Military Calendar
2545-07-12
Geriath System, Space over Geriath Colony
Time: 03:56
"Grand Tiger is hit!"
"Indivisible Freedom has gone silent. Oh god, they're heading right at that Cruiser."
"Goliath Intent reports its in position and preparing to fire with thirty percent escort losses."
"They're powering up."
"Look at that! Covenant Assault Carrier is knocked out!"
Captain Jared Sinellius sat in his captain's chair, in a calm sitting position despite the raging destruction and loss of life happening around him. In a decision to test some new rushed weapon, command had assembled a fleet and sent it out to reclaim a recently lost colony. What the new weapon aboard the Goliath Intent just did to the large covenant vessel had just demonstrated the power of this new weapon. It had punched right through the shields and exploded. The following MAC barrage had punched through the armor and one of those shots seemed to have hit something vital. The whole Carrier had suffered a momentary power outage and all weapons fire from it had ceased.
While knocked out, it was still a threat and could come back at any time. Even as Jared listened to the incesant reports coming to his ears as his ship was blasted around him, he watched the Goliath Intent power up the cannon and fire another shot directly into the now damaged assault carrier. The ball of energy, more closely resembling a bolt of energy, punched through the armor like it was nothing and hit something inside, exploding.
"She's breaking up! Assault Carrier is confirmed KIA. Covenant fleet is converging on Goliath Intent."
A crew-man all but shouted over the cacophony of other voices and explosions.
"Acknowledged. Fire main canon, lets show these bastards that the Intent isn't the only one with a new toy. Hit them hard," Jared Sinellius commanded then bared his teeth as his ship shuddered for a different reason, its own...bolt followed by several MAC rounds. Smashing into a nearby Covenant Cruiser, the bolt blew a chunk out of the ship before the MAC rounds reached their target and finished the job.
All around, Covenant ships were discovering that the Humans now had a new weapon capable of immense damage and had it in greater numbers than expected. The odds of victory were increasingly shrinking as the small human fleet began destroying more covenant ships for far less losses than they ever had before.
"Covenant fleet is disintegrating. They're in full retreat."
"After them. Make them remember us." The Captain grinned as he received a growl of anticipation to his words. For far too long had humanity been on the run with loss after loss. A change of pace was in the air. Humanity was finally going to get its own back and make this threat to human life suffer for the crimes it had committed against an entire species. The war had gone on for so long that nearly everyone had lost someone they knew to the effort. The would would still go on for many years to come, and many more would be lost. But now Humanity had a weapon capable of evening the odds. A weapon capable of stopping the Covenant juggernaut bearing down on Earth and her colonies.
Captain Jared Sinellius grinned maliciously. If any juggernaut deserved to be stopped and stripped of its unstoppable power, it was the alien scum that had done so much to humanity. "For Earth boys and girls. For Earth," He whispered to himself, the silent words heard by those closest. The atmosphere on the command deck turned from victorious triumph to vicious retribution.
Military Calendar
2545-07-12
Geriath Northern Great Forest, Geriath Colony
Time: 03:56
"I can't believe it, the fleet won. They're leaving!" Brian Hennedy's head whipped up as the headset near-by crackled to life. He stared at it in incomprehensive awe for several seconds before finally blinking, a large intake of air filling his lungs. "My god in. Is it true?" He exclaimed silently to himself before grabbing the head set.
"This is Lieutenant Hennedy, four-oh-seventh C-O. Say again? I repeat, say again," He was speaking before the headset was settled over his head. "We won, those alien bastards are warping out L.T. Fleet says they're launching birds now. They want to know where you want them sir?" The voice on the headset was crystal clear and Hennedy had a difficult time running what he just heard through his head again.
The fighting wasn't a waste.
Not only has the new armor saved more lives, but now the navy had some weapon that apparently evened the odds, or at least came close to it.
He was stalling while being offered reinforcements, ammunition and supplies and he knew better.
"Send them to grid bravo- niner- niner- oscar- charlie- three- three- seven- two, they'll be a welcome sight when they arrive. I need two of those birds at Kilo- seven- Victor for SAR."
"Affirmative, Bravo- niner- niner- oscar- charlie- three- three- seven- two and two bird to kilo- seven- victor for search and rescue operations. We'll find 'em sir."
"I know. Out." Brian Hennedy, Lieutenant commanding officer of the four hundred seventh Marine Division sighed and set the headset down and looked around at the remains of his division. Roughly seventy were all that remained that he knew of, maybe more, maybe less. It was a hard battle he had on his hands but he fought it and he had held out until it appeared he was going to be punched out. Fortunately for him and the few survivors the navy pulled through. Fortunately for the dead it wasn't all in vain. Not yet.