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[Lunar Templar]

Mee

Mee caught the Plasma Grenades, hit a button and vanished from view. she snuck around and waited for the Jackals to be in a favorable position and with all the fire they where taking it didn't take long. she activated and stuck both PGs and took cover before the exploded, taking all 3 out in the process.

when the smoke cleared she de-cloaked and walked out a bit giving a friendly wave

Sarah

"how you holding up Murphy?" she asked as she approached Mee, giving the female elite a pat on the shoulder as she past, meaning it as a 'good work' gesture.

Luna

Luna followed Sarah, though still looking around in case they missed something

 

[Bravo 21]

Quintus broke out laughing. When confronted by such a problem, only a human would decide Being thrown into the air, through a hail of enemy fire is the best solution. Of course, that was what made the difference in the Reaper War, because you could never anticipate crazy.
"Hey Alan, you never mentioned that humans can fly where you come from," he joked, still trying to contain his mirth.

 

[alandavidson]

SSG Murphy

Murphy stood as Sarah approached him.

"How you holding up, Murphy?"

Murphy laughed, "That was fun. Just like dropping from a banshee." He rolled head back, and his neck popped in protest of its recent flight and impact. In fact, much of Murphy's body ached most of the time, and recent shenanigans did nothing to appease its protest. "But let's not do it again."

Murphy moved to the side of the building and set himself up to breach through the door. He signaled to Sarah that he was ready, then turned and waited for her hand to go up on his shoulder and squeeze to tell him to blast through the door.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Sarah

Sarah chuckled,"no? well so much for the 'flying staff Sargent' strategy she said sarcastically as she got into position behind him rifle at shoulder level and at the ready, hand on his shoulder, then gave a light squeeze as soon as Luna and Mee where in ready position

 

[vrbtny]

"Wait, what?" Alan asked, as he saw a Elite totally crush the Spartan-IV who had been creeping up on him. "Spartans are supposed to be awesome!! Why is that one being pasted by that damn split-lip!"

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Everett continued to fire on the scattered Elites, taking out one and weakening another. He looked over and saw that Spartan Jastis and Lincoln were busy dealing with a Brute; who despite taking damage that would kill most things, was still standing. Kenneth, despite being effectively new to these soldiers, was handling them well.

"We've almost got them Kenneth, just a couple more to go." Everett remarked, not noticing that the Elite he had injured earlier had stood up, activated his Energy Sword, and was heading straight for him. Briefly switching to his pistol, Everett fired shots at the Elite, hoping to pierce its shields, with little luck.

A moment later, the Elite leapt at him, causing Everett to fall on to the floor, and a Energy sword just inches away from his face. Thinking quickly, Everett kick the Elite in the chest, causing it to stagger; giving him time to recover, and kill the Elite with several shots to the head.

'Well, you were certainly a tough one.' Everett remarked, as he went back to the other Elites.

 

[Random berk]

OOC: Once more, this time with GM approval.

As the UNSC Broken Destiny continued its course to Ronokis, another, much smaller ship, not much larger than a fighter/bomber dropped out of FTL with a blue flash some distance ahead. In the dark cockpit, a humanoid figure sat in the pilot's seat, running its hands over the control holo-screens and hummed with satisfaction as it noted the co-ordinates given.
"RV point reached. Now, where is Rafik?" It said to itself in a low pitched voice with a curious reptilian buzz. As it steepled its ten fingers together and waited patiently, the onboard VI chimed up.

"Incoming signature detected 15 points to starboard." The pilot glanced up sharply at the display.

"Allegiance?" He snapped.

"Unknown. It does not appear to belong to any ship of the Illuminated Primacy, nor any of the Council races. In fact, it does not match the energy signature of any ship on the databases at all."

"Curious. Could it be Rafik's vessel? I did not think the human had the brains to steer clear of patrol ships, let alone alter his signature."

"Do you wish to investigate?" The pilot considered this question.

"Yes. But we must be discreet. Shut down all drives and unnecessary heat sources. Scan them from a distance."

 

[alandavidson]

SSG Murphy

Sarah's hand squeezed his shoulder and Murphy went into action. His foot planted on the door frame and he sailed inside, making a hard right and driving that corner. To his left, he heard the crack of a rifle, and heard rounds spin by his head. He didn't bother to look, that was Sarah's corner. In front of him was a Jackal, trying to get behind a shield. Murphy never slowed down as he gunned down the jackal, then turned towards the center of the room, staying in his fire zone. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see a Spartan engaging Sarah. Murphy kept driving forwards, gunning down another Jackal, clearing his area.

"Clear" He shouted.

Murphy's attention shifted to the Spartan, who's shields were already dead. It looked like Sarah was engaging. All in all, about five seconds had passed.

