User:Justanothergrunt/Incident aboard the Joyful and the Onlooker

The Incident aboard the Joyful and the Onlooker, was a small battle between Lokstok's rebels and the Covenant.

Prelude
Lokstok had been for two years now, systematically assassinating Covenant figures in the miliatary, and several Cruisers had been hunting him for some time.

One of these was the cruiser, The Joyful and the Onlooker, which came across Lokstoks ship the Anger and Retaliation.

Boarded
Lokstok instantly realised that the cruiser opposing him had far superior firepower, so he ordered his crew to board the oncoming vessel, it was done before the Covenant cruiser could fire a single shot.

Three squads guarded the doors, but Lokstok and his rebel band were faster, more experienced, and had done the exact same thing before. The Guards were dead in minutes.

In The Ship
The rebels split up in two, along the left and right side of the ship, with bombs being placed in all the escape pods, as well as another four squads being, virtually trampled to death, by the oncoming rebels.

In the Cockpit, Kanjetee armed his plasma sword as the doors opened, with seven squads besides him, their guns primed on the doors. The rebels entered, and many were mowed down by the unexpected barrage, then the hunters moved in and crushed much of the defenses. Kanjetee stabbed his sword through the gut of one of the beasts, and it fell. In rage the remaining hunter fired it's Fuel Rod Cannon wildly, destroying the viewing window. Rebel and Covenant alike were sucked into space.

In The Belly Of The Ship
Lokstok had not been among those at the cockpit, and with his small bodyguard of Brutes, had travelled to the prison level to find new recruits.

Rima readied his Plasma Pistol at the elevator door, he had heard screams from the floor above and looked at the pessimisstic looks on his fellow grunt's faces.

Lokstok bashed down the door, and looked at the startled Grunts and Elites before him. With a swing of his hammer, several flew into the wall.

Rima stared at the huge Brute before him, and fired. Burning plasma singed the Brutes hands, and he dropped his weapons. His bodygaurds rushed forwards, but soon they were shot down. Lokstok, unarmed, throttled the nearest Elite before backing into the elevator.

Retreating
The ship was in absolute chaos, alarms rang, bodies were found and mourned, and the Captain was missing.

Rima instinctively ordered the remaining Grunts to follow, as he jumped into the elevator in pursuit of the Brute.

Lokstok ran through the corridors crushing and stabbing the few who got in his way. Nearing his own ship, he noticed the other elevator, it opened and he was caught in a hail of plasma, that melted the remainder of his armour. Barely alive he squashed the nearest grunt, before relising a Plasma Grenade was stuck to his foot, he was blown back into his own ship.

Aftermath

 * Lokstok Cyrogenically froze himself in his near death and mutilated state for healing and would be reawakend during the Human Covenant War.
 * Rima was promoted, and deemed one of the most Courageous and Heroic Grunts.