[Halo] New! San Angeles RPG

[Kairu]

Reynolds turned and greeted Burke who had just arrived. Reynolds: "Commander." Reynolds nodded back.

[Erex]

The Marine kept looking at it. Sergai: How old are you? Marine: Don't tell anyone i'm 16, I lied to get in on the action. I always wanted to fight the Covenant. Sergai: There is nothing glorious about it. Seeing your fellow brothers on the line laying down there lives, nothing glorious about it. If you are to be convincing about your age you need to act like it. I won't report you but stop staring at my scar. Marine: I didn't your kind could get scars. Sergai: We were once human now we are slaves to the UNSC to fight for human survival. We gave up our humanity to ensure the human race survives. If you find that glorious then you have another thing coming. I'm glad you are willing to risk imprisonment to fight for your people, but stop staring. Marine: Sorry, I'm Private Tellin. Sergai: Private Tellin stay close to me and you'll survive. Marine: Thanks!

[Naked Crook]

Meabwhile: Burke looked around the Observation deck of the Vigorous Inferno. He waited a moment, and then spoke up. Burke: Well...gentelemen...if I may be so bold as to ask...what's the plan? I hate to be grim, but our current situation is not a good one. Now...I am not expert in tactical scenario planning...but I seriously doubt we have the necessary man-power and effective military strength to strike back at The Covenant. We just suffered heavym and disproportionate losses in the last engagement. All of our ships are damaged in some way, and, the fact of the matter is...The Covenant is covering San Angeles in their ground forces, slowly overpowering our people on the surface. Burke paused. Burke: Again...I hate to be grim...but we are in a pretty rough patch right now. Meanwhile: Xyrho was on the bridge of his damaged Corvette. His Corvette had retreated from Whitewater, and moved roughly 30 miles away from the battle zone. Xyrho was currently looking over the level of damage that his ship had suffered, and he knew that his ship was of little to no value at this point. Xyrho knew his mission. He knew why he was here, and he was not prepared to let a setback like this stop him from completing his mission. He knew how important his task was, not only to The Covenant, but to himself. It was his first chance, in many years, to actually touch, and be physically near what he considered to be Holy. He was bothered by the fact that he had allowed Humans to delay him, to push him further away from his objective, but he was not ready to accept defeat. Her was not ready to allow these Humans to keep him away forever. Xyrho sat in his command chair, contemplating his next move, until he finally got to his feet, in a fit of anger. He roared. The other Elites on the bridge looked at Xyrho. They remained silent. They knew Xyrho was about to give orders, just based on the way he was standing. Xyrho: I want all of our available Elites ready to deploy to the surface of this world immediately! I want every Spec-Op ready. I want every Major, Field Marshal, and General with their soldiers ready for deployment immediatly! I want them in the hanger bay, ready to deploy! Elite Minor: It will be done Shipmaster! Xyrho: I will be personally leading these Elites into battle. THis vessel is of no further tactical value, so once I have departed, this ship is to return to our Fleet, and begin immediate repairs! Elite Minor: Yes, Shipmaster. With that, Xyrho turned, and walked off the bridge of his Corvette, heading to the Hanger Bay, ready to deploy everything he had against UNSC Regional HQ Bravo in an attempt to not only take it away from The Humans, but to kill every single Human that dares to impede his mission.

[Erex]

A First sergeant walks up to Sergai. Malren: Spartan, I'm First Sergeant Malren. Sergai: Good to meet you. Malren: Hey I'm with you alright? Me and my squad are with you. Sergai: Looks like everyones squad is with me or Camerons.

[Kairu]

Reynolds paused and thought hard. He knew full well that Burke was right and the odds were against them, but it was their duty to ensure they tried to hold a colony as long as possible. Reynolds: "How far away are reinforcements? We could do our best to slipspace out on the other side of San Angeles and have them rendezvous. Then push for another assault. Keep them ahead to take the initial brunt of the attack and have who we have now and pincer them."

