[Halo] New! San Angeles RPG

[Kairu]

As Fireteam Harmony continued to fight their way out of the Clarity of Absolution, Axlon periodically monitored the self-destruct timer. As they entered the hangar, the team was in a large firefight. Enemies were closing in from all sides, surrounding Harmony into a small group. Robertson: "Anyone got a good idea?" The team continued shooting in every direction, killing anything getting too close. Axlon: "I can think of a few, but we'd need to do this perfectly in order for it to work right." Arman: "What's our time?" Axlon looked at the PDA which showed a large set of red numbers. SELF-DESTRUCT INITIATED 2:13 REMAINING Axlon: "About two minutes, Boss Lady." Arman: "Whatever you're going to do, do it Corporal!" Axlon: "First let's move to one of these phantoms!" The team kept their backs facing the hangar bay shields as they continued to shoot. They had shifted with their backs to a phantom. Axlon: "Private Cadieux, get on board, lock the docking clamps and seal the ship. Keep it pressurized." Robertson: "Are you going to do, what I think you are?" Axlon: "If you mean depressurize the hangar bay, then yes! Everyone seal your helmets and maglock your boots!" Fireteam Harmony did just that as they continued to shoot at their closest targets. Axlon pressed furiously at his PDA the countdown still looming in the corner. 1:15 REMAINING Very suddenly, the barriers on the hangar doors opened. Anything that wasn't locked down began venting into space. Axlon let this continue for another few seconds ensuring an easy and cleaner getaway. He pressed a button on the PDA which began repressurizing the hangar. He looked at the countdown again and made it the top alert. 54 SECONDS REMAINING Axlon: "No more time, everyone! Time to leave!" Fireteam Harmony boarded the same phantom Cadieux had secured. When everyone was on board, she relinquished her seat to Axlon, the one with the most familiarity with the tech. He fired up the phantom and it began to skip all pre-flight checks. 18 SECONDS REMAINING Axlon: "Dammit there's no time!" Axlon slammed his fist on the console and the phantom skipped all diagnostics. He was eyeballing the countdown every few seconds. Axlon: "Strap in everyone! This is going to be close!" The phantom began whizzing off, leaving the ship just as the countdown stopped. 00:00 REMAINING SELF-DESTRUCT IN PROGRESS The phantom didn't even make it 100 meters out of the Clarity of Absolution when the ship began to explode. Bits and pieces from the ship scattered everywhere, either damaging or destroying ships and objects in its path. The phantom Harmony was on was doing its best to stay ahead of the explosion, but the chain reaction and debris soon engulfed the phantom, causing systems to fail. Axlon: "Hang on! We're going down!" The phantom soon descended down towards San Angeles below. Axlon was doing his best to keep the phantom level, as he began altering the trajectory towards Carver. Axlon sat in the pilot seat, hoping that they all wouldn't die in the crash, otherwise escape was a waste of time. However, he held hope, hope that a Human squad would investigate before the Brutes. Cadieux watched San Angeles creep closer rather quickly and she thought how ironic her first real assignment was the one she died on. STILL IN ORBIT With the Clarity of Absolution blowing another hole in the Covenant fleet, Reynolds quietly cheered on his team. He immediately began radioing anyone from Harmony. Reynolds: "Master Sergeant Arman, this is Captain Reynolds, please come in." Arman's voice was broken by static and the sound of the phantom being ripped apart as it continued its descent. Arman: "Captain, we're escaped on a phantom and plummeting towards the planet. Mission successful. We lost Staff Sergeant Sierra on board, but we picked up Calhoun from Fireteam Zanzibar. Make our victory count Sir." The line filled with the crashing and cut out shortly after. Reynolds looked out the window as the trail of smoke began to dissipate against San Angeles' beautiful blue and green. Reynolds: "Alright, open fire on the new hole! Let's make this count! Any ship with their shields down, take them down!" Anderson: "But Sir, Commander Burke ordered ships to triangulate on the command ship." Reynolds: "I know what the orders are, but I am NOT going to let their mission go to waste. We have a chance to further reduce the Covenant fleet, and I'm taking it! Any other objections will be noted in my report." Everyone on board was quiet, fearful to speak out. However, the Mind's Attrition directed it's fire at the new Covenant hole, destroying the several other crippled ships left behind by Fireteam Harmony.