HALO 2:
The Final Stand
|:MISSION HISTORY
LOADING...
"Sir, they just folded in...Inside our formation,"someone said over the COM.
"Son, I need you to calm down,"a man replied. It was Admiral Michael Stanforth and the man he was speaking to was a Longsword Interceptor pilot.
The Master Chief was listening to their conversation over the COM as he walked through a door and out of a brightly lit room.
"Look...Additional contacts. Moving to engage,"the pilot said.
There was some static and then the Chief heard Admiral Stanforth say, "...and get your picket to Rally Point Alpha."
The Chief continued to walk down the hall of the UNSC carrier, the Leviathan, and as he passed a certain panel of the hall, part of the wall popped out and revealed 4 newly modeled Assault Rifles. The Chief grabbed one as the next part of his Mission History appeared on his HUD.
|:EXPLORE DERELICT RING HABITAT
COMPLETE...
The Master Chief continued down the hall and into an elevator. A new voice appeared over the COM Channel.
"Admiral, you can't let them maintain orbit,"the voice said.
"I'm tryin' General but we've lost advantage within the Lunar Perimeter,"the Admiral replied.
The next piece of the Chief's Mission History flashed on his HUD.
|:DESTROY HOSTILE GROUND FORCES
COMPLETE...
"My frigates are combat ineffective and the fighters...They don't have enough punch to take out a Covenant Assault Carrier,"Admiral Stanforth replied.
The Chief readied his rifle as the elevator continued its descent.
"Your pilots let up...And down here, it's the goddamned apocalypse!"the General barked.
|:NEUTRALIZE ADAPTIVE PARASITIC LIFEFORM
COMPLETE...
"I'm asking you to re-target the orbitals!"the General shouted.
The elevator came to a stop and the Master Chief and continued through a door into a large docking bay.
"And let more of them slip the Kill Zone? That's insanity! There's nothin' more I can do!"the Admiral said.
Once again the Mission History appeared on the Master Chief's HUD.
|:OUTWIT ANCIENT A.I. CONSTRUCT
COMPLETE...
The pilot returned to the COM Channel and spurted out, "The core defense is too intense...Our grid is maxed, I don't think we'll last another run!"
The Master Chief continued walking as Cortana spoke up:
"Admiral, tell you men to hold their positions. Reinforcements are on the spoke."
"The entire fleet is engaged, Cortana, with respect, what the hell sort of reinforcement have you got?"the Admiral asked. Cortana did not reply.
The Master Chief came upon a large window and looked outside at a terrible sight. A grim look took over his face as he watched Earth being attacked by the Covenant. Bolts of plasma were rained down on the planet, and bombs were going off on the surface. Heavy fighting was going on. The Master Chief suddenly snapped out of his temporary state of shock as the last part of his Mission History showed up.
|:STOP DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN RACE
IN PROGRESS...
The Chief turned around and walked towards a pillar. On the other side of the pillar was a red button.
"It's passing below your position, ma'am. Proximity Zero,"a technician said over the COM
The Master Chief punched the button and a panel marked "Restricted Only" rose higher up on the pillar, revealing a handle. The Chief braced himself on the pillar and prepared to do something that could very easily kill him.
"What if you miss?"Cortana nervously asked.
The Master Chief paused for a moment, mulling the thought of missing over. He finally said, "...I won't..."
He pulled on the handle and the large window slowly opened, decompressing the room. The Master Chief pushed himself off the pillar and was sucked into the vacuum of space. He accelerated as he descended towards Earth-Or, more so, a Covenant destroyer. The Chief watched the faint-purple ship inch ever closer to him, the light from the sun reflecting on the ship's shields. For a minute the Chief began to watch Earth but remembered the 3 factors of this mission that had to go off without a hitch.
First, he had to make sure that he would at least hit the ship. Second, he had to make sure he hit the ship as it discharged plasma since the shields temporarily dropped. Lastly, he had to make sure he didn't become vapor from being blasted by a plasma torpedo.
Suddenly the Master Chief sprung into action. He leveled his rifle towards the black, weak part of the hull and watched the plasma guns on the sides of the ship charge up. The plasma fired, and so did the Chief. The first few bullets pinged off the shield but the rest tore a fist sized hole in the hull. The Chief flung himself to the side in the zero gravity and grabbed onto the hole. He noticed that the impact took out the shields on his MJOLNIR Armor, but he still began to rip the hole back to make it bigger. However, the shields on the ship began to recharge. The Chief's grip began to loosen, and if he fell he would get sucked into the Earth's atmosphere and get burned to a crisp. That wasn't an option though. He had to complete this phase of the mission...His fate and the fate of humanity depended on it.
