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UNSC thunder
"status report andrew" holland asked the ships AI "vitals on all crew are green, shields at full charge mac cannon ready to fire if need be comms systems are not functioning but the engineers can fix it in a few hours all other systems are in working order as well" andrew replied "i also managed to set off a distress beacon at the location that we were pulled in with the necessary info" "good job andrew" "sir multiple contacts" one of the bridge crew shouted
Holland looked out and saw the scene of a battle 3 vessels with a standardized colour scheme and firing green plasma of sorts supported by 6 smaller vessels and 40 of whatcould pass for being horribly designed fighters chasing a vessel that looked like a trade ship more than anything else
"either pirates or rebels" holland said "Andrew what can you analyse from their weapons" "sir they seem to be firing plasma bolts held together by a magnetic field and judging by the damage done and power outputs they are quite a lot less hot than covenant plasma but since they are more concentrated they can do more impact damage. Our armour by current calculations should be able to hold without boiling away"
urban was relieved "do they have shielding" "yes sir it appears that unlike our ships they have separate shields for energy and kinetic weapons" inefficient, thought urban "sir they are attempting to hail us but we cant respond"
"Andrew is there any way to do an emergency fix for the comms they may consider us hostiles and fire as a precaution prep all other weapons systems all hands to battlestations"
holland could only watch as 2 of the larger vessels and 4 of the smaller ones and 30 of the fighter craft zoned out his ship after a small standoff the sensors officer shouted "energy spike detected they are about to fire"
the next instant the turbolaser batteries on all of the imperial vessels opened up on the frigate and the fighters moved in to attack "shields at 75% and holding" "fire!" shouted holland
that instant the MAC gun of the Thunder sent a 600 ton ferric tungsten slug at a portion of the speed of light the next moment the round made contact with the ship tearing through it as though the shields had done nothing to stop them the first ship was left a broken husk of what it once was
"fire a salvo of crossbow missiles" and then the missiles were armed and sent out.
The Crossbow is the highest refinement of UNSC missile technology to date the crossbow was more powerful faster and could take greater evasive actions than the archer. As the crossbows streaked towards their target the cruisers fired their turbolasers at the missiles.
It had almost no effect then came the impact the second cruisers shields held longer but eventually crumbled and the ship took huge damage entire chunks of the hull drifting of, for all intents and purposes the ships were destroyed.
At the same time the tie fighters begun their assault by this point the longswords and sabres on the unsc frigate had been mobilized a dogfight ensued, one in which the empire was slaughtered in the ties were very much inferior to their unsc counterparts in every single way shields, hull armor, weaponry the light armor of the tie did nothing against the heavy 50mm cannons of the unsc and the twin laser Armament was very much insufficient to combat unsc fighters which had shielding enough to make a mandalorian pilot blush and hull armor thick enough to withstand repeated direct hits from their Armament.
Whatever fighters got through were torn to ribbons by the point defenses of the unsc frigate. But the gozanti's that were escorting the cruisers were still firing and the frigates shields after a serious amount of fire and the loss of 2 cruisers and 3 gozanti's the shields gave out. "get the pelican ready we are capturing that ship, carter give em hell"
Arquitens cruiser vengeance
Captain keab
To say that captain keab was shocked would be an understatement he was terrified these supposed primitives had not only taken down the majority of his fleet they had done so before loosing their shields they were using some sort of horrifically powerful mass driver, their point defenses tore through his fighters and their own fighters proved far superior to his own and were now destroying the rest of his gozanti's having taken very minimal casualties. He was coslnsidering fleeing with his ship when suddenly he felt something choking him
And before he knew what was happening he was hovering a few inches in the air when he strained and saw who it was his heart sank, An inquisitor, how an inquisitor had managed to get onboard the ship was a concerning thing.
