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The Battle of Outpost 5
Part 2
During the night, three Pelicans landed three miles outside the Outposts perimeter and disembarked thirty-six UNSC soldiers, a mix of army and marines, who then marched to the outpost. Captain "Jarhead" George greeted them and welcomed them to Outpost 5 before telling them they were expecting a large Covenant force to attack tomorrow. They had prepared the outpost as best as they could but he doubted they could hold out for 14 days. However, that'll buy the other outpost's time to fortify. The outpost wasn't the only ones to be reinforce as the Covenant troops were reinforce by another 3600 troops.
At dawn the Covenant begin their attack by launching Plasma Mortars at the outpost. The outposts Hornets and other aircraft were destroyed in the bombardment. Some landed short and didn't do any damage, a few hit the minefields, the wire, the ditch and the walls, but no casualties and the Covenant bombardment stops. "Remember the Covenant will send Grunts in first, so hold your fire and let the machineguns and mines do their job." Captain George said over the coms. The Grunts attacked the north and east wall. The machine gunners waited for the Grunts hit the first wire obstacle before opening fire, the Grunts dropping like flies. The Grunts did manage to clear a path through the wire but then thy hit the first parts of the minefield. The Grunts continue to move towards the outpost despite the heavy losses they were receiving. "Grenadiers, use your Launchers and don't let them mass! Snipers, take out their Elite Commanders."
"Those Grunts are going to clear out all the mines before the rest of the Covenant species attack," Private Rashad Thomas said.
"We practiced this in the SIM, so let's kill them before they do clear away all the mines." Somebody replied as some of soldier's fire off a couple of rounds. The Grunts retreated before they hit the second wire obstacle, leaving the approaches to the east and north wall littered with Grunt bodies.
"No human casualties," Captain George said. "A good start." He looked around, still doubting they would be able to hold out for 14 days, but if they keep throwing Grunts at them they may be able to hold for 21 days, maybe more, but he doubts they will keep sending Grunts to attack them.
A Sangheili Ultra walked up to the general. "Sir, the Grunts have failed to breech the human base."
"They weren't supposed to ultra, we're testing their defensive cataplities," the general replied. "Send in the 2nd wave." The Ultra nodded and departed and sent the next wave of Grunts, Jackals, Skirmishers, 2 Hunters and a dozen Elite Minors moving towards the human base.
The machine gunners open fire as soon as they came within range. The Covenant couldn't return fire since their small-arms weapons were still out of range. UNSC snipers watched for enemy marksman, but none showed themselves. They hit very few mines in the first minefield since the Grunts cleared most of them away. Captain George didn't allow his men to fire their small-arms weapons, but some defied his orders, but he expect the new replacements to act that way. The machine-guns fired until they run dry, then the gunners begin reloading them, which of course gave the Covenant infantry time to advance. Despite the few obstacles in their way they still haven't made it to the 2nd wire obstacle or the anti-tank ditch. Mortar shells landed among the Covenant when they tried to mass for an attack, of course this scattered them. The Gauss turrets started adding their deadly firepower to the mix as well. Around 10 minutes into the 2nd assault, the Covenant started to retreat, but with all the dead bodies it was slow going and even more of the enemy troops were lost.
Captain "Jarhead" George ordered his men to stop firing. With a small break in the assault, water and ammo were brought out. The NCOs yelled at the soldiers who fired their weapons without the captain or one of his officer orders. There hadn't been any casualties in the first two assaults, and the Covenant haven't surrounded them yet. Two hours had past and still the Covenant hadn't attacked them yet so everyone was on edge.
"Sir, I'm seeing a white flag." A Lance corporal said looking through his binoculars.
"What did you say?" Captain George asked the man.
"There is a single Elite in a Specter waving a white flag." He replied.
"How the fuck do they know what a white flag is?" Private Caldwell asked. No one answered the private's question. Captain George told Sergeant Major Blackman to go out there and meet the elite. Two other soldiers accompany him in a Warthog as they waited for the Covenant party to show up in the Specter. A Sangheili General showed up and the two opposing soldiers moved towards each other.
