Chapter One
0400 Hours, March 14th, 2722 (Military Calendar)/
Romulu Madagascar System, Planet LongWood
The Pelican dropship entered the atmosphere of space and changed course to head towards the station. "ETA to the station is two minutes." Said the pilot onboard the Pelican. Nick along with everyone else eased into the seats, or at least tried to. None of the marines in the UNSC ever felt safe onboard a ship. The ODST's (Orbital Drop Shock Troopers) or better known as helljumpers got shot from ships to land like rockets. "Man, I really don't like this crap." Said Atu. "Deal with it." Ordered LaTymee. Andrew and Josh snickered at the whimpering grunt. Some of the marines still hadn't grown accustom to having the Covenant around. Atu became embarrassed. "Hey, can it assholes." Ordered Nick. The two Spartans looked at Nick and then turned to Atu and gave him a death glare.
Atu looked away. "Were docking with the station." Said the pilot. The team stood up and straitened there white uniforms. Nick put on his matching cap, and LaTymee put on his Honor Guard helmet. "LaTymee, why do you still wear that thing?" asked ZanZuga. LaTymee didn't answer. The ramp on the Pelicans tail opened up and the team walked out. There were thousands of personnel onboard the station, Human and Covenant alike.
The team walked towards the middle of the station and took a grav lift up three levels higher. The higher up they went the more security they found. This was interesting to the team. They walked to a gray door and met two guards. "Name, rank and business please?" asked the marine on the left. Each of the squad members gave what was asked of them and the marine took a DNA scan. "Alright, everything checks out. You can enter." Said the marine. Nick nodded and walked into a large room. There was a large round table in the center. Each of the members stood at a chair and waited for Lord Hood.
There was a hiss as the doors opened to reveal Lord Hood and Sergeant A.J. Johnson. The two walked into the room and Johnson gave Nick a nod. There was another person that walked in and stood next to LaTymee. Nick looked at the strange figure and then back. Oh man it's the Chief. My trainer. Just great. Thought nick. Hood, Johnson and the Chief took a seat. Hood motioned for everyone to take a seat.
They all did and there was a sudden bright light that took over the entire room. Hood looked at each of their faces and said "Silver Team. We have a mission for you. There's been heavy activity in the Slephir system and we need your team and others to go and check it out. I know this is only your first mission and this is why Sergeant Johnson and Master Chief will accompany you and the other teams. If there is heavy rebel activity it will mean war. If its anything else you get your squads butts back home. Is that understood?" asked Hood. "Sir, we understand you, sir." Replied the team.
Hood nodded his head and tapped a projection panel. A large Covenant flagship, two Covenant carriers, a frigate, a UNSC destroyer, two UNSC carriers and a UNSC frigate appeared with what looked like thousands of In Amber Clad type ships appeared. "This is the fleet that will be coming with you. If It's high amounts of rebel activity, as I said before, it means war." said Hood.
Josh made a low whistle. The entire fleet of LongWood would be coming. Hood gestured out the window and everyone turned their heads. The entire fleet was assembling. "You and the others will be leaving at 0700 tonight." Added Hood. They all got up made a crisp salute and turned and left. They walked back down to the Pelican and boarded it. The Pelicans tail closed up and they flew out. Casey looked out the window only to see that hundreds and thousands of Pelicans and Longswords, the UNSC's fighters, blasted out and headed towards the fleet. Tiam looked out the view port as well and wondered why they didn't use this massive fleet to destroy the Covenant. "ETA to the Alcran is five minutes." Said the pilot from over the loud speakers.
The Alcran was the Covenant flagship that Lord Hood had showed them. "The Alcran was the ship I was in command of during the human/Covenant war. She's as tough as the name they gave her." Said LaTymee surprisingly. "ETA two minutes." Said the pilot again. There were hundreds of ships docking with her. Many of the other ships were ready to jump into Slipspace. "Docking with Alcran now." Said the pilot. The team stood up and watched the tail of the Pelican open up. Sergeant Johnson and the Master Chief waited for them outside. The team walked out and were greeted by humans and Covenant.
They walked towards Johnson and the Chief. "Armory is this way." Said Johnson. The team followed and passed through a couple of doors. They walked into the armory and saw other teams getting ready. There was a loud song being blasted in the room. The Spartan half of the team recognized it. It was Breaking Benjamin. One of Sergeant Johnson's favorites.
Before the line, one at a time ready to play
I can see them anyway
No time to lose we've got to move
Steady the helm
I am losing sight again
Fire your hulls we've got to go
Blow me away
Only the strongest will survive
I'll be the one to save us all
There's nothing left, so save your breath
Lying away
Caught inside this tidal wave...
And so on. Everybody was loading up. Silver team walked over to some lockers. They opened them up and found each of their armor waiting for them. They put it on and then went to the ships weapons cache. There was everything you could imagine. M6C pistols all the way to fuel rod guns. Crates of grenades littered the area. Josh picked up a battle rifle, four grenades, and an M6C pistol. He took fourteen extra magazines of ammo for both his guns. Casey took a S2 AM Sniper rifle and two SMG's. She took four extra sniper magazines and eight extra SMG magazines.
Nick took a shotgun, two pistols and a sack of Moray Mines. He took four grenades, and a S2 AM sniper as well. He took a bag of sixty extra shells for his shotgun. Andrew took a battle rifle and a M19 SSM Rocket Launcher. Cory took a MA5B and two grenades.
LaTymee took two plasma rifles and a plasma pistol. ZanZuga took a Covenant energy sword and a Covenant Carbine. Tiam took a fuel rod cannon and a plasma pistol. Atu took a mobile plasma cannon and a plasma pistol and a grenade.
Since they were already in Slipspace they started to walk back down to the launch bay. This time they were taking Phantoms because they were going to need the newly installed cloaking system to sneak past the enemy radar. They were going to be dropped in deep in the middle of the forest on the outskirts of a weapons facility that was believed to be supplying the rebels with heavy weapons. There first mission would mean war for the UNSC and they all could tell.
