User:EliteMaster117/Halo: Short Stories

A list of short stories made by EliteMaster117.

Patrol
May 3rd, 2552

0500 Hours-Aztec System

The UNSC Buttercup, a frigate-class vessel, patrolled the Aztec System, a fairly uncharted system, gleaming with bright hues of blue from the nearby nebula, a cyan light shining onto planets. Behind the nebula, was a star, illuminating the nebula brighter than almost anything. The UNSC Buttercup didn't fit in next to the wondrous shades of colors, along with the planet, beige and violet melding together in an odd harmony.

The Buttercup's' commanding officer, Commander John Stilgenbauer, looked at his cigarette. He was tempted to smoke it... But if something were to happen, this cramped bridge would explode with flames. Stilgenbauer put the cigarette pack down, and looked around. He leaned back in his command chair. Barely enough room for a commander in a Frigate. Those were exactly Captain Stilgenbauer's thoughts, as he bumped into crewman Miranda. Rick Miranda. His hair was a dirty blonde, slicked back with too much hair gel and water. Rick's eyes were a light blue, the rim darkening. He had a surfer's complexion, and anyone would have thought he would've sounded like a stereotypical surfer. But instead, as the Captain bumped into him, he smiled, and scooted his chair back, in a thick Israeli accent, stating, "Sorry commander."

The captain looked around. Manning navigation was Rian Servas, an African-American man born on Biko. A shaved head, and an American accent. Manning the other stations were James Kudo, who was a French man, brown hair, hazel, almost gold eyes, and a 5 o'clock shadow. The rest of them were replacements. New, unnamed, and almost no different shades of color below their nametags. Rookies.

Hopefully they wouldn't be getting much action. Stilgenbauer was tired. He closed his eyes for a second, and thought of home. His wife, daughter, his baby son, his dog, bird, and cat.

Then he was brought back to the ship by the single ringing of an alarm. Stilgenbauer quickly sat up, and turned left, looking at crewman Servas. Servas looked nervous, and turned his head.

"Multiple pings on the radar! Coming out of slipspace, commander! It's a pinpoint jump.... And that can mean only one thing!", Servas stated.

Stilgenbauer cursed under his breath. "Covenant.", he mumbled. He turned around.

"All of you, at attention. The Covenant are going to hit the only colony here. Kudo, send a distress call to any nearby UNSC forces. We need assistance! Now!"

Kudo nodded, turning around. The alarm's pitch became higher. It was at the end of the human's ability to hear, when it stopped. Three Covenant cruisers came out of nowhere, right in front of the Frigate. They dwarfed it in size.

The Captain dropped his cigarettes. "Break off, now!", he screamed, the ship veering left, towards the only colonized planet. One of the battle cruisers was alight with tones of red, with each second passing the cannons of the Covenant ship charging up.

"Fire the archer pods! Do it soldier! NOW!", Stilgenbauer screamed, watching as Archer missile pods launched from the ship, the smoke trail quickly disintegrating in the soulless vacuum of space.

One of them hit the Covenant vessel that was about to attack. The vessel's shields barely flickered. The ship abruptly vibrated, as in the silence of space, a plasma torpedo was launched, turning from a bright red to blue.

The torpedo came closer with every second.

"Stop that torpedo! Pound that ship with all the archers! Fire all of 'em!", the commander screamed, watching the torpedo draw closer.

Then it hit. The ship vibrated vigorously, leaning to the left. "Stabilize!", the commander screamed once more, as an immense heat passed through the frigate.

"Servas, Initiate the Cole Protocol! Miranda, ready the MAC. If anyone wants to, get to the escape pods. I'm gonna hit em' hard.", Stilgenbauer said. Three crewmen looked at each other. Four ran out of the bridge, to the escape pods. Miranda, Servas, and Kudo remained.

Miranda spoke first.

"Here we go. MAC Cannon ready sir.", he murmured, cocking his neck.

Stilgenbauer nodded. There was another vibration in the ship, as a massive projectile sped through space, quickly hitting the middle cruiser. Two other plasma torpedoes appeared, but the middle cruiser's shields fluctuated, breaking near the middle of the bow. There was a red explosion, a surprise among the usual teal and aquamarine hues of the Covenant flames.

Then there was a bigger explosion near the back of the ship, the MAC round acting like a bullet. The cruiser then shattered in a true explosion of blue.

Stilgenbauer gave a half smile, then broadcasted his voice all over the ship.

"This is Commander John Stilgenbauer. All hands.... Get to the escape pods. I'm going to hit the Covenant hard."

Stilgenbauer gave a full grin, as the thud of the rest of the escape pods echoed through the ship.

Stilgenbauer looked over to Servas.

"Rian... Get to the engine room. Stockpile some fusion coils next to the FTL. We're gonna blow this fleet to oblivion."

Servas blinked, and paused for a second. Then he got up, and ran.

Stilgenbauer chimed in on the comm once more. "When I give the word, we're gonna blow this ship sky high with a grenade. It's been an honor serving with you all.", Stilgenbauer said.

The ship rocketed towards the two remaining cruisers, out of MAC rounds, out of Archer pods.

"I'm ready.", Servas grimaced through the comm.

"Three...", the commander yelled, getting within one hit range of the Covenant vessel's one hit-kill.

"Two....", he yelled once more, nearing the two cruisers.

"Do it.", he murmured, right in the middle of the two cruisers. Hundreds of plasma shots came from the starboard and port sides of the vessels.

Then there was an explosion in the ship, as it filled with light. There was a single moment where everything stopped. Then an explosion of a slipspace rupture, large chunks of both cruisers in, destroying them, along with the UNSC Buttercup. The colony was saved. It was over.