"Where's your leader?" The Sangheili General asked.
"He's back at the outpost, he sent me in his place," Sergeant Major Blackman replied.
"Tell your commander that he has no chance of stopping us, as we are a legion strong, but if you surrender, we will allow you safe passage to any UNSC base you wish." The elite told him, but he didn't believe anything the Elite told him.
"I will take you offer to my commander." Blackman told the elite before they departed. Sergeant Major Blackman told Captain George the Elite terms. Captain George contacted the artillery pit.
"Load a smart shell and destroy their supplies." A smart shell was loaded into an artillery piece and on the captains orders, the gunners fired. The smart shell was being guided by Hera so it hit its target, destroy the covenants supplies.
The Elite General howled in rage and ordered his Wraiths and Revenants to open fire. The human artillery answer in kind. The tanks were destroyed since the UNSC had already figured the best spots for the enemy armor to bombard the base, so the general orders his tanks to retreat.
"These humans are quite resourceful," the Elite General said to one of his subordinates. "Send a squadron of Banshees, let's test their anti-air defense." The outpost saw them coming and the Anti-Air emplacements blow the Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft, commonly known as Banshees by the UNSC and other human forces, out of the sky. After seeing his air force failing to take out the defenses he decides to try another infantry assault. He turned to one of the Sangheili Ultras in his pavilion. "Tell the Jiralhanae Chieftain he can attack the eastern wall, and then you go take a force and attack the northern wall again."
The Brute Chieftain was informed and had his troop's line up in formation with Grunts, Jackals, Skirmishers, and Grammeons in front of his Brutes and Hunters. The Brutes in power armor were behind the Brutes without any power armor. The Grammeons are a pig-like creature, fat but as tall as a Skirmisher. They're one of the new species that joined the New Covenant Empire. They're even more expandable then Grunts.
The defenders on the eastern wall know that with a majority of the mines gone the enemy will have a much easier time reaching them, with only wire obstacles in their way. The covenant doesn't know about the ditch, which the UNSC hopes will slow them down. The 3rd assault began with a few Wraiths bombarding the outpost, but their bombardment didn't even last 10 seconds as they're destroyed by counter-battery fire from the UNSC artillery after their first salvo, some after their second. The Grunts, Jackals, Skirmishers, and Grammeons lost half of their number before reaching the wire. However they manage to clear several sections of it so the others following behind them could move on through before they're picked off by mortars, machine-guns, and small arms. The Grammeons 2nd wave charged forward encountering the same thing, however the machine-gunners were reloading. The defenders used their small-arms weapons, saving the rocket launchers and Spartan Lasers for later. The UNSC snipers continue to watch for enemy snipers, though some of the snipers fired on the leaders the attack. The Grammeons reached the wire just as the machine-guns were back in firing order and it turned into a bloodbath. However, the Grammeons continued their push forward before being stopped cold inches away from the ditch, which would have spoiled the surprise for the Brutes fixing to follow them. The surviving Grunts, Jackals, Skirmishers, and Grammeons pulling back encountered more losses as they retreated. As one, the Brutes push forward supported by four Prowlers and eight Choppers. The Jiralhanae lost many troops, but not enough. As the Jiralhanae hit the ditch and fall into it, some are impaled on spikes. The Brutes begin to huddle in the ditch/trench as more continue to pile into it. Some of course are killed as they enter the trench, but the UNSC soldiers can't fire on them so they think it is safe, until the UNSC artillery and mortars begin to shell the ditch. Chieftain Minors order their troops to push forward. Some of the chieftain minors are killed just as they're leaving the trench and others are killed from the mortar and artillery shells that were landing inside the ditch. The Brutes continued to push forward, despite their push the Brute Chieftain ordered his troops to fallback since he believed the Elites were using them for slaughter.
The assault on Northern wall wasn't fairing so good for the Covenant either. Unlike with the eastern wall, they use their marksman to keep the UNSC heads down until the UNSC snipers terminate them or forced them to fallback. Eventually they're forced to retreat too. Twelve UNSC soldiers were killed on the northern wall while five were killed on eastern wall. During that night the defenders continued to work to forty the outpost in preparation for the next day of enemy assaults. Several Falcons arrived and landed, spewing replacements and ammo. Four wounded soldiers are place onboard and head to Outpost 4. They're shocked to see that three of the replacements are Spartans.