She is fucking good. Murphy thought to himself as he pressed in on the Spartan.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Sarah

Sarah took a hard left and came face to face with another Spartan and opened fire instantly, the Spartan's shields registering the hits as 'he', pulled back around the corner for cover 'they're getting smarter' she though as she had no choice but to give chase, switching her rifle to her odd hand as she ducked around the corner, her shields taking a few hits in the process, she continued firing till she saw 'his' shields give out. by then 'he' drew a combat knife, and lunged when her rifle 'clicked' signaling it was empty 'right, knife, your in my house now asshole'. in one fluid motion, she took a half step back, grabbed the hand the knife was in twisted around the enemy Spartan and, buried the knife in the back of 'his' neck, with 'him' still holding the knife.

"Clear" she said as the Spartan dissolved while she reloaded her rifle.

Mee

Mee went up the middle, quickly dispatching one of two Elites with her Energy Daggers before it could get a shot off.

Luna

Luna was in the door, as Mee took one Elite, she dispatched the other with a full clip to the head "Clear"

 

[Random berk]

As the small personal cruiser turned to face the Broken Destiny, the pilot leaned forward in his seat, his black eyes widening in shock.

"Arashu's mercy, that thing is enormous!" He gasped. "What race could have built such a machine?"

"Records do not provide any evidence for construction on that scale. If it is organic in origin, then it belongs to a race not previously encountered by the Council, or any organistation of the Terminus systems." the VI informed him.

"It dwarfs anything I have seen before, even the largest Reaper battleships." The pilot said, more to himself than the computer. "But it doesn't look like Reaper design. It is closer to Systems Alliance models if anything, but they don't have the capability to produce such a ship, do they? Could it be an independant organisation?" His caution was partially overcome by curiosity and, overriding the VI's control, he sent a brief pulse through the thrusters, causing his ship to drift closer.

 

[Korten12]

JASTIS-015

The Brute fell to the ground bloodied and dead. Everett had taken out an Elite and the remaining were quickly finished off. Once they it was clear they regrouped once more and pressed on forward. Instead of simply continuing on the top, they went underground into the complex. Then they stopped but not after a Jackal spotted them from above, it had just been out of his VISR range and thus undetectable. Jastis ducked from one round from the Jackal and shot it with his BR killing them. The place was on alert now.

They entered the next room, a large open area with various machines hanging about and some on the ground. Alongside many crates and metal boxes lurking about to make for cover. From out of cover an enemy Spartan arose with two Elites, one Brute, and two Jackals. ?Alright,? Jastis spoke on the COM channel to his team as the rounds of plasma and bullets rained down on them. ?We don?t have much choice here. I am going to distract those Elites and Brute, the rest. Act on your own free will, take down that Spartan and Jackals.?

He jumped out of cover and shot at the Brutes and Elites whose shields took most of the damage but it worked. They began charging at him while the Spartan and Jackals went for the rest of his team.

Captain Nassa

?Captain!? One of her crew spoke aloud.

Nassa walked over to the Surveillance Officer. ?What is it??

?For a moment I detected something ahead of us, a faint heat signature but then it vanished.?
Nassa crossed her arms. ?Vanished? Can we get a visual on it??

The Officer nodded his head and after a half-minute they got a visual on the screen. It was a bit away but the camera zoomed in. It was a small vessel. ?Orders?? He asked.

?Hm? They didn?t say anything about this, going to assume the council has no idea who that is. Try and get me in contact with that ship.?

?Yes Captain, and if it doesn?t hail??

Nassa thought for a moment. ?If it doesn?t then we will have to take matters into our own hands.?

 

[Random berk]

When the comms system started beeping, the pilot of the small cruiser started almost hard enough to knock his head on the low cockpit ceiling. Even as the light flashed and the beeping continued, he first noticed the heavy armament running along the flanks of the hulking ship, and then the name USNC Broken Destiny stencilled in big white letters near the bow. He thumped a clenched fist down on the armrest.

"Damn! They're military, I knew it!" Typing a series of quick commands into the GUI interface, he swung the bow of his own ship around with a single quick burst of the navigating jets so that it faced away from the ship, ready for a quick getaway.

 

[alandavidson]

SSG Murphy

"Sarah, we're all clear!" Murphy called out.

Suddenly, Murphy froze, signaling for the rest to do the same. From the hall at the far side of the room came the familiar heavy steps and grunts of a brute. And it sounded like he wasn't alone. A moment's listening revealed that there were at least two brutes on the far side of the hall. Murphy looked up to Sarah, she had heard it as well.

"What's the plan, boss?" He said walking up to her, changing his magazine.

 

[Korten12]

Captain Nassa

?Captain the ship is escaping! I suggest we send out a Longsword.? The Officer told the Captain.

?Do it, send Spartan-032 with it.?

