Halo: Two Spartans
by: Natination.
The Prometheus glided towards the slipspace exit point. The Prometheus ready its MAC cannons and archer tube to fire at the instant a ship appeared. Captain Thanas now did something he hated: waiting.
Meanwhile the Archangel had sent a help signel to three patroling frigates for help. The Tigerclaw, Freedom and the Independence. they appeared though slipspace minutes after receaving the transmission message, they were just beguining patrol when they had gotten the message. Throwing protocols to the super nova, they had entered slipspace at once.
The Deliver fullly loaded now moved off into slipspace with the escort of the Independence as soon as it had arrived. Capt Thanas watched as 5 frigates, two destoryers, 1 cruiser and a Carrier appeared from slipspace. his blood ran cold as he wondered if the UNSC would ever get that perfect slipspace technology. He quickly regained his senses.
"Down 3 degrees, go forward 12." Capt Thanas said. "Fire MAC cannons on mark."
"Roger sir." The weapon station replied.
"FIRE!" Capt Thanas said. "Reconfigure an SHIVA nuke to go to port side, 14 degrees."
The Mac rounds fired as the screens show the 2 projectiles soar off into space with speed. The postion of the ship directly lined up the MAC gun with two frigates. The frigates didn't move. Capt Thanas wondered if they were gonna take the blow. He saw movement behind the frigates.... there protecting a destoryer! The MAC rounds shattered the frigates shield and kept going grinding the Covenant hull to nothing as it bashed though all the way though. One Frigate expoded after the MAC round hit its reator. The other MAC round overloaded the destoryer shield with its decreased speed. better then nothing.
Another 3 MAC rounds soared out of nowhere as CaptThanas switched to rear view. The other 3 ships were backing them up, i thought they were surpose to escort the cilivan ship. He turned the camera to forward just intime to see teh damage the MAC rounds did. They scored a hit one the shieldless destoryer, turning its bow into a port spinning. It knocked aside the frigate trying to take the rounds for it. Smashing the frigate to bits when it got hit with another round ending with an expoded. Two frigates and a destoryer down. He turned his attention to the Carrier which was slipping off to their flank.
"Open a channel to Admiral Garret tell him that the carrier is leaving the battle." Capt Thanas said. "I'll distract the rest of the ships. blow the nuke. That is now the biggest Frag genade in the galaxy."
The nuke had drifted towards the wreakage of the destoryer which had clustered around it. Expoding it sent the Covenant remains flying towards the cruiser exposed belly where it shields was weakest. The sharp pieces cut into the hull it was withered away the hull as the shields gave. With a small satifaction of it being cripped, the Covenant cruiser floated around.
"They have a sloppy commander..." Capt Thanas noted to himself. Very sloppy. If he lives though this, i sure hope he gets redeemed and gets another fleet of ships to command. the UNSC could use some sitting ducks. he looked over at the two UNSC frigates and the cruiser making short work of the shields as serphes buzzed around them. The point defenses of the ships shot back the annoying bug like ships.
"This is Admiral Garret, make a retreat, lets get out of here, we got more covenant ships inbound!" the admiral said. "Meet in sector Delta."
Three rogers and the ships did their random jumps. The Covenant ships arrived later to the wreakage of the advance fleet.