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Halo: Utter Conflict Prologue

The space around Chi Cheti IV boiled as three small ships came out. The ships were small and of a rather crude design. They were grey in colour and looked as if they had been hastily put together for use. "HIGHCOM, this is Battlegroup Pirate's Curse. We have exited slipspace and are now in orbit above Chi Cheti IV. The Damascus Testing Faciliy is abandoned." Said the lieutenant aboard the comm on one of the ships. "This is HIGHCOM. Investigate what made the UNSC abandon this place. We must now exactly what they were building here and why they left so quickly." Came the reply. The three small ships moved forward. The battlegroup was made of up three C-10C Patrol Cruisers. The corvette class ships moved forward to the planet's surface in order to drop of their ground forces. They had to investigate on what happened. "Sir! I think I might have found something!" Yelled the Commander of the PVR Blackened Moon. The wreckage of a longsword squadron, part of a UNSC frigate, and a single unknown ship classification littered the space. Amongst the debris were several tear drop shaped fighters searching for something. Most likely survivors. The fighters, saw the corvettes and began heading towards them. "Open fire with the Auto-Cannons! They can't survive a flak barrage that these corvettes can create!" Yelled the commander of the PVR Pirate's Curse, which lead the battlegroup. The barrage of 40mm rounds impacted the fighters. Their shields pulsed as they absorbed the damage, but the soon gave way and the rounds tore through them. "Yeah we did it! W---" a blue streak flew through the space and destroyed the PVR Sunset Lullaby, cutting of its commander's line. 'What the fuck was that!" Yelled the commander of the PVR Pirate's Curse. "It appears to be some sort of direct plasma weapon sir!" Came the reply from one of his officers. "Re-direct all power to the slipspace capacitors! We are getting out of here!" Ordered the commander. The other commander however didn't listen to his leader. "All power to the Missile Pod Launcher!" He ordered. The PVR Blackened Moon opened fire onto the oncoming enemy ship. The missiles, set off in rapid fire, flew towards the attacking ship. The missiles exploded, but the ship began to shimmer. It had shields much more powerful than that of the fighters seen earlier. The ship fired another lance of plasma and the PVR Blackened Moon was destroyed. The PVR Pirate's Curse jumped to slipspace, and its commanding officer, a young Commander Class II James Newton, came back to the main base a devastated man.

"Good job soldier. You are now being assigned onboard the UNSC Manifest Destiny. Good job Ensign." Said the Lieutenant Commander. Ensign William Falconi had graduated from the Luna OCS Naval Academy and was being assigned to a ship. Of course it was only a frigate, but at least it was something. As the new weapons officer, the entire ship would be relying on him. It was a heavy duty, and a hard job, but at least it was something.

Battlegroup Sinai moved through the space in orbit above Varasa. "Sir! Detecting a slipspace hole opening up at the far part of the asteroid field!" Yelled the nav officer aboard the UNSC Manifest Destiny. "Relay that to the rest of the battlegroup! Ensign Falconi! Heat up the MAC gun and prepare to fire upon my order!" Yelled the Commanding Officer. The Manifest Destiny and the rest of the battlegroup began to move into a defensive formation above the planet. The sleek and bulbous shape of a covenant frigate came into view. Its energy projectors were charged and it fired at the UNSC Sinai, the destroyer leading the small battlegroup. The plasma torpedo sliced through the destroyer with ease. The hull of the Sinai crackled as it split in half. No bumblebee escape pods came out. Not a single member was left. "Ensign! Fire the MAC now! Load in the Missile Pods and fire them as well!" ordered the CO. The Manifest Destiny and its sister ship, the UNSC Boer opened fire. The MAC rounds and Archer Missiles detonated harmlessly off of the frigate's shields. The frigate fired another plasma torpedoe which struck the Manifest Destiny. "Shit! Sir! We've lost the engines!" Yelled the damage officer. The Boer fired its MAC gun, which struck the enemy frigate and depleted its shields and ran away. "There is no way we can repair these engines in time to get out of here. That ship will be back any minute and blow us to pieces so I am giving the order to abandon the ship." Said the CO. Ensign Falconi took one last look at his station. He ran to one of them and began to type across the keyboard. "What are you doing! Get into the escape pod!" Yelled the CO. "Not before I leave these guys a little something to remember us by!" He yelled back. Ensign Falconi finished typing and ran into the escape pod before they were jettisoned off into space. The enemy frigate came back and started heading towards the Manifest Destiny. Ensign Falconi could see boarding craft head towards the ship. "Three, two, one." He counted as the ship's reactors detonated. The frigate's shields dissapated and the Boer fired its MAC gun and Missile Pod Launchers. The round blew through the covenant frigate and flames began to appear throughout its hull as the ship exploded. "Good job Ensign, or should I say Lieutenant." Said the CO as the escape pod flew towards the Boer for pickup.

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