Halo Best Of The Brave
Battle Of Luna
Sol System, Near Luna
March 23, 2015
Lyrenne Castilla Insurrectionist Commander
Insurrectionist Ship Bellicose
….This is…..anti-climatic I expected the new aliens (Which look like the 500 hundred-year-old conspiracy theorist wet dream) and from what the news has been saying and showing (I fucking hate we don't have an A.I.) the ships look like…..flying saucers and I say on to that bullshit there is no way in gods green hell that those are real it's probably propaganda.
What was I thinking about?
Oh right!
I would have thought that the aliens would have set up a base on the moon?
I guess Cole either took it out or he drove them off.
….I miss him
"COMMANDER WE HAVE GOT MULTIPLE CONTACTS INBOUND" yells my radar officer
"How many?!"
"Around 150 with 25 light frigate analogs 50 corvettes and the rest being light corvettes and fighters" he explains
That is bad and if what the news was saying was true and our track record with aliens they have plasma weapons and with plasma weapons come plasma torpedoes…..shit.
"Re-orientate the fleet and have them spread out, weapons officer what is the status with the MAC gun?" I ask
"Sir its at 25%"
"Damn shut all non-essential power to the MAC gun, Coms have the ships with MACs form a firing line and have missile frigates behind them" I order
"Aye sir"
"Good also have half our corvettes cover the line and if they have not already launch fighters," I say
"Aye Sir"
Now that just leftover half of my remaining ships left I give more instructions for them to cover the production ships and any vessels that were wounded from the battle that Cole had me help in.
When he contacted me it was…..surprising how the hell did he even know where we were.
Anyway thinking about it was surprising that he found us what was more surprising was the plan he had come up with.
…After this is all over I hope to god that he can fulfill his promise.
"Nav how much time do we have before the enemy force engages us," I ask
"5 minutes commander" he responds
Mmmm…..wait…..hehehe oh I got to thank the URF for this little idea.
"Coms have the Cargonia…I need to shoot whoever came up with that name and have them launch their 'special' weapon ready" I say grinning we were going to use this on a convoy but this is a good enough test of it.
He grins too and laughs a bit too "Aye Sir"
"Also have some combat vessels and missile frigates go to their flanks and when I tell them have them fire their missiles" I order
"Aye Sir?" he responds confusingly
I am going to make them fear my fleet for the rest of fucking time.
Sol System, Near Luna
March 23, 2015
NO ONE P.O.V.
As the Ethereal fleet moves towards the human fleet, the Elder in charge of the fleet ponders on where these new humans have come from.
Perhaps they came from the same place as the ones from the 'UNSC' did.
Maybe it can capture some and reveal the secrets of where they came from and where it can get more subjects and maybe just maybe….get more time with gene modding stations it wanted to try something the humans called 'breasts'.
As the fleet moves to the human fleet, it spits so that the humans can't take out the entire fleet like last time.
Although this new human fleet is….strange as it looks more and more like a lot of them are either in desperate need of repair or looked like they were converted into warships.
And to top it all off the symbol of the ships are different with a red fist in the middle of a circle.
As both fleets are about 50k from each other at least 8 to 11 ships zoom from the human firing line spamming missiles causing ships to evade…..right into the line of fire.
The Ethereal ships desperately try and shoot down the enemy ships but the insurrection has been fighting two powers that outmatch even their most heavy ships so they decided that speed and firepower were the way to go.
So for UNSC ships, this would have been hard, For the Covenant, it would have been mildly concerning, and for the Ethereals? It was like shooting a bee swarm.
As the Insurrectionist ships keep zooming and herding the enemy ships into the kill zone a single modified cargo transport rushes out of the firing line and then proceeds to….open its cargo bay?
As it keeps going faster and faster and faster pushing its engines to the brink and as it gets within 5-10k of the enemy fleet it spins around and opens its cargo pods and suddenly dozens of micrometeorites shoot out and the ships speeds away.
Now normal micrometeorites aren't that much of a big deal…..if you know what you are looking for.
For the past 500 years of the UEG, it has been reported that some micrometeorites are undetectable on radar, scanners, and other means of locating things mainly because they're made out of stealth composites minerals that are mined to make Prowlers and other such stuff.
And currently millions of them are flying at the enemy fleet…..the enemy fleet which has no idea what just happened…..until 30 plus of their smaller scout vessels gets shredded.
The captains of the ships quickly panic as almost no another species has done such an….attack before not even the mighty Mutons had attempted such a thing.
Now for context, almost all races in the Elders service (aka enslaved) were at the time of their capture and subsequent indoctrination and modification were in either tier 7 to tier 4 every time the elders encountered a civilization that was higher than that they ran as far and as fast as they could because they knew they could not take on such foes.
So what they have been doing in terms of space combat tactics….nothing because every time they encountered a ship they overwhelmed it with numbers and most of the time it was just primitive spacecraft and again those spacecraft were not armed and when they were they could barely destroy their ships.
