Serina analysed the model of the walking Goliath on the table screen. She searched and filed the weapons, the battery engines, and everything the General must know. Four battery engines were identified as 50 metres in length, cylinder shape power of the Goliath.
Overlord: Any ideas of taking down that machine?
Serina: Negative; the US marines tried everything. Airstrikes, artillery, didn't do a thing.
Her eyes watched the walking mecha crossing the long curved-bridge to the western city of Cosmo.
Serina: I located four of Chimeran energy battery powers on the back of the Goliath. It's covered by a cooling system layer; that's for controlling the heating temperature of the batteries. If destroyed, one of the batteries will have to extend out, in order to release heat.
Overlord: We'll need someone the tear down its back...what's the status from the Forerunner museum?
The map zoomed in and extended wide over the screen, leaving the window of the Goliath blue print hidden. The map was shown in bird-eye view; smokes hovered from the buildings surrounding the museum. Both Chimera and non-Chimera soldiers were waiting outside for the Forerunner ACS module.
Serina: The Covenant and the Chimera are stilling working there. Looks like they had trouble moving the ACS module; it's going to take them time to transfer it outside.
The map zoomed out and followed the highway to the eastern side of the bridge, where the ODST Eagle Team and Sergeant Foley's Hawk Ranger Team got the main battle tank received from the Pelican dropship.
Serina: The M5A2 Schwarzkopf has been deployed; ready for ODST's use.
Overload: Get them crossed the bridge, and find a way to stop that Goliath.
Serina: You got it.
Named after General Norman Schwarzkopf, the M5A2 was the latest main battle tank in the US Armed Forces. Its 120mm rail cannon is capable of punishing heavy fortifications while its fire control system gives it unsurpassed accuracy. Besides its M247T 7.62mm armour-piercing tracer, it also featured its own 20mm chain gun to neutralize both infantries and light vehicles.
Cloverfield
Day 1 – 12:10:49
Cosmo City, United States of Atlantic, Avro (111 Tauri System)
Lance Corporal 'Rookie' Samuel
145th Orbital Drop Shock Troopers
Captain Dare: Thanks for the tank. We never gets us anything.
Serina (O.S.): Good luck there; out.
The slant-shape Pelican dropship lowered itself, and dropped off the M5A2 tank to the ground. The Schwarzkopf, or M5A2 for short, was painted in urban-digital pattern camouflage. Mickey, Romeo, and Dutch, with their anti-vehicle armaments, climbed up on top of the main gun turret.
Rookie approached the M5A2 tank, having no idea what to operate; drive or shoot?
Buck: You're good with the rail gunner Rookie?
Rookie: Sure thing; I'll take that job.
Rookie climbed up with the help of the Mickey and Dutch. When Buck hopped inside the driver seat, Rookie jumped inside the main turret.
Captain Dare: Hey wait up!
Dare got inside with Rookie, assigning herself to operate the diamond-modeled chain gun. On the south multiple-lanes, Sergeant Foley and his Rangers were inside the Fastback IFV, ready to company their tank.
The bridge stretches out in front of them, with the Goliath's head stinking down as it made it to the western side of the city. The burning skyline with the Covenant Assault Carrier hovering over it is visible in the distance. The bridge is strewn with the wreckage of cars, trucks and buses. A multitude of Brute Choppers patrol whole the bridge, as well as Stalkers.
Dutch: Choppers, coming through.
Choppers charged down, preparing their assault on Rookie's tank. Rookie aimed his straight eyes on one of the reckless Choppers, and hit the trigger. The M5A2's main gun blazed itself with blue flash of sparks, as its supreme kinetic ballistic impact the Chopper into pieces.
Dare, Mickey, Dutch, and the 75th Ranger Hawk Team, joined Rookie's assault power on the useless Brute cycles, throwing penetrating chain gun rounds and laser/rocket combination attack.
Mickey: Yeah! Let's take out those mother fuckers!
Stalkers crawled down and attacked the Fastback, before getting punched by M5A2's powerful rail cannon. After the Stalker was being explode into bits from the kinetic impact, the ODSTs and the Rangers advanced forward.
About near ¾ of the bridge, Rookie was about to duel with a non-Chimeran vehicle. A red-purple stain hover tank was in front of Rookie's target scope; it has its mortar cannon at the back and twin plasma cannons at the front.
