User:FightWithHonor/Bravo Company: Fighting For Survival

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Summary
Dramatis Personae

2nd Lieutenant Russell Harper, UNSC Marine Corps, Bravo Company, 9th ODST Assault Battalion, 986th Brigade.

Part One: Contact
Chapter 1: Orion's Clasp

He was of slight build but of formidable stature, towering over most of the men in the unit. Being 6' 8" wasn't always easy, crouching down was a pain, you were often smashing your head on bulkhead doors, you'd often collect plasma burns on your helmet thanks to the fact your head stuck out of cover nine times out of ten, but boy, people would jump when you spoke. Even admirals and generals treated Lt. Harper with the respect normally due a captain, and he had used this status to good use on more than one occasion.

Chapter 2: Aegis

"What do you mean we're not getting more rockets!?! I placed and order for them long before the 41st and you damn well know it, but you're giving them to a militia unit with only a week's training on the M19 when we've been on the line for the past 5 months!"

"But they don't have any heavy weapons to begin with..."

"I don't give a s*** about what they don't have, our biggest weapon right now is the Fuel Rod Gun Sgt. Connors picked up on Reef. It doesn't even have a full clip! How do you expect us to engage a Wraith with that?"

"Fine, I'll try to scrounge up some gear for your boys, but our armory's pretty much cleaned out right now, besides, one of your Pelicans has plenty of M6Gs and you have that crate of SMGs you inherited from Sanders. I heard the 88th has some spare frags and a few extra BRs, maybe you could trade with them."

"Alright, but I don't like my men toting half-empty Covie stuff into a warzone."

"Neither do I, but there's nothing I can do about it."