The Final Stand
|:MISSION HISTORY
LOADING...
"Sir, they just folded in...Inside our formation,"someone said over the COM.
"Son, I need you to calm down,"a man replied. It was Admiral Michael Stanforth and the man he was speaking to was a Longsword Interceptor pilot.
The Master Chief was listening to their conversation over the COM as he walked through a door and out of a brightly lit room.
"Look...Additional contacts. Moving to engage,"the pilot said.
There was some static and then the Chief heard Admiral Stanforth say, "...and get your picket to Rally Point Alpha."
The Chief continued to walk down the hall of the UNSC carrier, the Leviathan, and as he passed a certain panel of the hall, part of the wall popped out and revealed 4 newly modeled Assault Rifles. The Chief grabbed one as the next part of his Mission History appeared on his HUD.
|:EXPLORE DERELICT RING HABITAT
COMPLETE...
The Master Chief continued down the hall and into an elevator. A new voice appeared over the COM Channel.
"Admiral, you can't let them maintain orbit,"the voice said.
"I'm tryin' General but we've lost advantage within the Lunar Perimeter,"the Admiral replied.
The next piece of the Chief's Mission History flashed on his HUD.
|:DESTROY HOSTILE GROUND FORCES
COMPLETE...
"My frigates are combat ineffective and the fighters...They don't have enough punch to take out a Covenant Assault Carrier,"Admiral Stanforth replied.
The Chief readied his rifle as the elevator continued its descent.
"Your pilots let up...And down here, it's the goddamned apocalypse!"the General barked.
|:NEUTRALIZE ADAPTIVE PARASITIC LIFEFORM
COMPLETE...
"I'm asking you to re-target the orbitals!"the General shouted.
The elevator came to a stop and the Master Chief and continued through a door into a large docking bay.
"And let more of them slip the Kill Zone? That's insanity! There's nothin' more I can do!"the Admiral said.
Once again the Mission History appeared on the Master Chief's HUD.
|:OUTWIT ANCIENT A.I. CONSTRUCT
COMPLETE...
The pilot returned to the COM Channel and spurted out, "The core defense is too intense...Our grid is maxed, I don't think we'll last another run!"
The Master Chief continued walking as Cortana spoke up:
"Admiral, tell you men to hold their positions. Reinforcements are on the spoke."
"The entire fleet is engaged, Cortana, with respect, what the hell sort of reinforcement have you got?"the Admiral asked. Cortana did not reply.
The Master Chief came upon a large window and looked outside at a terrible sight. A grim look took over his face as he watched Earth being attacked by the Covenant. Bolts of plasma were rained down on the planet, and bombs were going off on the surface. Heavy fighting was going on. The Master Chief suddenly snapped out of his temporary state of shock as the last part of his Mission History showed up.
|:STOP DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN RACE
IN PROGRESS...
The Chief turned around and walked towards a pillar. On the other side of the pillar was a red button.
"It's passing below your position, ma'am. Proximity Zero,"a technician said over the COM
The Master Chief punched the button and a panel marked "Restricted Only" rose higher up on the pillar, revealing a handle. The Chief braced himself on the pillar and prepared to do something that could very easily kill him.
"What if you miss?"Cortana nervously asked.
The Master Chief paused for a moment, mulling the thought of missing over. He finally said, "...I won't..."
He pulled on the handle and the large window slowly opened, decompressing the room. The Master Chief pushed himself off the pillar and was sucked into the vacuum of space. He accelerated as he descended towards Earth-Or, more so, a Covenant destroyer. The Chief watched the faint-purple ship inch ever closer to him, the light from the sun reflecting on the ship's shields. For a minute the Chief began to watch Earth but remembered the 3 factors of this mission that had to go off without a hitch.
First, he had to make sure that he would at least hit the ship. Second, he had to make sure he hit the ship as it discharged plasma since the shields temporarily dropped. Lastly, he had to make sure he didn't become vapor from being blasted by a plasma torpedo.
Suddenly the Master Chief sprung into action. He leveled his rifle towards the black, weak part of the hull and watched the plasma guns on the sides of the ship charge up. The plasma fired, and so did the Chief. The first few bullets pinged off the shield but the rest tore a fist sized hole in the hull. The Chief flung himself to the side in the zero gravity and grabbed onto the hole. He noticed that the impact took out the shields on his MJOLNIR Armor, but he still began to rip the hole back to make it bigger. However, the shields on the ship began to recharge. The Chief's grip began to loosen, and if he fell he would get sucked into the Earth's atmosphere and get burned to a crisp. That wasn't an option though. He had to complete this phase of the mission...His fate and the fate of humanity depended on it.