Buck: Hey, what's that? That doesn't look Chimeran made.
Rookie quickly fired his rail-cannon at the unidentified tank. The hover tank took damaged before it's fired its mortar plasma cannon. The ball of plasma fire filed in arced flight and crashed almost near the M5A2. He quickly fired again, and the hover tank was destroyed.
Serina (O.S.): Glad you finish off...the tank you finished off was the Covenant's Assault Gun Carriage, known as the Wraith. It's armed with Plasma Mortar, which its role could be an assault tank or artillery.
Mickey: Well too bad; he lose.
They later encounter more Choppers, and this time the ODSTs and Rangers bombarded them with chain gun and other heavy weapons. Three Prowlers showed up, but wouldn't survive Rookie's rail gun. He took down every single Prowler before they got closer to inflict damage on him.
About halfway across, Hunter Drones swooped in for an attack from both sides, and three Chimeran dropships fly by, deploying troops and another Covenant Wraith tank.
Sergeant Foley (O.S.): Enemy air unit above; don't let them flank us!
Rookie turned his main gun turret's noise to the butt of the Chimeran dropship on the left side. He fired at it and the dropship felled into the river ocean. The Hunter Drone got into Rookie's target screen.
Mickey: I'll handle it guys.
Mickey lifted his SPRNK rocket launcher at the Hunter Drone. His target-locking system was activated when his target on his screen view surround the Hunter Drone's minigun joint. The targeting system created beat-noises; Mickey fired his rocket, speeding into the Hunter Drone and blasted it.
Captain Dare kept smacking the Hunter Drone with the M5A2 chain gun until it was torn apart. The Chimeran dropship, from the other side, rained on the Rangers' Fastback with charge bolts. Rangers fight back with their TOW missiles and chain gun combined. They finished off the dropship in time, watching it crashed into the water.
The ODST-Ranger joint advancement touched down to the end of the bridge after pushing the Brute Choppers and Prowlers away from their sights. As they made their approach to another highway tunnel, a group of Hunter Drones flies in over the rooftops.
Captain Dare: That's quite a welcome party.
With the chain guns of the M5A2 and the Fastback, they fired rounds from the ground to the Hunter Drones. The Hunter Drones attack from above, despite taking causalities. Rounds of anti-air brought all the drones down to the Cosmo grounds.
Sergeant Foley (O.S.): Move up!
A pack of Choppers skitter into view and open fire on the M5A2 tank and the Fastback. They outnumbered the choppers in seconds, but the Choppers were soon joined by a pair of Wraith tanks which came in from the nearby highway tunnel, as well as another pair of Hunter Drones.
Rookie focused on the Wraith Tank o the left side, and attacked it with his rail cannon. With the Fastback's distraction on the other Wraith, he double attack to burned the Wraith into junks with plasma flames. It was a long fight with the Wraith and the Hunter Drones.
After Rookie and the others finished the remaining with relief, they made through the finish line. They entered the highway tunnel meeting little Chimeran and Brute resistances.
Serina (O.S.): Glad you made it to the western city. There is an exist few metres away from your position...I detect reports of US marines being scattered by Chimeran troops, and the Goliath was making its way to the museum.
Captain Dare (O.S.): How do we stop that robotic monster thing?
Serina (O.S.): Still unknown... But meet with the 405th Division, A-Company near Kizingo Boulevard. They'll need your assistance on taking out the Goliath... Just fight your way through the city, assist some marines, and find A-Company.
Captain Dare (O.S.): Roger that.
Buck found a right-side exist lane and took that path. They existed on deserted road of Kizingo Boulevard, crowded with buildings and plazas. Just as they reached a junction, a LMV backed up from the west side at high speed, followed by a few US Marines, with their similar armour as the Rangers.
One of the marines found the ODST's M5A2, and Rookie stared at the soldier with his target screen.
Marine One: Hey; this way! Move!
Mickey: What's going on?
Marine Two: Take a guess, genius!
Mickey jumped off and walked out into the street, confused; just before a collapsing building come into view. The Goliath's foot tackle through debrie of dust, and smacked into a ground, causing the whole area to shake. The shake pushed Mickey down to the floor. The Goliath turned west and continues walking.
Mickey: Ah!