[Naked Crook]

Burke: Again...I am not an expert, but I do know this; our slipspace capabilities are nowhere near as precise as the Covenant's slipspace capabilities. Statistically speaking, if we were to jump our ships such a short distance, we run the risk of one of those ships re-entering normal space, inside of San Angeles. The possibility is very real, and not worth the risk, in my opinion. Burke paused. Burke: Now, of course, the decision ultimatly belongs to Admiral Harrison. However, I will go on record stating that I cannot advice a course of action that could cause cataclysmic harm to San Angeles.

[Kairu]

Reynolds took a pause to offer a counter-argument to Burke's counter. He kept his tone calm to ensure that he didn't incite internal conflict. Reynolds: "Then perhaps we can even have them just outside the area considered the "margin of error"? That way worst comes to worst, they won't enter the planet."

[Naked Crook]

Burke: That would solve the problem of potentially opening a Slipspace rupture inside of the planet. However...the further we move out, the more time The Covenant will have to analyze our plan, react, and adapt to our tactics. Assuming we try a standard pincer attack, The Covenant could simply rush, and consequently decimate, one half of the battle group while the other half was still trying to get into position. Burke paused. Burke: I understand what you are suggesting Captain Reynolds, and it is a good idea. However, this plan does leave the door open to potential disaster. I am not saying that there is a plan without risk of disaster. What I am saying is that the risks involved are not worth the slim chance of us even being able to route The Covenant from San Angeles. Burke paused. Burke: I hate to say this...but I do not think Naval strategy alone is going to allow us to win this conflict. We need something more. Meanwhile: Xyrho had made his way to the hanger bay of his Corvette. He could see that his highest ranking Elites had all gathered, and that they were prepared for ground action. Xyrho was please to see his fellow warriors so prepared for battle. He had always found the fighting spirit of his species to be a refreshing notion. As Xyrho made his way across the Hanger Bay, he was approached by Voro. Voro: Shipmaster...I have prepared my best Special Operations ELites, and I have set them aside. It was my understanding that you were to be joining us on the field of battle. My finest Spec-Op Elites are at your command. Xyrho: Excellent. I am pleased to hear this. This should work well with what I have in mind. Voro: If I may be so bold Shipmaster...what do you have in mind? Xyrho: I am very confident that I have a plan that will allow us to take our desired target in very short order. I believe I will be able to issue a swift and viscious defeat on the Humans who occupy the building that we require access to in order to complete our mission. Xyrho paused. Xyrho: I intend to hit these humans in a way they will not be expecting. Xyrho paused again. Xyrho: Voro...how many Elites do we still have on the surface of this world? Voro: Well...from our initial Assault...we are still many strong. From what I last heard, there were still dozens of platoons on the surface, all around the human city. Why do you ask? Xyrho: We must mobilize those soldiers, gather them up, and unify their effective strength. We will need their courage and their ferocity in the coming battle if my plan is to succeed. Voro: Shipmaster...what is the plan? Xyrho laughed. Xyrho: I will be explaining that momentarily. Xyrho paused. He turned away, and contact the bridge of his Corvette. Xyrho: Bridge...this is Shipmaster Xyrho. Contact all of our ground forces who are currently within the boundaries of the Human city.. Open a direct line of communication between myself, and our warriors on the ground. One of the Elites on the bridge responded over the comm. Elite Minor: Yes, Shipmaster. I am carrying out your orders now. The Elite Minor, who was on the bridge, used this ships communication relays, to contact every Elite that was still in White Water...Elites that were awaiting further orders.

[Kairu]

Reynolds: "I take no offense, Commander. Then what about ODSTs? I am not all that familiar with the exact technicals, but do you think one of their pods could bust through a Covenant ship's hull? Assuming we can get the shields down? The way I figure it, if so, we could use the rest of our reserves tear apart a few ships from the inside and still maintain a hit and run attack vectors." MEANWHILE ON THE SURFACE Vhat' heard his helmet comm speaker make a noise. He duckedbehind cover, awaiting a response.

[Erex]

Sergai: Hey Tye, question some marines wanna go on a patrol, you want me to go with them? First Sergeant Malren and his team are about to head out for a recon patrol. Over.