(Ahem) A/N at the end of the chapter.

Above Planet Hyrt

"Commander Hodges, the invasion has gone just as planned! The planet has been completely occupied." A junior officer reported.

"Excellent, finish up your report and I will send it to High Command." Commander Hodges responded, dismissing the officer. The officer left, and Hodges went back to overseeing the bridge. The operation to capture Hyrt was to subjugate the local populace, then to brainwash the military-fit people to be put into the Militia forces. The stronger ones would be put into Pilot programs. Hodges knew the strategy was inhumane to the farthest extent as inhumane things go, but the Militia was losing more and more ground to the Hammond Empire everyday. Many planets of the Old Frontier were taken from the Militia, and many failed operations later none had been put back into Militia hands. Hammond had too many resources and too much backing from the public. However, the Militia strategy was improving the odds. Slightly, they had recaptured ground that had been lost to the IMC and Hammond.

The IMC. Hodges paled at the thought of what had happened to the IMC at the hands of the Hammond Empire. Hammond hadn't approved of the IMC's ways of dealing with the Militia and how they handled the Frontier. So they simply crushed them.

Two months. That's all Hammond needed to destroy the IMC. Any soldiers that hadn't joined Hammond from the IMC died with them. The Militia took what they could from the aftermath, and fought to protect what they could.

However, what had baffled the Militia the most was the amount of time they had lasted against Hammond. They couldn't fully destroy the IMC or the Remnant fleet fully, but the IMC's last ditch effort of teaming with the Remnant fleet extended the fight, but ended with destruction of both of them. So the only question was: How long till the Militia fell? The answer, hopefully, would never come.

Until…

"Commander, the MCS Vindicator and her fleet are reporting inbound ships! Matching Hammond classifications!" An officer reported.

"How long till-"

Forty Andromeda carriers and thirty-four battleships jumped into the system, behind them came two Colossus ships. Standard Hammond fleet movement. The size wasn't anything new either. Hammond fleets were composed of IMC Frontier fleet ships that defected to Hammond, IMC Core fleet ships, and the rest were Hammond made. The Militia had fourteen MacAllan Carriers and twenty "Brick" ships for their fleet above Hyrt. Seventy-six to thirty-four, not good odds for the Militia, but it was always like this.

Hammond ships released their Phantom fighter squadrons, almost like a tidal wave against the Militia fleets fighters, the Hornet class fighters. The Hornets barely outmatched the Phantoms in tech when in equal numbers, but Hammond never brought small numbers to a fight. The fighters clashed, and the ships began firing missiles and long range cannons at each other. The Hammond ships moved to closer, destroying any Militia fighters close to them with point defense fire. The Colossus ships, however, stayed back.

Hodges, however, wasn't focusing on that right now. "Have our ground forces prepare to evac whoever they can! Our soldiers have priority, then we take as many of the colonists as we can! We need those new troops!" He ordered, the bridge scrambling to relay the orders to the ground forces. Hodges turned to the fight, watching one of his carriers explode into flames, and falling back down to the planet. Many of the Brick ships were being vaporized, while the remainder valiantly fought to protect the carriers. A stray missile struck Hodges' ship, the MCS Iron, causing little damage. However, the next shot wasn't so kind. A cannon shot broke through the armor of the Iron, and exploded inside of the ship. The ship's portside burst into flames.

"Commander, decks 3F-15D are reporting flames! All of deck 16 has lost pressurization! The engine is failing!"

"Do something, Goddammit!"

"Yessir! Prepare to-"

Another shot ripped through Iron, but exploded next to her core. The core held for about a second after the explosion, only to cause an explosion that engulfed the ship in flames. The next moment, the ship broke apart, reduced to scrap metal in space. The rest of the Carriers fought on, but failed to notice the Colossus ships move over the Militia fleet. They snuck past it, and entered orbit above Hyrt. The doors on the bottom of the ships opened. First, Goblins dropped out from the ship, some with their holding bays cut out so that they could carry down Paladin tanks while others held troops and pilots. Then, drop pods and Titans fell from the ship to clear out zones on the planet's surface. Then, fighters were deployed to deal with any escaping Militia dropships.

Meanwhile, the fleets were still fighting, but the Militia ships were either destroyed or close to it. The acting fleet commander ordered for a retreat, and the Militia ships left the system. Unfortunately, the Crows leaving the planet, while being chased by fighters from Hammond, were shocked to see nothing remaining of their fleet except wreckages of hulls and burning metal. The dropships were soon shot down, and the Space Battle of Hyrt was over.

Now all that was left to do was to destroy the remaining Militia forces on the ground…

So...yeah. I had hoped to get back to this story sooner, but I was preoccupied by moving and my other stories. I don't expect anything good to come from this, considering that A) I basically just made the Militia significantly weaker compared to Hammond, and B) I made them evil, while I don't see them as evil in the Lore, I just find it unrealistic that a bunch of farmers, criminals, and so forth suddenly can defeat a force that holds the technological, economical, and numerical advantage such as the IMC. Before I get hit with "It's just a video game!" I will happily respond with, "Okay." I agree, it is a video game. I personally enjoy the good guys winning despite all odds, at least when I was younger. But now that I look at the world, I realize that video games and other media that do this do it to for the reason of just making a happy ending, and I respect that. But I wanted to make something that sheds light on what MIGHT have happened in the game if it was to realistic standards in more areas. However, I didn't want to make Hammond evil like the IMC is (are they evil? Debate below), so I made them destroy the IMC and push the Militia to the edge. Thus, causing them to do what they will in the story (Yeah, they get worse.) If there is any problems, or you would like to talk to me, PM me your issue or topic and I will respond.

Oh, and please don't make it an angry message. I don't fully know the Titanfall fandom to give judgment of it, but I would like to assume we are all mature enough to have a reasonable discussion.

Thanks -H4mmond

PS: I apologize in advance for anything that might offend anyone in the story. Also, apologies for any bad grammar.