The Covenant outpost was located on a barren, desolate planet. There
were a couple pre-fabricated buildings, a plasma cannon, and a medium
tonnage cruiser. Salgolsh the elite sat on a chair in the bridge of the
cruiser. Around him were two purple coated control panels. The screens
displayed a tactical battle simulation. In the base around him, most were
still sleeping as it was still early morning. Everybody was unsuspecting
of what was to happen.
While Salgolsh was running a simulation, the sensor system beeped. On the small screen, a small dropship was heading toward the outpost. What the hell, there weren't any dropship arrivals scheduled for a week, Salgolsh thought.
"Identify yourself!" yelled Salgolsh into the comm system hanging from the ceiling. A strange sounding British voice came from the speakers.
"I am the Monitor and prepare to die now!" it said.
Salgolsh quickly sent out a warning to all the troops in the outpost. There was the screaming of grunts as they scurried to their posts. The elites also put on their combat armor and waited on the ground for the dropship to land. Salgolsh himself put on his own gold plated elite armor, which was scarred from many past battles. On the back of the gleaming armor, was his personal insignia, which was a circle divided up into four parts.
The base opened fire first. One of the grunts fired the plasma cannon at the dropship. The blue beam ripped a gigantic hole right through the shielding. 343's ship responded with a volley of laser blasts, killing some panicked grunts that were running in circles out in the open. The smarter elites took cover behind rocks and fired through the hole in the shielding, further damaging the smoking hull. The ship veered as if it were to crash, but it sudden pulled up and sent four purple laser bolts into a pre-fab barracks, leaving several gaping holes.
This battle has to end, thought Salgolsh. I'll finish that thing off with the cruiser. He yelled for to the techs to start up the engines. The engines glowed a deep red and the cruiser shot off into the air with surprising agility for such a large vessel. Salgolsh looked through the auto sight mounted in his helmet and activated the heavy plasma cannons mounted at the front of the ship. Looking through the sight, he spotted the dropship. The sight also identified the hole in the shield. There's my shot, he thought. He squeezed the cannon trigger four times.
With the whirring of power generators, the cannons spat four enormous balls of plasma directly at the hole in the shields of the dropship. They streaked into 343's ship with a thundering blast. It glowed for a spilt second, then exploded with an earsplitting roar and a wave of fire swept over the Covenant outpost.
Two shaken jackals poked their heads out from the rock where they had taken cover under. Soon, elite and grunt heads also popped up from behind rocks and stationary shields. In center of the remains of the pre-fab buildings destroyed in the blast, a blue hovering ball appeared. The troops looked at it, bewildered.
What the hell is THAT? Salgolsh wondered. Just as he was thinking this, the troops attacked it. He watched as a fellow commander elite ran up and stuck a plasma sword deep into it. To his and the other elite's surprise, it sputtered out and dropped to the ground, useless. The confused elite ran away from the thing. At this point, Salgolsh decided to investigate. He grabbed a plasma sword and rifle. He stepped into the gravity lift and floated out of the ship.
When he touched the ground, the troops were pounding the thing with plasma fire. It appeared to have no effect, though, and the thing rammed several grunts, stunning them. Salgolsh activated his plasma sword and with an immense show of speed and strength, he charged at the thing and sliced at it with the power to split a ship's hull. His blade also deactivated and clattered to the ground. He immediately pulled out his plasma rifle and whacked it with the same strength at before. A loud metallic clang rattled the area, and the thing still looked the same. His rifle had a huge dent in it but could still fire, so he began shooting at it.
The thing floated away toward the cruiser. Salgolsh chased it with all the speed of an elite, but it simply flew higher, out of his reach. As he fired at it, the thing dodged the slow plasma with ease. He roared with anger and shot it on automatic. It was hit, but as before, the shot was absorbed. It floated up the gravity lift, with Salgolsh close behind.
In the corridors of the ship, he followed the thing, shooting as he went. Once it got to a computer terminal, it stopped and entered the computer system. Salgolsh raised his rifle to attack once more, but he heard a hollow click. His rifle was out of energy and he had forgotten to bring more power cells. The armory was too far away. Seconds later, as Salgolsh decided on what to do next, a warning voice sounded. The thing had activated the self-destruct of not the cruiser, but of the ground plasma cannon's reactor.
He rushed out to save his troops. He dashed through the corridors and down the gravity lift. Salgolsh rushed toward the group of troops, shouting warnings as he went. The troops did not move, however. Their eyes were all peeled to the cruiser, which was taking off into the air. Just when he got to the troops, there was a blinding flash of white light.
Now on to the next phase of my plan, the Monitor thought. The cruiser blasted away from the explosion of the cannon toward deep space. There, on the ground, lay a dead elite. It had gold plated armor and on the back was a circle divided into four parts.