Day three of the Battle for Outpost 5
The Covenant hadn't attacked for five hours and many were wandering what the Covenant were up too. Some believe the enemy has retreated but the truth is far worse. During the hours of darkness the Covenant had surrounded the outpost. The Elite General heard the UNSC aircraft but doesn't know how they evaded his CAP, or Combat Air Patrol. He decided to attack the western and front walls. However the same thing happened and his forces were driven back twice. He decides not to attack for the rest of the day so he could find a better strategy to take out the human outpost. Captain George was surprises to discover they had only lost 6 men and another 3 were wounded but were patched up and rejoin their squads. UNSC soldiers were surprised to see the Covenant troops removing their dead and wounded from the battlefield and Captain George instructed his men to watch them. The Sangheili General wasn't too happy that he was losing so many troops trying to take the outpost. He looked through the human equivalent of binoculars and watched as the Falcons arrive and deliver supplies and bodies so he decided to construct anti-air emplacements to keep them from getting any support. Since the Covenant stopped their attacks, the Sergeant Major Blackman and the other NCOs had the men go and get some chow and bring their meal back to their post.
Day 4
The Covenant begin their attack with a mortar attack and one plasma mortar got a lucky hit on the artillery pit, taking it out but not before another enemy tank was trashed. Captain George wasn't happy as without their artillery they couldn't hit the Wraith tanks unless they come within range. After three minutes of bombardment, the enemy infantry attack. One plasma mortar hit the battlements on northern wall, killing four soldiers. Ghosts, Choppers, Prowlers, Specters, Locust, and Revenants attacked the front supported by infantry. The UNSC soldiers opened fire with everything they have. The Wolf Spiders guarding the front gate also opened fire on the enemy. A rocket hit a Chopper, blowing it to pieces. Several soldiers tumbled off the wall. The Covenant attacking the front were getting slaughtered. On the eastern wall, the Brutes were climbing the ditch once again, determined to take the human trench. Eighteen soldiers on the eastern wall have already been taken out of the fight. Sergeant Major Blackman nailed a Brute who was fixing to throw a Spike Grenade with a headshot, the grenade landing in a mix match of Grunts and Jackals, killing them. Drones were sent in but are quickly dealt with, inflecting a few casualties but no fatalities. Twenty-one Brutes reach the wire in front of the eastern trench, but were slaughtered by the two MGs. A Scorpion fired and a dozen Covenant soldiers were blown into the ditch. Once again the Brutes begin falling back and so does the other enemy troops attacking the front. Sergeant Major Blackman noticed one of the lieutenants slumped over a sandbag so he grabbed the body and saw the spikes sticking out of the LTs chest. At that moment, the Wraith tanks opened fire. The defenders scattered trying to find cover. Three were killed during the bombardment. Sergeant Major Blackman picked up a Spartan Laser from a dead ODST and looked for an enemy tank to laser. After he found one he waited until the Spartan Laser is charged and destroyed the Wraith tank with one shot. He then told the tanks to open fire on the Wraiths. The tanks opened fire and Four Covenant tanks are destroyed in the first salvo. One Scorpion MBT is destroyed, but not before he took another enemy tank with him. The Elite General ordered another retreat. The Elite General began thinking of another strategy to beat the outpost defenses.
Unknown to the defenders at Outpost 5 the Brute Chieftain started a rebellion against the Elite commanders, killing the general and his high ranking officers. The chieftain and the other Brutes used human weapons and told the rest of the legion that Demons had killed the general and that they would pay. A Sangheili Ultra questioned the chieftain but the chieftain killed him with his gravity-hammer. The chieftain told them that they will attack the human base until they take it and cheers erupted from the Covenant troops. The chieftain called a meeting with his Brute Commanders and the Elites who held the ranks of captains and lieutenants. He gave them his plan of attack. However, a group of Phoenix pilots braved the Covenant Anti-Air emplacements and arrived at Outpost 5 and unload more reinforcements and ammo before the wounded are loaded onboard and they once again braved the emplacements and returned to Outpost 4. The replacements were shown to their positions.
