Hello and yes another chapter is now up and this is just part 1 of 2 since it would be much too long to do in a single chapter, lots of new things in this Chapter and more GAR/UNSC interaction. Something I didn't think I would have to do but have seen on other stories is that I do not own Star Wars or Halo which since this is a Fanfiction site and this is a crossover I didn't think I had to mention but I guess I will anyway.Brilliant news also this story is ninth in popularity in the Clone Wars/Halo crossovers and it has reached over 200 combined followers and favourites as well as over 12,000 views...Amazing. Cheers

Yes this takes place on Umbara, I was going to do one on the Civil war on Mon Cal but that was more to do with the Republic and CIS politically wise and I didn't think that the UNSC had any business there whatsoever… Also, that means I would probably have to include JarJar or at least some Gunguns and I would rather print all the pages of this story and eat them till I die than write that.

Guest - If I did just have the UNSC/Covenent nuke, glass and other wise destroy their opponents from a distance it wouldn't be the story I planned but it could be something different though, I'll keep it in mind.

Guest - Yes the M7S is a fully automatic submachine gun, it had fully and semi-automatic firing modes and when it was handed to Charger it was in a semi-auto

DCDGojira - Thank you, I will have a look at that series also I had a look at Raptors wiki and it looks very good, Also the chapter releases are not exactly timed or to be released at a specific time/date since it takes time to write them and I do have projects and work to do besides the story but I am trying to keep it at a new chapter every 1-2 weeks.

Jctherebel - Thanks I am glad that you enjoy reading it.Sniperbro1998 - You have a point in that Jedi are incredibly powerful in the ways of the force but the force does not exist in the Milky Way Galaxy (Halo) and so all the living beings in it have no midichlorians within them and so are not as susceptible to the force and also in hand to hand combat even when it is a Spartan-IV or V or even a II only a very experienced Jedi would win in Swordsmen/hand to hand combat.

Guest - Yes the Spartans managed to save Longshot and Charger, unfortunately, there was still an unnamed clone casualty who I didn't name because without any action or scenes with them doing anything it would be pointless and also yes but don't forget we all or at least a lot us assumed Echo was still alive before the new season came out and now look… So I'm just saying you never know.

Guest - I hate Tarkin as much as the next guy but he is still an important character and tactician in the clone wars and He does what needs to be done in order to assure victory and I hate quoting him but the Jedi can't because of their code quite a few times.1740 - I can't really say yes because don't forget Linda is a Spartan-II whereas Lexi is not, probably why some did not believe her kill count and range was true because only a Spartan-II could accomplish such feats. Also thanks I really enjoy their stories and I too hope you also say the same about this one soon.

DemoKnight42 - Sadly Noble team was, just like a lot of other units, forgotten about and so no, unfortunately, there is no memorisation or commendation for any of them including Jun/A-266.Shadowninja - Cheers, since it was a team mission and not an open battlefield it seemed appropriate to do so despite later events and we'll be seeing more of Fireteam Royal, I actually really enjoyed creating a team that wasn't from either since it gives me something new to work with and gives more opportunity for things to change. Also, I'm not saying the UNSC trusts all of the Republic navies but Tarkin was right about what he said. (Regarding the Citadel)

RDDash - It may sound harsh but their main mission was to recover/rescue the information (UNSC definitely wasn't told that) so they did recover what they went in for.

UDLLORD - Not quite so sure what you mean regarding the Infinity's cloaking tech.

Blaze1992 (Chapter 3) - Don't forget though even though he is an Admiral he is very young and the youngest to ever be 'promoted' to the rank since the circumstances required it and also it has been a decade since the end of the war so information has become more open and available to the UNSC population and I did try to make Lasky as egoless as possible since I know the UNSC has some advantages over the Republic.

Blaze1992 (Chapter 2) - Interestingly enough that was my first thought and I even have the draft chapter for it but it didn't feel very eventful and I wanted interaction between the UNSC and Republic at least for now but hey we are only eight chapters in.Ss1179 - It has been a decade since the end of the war so information has become more open and available to the UNSC population but yes I do understand how it is a bit liberal with information but I actually did change it originally since there was much more in the first draft regarding the Forerunners and covenant.


Chapter Eight: Fog of War Part 1

It had been nine hours after Fireteam Royal had Returned from Coruscant after their operation in Separatist Space on the planet of Lola Sayu in which they, unfortunately, failed to rescue Jedi Master Even Piell but did manage to rescue the officers held in the Citadel as well as make sure that the vital information the Jedi had made it back to coruscant. Though the Officer who authorised the operation, Captain Ajex had sent a fully summarised report to Admiral Lasky who was due back into the System very soon, the Captain couldn't help but feel slightly nervous.

Admiral Lasky had given him the details and orders on the Separatist worlds he was authorised to strike and hadn't strictly spoken or told him he could answer any Republic requests for assistance, He was sure Admiral Lasky would see that the Republic needed their help and that soldiers would have died and they might not have succeeded without Fireteam Royal. He was sitting in his chair on the Bridge of the Preston. J. Cole waited for Lasky to return from his investigation.

From the large room which wasn't as large as the bridge on Infinity since it was essentially one gigantic platform with countless weapons most of the bridge was taken up by weapons stations and very little else except for obvious stations such as communications, life support, etc. Ajax could see the Colony that they had constructed on Lucazec and it was glorious, It was nearly as enormous as an Earth Megacity and had over Five hundred thousand various UNSC forces defending it from the colonial defence force to highly trained elite ODST squads and in space, it had the 7th defence fleet guarding it as well as 6 Moncton-class orbital defence platforms which can fire a 3000-ton slug of various type at 4% the speed of light.

