New era (second attempt)

Chapter 1

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Author's note:

Hello, this is a second attempt of my story crossover. After thinking for a while and reading a few reviews, I decided that the story did not develop according to my expectations, or that it failed right from the beginning, so I decided to stop it and go for a second attempt. I also started to use the translator like a normal person and translate some sentences as a whole instead of just some words that I don't know and try to put the sentence together somehow, I also figured out how to solve the problems with the speeches, so that such mistakes should not be repeated and it should not to be such a pain to your eyes as before. After the previous fiscal story opening, I decided to basically screw up some prologue and also start a little differently. Try to take it in a different style. Just experiment. And most importantly, try not to rush it so much. For those who might be wondering why or what, iI'll leave the original version of my story (read as a catastrophic failure) for you to see and see for yourself. As for ideas, don't worry, i don't have a problem with lack of ideas…i have the opposite problem which may have caused me to want to rush the previous version so much. My english is not good at all, but i think the translator will teach me the english faster than my teachers at school. Kinda funny. As for the story, I don't plan to balance anything, that would make the crossover lose its meaning, I didn't mention that before, for which I apologize. But it still applies that you notify me of any inaccuracies so I don't look like an idiot. But I would like to thank you for your reviews and watching and liking, I really appreciate it and you must have had a lot of patience to read regardless of the bad grammar lmao. As for the MAC cannons, I would appreciate it if you could send me the formulas in the comments, you know, I really enjoy physics and I'm eager to learn something new, like patterns. Mainly, it would also help me in the fact that I am developing my own universe and I would like it to be somehow realistic. Just like in HALO in essence, although it won't be quite realistic there either. Hehe. Some type of force calculation in kilotons, I'll convert it to megatons, etc., how much energy it consumes and if the result has to be adjusted somehow, as is usually the case. So the translator probably won't translate the „formula" correctly, but you can probably guess that from the sentence. Or i am just stupid and it's right. Who knows, you're smarter than me. But now, let's get started.

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Chapter 1 – Beginings

March 3, 2553. The day when the Human-Covenant war ends. It was one of the worst wars in the human history. The war was incredibly costly to both sides, with over twenty-three billion human casualties and enormous Covenant military losses, including the mobile homeworld of High Charity. After the war the UEG began rebuilding their worlds, focusing more on their existing colonies instead of re-expanding. The UNSC also launched a new rearmament program. Now that new technologies are available, the UNSC, and by extension humanity, has begun to study these newly discovered technologies and develop new classes of ships, new weapon systems, etc.

October 19, 2557. A major purge of ONI leadership and replacement with new members has begun, ONI is also to be under much greater control by the UNSC as well.

March 3, 2573. Exactly twenty years since the end of the war. Humanity's anger towards the Elites remains, however, this number has dropped from 65% to 58% and is slowly falling. The UEG began to focus on terraforming and reviving some of the destroyed colonies. The UNSC comes with new weapon systems and new ship classes. Each colony is also to get a smaller patrol fleet and at least five orbital defense platforms for better protection, for internal colonies this number is little larger.

June 28, 2587. The UEG had stabilized enough to slowly begin to expand again, but the expansion was significantly slowed. Advances were also made in health care, industry, civil services, etc. A way was also found to increase the average human age by a few decades. UEG's economy slowly recovered.

July 12, 2588. The Sangheili contacted all former members of the Covenant and called an unofficial meeting of all the leaders. To prevent another great war from happening again, a new alliance called the Conglomerate of Guardians was formed. Humanity did not join the alliance. Admiral Thomas Lasky succeeds the late Vice-Admiral Lord Hood. The number of people hating Elites and former members of the Covenant dropped from 58% to 51%.

August 25, 2593. Humanity is still hesitant to join the newly formed alliance, there is still a lot of opposition to joining. There are huge political debates about it. The UEG is finally fully recovering, the UNSC is slowly replacing lost ships, but so far the numbers are somewhere around 69% to 72%. ONI has begun experimental development of the new Spartan-V program.

October 4, 2593. ONI shuts down the Spartan-V program after it proves useless, all prototype technology lies in storage, preferring to focus on upgrading the existing Spartan-IVs.

