RP:Well Enough Alone

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Notices

 * This story starts on May 17th, 2556.
 * The planet they are on is called Ceres.
 * You CANNOT kill any Main Characters of other people in the fanon.
 * You may add a Force but they must be UNSC, Covenant Separatists, Covenant Loyalists, Covenant Rebels, Bujkowe, Forerunner, Flood, Hydra, Unknown Allegiance, or Precursor.
 * All Bujkowe and Hydra forces fall under the control and jurisdiction of Lordofmonsterisland. Anyone wishing to use one of them must ask him for permission.
 * All Covenant Rebel forces fall under the control and jurisdiction of the Evil O'Malley. Anyone wishing to use one of them must ask him for permission.
 * All Utter Darkness Flood forces fall under the control and jurisdiction of Demakhis. Anyone wishing to use one of them must ask him for permission.
 * All Templar Noble forces fall under the control and jurisdiction of 117649AnnihilativeRepentance. Anyone wishing to use one of them must ask him for permission.
 * The force called Unknown Allegiance is for characters that don't fit into the other categories.
 * Repairs on a ship must take several hours not several minutes. 1 hour for light damages, 3 hours for medium damages and 7 for heavy damages.
 * You must spell words correctly in order to make it easier for everyone else to read your posts. Feel free to edit other posts if you see mistakes.
 * All posts must be at least 1 paragraph long.
 * Always sign after posting
 * Do not act out other people's characters unless there is expressed permission from the owner.
 * If you are posting and you have a post immediately above it simply add on to the existing post.
 * Call elites be either their first or last name only, but not both.
 * Example: Jemsal began giving orders or 'Emvadson began giving orders, but not Jemsal 'Emvadson began giving orders.
 * No cussing. It may be Halo, but I don't like it so it won't be allowed.

They that fight the Unseen Foes

 * 1) Lordofmonsterisland  "Roar to me"
 * 2) SPARTAN-G023 Comm Channel Mission History[[Image:Spartan III.png|30px]]Gh ost le ad
 * 3) The Evil O&#39;malley (I feel so outofdate with this dinky little sig, gotta come up with something clever soon)
 * 4) CAF Corporal Spartan 501
 * 5) [[image:Photoshop_attack.png|35px]] Spartan-064 ,De ma kh is http://www.wikia.com/skins/common/progress-wheel.gif Reporting [[Image:Private first class.jpg|25px]] •  Contributions
 * 6) Dubtiger
 * 7) ChurchReborn
 * 8) Stryker
 * 9) MIL AI 2430
 * 10) Chief Frank 001
 * 11) User:Kebath 'Holoree
 * 12) 117649AR
 * 13) Lord Erne 'Otpodee
 * 14) Chewie
 * 15) Matt-256[[Image:CaptBlack.jpg|40px]]
 * 16) Masterchief46517  [[Image:ODSTbattlerifle.JPG|20px]] com link

UNSC
Primary Commanders: Fleet Admiral Jim Wilson, Fleet Admiral Steven Chow

UNSC First Response Fleet

 * UNSC Annihilator - Fleet Admiral Jim Wilson, Amy Black
 * 1000 Longsword Fighters
 * 1000 SC Shortsword Bombers
 * Dragon Squadron, New Team
 * Andrew Peters
 * Luke Donaghy
 * Brittani West
 * Justin Cragin
 * Erika Black
 * Brittany Black
 * Cindle Della
 * 6000 Marines
 * 75 Warthogs of the M12 LRV, M381 Transport and M914 RV classes
 * 30 Scorpions
 * 15 Turtles
 * 10 AT Eels
 * 40 Pelicans
 * 30 Albatrosses
 * UNSC Thermopylae -- Landed in jungle; currently abandoned
 * Team Alpha, New Team
 * James Davis
 * Katelynn Wilson
 * Nicholas Summers
 * Clayton Peters
 * Devyn Peters
 * Jake Donaghy
 * Samuel Tyler
 * 100 marines
 * 20 M914 RV Warthogs
 * 5 AT Eels
 * 2 Carriers
 * 750 Longsword Fighters each
 * 750 SC Shortsword Bombers each
 * 5000 marines each
 * 75 Warthogs of the M12 LRV, M381 Transport and M914 RV classes each
 * 50 Scorpions
 * 25 Turtles
 * 15 AT Eels
 * 40 Pelicans
 * 35 Albatrosses
 * 10 Marathon-class Cruisers
 * 500 Longsword Fighters
 * 500 SC Shortsword Bombers
 * 2000 marines each
 * 50 Warthogs of the M12 LRV, M831 Transport, and M914 RV classes each
 * 20 Turtles each
 * 10 AT Eels each
 * 25 Pelicans each
 * 30 Albatrosses each
 * 10 Destroyers
 * 500 Longsword Fighters
 * 500 SC Shortsword Bombers
 * 1500 Marines each
 * 25 Warthogs of the M12 LRV, M831 Transport, and M914 RV classes each
 * 10 Turtles each
 * 5 AT Eels each
 * 15 Pelicans each
 * 25 Albatrosses each
 * 15 Frigates
 * 500 Longsword Fighters
 * 500 SC Shortsword Bombers
 * 1500 Marines each
 * 25 Warthogs of the M12 LRV, M831 Transport, and M914 RV classes each
 * 10 Turtles each
 * 5 AT Eels each
 * 15 Pelicans each
 * 25 Albatrosses each