It was an amazing sight, the planet featured massive open plains made of blue crystal-like elements and gushing rivers that ran through lake beds some several miles wide. One of the biggest standouts though was the humongous UNSC military base code-named Sierra base and behind it was New Dawn the name given to the single city colony, in the far reaches were newly built farming land and down to the south was where the large populous lived. Most of the people that lived on the colony were either those that had joined the UNSC/Sangheili colonists or the families of the scientists and soldiers that were stationed in Sierra base.

In his seated position Ajex could see a lot of craft heading to and from the planet to the large fleet protecting it since until the nearby colonies on Quell and Gromas could be finished this was still their main settlement in the galaxy but every day there forces grow stronger and more fleets arrive equipped to fight. Moments like these were pleasant, no battles and no need for concern, for now at least

Though he didn't get to enjoy the view much longer. "Captain Ajex, Incoming Slip-Space rupture" Officer Mick said from his frontal position. In-front of them and the rest of the fleet a glowing and swirling portal opened, from within space circular hurricane emerged the UNSC Infinity. They had returned after roughly three weeks exploring for an unknown UNSC signal they had detected. Once the Infinity was through the rupture and it closed, Captain Ajex ordered for them to hail the Infinity, It didn't take long for the response and he could see Lasky on the bridge with officers and crew members around him doing their various roles.

"Admiral Lasky, How did your exploration go? Did you find what you were after?" Ajax asked, his hands clasped behind his back

"Yes and No, we found the source of the UNSC signal, it was weak and fluctuating so that's why it took us so long to locate," Admiral Lasky told Captain Ajex, no specific tone in his voice.

"What was it then?" Ajax asked, intrigued as to what a rogue UNSC signal would be doing all the way out in this galaxy.

"We identified its origins when we finally did locate it, it was a cylindrical container from the UNSC Atlas," Lasky answered

"Atlas? That ship was reported missing, presumed lost with all hands during the Human-Covenant war, what was inside it?" Ajax questioned trying to remember the ship since a lot of their navy had been lost in the war so it was difficult to remember a single lost ship

"We didn't have to look, we scanned it and the only two things inside was a single IFF tag and cremated remains, It was a casket pod with an identification code etched on the front...SPARTAN-073. I took a quick look at the records and he is one of the Spartan II's that died during augmentation on board the Hopeful". Lasky replied softly

Ajax's look changed "Did you do anything to it?" He asked

Lasky shook his head "No, I did have Roland attach a message in all known languages through a translation matrix though just asking those who found it to just leave it be" Lasky told him

"Good decision, Sir, Sorry there was no red carpet on your arrival, sir," Ajax said quietly.

"You'd probably get rid of it with what I'm sending you," Lasky said

Captain Ajex looked to his right where his command pad was and could see incoming deployment orders for vast amounts of UNSC troops that were currently stationed either on the ground or onboard one of the ships in the 11th fleet. The troops were to be deployed to the Infinity and three autumn class Heavy cruisers which would then be sent to… Umbara

"Sir, when did these orders come through?" He asked quickly looking at the pad and back to Admiral Lasky.

"Now, before we jumped back I received word from General Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, they are planning an invasion of the planet and since these Umbarans are a particularly advanced people, they have offered us an opportunity to join them in taking down a major Separatist ally and once it is done we will have the position to construct a UNSC base on the planet which due to its location in the Expansion regions, offers us a great strategic location from which to base our forces permanently.

"This seems rather sudden" Captain Ajex commented while reading the information

"More sudden than deploying a team of Spartans on an unplanned mission within the enemy territory?" Lasky questioned with an eye at Ajax who's attention went straight to Lasky when he heard that.

"So, you managed to read my report before you returned," Ajax said

"Extensively, I trusted your judgement Captain it's why I left you in command and it resulted in the Separatist forces not getting vital information that could have had drastic consequences for both us and the Republic, now I am asking you to trust me, let me know when the forces have been ready and the ships have joined the infinity" Lasky ordered

"Yes Sir," Captain Ajex said, saluting before cutting the communication.

It took only an hour for all the UNSC troops to be ready for deployment and soon three Autumn class Heavy cruisers departed from the 11th fleet and joined the Infinity and before the Slip-Space portals opened and the battlegroup left, Lasky sent a message to Captain Ajex who played it immediately upon receiving it.

"We'll be leaving for Kuat in a second to join up with the Republic forces but I need you to take the 11th fleet towards the Gromas system since we've been getting reports of CIS scout droid ships in what I assume is an attempt to make invasion plans, I have also ordered a section of the 7th fleet to scout out a possible enemy fleet in the Anteevy system, they don't seem to like the idea us expanding our foothold in this galaxy, If you come across any enemy forces let me know immediately." The message ends and Ajex can see the portal opening and the small battlegroup going through before it closes.

Soon the Battlegroup had reached the outer sections of the Republic Kuat shipyards where the large fleet of 3 Venator-class star destroyers and 3 Acclamator-class assault ships were ready to make the jump to Umbara, the total force of Republic troops numbered tens of thousands of clone troopers and many various ground vehicles. Notably were the 212th and 501st Clone Battalions that would be on the front lines when the ground invasion reached the surface.

Immediately, Admiral Lasky gets in contact with General Skywalker on board the Resolute and Is invited over by the Jedi Knight to discuss the plans for their combined attack while they are still prepping for the hyperspace jump to Umbara, Of course, Lasky accepts and heads over with the three commanders he intends to send to the ground and leads their forces alongside the Republics.

When he heads over to the Republic Venator in a D77-TC Pelican he is greeted in the hanger by Skywalker and two clones who are standing in front of the pelican's rear ramp when Lasky walks out and shakes Skywalker's hand, "Admiral Lasky, good to see you again" Skywalker cheerfully greets in the middle of their friendly handshake. Lasky steps back and moves his right hand to introduce the other three UNSC personnel.