Day 5
Banshees came in low and fast, but Hera had control of the outposts Scythe M7 Anti-Aircraft guns which obliterated the first wave. The second wave was also beaten back. Then a mix match of Brutes, Elites, Grunts, Jackals, Drones, Grammeons, Skirmishers, and Hunters attacked Eastern wall. The north wall also comes under attack, but since the minefields had been cleared, the Covenant advanced quicker. Mortar bombs land within their ranks, but that still didn't stop them. The tanks fired on them, but once the enemy got into the ditch, the tanks couldn't fire on them. The enemy charged out of the ditch and some are shot back into the ditch. They passed through the second wire obstacle, and once they got through the enemy opened fire. Four UNSC soldiers were killed and another three were wounded and had to be taken off the line. Sergeant Major Blackman ordered the soldiers around him to duck down and wait for the enemy to reload. Mortars were still raining down on the enemy. The enemy troops attacking northern wall reached the bottom and the defenders could only fire on them if they expose themselves to enemy fire. Several soldiers came up the brilliant idea to drop grenades over the wall. The Covenant didn't see the grenades until it was too late and it blew many of them to pieces. That still didn't stop them as they brought ladders and ropes to scale the north wall.
Sergeant Major Blackman ordered the troopers defending the eastern wall to fall back to the second position. A Wraith plasma mortar hit one of the mortar pits killing several soldiers and severely wounded several others. Sergeant Major Blackman shot several Jiralhanae in the head as he was falling back; the other soldiers were also firing on the advancing enemy as they fell back. A marine threw a fragmentation grenade into the advancing covenant, killing eight Grunts, two Jackals, and a Brute from the explosion. The defenders reached the second defensive line. The tanks were still fighting and as they few back they ran over a few of the Covenant soldiers. The tanks machine gunners are firing nonstop. The Covenant managed to destroy one of the tanks, but not before it took out four Hunters, a Banshee, and dozens of enemy infantry. Lieutenant Tigh slid into the trench next to Sergeant Major Blackman, but didn't say anything. A mortar bomb landed above the trench the UNSC soldiers had just left a moment ago. The bomb killed several enemy soldiers. Lieutenant Tigh is fixing to move to another position to encourage his men, but was killed by a Jackal Marksmen. Private Frist Key nailed the Jackal sniper. PFC Laree Alford is hit in the chest by a Brute Shot grenade. A Scorpion fired, killing several more Covenant troops. A Hunter attempted to fire but a Scorpion blew the head off the Hunter's bond brother, who is then killed by the same tank. A UNSC army soldier fired a Spartan Laser at a Revenant, destroying it with one shot. One of the Spartans on the northern wall nailed an Elite sniper with his Battle Rifle. The tank machineguns are firing at any Covenant trying to exit from the trench that UNSC soldiers had occupied earlier. The tanks main cannons were also firing, destroying any Covenant vehicles that appeared. The Anti-Air emplacements were keeping the enemy Banshees at bay for now. The Wolverines fired a silo of missiles at a squadron of Banshees with a few Vampires, blowing them out of the sky. Lieutenant Trump grabbed a detonator and pressed the button, detonating the C-12 explosives in the trench the Covenant now occupy. The Brute Chieftain watching the battle roared in rage. A Banshee flies in but is immediately neutralized by one of the Scythes. Eighteen Brutes jump over the trench, which is now littered with bodies and body parts, but a mortar shell blows them into the trench. A Type-52 Infantry Support Vehicle, commonly known as a Prowler by the humans, pulled up and opened fire, but killed their own troops instead. A Grizzly destroyed the Prowler with its twin main cannons. Corporal Ralfalco fired his grenade launcher, which killed a Brute and four Grunts who were converging on a Scorpion. He was hit in the shoulder by a Covenant Carbine, a medic runs to him to take care of the wound since the ammunition from the Covenant Carbine is toxic. Lieutenant Trump moved through the second line trench trying to find Sergeant Major Blackman or any of the senior NCOs. He jumped out of the way just as a Scorpion rolled into the trench on fire. He found Sergeant Major Blackman firing on a group of Brutes.