But then the inquisitor dropped him and spoke in a gravelly voice "thinking about running are we now. Never not in front of primitives and nor will we shirk our eternal duty to the empire" as he said this the enemy shields collapsed and turbolasers smashed against titanium A4. the armor held enduring tremendous stress yet never failing the Arquitens and gozanti's focused on the ship yet the armor held and through the fire unsc fighters with heavy payloads got through cracking shields and focusing down the weaponry of the cruiser all of the turbolasers of the Arquitens were destroyed the remaining gozanti's were pulverized by missiles. The crew on the Arquitens held their breath as the declawed ships engines were destroyed leaving the ship floating in space.
A single vessel came out of the frigate it did not look like a fighter more like a troop transport were they trying a boarding attempt.
The ship boarded through the hangar bay around 100 stormtroopers were sent to stop them and a few moments later explosions and blaster fire rattled the hangar alongside deeper slugthrower fire.
TK-3456 jin
The enemy vessel docked in opened its doors and out came 6 very large armored soldiers their armor was thick and covered their entire body immediately both sides opened fire the enemies ducked and dodged the bolts faster than even a jedi would have been able to and what few blaster bolts did manage to hit them smashed helplessly against a shimmering golden barrier that materialised "skrag, they have personal shields" thought jin the enemy soldiers also returned fire
Their weapons were very succesful against the stormtroopers armor the plastoid armor was designed to dissipate blaster fire not stop hypersonic armor pentration bullets the stormtroopers were being mown down like overgrown grass in a field. And the poor troopers that got in close were cut down like wheat by some sort of blade it was made of metal and emitted a slight glow on the cutting edge it was wielded with 2 hands jin would not get time to finish his line of thought however as he found first hand what it feels like to be on the recieving end of a spartan's katana.
Inquisitor thrax
the inquisitor felt very uneasy. the boarding party had gone dark and no further contact had been made with them, what made this even worse was the fact that he could not sense anything with the force it was like a static no matter how hard he searched nothing stirred within the force this was possible only by a certain type of people. no it could not be he thought they were only ever present in legends and myths voids in the force were not real the crew on the bridge looked at him suddenly as he realised that he had yelled out the last part out loud, these were most unsusual circumstances.
"the cameras on the hangar have been restored" "show them" the footage shocked the entire bridge to its core 6 armored giants tearing through dozens of stormtroopers 2 of them wielding some kind of blade, and blaster bolts hitting uselessly against the soldiers shields and what was even more shocking was that the warriors in front were able to deflect blaster bolts with their swords, were they force sensitives thought the inquisitor but it was not possible had they been force sensitives he would have detected it the moment they entered the ship no these were something else entirely maybe they are enhanced like death troo- his thought process was interrupted by keab yelling "hold the main corridor leading to the bridge, do not let them pass. inquisitor do you mind aiding my stormtroopers in the defence" keab asked thrax he nodded and left immediately
Spartan B312 Noble six
as noble team moved through the halls of the enemy vessel six could not help but wonder about these people their ship interiors were quite well made and very defensible their troops even when they were being ripped to shreds had not broken discipline and their weapons though not as hot or powerful as covenant plasma and much slower they were more focused and concentrated,
emile had taken a dangerous liking to deflecting the shots with his katana, these soldiers were quite skilled in melee but that did nothing to help against the spartans now they were moving through the ship corridors with emile leading the way hefting his aa39 shotgun,
no doubt they had erected heavy defenses but he had a good feeling about this "try being a little bit more relaxed six" kat told the hyper lethal spartan"i am relaxed kat i have no idea what you are talking about " six lied,
he was feeling that something was off that there was some danger lurking and waiting for them just then emile spoke over the comms "i have contacts ready up guys" the spartans checked up and got ready the next instant the were engaged in a firefight with the stormtroopers,
emil's shotgun roared to life tearing chunks through the stormtroopers noble 6 and emile drew their swords and tore through the stormtroopers like wet tissues by this point the troopers had set up an e web turret which shot at noble 6 he deflected most of them but a few got through damaging his shields heavily,
one of the stormtroopers threw a thermal detonator at the spartans it landed near six and emile who ducked out of the way but the detonator was more powerful than originally thought draining their shields completely and blaster bolts impacted on the armor below leaving scorch marks "well someones about to get chewed out by the techs" june quipped "oh shut up" said emile the walking warcrime as he blew a stormtroopers brains out they had nearly finished up the stormtroopers when a red blade came spinning through the air narrowly missing noble's face it returned to the hand of a man wearing black armor.
