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Post by Danny on Aug 11, 2009 3:16:55 GMT -5
Wallace Bishop, the Captain of the UNSC Epsilon, a Marathon class cruiser, stood behind his pilots, Ron Stevens and Claire Wade. "Say that again," he growled. Claire sighed, turned and looked up at the Captain. "Sir, we're essentially blind," "Blind, and naked," Ron added with a sarcastic grin. The Captain turned and walked back to the main view screen where the ship board AI, Lorry, appeared. "There's a lot of panicked chatter," he said as the Captain walked past. "My main concern is for the orbital grid," "Mines for Earth," Bishop replied, placing his hands on a keyboard in front of the screen. "Hang on..." Lorry said, placing his hand on over his ear. "The fleet is mobilizing, under the orders of Supreme Commander Hellenes, I've been given coordinates," "We're abandoning Earth," Bishop stated. "I don't like this, our home is completely exposed," "It's like a game of chess," Lorry smiled. "We're the black pieces, and just to shake things up, we're moving first," "Take the fight to them before they bring it to us," Bishop said, rubbing his chin. "Plot the course, alert the crew, prep pods."
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Post by Mitchell Edwin Johnson on Aug 11, 2009 13:07:11 GMT -5
Anthony blinked once. Then again, and again until he saw the shadow of a women, his wife, Sophie, standing over him. "Anthony. Get up sleepy head!" she laughed, "The kids are at my brothers so we have the entire day ourselves. So get up sleepy head!" she stared at him for a couple of seconds and frowned. "Anthony? Anthony get up. Anthony!" she said, raising her voice. Next the Anthony knew, he was laying in his bed in his quarters on the Aurora. Somebody was pounding on his door. He sat up, Just a dream..., he thought as he stepped out of his bed and walked to the door. "What?!" he asked. "Sir, we've lost contact with HIGHCOM or the Orbital Defense Grid. Please, come to the bridge, I believe the Fleet Admiral has a plan." the crewman said.
Anthony got dressed and was debriefed by the crewman. "Grace. Status." As he stepped in front of the conference table. A holographic figure of a female SPARTAN-II wearing MJOLNIR Mark V armour appeared beside him. She had green eyes and was fair haired with black hair. "Sir, we've gone dark. From what I've been able to figure out is that the Rifters may have something to do with this. That's why the Fleet Admiral and every UNSC and ONI ship within range was ordered by Ms. Hellenes to defend Earth and the Orbital Defense Grid." Just then, The Fleet Admiral appeared onscreen, "First Battle group, you're with me. Second and third, be ready to take out those cruisers, fourth and fifth battle groups, stay on the outer perimetre, I want the sixth and seventh battlegroups to stay together and follow us." Anthony nodded and and turned to Grace. "Grace, tell the Fleet Admiral that the Dance of Aurora is on it's way!"
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Post by Danny on Aug 13, 2009 2:58:49 GMT -5
"I've been given orders to Jump," Lorry said, taking his hand away from his ear. "Right then," Bishop sighed. He placed one hand in his pocket and walked to his chair. After finding a comfortable position, he pressed a button on his arm rest, openning a comm with the ship. "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. We are about to jump right into a hotzone, things will get messy and people will die. I need everyone giving 110%, Gods speed." he then gave Lorry the nod and their cruiser, along with the rest of the fleet jumped.
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Ioannes (He's a Rifter) had just returned to the bridge of his ship. "Are we ready?" he asked, stepping in front of the main view screen. "Yes sir," replied the crewmen. "Good, sync with the other ships and prepare to warp the the Human home world-" "Sir!" another crewmen called. "What is it?" Ioannes asked. "Human contacts? Dead ahead!" the crewmen replied. Ioannes immediately spun round and watched as the Human fleet arrived. "Fire!"
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"Give'em a big MAC," Bishop snarled. "Roger that, firing primary MAC cannon," Lorry replied, the ship then rumbled as the round was fired. "Enemy has opened fire," "Evasive maneuvers!" Bishop ordered. "Evasive maneuvers, aye," Claire replied.
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Post by Mitchell Edwin Johnson on Aug 14, 2009 15:23:22 GMT -5
"Captain, we've been given the orders to jump!" said Joker, one of the Aurora's pilots, "If you ask me though, Captain, I don't think it's really smart to ditch Earth." said continued. Anthony looked at Joker, "I agree, but orders are orders," he sat down in his captain's chair and looked at Grace. Grace nodded, "All shipboard personnel, prepare for slipspace jump! I repeat, prepare for slipspace jump!" Joker tapped some buttons on his keyboard and the bridges window's were covered by thick titanium plating and then went into slipspace.
