Wrath of the Humans: Chapter ten

Calm before

"Spartans, listen up!" Shouted 509, "Apparently the battle upstairs is going much better than we thought. So well, the invasion troops are pulling out."

Some Spartans relaxed slightly, knowing that this battle was over.

"However," many Spartans perked up at this, 'Some people have decided to not let those bastards leave this planet alive. Now this may not be an easy mission. But that's how we like them!"

A few Spartans nodded.

'We'll split into four teams, "He uploaded the team roster and highlighted five Spartans, 'Red team, you'll plant five TDBs throughout the base. Make sure they aren't found." He highlighted another Sixty-five Spartans, "Blue team will be the main attacking force. You'll strike through the forest to the north of their base. The forest isn't that dense, so you'll have no difficulty going through there." He highlighted another 20 Spartans, "Green Team will infiltrate the base, knock out the defensive structures, and join up with Blue team." He highlighted the rest; you'll be our Air support. Take the Dragonfly's, and Lancers." He paused. "And take the BEAST as well."

OOC- A vehicle note before we continue. Please note that all vehicles posted here are not stolen from anyone else, any similarities between said vehicles and ones of my design are completely coincidental.

For assaults, there are four main types of vehicles, they are;

Jackrabbit: This is a single person reconnaissance vehicle. Its configuration is that of the Archaic Motorcycles, except for a few modifications. First off, it has twin .50 caliber machine guns mounted in front of the driver for defense purposes only. Second, the driver is surrounded by a shield, preventing the driver from small arms, for a while. Its sleek design allows it to move very fast, very quickly. It has a top speed of eighty miles per hour.

Cobra: This vehicle was based off the old Warthog design. It seats five, three passengers, one driver, and a gunner. The turret can be changed to house the traditional tri-barrel Gatling gun, a gauss cannon, or an anti-air missiles.

Predator: A six wheeled APC. A crew of three, Driver, Navigator, and Gunner. Armaments include, a 30mm cannon, and a .50 caliber machine gun. It carrier Twelve soldiers in relative comfort AKA just about as tight as sardines.

Grizzly: This is the newest MBT to roll out of the assembly line. And the most powerful. Sporting a 200mm cannon.AKA 20inch And two .50 caliber machine guns. Able to reach speeds of sixty five miles per hour. A crew of four, Driver, Gunner, secondary gunner, and Tank commander.

And now for our Air units;

Dragon Fly: The dragon fly is an advanced helicopter unit. A chin mounted comm. Cannon, four rocket pods, six air-to-air missiles, and eight air-to-ground missiles. A top speed of 241 km/h. And a ceiling of 3,000 feet. This nimble craft can zip across a battlefield much like the dragonfly back on earth.

Lancer: A strike fighter aircraft. Capable of reaching speeds of Mach 3. The super cruise is also standard. It is able to carry a payload of ten tons.

Beast: The Beast is, as the name implies, monstrous. Over 100 yards long, its design has similar looks to the old helium blimps used back in the 21st century. Instead of helium to keep it aloft, it uses anti-gravity pads in the underside of the ship. Massive cannons dot the hull of this ship, all are loaded automatically, so only one person is need to fire the guns. There are fifteen turrets, three guns each. They are designed for ground assaults. Ten anti-air batteries, five missile pods, and three guns each. The ship is lined with a meter of polarized Duranthium-A Starship grade armor. The polarization allows for greater resistance to the plasma weapons used by the Covenant, for they are shaped and propelled by magnetic fields. Capable of reaching 180km/h and a ceiling of 1,000 feet. It is able to literally hover over any given area, for any given time.

BACK TO THE STORY!

"I will command Red Team. Mathew will lead Blue team, Will will lead Green Team, and Bryan will command our Air support, any questions?"

None replied.

"Good, gather weapons, and ammo. Meet up with your team and move out. We'll start this OP in three hours."

"Red leader to all leaders, move out! Red team first, followed by Green Team team, than Blue, then our air support. Green team will rendezvous with Blue team, same with Red team, when they've finished their objectives. Good luck."

It was raining as Red team made their way through the dense forest to the east of the Covenant Evacuation base. The pitter-patter of the raindrops falling through the dense foliage was masking their approach. The lead Spartan, 777, nickname Lucky, stopped, and motioned for the team to halt and crouch down.

"Contact, Covenant patrol. Two Brutes and three drones."

"Alright team, spread out. Two of you, climb those trees, the rest of you, cloak up, cover your scent and switch your guns to silent."

Four acknowledgement lights winked on 509's HUD. Two Spartans slung their rifles, and nimbly climbed the trees without a sound. The rest grabbed scent masking sprays from their packs, and thoroughly sprayed themselves. They then stowed the sprays, and activated their camouflage, and flipped a switch on their guns, which would silence the gunshots.

The three on the ground took up positions and waited. It wasn't long before the patrol could be seen walking through the rain. The lead Brute was seen first, he was about five meters in front of the rest. A few coughs from the Spartans rifles were enough to bring him down. The rest of the patrol caught up, and examined the corpse. More coughs, and the rest of the patrol was killed.

"Lets keep moving, we need to get this done quickly."

The two Spartans who climbed the trees, jumped down from the foliage. They engaged their camouflage, and the entire squad double-timed through the forest.

Meanwhile…

"Jason, watch out for that ditch!"

Jason, Spartan 395, swerved the Cobra to the right, to avoid the ditch that would've crippled their vehicle.

"Jesus Jason, keep your eyes ahead of you!"

"Yes ma'am."

"Keep the formation tight Spartans. Thirty to enemy base. Keep your eyes peeled for contacts"

"Red leader to Blue Leader. Mission complete, rendezvous two miles south of your position."

"Affirmative Red leader, we'll meet you there."

Blue leader, Spartan 656; Jamie, turned off the COM and looked over to her driver, who kept his eyes in front of him, watching for any hazards. She glanced at her passengers as well, all sitting in the seats, watching for enemies, or doing maintenance of their rifles. Their gunner, manning the gauss cannon, swept back and fourth across the formation. Although this was her first time in command, it was short lived, and non problematic. She mentally sighed, and settled back in her seat, waiting for when they met up with Red team.