"Sergeant Major, we need to get the two towers back online, and then we can take back the area the Covenant took from us." Even though he knows they want be able to and he believes the LT has lost his marbles, he knows not to question a direct order.
"Yes sir," he replied. He selected four troopers to go and get the towers back online, which the Covenant are using as a Sniper Nest. He aimed his DMR at one of the towers and shoots a Jackal sniper in the head. The four men move towards the towers. They had to use a few grenades to clear a path and rely on their own snipers to cover them, but only two out of the four made it to the towers. They let the snipers clear the towers before they take over the machine-guns. They killed a lot of the Covenant soldiers before a Revenant blew the towers to splinters, but a Grizzly avenged them.
"Hold this line," Lieutenant Trump said over the radio and over the sound of the gunfire, explosions, and troopers cursing. Three Warthogs pulled up and unleashed a hailstorm of lead, cutting down a lot of advancing enemy troops.
The Covenant are also attacking the other walls, but only a few at a time are getting onto the battlements and as soon as they do get onto the battlements they're eliminated. A Spartan comes up behind an Elite who's fixing to stab a soldier and killed the Elite with her combat knife. She drew her two SMGs and unleashed hot lead onto Grunts and Skirmishers who just arrived on the battlements. Captain George ordered his troops to abandon the walls. The defenders drop a few grenades on the other side of the walls to give the Covenant something to think about.
A Brute captain informed the chieftain. "The humans are abandoning the walls. We should press our attack." The Brute Chieftain doesn't agree with him so he ordered his forces to retreat. The Covenant troops begin retreating. The Scorpions and Grizzlies got off a few more rounds, inflecting some more casualties onto the Covenant legion and then Captain George looked around.
"We'll hold them at the command bunker. I don't know how long before they attack again or when they might bombard us so I want all the wounded taken into the basement of the command bunker. Grab as much ammo, medical supplies, and food as you can. I want explosives planted in the mortar pits, the motor pool, and on all vehicles." He told his soldiers and they go to work. They strip ammo from the dead and take Covenant weapons from the bodies of dead Covenant. Hera activated the Wolf Spiders in front of the command bunker. The command bunker is a 3 story building designed as the last defensive option for the outpost. It's located in the center of the outpost. UNSC soldiers' setup machine-guns and Gauss cannons on the 2nd and 3rd floor. They setup missile pods, two Gauss Turrets, and M79 Multiple Rocket Systems on the roof. They plant all the mines they had left around the building. Captain George knows he only has 37 soldiers able to fight, another 21 wounded, and that's not including the three Spartans and Hellbringer squad. All of sudden the bombardment begins. The Mass Driver and all but one of the Scythes are destroyed. The bombardment lasted for 30 minutes. The Brute Chieftain ordered his troops into the base. Upon entering they encounter no resistance. They're wandering if the bombardment killed all the humans, but the defenders are watching them from the bunker. All of sudden explosions erupt from the bobby-trap vehicles as some are on proximity detonation while others are on manual detonation. Some Covenant soldiers even step on the mines. A Chieftain Minor wielding plasma cannon stepped on a mine and is blow to pieces. Several Brutes head to the gatehouse to get the outpost gate open but as soon as they entered an explosion is heard and a Brute Ultra exits from the gatehouse and falls off the battlements. Captain George looks around and noticed two of the Spartans are missing. He looks at the other Spartan.
