User:Phalanx Actual/Fall of Misriah

The Battle of Mars occured in 2552, during the Covenant's invasion into the Sol system. The battle of Mars lasted 14 days, and signified the end of the last human colony. The UNSC redirected most of the fleet inward toward Earth, after losing Reach the morale within the UNSC forces stationed on Mars was at its lowest. Reports of suicide and riots were at their highest within the martian cities, a stark contrast compared to Earth. The UNSC Sol Defense Group A/3 had been stationed on Mars when the Io station was destroyed by the Prophet of Regrets fleet.

When the Covenant breached the Martian lines, Sol Defense Group A/3 called for immediate reinforcements, knowing the worst would follow. Reinforcements were denied and the remaining UNSC ordered A/3 to fall back toward Earth. A/3's CO Vice Admiral Harold Stanforth refused to let Mars' citizens fall without a fight. In command of the UNSC Astra, a UNSC Ground Support vessel, Defense Group A/3's 3 Vessels, the Astra, the UNSC DD-Daedelus Eye and the UNSC HFG-Epimetheus, he engaged the Covenant fleet to no avail.

Khotta 'Moramee's fleet of 22 Cruisers and a Covenant Supercarrier that survived the Fall of Reach decimated the UNSC defense group. But not before the UNSC Astra deployed all their ground support units, a collective group of 50 Albatross Dropships and 30 Pelicans along with 14 dropships from the other vessels to the surface of Mars. The ORION II's Head Quarters, located 22 Km North of the Misriah Complex deployed all the ORION II's to the front line, to establish a Perimeter around the Misriah complex which contained all of the UNSC's weapons research and prototype SPI Mk. III suits.

ORION's Special Operations Detatchment was deployed on the outer perimeter of Misriah, while the other generations of ORION IIs were evacuated to assist in the battle of Earth. After the ensuing battle which cost the UNSC forces defending Misriah 200,000cR in damages and losses, and 2,000 Marines deployed from the Astra, and 20,000 ARMY Infantry, the first wave of Covenant was halted for numerous days.

On day 7 of the seige, O2Alpha V-SOD unit 'Predator Team' and 'Revenant Team', the first ORION IIs deployed in the war formulated a plan to escape Misriah, and decimate the Covenant fleet above. They rallied the remaining UNSC Army forces, including Colonel James Ackerson in a final attempt to escape the planet. All civilian evacuation efforts were halted, and remaining UNSC rallied in a large convoy of 82 M12 LRVs, 21 D77TCIs and 8 M808Bs toward Misriah's nuclear weapons facility.

After arriving the the WMD Production plant, they activated Misriah's defenses and attempted to arm the Military EXABM Nuclear Missiles, containing multiple SHIVA Warheads, and the last remaining NOVA Bomb. The UNSC Forces needed time to prepare the missiles, and fought for 6 more days without rest until finally being defeated. The Sole survivors of the Operation, the ORION V-SOD Teams 'Revenant' and 'Predator' fought with all they could find until the weapons were finally ready. Among the weapons they fought with was the XH-55 Prototype, and other Prototype war machines, which would be defined by the battle and reintroduced into the military decades later.

When the Nuclear weapons were finally readied, The Covenant fleet deployed the best they had to finally finish off the humans. In the ensuing battle, 7 of the 14 remaining V-SOD Operators were killed by Khotta 'Moramee, the elite behind the attack with his personal strike force. The last remaining Pelican Dropship was readied, and Lieutenant Jackson Rosevelt chose to stay behind and fire the missiles.

After lifting off, Khotta 'Moramee's strike team appeared behind the lone soldier as the smoke from the EXABM's launching covered the facility. The Pelican dropship returned to provide support fire for Jackson, the sniper on board, David Andeisha eliminated the Strike force, save for Khotta 'Moramee. Jackson engaged the Spartan Killer in vicious hand to hand combat until finally Andeisha was able to strip the Elite of his shields. Khotta 'Moramee was killed by a 5.56x55mm round fired from Jackson's XH-55 rifle.

The dropship returned for Jackson and headed for safety, narrowly escaping the EMP from the Shiva Nuclear warheads fired by Rosevelt. The Covenant Fleet overhead was decimated, leaving only the Supercarrier and two cruisers surviving. Covenant reinforcements arrived in orbit above the Misriah Nuclear Weapons Facility, A large detatchment from the Jiralhanae fleet. Lord Hood radioed to the lone pelican, giving the authorization required, the NOVA Bomb was detonated, completely eradicating the Supercarrier and the rest of the vessels that could not escape in time. 77 Covenant Vessels were destroyed in the process, 500,000 Covenant infantry killed, and 80,000 UNSC Military personnel including James Ackerson and millions of civilians more, gone.

Predator Team, the 7 ORION Soldiers, were the only survivors.