The UNSC destroyer "Pegasus" arrived from slipspace and fell into orbit around the planet of Pacfius. Captain Burke entered the briefing room, where four seven foot giants waited for him.
"Officer on deck" one shouted and they all saluted
"At ease Spartans" he said, "your mission is to infiltrate to compound and warehouse of insurgents and capture their leader, oh also, you have permission to level the place am I clear?"
"Sir yes sir"
"Very well then" Burke said, he tapped a button on the console in front of him and a hologram of the landscape came up "you will drop here" a red dot appeared some five kilometres from the base "we have to warthogs at this point for you as well, it will be too hot for a pick up once you have the target so use these to drive three clicks south where a pelican will be waiting for you. This is your man" an image of a man with short silvery hair popped up "his name is Rufus Clarke, he has been leading insurgents on this planet for years, we just can't get him in, that's it, good luck Spartans". Burke gave a salute, which the Spartans returned and left.
Sean and his squad headed for the armoury, Sean had his assault rifle and magnum, David had a rocket launcher and an SMG as well as two Lotus anti-tank mines, Chris had a shotgun and battle rifle, Niall took a sniper and an SMG. Each Spartan also carried frags and ammo The Spartans then boarded their pelican and lifted off.
The pelican shot down towards the planet, and then levelled out for the atmospheric entrance. In fifteen minutes they landed and the pelican was back up and in the air to wait at the rally point.
The Spartans ran through the dense forest, it was similar to the jungle on Ophelia that they had trained in for years. Sean set the rally point on their HUDs. When they were two kilometres from the base Sean held up his fist, signalling to stop. He signalled to Niall to scout a sniping position and take out the sentries. They stayed in position; they heard the faint cough of Niall's sniper. Niall's light flashed green to say he was done and that he was back in formation. The squad moved forward, watching for more sentries. They approached the fence and Chris drew his knife, he clicked a button on it and the blade became heated to cut through it. The blade passed through the fence like a knife through butter. The squad passed through the fence and took cover behind a large warehouse.
Sean gestured to a compound building, about twenty metres from where they were position. He signalled to Dave to move around the left and for Niall and Chris to go left. Sean and David sprinted around the side, Sean drew his side arm and fired five times at a patrol, they all dropped dead. Sean motioned for David to lay down a lotus anti-tank mine on the ground. David set the time for twenty minutes and threw it of the ground. They then continued round the warehouse, Niall and Chris were already waiting at the compound buildings entrance.
Sean nodded towards the inside, four acknowledgment lights flashed. He held up five fingers then took one down every second. When the last one went down the Spartans burst through the doors.
The building was a huge rectangular office, lights hung from the ceiling. There were chairs and desks layered in the room, it could have been a one level office complex. The lights hanging from the ceiling illuminated a huge crowd of men, dressed in the red insurgent uniform. Somewhere near the back of the crowd a man stood on a desk.
"So" the man said with a smirk on his face. Sean zoomed on the man and highlighted him on everyone's HUDs as the target. "The UNSC really has pulled all the stops on this one" the man said "they sent Spartans to silence the voice of the people" a murmur travelled around the crowd, "well we're not going to let them, right" a roar of approval swept through the crowd, "take aim!" the man said. The Spartans hunkered down ready to spring; the men in the crowd levelled their weapons. The man raised his hand into the air "fire!"