In-front of them was a Spartan in the snow like white Mjlonier armour with small emblems and patterns in red across it, they carried an enlarged DMR on their back and an MG6 handgun holster on their thigh, their helmet almost formed an arrow at the front and had a blue visor near the top. Next to her was a man in Silver armour with no helmet but a cap with the UNSC eagle on the front of it and had an MG6 holstered on his left leg and ODST in black paint in the middle of his chest armour and a flaming skull logo patch on his right arm. Last was a Man with no military uniform but instead wore a simple white shirt and a long black dress jacket.

"General Skywalker, these are my accompanying personnel that will be helping to plan and coordinate our attacks, Spartan Commander Sarah Palmer, Colonel Duvall of the ODST and marine forces and Bernard Monty head consultant of CIC tactical division." During the Human-Covenant war, Duvall was a Sergeant Major and served on reach during the battle of New Alexandria, Lasky introduced them as they all one by one greeted Anakin Skywalker. After brief introductions, they followed general skywalker to the command room just behind the bridge, there was some slight staring from all the Jedi and clones in the room towards the Spartan but they quickly resumed their duties.

At the circular command, table was 5 Jedi, Captain Rex of the 501st clone battalion and Liuetenent Waxer of the 212th Clone battalion both of which were known as incredibly skilled and dedicated battalions that had a very high success rate. "Admiral Lasky, Welcome, now that you are here we can begin our plan of attack once we reach Umbara," General Kenobi said and they all gathered around the round platform and intel started to appear.

"Protecting the planet is a Separatist blockade that is made up at least to our knowledge of eight Munificent-class frigates, at least three providence-class dreadnoughts and Recusant-class Commerce Guild destroyers, as well as these ships, there are the Umbaran ships which we have very little knowledge of due to the rather reclusive and secretive nature of the Umbarans but we do know that they have highly advanced weaponry which we won't have encountered before" Lieutenant Waxer began to explain as displays of enemy ships around the planet were displayed.

"With our combined forces we will likely be able to punch a hole in the blockade for our Accalamators to deploy the gunships carrying our troops and light armour vehicles to the ground where we will be expecting heavy resistance and unfortunately due to the almost constant darkness on the planet, close fighter support is near impossible but bombing runs given verified coordinates should still be able to get through." Captain Rex followed up

"I believe I may be able to devise how we will divide our forces Admiral, May I General?" Spartan Palmer stepped forward gesturing to Skywalker to use the console station, he motioned with a slight handwave for her to use it. She approached it and enhanced enough so the capital and all routes to it could be seen with the markers for the allied and enemy forces, "Sir, I believe that since the route the 212th and Kenobi's forces are taking is more direct and open they will be more vulnerable so I would recommend we deploy three out of our four dedicated Spartan Fireteams to that side while the remaining team and three-fifths of the ODST and marine forces assault from the other side with Skywalker" Palmer suggested

Lasky focused on the plan and intel for a moment "It could work, judging by this terrain we won't be able to send in any heavy tanks or Warthogs so it looks like it will be infantry only but we can send down our S-Mantis to support the troops, we can split those evenly between both sides" Lasky said to them

"S-Mantis?" Jedi Master Kenobi asked having not heard of it

Lasky brought up a small display of it on a handheld holo device "It's a single occupant fighting armour with 5 AGSM rocket launchers and an M655 20mm machine gun, shielded and around 20 feet tall, its an upgraded version of the original which was well-armed but couldn't move very well, this one is much faster and will be able to tackle Umbara's terrain" Lasky explained

"Our AT-RT's and your S-Mantis's should more than likely be able to provide enough heavy support combined for the infantry to push forward. And once we can establish a foothold on the ground we will advance on the Capital, once we take it we should have total control over the planet since most communication, arms and other traffic comes from the city." General Kenobi said to them all

Before they could finish the briefing though Colonel Duvall ran up to Commander Lasky from the opposite side of the room, "Sir, emergency communication from Captain Ajex" He said rapidly as he opened it through his small holo display tablet and the Captain appeared clearly tense and holding onto a brass railing. "Admiral, we've been engaged by Separatist forces on route to the Gromas system!, we can defeat the enemy fleet sir but I think this is just a diversion so that they can destroy the 21st terraform fleet on Gromas, they have little to no protection, they'll be decimated!" All eyes are on Lasky as the message ends.

"Sir should re-deploy the 7th fleets, sir?" Commander Palmer asked

"We can't, I ordered them to maintain a communication blackout to minimise the chances of them being discovered and the ships over Lucazec need to remain and protect the planet," Lasky said painfully as he tried to come up with a solution."

"Commander Palmer, send a message to the 21st Terraform fleet to head to retreat to the other side of Gromas as soon as the enemy fleet arrives in the system that'll buy them some time, Have all Pelicans and forces meant for the Umbaran invasion transfer from the Infinity to the Cruisers and then I'll take the Infinity to Captain Ajex and the 11th fleet, destroy the fleet and then we'll head to Gromas and pray that we get there before the Separatist fleet reaches the colony or the 21st terraform fleet, General Kenobi, there isn't enough space in my cruisers hangers to fit all of the troops and Pelicans for the invasion, permission to have them divided to Commander Palmers previously suggestion specs and board your Acclamator ships?" Lasky requested pleadingly.

"Of course, I'll have the Captain open the hangers," Kenobi said before hastily making his way to the forward bridge.

"Commander Palmer, I have to go with Infinity so you're in charge of all UNSC forces for the invasion until I return," Lasky said to her.

"Yes Sir," Palmer said and saluted him, he returned it and left quickly back to the hangar to get back to the Infinity.

