Rise of the commonwealth re-write
Chapter 20
Remnantine system
Star date 6th march 2158
(40 minutes post slaver arrival)
BHS: Masters will
Marak looked smugly at the primitive world his troops had landed on; already his men were making short work of local resistance, and bringing in whole shuttle loads of slaves at a time, as well as an odd powder like substance that gave off unusual energy readings. He was going to live like a king once he returned to the terminus systems, maybe over throw the king of the terminus. He looked at the data pad in his hand running over the numbers again a sick twisted smile on his face.
Credits earned:
From slaves: 700,000
From valuables: 900,000
From mysterious mineral: 1.5 million
Yes he was going to be able to live in the lap of luxury with this haul, or so he thought.
"Captain we've caught something on the long range channels."
"I don't care for the primitives pleas for mercy." Sneered Marak
"It's not coming from the planet sir, playing audio" Marak felt a deep chilling sensation go down his spine.
"Attention all local forces, this is Admiral Stephen Burling of the 6th commonwealth Battle group, prepare for immediate assistance."
"This is Admiral Oraka of the Turian Hierarchy's 6th fleet to any and all local forces prepare for immediate reinforcements."
"What, where-" he was interrupted by a cry from his sensors officer.
"Captain a fleet of 76 Commonwealth and 70 Turian Vessels just dropped into the system." It was in that moment that Marak realized that he would not get to live like a king, in fact by the looks of things he wouldn't get to live… ever again.
"Focus on the Turian ships, those commonwealth ones aren't as strong so if we can deal with the Turians first we should have an advantage over them, even if they are quite large."
He could not have been more wrong
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Remnantine system
Star date 6th march 2158
(40 minutes post slaver arrival)
CWS: Hercules
Rear admiral Stephen Burling looked at the 190 ship strong fleet arranged against him and smiled, before when they faced the Batarians they had been using their moth balled ships, and by the looks of things this Batarian either wasn't aware or didn't care about the fact that his ships were more dangerous than the Turians, this was shown when the fleet of pirate ships immediately focused on the Turian ships seeming to ignore his for now.
"Order the frigates to form up into their wolf packs and move on the enemies flanks, I want the destroyers to FTL under the enemy ships then orientate themselves to fire broadsides into the belly of the enemy ships, cruisers are to stay back and pair up they are to target ships that either pose a threat to the destroyers or frigates or any enemy dreadnoughts they have in ranges."
"What about us sir"
"Most of the troops to be deployed to this planet are on board this ship and the other dreadnought, so we will FTL behind the enemy fleet, deploy the ground forces and then attack the enemy fleets from behind, let's go people!"
"YES SIR"
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Remnantine system
Star date 6th march 2158
(40 minutes post slaver arrival)
THS: Fist of Palaven
Turian Admiral Oraka glared at the array of ships in front of her, after the council had received the warning message from the undercover operative they had called for immediate action against the slavers, in the wake of the Batarian-relay war, followed by the 'commonwealth blitz' the slavers had lost their hegemony protection, and so the council with aid from some commonwealth forces began an immediate purge of all known slaver hide outs throughout citadel space, move on to today and this was perhaps a golden opportunity to deal a devastating blow to the slaving scum.
"Admiral the enemy is powering up weapons, they're targeting us" when the ensign finished speaking the slaver fleet opened fire and a wave of mass accelerator rounds flew through the void and slammed into the Turians Kinetic barriers. Some ships couldn't with stand the strain and were either crippled or outright destroyed.
"Order all ships to return fire, I want the frigates to form into wolf packs and move on the pirates flanks, cruisers are to form up and open fire on the enemy frigates I want the Might and honour to stay at a distance and focus on the enemy dreadnoughts, we take them out we'll have the advantage"
"YES MA'M" echoed the Turian crew.
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Remnantine system
Star date 6th march 2158
(40 minutes post slaver arrival)
Remnants orbit
The joint Commonwealth and Turian fleets moved into action, the wolf packs moving to attack the pirate fleets flanks, the Commonwealth destroyers disappeared and appeared underneath the hostile fleet, taking the whole pirate fleet by surprise, they were therefore not prepared when the destroyers unleashed their powerful broadsides into the relatively unprotected underbellies of the pirates ships. In this surprise attack the pirates were thrown into disarray as some of their ships were crippled and others out right destroyed. Then the frigates joined the fray opening fire on the flanks of the disarrayed ships, taking advantage of the chaos the frigates fired freely into the hostile ships, the pirates tried to return fire but they found that a lot of their shots accidentally struck friendly ships when they unintentionally moved into the path of the shot. That's when the cruisers of the joint fleet and the Turian dreadnoughts let their mighty guns enter the fray as slugs and beams of high energy light and superheated condensed plasma shot across the void and slammed into and through the pirate's shield's, that is not to say the pirates were helpless.