November 10, 2594. The UEG, the UNSC, but also the former members of the Covenant leapt forward technologically. The first unofficial negotiations between the UEG and the Guardian Conglomerate even began. It was mostly about trade, access and participation in research on newly found Forerunner artifacts, and the possibility of negotiating to join the alliance was outlined. Humanity's hatred of former members of the Covenant has dropped to 47%.

May 4, 2594. One of the scouting fleets managed to find a mysterious object on edge of UEG space in Orion's arm.

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"So, what do you think about it?"

"I would like to know what it is this time."

Captain said as he looked out of the window into the darkness of the slipspace. Slipspace was scary place to be in. UNSC HIGHCOM ordered the captain to proceed with his small fleet of one cruiser, two destroyers, and one ONI prowler to the edge of UEG space to investigate the strange gravity anomalies that the Thasilli colony had managed to detect a few hours earlier.

Thasilli was one of the new colonies UEG had recently established due to the excellent conditions for growing food. Thasilli isn't as crowded as other outer colonies, it was newly discovered planet. Her defence fleet composes of one Poseidon-class light carrier, two Pantheon-class cruisers, six Anlace-class fregates and five Eröd OWPs.

Thasilli also had a small army to defend itself from enemy boarding units and land troops. If the fleet isn't enough to deter you from attacking the colony, then five Eröd OWP will make you think twice about whether such an attack is worth it.

The Eröd OWP (orbital weapon platform) has came throught several modernisations after war, it's equiped with two modernized rapid fire SMAC canons, each of the SMAC cannons was able to fire faster than before due to better auto-reload mechanism, it has got new capacitors, extented ammo storage, better targeting systems, has the ability to fire projectiles at 10% faster speed than the previous model thanks to the new enhanced cooling systems, six Enhanced point defence turrets, six Hailstorm pulse lasers, M380 Stinger AA missiles and two squadrons composed of modernized FSS-1500 Sabre II Block XVI model 2570. Sabre II fighters were faster, more agile, it had better radar and targeting systems, countermeasures, new engines and better and lighter armor.

Sabre can carry much bigger payload thanks to the stronger construction and bigger wings. Sabre's armament includes twin new 35mm M1030 autocannons as well as 2 GR-501/502T medium range anti ship missiles, 4 FD-55 Viper short range AA missiles and 4 FD-55A Venom medium range AA missiles. The Eröd was also slightly bigger precisely because of these upgrades. Thanks to these upgrades, Eröd has become the one of the most dangerous weapons in the UNSC arsenal. Eröd OWP was a force to be reckoned with.

But let's get back to the point. When UNSC has received a report from Thasilli about the mysterious anomalies, humanity went on alert and a state of emergency was declared for the outer colonies of Thasilli, Rasylon, Pangea, and Avalon.

Suddenly everyone became uncertain, no one knew what was happening, it was the fear of the unknown, some might even call it an overreaction, the UEG assured the inhabitants of Earth and the colonies that there was nothing to fear, that this was just an anomaly, that nothing can cost them. Scientists from Earth and the colonies began to meet and there was much debate about this abnormality, politicians held meetings to discuss possible next steps and procedures.

However, this behavior did not go unnoticed, the Guardian Conglomerate noticed the general increased alertness and movement of human fleets and became interested in it as well.

Many scientists were confused, why now? Why was this discovered only now? Why didn't they discover this earlier? There were a lot of conspiracy theories on the subject, but no one could really find out more, so they had to wait for a scouting fleet to arrive at the site and get more data, that was why they were sent.

And Jack, captain of the UNSC Gargantua, an Revenant-class heavy cruiser, was fully aware of this. Revenant class was a new class of heavy cruisers developed in the years 2571-72.

The hull was derived from the Halcyon light cruisers and the Marathon heavy cruisers. It was basically such a hybrid, outwardly it looked similar to the Marathon cruisers with some parts matching the Halcyon cruisers.