UNSC Second Assault Fleet Flotilla 3

 * 1 Super Carrier
 * UNSC Spitfire - Fleet Admiral Stephen Chow
 * Team Murmillo
 * SPARTAN-G023
 * SPARTAN-G059
 * SPARTAN-G202
 * SPARTAN-G331
 * Lambda Squad
 * SPARTAN-127
 * SPARTAN-132
 * SPARTAN-089
 * SPARTAN-046
 * Iota Thirteen
 * 1 Corvette
 * UNSC Cypher
 * 2 Destroyers
 * UNSC Apache
 * Captain Mavow
 * Omega Stealth Squad
 * Sergeant Frost
 * UNSC Blackhawk

UNSC Yamato

 * UNSC Carrier- Admiral Robert Valentino
 * 23rd Naval Squadron "Hellcats"- Lieutenant AJ Lewis
 * 225th Naval Squadron "Vultures" - Captain Frank Holstrom
 * Destroyed

Remains of Terran Taskforce

 * 3 Marathon Class Cruiesers
 * Metal Sovereign
 * 3 Modified Halcyon Class Cruisers
 * 1 Crew Ship
 * Iota Nineteen
 * 112th Naval Squadron-Note, they are not part of the fleet.

1st Naval armada

 * 300 Ships of various class
 * several thousands of longswords (with sheild)
 * several thousand of DF 22 Raptor Class Interceptors
 * 1,380,000 marines

Single Ship

 * 1 Supercarrier
 * UNSC Hephaestus
 * Unknown Artificial Intelligence

Capital Base

 * Fleet Admiral Jacobs
 * Hamishi Dudeo

Team Beta

 * Caleb Harrison
 * Ethan Walters
 * Jessica Summers
 * Challen Della
 * Nathan Black
 * Rebecca Cragin
 * Ruth Davis
 * Rachel Davis
 * Carlie Walters
 * John Davis

Battlegroup Dawnlight

 * 1 Marathon-class Cruiser - Captain Charles Crow
 * UNSC ''Dawnlight
 * 1 SPARTAN-I (Dean Jackson)
 * 8 Scorpion Tanks
 * 20 Warthogs
 * 15 Hornets
 * 25 Moongooses
 * 20 Longswords
 * 2 Frigates

Single Ship

 * 1 Frigate
 * UNSC Pillar of Winter

The Squad of Unrelenting Reparation

 * The Endless Justice
 * Squad of Unrelenting Reparation
 * Jemsal 'Emvadson
 * Ketynic 'Ilwol
 * Nibesa
 * Jaig
 * Ank
 * Luzzda
 * Jarikus
 * Samorulan
 * Cer Muso Coun
 * Den Muso Hico

Beautiful Truth

 * The ''Beautiful Truth
 * Solo 'Onorak
 * Thousands of infantry
 * Unggoy
 * Sangheili
 * Lekgolo
 * Seraph-class starfighters
 * Banshees
 * Spirits
 * Phantoms
 * Covenant Drop Pods

The Fleet of Complete Annihilation

 * The Just Destroyer
 * 2 Super Carriers
 * 4 Assault Carriers
 * 6 Carriers
 * 8 Supercruisers
 * 10 Battleships
 * 12 Reverence-class Cruiser
 * 12 CCS-class Battlecruiser
 * 12 Covenant Cruiser
 * 12 Covenant Destroyer
 * 12 Covenant Frigate
 * Each ship carries thousands (if not more) of each type of species and each type of vehicle

Covenant Loyalists

 * Primary Commander(s): Racktaroo
 * Hundereds of Brutes
 * Tens of Hunters
 * Thousands of Grunts
 * hundreds of drones
 * hundreds of jackles

Templar Noble Forces

 * Primary Commander: Vindicator Dedruth
 * Uncountable numbers of various ranking Templar
 * Scarab Walkers

Covenant Rebels

 * Primary Commander(s): Rekua 'Arkanee
 * Hundreds of Traitor Elites
 * Hundreds of traitor Grunts
 * tens of hunters
 * an Unknown ally

Bujkowe
'''Primary Commander: Chieftain Tekciw KIA


 * Several thousands warriors
 * Hundreds of Carav Lizards (transportation for the Bujkowe)

Forerunner Machines
Primary Commander: 51293 Archaic Chivalry


 * Nearly limitless supplies of various Sentinel varieties
 * Sentinel Minors
 * Sentinel Majors
 * Enforcers
 * Anti-Hydra Sentinels
 * Shield Sentinels
 * Constructors
 * Sentinel Generals
 * Onyx Sentinels

Flood
Primary Commanders: Doommind, Darkmind, Forge, ???

Ceres forces

 * Unlimited supply of Infection forms
 * Combat Forms
 * Carrier Forms
 * Aerial Forms
 * Brain Forms
 * Juggernaut Forms
 * Ceres Wildlife Forms
 * Rocnar Forms
 * Pouch Forms
 * Pure Forms

Utter Darkness Forces

 * Nearly limitless Dark forms
 * Contagion Form
 * Combat Form
 * Soldier Form
 * Dark Carrier Forms
 * Dark Watcher Form
 * Juggernaut Form
 * Dark Abyss Form (Very Rare)
 * Black Hole Form (Only one at a time)

Interstellar Forces

 * Flood Controlled UNSC Cruiser
 * Unlimited supply of infection forms
 * Combat forms (Human)
 * Brain Forms
 * Juggernaut Forms

Hydra
Primary Commander: Blackheart


 * Nearly unlimited supply of Cell forms
 * Tens of thousands of Melee forms
 * Tens of thousands of Ranged forms
 * Thousands of Worm forms
 * Thousands of Aerial forms
 * Hundreds of Spawner forms
 * Thousands of Infected Lifeforms

Unknown Alliances

 * Rampant Forerunner Monitor: 3607 Contrite Dictum
 * No additional forces as of yet; plans to gain control of through a virus.