"I challenge you to a duel" the man said pointing to six "bad idea" said emile "i accept your challenge" said the black armored spartan "i am inquisitor thrax of the galactic empire wielder of the darkside and slayer of a 100 jedi. "I do not care" said the grim reaper of ONI as they both charged at each other lightsaber and katana clashing,
the inquisitor weaved in and out striking blows with inhuman speed the darkside of the force flowing through him like a river and yet the armored giant parried and blocked each of his blows moving with a speed that outstripped any of the jedi he had previously slain,
the mere fact that this giant in bulky armor is moving this fast shocks the inquisitor and making things worse was the fact that he could not sense him with the force at this moment the spartan went on the offensive,
it seemed as if he had only been analyzing the inquisitors fighting style now he sent a flurry of blows towards the inquisitor who was now struggling immensely to keep up a defense each blow felt like a tank ramming into him he then used the force to jump and get in behind the spartan and struck him with the lightsabre to his horror the energy shield of the warrior held its strength down to 50%
"lucky hit, that's all you get" the armored giant said as he swung his blade with inhuman speed the inquisitor barely dodged the blow but the warrior had his fist at the ready and punched the inquisitor in the chest, hard,
a sickening crack sounded out as the armored fist of the spartan broke the inquisitors ribs,
the pain was unbearable but the inquisitor trained in the darkside channeled that pain through himself turning it into power and making a force push one which would be more than enough to through a tank through large distances at breakneck speeds and yet it was barely enough to nudge the mighty warrior
after a short moment of awe the inquisitor ducked and dodged and parried the spartan was not letting up either at this rate the inquisitor would fall from exhaustion
so as a final hailmary the inquisitor went on a ferocious offence nearly overwhelming the spartan but there was a small gap in the inquisitors guard almost unnoticable but six noticed
and took full advantage thrusting his katana forward, it went clean through his body , as the inquisitor fell onto his knees broken, he asks "what are you" the spartan spoke "I am your penance made manifest" and within a moment he brought down his katana beheading the inquisitor.
"damn" said one of the bridge crew watching the live feed from the spartans helmet cam "six has a thing for dramatic climaxes" said holland
when noble team entered the bridge they found all the bridge crew kneeling with their hands behind their head
carter went up to a man who he presumed to be captain and asked "are you the captain" the man nodded "do you surrender" the man nodded again "fine then your ship is now property of the united nations space command and you are a POW now line up a few craft will come and pick you up"
Urban holland
holland thought to himself, the boarding is a resounding success we beat a fleet of their ships, damn it he thought if it were for the busted comms he could have made peaceful first contact
"what are the damages andrew" "1 hull breach now sealed armour reduced to dangerously low levels in certain sections a few coilguns and point defense guns slagged the mac coils are slightly damaged nothing that the engineers cannot fix" andrew said aloud quite little damage thought holland
"what happened that one ship that was fleeing from these guys oh these guys" oh they are here" said andrew pointing to a red dot on a screen
"and also one of their ships managed to jump out of the battle" "and you thought it wise to mention this to me now" urban now clearly angry growled "sorry..." "are the comms systems fixed" "yes sir" "hail that other ship" and in an instant the projector lit up "This is captain urban holland of the UNSC thunder..."
Hera syndulla and the crew of the ghost
the things that were going through hera syndulla's mind could only be described as, absolute undiluted shock these people had destroyed an entire fleet of imperial ships all while taking only a few fighters as their own casualties.
