Halo: Wrath of the Humans
Chapter four: UNSC 2.0
ZR: Here ya are readers, the fourth chapter of quite possible, my most succeceful Halo story. Hope you like the double wammy surprise!
Disclaimer: I don't Own Halo now Homeworld/2
It was another five years before the scaffolding was fully constructed in orbit around Earth, and another eight before the UNSC's first Mothership was completed. By this time, the Hiigaran and Human forces have opened up a massive trade route with each other, they have regained all of the systems that fell to the covenant, and have captured at least a dozen worlds owned by the Covenant. Because of several captured Covenant ships, and AI, they've finally translated Covenant write, and know all the locations of the Covenant held worlds, except for the homeworld.
Now, thanks to the technology supplied by the Hiigarans, the UNSC's fleet was nearly the strength of the Hiigaran's, and both were steadily climbing. The Hiigaran's fleet numbered nearly six hundred ships, and the UNSC not too far behind.
The UNSC's Mothership had to undergo final tests before it would actually launch. Then it would rendezvous with her full crew, consisting of both Hiigaran and Humans at Reach. This new Mothership, called the Hopeful Guardian, also incorporates the Technology used in the Pride of Hiigara, the Hiigaran's Mothership. The human used in the Guardian is a man. He had experience with similar technology, and the only human to ever have a close relationship with an AI. Previously know as Master Chief Petty Officer, Spartan 117.
The Guardian was very similar to the Pride is structural design, save for the Phased Cannon Array the Pride had. At either end of the ship, it tapered to points with sensor arrays adding to the Guardian's overall height. The entrance and exits for the Fighters and Corvettes were separate, allowing more room for crew. Other than that, the Pride and the Guardian were very similar.
"Systems check complete, all systems operating at nominal levels. Standby for main drive test."
The engines glowed a ghostly blue briefly, pushing the Guardian outward from the scaffold, the died, letting the Guardian float silently back to her original position.
"Engines running smoothly. Standby for resource collection capabilities."
A small insect-like ship launched itself from the Guardian, and sped toward the ten resource capsules stationed nearby. Its robotic arms, deployed from the belly of the ship, got a magnetic lock on the module, and brought it back to the Guardian for processing.
"Robotic resource collecting units operating at nominal levels. Standby for production capabilities." Slowly, over the course of several hours, the Guardian's first Fighter facility was complete, "Fighter facility complete, begin construction of a fighter squadron."
It took another hour for the interceptor squadron to be constructed. Although they had the same delta shape as the long swords, they had no missile pods; instead, there were four gun emplacements for its armament. The scaffolding then launched nine target drones for the newly constructed squadron. They flew off immediately, and destroyed all nine targets swiftly.
"Fighter combat test complete. Standby for hyperspace test. All ships must dock immediately."
The lone resource collector and the interceptor squadron quickly docked with the Guardian. Soon after, a blue hyperspace gate opened up directly in front of the Guardian, and the ship was pulled into hyperspace.
Several hours later, the Guardian exited Hyperspace three kilometers from the naval docks. During its flight, three more interceptor squadrons were completed, as well as three more resource drones. Scores of ships patrolled the system, destroyers, frigates, battle cruisers, and carriers, both Hiigaran and Human. Also, thirty platforms now defended the planet, no longer powered by planet-side generators. Each now had its own separate generators. Also, the platforms were no longer just MACs; Super Ion Cannons also populated them. NO other planet, save for Earth, had this massive defense grid.
Six rectangular ships launched from the floating repair-and-refit stations orbiting the planet, and made their way to the Guardian. One by one, the ships docked and transferred the crews to Guardian. Soon after the ships docked and returned to the Naval docks, the Guardian hyperspaced to the Oort cloud.
There, the Guardian gathered resources, and built up its own fleet, in order to defend itself, and other planets. Over the course of many months, the Guardian created a sufficient force of two dozen fighter squadrons, and corvette squadrons, eight flak frigates, seven torpedo frigates, seven Ion frigates, four Carriers, and ten destroyers. Aiding in the construction process, the shipyard, Nexus, rendezvoused with the Guardian halfway through the construction.
The Nexus was currently constructing six Marine frigates, four Battle Cruisers, and the first of its type, the Battleship. The new battle ship was revolutionary because of an entirely new class, the Super Capital ship class. It sported Six Ion cannons, three on the dorsal, three on the ventral, Four Torpedo tubes, ten flak turrets, ten Mass drivers, and two MAC guns. This was the perfect ship for war. It was designed to hold its own against nearly twenty capital ship class Covenant ships, and still come out punching. A single generator supplied it with the abilities necessary to do so. It had a magnetic field generator, powerful enough to dissipate any plasma torpedo fired by the covenant ships. Even its superstructure could withstand massive amounts of damage, without breaking. Finally, within its arsenal, was an EMP probe. The EMP probe would be launched into the enemy fleet, and create an Electro Magnetic Pulse, that would disable any ship within range, for two hours, long enough to succumb to the fleet.
Because of the sheer size of the ship, the Nexus had to be much larger than the Nabaal. She was nearly one thousand two hundred meters longer, three hundred meters wider, and five hundred meters taller.
Once the Frigates and Battle Cruisers were completed, Construction on the Battle ship went underway. The entire construction process was widely publicized, all the way to the commissioning of the ship. This was mostly done for morale purposes, both military, and publicly. Construction took nearly a week and a half, but it was finally completed.
Once the Battleship cleared the shipyard, the Nexus hyperspaced back to Reach. The new battle ship, now part of the Guardian fleet, joined up with the rest of the ships in formation. The Battle Cruisers were dwarfed by the firepower and size of the ship.
Now that the fleet had been completed, it was time to depart the system. The resource drones docked with the Guardian, the ships gathered in parade style formation, with the new Battleship floating gracefully near the Guardian. The ships synchronized their Hyperspace cores, and Hyperspaced toward a Covenant held world.
ZR: How'd ya like the Battleship? After I finished writing the part about it, I shed a small tear. YES I SHED TEARS! It was so perfectly pictured in my mind. So beautiful it was...Anyway, Reviews are well accepted.