Almost Immediately the order went out and Pelicans or different variants began piling out of the Infinity and onto their given ships as fast as they could, the Pelicans carrying Fireteams Osiris, Crimson and Bailey headed for the ships carrying the forces that would follow Kenobi into battle attacking from the south of the Umbaran Capital and the ship carrying Fireteam Royal would join Skywalkers battalion troopers and attack from the north of the city. Over a hundred other Pelican dropships head to their designated ships, some Autumns and some Accalmators. It only takes around five minutes before the operations are complete and the Infinity now slowly turns its heading away from the battlegroup and opens a slip-space rupture through which it leaves.

When the hangers on the Republic and UNSC ships are closed they too jump out of the system, heading towards Umbara. Hours later the UNSC/Republic Invasion force arrived in the Umbaran system and from a long distance could see the planet in front of them and the Venators took up an arrow formation with the Resolute in the front and the other two ships slightly behind at the rear sides of the ship and two of the UNSC Heavy Cruisers took their position above the gap between the two Venators and the remaining one was directly below the Resolute but in front slightly so the bow of the ship could be seen from the Resolutes bridge.

The Acclamators were at even lengths apart in a line at the rear of the battlegroup ready to commence the ground assault once a hole had been punched in the blockade, all of the troopers inside were ready and waiting in transports, pilots sat in their chairs waiting for the order to disembark and deploy the armour and troops to the planet surface.

When they force emerged the CIS/Umbaran ships were sent to high alert and stayed where they were so that their enemy would have to come to them, On the Infinity Commander Palmer was stood on the bridge of the 'Unto the Breach' Autumn Heavy cruiser and immediately went to work judging the enemy force and trying to work out the best strategy. "Open a communication channel to the Resolute. From her command tablet, she could see Anakin Skywalker on the bridge of his flagship.

"General since the Infinity isn't with us I recommend that we move forward slowly and wear down their shields with our cruiser MAC's and then we should have an easier time punching a hole through once the battlegroup is in range, we can use secondary amendments on the outer enemy ships." Palmer proposed the plan confidently to Skywalker.

"Okay, focus your shots on the centre ships and once we are within range we will make those our primary targets for our main laser batteries and secondary guns will fire on the outer ships," Anakin responded

All the ships edged closer in perfect sync and soon the three providence dreadnaughts at the middle of the enemy blockade were in the range of the Autumn Cruiser's Mark IX, Heavy Coil MAC. All of the cruisers picked their targets and once the Magnetic Accelerator Cannons capacitors were at full charge Commander Palmer gave the order to fire and all three ships' bow exploded with a golden flash and a trail of light from the projectile heading towards the enemy ships.

From the distance, it was clear they tried to manoeuvre but to no avail, as the shots all hit dead centre on the ship hulls and caused heavy damage to the shields and even knocked them back a small distance, the dampeners on the UNSC ships muffled the vibrations of the shots but they could still feel it whenever they fired the MAC. "Heavy damage to enemy shields commander, no structural damage detected commander, 30 seconds till MAC recharge," Weapons officer Desmond told Palmer.

Seeing how they had fired from an incredible distance the Separatist ships started to move forward knowing they could not wait for them to come into range. Thirty seconds passed and the MAC's were fully charged again and just in time because they were now in range and they were firing at the Republic ships and Vice Versa. "Fire MAC's and arm all Archer missile pods for immediate launch but focus fire on the providence-class ships to our centre, the Venators can handle the munificent's once we make a breach". Palmer ordered and the ship shuddered as the Cannons fired and the Archer missiles armed ready to be fired and at the same time, the point defence guns and coilguns started firing as the enemy fighters tried strafing the ship.

All of the Autumns fired two missiles from their 32 pods and in the hail of red and blue blaster fire, missiles stormed through the hellfire and while the enemy started firing on them they were incredibly fast and it was only seconds before they struck and the remaining two-thirds all struck causing one of the three providence ships to explode when a series of detonations destroyed the bridge and started a chain reaction that led to its destruction. The other two were still active and firing at the fleet but one of them had its shields finally depleted since less than twenty seconds after the missiles hit it was hit by a salvo from the Mark 40 Spitfire coil guns on the fore of the Unto the Breach.

The remaining ship started to retreat as three frigates and a destroyer had been destroyed but constant fire from the powerful Republic Turbo laser batteries killed its engine and it was dead in space though still firing until Republic Y-Bombers made a run at it and several hits detonated the ship's magazine and it blew up in a shattering orange flare. That was the opening the three Autumns and three Accalmators went for the gap and made it through with the Republic Venators still firing on the remaining frigates and destroyers.

They had started descending to the high atmosphere of the planet and slowly the hangers of the ships opened and from within launched hundreds of Pelican Dropships and LAAT Gunships carrying either over a dozen soldiers, each or two S-Matis's underneath ready to be detached at a moments notice and Republic troopers as well as AT-RT walkers ready to jump into action the second the rear ramps opened on the transport.

All of the transports got closer to the ground though it didn't look like it since it was so dark, Umbara had no nearby stars or suns that were bright enough to light up the planet so it was always painted in a shroud of shadow and fog making it difficult to specifically pick something out in the distance. Pelicans and LAATs activated heavy duty spotlights to find their way through the thick misty surface. Quickly they started to reach the Landing Zone and were being fired at by some type of anti-air artillery.

Greenish explosions filled the sky as ships rocked and tried to dodge the incoming fire though they could barely make out where it was originating from. The anti-air fire gets more accurate and ships start taking hits and even though all of the Pelicans had energy shields they could only take a couple of hits before they would be destroyed and crash to the ground in a mountain of flames. As the ground gets closer they can make out the strange tanks that are firing on them as well as barely being able to see hundreds of food soldiers firing at them with strange blasters, green laser bolts tear past them.

