Disclaimer: The next chap in this increasingly popular story! By the way, an update. I have recently produced a new story, called The Faction. Crappy title, I know.There is some funny material in it though, mostly HALO stuff. First chap has no HALO in it, except at the end. Read/Review! I'm shit when it comes to titles. So if the title sucks, tell me. Politely! This chap will probably be short (1000+ words) and it might not be good.
Third HALO
The troopship 'sailed' through Earths atmosphere. As it cleared the Thermosphere and the Exosphere (if I get these wrong tell me!), the ship pulled itself away from the Earths Gravity, towards the ship, Honours Triumph. The Troopship docked and the Covenant, including the MC, disembarked. The 'Heroes' started their long journey to the bridge.
"So, Master Chief, why does Lord Hood have to go back to the Cairo Station?" enquired Shangel. Lord Hood had left the duo at the Starport and had gone up to the Cairo Station in a smaller craft.
"He has to command the Cairo Station and guard Earth and the construction of the new MAC stations against any Covenant attacks" responded MC.
The MAC stations Malta and the Athens were completely destroyed, except for a few large pieces of debris, in the Covenant attack. As the duo walked down the hallway, they passed windows that looked down at Earth.
The MC stopped to survey the scene.
Only 175 of the 300 MAC stations remained. The Covenant assault had destroyed over 125 stations in all and had critically damaged another 25 MAC stations.
MC looked down and saw dozens of Medium and Heavy Cruisers in orbit around Earth.
Before the attack there had been 2000 ships. Now there were only 1167 ships left. 677 ships had been disabled and badly damaged. Only 1090 ships were operational. Thousands of good men and women had died.
But they had succeeded in defending Earth.
Earth.
The MC looked down her. Her oceans sparkled gently, like thousands of Diamonds that had been woven into a blue piece of cloth. Clouds hovered, seemingly floating; covered parts of the Earth, making it seem more majestic. MC sighed. He knew what the Covenant would have done. They would have glassed the planet, the scum.
MC looked at Shangel. 'Well not all of them want to now' thought MC.
A Marine came up to the hypnotised pair and saluted.
"Sir, the Captain wishes for your presence in the conference room, ASAP" he declared. The MC and Shangel turned and followed the Marine.
Eventually, the pair, along with the squad of Grunts, Elites and Hunters, entered a lobby. Two Marines, both wielding Shotguns, guarded the door at the far end.
The squad stayed outside, while MC and Shangel entered the conference room. Inside, the pair saw a circular table that had a hologram of a HALO on it. The HALO had 5 Covenant capital ships around it.
On a chair at the side of the table sat an Admiral. The Admiral stood up and greeted MC and Shangel.
"Hello, I am Admiral Smith" announced the Admiral
The three men sat down around the table. The Admiral started off the briefing.
"We recently had a report from one of our Spy Probes. It shows us the existence of another HALO. As you can see, the Covvies have beaten us to it. It will only be a matter of time before the Covenant activates the HALO" stated the Admiral.
"We have to stop them, we have to destroy the HALO" said the MC
"Not quite. You see, the HALO has significant technology. If we gained this technology, we would have a better chance against the Covenant. At least, against the Covenant that are still our enemies" countered the Admiral.
"But there are 5 Covenant Capital ships orbiting the HALO. How can we capture it?" questioned MC.
"The UNSC has granted us 100 ships to capture the HALO. Yes, it would mean 100 less ship to defend Earth, but if we are successful, we can use the technology of the HALO to our advantage" said the Admiral.
"I know of several rebel ships commanded by my fellow Elites. If I may, I will summon them here" said Shangel
"Permission granted" agreed the Admiral. Shangel left for the communications room.
"So what do I do in all this?" asked MC.
"The Spy Probe detected an Escape Pod docking with a Covenant Cruiser. We believe that Truth was aboard it. I want you to board that Cruiser, kill Truth, and destroy the Cruiser" ordered the Admiral.
MC stood up, saluted and started to leave. Before he left the Admiral said;
"Lord Hood wants to see you at the Cairo Station. He says he has some new upgrades for you"
And with that, MC left for the Cairo Station.
12 hours later, 100 UNSC Cruisers orbited in a battle formation. Shangel had managed to gather 25 Covenant Capital Ships, and 5 Covenant Supply and Repair stations.
The stations were much like High Charity, although much shorter. On the negative side of things, only 3 of the 25 Capital ships were operational. The rest had to be repaired and re-supplied.
The 2000 Covenant that Shangel and MC had brought from the Forerunner ship were distributed amongst the Capital ships.
The MC had had several new upgrades, including stronger shields that could take more damage, 10X magnification in his visor and an experimental cloaking shield.
The Humans had been afraid of the Covenant Capital ships at first, especially when the 25 Capital ships had exited Slipspace abruptly in front of Earth. At first, there was panic. Then word had spread of the Covenant Alliance, and the panic had slowly died down. Although, there did seem to be quite a few operational MAC guns pointed at the Capital ships.
Soon, though, the invasion fleet was ready to depart. In the whole history of the Covenant/Human war, the Humans, with their new allies, were on the offensive. The Battle group, called Steel Sword, got into formation, ready for Slipspace. With the Capital ships either side of the Humans Cruisers, the Steel Sword hurtled into Slipspace, bound for the Third HALO.
Disclaimer: What did you think? Was that good? I hope it is. I spent ages on it. Review! I may write more for Twisted HALO.