 * Nogard
 * '''ATHENIAN-000

Precursors
Nejawa Holaree- Precursor Commander
 * Countless intergalactic ships
 * Countless Forces
 * 11th Dark Maker Assault Force

Lordofmonsterisland

 * Role:Fleet Admiral Jim Wilson
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Onboard the UNSC Annihilator
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:At the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Amy Black
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:At the Battle of the Satellite, then training the new Team Alpha


 * Role:James Davis
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:Keeps the team's personal AI, Nichole, with him at all times
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Katelynn Wilson
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Nicholas Summers
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Clayton Peters
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Devyn Peters
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Jake Donaghy
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Samuel Tyler
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Varies
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Andrew Peters
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Broadsword Fighter
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Luke Donaghy
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Longsword fighter
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Brittani West
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Longsword fighter
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Justin Cragin
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Longsword fighter
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Erika
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Shortsword bomber
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Brittany
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Shortsword bomber
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Cindle Della
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Shortsword bomber
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Chieftain Tekciw
 * Side:Hydra
 * Status:KIA
 * Location:Absorbed into Blackheart's mass
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:Unknown


 * Role:Doommind
 * Side:Flood
 * Status:Active
 * Location:At the bottom of the Forest Containment Pit
 * Other:Flood Command Form
 * Previously:Unknown


 * Role:Blackheart
 * Side:Hydra
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the coldest Canyon Containment Chamber
 * Other:Commander Hydra
 * Previously:Unknown


 * Role:51293 Archaic Chivalry
 * Side:Forerunner Machines
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Inside the Ceres Installation
 * Other:Monitor of the Ceres Installation
 * Previously:Unknown


 * Role:Caleb Harrison
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In space
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Ethan Walters
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In space
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Jessica Summers
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In space
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Challen Della
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In space
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Nathan Black
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In space
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Rebecca Cragin
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In space
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Ruth Davis
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In space
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Rachel Davis
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In space
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Carlie Walters
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In space
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:John Davis
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In space
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In training


 * Role:Nogard
 * Side:Unknown Allegiance
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Onboard a Precursor ship
 * Other:He is an ancient Precursor experiment, bent on the destruction of the Precursors
 * Previously:At the Battle of the Satellite

Spartan G-23

 * Role: Stephen Chow
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Spitfire
 * Other: N/A


 * Role: Team Murmillo
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: varies
 * Other: Spartan-III Team
 * Role: Colonel Peter Lewis
 * Side UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: varies

Spartan 501

 * Role:Admiral George A. Walter
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Metal Sovereign
 * Other: N/A


 * Role:Iota Nineteen
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:UNSC Metal Sovereign
 * Other:N/A


 * Role:Major Jace Williams
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Soon Active
 * Location:Currently in slipspace, soon varied.
 * Other:112th Naval Squadron


 * Role:Flight Officer Third Class Lisa Mill
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Soon Active
 * Location:Currently in slipspace, soon varied.
 * Other:N/A

The evil O'Malley

 * Role:William Regan
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active barely
 * Location: UNSC Blackout
 * Other: Commander of UNSC Blackout
 * Previosly: Found by UNSC Trebuchet.


 * Role:SPARTAN-G025
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:UNSC Blackout
 * Other: Epsilon Squad
 * Previosly: Fighting for Europe.


 * Role: Racktaroo
 * Side: Covenant Loyalists
 * Status: Active
 * Location: Deliverer of Salvation
 * Other: Brute Chieftan
 * Previosly: Retreating from the ruins of Alpha Halo.


 * Role: Rekua 'Arkanee
 * Side: Covenant Rebels
 * Status: Preparing for Revenge
 * Location: Welcome Redemption
 * Other: Commander of the Rebels
 * Previosly: Boarding sepratist ships, requesting thier alliegence.

Demakhis

 * Role: Sergeant Frost
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Apache
 * Other: Commander of 573th Heavy Weapon Marine Company
 * Previosly: Going through Slipspace


 * Role: Captain Mavow
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Apache
 * Other: Commander of the 359th Marine Battalion
 * Previosly: Going through Slipspace


 * Role: Omega Stealth Squad
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Apache
 * Other: Assassian squad
 * Previosly: Going through Slipspace


 * Role: Darkmind
 * Side:Flood
 * Status: Active
 * Location: Containment Chamber
 * Other: Leader of the Utter Darkness
 * Previosly: Drifting in space

Stryker

 * Role: Lieutenant Stryker
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Anaconda
 * Other: Leader Spartan III Team Wolverine
 * Previously: Protecting Earth


 * Role: Yazameee KaMacka
 * Side:Covenant
 * Status: Active
 * Location: Covenant Homeworld
 * Other: Elite Company leader
 * Previously: Talking to Prohpet


 * Role: Petty Officer Brett Paisley
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Anaconda
 * Other: Spartan III Team Wolverine
 * Previously: Protecting Earth

Sgt. Johnson

 * Role: AJ Lewis
 * Side: UNSC Navy
 * Status: Active
 * Location: Deep within Forerunner Construct on Ceres
 * Other: Leader of the 23rd Starfighter Squadron
 * Previously Protecting Earth


 * Role: Admiral Robert Valentino
 * Side: UNSC Navy
 * Status: KIA
 * Location: UNSC Yamato
 * Other: Commander of the UNSC Yamato


 * Role: Major Gregg Woods
 * Side: UNSC Marine Corps/ ODST
 * Status: KIA
 * Location: Ceres


 * Role: Colonel Anthony Carr
 * Side: UNSC Marine Corps
 * Status: KIA
 * Location: Ceres
 * Other: Former ODST/ Spartan I