Eventually, the Republic and UNSC ships reach the Landing Zone and troops begin to jump out of them and immediately start shooting at the targets in the far distance. Many ships carrying AT-RT walkers and S-Mantis armour vehicles were deployed and quickly grouped before charging at the defence line of Umbaran tanks and infantry. The thinking was to use speed and surprise to completely overwhelm them before they could do anything.

Electromagnetic plasma projectiles are fired from Umbaran hover tanks with high tone swirl sounds and deal fair amounts of patch damage and though it was only seconds before they were right on top of them they still managed to take down a good few of the Republic walkers and even a couple of S-Mantis's which because of their armour and shields could take a larger amount of damage. Hurtling towards the enemy the walkers and armour fired their chin-mounted laser cannons at the tanks and troops while the S-Mantis used their heavy missiles launcher on the tanks they used their M655 autocannon to rapidly mow down the infantry firing on them and the troops moving up from the LZ.

While the armour and walkers charge to takeout the armour the ground troops move up strategically firring and dodging incoming blaster rounds, near the rear of the attack Hardcase and Fives bring up the rear of the assault when a massive tentacle-like arm shoots of the ground and picks up Hardcase and several other troopers who try to fire on it but to no help, it kills one trooper and it nearly drops another into its large mouth before out of nowhere a solid crimson beam of energy shoots at the creature with a piercing noise and practically melts it into nothing and the troopers fall back down to the ground.

The source of the shot becomes clear as a UNSC heavy Pelican lowers and with an open rear ramp exit a large trooper holding what looks like a thin heavy rifle is seen and jumps down the five members of Fireteam Royal. "Typical 501st, can't go more than 5 minutes without needing a rescue" Came jokingly from Spartan Matt as he put his powerful Spartan rifle back on his rear weapon mag holster.

"Fireteam Royal!, boy it's good to see you Spartans, come on we need to move up"

Fives helps up the trooper dropped by the creature, he promptly thanks him "Hardcase right?"

"Yeah, That's what they call me," He says before heading back into the fight.

The Umbarans begin to route under the intense fire and are utterly crushed morally and in the case of the large walkers and armour literally and head back into the fog, They are followed by the troopers who continue to push forward until they can no longer find the enemy and come into view of a large valley and General Skywalker, Captain Rex and Colonel Duvall decide to hold their position. Fireteam Royal and several 501st soldiers defend the rear while they are stationary and wait for orders while keeping a lookout.

"I've heard a lot about you guys," Hardcase said looking at the Spartans while lying against some of the Umbaran flora.

"Really, anything in particular?" Jack asks

"Too much, I'm pretty sure a lot of it was just made up by some of the guys but a lot of them say that you're unkillable but that's obviously made up though, right?" Hardcase asks almost embarrassed he has to ask, surely they can be killed.

Spartan Jack laughs at his query, "You know, the covenant used to call Spartans demons for a reason, Spartans never die, they're just missing in action" He says cleverly to the trooper

"Hey, I've got something on my scope!" Lexi shouts quietly getting the attention of all the soldiers in the nearby area. She peers through her sniper scope on maximum magnification and at first struggles to see what the faint glowing green lights are but eventually, it gets brighter and she can make out the Umbaran militia advancing on their location from behind. She immediately ducks and turns to face the clones and her team "Spread the word across now, the Umbarans are about to ambush us from behind!" she whispered clearly and with urgency, immediately Hardcase, Kix and several other troopers run through the ranks telling the troopers to prepare for an enemy attack from the rear, news of the impending ambush eventually reaches the commanders at the front lines and they rush back and all of them crouch against the mound trench that provided them enough cover.

All of them readied their weapons and Skywalker had his lightsaber out and ready to ignite the second the enemy 'surprise' attack commenced. Some of them peered slightly over the small ridge and could see the Umbaran militia getting closer by the second. The Spartans changed their sensor display from 250 metres to 20 so they could track their enemy better and on Spartans Jacks HUD something was getting closer and quickly, he was about to look over the dirt ridge when a small scorpion-like device rapidly crawled down and made its way towards the nearest clone soldier who also saw it and aimed his blaster rifle at it but didn't fire as Jack was still close and plunged his fist right into the small millicreep droid crushing it in a small pool of sparks.

Luckily though this didn't alert the Umbarans to their commencing attack because soon they were about to charge and fire on what they assumed was an unsuspecting and resting enemy, they were in a line moving from tree to bush and now we're only mere inches away from the Republic and UNSC position when seemingly from below them one of the Umbaran troopers was pulled by their rifle, not letting go, down to the ground and was hit hard forcing him onto his back where the soldier was terrified as a large man ignited a blade of almost pure white and blue and plunged it into his chest killing him.

When the Umbaran soldier Was pulled down, all the clones and UNSC soldier raised and fired their weapons from cover at the enemy who was in complete shock and started to return fire immediately and turning the desolate jungle into a show of green blue and gold lights as all the different types of weapons lit up the night, visibility was limited and soldier fell on both sides but slowly even with their advantage the Umbarans started to make a dent and were pushing through. Captain Rex who was next to Spartan Iona to his left and General Anakin Skywalker to his right was the first to notice after he shot three Umbarans point-blank who went down only for the spot where they stood to have three more in it only a second later.

"Sir, their pilling out of the bush faster than we can take them down, recommend we fall back off of the ridgeline and call in an airstrike," Rex recommended while dodging multiple enemies poor shots and when they tried to overrun the three of them killing an additional two Umbarans by hitting one dead centre and the other in the arm temporarily halting them before he hit him in the chest and flipped him over his back and with hi on the floor put a single blaster round to his head.

"Go on General, we'll hold them off and pull back slowly to make sure they don't get off of the ridge". Iona shouted through the blast of her DMR.