The Revenant heavy cruiser was 1,420 meters long, 310 meters wide and 420 meters high. The hull covered in 210 cm thick Titanium-A armor coated with a new element obtained from the technology of the Forerunners, the armor was also lighter due to minor modifications and more durable.

The heavy cruiser had one experimental 51F18D-G7/A5E MAC cannon. This MAC has better reload systems, more modern condensers, a higher muzzle velocity, which ensures a greater effective range. Thanks to the new advanced cooling system and the already mentioned condensers, the MAC gun was able to fire two 750 ton projectiles per burst with a half-second delay between fired projectiles at the expense of longer charging times and it will also take longer for the condensers to cool down.

It also had 90 missile modules of the newer M70 Arrow missiles, 20 BSGM-25 Tripod missile modules, an upgraded BSGM-15 Harpoon, 20 launch modules for UNSC plasma torpedoes, and 4 silos for larger tonnage M2145 Hydra nuclear warheads.

In addition to the Revenant missiles, she also had 25 experimental rail gun turrets for defense against enemy fighters, 20 Hailstorm III Mk.1 pulse laser turrets, Enhanced point defense and modified M410 Stinger II missiles for defence against other enemy missiles and torpedoes.

The Revenant also has six Mk. XIII naval guns, modernized Mk. XII, six Mk.35 Spitfire II model 2580 cannons, eight experimental DEW-038 Chimaera plasma cannons and six M75 Suppressor automatic cannons.

If that wasn't enough, he also has four squadrons of F-45B Broadsword fighters and a P701D/EW Eagle. The P-701G/EW has an electronic warfare capabilities but can also serve as an AW , has a stronger fuselage, a large wingspan, two larger engines, a two-pilot cockpit, and an interior space for operating computer systems, essentially the same as typical AW aircraft and on the upper part of the torso it has such a large circular plate.

The F-45 is a newer version of attack aircraft derived from the F-41 Broadsword. It has better targeting systems, better RADAR, it is also equipped with LiDAR to detect STEALTH ships or fighters and contains plasma STEALTH technology. It is much faster, more agile, equipped with two 30mm autocannons and can carry more weapons.

The aircraft comes in different variants: F-45A for air/space superiority, equipped mainly with short- and medium-range anti-aircraft missiles.

The F-45B is a multipurpose version, it can carry both anti-aircraft missiles and anti-ship payloads or even anti-stealth weapons.

The F-45C is used for ground operations, mainly an attack aircraft.

The F-45D/BVR (Beyond visual range) is used for airstrikes behind enemy lines, mostly carrying medium to long-range anti-aircraft missiles and hypersonic missiles or missiles with a flat flight path. Thanks to its excellent radar range, it can launch surprise attacks on ground defense systems, AA positions beyond visual line of sight. However, the aircraft is not so agile and therefore it is recommended to send it with an escort of F-45A aircraft.

The heavy cruiser also got better ship engines, newly upgraded fusion reactors, new radar systems, electronic systems, new AI, Enhanced Slipspace generator and other amenities. However, the Revenant is a prototype in itself, only 5 Revenant class heavy cruisers were built.

"Morgan? When we arive to the location?", the captain asked Morgan, the ship's AI. Said AI appeared on the left armrest of his command chair and replied, "We will arrive in approximately 1 hour Captain."

Jask sighted. 1 hour, they were in slipspace for 5 days and they haven't arrived yet. The captain then rubbed his face and stated.

"I'm going to check on the crew, let me know when we get there.", captain said before getting up from his chair and disappearing down the corridor leading to the bridge.

As he made his way down the corridors, Jack heard shouts, bangs and something sounded like energy swords clashing. It was coming from the storage area, so the captain went to take a look at the situation with interest.

The storage area was a relatively deserted place, except for the two who were currently fighting each other. Both were men, the first was Sergeant Hartman, a marine pulled from the Thasilli colony to fill out the ship's crew and the second was Loko 'Gomanee, an Elite.

Loko was sent with the crew to the ship to get some informations for the alliance. It was quite a rare sight. And it was even rarer to see a human fighting an Elite in friendly combat, let alone with energy swords. Loko, since the eye, was very experienced and very skilled with the energy sword.

