Chapter 5.
The lift opened on a higher level and Will and his team quickly exited-- right in front of a Covenant patrol. What Fun! Five seconds later there were three more dead on the bases personnel roster. DelSoul remarked, "These guys are special ops! What a joke. Even Imperials put up more of a fight than this." Will snapped back, "We should keep moving.--only fire when necessary. We have to keep the element of surprise."
They continued down the corridor until they came to a massive blast door. Tao put the electronic lock breaker on the door controls and activated it. As soon as he did the door slid open. Regar remarked, "that was a bit too quick." Will said, "Let's not take any chances." They all drew their more powerful weapons and quietly walked through the door. What they saw before them was absolutely mind blowing. They were on a lift balcony over looking a huge hanger, big enough to hold a city. Hundreds of workers were working around this one huge ship stored there. The ship itself looked like some one took the best features of a Star Destroyer and a Covenant Cruiser and merged them. It still maintained its spearhead shape except all the sharp edges were rounded, it was more streamlined, and at the tip of the nose was what appeared to be some short of weird weapon. The weapon looked like a heavily modified cannon.
Retler whispered, "How in the stars did they burry a Star Destroyer down here?" Tao whispered, "too streamlined to be a Star Destroyer. They must have used one as a template." Suddenly everyone heard through their translators "All rise for Base Commander Plo and the High Prophet of Technology." Will urgently whispered, "Down!" They all hide behind a crate resting on the balcony lift.
Meanwhile, on the main floor a gold armored Elite walked in along with what looked like a giant yellow slug in formal dress resting on a hover chair. Escorting them were two dozen Special Op guards. Each was carrying battle carbines. The slug said, "Commander what is the meaning of this invitation? We Prophets do not like being ordered by their inferiors." Plo boomed, "Forgive me for this but I thought you would like to take a look at this little weapon in development for our holy war against the infidels." The Prophet looked up and replied, "A simple ship?" Plo cut him off and said, "Oh its not what it appears. Let me explain. When we first found out about this present galaxy through the Halo Network, our orders were to enslave the most powerful race we could find. However, my battle group was separated from the fleet due to a hyper space malfunction. What I discovered was quite interesting. A reptilian race calling itself the Ssi-Ruuk, normally our divine protocol demands the extermination of any race dubbed unholy, however, I was fascinated by their technology, the ability of drain the life force of any sentient being and use this life force to power anything from Star Ships to Drones to Fire Arms. So instead of following the usual protocol, I made a pact with them. While this may go against the teachings of the Divine Prophet of Light, I feel this was well worth the insubordination that I have done."
"Before you is the silent judgment weapon. A whole new class of ships who by combining technologies of the Ssi-Ruuk and the Glorious Covenant can drain the bio-energy of an entire planet. Of course it can only drain the energy of sentient beings but remains a huge leap in our ability to conquer without casualties. Before we had turned planets deemed impure into glass. I always thought that was such a needless waste, as we could not access its resources. Now we can drain the souls of the infidels and then we can rape the planet using their resources against them. The best part is the infidels will finally be put to good use powering our war machine in our divine crusade."
The Prophet looked in disbelief at both Ship and the Commander himself. "Could a thing like this actually work?" Plo simply replied, "At first there were many logistics and hurdles to overcome. However, the resources put into this ship and weapon should be well worth the expense. We already have tested several smaller versions of the weapon while I've dubbed the Sour Eraser on some of the bases more defiant personnel. It works perfectly." The Prophet responded, "Hmmmm--such a weapon would give us an enormous tactical advantage as far as resources are concerned. How do you know that this scale of a Soul Eraser will work and is actually worth such defiance in our holy protocol?" The Commander gave off an insane look--- even more deadly than those of the usual Elite. "I plan on a live firing test." he replied. He then took out a mini holograph projector and showed the hologram of a decent size planet. This is Garos 4 a very isolated planet surrounded by nebulas with very few ways to get to it through hyper space, however, it's strategically important to the Infidels. It's their only source of Hibridium a metal that if melted down and formulated into Star Ship armor produces a natural cloaking effect cutting down the enemies ability to detect the ship by 50%. Of course, the enemy knows this so this planet is defended by a small fleet. They feel the isolation of the planet will protect it. However, despite the small size the fleet is very formidable made up of advance fighter and ship types. That's why in order to successfully drain this planet and take control of its valuable resource, I have called upon my entire fleet. They should be arriving in about 30 hours, when they arrive this ship and the entire Covenant 71st fleet will jump hyper space to the planet. While the rest of the fleet keeps the Infidels busy, this ship will position itself near the planets moon and fire the Soul Eraser. They'll never know what hit them"
Up on the balcony Will and his team were staring in absolute disbelief. Retler silently whispered, "We've got to destroy that thing at any cost. That weapon could due more damage than the original Death Star." DelSoul said, "And how are you suggesting we destroy something that large?" Retler smiled and said, "Are you forgetting my specialty?" He then took out a demolition charge and whistled as he tossed it up and down. Will said, "The only way that's going to work is if we board the ship and position explosives near the reactor. It's probably shielded. John once told me he destroyed the Pillar of Autumn by throwing a couple of grenades down its reactor's ventilation shaft, it could possibly work. All we have to do now is sneak aboard. We need to formulate a plan. If we don't destroy this thing the Covenant could certainly mass produce this weapon and easily finish their multi-galactic genocide."
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Next Chapter: Through the gates of hell
Rave Drifter.