"Okay, Colonel Duvall tells the men to fall back and I'll call in the airstrike, Spartans once I call in that bombing run you need to huff it back to our position, I don't want to find you in the rubble". Skywalker said before pulling back with his men while deflecting green lasers with his lightsaber, it is only seconds before all the clones pull back and the blue bolts begin to lessen and enemy green blaster fire seems to increase. Soon they got the comm from General Skywalker that the airstrike had been called in and immediately legged it off the ridge.

While running they turned to take down as many as they could to lessen the hits their armour's energy shields could take and soon enough they reached the bottom of the almost mountain-like hill and just before they reached Skywalker and Duvall's position, heard the mechanical whistling whine of the incoming Republic Y-Bombers. They dropped their ordinance on the ridge and it exploded in a fury of heat and fire since it was so dark on the planet the explosion could be seen for miles when it happened all the enemy fire from the Umbarans as they reached the edge of the ridge had stopped.

Duvall and Skywalker watched as the fire started to die down and Fireteam Royal approached quickly "Spartans good to see you made it off, damn fine work" Colonel Duvall said, holstering his MA5 assault rifle on his mag holster.

"We were facing the wrong way, how was the bombing?" Spartan Matt asked with a grin

"I think they got the gist of it," Fives said cheerfully.

Republic gunships begin to lower bringing down supplies and reinforcements as well as enough Pelicans to resupply the UNSC marines and ODST units on the ground and during the offloading Skywalker, Rex, Duvall and Fireteam Royal are discussing losses and their next decision when behind them LAAT gunship land and opens its side panel doors, there are two clones inside but in between them a large Besalisk with what was clearly two large lightsabers on his waist. He stepped off the gunship and some clones had eerie looks as he walked to General Skywalker.

"General Krell's here?"

"Something big must be going on"

The clones' mummers ceased when Krell reached Skywalker, Duvall and Fireteam Royal.

"Master Krell, Our thanks for the air support," Skywalker said as he greeted the four-armed Jedi General

"Indeed General Skywalker, the locals have proven to be more resourceful than we anticipated," Krell said in a deep voice.

Skywalker could tell he was not here just to provide air cover though "But that's not the reason for your visit" He said questioningly

"No, the Council has ordered you back to Coruscant, effective immediately," Krell told Skywalker who was clearly taken aback by this order especially so soon into the attack.

"Wh- What, Why?" He asked

"The request was made by the supreme chancellor and the council obliged, that is all they would tell me" Krell replied but Anakin was sure that they wouldn't just send a Jedi Master as infamous as Pong Krell just to deliver a message

"I can't just leave my men," Skywalker said

"I'll be taking over in the interim" It was an order by the council so Skywalker didn't think he had much of a choice in the matter.

"Don't worry about a thing Sir, we'll have the city under Republic control by the time you get back?" Captain Rex said from behind them.

"Master Krell, this is Rex my first in command, you won't find a finer and more loyal trooper anywhere, this is Colonel Duvall of the UNSC he is in Command of the UNSC troops in the Northern region and Fireteam Royal are one of the elite Spartan teams deployed to the planet" Skywalker introduced

"Good to hear it, I've heard good things about your forces Colonel, I'm sure you don't disappoint." He said looking towards Captain Rex and Fireteam Royal who still stood nearly a foot shorter than the Jedi General. "I wish you well Skywalker," Krell said with a light pat on Anakin's shoulder before he left onto the Gunship that Krell had arrived on and it left the Clone forces under Krell's control.

"Your reputation precedes you General, It is an honour to be serving you," Said Captain Rex who had walked up to Krell.

Krell turned from watching Anakin leave "I find it very interesting Captain, that you are able to recognise the value of honour, for a clone" Rex wasn't quite sure if that was an insult or not but didn't respond.

"Stand at attention when I address you!" Krell Ordered

Rex stiffly stood to attention as did the other clones in his vicinity, the Spartans did not but Colonel Duvall did out if slight respect

"Your flattery is duly noted but it will not be rewarded, there's a reason my command is so effective and it's because I do things by the book and that includes protocol, have all platoons prepare to move out immediately, that is all" General Krell said before walking away.

Captain rex sighed slightly "Who the hell was that?" Spartan Matt asked bluntly

"General Pong Krell" Fives said almost frustratingly.

Minutes later in accordance with the order the clones started to move out in nearly single file due to the almost impossible terrain. Trudging through the fog-filled ground at as good a place as they could manage, Colonel Duvall also ordered his Marines and ODST units to move out unfortunately though since the foliage was so unpredictable and their ground-level field of vision was very low they couldn't march in any standard formation so all the soldiers, Republic and UNSC where almost filtered in together with squads of 4-12 being as large a groups as they could manage in a single row.

From the sky, some kind of light animal chittering could be heard and though there was wildlife on the planet it didn't sound like anything they had so far encountered "Sir, do you see that?" Hardcase said pointing to the open sky wherein the blackness to creatures with green glowing parts started to swoop down on them quickly "Yeah, Ready your weapons" Captain Rex said. As they all aimed their weapons up and fired on the attacking creatures.

They moved agility to avoid the shots and the one that was in front of the other was grazed in what could only be assumed as a wing and it fell to the ground crashing to the floor still moving and it could clearly still kill, Spartan Jack pushed a marine out of the way that was still shooting the airborne animal and put his energy sword right to the creatures face before igniting the blade, only seeing the tip of it burst through the back of its large head.

The second creature wasn't hit though and dived on the troops grabbing a clone and a marine in its clutches before flying away and returning only moments later making the same chattery noise it did before which only alerted them to its presence. As it dived though General Krell used his strength to pull himself into the air from one of the rubber-like branches that stuck out from the ground and collided with the beast, using two of his arms to hold on while using his other two to physically rip off its wings it was sent pumping to the ground, where it struck and Krell activated his duel double sided sabres or Green and Blue and stuck one end of both sabres into the create killing it instantly.

