Chapter 7.
COVENANT SUPER WEAPON SILENT JUDGMENT: POLAR ORBIT--FEBRUARY 6, 2553.
Will and the attack team continued down the hall. The reactor room was only a short distance away. Of course they encountered resistance, however they were lower rank troops, usually mixed groups of lizards, jackals and grunts. They made steady progress arriving at the door of the main reactor.
Tao put the lock breaker on the door and activated it. He said, "This might take a few minutes."
Del Soul simply said, "I've got all the time in the world."
Suddenly Will picked up two pings on the motion tracker. Around the corner came a pair of Covenant brutes. One was armed with a Hunter Fuel Rod Gun and the other with the standard Plasma Gatlin Gun.
Will yelled, "Shit! Aim for their heads. Their bodies can take a lot of damage." Del Soul fired the captured combine directly into one of the brute heads. The body staggered back but apparently he wasn't dead. His face now only badly burnt he dashed blindly screaming at them. Will fired a three round burst from his rifle finally downing him. Immediately the other brut appeared from behind the corner and the barrels on his gun started spinning. Will yelled, "Unload before that gun finishes charging." Everyone cut loose--a shot from Tao's rifle hit the gun's energy pack. It exploded with such force that only the left side of the brute was left staggering backward its head on the floor.
Retler remarked "Lucky shot."
The lock breaker pinged directly their attention back to their task. The door slide open and the group walked in. The reactor was huge. It took up the entire room the size of a small town. Like the rest of the ship it was probably based on a combination of the best of the Star Destroyer and Covenant Ship reactors.
Del Soul sauntered over to the control panel and said, "Damm--this thing is putting out enough energy to light up half my old planet. It looks years ahead of anything the New Republic has."
Regar growled, "Yet they still cut costs. Look over there." Sure enough there were several vents exiting the reactor. Regar added, "It looks like the excess heat is being funneled into the ships engines to provide extra speed and maneuverability. Very unique design. But look here--each of these pipes before they exit the floor contains a excess hatch, probably to maintain the wiring and ventilation. Open the hatch and chuck a charge down the pipe and the explosive will probably cascade to both the engine and back to the reactor at the same time."
Retler said, "In English please."
Regar chuckled and said, "There's not going to be enough of this ship left to fill an empty beer can."
Retler smiled and said, "Good enough for me." He then opened one of the hatches and out of his pack pull a thermal detonator and tossed it down the hatch.
Del Soul said, "Thermal Detonators isn't that kind of overkill? Those things can take down entire buildings."
Retler smiled and said, "Relax. They're on a radio frequency, I'll just chuck one down each shaft--we haul ass to the life pod and get away. Then I use this." He pulled out what looked like a vintage Zippo lighter. "S-Thread Transmitter, linked up to the detonators. All I have to do is push this and boom baby. Plus it has a super long transmission range. We could just take the pod to the planet and detonate there if your scared."
Del Soul said, "Then we should probably due that."
Suddenly a voice rang out "NOT IF THE GODS CAN HELP IT." The dim lights in the reactor room suddenly brightened to maximum revealing on the catwalks above at least 5 dozen special op elites each carrying either a standard plasma rifle or a battle combine all aimed directly at the team. Standing on the catwalk directly in front and above them was a gold armored elite with black stripes adorning his armor indicating he was a fleet commander. He was carrying a plasma sword and a jackal energy shield.
He then said, "All units fire at will!" "Don't hit the super soldier--he's mine."
The gold clad elite bounded off the catwalk and went straight for Will as the enemy began to start the assault with massive amounts of fire power. Will dodged the elites first attack with the energy sword and yelled, "Retler get the rest of the detonators into the vents. Everyone else provide cover fire." Will dodged another swing of the energy sword.
The elite yelled, "Damm you, Spartan. Die like the infidel dog you are." Will dodged another swing and thought to himself this guy has done his homework. He probably knows my armors capabilities. I'll have to try to get behind him, his sword could knock my shield off line. Will switched his rifle to three round burst and fired it at the commander. The commander blocked using his energy shield. Damage was done as the shield began to flicker indicating it was about to burn out. The commander then threw his shield directly at Will. Will dodged only to hear the commander yell through his translator, "Die Bastard." The elite then charged him with his energy sword, slicing the barrel off Will's rifle and knocking Will back against the wall. Will looked at his helmets display and cursed to himself. That glancing blow knocked his shields off line. It would take at least a minute for them to come back.
The elite then jumped up high in the air and began to descend his sword aimed directly at Will's head. "For my men on Reach your death shall rest their souls." A shot rang out knocking the elite away from Will just in time. The elite hit the floor dropping his energy sword, a pool of purple blood forming under him. Will looked to see Tao standing behind a crate the barrel of his E-ll was smoldering.
Tao said, "That's for glassing my planet you SOB." Suddenly another barrage of fire rang out from the catwalks. Voices yelled, "They killed the commander! Send those infidels to the fires of hell!"
Retler yelled, "Last charge is in place lets get the hell out of here."
Author comment: At the advice of one of my readers I decided to try this kind of format for this chapter instead of my usual novel style. Please advise if you find it easier to read
Please read, review, and recommend.