 * Role: Captain Frank Holstrom
 * Side: UNSC Navy
 * Status: Active
 * Location: Deep within Forerunner Construct on Ceres
 * Other: Pardoned Captain of the 225th Naval Squadron

MIL AI 2430

 * Role:MIL AI 2430
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Onboard the UNSC Annihilator
 * Other: Tactical Advisor

Dubtiger

 * Role: Lambda Squad
 * Faction: UNSC
 * Status: Engaging a Flood outbreak
 * Location: On planet
 * Other: None
 * Role: Erebus
 * Faction: UNSC
 * Status: Active
 * Location: On planet
 * Other: Personal AI of Lambda Squad

Kebath 'Holoree

 * Role:Forge
 * Side:Flood
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In Low Orbit
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously: N/A

117649 AR

 * Role: Unknown Artificial Intelligence
 * Side: Unknown
 * Status: Active
 * Location: Onboard the UNSC Hephaestus
 * Other: Former Personal AI of Fleet Admiral Hepher


 * Role: Vindicator Dedruth
 * Side: Covenant Loyalists
 * Status: Active
 * Location: On surface of Ceres
 * Other: Leader of the Templar Noble Forces


 * Role: ???
 * Side: Flood/???
 * Status: Active
 * Location: Surface of Ceres
 * Other: Leader of own Flood forces

PTOWERY

 * Role: Hamishi D.
 * Side: UNSC
 * Status: Lost on Surface of Ceres
 * Location: Secret ONI Base On Surface
 * Other: Austrailian

Sharrakor

 * Role: 3607 Contrite Dictum
 * Side: Other
 * Status: Searching
 * Location: Space; near Human shipyards
 * Other: N/A
 * Previously: Monitoring Limen

chewie

 * Role:Sela Onorak
 * Side:Covenant Seperatists
 * Status:Active
 * Location: Onboard Beautiful Truth

CF001
Location:various
 * Role:all UNSC personal in the 1st Naval Armada
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:active

Matt-256

 * Role: Master Gunnery Sergeant Dean Jackson
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:On the city "Neon".
 * Other: Former SPARTAN-I.
 * Role: Rthao 'Haerum
 * Side:Covenant Separatists
 * Status:Unknown
 * Location:Unknown
 * Other: Operations commander of the Separatist forces.

Masterchief46517

 * Role:Keith Johnson
 * Location:UNSC Pillar of Winter
 * Status:Active
 * Other:special operations Marine


 * Role: Captain Keith Jacobs
 * Location: UNSC Pillar of Winter
 * Status: Active

Introduction
''Oh yes, I remember Ceres. It was a very fertile planet, filled with giant trees and large canyons spanned by awe-inspiring bridges. It seemed peaceful enough, save the fighting between us boys, the Covenant and the natives. But the real problems lay below, down on the planet's surface. There, it was always nighttime and the creatures that lurked in those depths sought to feast on the flesh of whatever wandered close enough. And it was there of course that we had to fight most of the battles...''

Far from the regular lines of battle lay a planet, forgotten by time. Filled with rampant growth of the flora, vast canyons and large expanses of nothing. Nowhere is safe on this planet, and its' situation will not improve. There is little sentient life, save a few Human and Covenant outposts and the tree-top towns of the native creatures. Soon this will change though. Creatures will arise from the depths. Some of which have never been seen before....

''The Last Battle of Ceres? Oh I don't even like to think about that. It was one of the worst battles I ever went through. No one knew what happened until it hit us. We thought nothing could stop them....''

The planet's relative peace will turn to chaos. A Forerunner installation guards two secrets never meant to be found. The giant flora and huge mountains was meant to cover up these secrets. But soon, they will be unleashed. And unless the installation is allowed to do its' duty, nothing will stop them....

Background Information
Shortly after the Battle of the Satellite, the UNSC Endeavor was sent to the coordinates of signal that was sent from the station. They came out of slipspace in orbit of the extraordinarily fertile planet of Ceres. They set up base and planned to claim the planet for the UNSC. Covenant soon arrived though and tried to claim it for themselves, and the native species, the Bujkowe, fought both forces with extreme ferocity. Nearly a year after the fighting had begun though, something happened. All that the humans managed to get out was an extremely garbled message. It was as follows:

''Mayday, Mayday. This is Ceres base. We need immediate assistance from any UNSC or allied Covenant forces. I repeat we need immediate assistance fromany UNSC or allied Covenant forces. The base is under attack by these strange...things! They are not Covenant, Bujkowe or wildlife, they're like nothing I've ever seen. We will attempt to hold off the creatures as long as we can. Hurry before... aaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!''

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The horde of Hydra controlled robots flew back to Blackheart, Cognitive Tactics in their custody. They handed him over to Blackheart, who absorbed him into his being and gained all of his stored information and, what he had really been after from the Monitor, access to the teleportation grid.

Ameigh Broley and her troops landed on the planet and moved out to destroy the Flood and Hydra, as well as save their Human allies. But as she moved to lead her troops, she heard a new noise from the sky. She looked up, she saw an enormous Forerunner city enter the system and begin to fire on everything in sight. "Move! Move! Move! We have to rescue our allies and leave the system as soon as possible! Move! Move! MOVE!!"

