The Covenant Strike Back:
Note: The Borg are more intelligent because they have a new leader; a human with an imagination. Also, the Borg adapted to Covenant shields because they captured Covenant Engineers who know everything about Covenant technology. They even captured Covenant vessels and took their shield generators apart and that is why they now have shields that can withstand Covenant weapons. Also, in First Contact the Federation fleet had been fighting the Borg Cube for a long time and had worn down in shields through sheer weight of fire. And remember the Borg have the bio-hull design from Species 8472 which make their hulls far stronger. Thanks for reading this, now on with the story!
The Covenant battle fleets had been assembled and were on course to retake the captured systems from the Borg. They would concentrate of twenty-five systems first and overwhelm the Borg forces there. The Covenant would not allow an outside enemy to take Covenant systems from them and live to regret it.
The Borg's long range sensors detected the Covenant fleets emerging from Slip space. Cubes, Spheres, Assimilators, scouts and Harbringers moved into position. As the Covenant forces moved into range they were pelted with long range Tri cobalt torpedoes. Several vessels were lost but the rest kept coming. Plasma beams and Torpedoes lanced back at the Borg. Bio-beams detonated the torpedoes, but the Plasma beams couldn't be blocked. They smashed into Borg shields and began to wear them down. Borg shields could reduce the effectiveness of a weapon but couldn't completely stop it. Their bio enhanced hulls made up for this however. Still, they were not invincible. Smaller Spheres and Scouts were torn apart by Plasma beams and fighters. The larger Cubes and the Tactical Fusion Cube began taking heavy damage as they waded into battle. In seven of the systems under Covenant attack the Fusion Cubes were destroyed. With their main attack vessels gone, the Borg forces retreated. The Borg Queen considered detonating the Multi-kinetic Neutronic Mines that were in those systems, but decided on only using two. A piece of Earth literature she'd read after taking the planet had said that if she used two, the Covenant would thing she had a hundred more. She didn't, but that could change quickly. Still, she decided to wait and watch what the Covenant did when they tried to retake the planets that were already populated entirely by Borg.
"Shipmaster, the enemy forces are withdrawing. They have engaged their high speed engines. They are gone," an Elite reported.
"Very well, maintain a course for the planet. We must destroy any enemy presence on the surface."
"Shipmaster, the scan of the surface has been completed. All fifty million inhabitants are gone. The enemy is the only life signs I am picking up."
"What! How could they have done that so quickly?" He knew his fleet didn't have the army to eliminate a force of that size. "Engage a comm. channel to the Home world. I must speak with the Prophets," he ordered. Minutes later, the High Prophets appeared on the holo pad in his quarters.
"We know of the invaders on the ground," the Prophet of Mercy said before the shipmaster even opened his mouth.
"We do not have the time to destroy them all in battle," the Prophet of Anger said. "You will target their main population centers and destroy them. We will then send troops to secure the planets."
"You would have me open fire on Covenant soil!" The shipmaster asked.
"Based on other reports we have read, it would take a massive force to overcome the enemy on the ground. More than we can safely commit without compromising our defenses in other systems. You will do as we instruct," the Prophet of Anger ordered. The Shipmaster lowered his head.
"I will do as you instruct my Prophets," he replied. The Prophets then vanished as the communication was ended. The Shipmaster returned to the bridge. "Prepare to open fire on the surface," he ordered. Many of the crew looked at him as if he had gone mad. "This is a direct order from the Prophets, now do it! Target their major population centers," he ordered.
The Covenant ships turned their weapons to the surface and vaporized most of the Borg drones and structures on the planet. The survivors would be dealt with by the second wave of ships that was not en route. In the systems where the queen had detonated her mines, all that remained was a sun and drifting wreckage from ships and planets. The Covenant was now wary of more of them, but they never appeared. The Queen had decided that they were unnecessary. She had been receiving reinforcements from her galaxy for days and now had a fleet of over a hundred thousand ships. However a problem had occurred. Somehow a Klingon Bird of Prey had slipped through the wormhole and eluded the Borg forces.
"This will defiantly make things more interesting," she said. The Klingons were heading straight for this galaxy's Earth.
What do you think? In the next chapter the Master Chief might make an appearance. The Borg will begin another invasion of Covenant space. What will happen next? That all depends on your reviews. Until then see ya!
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