Hera, incoming transmission, said Ezra the holo projector lit up and the face of a middle aged man in military uniform appeared "This is captain urban holland of the UNSC thunder we are stranded in this galaxy and we need help"
"i am captain hera syndulla of the rebel alliance this seems to be a sensitive matter and i would prefer if we spoke in person, can my ship dock with yours.
"ok" said the man and hera flew her ship into the ships hangar the next moment the ship ramp opened up and Ezra, sabine, Zeb, Hera, Kanan and Chopper got off the ship.
they were greeted by the ship captain who was flanked by 6 massive armoured soldiers whom they assumed were droids along with 2 squads of heavily armed and armoured infantry with polarized helmets
"welcome aboard the unsc thunder" the captain said
"thank you"
"let us speak in my office" the man said and hera nodded
"so tell me about yourself" holland asked
I am hera syndulla captain of the ghost and member of the rebel alliance
"the rebel alliance i take it that the fleet we just mauled was a part of your enemy faction"
"yes, the empire it is a tyrannical regime with the emperor at its head"
"ok so tell me about the events of this galaxy in detail"
one explanation later
"hmm this is not good"
"will you be able to help us" hera asked
"not at the moment we have to re establish contact with our superiors back home and they will decide what to do"
"i understand" hera nodded "but in the meantime i will try making contact with our leaders"
"thank you for your cooperation" holland finished
UNSC HIGHCOM Sydney
In the halls of the headquarters of the UNSC Fleet admiral Lord Terrance Hood could be seen fuming with rage "what do you mean you lost them" he roared at admiral keyes
"the UNSC thunder was a part of your fleet and its captain was on his way to a direct promotion to rear admiral, lost them is not, good enough besides how do you manage to lose a 600 metre long frigate with transponders"
"sorry sir, we are redoubling our efforts" keys said
suddenly a voice interrupted them, it was eve the AI aboard the UNSC Preston J Cole a titan class dreadnought and flagship of admiral Jacob keyes, "sirs we have found the distress signal launched by the thunder and pinpointed its location its on the galactic rim at the spot where the milky way is the closest with the andromeda galaxy they appear to have been pulled through a wormhole there, my calculations of residual slipspace radiation indicate that they have been thrown into andromeda"
"so what are we waiting for then lets send a fleet there and try contacting them" keyes spoke trying to salvage the situation
"already done sir rear admiral lasky has taken it upon himself to find the thunder and he has taken battlegroup dakota with him"
"good" said lord hood, his anger subsiding "order lasky to check if communications are possible between both ends of the wormhole and if upon my authority order him to go through that wormhole and establish a prescence in andrmeda and send a message to the arbiter, i want to inform him and the council of this"
"affirmative sir" nodded the AI
"Dismissed" he said looking at keyes with a forgiving visage, feeling relieved keyes got up and left
UNSC INFINITY INF-101
Rear admiral Thomas Lasky
Battlegroup Dakota
"exiting slipspace, now" said roland.
lasky jerked back and regained his posture he had taken it upon himself to find the UNSC thunder and now he had recieved lord hoods permission to even go accross the worm hole, it was not a constant barrier, it was merely a point where the barrier between slipspace and real space was weak and the wormhole shortened the distance between andromeda and the milky way astronomically
"rupture spot pinpointed, opening up" said roland again as a slipspace rupture opened up
"send a few probes threw roland" lasky said
"sir yes sir" roland said as a few probes began to move through the rupture
A few Hours later
"Sir the probes are on the other side comms are crystal clear to a large radius sorrounding the wormhole on both sides, there are 6 uninhabited worlds near the wormhole perfect for settlement"
"fine then order the fleet we are going though may god have mercy on us all"...
Authors note:
and that is chapter 2 hope you enjoyed leave a review and give suggestions
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