Lordofmonsterisland "Roar to me"  15:43, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

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Lewis awoke out of his coma. In front of him was this creature... a very large plant he thought it was. He looked to his left. Holstrom was out still. Then, the creature spoke to him. It said: "I am death, I am the darkness. I have stayed here for millinea, carrying out a sentence that was wrongfully put on me. Do you think activating this ring will kill me!? It is just a mere passage of time." Then Lewis took out the only thing that had some affect on the flood. An incendiary greande. He lit it up and he threw it into the creatures mouth. Him and Holstrom fell until a sentinel caught them. AJ 14:00, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

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Dean got up to his feet. The situation looked bad. More of the pods dropped all over the forest. That meant the First and Second Teams wouldn't have a chance. He picked up a Spartan Laser and strapped it to his back. Then he picked up two SMGs and a Shotgun. He decided to use the Shotgun first, so he hooked the SMGs on his belt. Then he took off into the forest.

Almost immediately a swarm of Combat Forms attacked. He saw they were the Human type of Combat Forms, and figured out that they were from First and Second Team. He repeatedly fired his Shotgun. Many flood fell, but there just came more to take the fallen's place. Just when he thought it was hopeless, three Scorpion Tanks came out of the forest and opened fire on the flood. It was Marines inside. Quickly, Dean jumped onto one. Then Pelicans came and hailed the enemy from the sky, soon clearing them out.

"Hello, Master Gunnery Sergeant, thought you needed some help." It was Captain Crow.

"Thank you sir, but we've still got many problems. That city, it came from nowhere, and now its unleashing a devastating force."

"Yes I know, Sergeant. I'm planning to strike the thing with the ships I have, and I hope that other ships will help. But I've got a problem that I want you to deal with first. The city has several cannon towers that are holding away the ships. I want you to disable some of them, so we can blow that thing up!"

"I'll start immediately, Captain!"

Matt-256 17:00 (Scandinavian Time), 18 October 2007 (UTC)

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"This is Fleet Admiral Jim Wilson. All forces, redirect fire onto the large Forerunner city. Engage it with full firepower." All the UNSC and Covenant ships turned towards the Forerunner city. The Precursors had already done this, realizing the threat it presented, but Forge's fleet was still firing on the other forces even with the Forerunner city attacking them, taking those ships down as well. "Dragon Squadron, I want you and any other volunteer fighter squadrons to try and get in close, find whatever it is that's holding that thing in the air, and take it down. Move!"

Ameigh and her forces moved quickly over the barren landscape. The impact of the NOVA had turned nearly a third of the planet into a desert, making movement easy but hiding impossible. They attempted to go as quickly as possible and if the Flood or Hydra were foolish enough to attack, they killed them quickly. Eventually, they came over a rise and saw the other forces. They hurried over and joined them. "Ameigh!", yelled Jemsal, rushing over to greet his mentor, "What took you so long?" "Why didn't you send the message sooner?", replied Ameigh. "Now wait, I sent it before we even got here. This time, the blame is squarely on you.", said Jemsal very seriously. But then both broke into laughter from the joke. "Now, for some introductions. Team Alpha, this is our mentor, Ameigh Broley. Ameigh, these are the members of Team Alpha. They may introduce themselves personally if they choose." "I'm sorry to say this, but we don't really have time for this", said James, "We need to get off the planet ASAP" "Of course", said Ameigh "What about you're ships?" "Most were shot down, and the few that are left are too far away from here. Your ships are closer." "Then let's go"

"This is Caleb of Team Beta", said Caleb, "You think you boys can handle things up here? We need to take out that Hydra commander form, wherever it's lurking down there" "Sure thing", said Luke, "We'll take care of things up here, you give James and all a hand down there" "OK and good luck."

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The UNSC Pillar of Winter exited slipspace and quickly entered orbit. Captain Jacobs ordered the Com officer to open a channel to all surviving UNSC and Covenant ships in the area. "This is the UNSC Pillar of Winter to all allied ships, we have arrived and shall deploy our forces on the surface."

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"Captain Jacobs, this is Fleet Admiral Jim Wilson. Deploy your troops and then turn your attention to that giant city-thing. Those are your orders" "Yes sir", replied Captain Jacobs.

"Foolish Humans", said Blackheart, "They left behind they're ship, and now it shall be mine" With that, Blackheart teleported himself into the UNSC Thermopylae and took as many Hydra as possible with him. He planned to close in on the UNSC ships, land in one and take it for his own.

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As the com snapped off, the bridge officers carefully calculated an entry vector towards any surviving UNSC and Covenant ground forces in the area. As Captain Jacobs studied the displays front of him, he ordered the pilots to bring the Winter in low enough to deploy the 421st Fighter Squadron to cover the ground forces.

Down in the hanger the pilots of the 421st were busing preparing their Longswords and fighters for immediate deployment.

After the Winter's fighters were clear, Captain Jacobs ordered the ship be brought back into orbit and the shields to be engaged. Then he ordered the Pulse Laser turrets to be warmed up for immediate action.

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The Pelicans closed in on the target. Dean, together with 12 other Marines, had to disable as many cannon towers as possible, in order to help in the coming assault from the starships.

The Pelicans landed near the edge of the city, for now free from flood. Two Moongooses, two Warthogs and one Scorpion Tank were dropped off together with the Marines. Dean took the driving seat in the Scorpion, while another Marine manned the Machine Gun. The other Marines took the other vehicles. Then they drived forward.

Some hundred meters into the city, the Flood attacked. But they were dealt with quickly thanks to the Scorpion Tank. After another three hundred meters, they arrived at the first cannon tower. Dean and two other Marines went in through the door. According to the scannings of the area, all they had to do to disable these things was to fire with a Spartan Laser right into the Energy Beam being generated in the middle of the tower.

They met some flood hostiles, but very few, and it didn't take long until they were in the center. Dean switched to the Spartan Laser he'd been carrying since the drop. He pointed on the energy beam, and charged his laser. After a few seconds it fired, and hit the beam. The Beam blurred for some seconds, and then faded away. First tower disabled.

