User:Fishwhoisinsane/Assault on Mars

Chapter 1
The surface of Mars had once been warm. Water had been present on the silvery surface and the sky had been blue. Life had flourished. It was primitive; the animals were mostly reptiles which moved across the surface aimlessly apart from with the intention to eat and to live. The atmosphere had drained away slowly and the water had dried out or seeped back under the surface. The reptiles had also migrated underground as the surface became desolate, freezing and irradiated.

Later on in the timeline, Sol (the star around which Mars orbited) had reached a point in its life at which it expanded into a gas giant, consuming Mercury and Venus. The next planet out, Earth, had been orbiting within the outer layers of the star. Its surface melted and Earth was eroded away. Mars was now, once again, warm and habitable, with a now red surface.

The native Martians had grown intellegent in their time under the surface. In the year five billion and seventy-six, they had returned to the surface and looked to the stars. From the stars had come a huge space ship fleet. The ships contained armies of covenant. The covenant were an empire consisting of many seperate races. Three years later, this story began.

The land was littered with Martians and Sangheili, each firing at each other, Martian camps being torn under relentless fire. As a Martian and a Sangheili stood in close combat, the Martian with a RT-M/SvM and the Sangheili with some sort of strangely shaped blade which was emitting a dim purple light. The Sangheili won seconds into the battle by spearing the Martian, pulling its own weapon back and running.

Sangheili field marshall Ipsiklyn stood watching the battle. A Martian approached him at speed, but Ipsiklyn batted him away with a swing of the plasma rifle's energies. He then watched as one of the Martians fell behind a vehicle in fear. Ipsiklyn didn't have to aim; he casually drew his plasma rifle up and fired. The vehicle was consumed in a quickly-growing inferno as the bolt hit it.

Unknowingly to Ipsiklyn, the Martian had speedily rolled under the leather of a Sangheili tent just before the vehicle had blown up.