"They wanted to inflect as many casualties onto the enemy as possible," the Spartan replied. More Covenant troops head to the gatehouse. The doors are closed by that time. Just as a Brute and Elite on either side of the gatehouse are going to kick in the door an explosion comes outwards from the gatehouses doors. The explosion killed three Sangheili, four Brutes, nine Grunts, six Jackals, and four Skirmishers on one side. On the other side the explosion kills eight Brutes, twelve Grunts, and six Jackals. An Elite with his shields depleted attempted to stand back up, but got blasted in the face from a shotgun. A Grunt takes a blast to the chest next along with another Elite. Covenant reinforcements arrived and open fire on the Spartan. However it turns out to be a hologram. The Spartan laughed as he killed dozens of enemy soldiers. As he finished eliminating an Elite Major he was hit in the back by a Hunter's fuel rod cannon, depleting his shield, then he's hit by multiple Spikes from a Brutes Spiker and several Brutes move to open the gate. A Brute moved towards the Demon, despite the warnings coming from the Elites. The Brute draws his knife and stands over the Demon, the Brute didn't see him jab his own knife into the Brute's throat, sinking it all the way in until it's buried up to the hilt. The Spartan stood up and used the Brute's body as a shield. He threw a plasma grenade at the nearest Elite, taking him and two others with him. He pushes the Brute's body onto another Brute, knocking him down, and then finished him off with the Brutes own knife. A Sangheili Zealot turned to face him, but the Spartan tackled him and then stabbed him. Several other Elites stab him in the back and as he turns over he is stabbed in the front. He was holding a detonator in one of his hands. The Elites and the other Covenant soldiers in the gatehouse begin backing up. "Boom Mother Fuckers!" He yelled before pressing the detonator. The gatehouse and half of the wall are demolished and the Covenant near the blast begin recovering, however some were buried underneath the rubble.
Spartan Kuchma is pretending to be dead in one of the towers on northern wall when she heard the explosion. She's surrounded by mostly Grunts with two Brute Minors in the tower who are going through the bodies, shooting some of them. A Grunt comes over to her but she snaps the Grunt's neck. She then activated her active-camo and walked up behind one of the Brutes and snapped his neck. The two Grunts on either side of him have no clue what happened until two throwing knives entered their skulls. One by one she eliminates the Covenant soldiers in the tower. She exited from the tower and the Jackal outside had no clue she was there until she snapped his neck too. The Jackal next to the one she just killed turned but his actions are slow compared to hers and she quickly jabbed her combat knife into the creature's skull. She killed several more Covenant soldiers in a similar manner. She picks up an M29 Rocket Launcher and fired on the enemy vehicles within the outpost and one rocket into a cluster of enemy soldiers. A Brute sees her firing and comes up behind her, but he's killed by the back blast. The Covenant look up. Elites began moving up to the walls, supported by Brutes, Grunts, Jackals, and 2 pairs of Hunters. She has two rockets left and she used them on the 2 pairs of Hunters. Captain George has given the men in the bunker strict orders to save their ammo for when the enemy comes for them so they hold their fire. Spartan Kuchma's motion tracker picked up contacts behind her and she turned just in time to catch a plasma bolt to her chest. She returned fire with her Battle Rifle, dropping the Grunts with headshots. She sees Elites along with more Grunts behind them so she throws a satchel charge with C-12 explosive inside and waited for the first couple covenant to pass by it before she detonates the C-12 explosive with a single shot from her Battle Rifle. The four Covenant soldiers through the door are blown to pieces and the entrance is sealed. She turned her attention to the Covenant just arriving on the battlements. She threw a Spike Grenade but didn't wait to see the result as she begin aiming for their heads. Her shields begin dropping so she threw down a Bubble Shield. It's a new type that doesn't allow the attacker to enter or allow anything to harm the user, but it does allow the user to fire back at the attacker which is what Spartan Kuchma does. She fires her two primary weapons until they're out of ammo leaving only her pistol, two throwing knives, her K-BAR knife, and her Katana. She knows ten seconds left to go before the shield fails. The Elites ignited their energy swords, the Brutes draw their knives, and the Jackals ignited their energy-cutlass.
