We have also detected a Halcyon class cruiser among other things. Commodore, tell me what we have got to work with." We are going to make those Covenant bastards pay for messing with us. As of 1530 hours, I am taking command of this fleet. "This is Rear Admiral Nikolai Torkamentov to all ships in the area. "You're good to go, sir," replied one of the bridge crew. Now let us get to the part where we make them pay," replied Torkamentov, "Put me on FleetCom." "They're going to pay for that," muttered his XO, Alexander Mulgrew. They had jumped into the system after recieving the distress call just to arrive in time to see this. Rear Admiral Torkamentov and the crew on the bridge watched in horror as the Covenant Supercarrier obliterated the UNSC Eternal Peacekeeper.
The plasma cut through the Peacekeeper and all of the fighting aircraft (human and Covenant) below it like butter. Dizzy and disoriented, Rowan watched as a Covenant Supercarrier decloacked itself directly above the Peacekeeper and activated it's ventral energy projector. The force of the impact knocked Rowan onto his back while the fire went out Rowan lay sprawled out on the surface. He never took falling lessons before, but he knew enough to arch his body to slow down his fall. Rowan attempted to activate his jet pack, and to his horror, it was on fire. Meanwhile, Rowan's suit began to ignite as the result of the speed of his fall. "To the surface!" The marines gave each other a surprised look. To the surprise of the Phoenix's passengers, a large thump and the roof caving inward indicated an invader. Finally, a Phoenix maneuvered itself a few meters underneath the Spirit, unknowingly providing a place for Riley to land. The turret swayed back and forth, attempting loosen Riley's grip. Riley slammed back-first into a banshee and slid down it's hood, jumped, and gripped the turret on the underside of a Covenant Spirit dropship as Rowan continued downward. Rowan and Riley fell so fast that it became impossible to keep an eye on the marines. "Five!" Rowan began, "Fo-" Within a split-second a flaming banshee crashed and screeched across the pad behind them, hitting a Falcon and taking it over the edge along with itself. It was foolish of him to leave his jet pack on Reach, but he knew that he'd manage. "Shit," Rowan muttered, "Hijack a banshee or something then." You've got your jet pack right?" After giving Riley a pat on the back, he realized that he was wrong. "Marines! On the count of five, get your aircraft off this pad and make getting to the surface your top priority," commanded Spartan Rowan-090 before turning and whispering to the Spartan standing beside him," Riley, you'll take the jump with me. The UNSC military force already stationed on Hope was definitely a force to be reckoned with. They couldn't believe how packed the sky was with battling aircraft.
Each pad contained some Spartans along with multiple Falcons and Phoenix aircraft, each filled to maximum capacity with marines. Three atmospheric deployment platforms slowly lowered themselves from the underside of the Peacekeeper before coming to an abrupt halt. How could he just sit back and watch as the Covenant destroy it? It was a fairly new planet with a bright future. The colony that he would be ready to defend with his life? Hope, and in many opinions, it was among the most wonderful and beautiful worlds colonized by the United Nations Space Command.
He had already sent a transmission to every UNSC starship within a decent range of the planet. After all, ONI Section Zero had assigned him to trail the a curious Covenant fleet all the way from Reach to discover which UNSC colony they planned to invade next. He also knew that he was partaking in a self-assigned suicide mission, however, he felt that it was for the best. The captain of the Peacekeeper understood how little time he had to deploy the ship's entire supply of marines and Spartan supersoldiers to the surface before the Covenant recognized his presence. Both military and Covenant aircraft made way for the UNSC Eternal Peacekeeper, as it lowered itself into the atmosphere at a surprising speed.
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