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Anthony walked to the conference table "Grace, status report." he ordered. Grace manifested herself and the display of the battlefield appeared, "Sir, as soon as we came out of slipspace, three of our destroyers engaged the enemy. So far we've only lost seven ships. As for the Rifters, unknown. Fleet Admiral Parsons and took two Destroyers, and four frigates with him to locate and destroy the capital ship," she shook her head, "We lost the Fleet Admiral and his ships in that engagement." she finished. Anthony nodded and activated the ship's com system, "All hands! Stage 3 battlestations! I want all fighters out there! I want all the Vultures to act as defense!"
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Post by Danny on Aug 15, 2009 23:31:57 GMT -5
"Our hull just took several rounds from the Human fleet," a crewman reported. "And the damage?" Ioannes asked. "Minimal," the crewmen replied, trying to keep a straight face. Ioannes huffed and looked back at the scattered human fleet, "Is that all you have!?"
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"This was a mistake!" Ron called from his station, punching in coordinates to avoid enemy fire. "Lorry, punch it! Get us inside their fleet!" Bishop ordered. "What if their short range weapons are just as powerful as their long range ones?" Lorry asked. "It's a risk we have to take, now do it!"
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Post by Mitchell Edwin Johnson on Aug 16, 2009 0:23:17 GMT -5
Joker looked out the window at a Marathon Cruiser that was infiltrating the Rifters' attack line, "The hell?! Are they crazy?!" Anthony looked at Bishop's cruiser and thought to himself. "Follow them. Tell All of our Longswords and fighters to watch the Aurora's ass. Full burn!"
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Post by Spec-Opp Spartan on Aug 16, 2009 12:40:16 GMT -5
The UNSC Bavaria emerged from slipspace to join the human fleet. "Launch all Longsword squadrons..and get me the firing solutions for the MAC and mission pod A-F" said Otto. "aye sir" replyed a crewman. The modified Marathon Crusier hummed to life as the MAC charged. "40% sir the jump took away power from the MAC" said a crewman. "keep chargeing it...do we have our last resort" asked Otto. "aye sir do you want the nukes launch codes" asked the crewman. "yes upload them to my neural interface...load them in the Longsword" said Otto. "aye sir we will get on that straight away" said a crew member. "have the crew members ready incase they decide to board..also prepare our own boarding party just incase" said Otto. "I will inform the crew now sir" said the comn officer. "Attention boarding parties imbound" lied the comn officer so the crew was on high alert. (Ooc Should I use the Rifters Admiral here or is this too "small" of an engagement )
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Post by Mitchell Edwin Johnson on Aug 20, 2009 14:39:09 GMT -5
Joker maneuvered the Dance of Aurora right under the Epsilon. "Alright hold this formation until Grace and I can think of something." Anthony ordered. "Sir! Incomm-" Three explosions hit the Aurora, "Captain, we've been hit. Fortunatly, it wasen't enough to breach the hull. But we need to think of something before they start to think of using some heavier fire power." Two more ships appeared behind the Aurora, luckily, there were friendly. One was an ONI Prowler and a UNSC Destroyer. "This is UNSC ONI Prowler Normandy! We are here to assist!" The Normandy's Commander said. "UNSC Destroyer Infinite Justice here to help!" Said the Commander of the Infinite Justice.
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Aboard the Halcyon Class Cruiser, Alto Angelo, Atley Raines stood proudly in the Bridge as the battle progressed. "Sir," a crewman approached him, "That UNSC Supercarrier our spy is on has gone into slipspace, they'll be here in a matter of hours." Altey smiled. "Good, good. When he arrives, he informed me that he will be in a confiscated Longsword with our prize."
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Post by Danny on Sept 4, 2009 3:04:43 GMT -5
"Deploy fighters, take out their turrets along their hull," Bishop ordered, pacing around the bridge. "How's our ammunition?" he asked. "Running low, we have to stop wasting out MAC rounds," Lorry replied. "Wasting, excuse me?" "Sir, they're practically bouncing off their hull," Lorry said again. "Then what, what in gods name will hurt these things?" the Captain growled, sitting himself back into his chair. "More MAC rounds, sir?" Lorry suggested, almost sarcastically. "Hell, let's try that," Bishop said, frustrated. "All ships, abandon your targets and concentrate your fire on mine," he announced over the radio. He then proceeded to target a single Frigate like ship. "You know what to do, Lorry,"
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"According to our calculations, we should be victorious in approximately thirty seven minutes," a crewmen advised the General. "Long enough for me to enjoy it," he replied with a sigh. Suddenly, the Human ships halted their fire. "Perhaps they're out of ammunition?" a crewmen suggested. The firepower of the UNSC then reigned down upon a single Rifter Frigate, the force splitting the craft in half and it's fuel cores igniting into a spectacular explosion. "Forty three minutes," the crewmen corrected.
