[Halo] New! San Angeles RPG

[Erex]

Ace and his team were moving through the woods when they found a wraith on a dirt road as if it was waiting for something. Ace:Duece get your rocket ready. Duece:Apready ahead of you. Duece took aim and when ready he fired the rocket. Duece puts a smile on his face from under the visor. Duece:Watch it go boom. The wraith exploded alerting enemy units nearby. Ace:Lets give em hell. Ace opens fire with his assault rifle putting several uggnoy and jackals down. Out of nowhere an elite popped up. Angel pulled out her rifle and started to shoot at the Elite.

[Hells Sniper]

The pelican carrying Suicide Squad and Jacob was en route to White River. Jacob went to the cockpit and spoke to the pilot. Jacob: Ready for a hot drop, CPO? CPO: Roger, Captain. I'm dropping you on the roof of the Bentz and then flying out. Jacob nodded. Jacob; Excellent...keep on call, I may need you MacLaren. MacLaren: Yessir. With that, Jacob left the cockpit and headed to the end of the bay. He turned to Suicide Squad. Jacob: Gentlemen, lady. CPO MacLaren is dropping you back off at the Inferno. You did a hell of a job...take a breather. Meanwhile: Omega Legion was moving towards the Bentz Hotel, forming up with other squadrons and moving as fast as they could. From what they could hear the Covenant was slowing down assaults on multiple areas. They must have been massing units for one giant push. Many of the marines already knew they wouldn't be able to fight them all...they would have to hold the line until the last man. And everyone accepted it. White River was the biggest city on San Angeles, and many marines had family in the city. They would die to give the civilians enough time to evacuate, even if it cost them their own lives. Concurrently far above the planet of San Angeles: Dangerus stood atop his bridge. For every minute that passed, elites were being killed on San Angeles, a thought he didn't mind, but humans were also being sparred. A thought he needed to eliminate. Dangerus was unsure of how to proceed, he would be unable to unload troops with the minefield and he could not just sit and wait. He would have to act, risking the lives of his troops and his fleet. Dangerus pondered the possibilities, he could lead a corvette or two into the nuclear field and activate it, giving his fleet a straight shot at the human navy...but whose to say that plan would work? The humans could in fact let the corvettes through and then annihilate them as soon as they were clear of the nukes, thus leaving Dangerus two ships short and wasting lives for no reason.

[Kairu]

The Elite carrying Lauren made it into the main Covenant Assault Base for White River. They currently had her restrained. Cochraine finally came to, and she freaked out. There were two Elites there with her, an Ultra and a Zealot. The Zealot nodded. The Ultra was holding a Covenant datapad and upon the signal, he threw it at Lauren's feet. The datapad was to serve as a translator. The Zealot began to speak. Zealot: "Human, if you value your life, you will do what I ask." Cochraine watched the translator work and when it finished, she turned her head away. The Ultra swung a jab at Cochraine's chest. Lauren began to cough and choke. Zealot: "I will tell you again, Human. Work with us or you die." Cochraine watched the translator translate. Upon its completion, Cochraine spat in the Zealot's face. The Zealot cursed in Sangheili, the translator doing its job and translated the curse. Cochraine smirked at the aggravation of her torturer. The Ultra slugged Lauren in the chest again, in the same spot as before. Zealot: "Human, if you help us, we will let you go back to your pitiful people before you die." Cochraine was coughing up blood now, when she finally regained her senses and breathing, she was drooling some blood. Lauren looked at the translated deal. Cochraine: "Beating me won't help you. I'll keep resisting." Cochraine was beginning to think of any way to use the situation to her advantage. Cochraine: "Suppose I do choose to help, what would I be doing?" Zealot: "Agree or die. You will know when you accept." Cochraine sat there for a moment. The Ultra was about to swing again, when Lauren spoke up. Cochraine: "Alright! I'll help! Just... just don't hit me again." The Ultra lowered his fist. The Zealot began to speak again. Zealot: "We need you to sabotage the Human fleet. Both fleet's are at a standstill between a field of your Human warheads. I want you to move your ships into the warhead field." Cochraine: "You want me to kill my people for yours? You can go fuck yourself!" The Ultra hit her three more times. Twice in the back and the third being on her unharmed side of her face. Cochraine's face was now bruised and swollen. That's when she began to cry. The Zealot grabbed her by the hair allowing the Ultra to take another swing at her. Cochraine: "F- fine... I'll do it." The Zealot unrestrained her. He led her to a terminal in the base. The Ultra stood behind her at the edge of the room, his plasma rifle out and readied, should Lauren try anything. The Zealot gave a very brief rundown of the system and how far they attempted to get. All they needed was an access code. Lauren began typing the first part of the code. Then the voice recognition portion. Lauren: "Voice Authorization Lieutenant Commander Lauren Cochraine, Charlie-Alpha-Johnson-Whiskey-4-5-Romeo-9." The screen went black for a moment for authentication. Meanwhile on the Mind's Attrition Bridge Officer: "Captain Reynolds, someone is using Lt. Commander Cochraine's old access codes to hijack the ship's navigation." Reynolds was in deep thought until his concentration broke over the news. He got up from thethe command chair and went to personally see the code. Reynolds: "It's her. Just go with it. Manually override and grant permission." Back on the Suface - Covenant Assault Base near White River The terminal screen Lauren was working on showed the UNSC emblem. Cochraine: "I'm in, beginning the navigation override." Instead of overriding the Mind's Attrition's navigation, she was sending a message to the terminal monitoring her activity. Back in Orbit Reynolds was still watching the terminal with the bridge officer. He read the message and then following the message was a sequence of numbers. The bridge officer jotted down the numbers, and when doing so, he realized they were her coordinates and in turn, the base's position. Reynolds took the jotted coordinates. He went back to his chair. Reynolds: "Get me Admiral Harrison now!" The comm officer pushed a few buttons and was awaiting a confirmation response. Back in the Covenant Base The Zealot had returned and inspected Cochraine's progress. Everything seemed normal until he saw the number sequence. Although not fluent in Human language, he recognized coordinates when he saw them. He signalled the Ultra with a nod to take Cochraine away. The Ultra happily abliged dragging Cochraine by her hair into an empty room. When the Ultra and the injured Human officer got there, the Ultra restrained her to the chains hanging from the ceiling. From there, that's when the Ultra resumed beating the woman. All Cochraine was thinking now was how much she hoped for a rescue. Knowing Reynolds, she knew that even if he could get a team to rescue her, at least she would die in the carpet bomb and in the line of duty

