Colonial Marines fire at them, Oron uses the door panel to close the door and lock it in time for the bullets to hit the door.
Looking at the room, Neb spots a door on the other side with a table next to it before turning back and saying, "(There's a door over here! We can use that to keep moving!)"
"Alright," Iella says, "Neb, take Saffi and get him behind that table."
The Sullustan quickly takes the Murachuan from her and helps his wounded teammate over to the table close to the door with Oron following them. Moving a few feet away from the door, she takes a Thermal Detonator off her belt and activates it before rolling it towards the doorway they came from. Hearing the door about to open after she does it, Iella turns and runs to her fellow marines as Saffi is placed behind the table with Oron and Neb taking cover behind other tables.
As Iella gets to a table close to her fellow marines, the doors open with Hana quickly getting into the room and starts firing at the marine only for her to get into cover. Hana starts to move forward as Aleser is about to enter the room through the doorway.
BOOM!
Aleser falls back against the wall of the hallway haven been stunned by the blast while both Kristina and Calvin are forced to stop because to it. Hana, who was caught in the blast, is sent to the ground with some shrapnel in her face and the shock wave having killed her.
Rebel Marines: 4
Colonial Marines: 3
The three unharmed Rebel Marines get up with their weapons at the ready as Kristina and Calvin move past Aleser while he gets his bearings. After entering the room, Kristina fires her M41A Pulse Rifle and Calvin firing his M37A2 Shotgun as the rebels fire their blasters at them. However, as he operates the pump-action of his shotgun, Calvin notices that he's out of buckshot and shouts, "Shit, I'm out of ammo!"
By this time, Aleser gets into the mess hall with him putting a fresh magazine into his M41A Pulse Rifle and charges it before he opens fire at their foes. Calvin tosses his shotgun away and draws his H&K VP70 from its holster as a blaster bolt from Oron just shaves a bit off his M10 helmet. Seeing this, Aleser fires a burst from his rifle at Oron and scores a few shots on his chest and a shot to his neck. The Rebel Marine falls back to the ground as he dies after the bullet that entered his neck tears through his spinal cord.
Rebel Marines: 3
Colonial Marines: 3
Looking from behind his cover despite the pain, Saffi sees Kristina moving to aim her M41A Pulse Rifle at Iella. Drawing his DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol, he brings it up and uses the scope on it to fire a blaster bolt that strikes the rifle in her hands. Getting surprised by this, Kristina looks at her M41A Pulse Rifle as it dies and Calvin fires a few shots when the Murachuan leans back into cover.
"(Iella, take Saffi and get out of here!)" Neb shouts, getting back up after putting in a fresh power pack into his weapon.
"What about you?" Iella asks with some fear, firing a few shots from her DH-17 Blaster Pistol as the leader of the Colonial Marines pulls out her pistol while they get into cover.
"(I'll cover you two,)" Neb tells her while putting out a few more blaster bolts, "(Just go!)"
Nodding, Iella quickly rushes to Saffi and quickly hits the door panel to open the door before she holsters her DH-17 Blaster Pistol. As Neb fires his A280 Blaster Rifle to keep their foes down, she grabs the wounded Murachuan and helps him to his feet before getting out of the mess hall. Entering the corridor on the opposite side of the starship, Iella sees a doorway about twenty meters away and quickly runs down it towards the door.
Back in the mess hall, Neb waits a second which causes the Colonial Marines to get out of cover and he quickly fires a few shots to Aleser. The man gets hit in the chest and he falls back before Kristina and Calvin fire their H&K VP70s at the Sullustan. While a few bullets hit his A280 Blaster Rifle and one hits his Blast Vest, the others get into his right arm and two go into his head which drops him to the ground.
Rebel Marines: 2
Colonial Marines: 2
"Let's go," Kristina tells Calvin before the two run towards the door and passing the bodies in the mess hall as they keep moving. Entering the corridor through the doorway, they see Iella carrying the injured rebel through the doorway with both firing their pistols at them. However, the two rebels get through the doorway into a relatively empty hanger and Iella presses a button on the control panel to close the doors.