Behind him, a third creature emerged from the mist in the distance and Krell prepared to kill it as it attacked but to his left was Spartan Jack with his still ignited blade of white and blue energy, he activated his suits small but extremely powerful jetpack and went flying towards the creature and at the last second manoeuvred under it as they were about to collide and slit the creature in half from underneath. The two halves fell to the ground and Spartan Jack rocketed back landing fast but elegantly deactivating his sword and holstering it and re-equipping the BR-55 rifle that he carried when he wasn't using his sword or pistol though he did prefer to use his sword when he could.

"Anyone else want to stop and play with the animals?" Krell asked rhetorically and angrily, nobody responded until Spartan Iona stepped forward.

"No Sir, we should keep moving," She said sternly to him through her helmet.

"Agreed" Krell said deeply as he holstered his lightsabers and they all began to again move forward.

Hours later their pace started to become sluggish as they had been marching for half a day with no rest and more frequent attacks from the wildlife The Clones, Marines and even the ODST's were beginning to suffer from serious lack of rest and if they kept it up they wouldn't be able to fight at all. Fives and one of the Marine First Lieutenants Irons approached Captain Rex "Sir we've been keeping this pace for twelve hours now, we're starting to slow down" Fives told Rex

"He's right sir, I'm getting reports from the squads that they won't be able to ongoing much longer," Lieutenant Irons says

Rex agrees and tells them he'll speak to General Krell and moves up to the front of the line headed by Duvall and Krell.

"General Krell, the men need to rest, the top of this ridge will be a good place for the men to make camp". Captain Rex says to General Krell and to Duvall.

"The Men don't need rest, they need the resolve to finish the task at hand" Krell responds deadpan.

"But Sir-" Rex started before Krell interrupted

"CT-7567 are you reading me?" Krell asked Rex who didn't quite understand

"Excuse me, SIr?" Captain Rex asked, confused especially since he wasn't usually addressed by his number by General Skywalker.

"I asked you a question CT-7567 do you understand the need to adhere to my strategy, do I need to remind you of this Battalions strategic mission in conquering this planet, look back," He told Captain Rex who turned as did Colonel Duvall as well still at the front. "See those platoons? Their mission is to take the city and take it swiftly, Time and rest are luxuries the Republic cannot afford, we are the key to this invasion, Do you understand this!" Krell asked loudly but Colonel Duvall stepped between the two.

"General Krell, I of all soldiers understand not having the time for luxury, believe me, I look back and see dedicated men who will fight and die for a cause but they can't fight if they can't move. They need rest" Colonel Duvall told General Krell trying to convince him. He knew he didn't have to follow his orders and could allow his men to rest but it would create too much tension between the two commanders not to mention they would be essentially cutting a large part of their strength off and would be much more vulnerable.

General Krell's attitude seemed to change, "Very well Colonel, Captain tell the men to take fifteen minutes but then we march"

Relived, the soldiers rest where they were, trying to gain back what strength and energy they could but it was all over too soon as on the second General Krell ordered them all back on their feet and to move out, Duvall may have not been under his command but he couldn't let them leave without his men, for both their sakes and also ordered his troops to move out. Soon they trecked out of the trees and came across what was a large non-organic structure that ran for miles. It was the main road to the City.

As the troops moved up Krell stopped and turned to Rex who was currently conversing with Duvall "Progress Report Captain" Krell demanded.

"Platoons are ready to commence the surgical strike on the cities defences to prepare for the full attack with Kenobi's forces, Sir," Rex Reported

Krell didn't seem to bother too much thinking about it since barely even a second after Captain Rex finished he begin giving orders "No need Captain, All platoons will execute a forward assault on the main route to the city" Krell told them

Duvall and Rex looked at each other for a short moment knowing that heading down the main Umbaran road was a suicide mission that made no tactical sense. Captain Rex walks to Krell followed by Colonel Duvall "Sir if we attack down the main road they're likely to engage us in a full-frontal assault," Rex tried to input

"Change of plans, Captain I am in command now" Krell responds

"General with all due respect the Captain is right if we execute this plan we will be completely open to any hidden or waiting for enemy forces, we could waltz right into a possibly trapped road rigged with anything." Colonel Duvall attempted to persuade Krell to reconsider."

"It is direct and any enemy forces will be dealt with even for pitiful soldiers such as clones it should not be difficult, My order stands and you will follow it explicitly. DO I make myself clear, CT-7567!?" Krell shouts as he leaves the two.

"Lieutenant, tell the men to move out to engage," Colonel Duvall says after sighing.

"Colonel Duvall, you and your men don't fall under Krell's command, you aren't obligated to follow this order, we both know it's a slaughter waiting to happen".

"Yes Captain I could, but I'm not sure I could knowingly leave my troops here while you go and fight and possibly die with no support" Colonel Duvall replied, Captain Rex, nodded respectfully.

A force of around 150 clone troopers and 100 marines accompanied by 30 ODST's departed and moved up the main route waiting for an ambush or enemy attack scanning the path ahead for anything that could block them and lead to a surprise attack or any suspicious-looking movement around them. The silence was almost more disturbing than the noises the men were used to hearing in a battle, blasters, screams of the wounded, troop movement and so much more nothing was compared to the quietness knowing that you would more than likely be attacked.

Fireteam Royal was walking down the centre of the main road with a squadron of 501st troopers on their right and a small grouping of ODST jet troopers on their left. "General Krell is a little reckless," One of the clones said.

"Reckless? That's an understatement, he has no tactical knowledge either that or he simply doesn't give a damn about the men under his command!" One of the ODST soldiers replies still not taking his eyes off of his rifle sights.

