Chapter Six
FEBRUARY 6. DAWN.
The Commander and the Prophet stood on the bridge of the Silent Judgment. The Commander quickly yelled down into the control pit "Final Systems Check Now!" The grunt in the control pit replied, "Engines green--life support green--reactors 1 through 3 on-line." A Ssi-Ruuk then cut him off saying, "Weapons on-line--shields on-line--soul eraser systems all green--storage batteries all green--we are clear."
The ship then began to climb, busting through the cavern ceiling due to the immerse force of the ship. The shields were so powerful the ship took minimal damage. The ship continued to climb the powerful engines scorched the terrain due the powerful force. The ship continued its path, exiting the planets gravity well, past the rings and into dark space.
"Commander we have exited the planets gravity well, we are commencing with polar orbit". Commander Plo said, "Time until fleet arrival?" The grunt answered back, "Twenty-five hours". The Commander replied, "Continue Polar orbit. Run weapon and defense drills--I want everything to run smoothly for the first firing of the Soul Eraser." "Yes sir, I'll issue the orders immediately," replied the grunt. The Commander then turned to the Prophet and said, "I've prepared a special living quarters just for you. You'll have a front row seat for the firing. Come we have much to discuss." The Prophet simply nodded thinking that this probably was one of the few Commanders they had who seemed on top of everything. The battle of Earth so few months ago took out some of the best Commanders, he was surprised that there were enough left to continue the quest.
Meanwhile, down in the cargo bay a single jackal was patrolling the area when suddenly there was a sound. He turned to see that a crate had opened. He walked up to the crate and to his amazement it was empty. That was the last thing he saw as a knife impaled his head from his upper skull exiting through his lower jaw. Tao extracted his knife with a great sucking sound saying, "We are aboard now let's find this reactor." Will scanned the cargo bay. Apparently, to cut costs, they used quite a few features from the Star Destroyers. The whole room was very Unitarian colored in dark purple. He said to Tao, "Can you hack into the ships computer?" Tao replied with a toothy smile saying, "Sure no problem." He sauntered over to the closest terminal and began typing. He plugged his data pad through the terminal into the main computer. "This will take a sec. Damm they have protected themselves with a series of fire walls." Shit--encryption too. These guys did their homework. I've managed to access the ships map." He brought it up and said, "If we exit this room and go two levels up, the hallway before us will be a straight shot into the reactor room." "How far of a straight shot?" remarked Retler. "Not too far due to our position in the rear of the ship. I'd estimate that it will take us about 5 minutes, even better apparently they designed this ship for maximum survivability as well. There is an escape pod cluster just adjacent to the main reactor room." stated Tao. Del Soul added, "Great, we just chuck a couple dozen grenades down the ventilation shaft and haul ass. One thing for sure we are going to light up deep space."
While Will and his men put into action their plan, Commander Plo was in his quarters going over data. Everything has to be perfect he thought. I've gone too far to stop now. Suddenly there was a beep, he switched his communicator on and said, "What is it, I've requested not to be disturbed?" A voice stated "This is ship security Commander. We are sending you a live video feed, that you need to see immediately." Plo turned on the communicators hologram projector, almost having the Covenant equivalent of a heart attack. Before him he saw an Infidel Attack Team aboard his ship. He saw that it was made up of two Alien's from Species deemed too impure to see the Light, two of those Infidel Humans, but the last member made his blood boil--it was one of those Super Soldiers he has heard so much about. A few years ago they had attacked a planet called Reach where they were being developed. Those soldiers alone racked up a huge amount of casualties in combat. He knew he was a field commander leading the ground assault.
The voice over the intercom stopped his train of thought saying, "Should I raise the alarm?" Plo instantly replied, "No the Prophet of Technology can know nothing about this." Plo thought to himself, if he learns of this, I'd be executed instantly. He turned his intelligence to what he felt the attack team would do if he were leading it. It came to him being so obvious, "Don't sound the alarm, quietly I want you to move two-thirds of the ships security teams to the reactor room and set up a trap. I'll be there personally." "Yes sir, understood" replied the voice on the intercom before snapping off.
The Commander walked over to the table in his quarters picking up his energy sword and an energy shield. He thought to himself, for what you bastards did to my men on Reach, Super Soldier I'll destroy you personally.
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Next Chapter: Reactor Battle.
Rave Drifter.
