User blog:Troop4921/Operation: SUPERNOVA by Austin Carter

Prologue September 19th, 2147 Military Calendar Earth, Orbit over Chinese-Russian Nation 105th Division, UN Marine Corps “Alright men, you know what we do next!” the man shouted from the back of the plane. Twenty men lined up in front of their egg-like entrance pods. They were all in their reflective black armor, head to toe, with their sub-machine guns on their holsters on their back. “WE GO FEET FIRST INTO HELL, SIR!” the men yelled back to their commander. “Then shove in and prepare to drop!” “SIR, YES SIR.” These men were the 105th Division of the United Nations Marine Corps. They were called ODST’s, or Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. They were formed generally for the purpose of getting behind enemy lines and capturing enemy headquarters. The man in command hit a button and his pod opened up. On the inside, above his “seat” were the words “The GIANT”. He snapped on his helmet and strapped into the pod. “Sound off!” the man said. All the ODST’s in their pods started giving off their codenames and saying they were ready for drop. “Alright pilot, you heard them. Go ahead and lose the airlocks,” the man said. “Will do, Lieutenant Williams,” the pilot said. One by one Williams listened to the pods being dropped out of their airlocks, and then finally his was dropped. “Yee-haw!” one of the ODST’s yelled over his radio. Williams looked out the Plexiglas window on the side of his pod and saw the ODST that just yelled. His pod was wavering slightly, but inside the pods, it didn’t feel like wavering. It felt like a thousand bulls ramming your pod at once. “Keep steady, boys,” another ODST yelled out over the radio. All of these men were the best of the vest. They were all chosen from another elite group on the military. Army Rangers, Navy Seals, Air Force Long swords, all of the best groups. Lt. Williams just so happened to have been a Ranger. “Ten seconds to parachute opening,” Williams said over the radio “Remember, groups of three to four. See you on the ground boys.” Just then, Williams parachute popped out and slowed his pod down to a small float. He looked around and saw 19 others parachuting down slowly. “Ahhhh!” an ODST yelled, “My parachute hasn’t come out!” His pod erupted in flame and slammed into the ground and broke into pieces. Williams winced and looked away. “Is anyone else having parachute problems?” Williams said. All he heard was 19 “negatives or “no sirs”. Williams’ pod hit the ground with a loud thud. Lights flickered on inside his pod. He hit three buttons inside the pod and the door flew off of the pod. He ripped his restraint straps and stepped out of his pod. He ran towards two other pods. “Spencer, Cox, get out of your pods! You’re on me.” Williams said and hit the outside of their pods. He checked his heads-up-display and saw that only one more person died. That left him with eighteen men to work with. “Pair up! You’ll have six even groups of three. Meet me on the hill afterwards!” Williams said pointing towards a hill about thirty meters north. He sprinted towards it and somersaulted to the hill and looked over it. “Holy…” Williams said. Soon after, Spencer, Cox, and the rest of the men were on their stomachs looking over the hill too. The base they were sent in to destroy was filled. There were guards patrolling everywhere. Twenty guard towers on the perimeter. It was an AA bas, the AA gun in the middle of the base. Williams was surprised that they never got shot down by the thing. “Silencers?” Spencer asked. “Oh yeah. We’ll need them.” Williams responded. All the ODST’s reached into their rear packs and put a silencer on their pistols, battle rifles, and SMG’s. Williams directed all the groups to different areas and told them to wait for the signal. “Spencer, Cox, you’re with me,” he told the two. They walked over by the front gate. Spencer aimed his gun and a guard’s head, and Cox did the same. Williams looked at the tower by the gate and “silenced” the two men in the tower. “MARK!” Williams whispered over his radio. All of a sudden the perimeter erupted with fire. Men were falling from the towers and dying rapidly.” “CHARGE!” another ODST yelled. All of the men ran towards the fence. Some of the ODST’s were shooting electrical boxes. Lights were flickering off and then flashlights for the ODST's helmets came on. “Teams one through sic, clear the east side of the headquarters. Spare nobody.” Williams said, making a fist and pumping it towards the area of effect. “The rest of you come with me!" Williams said. He could tell the caught this base by surprise. All the men from inside buildings were running out and being gunned down the moment they were outside.	Williams got to the HQ and got ready to barge the doors. He kicked the doors in and two of the ODST’s ran inside, guns at the ready. All the power was out, it was pitch black except for their flashlights.	The ODST’s all flooded inside the building. It was clear. Nobody was inside. Williams was confused. There should have been men protecting the intel inside of here.	“Sir, I think I know why they left!” Spencers said in a shaky voice. He started walking out the door his gun pointed at an odd ovalt on a table. Williams approached the table cautiously.	“Everyone. Out…” Williams said. Slowly, all the ODST’s backed out of the building. He couldn’t beliebe his eyes. They weren’t fleeing. They were leaving. Leaving a bomb. Ten. Nine. Eight. Williams just kept staring at it. Seven. Six. He sweated under his suit. Finve. He sprinted out of the building screaming, “GO!” over the radio. The Men got off the perimeter and then the bomb went off.