"I'd say both" Spartan Kate said

"Kate, he is a General who gets things done" Spartan Lexi yelled

"Surely you can't disagree that he doesn't seem to make tactically sound decisions, Not resting his men, using routes that are full of peril, doesn't it seem like the opposite of what a general should do."

Of course, Spartan Lexi agreed with them, General Krell displayed his lack of empathy through his words and actions but he was still a General.

"I may not agree with his methods or treatment of his men but I don't think anybody can argue with his results" Lexi replied

"His results are the highest clone fatalities in the entire-" One of the clones tried to say before two large explosions of green smoke were seen up ahead and all the soldiers stopped and dived to a prone position.

"Mines! Nobody move an inch" Ordered Rex loudly and clear from the front, all the men hear him and a Marine Medic carefully makes his way to the two clones that were caught in the mine explosion and checked their vitals before looking at Captain Rex and shaking his head, they were dead.

"Captain, we can use our scanners to detect the mines, we'll move up and lead the way forward," Spartan Iona tells the Captain and they move to the front of the column using their electro sensors to view the ground for mines and avoid them "Echo, Fives use scanners to help the Spartans look for mines". They also moved up and the six of them covered the length of the road and the troops followed behind them following their paths.

The clones and UNSC troops slowly advance along the road still cautious of the traps all around them. But, after only a few moments, a blast of green deadly energy lands at the rear of the clones' formation, knocking several clones down and some flying. Then, Umbarans appear out almost out of nowhere, firing their blasters at the soldiers. Mantis and AT-RT fire manages to suppress them long enough for the soldiers to get their bearings and return fire but on the road, there was practically no cover.

"We're completely exposed!" one of the clone troopers yells as he fires his blaster.

To hell with the orders, Colonel Duvall thought "Captain tell the men to fall back, if we can get them to follow is we'll be able to regroup and counterattack" Colonel Duvall shouts at the top of his lungs to Captain Rex in the heat of the battle firing several rounds using his M6G sidearm when his rifle was literally hit and damaged from his hands. The captain nods and gives the order to fall back and regroup.

General Krell who was overseeing the engagement groaned angrily upon seeing the forces retreat "Feeble-minded clones," he mutters. He then turns to some other clones and orders, "Get in there and save their necks!" nearly a hundred clones and several squads of ODST troopers rush in to support the retreat and soon the Umbarans are outnumbered and start to fall back down the main road while being fired at. Eventually, the blaster fire stops and Krell furiously marches towards Captain Rex.

"CT-7567, do you have a malfunction in your design? You've pulled your forces back from taking the capital city! The enemy now has control of this route! This entire operation has been compromised because of your failure!" he yells at Rex. Fives come between him and Rex, fed up with seeing his commander tarnished by Krell. "General Krell, in case you haven't noticed, Captain Rex just saved this platoon. Surely you won't fail to recognize that," Fives says.

"ARC-5555, stand down," Krell says threateningly, igniting one blade of his green lightsaber, holding it close to Fives. This didn't go unnoticed as Spartan Jack immediately ignited his blade in-front of Fives and blocked Krells from going any further.

"Enough!, Spartan holster that blade and stand down" Colonel Duvall orders as the Spartan looks at Krell once more, even with his helmet on his anger and fury was clear. He stepped back and stowed his sword as then did General Krell. "General I issued the order or at the very least heavily Implied it to the Captain, I knew we couldn't push them back so decided to fall back and regroup to force the Umbarans to pull back. I understand you're a General that keeps to the books and does things directly or not at all but surely even you can tell that we had no choice but to pull our forces back" Colonel Duvall stated to Krell firmly and loudly with tenacity in his voice.

"Sir I followed the Colonel's orders though I was only seconds away from ordering the same thing myself, your decision to attack this route was severely flawed and the enemy has held onto it and it cost us severely, we lost many men, not just some clones, men" He removes his helmet to look at the General face to face. Krell looks between Duvall and Rex. Finally, he focuses on Rex and says firmly to him, "You have a spark of tenacity, Captain. I'll give you that. I know that I don't command like the Jedi you're used to serving, certainly not like General Skywalker. But I have my way. It may be difficult, but these are difficult times. And it's proven effective. I suppose your loyalty to your men is to be commended. They seem to admire this. That's important to an effective commander."

For a brief moment, he pauses and resumes "All He pauses, then says, "All right, Captain Rex, your opinion has been noted. Dismissed." He then turns to face Colonel Duvall "Colonel while I am not thrilled that you gave an order to men under my command and not yours even I cannot argue with the outcome that the platoon did avoid destruction if only all clones could be so competent," He says and walks away before anyone can say anything.

"I think he almost complemented you Captain" Spartan Jack says

"Eh, it's hard to tell," Rex says

"By the way, thanks for intervening back there Spartan, Do you think the General would have run me through back there?" Fives asked

"Probably not, he'd have to explain that to General Skywalker," Rex says.

Suddenly, more blaster bolts start falling around them. Colonel Duvall and Captain Rex immediately react instantly, shouting, "The Umbarans regrouped! Take cover and return fire!" The UNSC forces and Clones take cover and begin returning fire, determined to hold their positions against the Umbaran assault and push them back towards the city.


That is the end of part one, I was thinking about doing this all in one but this is already approaching 10k and any more than that for a single chapter is too much. For any of you that think that this is a little too much Clone wars, not enough Halo I am trying to not have it just be Clone wars with Halo characters and it will get very intense around chapters 10-15 which I do have planned.

As usual, leave a comment/review on what you thought on the chapter, if you have any ideas or if I missed anything albeit grammar/spelling related or if it was something factually incorrect in the story.Also, Colonel Duvall was a soldier who fought in the battle of Reach and he was (In Halo) presumed dead since there is no mention as to his escape or death when Reach was glassed. Spartan Fireteam Royal is back, I had to decide which team or teams to send where and people seem to like Fireteam Royal.