FEBRUARY 6. DAWN.
The Commander and the Prophet stood on the bridge of the Silent Judgment. The Commander quickly yelled down into the control pit "Final Systems Check Now!" The grunt in the control pit replied, "Engines green--life support green--reactors 1 through 3 on-line." A Ssi-Ruuk then cut him off saying, "Weapons on-line--shields on-line--soul eraser systems all green--storage batteries all green--we are clear."
The ship then began to climb, busting through the cavern ceiling due to the immerse force of the ship. The shields were so powerful the ship took minimal damage. The ship continued to climb the powerful engines scorched the terrain due the powerful force. The ship continued its path, exiting the planets gravity well, past the rings and into dark space.
"Commander we have exited the planets gravity well, we are commencing with polar orbit". Commander Plo said, "Time until fleet arrival?" The grunt answered back, "Twenty-five hours". The Commander replied, "Continue Polar orbit. Run weapon and defense drills--I want everything to run smoothly for the first firing of the Soul Eraser." "Yes sir, I'll issue the orders immediately," replied the grunt. The Commander then turned to the Prophet and said, "I've prepared a special living quarters just for you. You'll have a front row seat for the firing. Come we have much to discuss." The Prophet simply nodded thinking that this probably was one of the few Commanders they had who seemed on top of everything. The battle of Earth so few months ago took out some of the best Commanders, he was surprised that there were enough left to continue the quest.
Meanwhile, down in the cargo bay a single jackal was patrolling the area when suddenly there was a sound. He turned to see that a crate had opened. He walked up to the crate and to his amazement it was empty. That was the last thing he saw as a knife impaled his head from his upper skull exiting through his lower jaw. Tao extracted his knife with a great sucking sound saying, "We are aboard now let's find this reactor." Will scanned the cargo bay. Apparently, to cut costs, they used quite a few features from the Star Destroyers. The whole room was very Unitarian colored in dark purple. He said to Tao, "Can you hack into the ships computer?" Tao replied with a toothy smile saying, "Sure no problem." He sauntered over to the closest terminal and began typing. He plugged his data pad through the terminal into the main computer. "This will take a sec. Damm they have protected themselves with a series of fire walls." Shit--encryption too. These guys did their homework. I've managed to access the ships map." He brought it up and said, "If we exit this room and go two levels up, the hallway before us will be a straight shot into the reactor room." "How far of a straight shot?" remarked Retler. "Not too far due to our position in the rear of the ship. I'd estimate that it will take us about 5 minutes, even better apparently they designed this ship for maximum survivability as well. There is an escape pod cluster just adjacent to the main reactor room." stated Tao. Del Soul added, "Great, we just chuck a couple dozen grenades down the ventilation shaft and haul ass. One thing for sure we are going to light up deep space."
While Will and his men put into action their plan, Commander Plo was in his quarters going over data. Everything has to be perfect he thought. I've gone too far to stop now. Suddenly there was a beep, he switched his communicator on and said, "What is it, I've requested not to be disturbed?" A voice stated "This is ship security Commander. We are sending you a live video feed, that you need to see immediately." Plo turned on the communicators hologram projector, almost having the Covenant equivalent of a heart attack. Before him he saw an Infidel Attack Team aboard his ship. He saw that it was made up of two Alien's from Species deemed too impure to see the Light, two of those Infidel Humans, but the last member made his blood boil--it was one of those Super Soldiers he has heard so much about. A few years ago they had attacked a planet called Reach where they were being developed. Those soldiers alone racked up a huge amount of casualties in combat. He knew he was a field commander leading the ground assault.
The voice over the intercom stopped his train of thought saying, "Should I raise the alarm?" Plo instantly replied, "No the Prophet of Technology can know nothing about this." Plo thought to himself, if he learns of this, I'd be executed instantly. He turned his intelligence to what he felt the attack team would do if he were leading it. It came to him being so obvious, "Don't sound the alarm, quietly I want you to move two-thirds of the ships security teams to the reactor room and set up a trap. I'll be there personally." "Yes sir, understood" replied the voice on the intercom before snapping off.
The Commander walked over to the table in his quarters picking up his energy sword and an energy shield. He thought to himself, for what you bastards did to my men on Reach, Super Soldier I'll destroy you personally.
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Next Chapter: Reactor Battle.
Rave Drifter.