Not long ago, I read a post by someone who's name I forget. He suggested that Colonel ackerson from the Halo books stole some Spartans away for testing on the Halo's. I thought this was a very good idea. Then, I read another guys story of A Grunt Messiah. I was inspired and armed with a plot. I've spent ages on this so please enjoy. More parts are on the way.
Spartan III
Landfall-Part one
0135(Ship’s Time), September 19, 2552 (Military Calendar) /UNSC cruiser Pillar of Autumn, location unknown.
Medic Andrew Crauford had never been the most enthusiastic soldier that the UNSC had to offer. Tall, quiet and a steadfast atheist, he had been conscripted straight out of his course in Medicine at Oxford University and put on this ship. At first he thought he was safe, what with all that Titanium between him and The Covenant. Not so. Now, Captain Keyes had given the order to abandon ship and The Covenant swarmed over the Pillar Of Autumn, both inside and out. His good friend Wayne Picton, stood nearby, MA5B held ready.
“Go on, get inside and get it ready, Kaori.” He said.
He spoke to the female pilot, Kaori Ditama. It was her job to get the lifeboat ready to drop.
Meanwhile, Andrew, Wayne and three other crewmen and Marines had to hold off The Covenant Boarders. Down to their right, the airlock had closed and sealed that attack route off, leaving the left hand corridor, the one that they’d barricaded and fortified with crates and debris.
A pack of grunts had just rushed their position and died for their efforts, and all had gone eerily quiet. Wayne ran a hand through his brown hair and asked:
“Well, would anyone like to guess where the Bastards went?”
Suddenly, a crewman at the barricade was lifted up and slammed into the wall, apparently by thin air. Slowly, his neck began to puncture with the pressure exerted on it, the crimson blood dropping on the floor.
“There! Look! It’s an Elite!” yelled Crauford, pointing at a blurred section of air before the struggling crewman. The others levelled their weapons and let loose their arsenal, three MA5B assault rifles, a plasma rifle and an M6D pistol. Not much, but it worked. The Elite’s Camo generator overloaded, along with his shield. He roared, put his Plasma rifle into his left hand, and while holding onto the pinned crewman, filled the nearest human with enough plasma to power a city block for two minutes. Taken aback by their allies’ death, the survivors stepped away.
“This is for Reach, you Bastard.” Gargled the stricken crewman, whose lifeblood was pouring away. He had unholstered his Pistol and jabbed it into the Elite’s mouth. He pulled the trigger and the high velocity bullet tore out the back of the killer’s head and sprayed brain matter and skin over the wall. In it’s death throes, the Elite’s hand spasmed and clamped down on the soldier’s neck so hard it cracked. Taking dog tags if they could, the survivors could hear more grunts approaching.
“All right, we’re ready to go!” called Kaori from inside the lifeboat.
Andrew, Wayne and the surviving Marine boarded onto the boat and it shot off into space.
The Grunts scaled the barricade and observed the space around them. Was this all that the previous pack had died for? Maybe it was because the last lot were no good at their job.
“Hey, boss, what’s this?” one of them squawked.
A red armoured Grunt waddled over and inspected the object his comrade was looking at. It was a square and had a counter on the top.
“How the Hell should I know?”
That was all the Grunt got to say as the C-12 Private Wayne Picton had left behind detonated and wiped out the entire pack of Grunts.
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Wat i miss? aaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwww thers nothig new. dang [Edited on 9/16/2006]
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Um... yay?
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It may not have been as well written as other parts of your fan fic butI just like battles involving camo elites.
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OK, I didn't think of it as that spectacular myself.
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[quote] Constance was knocked to the floor. Her vision was swimming. She couldn’t begin to predict how strong that Elite was. It had taken her shields down with a single hit. Hirofumi looked dead, and the rest were taking shots in the dark at the camouflaged enemy. The Elite was bringing the butt of its gun down. She rolled aside just in time, the gun butt actually splitting the concrete a little where it hit. She had lost her Battle Rifle somewhere, and instead put her M6D to use. The bullets rocked the Elite back, the impact making it stagger. “Take down The Elite! Take it down!” She cried. Dieter and the others took aim on the Elite. A hail of lead wore its shield down until the alien was dead. [/quote]I don't know why but i really like this part.
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Because I don't. But this is off-topic. Favourite bit?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Colonel Corbec How do I live? I eat, play Xbox, sleep etc. Simple.[/quote] Ah, I see. Most people have MSN or some form of instant messanger. why don't you?
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How do I live? I eat, play Xbox, sleep etc. Simple.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Colonel Corbec I haven't got any Instant Messaging stuff. Sorry. [/quote] how do you live??
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[quote]That’s it no more?[/quote] That is it, I'm afraid. I might start a sequel, but stories are time consuming and I still need to figure out the specifics. My advice is this, if you still want to come back and read some parts every now and then, put it into your favourites. [quote]Can you still call this a "brand new" fan fic, its 2 and a half months old[/quote] I don't know how to change the title. Sorry. [quote]Keep reding just bits and bobs on it. But it's a great story.[/quote] It is, Isn't it? [quote]Thanks. Also, if you do have an instant messenger, I'd like to know your username. We could trade ideas, brainstorm, etc. Just waiting for a new chapter now.[/quote] I haven't got any Instant Messaging stuff. Sorry. However, I'm keen to hear some feedback. What was your favourite scene/part/chapter? That way, if I ever get around to a sequel, then I could include more of the same. (Please make descriptions in-depth.)
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Thanks. Also, if you do have an instant messenger, I'd like to know your username. We could trade ideas, brainstorm, etc. Just waiting for a new chapter now.
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I keep reding just bits and bobs on it. but it's a great story.
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can you still call this a "brand new" fan fic, its 2 and a half months old
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Thats it no more? [Edited on 8/19/2006]
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Cool, good luck.
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I know. This is somewhat like a Last Stand against the Covenant. Another Forerunner structure was discovered and a battalion will stop at nothing to learn it's secrets. A strike team, ODSTs, are sent in to neutralize and hold the area. It goes downhill from there.
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Cool, but you might want to know that the UNSC de-nationalised everything.
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I'll be waiting! Meanwhile, typing a small fanfic of my own, on Earth. US, one of the states before the Covenant fully conquer Earth.
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Yeah. I'll get around to it when I can find time.
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Ohhh..... D'oh. Forgot about that. But yeah, that's true. I say go for it. Should be interesting once all hell breaks loose.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Laser Heh. True, true, but how many would mysteriously disappear over night while on patrol, do you think? Sure, they could be there, but there'd have to be some pretty beefed up security or something.[/quote] It would only've gone to hell when the Covenant arrived and disabled the shield generator.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Spartan 2029 nice story.[/quote] Thank you.
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nice story.
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Heh. True, true, but how many would mysteriously disappear over night while on patrol, do you think? Sure, they could be there, but there'd have to be some pretty beefed up security or something.
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I think that Ackerson would've had time to settle down there. If you look around the Sentinel Wall level, you'll see that there are several crates. Some of which are "Food Prep Stations." Now, I don't think that the soldiers you see around the level had time to make a meal, do you?