Fast, agile, excellent reflexes, decisive, focused and able to deliver a hard blow. Hartman, on the other hand, lacked such experience, unable to fight with a sword as well as his opponent.

The elite was surprised that someone like him showed such interest and was even more interested in learning such a thing. Yes, in the beginning one was clumsy and could not find a suitable style, but after two to three days there was a small improvement.

The Elite was impressed, the fact that he was able to make such progress in three days was respectable, but there was still place for improvement. Although the sergeant was not very good at swordsmanship, he was mean, in combat he used his fists in addition to his sword and also some of his grabs.

In some cases he even tried to knock him to the ground, but given the size and weight of the Elite it was only very difficult. But he always tried at some point. The result was occasionally amusing. The sergeant swung his sword at Loko, who blocked the blow with his sword. In an instant, the man drew his sword and went into a lunge.

The elite moved to the side, grabbed the human arm, disarmed the sergeant and elbowed him in the face. The sergeant dropped his sword to the ground and recoiled from the elbow.

He was disoriented for a moment, but when he noticed the incoming cut from the right, he crouched. The blade narrowly passed over his head, but then another slash came and the sergeant backed away, dodging the blows, blocking one and waiting for the right moment.

Somewhere, Hartman didn't dodge fast enough and the tip of the blade slashed across his face. Luckily it was only superficial, but it burned like hell. Loko tripped his legs, Hartman fell onto his back, and now Elite towered over him with his sword only a few cents from his chest, so he could feel her warmth.

"Well…this is a pretty complicated situation," Hartman said.

"Indeed.", Loko confirmed.

At that moment he pulled a flashbang from his belt, disengaging the fuse and sending him rolling on the ground.

Loko was trying to process what he had just done when the grenade exploded. There was a loud „BANG" along with a blinding flash, leaving the elite disoriented for two seconds. He knew that the sergeant sometimes plays spinach, but he didn't expect this. The sergeant had his ears plugged and his eyes closed during the explosion.

Two seconds seemed like a short time, but it was enough for Hartman. He quickly rolled away, rolling to his dropped sword and quickly grabbing it. The fight continued again. After few minutes the captain has arived to the storage room and he was amazed. He newer saw an Elite fighting with human in a friendly fight. But somehow he enjoyed it, so Jack quietly entered the storage room and just watched them.

Loko noticed the captain's presence but focused on the fight. Hartman didn't even notice Jack, he swung his blade again to slash Elite in the chest, Loko's blade deflected his own and Hartman followed up with another slash from above. Loko redirected Hartman's blade into the ground with his own blade and counterattacked by lunging at Hartman's chest. Hartman had to break the attack and pushed Lok's blade out of the way with his sword. But Loko continued to attack and throw quick strikes, Hartman couldn't block all of them so he decided to block only the ones that couldn't be avoided.

A cross cut was coming at Hartman from the top, which he blocked and took the chance. He wanted to roll and get to the Elite. Loko noticed this in time, kicking Hartman just after completing the roll, sending him rolling on the ground. As he saw the sergeant stop, he was about to stab him with his sword on the ground. The sergeant quickly pushed the Elite sword out with his hand so the blade hit the ground next to him.

However, Hartman quickly grabbed Lok's arm and used his momentum to knock him to the ground, helping himself by also tripping Elite's legs. Elite fell to the ground but when she saw the knee coming, she quickly turned her head to the side. Hartman's knee landed right next to his mandible.

Hartman was about to stab Loko with his blade to avoid such a blow, he put his sword in the way. The two blades collided and Elite kicked the sword out of Hartman's hands. The sergeant was about to punch after the kick, only for Loko to grab his arm and pull him to the ground next to him. Then they fought on the ground.

"Um um.", Jack interrupted them both in the fight.

Noticing the captain, Hartman immediately stood up and greeted: "Captain, I didn't know you were in the room-", Hartman was cut off when he felt Lok's hand on his chest just below his neck and also the uncomfortable heat on his back radiating from the tip of the energy sword almost touching his back.