So all in all when a race of violent, drunk hillbillies (by space fairing standards) suddenly start kicking your ass not once but twice is a wake-up call and know its happening again because if you want to win a war like Zhukov then you better bring the numbers or you're fucked.
*BOOM*
The line roars with firepower as the MAC guns shred multiple taking out a majority of the battleship class ships and taking out some larger scout ships.
The Ethereal fleet is now in disarray with ships getting blown to bits by either strike craft or from the ships harassing them.
The Insurrectionist fleet slowly advances on the alien one with its missile frigates taking out any stragglers that did not immediately die from the MAC volley.
The Elder in charge of the fleet is panicking this was supposed to be easy the human ships looked like hot garbage how the hell did this happen!?
*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*
And sadly for the elder…it just got worse as some of the human ships are firing low yield MAC rounds to try and disable their ships.
By now the battle is in full swing and as a consequence of this action, the fleets are moving towards Luna.
Sol System, Near Orbit Of Luna
March 23, 2015
Lyrenne Castilla Insurrectionist Commander
Insurrectionist Ship Bellicose
Well this was going…ok with a majority of the enemy ships either fleeing or being turned into space dust we should be able to get to earth in no time….maybe…..I hope.
And the successful test of the micrometeorite weapon or has some people are calling it 'The Meteor Shotgun' I like it but the kills were supposed to be higher so I guess we are just going to have to shelve it for ambushes hell I think we got some many in the first place because these idiots don't know how to fight in space.
"Sir we have lost some of the flanking ships recommend a withdrawal for those ships," my Coms officers say.
Damn, we were just starting to hammer it home.
"Pull them back" I order
"Aye sir"
Ok time to end this.
"Coms get the Line to surround the enemy fleet I will pull some ships from my picket line and join in we are ending this little battle" I order
"Aye sir"
My fleet moves with the precision that I have drilled into my men for years at this point we quickly surround the enemy.
Wait a minute.
I quickly put on the main screen and zoom in on the middle of the enemy formation and I see a….glowing purple ship the size of one of the enemy's corvettes.
THERE that's the enemy flagships.
I grin if I can nab their leader One I will have some leverage over Earth since these things have been attacking so much they just can't say no to that and Two if I can get that ship I can reverse-engineer it and maybe apply it to my ships I could outmatch any UNSC or Covenant Ship with those weapons and as a bonus make a sweet killing with the profit from selling these things to the highest bitter.
Ok time to-
"COMMANDER ENEMY SHIPS ARE JUMPING AND APPEARING RIGHT BEHIND US"
AND THE UNIVERSE CAN SUCK MY FAT COCK, FUCK!
"Reinforcements?!" I shout
"No sir it looks like the enemy fleet is jumping all around us popping in and out of what appears to be….wormholes?" my Nav officer says
God damnit looks like we are doing this the hard way….again.
"Ok Com give out an order to all ships to regroup and stay in tight formation if those things pop up behind someone his partner beats it into space dust got it!" I shout out the last part.
"Yes Sir" he replies
Ok, this is a mess….wait the enemy flagship is not moving with only two escorts…..well I can kiss that tech onboard goodbye.
"Helmsmen get us underway and plot a course with the enemy flagship I am transferring its location to your console….now!" I order
He nods and we start moving.
"Fire control how much ammo we have left," I ask
"Sir the are missile pods are full and the MAC has around 50 shots left and the defense guns are operational we are green" he replies.
"Good because we are going straight into the mouth of the Beast and taking out the enemy flagship," I say
"Engines go to full we will ram the fucker if we have to" I order
Everyone is surprised.
"Sir this may be a one-way trip," one of the crewmen says
"Well it's either this or we get worn down by attrition they have more ships than us if we can take out the flagship it will buy us enough time to get to earth," I say
Everyone acknowledges the steaks if we don't we die if we do we may die.
We move like the devil is chasing us and quickly are set upon by fighters and light frigates we throw out multiple swarms of missiles taking out fighters and frigates alike.
The flagship has noticed us and is moving away….though that won't do.
*BOOM*
We fire our MAC gun and take out another frigate with the round grazing the flagship and its last escort disabling them…..I think.
As we inch ever closer they keep pouring more and more fire to stop us but we are not deterred.
We are a hair's breadth away (In space it's still a very long distance) and we fuck fill it with lead and missiles.
After a pounding, it explodes violently.
And suddenly the enemy fleet stops…and starts freaking out shooting anyone and anything.
This gives us enough time for me and my fleet to book it to Earth…the homeworld.
*5 HOURS LATER*
Fucking finally we made it.
As we edge closer to the planet 3 ships come to block our way.
I put the fleet on combat status but order them not to fire.
And as I look at the 3 ships in our way I see it.
Everest
"Hello Cole"
HOLY god this took time to write man.
Also, I got the idea of the "Meteor Shotgun" from The Expanse with the Free Naval and I thought 'well why don't the inees do that' and so boom.
Also, I hope it was a good action piece and that I at least put some effort into the characterization of the inees.
Next time it will be a lot of talking.
Thanks for reading and plz review