"Step back," Saffi says, with her quickly moving back and he brings up his DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol before blasting the panel, "That should hold them for a bit."
Outside the door, the Colonial Marines make it to the doorway only to see the broken door panel and realize that they can't get inside.
"Hold on," Calvin says, holstering his pistol and taking his ME3 Hand Welder from his belt and moves to step forward to the door. Placing the cutting torch at the top of the door, he activates the tool and starts to cut through the door as he starts moving it down to cut it open.
As Iella looks around the hanger the two are in, she sees a white UT-47 Kodiak Drop Shuttle with the side doors missing and broken thrusters. Upon seeing it, Iella quickly moves forward while carrying the injured Murachuan to it. Moving to the side of the vehicle, she ducks under as they step on board the drop shuttle and lays her injured teammate on one of the seats on the side away from the door.
Groaning a bit, Saffi watches his fellow marine taking the medpac off her belt and opens it to take out a bacta patch from the box. Ripping his trousers to get to his wound, Iella uses this to get the bacta patch onto his actual leg and places it over his wounds. As the Murachuan breaths a bit as he feels the bacta patch doing its job and healing his wound, she quickly rips his sleeve a bit more before she picks up another bacta patch.
"Thanks for doing this," Saffi says, giving a small smile as his fellow marine puts the patch over the wound on his upper left arm.
"No problem," Iella says, closing the medpac, "Stay here and try being quiet."
The Murachuan nods as he places his DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol on the seat next to him as his fellow rebel moves to leave the vehicle and get into cover.
Kristina keeps her pistol aimed at the door as Calvin moves his cutting torch towards the bottom of the door and turns the tool off. As the door starts to split open and he steps back, the door reveals the empty hanger with no one in sight with Calvin putting his welder back on his belt.
"Calvin, take point," Kristina says with her H&K VP70 still aimed in front of her.
"Right, sir," Calvin replies as he stands up and pulls his pistol back out and moves into the hanger with Kristina following him. The two simply find themselves in the empty hanger with no signs of their foes before they both see the broken drop shuttle.
"Sir, I'll check the vehicle out," Calvin tells his leader, turning to look at her.
"Right," Kristina replies with a nod.
As he turns to face forward and move towards the vehicle, Iella steps out from behind two stack of tool crates and fires three blaster bolts at her foes. Kristina is able to move out of the way from one of the bolts, but the other two blaster bolts strike Calvin in the chest and he falls to the ground. Not wasting a moment, Kristina fires three shots from her H&K VP70 with the first two bullets hitting her Blast Vest. However, the third bullet hits Iella between the eyes and she falls backwards onto her side as blood leaks from her face.
Rebel Marines: 1
Colonial Marines: 1
Hearing a groan, Kristina turns towards the broken vehicle and realizes fast that the other marine is in the vehicle. Slowly moving towards it, she tries her best to stay silent as she cautiously moves in to surprise her foe. With her H&K VP70 at the ready, she gets to the side of the vehicle and slowly moves forward towards the opening on the side. Reaching the opening of the drop shuttle, she takes a breath and leans forward a bit to look into the vehicle.
All she sees is the medpac and the DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol on the seats of the vehicle. This confuses her until she hears what sounds like a low hum with a realization.
The hum is coming from behind her.
Turning her head to look over her shoulder, she sees Saffi coming from the rear of the vehicle and slashes her back with his Vibro-dagger. However, it only strikes her armor and only manages to slice a bit into the first layer of armor. Kristina attempts to turn around from her left to aim her pistol, but the Murachuan performs a light slash on her left arm that splits into an open wound. As she cries out in pain, Kristina raises her H&K VP70 to aim it at his head only for Saffi to act fast and grabs her wrist.
Moving the pistol away from his head with the shot sending the bullet less than a foot away from him, he quickly uses his Vibro-dagger to slash her throat with the blade nearly slashing half of her neck apart. As Saffi flinches upon some of her blood gets onto his face, Kristina starts to bleed heavily from the wound and her body starts to go limp. Letting go of her, the Murachuan lets his fallen foe collapse to the ground and simply lay on the ground dead.