Next chapter: Burning sky
Rave Drifter
COVENANT SUPER WEAPON SILENT JUDGMENT: POLAR ORBIT--FEBRUARY 6, 2553.
Will and the attack team continued down the hall. The reactor room was only a short distance away. Of course they encountered resistance, however they were lower rank troops, usually mixed groups of lizards, jackals and grunts. They made steady progress arriving at the door of the main reactor.
Tao put the lock breaker on the door and activated it. He said, "This might take a few minutes."
Del Soul simply said, "I've got all the time in the world."
Suddenly Will picked up two pings on the motion tracker. Around the corner came a pair of Covenant brutes. One was armed with a Hunter Fuel Rod Gun and the other with the standard Plasma Gatlin Gun.
Will yelled, "Shit! Aim for their heads. Their bodies can take a lot of damage." Del Soul fired the captured combine directly into one of the brute heads. The body staggered back but apparently he wasn't dead. His face now only badly burnt he dashed blindly screaming at them. Will fired a three round burst from his rifle finally downing him. Immediately the other brut appeared from behind the corner and the barrels on his gun started spinning. Will yelled, "Unload before that gun finishes charging." Everyone cut loose--a shot from Tao's rifle hit the gun's energy pack. It exploded with such force that only the left side of the brute was left staggering backward its head on the floor.
Retler remarked "Lucky shot."
The lock breaker pinged directly their attention back to their task. The door slide open and the group walked in. The reactor was huge. It took up the entire room the size of a small town. Like the rest of the ship it was probably based on a combination of the best of the Star Destroyer and Covenant Ship reactors.
Del Soul sauntered over to the control panel and said, "Damm--this thing is putting out enough energy to light up half my old planet. It looks years ahead of anything the New Republic has."
Regar growled, "Yet they still cut costs. Look over there." Sure enough there were several vents exiting the reactor. Regar added, "It looks like the excess heat is being funneled into the ships engines to provide extra speed and maneuverability. Very unique design. But look here--each of these pipes before they exit the floor contains a excess hatch, probably to maintain the wiring and ventilation. Open the hatch and chuck a charge down the pipe and the explosive will probably cascade to both the engine and back to the reactor at the same time."
Retler said, "In English please."
Regar chuckled and said, "There's not going to be enough of this ship left to fill an empty beer can."
Retler smiled and said, "Good enough for me." He then opened one of the hatches and out of his pack pull a thermal detonator and tossed it down the hatch.
Del Soul said, "Thermal Detonators isn't that kind of overkill? Those things can take down entire buildings."
Retler smiled and said, "Relax. They're on a radio frequency, I'll just chuck one down each shaft--we haul ass to the life pod and get away. Then I use this." He pulled out what looked like a vintage Zippo lighter. "S-Thread Transmitter, linked up to the detonators. All I have to do is push this and boom baby. Plus it has a super long transmission range. We could just take the pod to the planet and detonate there if your scared."
Del Soul said, "Then we should probably due that."
Suddenly a voice rang out "NOT IF THE GODS CAN HELP IT." The dim lights in the reactor room suddenly brightened to maximum revealing on the catwalks above at least 5 dozen special op elites each carrying either a standard plasma rifle or a battle combine all aimed directly at the team. Standing on the catwalk directly in front and above them was a gold armored elite with black stripes adorning his armor indicating he was a fleet commander. He was carrying a plasma sword and a jackal energy shield.
He then said, "All units fire at will!" "Don't hit the super soldier--he's mine."
The gold clad elite bounded off the catwalk and went straight for Will as the enemy began to start the assault with massive amounts of fire power. Will dodged the elites first attack with the energy sword and yelled, "Retler get the rest of the detonators into the vents. Everyone else provide cover fire." Will dodged another swing of the energy sword.
The elite yelled, "Damm you, Spartan. Die like the infidel dog you are." Will dodged another swing and thought to himself this guy has done his homework. He probably knows my armors capabilities. I'll have to try to get behind him, his sword could knock my shield off line. Will switched his rifle to three round burst and fired it at the commander. The commander blocked using his energy shield. Damage was done as the shield began to flicker indicating it was about to burn out. The commander then threw his shield directly at Will. Will dodged only to hear the commander yell through his translator, "Die Bastard." The elite then charged him with his energy sword, slicing the barrel off Will's rifle and knocking Will back against the wall. Will looked at his helmets display and cursed to himself. That glancing blow knocked his shields off line. It would take at least a minute for them to come back.
The elite then jumped up high in the air and began to descend his sword aimed directly at Will's head. "For my men on Reach your death shall rest their souls." A shot rang out knocking the elite away from Will just in time. The elite hit the floor dropping his energy sword, a pool of purple blood forming under him. Will looked to see Tao standing behind a crate the barrel of his E-ll was smoldering.
Tao said, "That's for glassing my planet you SOB." Suddenly another barrage of fire rang out from the catwalks. Voices yelled, "They killed the commander! Send those infidels to the fires of hell!"
Retler yelled, "Last charge is in place lets get the hell out of here."
Author comment: At the advice of one of my readers I decided to try this kind of format for this chapter instead of my usual novel style. Please advise if you find it easier to read
Please read, review, and recommend.
Next chapter: Burning sky
Rave Drifter