Dean and the Marines went out to the vehicles, took their seats, and headed away for the next one. Suddenly Dean saw that another one of the towers were shut down. Was someone else given this task as well? Rthao 'Haerum returned to his Scarab. The Cannon tower was disabled. Now he had to go for another one. He went to the command section of the Scarab. He ordered it forward. There was still much to do.

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As the humans were nearing the second tower and noticed its destruction, a large vine from Ancientmind came from the ceiling and smashed into the floor removing all space between them, the tower, and the exit. Flood began pouring out of crevices and the massive hole. Thousands of them. And they all stared for a moment, then began attacking. --Kebath &#39;Holoree 18:39, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

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The humans stared at the hordes of Flood, wondering how they'd get out of this one. But just then, Dragon Squadron flew overhead. "Watch out boys!", yelled Brittany as she flew in. All of Dragon Squadron opened fire with chainguns, missiles, bombs, and whatever else they had. Then marines also opened fire on the Flood and they were all dead in 3 of Dragon Squadron's runs. "Thanks", said the leader of the marines. "No problem", said Cindle as they flew off to bomb more of the structure.

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Lewis and Holstrom awoke. A 12 feet tall creature with grey skin stood in front of them. Then, the creature spoke. It said: "Reclaimers, I am the Librarian of Ceres. I am the last of the forerunner." Lewis and Holstrom looked at each other in amazement. AJ 20:12, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

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Dean smiled while he drove the Scorpion. He was glad to have that Squadron in the air. He would've been dead if it weren't for them, and Dean was the one who remembered to pay back to those who helped him. He headed for the next tower.

After a while of small engagements with flood groups, he arrived at the third tower. This time the Flood seemed to be prepared, as it was around a hundred of the things around the tower. Dean hit the breaks. He pointed the cannon on the horde, and said: "Get outta' my way!"

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A large screech echoed throughout the city. In a massive rumble and shaking of the area, six large vines from Ancientmind soared through the floor and wrapped around the tower protecting it from damage. "You are going to fail pitiful humans." Ancient mind said. Another vine came from the ground and wrapped around a scorpion tank and flung it across the room. Kebath &#39;Holoree 21:02, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

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"I must inform the Librarian", said Archaic Chivalry, "He should know what to do" Archaic Chivalry feared for what might happen. He knew that the Librarian had told him to never disturb him, since he meant to spend the rest of his days in mourning, but he had no other choice. Archaic Chivalry engaged his teleportation to take him to the Librarian's residence.

The UNSC and Covenant forces continued to try and get back to their ships. But, the ships weren't at the edge of the crater as they had thought, but rather a dozen more miles through the jungles. "Nichole", said James, "Keep me posted on any enemy movements" "Don't worry, we're safe for now.", Nichole replied. "And just how long do you think that'll last?" "No time!", she shouted, "They're all around us!" All of the forces heard this, since she had broadcasted it on the COM line, and they turned to look. Sure enough, they had ended up in the middle of a Hydra-Flood battle. "Engage the enemies!", yelled Ameigh. The Flood and Hydra attacked all comers, including each other, and began to infect and absorb all the living organisms into their forces. James dodged to the right as a Combat form tried to attack, and Jemsal came in and slashed it in two with his energy sword. Jake brought out his SMG's as Samuel drove the Mongoose around the battle, attempting to splatter the Cell and Infection forms. Nibesa, Jaig and Ank stood back and fired from a distance, covering each others backs with Luzzda flying over them. Ketynic and Katelynn covered James and Jemsal, as well as using their weapons at close range to blow their foes to pieces. Clayton, Devyn, Den Muso Hico and Cer Muso Coun stayed back and fired their heavy weapons into the battle. Nicholas had gone in with Samorulan and Jarikus to take the foes down at close range, with Nicholas as bait to distract the enemy as the two Brutes took them down. Amy and Ameigh stood back and barked orders to their forces. But even with these brave warriors, the battle was hopeless. The forces were being defeated, when suddenly the Flood and Hydra were fired upon from above. The UNSC and Covenant forces looked up, and saw Team Beta descending to the ground. Soon, the Flood and Hydra were destroyed. "Hey there, James", said Caleb, "Looked like you could use a hand" "Caleb!", replied James, "It's been a while. Thanks for the help. Now come on, we have to get out of here."

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Dean woke up. It seemed that he had been passed out for a while. He felt that his left shoulder hurt. He had appeared in corridor, apparently under the room he'd been in during the attack on the third tower. Those stupid vines seemed to always come at bad times.

He walked through the corridor, after picking up his Shotgun and Spartan Laser. The corridor never turned, but continued straight forward. He heard the crawling sound of Infection Forms all the time, but they never arrived.

After some time of walking, he saw through a hole that it was an elevator on the other side. He brandished his Combat Knife and cut through the slime wall. He went to the elevator and started it. It went upwards.

After some minutes, it arrived at its final destination. After going through a door, Dean found out that he was in the third Cannon Tower. He killed the two Flood guards, and then pointed his laser on the beam. He fired, and the beam faded out. He ran out through the gate of the tower.

"Sir, third tower is disabled," Dean said through the COM link to Captain Crow.

"Good work Master Guns'. Try to...WHAT! Sergeant, take cover immediately, repeat, immediately! A Scarab is heading for your position, and it's commanded by Flood."

"Copy that." Dean took cover behind the destroyed Warthog, where he found two of his Marines.

"Marines, what's your status?"

"Sir, after you were thrown away by that vine, the flood charged. They overwhelmed us by their sheer number. We was able to survive however."

