Disclaimer: for now on, all my stories will be 1000+. I would like to point out to anyone reading this, that the Nemesis Retribution is based on a ship in Halo: Fall of Reach. For those who have read Fall of Reach, when Reach is being attacked, a Covenant vessel appears and attacks the Super MAC Guns from long range. So I would like to say that the Nemesis Retribution is not my idea, only the name. This will probably be the last chapter for this story.

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Forerunner City

The Nemesis's Retribution cleared Slipspace and a magnificent sight greeted them. 50 Heretic ships, 25 Frigates, 10 Destroyers, 5 Troopships, 6 Cruisers and 4 Carriers, orbited around a moon. The moon orbited around a green and blue planet.

"Wow, that's a lot of ships!" exclaimed a Marine.

The Saviour's Patriot pulled ahead of the two ships. Over the COM, an Elite spoke.

"Identify yourselves!" stated the Elite

"Brother Jilamane, it is I, Jilanamee. I have with me the Nemesis's Retribution that was captured at High Charity. We have also rescued Shangelt and his Brothers from the Food, and with my orders, they man the Nemesis's Retribution" replied Jilanamee.

"Brother, you have done well" congratulated the Elite.

"How has the assault on the Forerunners City been?" asked Jilanamee

"Not well Brother, the Forerunners have laser cannons that can destroy one of our Destroyers in one hit. There are five of them in all. I have waited for your orders" replied the Elite. The remains of a Destroyer could be seen orbiting the Forerunner Planet.

"Do not worry, the Nemesis Retribution has a special long range weapon we can use to destroy the laser cannons" explained Jilanamee "Shangelt, position your vessel so that you can destroy the laser cannons with ease, but not gain any damage to your vessel in the process" ordered Jilanamee.

"I will do that, Brother" replied Shangelt.

Shangelt's ship slowly moved away from the Forunner planet, which is where the city was located, using the moon as cover.

"Jilamane', prepare your Brothers for an invasion. We shall deploy our Brothers as soon as the laser cannons are destroyed" ordered Jilanamee

"Yes, excellency" replied Jilamane.

"We are in position, excellency" said Shangelt.

"Begin bombardment" ordered Jilanamee. The weapons that armed Shangelts vessel glowed white hot, and a beam of concentrated Plasma was fired at a laser cannon. On the planet, the laser cannon melted in on itself, damaging nearby buildings. The other laser cannons lock on computers attempted to find the attacker, swinging the laser cannons around. Another laser cannon was struck and melted. The Forerunners AI that controlled the laser cannons, desperately searched for the culprit. Another laser cannon fell, and only two cannons remained.

Then one AI struck lucky and located the source of the attack the object was very far away, barely in range. The AI signalled to its surviving companion. The other AI swung it's cannon towards the object. Two seconds later, a Plasma beam melted the second cannon. The last laser cannon charged up and fired…

Shangelt watched as the laser cannons were annihilated, using his vessels advanced scope. Shangelt was proud of his new ship. His vessel had one oversized Plasma cannon that could fire long-range barrages at enemy positions. His vessel was equipped with a powerful reactor that fed the Plasma cannon, and with advanced long-range scopes that other vessel did not have. There were drawbacks, however. The vessel did not have any standard Plasma cannons that could be used the ward off unwanted vessels. Also, the Plasma cannon took 10 seconds to recharge, and that, by Shangelts opinion, was bad. Still, he did have surprise on his side.

Only two laser cannons remained. Shangelt smiled. Although there wasn't any honour in this attack, it was necessary. With the laser cannons gone, the Forerunner City would soon be under Covenant control.

Then one of Shangelts crew called out;

"Excellency, the last laser cannon is a about to fire!"

Shangelts smile vanished as he looked in horror as the laser cannon prepare the fire.

"Move us!" yelled Shangelt. The ship moved to the right, but it was to late.

The laser beam accelerated towards Shangelts vessel. Although the laser beam could track targets, this particular target was just outside the tracking zone, which is why the laser beam only chipped the side of Shangelts vessel. Although 'chipped' is the wrong word. The laser beam left a large gash along Shangelts vessel and atmosphere vented outwards, making Shangelts ship lose control and accelerate along its trajectory, which was around the moon…

Jilanamee watched the whole thing. From the beginning of Shangelts assault, to his ship taking damage and losing control.

"Shangelt, can you gain control?" asked Jilanamee.

"Negative! We have lost our orbit and are headed into outer space. Our engines to damaged to use!" Shangelt yelled.

"I am sending two Frigates to aid you. Begin what repairs you can" ordered Jilanamee.

"Yes Excellency" replied Shangelt. Two Frigates went to retrieve the Nemesis Retribution.

"What now?" asked Keyes.

"We take a risk" Jilanamee stated simply. Jilanamee's ship accelerated out of the moons cover and into the line of fire…

The final laser cannon wasn't holding out so well. First, the four other laser cannons had been destroyed by a ship from long-range. Secondly, the ship had escaped when the laser cannon had fired at it. And now, the power that fed the laser cannon was now low, possibly due to a system malfunction or a Flood attack.

The AI sent a message to its commanding AI for immediate assistance

Then the AI spotted another ship accelerate out of the moons shadow. The AI tracked the ship with the laser cannon, but with low power, the laser cannon could not fire.

The ship disappeared from the AI's view.

Jilanamee's ship accelerated away from the moons shadow, gaining speed all the while. Jilanamee, and everyone else on board for that matter, expected to be blown to bits. Instead, nothing happened. The ship cleared the laser cannons view.

"Take us down through the planets atmosphere. Fly past the laser cannon and fire at close range" ordered Jilanamee. The bridge crew did as they were ordered, and the ship dived into the atmosphere…

The AI now had power to fire the laser cannon. The Flood, which had caused the problem, had been rooted out, killed and the generator had been fixed. The AI scanned the laser cannons field of fire. Nothing. The AI then scanned the surrounding area, and that was when Jilanamee ship came into view. The AI locked on to the ship, charged up a shot and fired…
Jilanamee's ship roared through the atmosphere and came at last to the Forerunners City. The metallic buildings glistened in the morning light that came from the sun that seemingly hovered in the sky.

"Set a course for the laser cannon. Charge all forward cannons" ordered Jilanamee.

"Excellency, the laser cannon is charging up! Its preparing to fire!" said an Elite.

"Take us down! Lower our altitude so that the laser cannon cannot track us!" ordered Jilanamee, almost yelling. The ship dived and the laser cannon fired.

The laser beam struck the top of Jilanamee's ship, tearing away metal and starting Plasma fires. The ship roared over the laser cannon and fired. The laser cannon melted into liquid metal.

"Order the fleet to take orbit" ordered Jilanamee.

"Excellency! The Nemesis Retribution has been recovered and is now being repaired" informed an Elite.

"Good. Now let's find the Ark" said Jilanamee.

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