"Never turn your back on your enemy. Even the slightest distraction on the battlefield can cost you a life.", Loko, now standing just a short distance behind Hartman to his left, pointed out the sergeant's mistake before pulling the sword from his back and releasing the sergeant.

"Captain.", Loko greeted too.

"I see you two had fun…maybe you should go to the infirmary with that cut sergeant." Jack remarked.

"It's just a small cut captain, nothing serious," the sergeant countered.

Jack sometimes thought that Sergeant Hartman was seriously stubborn. But he's a good guy, he had to admit. He handles his group of marines very well. Jack also found it strange that he had voluntarily chosen to share a cabin with Elite. However, what he and most of his marines could tell was that he and Loko were quite the match.

"I must say that the sergeant present here is a very good fighter. He is still not very good with swords, but he has made great progress in my opinion. He is also in excellent physical condition, but sometimes he is too hasty in combat, reacts slowly, relies too much on strength and sometimes he makes a wrong move. But I have to admit that he sometimes gave me problems and especially as you people say, he plays dirty.", Loko evaluated the sergeant.

"But there is still room for improvement," he added.

The captain laughed lightly and replied, "Sergeant Hartman playing dirty is nothing new, you have to watch out for his dirty tricks in battle. What was it this time?"

The sergeant grinned and replied, "Flashbang…sir."

The trio were no longer in the warehouse, they were walking the corridors of the ship.

"And who's going to clean up the mess after you?", Jack asked.

The sergeant simply replied, "I'll leave it to my men, they seem a little bored."

"And what about you? What's new at your place?", the captain addressed the question to Lok.

"Mostly dealing with economic, logistics problems and the occasional Kig-Yar pirates. Now most have become interested in you because of the increased movement of your ships and the Arbiter sent me to find out what has you so upset.", the Elite replied.

"Oh, we were dealing with the same problems after the war. It was UEG's worst nightmare but now it's okay…almost.", captain reacted and then asked sergeant: "How about your men? It looks like they are happy here."

The sergeant thought about what to say, finally replied, "They're doing well, now they're catching up on what they missed during their service when there's no one to wake them up with artillery fire, low-flying fighter jets or MAC cannon fire…that's only happened once."

Loko twitched his mandibles at this remark. He had never heard of such methods of awakening. At least they woke them up normally at their house.

"Now that there is no war, the soldiers can go to their families, but some have stayed on duty. We also have a few Spartans on Thasilli, the marines and the ODST are pretty silly with them… but they are enjoying themselves, what can I say," Hartman added.

"So you have very strange customs in your army.", Loko commented.

"Captain, we will arrive at the location in ten minutes.", his AI alerted him into the earpiece he wore on one ear.

"Got it, we're on our way.", Jack cut the comm and motioned for them to follow him to the bridge.

"We're finally there.", Hartman replied with relief.

The journey took about 8 minutes, the captain with Lok and Hartman arrived on the bridge and immediately sat in the command chair and started spouting orders.

"Declare full combat readiness after exit, we don't know what may meet us on site. Major, weapons!"

"Yes sir!"

"Lieutenant, man the radar and monitor our surroundings!"

"Understood!"

"Officer! Prepare our scanners and focus on the anomaly!"

"Yes sir!"

And it went on like that for a minute.

"One minute captain!", one of the people informed.

"What do you think we will fond on the other side?", Hartman has asked.

"We will find it out soon.", Loko asnwered.

"We are leaving slipspace in 10…"

"9…"

"8…"

"7…"

„Okay, here we go.", captain said for himself.

"3…"

"2…"

"1…"

„0…"

The Gargantua, 2 Warrior escort destroyers and the ONI prowler exited the slipspace and what lay before them left everyone in shock and awe.

"Okay…what the fuck is that.", Hartman was the first who spoke.

„I have no clue.", captain answered.

In front of them lay a 15 kilometer long unknown object similar in appearance to a tuning fork, in the center a bright blue glow with two rings of different sizes spinning in different directions around the core, with various sized pieces of ice flying around.

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Okay, this is the second attempt. But i tried different start. I hope it's better in terms of grammar now and i hope you liked this chapter. Syou can see, i started from zero. Next chapter incoming. Have a nice day!