Immediately after getting control of themselves the pirates oriented themselves and fired on the destroyers, unable to successfully maneuver away and with the weight of fire being brought to bare the destroyers shields were quickly depleted and they fled through FTL but not before 3 of them were destroyed. These losses were immediately avenged when the cruisers let loose a salvo which proceeded to cripple at least 9 ships and destroy 6 others. This was followed by a salvo from the 4 Turian dreadnoughts who let loose a salvo gutting at least a frigate each with some going on to cripple another. Then the 2 commonwealth dreadnoughts disappeared and then reappeared behind the Batarian fleet in a flash of blue light illuminating the space around them before they began to launch a swarm of troopships, fighters, gunships and orbital drop pods towards the planet each loaded with soldiers and machines of war to help the remnantines reclaim their planet.
Oraka watched the commonwealth forces deploying and growled, there was another reason the council came to this world, if they could convince this new sect of humans to join them they could gain an unforeseen advantage over the commonwealth but if the humans on the planet were rescued by the commonwealth and then decided to join them, the disadvantage in quality of soldiers and equipment the council already faced would be widened even further.
"Order the frigates forward and deploy troops to the planet, we have to save those humans if we are to have any chance of them joining the citadel."
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Planet Remnant
Planet Date 25th June 2027
Star Date: 6th March 2158
(40 minutes post slaver arrival)
Beacon Academy
The moment Alucard and Garrus heard that reinforcements was here from their internal communications it was like a massive weight, the weight of a world to be exact, had been lifted off of their shoulders.
"Thank god."
"Thank god? WHAT THE HELL IS THEIR TO BE HAPPY ABOUT HERE!" screamed Yang unaware of the broadcast that had just been received.
"Our friends are dead and dying, beacon is in ruins" continued Weiss angrily still unaware about what was happening in orbit.
"To top it off we can't call your people for help so everyone we know and love is going to be either dead or captured before long" finished Blake somberly.
"So why are you two so happy?" demanded Ruby with a surprisingly impressive glare. Alucard was about to reply before a loud screeching sound filled the air and the Batarian frigate which was hovering over the city was destroyed when a beam of light sliced clean through it rupturing the eezo core and sending it critical.
"What the hell?" asked a dazed Yang, who was looking on in shock. Then another sound filled the air, lots of engines. Looking up the group was greeted to the sight of a veritable swarm of sleek black and grey ships followed by blocky shuttle like aircraft flying over head towards the city; they then saw what looked like small meteorites falling through the sky, lots of them.
"What the hell, what's going on who are these guys?" asked Ruby afraid that they were being attacked by something else.
"Those are commonwealth and council troopships, looks like they got here after all" spoke Alucard relief spreading through his voice.
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Planet Remnant
Planet Date 25th June 2027
Star Date: 6th March 2158
(45 minutes post slaver arrival)
City of Vale
Corporal Mikhail Jovovitch, of the commonwealth marine corps, tried his best not to puke his guts out as the troopship he was on began to lurch and shudder because of AA fire that was being spat up from the Batarians in the city around him. Taking a few calming breaths he managed to force his food back into his stomach before placing his helmet over his head, the HUD interface coming online instantly, he checked his weapon one last time before everything went dark and a bright red light came on in the troop bay.
"Alright ladies listen up" came the voice of Captain Ludvig Copenheim his thick German accent clearly distinguishable over the voice of his fellow marines.
"Orders just came through from command, we are to move into the city and secure the area around this warehouse here" he shouted bringing up a picture projected in holographic form. The warehouse itself seemed mostly intact, but there was an abnormally large amount of Batarians there.
"Judging from local radio chatter and intercepted communications we believe this warehouse has been converted into a command post and slave pen, there could be hundreds of civilians in there, command wants them rescued before the Batarians start getting ideas. Any Questions?" a hand went up belonging to Naoto Tatsumi, the short Asian woman had a curious expression on her face.
"How many enemies can we expect?"
"We expect there to be at least a company's worth of men there, but our main concern is a squad of 4 enemy tanks accompanied by a few platoons of infantry near the entrance of the industrial estate on the opposite side to where the warehouse is. Intel suggests that once they get the call for reinforcements they will be at the warehouse in just over 30 minutes, so that means we need to secure this warehouse and move the civilians before they get there, air support is tied up and we don't have any tanks landing with us so dealing with them would be tricky, now then there are other smaller enemy units scattered all around the area but they are of negligible concern right now, any more questions?"
