User:Spartan 501/Battle of the Kamos System

Summary
September 1st, 2552.

0500 Hours

UNSC Deadalis exits slipspace in Kamos system. The ship is crippled and begins a drift towards the system's primary planet.

0501 Hours

The UNSC Apollo and Vulcan's Hammer exit slipspace. The UNSC Apollo contacts the Deadalis and sends an engineering team to the ship. Apollo commander informs Captain Rebecka Morgan that SPARTAN-358 is aboard the ship, and has rigged a captured boarding craft with a NOVA bomb set to go off when a significant Covenant force is detected. He also informs her that they left the homing beacon active, broadcasting the location to all nearby Covenant forces. UNSC forces begin collecting assets from the surface of Kamos, the planet of the system.

0600 Hours

A Covenant CCS-class cruiser detects the homing beacon and realizes humans control the ship. The ship promptly slips to Kamos and alerts the Prophets.

0600 Hours

UNSC ground forces, working with SPARTAN-358 and his team, are dropped to the surface and discover a large armory on the planet. They discover Archer Missiles, MAC rounds, nukes, all plentiful enough to resupply the Deadalis and the other ships. Recon Team Charlie, a marine unit, discovers prototype MJOLNIR Mk. VI armor suits. SPARTAN-358 and the others investigate and don the armor.

0950 Hours

Repair of the UNSC Deadalis is complete, with the Deadalis functioning at 78%. UNSC forces prepare to leave. Repair teams return to the UNSC Apollo.

0951 Hours

Covenant CCS-class cruiser enters system. UNSC forces scramble all fighters. Covenant ship prepares a invasion force. Shipmaster of the ship leads groundforces personally.

0957 Hours

Large invasion force of seraphs, spirits, and phantoms launch and head towards the surface. UNSC forces drop HEV pods towards surface to help the limited ground forces stationed there. Covenant ships begin to move insystem. UNSC forces launch Pelicans containing marine forces towards the planet. Captain Morgan orders the ground forces to prepare for attack and tells them to not attempt to make for the orbiting ships.

0958 Hours

UNSC forces launch Rapier-class Interceptors and Longsword Fighter Bombers to escort Pelican dropships to the ground and help destroy incomming enemy dropships. Numerous ships on both sides are shot down.

1006 Hours

Ground combat begins in earnest as dropships deposit Wraith mortar tanks and elite infantry to the ground. In orbit, CCS-class cruiser closes on UNSC forces.

1008 Hours

UNSC prepares a counter response and destroys several enemy tanks, fielding their own scorpion tank and a M12 LRV. Covenant forces inflict heavy damage with rains of plasma grenades. Marine forces hold their own against grunt and hunter units. Sniper fire from SPARTANs decimates elite units.

1020 Hours

SPARTANs 359 and 400 are killed in combat. UNSC forces drive back remaining Covenant forces to an isolated cave. Shipmaster and his personal guard are the only remaining ground forces, and all Covenant dropships are destroyed by human fightercraft.

1020 Hours

In orbit, all forces finally engage. UNSC Deadalis takes a plasma torpedo and survives.

1021 Hours

UNSC forces fire salvos of missiles, but UNSC Vulcan's Hammer is destroyed by pulse laser fire. Covenant cruiser fires a plasma torpedo at UNSC Deadalis, but Apollo takes the shot for the damaged frigate.

1022 Hours

UNSC fighters eliminate all remaining enemy single ships in both atmosphere and space. UNSC orbital teams fire two MAC salvos and destroy the enemy frigate.

1023 Hours

Additional Covenant forces arrive, including eight ships. UNSC groundforces eliminate all remaining enemy units, and return to dropships.

1029 Hours

UNSC forces dock with orbital craft as covenant units close on the fleet.

1030 Hours

UNSC forces jump out of system towards Sol. NOVA bomb detonates and destroys all Covenant forces in the area.