Mickey then got up.
Mickey: Son of a gun!
Captain Dare (O.S.): Get back on the tank Mick!
Mickey climbed back on the tank with Romeo giving him a hand. Buck drove them to the east side of Kizingo Boulevard to tail-gate the marines. They counter Chimeran camp spots at a plaza with Chimeran resistances and Brutes.
Marine One (O.S.): We got a squad of Marines pinned down, far corner in the next plaza. It's packed with Chimeran forces, so once you come in, don't stop movin'."
Rookie fired the main gun, and bombed the group of hostiles with a single kinetic strike. The Rangers' Fastback, from behind the tank, opened its hatch and deployed Rangers to aid the Marines. After eliminating all enemy forces in that area, they started to move on.
Captain Dare (O.S.): Have any of you know the A-Company somewhere on this street?
Marine One (O.S.): Yeah; we're meeting them at the Marine Outpost centre but they're being rain by enemy tanks...Follow me.
The marines guide the ODSTs and the Rangers along the wavy road hills of boulevard. Abandoned civilian vehicles were scattered everywhere, ready to be crushed by the M5A2 Schwarzkopf MBT. Trees were lined up down on either side of the side walk, including moon shape lamp posts.
Next Plaza, another Chimeran camp; guarded by a group of trio Brute Choppers, Chimeran Ravagers, guard towers, and even a stand-alone Wraith. In spite of the distraction from the Choppers, Rookie focus on damaging the Wraith, while Mickey and Dutch blast the Choppers.
It took Rookie to pull the trigger twice to tear off bits of the Wraith's hulls and leave the tank in blue flames. The Rangers' Fastback, meanwhile, had fun with shooting the Chimeran Hybrids and Ravagers, and explosive containers that were used to be for fuel.
Marine One: We`re getting close to the rally point guys; keep moving.
Once they made it to the rally point on the left side after the plaza, they come upon a Marine outpost that is under siege by a trio of Wraith tanks, and Chimeran Sharpshooters at a pedestrian bridge, while a fellow group of Marines and another Fastback valiantly defends.
Buck (O.S.): There are Marines trapped inside that building, guys. Concentrate on the Wraiths, they're the biggest threat.
Sergeant Foley (O.S.): Dunn, McCord; take out those tanks.
Corporal Dunn (O.S.), Javelin: Working on it.
Both Dunn and Private McCord shouldered their Javelin anti-tank missile launchers. Their eyes on the targeting system screen carried the rectangular-shape target on one of the chosen Wraiths. With the target placed on the Wraith, their Javelins beats one,...twice,...and vertical and horizontal lines cross the target as an indication of lock-on activation.
Dunn and McCord both fired their Javelins upward; their missiles "pops out" of the launch tube and ignited in mid-air. The missile then rocketed skyward to an appropriate angle from which to hit their targets at about a 90 degree angle. Two targeted Wraith got impacted from the sky and were destroyed in a single strike.
A Chimeran dropship, appeared from nowhere, delivered a pair of Brute Choppers, but they are neutralized easily by the combined support fire from the Fastback and the two Javelin operators from the Marine Outpost.
After a long elimination against the Chimeran/Brute resistance; the whole placed were quiet and clean.
Captain Dare: Eagle Team; There is a Marine Command Post in that building. We'll need to help them deal with the Goliath.
Buck nodded and drove their M5A2 tank to near the opening entrance of the marine outpost. Several marines meet the tank once parked. The rest of the Rangers, with the exception from the Fastback, got inside and stair up to the second floor.
Captain Dare, Rookie, and Buck got out from their hatches, and Mickey and Dutch jump off.A Pelican showed up from above their heads, delivering an addition of the M5A2 Tank. A marine run up with the ODSTs to greet them.
CorporalPerez, ACR with Red Dot Sight: ODSTs! Corporal Perez, A-Company! CP's this way! The Lieutenant got hit as soon as we dropped in.
Perez lead the ODSTs inside the outpost, but Captain Dare halted.
Captain Dare: This is Captain Dare here. Who's in charge now, Corporal?
Perez turned around and faced Dare's faceplate.
Corporal Perez: Uh, Sergeant Banks, sir. He's up top. Come on, I'll show you.