Rebel Marines: 1
Colonial Marines: 0
Looking at his fallen foe, he turns off his Vibro-dagger and puts it back into its sheath before moving around her body and into the vehicle. Entering it, he takes his blaster pistol and holsters it before sitting down. Taking a moment to breath, he taking a com-link off his belt and activates it.
"Saffi to shuttle Savior," the Murachuan says, "Do you copy, over."
"Savior to Saffi, we copy. What's your status, over."
"We ran into enemy soldiers," he tells them, pausing for a moment as he looks at the bodies near him, "All enemies down, but the other marines are KIA and I'm injured. Requesting immediate evac, over."
"Roger that, Saffi. What is your location, over."
"I'm in a hanger bay on the other side of the starship," Saffi replies, "Has a broken vehicle in it, over."
"Roger. Turn on your tracker, evac is inbound."
"Copy that, out," the Murachuan says, turning off his com-link and turning on another devise on his belt as he waits for the shuttle. He turns his head upon hearing some distant animal cries from the corridor, but for the moment pays it little mind.
Final Verdict: While these two groups of science fiction marines were able to keep up with each other, in the end it was the Rebel Marine that took the win with a possible outcome of 5.4 out of 10 battles. This is a match where one x-factor was what determined this match and that actually went against the warrior who gained that edge. Looking at the x-factors, these two made it difficult in both audacity and ferocity though the Rebel Marine took a slight edge in both categories. However, the Rebels obviously took the edge in technology due to using blaster weaponry and the Colonial Marines took the edge in experience. However, this is where this match was determined since, despite having battled against rebels, the Colonial Marines have never battled foes with energy weapons as plasma based rifles were in the prototype stage by the year 2179. On the other hand, the Rebel Marines are used to battling against professional armored soldiers with their arsenal based off this idea as they use blasters which can pierce through armor with ease. This idea is only furthered by the armor since the Blast Vest and Blast Helmet simply nullify most of the Colonial Marine's arsenal while the M3 Pattern Personal Armor and M10 Pattern Ballistic Helmet weren't made to defend the user against energy weapons. In the end, the more audacious Rebel Marines with their better armor and arsenal allowed them to take out the more experience Colonial Marines with their better long range weaponry.
Got a battle you want to see? Tell me and I'll see if I can get it into the series! Next time, we pit a group who are sent to investigate cryptid sightings and a group tasked with defending Japan from kaiju.
Ray Tanaka: Hey, everyone! This is one of the longest battles I've written so far, which is something I do like about the Versus Series. This is a match that I had planned for my Deadliest Warrior story and that I simply decided to transfer over. Funny enough, both the Rebel Marines and the Colonial Marines have access to nearly the same types of weaponry and even other weapons that could have been used for this match. That said, I know I didn't use the U1 Launcher in the match but I actually forgot about it and wanted to use the M40 HEDP Grenade as a standard grenade for the match. That's more on me, but I think the point was still across. Also, I think the DH-17 Blaster Rifle would have been an interesting one to pit the M41A Pulse Rifle up against, but I chose the A280 Blaster Rifle since more people know what that one is and to not confuse people since I also have the DH-17 Blaster Pistol in this.
While I didn't discuss weapons much in the verdict, I didn't feel like I needed to since there's not much to that. The Colonial Marines had the edge in long range, but the Rebel Marines are more close-mid range fighters and that shows in their weaponry. Even with their rifles, the A280 is more suited for a close quarters fire fight than the M41A at least in my opinion. Heck, I know the Colonial Marines have a Combat Knife that I could have use, but I decided to use the M37A2 Shotgun simply as a nod to Aliens. It's also why I had a vehicle from the Mass Effect series and the Space Gyaos in this. Also, speaking about kaiju, the next match is between two warriors most people would be kinda clueless about, but when it appears you'll probably understand. Hope you all enjoyed!