The lift opened on a higher level and Will and his team quickly exited-- right in front of a Covenant patrol. What Fun! Five seconds later there were three more dead on the bases personnel roster. DelSoul remarked, "These guys are special ops! What a joke. Even Imperials put up more of a fight than this." Will snapped back, "We should keep moving.--only fire when necessary. We have to keep the element of surprise."
They continued down the corridor until they came to a massive blast door. Tao put the electronic lock breaker on the door controls and activated it. As soon as he did the door slid open. Regar remarked, "that was a bit too quick." Will said, "Let's not take any chances." They all drew their more powerful weapons and quietly walked through the door. What they saw before them was absolutely mind blowing. They were on a lift balcony over looking a huge hanger, big enough to hold a city. Hundreds of workers were working around this one huge ship stored there. The ship itself looked like some one took the best features of a Star Destroyer and a Covenant Cruiser and merged them. It still maintained its spearhead shape except all the sharp edges were rounded, it was more streamlined, and at the tip of the nose was what appeared to be some short of weird weapon. The weapon looked like a heavily modified cannon.
Retler whispered, "How in the stars did they burry a Star Destroyer down here?" Tao whispered, "too streamlined to be a Star Destroyer. They must have used one as a template." Suddenly everyone heard through their translators "All rise for Base Commander Plo and the High Prophet of Technology." Will urgently whispered, "Down!" They all hide behind a crate resting on the balcony lift.
Meanwhile, on the main floor a gold armored Elite walked in along with what looked like a giant yellow slug in formal dress resting on a hover chair. Escorting them were two dozen Special Op guards. Each was carrying battle carbines. The slug said, "Commander what is the meaning of this invitation? We Prophets do not like being ordered by their inferiors." Plo boomed, "Forgive me for this but I thought you would like to take a look at this little weapon in development for our holy war against the infidels." The Prophet looked up and replied, "A simple ship?" Plo cut him off and said, "Oh its not what it appears. Let me explain. When we first found out about this present galaxy through the Halo Network, our orders were to enslave the most powerful race we could find. However, my battle group was separated from the fleet due to a hyper space malfunction. What I discovered was quite interesting. A reptilian race calling itself the Ssi-Ruuk, normally our divine protocol demands the extermination of any race dubbed unholy, however, I was fascinated by their technology, the ability of drain the life force of any sentient being and use this life force to power anything from Star Ships to Drones to Fire Arms. So instead of following the usual protocol, I made a pact with them. While this may go against the teachings of the Divine Prophet of Light, I feel this was well worth the insubordination that I have done."
"Before you is the silent judgment weapon. A whole new class of ships who by combining technologies of the Ssi-Ruuk and the Glorious Covenant can drain the bio-energy of an entire planet. Of course it can only drain the energy of sentient beings but remains a huge leap in our ability to conquer without casualties. Before we had turned planets deemed impure into glass. I always thought that was such a needless waste, as we could not access its resources. Now we can drain the souls of the infidels and then we can rape the planet using their resources against them. The best part is the infidels will finally be put to good use powering our war machine in our divine crusade."
The Prophet looked in disbelief at both Ship and the Commander himself. "Could a thing like this actually work?" Plo simply replied, "At first there were many logistics and hurdles to overcome. However, the resources put into this ship and weapon should be well worth the expense. We already have tested several smaller versions of the weapon while I've dubbed the Sour Eraser on some of the bases more defiant personnel. It works perfectly." The Prophet responded, "Hmmmm--such a weapon would give us an enormous tactical advantage as far as resources are concerned. How do you know that this scale of a Soul Eraser will work and is actually worth such defiance in our holy protocol?" The Commander gave off an insane look--- even more deadly than those of the usual Elite. "I plan on a live firing test." he replied. He then took out a mini holograph projector and showed the hologram of a decent size planet. This is Garos 4 a very isolated planet surrounded by nebulas with very few ways to get to it through hyper space, however, it's strategically important to the Infidels. It's their only source of Hibridium a metal that if melted down and formulated into Star Ship armor produces a natural cloaking effect cutting down the enemies ability to detect the ship by 50%. Of course, the enemy knows this so this planet is defended by a small fleet. They feel the isolation of the planet will protect it. However, despite the small size the fleet is very formidable made up of advance fighter and ship types. That's why in order to successfully drain this planet and take control of its valuable resource, I have called upon my entire fleet. They should be arriving in about 30 hours, when they arrive this ship and the entire Covenant 71st fleet will jump hyper space to the planet. While the rest of the fleet keeps the Infidels busy, this ship will position itself near the planets moon and fire the Soul Eraser. They'll never know what hit them"
Up on the balcony Will and his team were staring in absolute disbelief. Retler silently whispered, "We've got to destroy that thing at any cost. That weapon could due more damage than the original Death Star." DelSoul said, "And how are you suggesting we destroy something that large?" Retler smiled and said, "Are you forgetting my specialty?" He then took out a demolition charge and whistled as he tossed it up and down. Will said, "The only way that's going to work is if we board the ship and position explosives near the reactor. It's probably shielded. John once told me he destroyed the Pillar of Autumn by throwing a couple of grenades down its reactor's ventilation shaft, it could possibly work. All we have to do now is sneak aboard. We need to formulate a plan. If we don't destroy this thing the Covenant could certainly mass produce this weapon and easily finish their multi-galactic genocide."
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Next Chapter: Through the gates of hell
Rave Drifter.