"Good. What's your weapon status?"

"I've got a Rocket Launcher, and Bill here got an Battle Rifle!"

"Bill, take my laser, try to point on the Scarab's limbs so I can jump onboard, okay?"

"Sir, yes sir," the both Marines said in response. The Scarab closed in on their position. When it was only a few meters away from their hideout, the Marines opened fire. The Rocket and laser both did perfect hits, destroying the limbs of the front legs. Dean took this chance to jump onboard the Scarab. He moved to the core, threw two frag grenades, and then he jumped off. The Scarab's explosion filled the air with blue.

"Good work Master guns', wait there for extraction." Dean waited, but suddenly a vine came up from the ground and grabbed his leg. It drew him down a large hole. What did these vines want with him?

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The Librarian of Ceres was the last forerunner alive. He had been in cryo since the halo's activation until the Monitor of Ceres got him out and told him what happened. He spent his time out of cryo in mourning for all who died with the halo's activation. He told Lewis and Holstrom about the flood, and what Ceres truly was. Ceres was actually a Precursor construct. After the Precursors were driven out by the forerunner, the forerunner repurposed Ceres and made it a bomb shelter and an activation center. Lewis and Holstrom asked the forerunner how to get to the key without having the flood attack them. He said: "Take the path that seems the hardest."

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"Dragon Squadron, report in", said Andrew. "Dragon-01, standing by", said Luke. "Dragon-02, standing by", said Brittani. "Dragon-03, standing by", said Justin. "Dragon-04, standing by", said Erika. "Dragon-05, standing by", said Brittanny. "Dragon-06, standing by", said Cindle. "OK, Dragons, we're going in!" All the fighters streaked down into the city, searching for the towers to take down. They found one, and engaged in several bombing runs. They repeated several times until they ran into some trouble. Several marines and Covenant had become infected by the Flood, and they were using Rocket Launchers and Fuel Rod Cannons to try to take them down. "Let's hit 'em hard Dragons!", yelled Andrew as they engaged their foes.

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They have engaged the target for hours. It seems widely unsuccessful, even  with Spartans coordinating the entire effort. Flood forms pile around the opening where they spawn. Lambda Squad is no where closer to blocking off the hole than when they first fired, all guns blazing.

"We're running out of ammo. We should retreat for now!" suggests Hattie.

Lambda Leader is aware of the situation. If the Spartans retreat, their brief campaign would be highly unsuccessful, along with dealing with lost reputation and trust.

"Pull back. This is too much for the four of us. Erebus, tight beam a transmission to report the status of the skirmish."

"Leader, something is preventing me from starting a communication link. Technology unknown. This would be the first time where my expertise has been bested," the AI said with regret.

"Try to locate the jammer, we'll have to deal with it soon," replied Lambda Leader as the two warthogs were revved, taking Lambda Squad away from the mess of Flood.

--Dubtiger 13:40, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

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They ran at thier top speed. Hundreds of flood, just raining down on them. Lewis was holding the key in his hand, and Holstrom was running at top speed. They had to put the key into the control room. Without it, there was no way for the UNSC to win. The Precursors were currently winning on space... but on the ground... it was an entirely different story. Lewis had no idea how to escape. His home ship... destroyed in the Precursor onslaught. Him and Holstrom had left the Librarian of Ceres behind. He activated some... "solution" to keep the flood from overtaking Lewis and Holstrom. They made it to the Longsword and hit pushed the throttle to full power. Sgt.Johnson

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Archaic Chivalry looked as the two Reclaimers ran off to try and activate the Ceres Installation. "Why do you still believe in these Reclaimers?", he asked the Librarian, "They fight valiantly, yes, but they fall down and simply feed the Flood and Hydra. And they're so primitive and violent." "Was my race so different once?", the Librarian replied, "I have seen hope in them. They do not fight because they have to; they fight because they choose to. That is one thing that you may never understand Archaic Chivalry. Freedom of Choice. May you live up to your name in the defense of this installation. Farewell." With that, the Librarian returned to his sanctum, never to leave it again. Archaic Chivalry watched, still puzzled at it all. Then he activated his teleportation system and returned to control room, giving orders to his forces that they should attempt to protect the Reclaimers across the planet at all costs.

Nogard slaughtered countless more of the Precursors and their robots. He continued his unstoppable rampage through the ship, eventually closing in on the bridge. "Seal the door!", yelled one of the crewmen. This proved useless though as Nogard merely ripped through the door and charged onto the bridge, killing all there. Finding himself to not be on the flagship, he broke the front glass and took off to the next ship, letting that one crash down to the planet.

Blackheart teleported onto one of the crashed Precursor ships and set his Hydra controlled Constructors to work fixing it. As soon as they were finished on this ship and several others, he would set out for the skies. And from there, he would take the galaxy.....

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The Reclaimers flew to the control room. It was strange, as on a mainly tropical planet, the control room was located in a snowy environment. After they parked thier longsword at the foot of the control room, thousands of flood dispersal pods fell around them. The flood spoke. Lewis and Holstrom grabbed BR-55HB SR rifles and M7 SMG's. They weren't about to go down without a fight. 21:14, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

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"Dragons, take down those towers!", ordered Admiral Wilson "Yes sir!", they replied, and barreled down the canyons between the Forerunner buildings. They continued down the canyons, bombing several of the towers. "It's too quite", said Andrew "Hey, guys", said Justin, "I got something on my radar...." They all looked at their radar and saw what it was. Flood piloted Forerunner fighters.... firing rockets! "Break!!", yelled Andrew. The Dragons broke formation and spun through the buildings in seperate directions. "I told you that this was too easy!!", yelled Erika "Give it a break and fire!", Britanny, her sister, yelled back They continued to dodge left and right and fire bullets and rockets back on the Flood fighters. Britanny spun to the left, and made a Flood fighter get directly in the path of one of Erika's missiles. Cindle sped around the corner of a building, a half dozen fighters on her tail, as Britanni came around and bombed them all out. Luke and Justin pulled similar tricks, taking down more fighters. But the fighters didn't seem to stop. "There's too many!", said Luke "Come on!", replied Andrew, "Hang in there!"

