Hello everyone, it's me. I know it's been awhile but the story must go on! So here you go, another chapter! :) :) :)

In geosynchronous orbit around Harvest

UNSC Fire By Rank

Captain John Fletcher looked around the bridge of his ship and by extension the various cameras that displayed the space around his ship. Out of the fifty UNSC ships that were in orbit around Harvest only two remained, the rest destroyed or to damaged to fight. The other ship beside his was the UNSC destroyer Relentless.

"Sir we're being hailed, it's the relentless." The comms officer Lieutenant Keng said.

"UNSC Fire By Rank, this is the UNSC Relentless. How are you guys doing over there?" A middle aged man asked as

"We're fine Relentless, you?"

"We took some hits in that last engagement but we're still sea worthy."

"Good to hear, how many Marines do you have on board?"

"We sent all our ground pounders dirtside, per the Admirals orders, why?"

"I just don't want the only other ship that can still fight to get boarded, like the Columbus and Covvie killer. I'm sending half my ODST's to you."

"Copy that, ready and waiting."

"Sparrow display comm traffic in grid 11-47 please."

"Sir?" The third genaration smart A.I asked, puzzled.

"We have marines down there attached to this ship, I want to know how they're doing."

"Aye sir." The A.I said.

"Alpha 1-1 check your corners."

"Alpha 1-2, Alpha 1-2 this is Alpha 1-4 contact, contact!"

"Where, where the hell... Shit Finley's Down repeat down."

"Cover the left flank cover the left flank, grena-."

Therewas a flurry of comm traffic after that, the captain realized that they had switched grids.

"There are still people down here!"

"We're being overrun, we'll try to hold them as long as we can!"

"Our birds hit We're going down!"

"They're all over, they're all over! Any station any station please assist!"

"There are 500 civvies down here, we can't help them all, orders?"

"Sir you should take a look at this." The weapons officer said. As he pointed to an image from a spy satellite showing three enemy ships in orbit.

"Sir enemy ships are charging weapons!"

"How did they find us?" One crewman asked.

"They're not aimed at us, they're aiming at the planet!" The weapons officer said, fear rising in his voice.

The captain and crew watched in horror as the three ships fired at least twenty blasts towards the surface of the planet, Turing it's surface to molten slag and reducing the area to glass.

The imperials thought that the tactic would scare the UNSC into submission but the Empire didn't know that the UNSC had fought opponents with this ability and had seen it burn their worlds many times and they didn't like that it was happening again.

Harvest residential District

Private First Class John Davis

"Shit, shit shit!" Fritz yelled.

"Keep running." The SPARTAN said, calm as ever.

"Easy for you to say." I whispered As I dodged another laser bolt.

"Fuck me... Jenny where the hell are you!" Fritz yelled.

"I'm here, I'm here, run guys, RUN!" She yelled as she took aim with her DMR and fired off two rounds.

When we got inside of the building I turned around to cover Fritz and the SPARTAN when I saw a bright flash of light off to my right. The blast was miles away but i still felt the heat, Harvest had just been glassed.

"All UNSC forces groundside, authorization code MERCY, repeat MERCY."

So I realize this chapter wasn't very long but next chapter I will make up for this. There are some more mysteries about MERCY and how the UNSC will react to the imperials orbital bombardment. Oh and just to be clear orbital bombardment does NOT mean glassing so to speak, it's more like a surgical strike using the weapons that cause glassing, in Star Wars glassing is called BASE DELTA ZERO. Any way please review! :)