Chapter 4: Invasion:
#collective speech#
The Borg had assimilated hundreds of Covenant vessels. They now knew everything about them.
#Analysis of Covenant technology complete. Liquid based Plasma weapons systems. Sophisticated guidance systems. Slip Stream technology inferior to Transwarp. Decoding of Covenant navigation charts complete.#
A star chart appeared in front of the Queen. It appeared these Covenant had an entire galaxy under their control
"Excellent," said the Queen. "This will be a very enjoyable conquest." She would send her fleets to fifty Covenant star systems and assimilate them. When the Covenant responded she would have a surprise waiting for them if they thought they could defeat her again No one resisted the Borg for long. Soon the Covenant's distinctiveness would be added to the Collective. She was also interested in the fact that there were humans here. From the information she had taken from the Covenant she had found they were far less advanced than the Federation had been. However, there was data about one human soldier that had destroyed five hundred Covenant warships in one strike and destroyed a massive artificial structure called Halo. The warrior was known as the Master Chief, part of a program called the Spartans. They had been experimental super soldiers created by the humans. They were extremely formidable, but all but the Master Chief had been destroyed. "Interesting, when I have finished with the Covenant perhaps I will assimilate this Master Chief as well. He is certain to be a challenge but I need some entertainment. But for now the Covenant will fall."
At her command, nearly thirty thousand Borg vessels engaged their Transwarp drives and left on their mission to assimilate the Covenant. No one could resist them Resistance was, after all, futile.
The Covenant system of Dralana was sitting idle. They were one of the staging bases for the invasion of the human galaxy. At the time there were one hundred fifty Covenant vessels waiting for orders. Suddenly six hundred Borg vessels appeared. They were led by a Tactical Fusion Cube.
"All forces move into battle formation," the Shipmaster in charge of the fleet ordered. He knew he was outmatched, but the Covenant would never willingly allow one of their systems to be taken without a fight.
The Covenant were blown away in minutes. It took only a single Bio-beam to vaporize the smaller covenant fighters. On the larger ships, they left gaping holes and detonated reactors. The Tactical Fusion Cube destroyed the fleets' flagship with a single Alpha strike( all weapons firing at once at a single target). Just five minutes after the assault the Covenant were gone. Two vessels managed to escape before they were vaporized.
This battle was repeated in forty-nine other Covenant systems. In all only fifty vessels managed to retreat. The Covenant, for the first time in its history, had lost territory to an aggressor.
On the Covenant home planet, the council chamber was in an uproar. No race had ever breached the Covenant galaxy and actually captured Covenant planets.
"This cannot be allowed! The invaders must be driven out immediately!" The Prophet of Anger stated. The other Prophets nodded.
"I suggest we mobilize fifty thousand ships and drive them out of our galaxy. We shall then destroy their base of operation in the human galaxy. The wormhole there appears to be their method of entering that galaxy. If we can destroy it or at the least blockade it, we can cut off their only way of entering this place and eventually mount an invasion of their space," the Prophet of Mercy stated.
"I agree, we must do something quickly, before they solidify their hold in our space," the Prophet of Regret added. It was decided. Fifty thousand Covenant warships would be mobilized. The Borg would be driven out and destroyed. However, the Borg were waiting for them. In the captured Covenant star systems, the planets had already been assimilated. The Assimilation Gun had proved itself, disabling Covenant soldiers and turning them into drones. Defensive structures had been constructed, and the Queen's special surprises had been installed, in case the Covenant actually won a battle. If and when they did, they would very soon wish they hadn't.
I know this chapter was short but trust me the next one will make up for it. In the meantime, leave reviews and comments. Every one helps. See you later.
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