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Post by Spec-Opp Spartan on Sept 7, 2009 12:12:40 GMT -5
"MAC gun is hot sir" said the weapons officer. "well then shoot it at on of there ships...you have permission to fire at will unless a superior officer says otherwise" said Otto. He paused and considered launching the Longswords but decided against it as he didn't want to send them to certain death...at least not yet.
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Post by Mitchell Edwin Johnson on Sept 7, 2009 16:09:34 GMT -5
"Open up on that ship now!" Anthony ordered. He smiled a little at the explosion that just occured from the Rifter frigate. "we might actually live!" Joker said, happily.
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"What is this?! Why did they do that?!" Atley asked his crewman. "Sir, they're all grouping up on one ship at a time." a crewman answered. Atley sighed, "I've got it. As soon as they focus on another ship, hit them."
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Post by Danny on Sept 7, 2009 17:03:09 GMT -5
Ioannes stood shocked on the bridge of his ship. "Scatter formation! Make it harder for them to target it a single ship! Alert all ships, advise them to stay in motion," "Sir, our weapons are highly inaccurate at high speeds," a crewmen reported. "Then we ram them!"
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"Captain, they're powering their engines," Lorry advised. "Retreating?" Bishop replied with a glimmer of hope. "Negative, I don't think so," Lorry replied. "Let's pick another off before they get away, target a big one!" "A big one... aye sir," Lorry sighed.
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"Oh... uhh, General!" a crewmen cried. "What is it?" Ioannes spat. "A Human ship has targeted us!" the crewmen replied. "Then destroy it!" Ioannes yelled back. "So has another!... And another! They're all locking onto us!" a second crewmen cried. "Shields up! Began evasive maneuvers, dive, dive!"
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"Sir, the ship is attempting to flee," Lorry advised. "You can't run from the UNSC!" Ron yelled. "He can try. All ships, open fire." Bishop ordered.
"Everything! Fire everything on the Human ship that targeted us!" Ioannes roared. "We wont be able to destroy it at these speeds," a crewmen replied. "Brace for impact!" another cried. "I don't care, fire!" Ioannes ordered.
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Post by Spec-Opp Spartan on Sept 7, 2009 19:09:54 GMT -5
(Ooc aye sir ) "target that ship" said Otto as he pointed at the ship that was targeted by the others. "aye sir" said the weapons officer as a MAC round and a barrage of missles were unleashed from the Bavaria.
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Post by Mitchell Edwin Johnson on Sept 8, 2009 14:59:48 GMT -5
"Open up! all weapons fire!" Anthony yelled. "Sir! We've been targeted!" said a crewman. "Shit! evasive maneuvers!" "To late, Si-" The Aurora was hit. Badly. The roof of the main bridge was hit, sending everyone out into the dark vacuum of space. The Dance of Aurora floated lifelessly, although the rest of the ship was intact and in perfect condition, the bridge was now dead.
"This is Technical Officer Ashley Marcus! I am a crewman aboard the UNSC Dance of Aurora. Please! Send help! Alot of us are still alive and our AI is doing it's best to keep the life support system's on long enough for rescue. Please! Send help!"
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Post by Spec-Opp Spartan on Sept 8, 2009 15:26:20 GMT -5
"This is Major Otto Strauss of the UNSC Bavaria assistence is on the way" said Otto over the comn to the downed ship. "launch all Pelicans and have Longswords escort them...once they are done send the Longswords on a bombing run on one of the other ships to remind them that we are comeing for them" said Otto as he spun around in his chair and pointed out the viewing port. (Ooc I know what your thinking lol a Spartan spinning around in a chair...come on you know its fun). A warning siren flared as the hanger was opened and the ships deployed. "thank god you had the ship on full alert" said a bridge member. "yes..thank you" said Otto. He removed his helmet as it was hot in there plus he wanted to remind his crew he was just as human as the person next to him he just had special armor.
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