RAYNOR-032

He had been with Fastina but as soon as he was hailed to go, he left the room without a word. Leaving her confused. Within a minute he reached the hanger and hopped into the Longsword. A pilot was already in it. The ramp closed and they exited the Broken Destiny. They began to close the gap between the ships. Raynor sent another hail with a message. ?This is the UNSC Broken Destiny, Longsword, we don?t know who you?re but we can?t let an act such as what you did go without question. Stop, and you will be spared.?

 

[Random berk]

As the cruiser set off, the plot glanced up at the rear monitors, his full, scaly lips parting in a snarl. The cruiser might well have had the speed and maneuverability to evade the fighter, but it had no heavy weapons and no countermeasures. In any case, he had other methods for dealing with smaller aggressors besides a hard dogfight. Grinning mirthlessly, he throttled back on the thrust drives and allowed the cruiser to drift freely, before slipping out of the pilot's seat and into the murk behind the cockpit.

 

[CmmdrRosh99]

Kenneth had leaned up against some cover, recovering from the extended use of his Biotic powers. Quickly reloading his Mattock, he closed his eyes for a moment to take in the sounds of the battle.

One super soldier, two elites, one brute... And two Jackels... Opening his eyes again, his usual stoic face returned. Popping out of cover for a second, he spotted one of the Jackels and aimed right for the sweet spot of their heads inbetween the shields.

Kenneth double tapped his Mattock, knocking one of the Jackels off guard, while the second bullet effectively killed it with flicker off of the shields. However, the Spartan took notice and opened fire at Kenneth.

Fuck... Time to move! Kenneth made another mad sprint to another point in cover, his shields taking a good pounding from the Jackel and Spartan mix. Sliding and stopping at the next cover, he checked his shields. 20%.

"Anytime now guys..." Kenneth said through the Comms

 

[Lunar Templar]

'aww fuck' Sarah thought as she heard the Brutes coming

"What's the plan, boss?"

"Mee, you have a Plasma grenade left?, Mee shook her head "no, i used both on the Jackals"

Sarah's body language said 'fuck' for her

"ok, we'll try this, Luna, pick the one you think is pretty and lock it down, lift it, shove it against the wall, don't care what you do just keep it from moving, but get to a good hiding spot or high ground first. the rest of us will deal with the other brute, I'll be on point, Murphy, your squishyest, your in the back, Mee, back him up, and aim high"

Sarah said as she handed Mee her Rifle and a few clip, then drew her pistol and Plasma Sword.

Luna nodded, took a quick look around, finding a good high point, she used her biotics to hop up there and made her self ready to attack

 

[Random berk]

As the cruiser drifted in space waiting to be boarded by the Longsword, what little lighting was turned on within the hull blinked out one strip at a time. At the same time, the ship's running lights died, as though from a catastrophic power failure. Only the red lights within the cockpit remained active, a dull, ominous glow at the end of the corridor from the loading door.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Once all the enemies were down, Red Team moved further into the facility; but instead of going up, they instead descended down into the underground sections. They arrived in a large open area with various machines hanging above them, and several parts for others lay on the floor. Cover could be found in the form of metal crates.

Rising from cover opposite them, was a Spartan; along with two Elites, a Brute, and two Jackals. Due to an incident involving Jastis earlier, the place was on the alert. A barrage of plasma fired headed towards their location, peppering the cover.

"Alright." Jastis said over comm-link. "We don't have much choice here. I am going to distract those Elites and Brute, the rest. Act on your own free will, take down that Spartan and Jackals." He then jumped from cover, and fired at the Elites and Brute; drawing attention towards him as they charged. Kenneth meanwhile had attracted the ire of the Spartan after taking down a Jackal; as he soon began to run.

"Anytime now guys..." Kenneth said through the comm-link. Everett reloaded his M7S SMG, then fired at his pistol at the second Jackal, pinning it in the elbow, before finishing it off with a shot to the head. After holstering the side arm, he set the SMG to burst fire, and began taking shots at the Spartan whilst he moved.

 

[Korten12]

RAYNOR-032

?They stopped?? The pilot spoke to the Spartan. ?Think it?s a trap? Board and be killed??

?Fully expecting it to be, no one would just run and stop unintentionally. Bring me above the ship, I will drop down and enter from the side.? Raynor told the pilot who at the moment made sure his helmet was securely on to keep the oxygen in. ?Captain,? he brought Nassa onto the COM channel. ?I am entering the ship, it went silent and stopped. A trap is suspected but I will go in anyway.?

?Good luck Spartan, update me when you secure the ship.? She buzzed over the COM channel.

They hovered over the ship, the Longsword?s ramp lowered down and he stepped out into the vastness of space. Everything went silent as he stepped onto the ship?s top. He made his way to the side were the door was. He entered into the airlock and as the door shut the oxygen flowed in. Raynor took out his DMR and walked into the ship and saw to his left the cockpit where a dim red light was on and everything was in darkness.

He turned on his flashlight and it illuminated the interior, he didn?t see anyone, but he knew someone was there.