The shield deactivates and she runs towards her attackers. The Grunts open fire, hitting their own, which of course cause the Elites and Brutes to kill them. The Spartan swordsmanship is far superior then the Elite minor's swordsmanship. Her Katana cuts their arms, legs, and even heads off. It's a brutal melee. She uses a few plasma grenades and spike grenades to strip away the Brute with power armor away and the Elites' personal energy shields. She cut off an Elites hand and picked up his Energy Sword and killed him with his own energy sword. Several Plasma bolts hit her, dropping her shields but she continued to fight. An Elite swung at her head, narrowing missing her but she stabbed the Elite in the chest, killing him. She threw her Katana into the nearest Brute, impaling him. She just finished dispatching a Sangheili Ultra when a plasma bolt from a charged Plasma Pistol hit her. She turned around and advance towards the Grunts who begins backing up. However a Sangheili Zealot stabbed her in the back. She flipped around and stabbed him in the head. As the Zealot falls he removed the blade from her back. She collapses, but held herself up with the energy sword in the ground. She activated her active-camo and disappeared as several more Zealots came to finish her off. She removed her Katana from the dead Brute's body. Despite her wound, she's determined to kill as many Covenants as she could before she succumbed to her wounds. She came up behind an Elite Zealot and stabbed him in the back. She rushes towards another Elite and with the Katana sticking out stabbed the Elite through the chest. Now there are two impaled with the Katana. She's fixing to remove the Katana but a plasma bolt hit her in the back, disabling her active-camo. She's stabbed a few times by Jackals, but she shoots each of them in the head with her pistol then she uses the pistol as a club to kill another Jackal. She's hit several more times and her helmet cracks so she removes it and breaks an Elite's neck with her helmet. A Brute fired his Spiker at the Demon, finally killing her with a headshot. However as her final present to the Covenant, her suits self-destruct killed anyone within the blast radius. Another explosion erupts as a Prowler hits a mine outside of outpost.
The Brute Chieftain smiles when he's informed the two Demons are dead. The outpost has one final obstacle for his troops to overcome and after the last obstacle falls the humans will be dead for all the pain they cause him. A Sangheili Zealot approaches the chieftain. "What do you want major?" The Jiralhanae Chieftain asked the Sangheili.
"Five Litchs and four Phantoms are on approach." The Elite Major told him. "It's probably our new general." The Chieftain slams his hammer down onto the ground causing the Elite to flinch.
"Attack now," the Brute Chieftain orders. However just as soon as he gave the order a Jirheili appears. The Brute Chieftain looked at him, so does the others present, as he's accompanied by 12 Jirheili Bodyguards.
"Chieftain, why haven't you taken the human base yet?" The Jirheili asked.
"We have encountered heavy resistance from the humans, they're hold up in their last defensive structure and it won't be long now general," The Jiralhanae Chieftain replied.
"I do have some good news two Demons are dead," The Jiralhanae smiles. The Jirheili General didn't say anything as he left the tent.
The Covenant infantry begin heading towards the bunker. Captain George orders his men the order to unleash hell. "Save the Gauss turrets, rocket launchers and Spartan Lasers for bigger threats such as Hunters and Covenant vehicles." He told his men over the comms. "Hera, you have the Anti-aircraft batteries if they send in Banshees, Sprits and Phantoms blow them out of the sky." Many of the Covenant troops are being cut to pieces. Rockets hit the formations and the Wraiths. A single Spartan Laser shot destroyed a Wraith tank and even the second one behind it. A rocket misses its target but instead hits the base of the tower which causes debris to fall onto Grunts and Jackals, crushing them. Drones attack the bunker, but the machine-guns drive them away. Only the Covenant Marksman have clear targets at the UNSC soldiers but as soon as the Covenant fire their Beam Rifles, Carbine, Focus Rifle, and Needle Rifles the UNSC snipers begin hitting them in the head or the chest. The mortar pits explode, taking any Covenant soldier in the vicinity with it. Some survived but many are mortally wounded. A Wraith tank fired at the bunker but the plasma goes over and hits the battlements behind the bunker, inflecting causalities onto their own troops. The Wraith tank explodes shortly after it made it 2nd shot from several Hunters combine firepower. Captain George gets an idea after he watched the Hunters destroy one of their own vehicles. "Let's see if we can't get them to shoot each other." Sergeant Major Blackman nailed a Grunt with a headshot. They throw or fire smoke grenades into the Covenant ranks some of the grenades are high-explosive and others are incendiary to keep the enemy confuse. As the smoke begins to cloud the battlefield the UNSC soldiers switch to thermal optics. The Covenant have no idea what's happening so they fire blindly into the smoke, either hitting nothing or their own troops. The Jirheili General watched. He gave the order to retreat so the smoke could deteriorate before they attack again.