[Hells Sniper]

Meanwhile on the bridge: A bridge officer turned to Harrison. Officer: Admiral! Captain Reynolds is hailing you, priority one! Harrison simply nodded and the link with Reynold's ship was secured. Harrison spoke to the nearest comm uplink. Harrison: Harrison here, what is going on, Captain?

[Naked Crook]

Nighthawk looked at Anaconda. Nighthawk: Look...the fact is, I am going to need more time to get this done. This is not like last time, when I managed to hop onto the comm line to get into their network. Right now, The Covenant has a closed system going on, and there is no point of ingress. It is totally closed, and I cannot find a weakness to exploit. I simply need to wait until The Covenant give me a chance to break in. Anything will do...anything. Hell...if we can capture a Phantom, I might be able use that as a point of ingress onto their battlenet simply due to the fact it would already be networked onto their battlenet Anaconda: A Phantom? What about the one sitting in the hanger bay? Nighthawk: Well...that could work...it might work. Hypothetically speaking, I could pull the same trick like I did with the Supercarrier. However, The only reason it worked last time was because The Supercarrier was expecting Phantoms to be coming and going. However...if The Covenant spots a Phantom on unscheduled approach...they might not be so welcoming. Ideally, I need something that belongs to this battle group, that is already on the battlenet. I can use anything. Anaconda: So...I am guessing we are going to have to hit the surface? Let's face it...we will not find any opportunities if we sit on the bridge of this ship. Nighthawk: We are going to have to hit the surface sooner or later. The sooner, the better. Anaconda nodded. He turned and he grabbed his Hammer, that was leaning on the wall, and he holstered it on his back. Nighthawk: Ohhh...one more thing... Anaconda grunted. Nighthawk: I know we are here, because of The Covenant...but...there is something else that I have in mind... Anaconda: I think I know what it is. The Trust...right? Nighthawk: Well...yeah. The Trust has interests on this planet...and...well, what good are we if we can't fuck up their interests? Anaconda: I recall you saying something about...Risk Takers...but...that was all you said. Nighthawk: Again...I am unsure what that is...but there is absolutely no mention of it on the ONI Information Net. I have zero consultation on it, zero input...yet...it is considered an R&D Project. I wanna figure out what the hell this is, and, if necessary, put an end to it...if only to stick it to Spender. Anaconda: If we have time...and if we can get any information on it. First and foremost...we have a bigger problem. We can hunt The Trust any time...but this world...may not have a future if we screw around. Nighthawk: Fair enough. I will keep trying to get us intel and see if I can get us something solid to go on...on both fronts. Nighthawk shrugged. Nighthawk: In the mean time...let's hit the surface. I got our truck fixed from the last time we used it...and it is good to go. It should be hooked up to The Vulture. All we gotta do is...fly down there. Nighthawk paused. Nighthawk: Yeah... Anaconda: Yes...just..."fly" down there. It sounds so easy when you put it that way. Forget the UNSC and Covenant AA guns we will be flying through. Nighthawk: That is what the Stealth systems are for. I know how not to be seen. Anaconda grunted, as he turned and left the bridge. Nighthawk followed in tow, all the way down to the hanger bay.

[Kairu]

Reynolds: "Admiral, I have the coordinates of a Covenant base. It is several miles out from the city of White River. I ny first officer is inside. I need a team for extraction, immediately."

[Hells Sniper]

Harrison: Covenant base? Harrison paused, this could be the place where the attack is being launched from. Harrison: Captain...I do not have time or men for extraction. I need that base destroyed now, it is possibly the launching site for a major Covenant attack on White River, all available units are getting sent there! Harrison paused again, he took a look at the holomap of White River. Units were massing at Bentz Hotel in defense. Harrison: I'm sorry Captain...but I need to carpet bomb that area at once.

[Kairu]

Reynolds: "Sir, she is an important asset to this ship. She may know other details to the invasion that we'd wind up destroying in the bombing. I must ask you to send in a team and get her."

[Hells Sniper]

Harrison: Captain, at the moment, I see no tactical advantage to this base besides the destruction of it. I have units spread thin...and an army massing on White River. The longer we discuss this, the longer my men have to hold out. Harrison sighed and shook his head. Harrison: I'm sorry Captain...but I cannot risk it.

[Kairu]

Reynolds: "For God's sake, Admiral! There must be someone in reserve! A team you can send in to get her! The bridge officers did their best not to share the sympathy and pity with Reynolds, who was also trying not to break out into tears on the bridge. The fleet and Harrison had enough to worry about, and Reynolds was sure a sobbing captain was one of those things Harrison could do without.