Rookie and the ODST Eagle Team followed Perez up the heavily guarded stairs to a balcony overlooking the streets where they fought the Wraith tanks. Four minigun instalments were placed along the balcony with marines operating them.
Looking the streets, marines hopped on the M5A2 tank that Rookie operated and joined the other tank into their positions. James Ramirez, Foley, Dunn, and McCord could be seen regrouping the right side with their Fastback.
Perez joined up with Sergeant Banks with Dare. Banks is an African-US marine with no helmet, and he's armed with his SCAR with ACOG sight.
Sergeant Banks: Glad you guys made it in time for Goliath knockdown... When I asked for reinforcements, I didn't think you guys send Rangers with you...
Fog of debrie was puffed suddenly from the side of Kizingo Boulevard, plus a rumbling surface. The Goliath is here.
Sergeant Banks: We got trouble!
Packs of marines get their rockets, Javelin missiles, tanks, and IFVs aimed and steady. The whole figure of the Goliath appeared, and its body turned towards the brave marines. Before its trio-golden eyes stared at the two M5A2 tanks, a massive impact on its back pushed it bent-forward. A Wombat UAV flied over the tilting Goliath and it tilt back into position.
Rookie: That doesn't look enough.
When two M5A2s fired their rail guns twice, with little effect, the Goliath aimed its twin enormous missile pods, and launched a missile from each side. Both demolished on the double tanks, blown into a burning scrap. The giant Goliath marched towards the base.
Marine Two (O.S.): See this look?! It's terror! (Dialog Placeholder) Alright, this is the shit.
Sergeant Banks (O.S.): Marine, did I give you permission to bitch?! Open fire!
All marines, Rangers, and Mike and Dutch attack the Goliath. Javelin missiles, sparing rounds of miniguns, and rockets start pounding on the Goliath armour as Fastbacks' rounds of chain guns and TOW missiles combined the assault. Still however, it had less effect on that walking monster.
Sergeant Banks: I don't think its stopping; get your heads down!
Romeo: Guys, this way.
Everyone on the balcony followed Romeo, leading to a safe building on the right. The slide door Romeo found slide open for the marines to jump into safety. All the marines were, and the ODSTs got in last; except Rookie.
The whole place rumbled as the Goliath got closer and closer. Rookie head stared at the Goliath's left leg, and he quickly run inside. With a big "jump and land", just before the slide door shuts, a massive shake smoke dust behind and the ceiling and lights flashes in seconds. The shake made Rookie's head dizzy as he shut his eyes.
The unpredictable quake kept smoking debrie, until the Goliath passed by. The quake died down calmly, and Dare helped Rookie stand up. Sergeant Banks ran outside without caution. He ended up with some crumbs of concrete and metal.
Sergeant Banks: That thing is really starting to PISS ME OFF!
Captain Dare (O.S.): Sergeant Foley, are you guys all right?
Sergeant Foley (O.S.): (Cough) We're...ok miss.
Serina (O.S.): Eagle Team; the Goliath is heading towards the museum; stop that machine before it reaches.
Captain Dare (O.S.): Roger that...everyone, time to kill that Goliath!
Rookie, Dare, Buck, Dutch, Romeo, and Mickey got out from the building. Perez was on the third floor, near a warehouse.
Corporal Perez: ODSTs! It's over here...We placed high-explosive charge under the ground; just north from here.
Buck: Good thing; once ignited we'll have time to figure out how to pin down that thing.
The ODSTs entered the large warehouse in pursuit of the Goliath. They run up the stair wells and through halls until they end up on a series of walkways above a large pedestrian street. The Goliath marched through the walkways, chopping off each of them.
Corporal Perez: It's getting close; the trapped should be set at the Pamela Plaza.
Pamela Plaza was home to city's most famous special events. It widens 135metres diametre, enough space for dozens of audiences and a trap for the Goliath. Perez and the ODST continue chasing it along the sidewalk.
Corporal Perez (O.S.): Parker this is Perez; see the Goliath?
Parker (O.S.): Yeah I see it.
Corporal Perez (O.S.): Get your charge ready to flick.
The Goliath was getting close to the Pamela Plaza. The C4 explosive charges were set under the plaza, each column in the 20 metre deep underground shopping centre. The ODSTs stopped and wait for the Goliath to get trapped; going near the 150 metre tall Goliath was suicidal.