After the smoke is blown away by the wind the Covenant launch another assault against the bunker, this time with Banshees for support. Private First Class Key blows the head off a Minor Jiralhanae Chieftain shoulders plus four of his bodyguards and 8 Grunts. The Banshees attack the UNSC soldiers on the roof, forcing them off the roof and onto the 3rd floor, though two squadrons of Banshees are blown out of the sky in the process, but they managed to destroy the last Scythe. Phantoms and Sprits begin approaching the outpost. Two Phantoms hover above the roof and Covenant troops use the grav lift to get down there. A rocket hits one of the door gunners but the Covenant troops already on the roof smoke the UNSC soldiers. The enemy head towards the exit so additional troops can arrive. However they aren't expecting projectiles to meet them as soon as they enter the stairway. Covenant bodies tumble down the stairs another soldier shoots each of them again with his M90 Shotgun. The soldiers counter-attack and manage to clear the roof but after 3 tries 8 soldiers are killed in the process but they had help from the last Spartan. Over the next 3 days the Covenant try to take the bunker but they sustain heavy causalities in the process, but they manage to drop the defenders down to 19 fighters. The Covenant launched another assault and the UNSC know they can't hold the roof so they abandon the roof and the 3rd floor. As the Covenant enter the 3rd floor from the roof they hit multiple claymore mines. Captain George knows he won't be able to hold the outpost for much longer and they're running short of ammunition so they retreat down to the basement. Wraith tanks and Revenants and the few remain Locust begins bombarding the bunker which inflect causalities onto their own troops already in the bunkers three floors.
"Lieutenant Trump, I want you to take a majority of the men to Outpost 4 and tell them what happened and to expect a Covenant attack."
"Yes sir," Lieutenant Trump replied. "What are you going to do sir?"
"I'm going to remain behind with the wounded, hopefully the Covenant decide to take prisoners." Only the Spartan and two other men remain behind with the captain. Lieutenant Trump, Sergeant Major Blackman, Sergeant Ryan, Hellbringer Squad, and the others enter the escape tunnel. Once inside the tunnel they hear explosions and gunfire but they keep moving.
As soon as the escape tunnel seals the Covenant breeched the basement. Two automated turrets nail some of the Covenant through the breech but several more breeches appear and instead of Elites and Brutes a species never seen before entered along with Grunts, Jackals, and Grammeons. The marine nearest them open fire, cutting a few Grunts and a single Jackal down with his MA5D AR (Assault Rifle), but the new assailant shields absorb the round like it was hungry. The marine's AR is empty in a matter of seconds and still there are no indication of the AP (Armor-Piercing) rounds having any affect. The new assailant stabs the marine in the chest with his energy sword. The Spartan manages to kill one with an overcharged Plasma Pistol and a headshot from his DMR. Three wounded soldiers are killed as they attempted to defend themselves from a gang of Grammeons. The rest are surrounded by the new species with Grunts, Jackals, and Grammeons on the outside. They surrender to the new species. They're taken to a prison camp near New Mombasa. Hera has one last surprise for them. As soon as the Litch leaves with the UNSC prisoners the outpost explodes, taking anything within the vicinity with it; including Banshees, Phantoms, Sprits, and a Litch. The Covenant troops well outside of the blast radius are shocked, however the Jiralhanae Chieftain was enraged and he wanted payback, but the Jirheili General forbids him, stating that this is war and to accomplish a goal requires some sacrifice. He gives orders to construct an outpost of their own to protect New Mombasa from a UNSC counter-attack.
Lieutenant Trump and the others reach Outpost 4 three days later and informed the base commander of the destruction of Outpost 5 who then relays the news to HighCom.