Silence met his proclamation
"Good. let's move out!" he shouted as he slid his helmet over his head just before the light turned green and the doors sprang open and the soldiers rushed out of the transport into a thunderstorm of gunfire and explosions, pirate forces were dug in near the warehouse entrance while the commonwealth forces, who were disembarking, were entering the battle zone on the opposite side of the street behind a slew of burnt out vehicles and concrete blocks providing adequate cover.
Jovovitch launched himself out of the troopship as his squad mates followed; there was his close friend the quiet Naoto Tatsumi, as well as three other troopers. They made their way forward towards a burnt out truck before taking stock of the situation.
"Right Luna, you stay here and cover us with your sniper, Johnson you and Hernandez move over on the right side of the truck and move forward, me and Naoto will move from the left side and we'll meet again at Warehouse entrance, got it?" the soldiers nodded in answer. "Let's move" as one they moved out from behind the truck their rifles barking as they shot plasma coated death down range, Mikhail sighted down is rifle and fired watching with satisfaction as a Turian mercenary took it to the head and went down instantly, he made his way forward covering fire coming from Naoto behind him, he heard a whistling sound and ducked down as a rocket slammed into the asphalt next to where he was crouched knocking him on his ass. Groggily getting to his feet he grabbed his rifle again and peeked out over cover ducking down as a sniper round bounced of the bonnet of the burnt out car he was using as cover.
"Lunar I'm pinned can you help a guy out." He pleaded over the radio, his answer came when a loud crack was heard followed by Luna's quiet voice over the radio "sniper is dead, enemy fire has shifted to fire team Golf." Mikhail thanked his squad mate before moving forward again and linking up with Naoto.
"Looks like the pirates really don't want this place to fall" she said sourly before leaning out of cover and gunning down a Batarian that was running to cover.
"You can say that again" he activated his helmets in built radio.
"Johnson, Hernandez what's your status?" there was the buzz of static before a voice came back over the radio.
"Johnson here, we're just a few paces behind you we'll-" there was a whistle followed by an explosion and a scream of pain.
"Johnson care you hear me, Johson, JOHNSON!" Mikhail cried into the radio. There was a slight sound of rustling fabric before a voice was heard.
"Hernandez here Johnson didn't make it, rocket exploded right between his feet."
"Damn, okay link up with me and Naoto at the doors Luna time to move up link up with Hernandez and make your way to the warehouse doors."
"Roger that" they both replied as the line went silent.
Mikhail reached the broad doors of the warehouse that the Batarians were using as a command and control centre. Already there was Ludvig Copenheim and 20 other marines, weapons held against their chest as they leaned against the warehouse doors.
"Nice of you to join us corporal"
"Happy to serve sir"
"Right here's the plan people me and most of the marines here will breach through these doors here, you corporal and your squad will split left and right and come through the side doors on either side of the warehouse." He explained to those in front of him and over the comms to the rest of the soldiers in their platoon Just as he finished explaining 5 marines joined them including Hernandez and Luna.
"Hernandez, Luna you two will go through the left door while I and Naoto go through the right." They nodded their heads in confirmation and made their way to their assigned door Mikhail and Naoto went the other way to their assigned door.
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Planet Remnant
Planet Date 25th June 2027
Star Date: 6th March 2158
(45 minutes post slaver arrival)
City of Vale
Raven Richards and 50 other people sat huddled together in a slave pen with armed guards standing over them. He didn't remember much after being herded into the shuttle that took him here all he remembered was being woken up by a young faunus girl in his current predicament. He was silently praying along with a few others including the young girl called violet for some form of help to take him away from this place, little did he know he was about to get his wish. The doors at the far end of the warehouse were blasted open in a plume of green tinted flame and strange armoured soldiers stormed into the warehouse gunning down any guards in front of them, then the two side doors opened with a crash as a blocky object was thrown in, the guards screamed something which was followed by a deafening bang and bright flash, the faunus prisoners cried out in pain and tried to cover their ears in an attempt to stop the ringing in their ears. After a mere few minutes it was over and all the guards were dead, Raven looked at his rescuers, at first glance he thought they were from atlas, but the armor was to blocky and advanced to be atlas issue not to mention it was grey coloured as opposed to atlas's white coloured armour. One of the figures approached him and the other prisoners
"Who…who are you?" asked Violet timidly as she hid behind a woman who Raven assumed was her mother. The being took off its helmet revealing a young man underneath
"My name is Mikhail Jovovitch, and we are here to rescue you."
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I can practically feel the disappointed stairs for this poor chapter after so long and I would like to apologize but… yeah I have no good reason other things took up whatever time wasn't used by college and my work placements so yeah
For those who don't watch RWBY faunus are humans with animal traits and Atlas is another kingdom on remnant along with Vale (where this is taking place) Vacuo and Mistral.