Parker (O.S.): Perez; its stepping on the plaza... setting the charge.
Steadily patient, Goliath's foot stomped one at a time. Right in the middle of the plaza, charge explosions circle around it. The plaza sinks down along the Goliath, and blazed with clouds concrete dust.
Captain Dare: We got it!
As the smoke slowly dissolves, the Goliath could be seen, still standing on its feet. It was struggling get back up to surface, but too deep to get out.
Serina (O.S.): Nicely done Eagle Team; sending another Wombat missile strike.
Sonic zoom echoed the whole air; the Wombat UAV's missile charged down from the north east and smacks the Goliath's back. The Wombat passed by, and left the back of the Goliath collapsed to the roads of Cosmo. A steaming heat-gold cylinder poked out from the Goliath's back.
Captain Dare (O.S.): Serina; something is sticking out of Goliath's back.
Serina (O.S.): The cylinder you're seeing is one of its energy battery power sources. There are three of them, and by eliminating all of the three batteries, the Goliath will self-destructed.
Buck: All right then; let's get to work.
Dutch and Mickey nodded to Buck, and run through the walkway bridge to the eastern building of the Pamela plaza. Rookie followed them, despite the fear of standing near the monstrous Goliath. Meeting up with Dutch and Mickey, the Goliath moved and shook the building edges of the plaza. Mickey collapsed himself hard, and Dutch suddenly dropped his non-linear rifle off the walkway.
Dutch: No, my gun!
It was getting too dangerous for Rookie; so he stole Mickey rocket launcher and aimed it at the Goliath's battery source. The target automatically locked, giving him a "go" sign. Rookie fired the ballistic rocket, and it followed it battery's heat source.
The ballistic rocket impact the Goliath's battery that formed an ignition and a blast force against the bending Goliath.
Mickey: Rookie you nail it!
Rookie radioed to Captain Dare. The next battery source was raised as the Goliath stood up.
Rookie: Dare, I hit the weak spot. The second battery showed already...
The body of the Goliath turned itself in lagging motion towards Rookie's position. It was about to fired on him, along with Dutch and Mickey.
Rookie: Oh...no...Guys move! Get out of here.
Rookie runs his life to the northern building, and Mickey and Dutch tailgated him. A touch down through the northern building entrance, a blast of debrie rumbled down, melted by Goliath's charging cannons.
Captain Dare (O.S.): Guys, are you there?
Rookie (O.S.): Yeah, we're fine; proceeding to the next target.
Mickey surrendered his rocket ammunition to Rookie so he could reload before taking down the Goliath's second battery. Rookie pushed through the doors to the balcony and saw the Goliath staring where he was used to be.
Rookie locked on and fired his rocket, flying towards the battery and impacted it with explosions. The Goliath almost trembled down.
Rookie: Now move!
Rookie, Dutch, and Mickey fled before the Goliath targets them. They entered to the western building of the Pamela plaza after crossing another walkway bridge. Rookie grabbed another rocket from Mickey, and reloads his rocket launcher.
Mickey: Show whose boss FNG.
The Goliath fired the northern building, burning it down into hills of building material. The last exhausting battery power system was already released; a big chance to take down the Goliath.
Levelling Rookie's rocket launcher and aiming at the Goliath's battery, the target locked on and he finally pull the trigger. The rocket launched and flared towards the heating battery. It smacked against the Goliath's battery's surface, and it boiled into red-orange flame. The flame spread over the body of the trembling Goliath. Within few seconds, the Goliath fell sideways on the eastern side of the plaza.
Dutch: Yes, we did it!
Captain Dare (O.S.): Serina, Overlord; the Goliath is finally neutralized...
Serina (O.S.): But we're too late now. The Forerunner ACS module was gravity lifted into the Covenant vessel, and we got to followed it now!
Couldn't believe Rookie and his ODST Eagle Team spend their energy and time of taking down that monster, and did not stop the Chimera and the Covenant from transporting the ACS module.
Overlord (O.S.): All members of the Special Operation Command, reported back to Set and Dawn vessel ASAP!
The Vulture dropship arrived just in time to pick up Rookie, Dutch, and Mickey before the rest.
Serina (O.S.): Be advise, the Covenant vessel is going to jump; I repeat, its going to jump!