Thanks for reading! In response to Silver Death's question: In the ending movie, at the very end, there is a clip showing the Monitor hovering away from the remains for Halo. That is probably a hint about the sequel to Halo. This story is just my idea of what happens after.
While Salgolsh was running a simulation, the sensor system beeped. On the small screen, a small dropship was heading toward the outpost. What the hell, there weren't any dropship arrivals scheduled for a week, Salgolsh thought.
"Identify yourself!" yelled Salgolsh into the comm system hanging from the ceiling. A strange sounding British voice came from the speakers.
"I am the Monitor and prepare to die now!" it said.
Salgolsh quickly sent out a warning to all the troops in the outpost. There was the screaming of grunts as they scurried to their posts. The elites also put on their combat armor and waited on the ground for the dropship to land. Salgolsh himself put on his own gold plated elite armor, which was scarred from many past battles. On the back of the gleaming armor, was his personal insignia, which was a circle divided up into four parts.
The base opened fire first. One of the grunts fired the plasma cannon at the dropship. The blue beam ripped a gigantic hole right through the shielding. 343's ship responded with a volley of laser blasts, killing some panicked grunts that were running in circles out in the open. The smarter elites took cover behind rocks and fired through the hole in the shielding, further damaging the smoking hull. The ship veered as if it were to crash, but it sudden pulled up and sent four purple laser bolts into a pre-fab barracks, leaving several gaping holes.
This battle has to end, thought Salgolsh. I'll finish that thing off with the cruiser. He yelled for to the techs to start up the engines. The engines glowed a deep red and the cruiser shot off into the air with surprising agility for such a large vessel. Salgolsh looked through the auto sight mounted in his helmet and activated the heavy plasma cannons mounted at the front of the ship. Looking through the sight, he spotted the dropship. The sight also identified the hole in the shield. There's my shot, he thought. He squeezed the cannon trigger four times.
With the whirring of power generators, the cannons spat four enormous balls of plasma directly at the hole in the shields of the dropship. They streaked into 343's ship with a thundering blast. It glowed for a spilt second, then exploded with an earsplitting roar and a wave of fire swept over the Covenant outpost.
Two shaken jackals poked their heads out from the rock where they had taken cover under. Soon, elite and grunt heads also popped up from behind rocks and stationary shields. In center of the remains of the pre-fab buildings destroyed in the blast, a blue hovering ball appeared. The troops looked at it, bewildered.
What the hell is THAT? Salgolsh wondered. Just as he was thinking this, the troops attacked it. He watched as a fellow commander elite ran up and stuck a plasma sword deep into it. To his and the other elite's surprise, it sputtered out and dropped to the ground, useless. The confused elite ran away from the thing. At this point, Salgolsh decided to investigate. He grabbed a plasma sword and rifle. He stepped into the gravity lift and floated out of the ship.
When he touched the ground, the troops were pounding the thing with plasma fire. It appeared to have no effect, though, and the thing rammed several grunts, stunning them. Salgolsh activated his plasma sword and with an immense show of speed and strength, he charged at the thing and sliced at it with the power to split a ship's hull. His blade also deactivated and clattered to the ground. He immediately pulled out his plasma rifle and whacked it with the same strength at before. A loud metallic clang rattled the area, and the thing still looked the same. His rifle had a huge dent in it but could still fire, so he began shooting at it.
The thing floated away toward the cruiser. Salgolsh chased it with all the speed of an elite, but it simply flew higher, out of his reach. As he fired at it, the thing dodged the slow plasma with ease. He roared with anger and shot it on automatic. It was hit, but as before, the shot was absorbed. It floated up the gravity lift, with Salgolsh close behind.
In the corridors of the ship, he followed the thing, shooting as he went. Once it got to a computer terminal, it stopped and entered the computer system. Salgolsh raised his rifle to attack once more, but he heard a hollow click. His rifle was out of energy and he had forgotten to bring more power cells. The armory was too far away. Seconds later, as Salgolsh decided on what to do next, a warning voice sounded. The thing had activated the self-destruct of not the cruiser, but of the ground plasma cannon's reactor.
He rushed out to save his troops. He dashed through the corridors and down the gravity lift. Salgolsh rushed toward the group of troops, shouting warnings as he went. The troops did not move, however. Their eyes were all peeled to the cruiser, which was taking off into the air. Just when he got to the troops, there was a blinding flash of white light.
Now on to the next phase of my plan, the Monitor thought. The cruiser blasted away from the explosion of the cannon toward deep space. There, on the ground, lay a dead elite. It had gold plated armor and on the back was a circle divided into four parts.
Thanks for reading! In response to Silver Death's question: In the ending movie, at the very end, there is a clip showing the Monitor hovering away from the remains for Halo. That is probably a hint about the sequel to Halo. This story is just my idea of what happens after.