Here is my first combat chapter. Bear with me on this, since its based on the Battle of Torfan, and I only know the basics about it. Hope you enjoy it.

Robert woke up with Miranda in his arms, her head resting on his chest. They had quite the evening together the night before. Who knew that dealing with a small Geth outbreak would make her so..."apprehensive" once they got back to the ship. It even took a couple sessions to work out all the after-battle adrenaline. It was a great day. Got to kill some Geth, and got laid by the most gorgeous thing he'd ever seen, the only thing that could have made that day better were if he got to curb stomp a Batarian or blow up a Reaper. Despite how much he would have love to spend the day in bed with her, he had to get stuff done today. With Jacob dead he had to do his own repairs on his weapons, and his Revenant had been jamming lately. He managed to get out of bed without waking Miranda, knowing if she were to awaken he would give in to a morning lay.

After hitting the shower, Robert stepped to his wardrobe and grabbed his normal attire, his Cerberus Jacket and Black slacks. A he dressed he walked towards his desk to check messages on his terminal. After sifting through unimportant junk, he turned, and looked at his medals. The one that always caught his eye was the Crimson Dagger or Torfan. That brought him back to the day he was forced to take command during the Skyllian Blitz.

5 years ago

1st Lt. Robert Shepard had just landed into the chaotic warfare that was Torfan. These Batarian bastards were ruthless, cutting through them. Major Kyle had command of the mission. They had suffered heavy casualties, and all they had in return were two captured Batarians. As the Major ordered eight marines to stay and watch the prisoners, and to keep an eye out for reinforcements, while he led an attack group. "Men, these squinty bastards have the front of the compound heavily reinforced, and they are prepared to ambush us from the trenches, so infiltration and a frontal assault are out of the question. We need to form two strike teams, one led by me, and one led by Lt. Shepard. We will use my team to slip around back while the LT and his squad suppress their fire, allowing us to plant some explosives in there and blow these bastards to kingdom come." Shepard had been waiting for this day. Batarians killed his parents, everyone he killed sated his lust for revenge bit by bit. This was also his first mission in charge of his own team.

One Hour Later

"LT, these bastards have us pinned down, what the FUCK are we supposed to do now", yelled a Specialist. Shepard knew that the Major's plan was shit, but he had to follow orders. Shepard devised a suicidal plot, that was crazy enough to work. Slip out from cover, and charge through the trenches, killing all the enemies as they took them by surprise, and then proceeding into the compound and killing every god damned Batarian in there. He radioed the men guarding the prisoners to bring them along with them and meet with the rest of the squad, which had now massed at about forty people. As Shepard and his team slipped into the trenches, wiping them out, Major Kyle was taking serious losses on his team, and began losing his edge. "Shit, Shit, they're all dying, what the hell is Shepard doing" he mumbled to himself as he panicked. Shepard realized that one he cleared the trenches, the Batarians had a group waiting for them. Shots flew, killing all the Batarian hostiles, but killing 5 marines. Shepard knew this was bad. He approached one of the prisoners and demanded "Where is there a weak spot in the defense, a secret exit route from the compound, anything!" The Batarian said "fuck you human" and started to laugh. Shepard, very angry now, drew his pistol and delivered a singe shot into the Batarian's forehead. The other looked shocked and started to panic. Shepard turned to him and growled "answer my question or you get the same." The Batarian seemed deep in thought and started saying "I don't know, I...They don't tell me anything...I have a family!" Shepard uncaringly said "Well start thinking if you want them to see you again, I had a family too and Batarians killed them, so my patience is running low" snarled Shepard as he leveled the gun at him. "Look..I think there is a secret entrance...but I don't know where it is" said the panicked Batarian. Shepard, very frustrated, said "Maybe this will jump start your memory, and shot the Batarian in his arms. The Batarian screamed in pain. "Next to go are the legs, and then I start getting creative" yelled Shepard. The Batarian suddenly seemed to "remember" the desired info and said" move past here, turn left and look for the gray wall panel among the brown panels, move through there and that will move you to all the fortified bunkers". Shepard seemed satisfied and sadistically said "I apreciate your cooperation, but unfortunately for you I don't like loose ends" and shot the Batarian point blank in the left set of eyes. "Men, we move through there, expect them to be waiting for us, by now they know we have left and are expecting a rear flank, go in guns blazing, and shoot anything thats not human, even if its unarmed. I dont want to see a single living Batarian here at the end of the day.

Fifteen minutes on extreme, brutal, violence later

"Kill them all" yelled Shepard as he executed a downed Batarian with a curb stomp. His men were dying fat, half of his men were dead already, but the job need to be done, and he would make sure every Batarian died that day. As he saw another platoon of Batarians emerging from cover, Shepard landed a lucky grenade throw, sending pieces of four Batarians flying, and injuring three others. As he turned from cover A Batarian was attempting to flank him, but he shot out his legs and executed him with a biotic fueled punch to the face, crushing his skull. The Batarians tried to retreat, but were shot dead as they ran. The battlefield was littered with corpses, both human and batarian. The Battle was won. Many surrendering Batarians emerged from the smoke. Robert looked at his men, and he realized that over three quarters of his squad had died. No matter, the mission was a success. He looked to his men and chose the 5 most unscathed, and ordered the wounded to be treated. The five he chose he ordered "line them up" The men herded the Batarians against the nearest wall. Robert and his marines leveled their assault rifles and Robert yelled "Ready...Aim...Fire" and the group of aliens seemed to explode and crumble into piles of fleshy waste.

Five Minutes Later

"LT, what the hell is this" yelled the Major as he looked at the bloodbath. Shepard looked him in the eyes and boldly said "a mission success, Major." Kyle looked shocked and yelled "You were supposed to hold them off so that ME and MY team could slip in. What could have possibly told you that it was a good idea to disobey a direct order?" Shepard, unchanged said "Sir, we lost radio contact with you, I had to assume you had perished, therefore I had to assume command. We were sitting targets, and we had to act, I went with a hunch, and it worked. " Kyle placed both hands to his face, took a deep breath, lowered them and calmly said "You had over three quarters of your men die, that is unacceptable, if you had shown even the slightest bit of restraint, that could be different." Robert simply said "You're right, it could be different, we could all be dead! Those bastards were heavily fortified, we didn't have the luxury of planning or restraint, we had to act, and that, sir, won this god damned battle."

Four Days Later

For the questionable acts on Torfan, Shepard was being Court Marshalled. While all expected Shepard to be imprisoned as a war criminal, Admiral Hackett met with him one on one, and struck a deal with Shepard. They gave Major Kyle an honorable discharge from service after a psychological examination showed that he was no longer fit for sevice, and the extreme human casualties were blamed on him. Shepard was to disclose any information of his actions on Torfan with the Admiral, and he could be let go, with a promotion in addition. Staff Lt. Shepard was then secretly known by to those present on Torfan as the "Butcher of Torfan."

Present Day

As Shepard ended his reflections, he heard Miranda beginning to stir. As she got up she seductively said "And where do you think your going?" He looked to her, in all her naked glory and knew this is one fight he would not win. "Well I was going to go repair my Revenant, but hell, I got a side-arm too" he said as he lunged at her, picking her up in one swoop. Robert managed to repair his Revenant, but not for several more hours.

And there is my first combat chapter. Please give constructive criticism and/or possible ideas for further missions