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AJ fired until his BR-55 clip was out. Then, over head, thousands upon thousands of sentinel enforcers fired upon the flood. The flood were decimated. Lewis and Holstrom ran to the control room where they inserted the key. They looked up at the blue light emitted from the abyss that the control room surrounded. They ran for thier lives to get away from Ceres. 21:17, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

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ATHENIAN-000 wandered into the control as the humans inserted the key and then he watched them run. Ponting his finger at the key a bolt of fire sped straight towards the key knocking it out and almost to the edge of the platform.

"That was close," he said as the blue light faded and eventually dissapeared. Now to find those elites and humans, he thoguht walking out of the complex. He grabed his mongoose and turned it on. With a slight roar of the engine he was off, soon he would find them and take them out, sperate them and pick them off one by one. He saw one of his mercenaries and stopped by him letting him get on, luckly the mercenary had a sniper and they both began to look for Team Alpha and The Squad of something or another. After about 20 minutes of driving ATHENIAN-000 began to get tired of the constent vibrating of the Mongoose.

Finnaly the mercenary spotted them, "600 meters north, i see them," ATHENIAN turned and began to speed towards the group of SPARTANs and Covenant. ATHENIAN stopped the Mongoose and let the mercenary get out.

"Start to shoot at the hunters get them mad so they try to find what is shooting at them then try to pick off the drone and then attack the rest of the group snipers are a priorty," said ATHENIAN to the mercenary, he nodded and ATENIAN drove off and pulling a katana off his back drove full speed at the strange group of soldiers.

Darmind stred from the tower he had claimed, the foolish humans once they had deactivated the twoers and killed most of the flood he would move this tower awith his hive and leave the Doomind to his own devices. Soon everything will fall right into place. He watched a couple of human fighters trying to fight off the flood controlled Forerunner fighters. He lifted the shotgun off the wall and turned, to see several marines walk in. He and his Darkness flood all jumped straight at the marines, letting his shotgun fire blowing one of the marines sides straight out. turning and pumping his shotgun at the same time, something his own combat forms couldn't do, i.e multi task. Seeing the mairne with a Spartan Laser he quickly ran over hitting him over the head with the shotugn and shoving it into his stomach, firing putting in tens of pellets into his stomach and blowing out his entire stomach. Taking a grenade he threw it and stuck one of the marines who ran and hugged one of his combat forms, Big mistake. The combat form grabed him with two of it's four heads and threw him across the room, he exploded half way and the charred remains of his body hit the ground. Darkmind pumped his shotgun as the last of the marines was killed by a soldiers form wielding a MA5C. Soon very soon thought the Darkmind letting contagion forms spread on the dead bodies. It all they had lost only two combat forms. Darkmind picked up the Spartan Laser, and this would help.

-- Spartan-064 ,≈≈Ω≈≈De ma kh <font color="#000000">is http://www.wikia.com/skins/common/progress-wheel.gif <font color="#A9A9A9">Reporting  •  <font color="#A9A9A9">Contributions   22:47, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

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Lewis heard a rumble. And then silence. The firing sequence stopped. He had to find a way to fire this installation and stop the flood and the precursor. Then, he noticed his hole. On the other side of the Planet was a citadel, an alternate firing place. He slip-spaced his longsword to the citadel. 22:51, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

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The combined human and Covenant forces neared their original camp, filled with enough ships to get them off the planet, if they were all still intact. "Come on", said Amy, "We're almost home free" But nothing ever goes as planned, or even as hoped, in war. With hardly a hundred yards to go, the group was attacked. Sniper fire rang out, bouncing off the Hunter's shields. Angered, they turned to try and see what had hit them, only to find nothing. Sniper fire once again rang, and the bond brothers saw their target. They fired their Fuel Rod Cannons, missing the quick target. Luzzda flew into the air, attempting to open fire from above, only to be shot in the wing and forced back to the ground. Jaig and Ank got next to him and covered his back, making sure no more sniper fire hit him. Katelynn, Ketynic and Nicholas started firing sniper rounds back at the sniper, but they didn't hit the mark. And then, a Mongoose drove up, a hooded figure driving it. The figure jumped off and attack Jemsal and James, who barely managed to hold their own against him. "Who are you?", asked Jemsal "They call me ATHENIAN-000", he replied, "I'd say it doesn't matter, since you won't be around much longer" "That's what you think", said James as he pushed Athenian away. He and Jemsal attacked with their melee weapons, trying to take him down, but Athenian was too skilled of a sword fighter. Jake and Samuel looked on as they fought off a few soldiers that had come with Athenian. "That's the guy we threw off the edge of that cliff", said Jake "I guess not", said Sam "You two, shut up!", yelled Jarikus, breaking one of the soldiers heads on his knee. Samorulan stabbed two more soldiers with his Spikers, and then rushed over to save Jake from getting knocked in the back of the head. "Thanks", said Jake, and then turned to fire at several more soldiers. "Amy", yelled James, "You and Ameigh take Nibesa, Jaig, Ank and Luzzda. Go to the base, get the ships ready. We'll join you as soon as we can" "I won't leave you here", she replied stubbornly "You have too" "Amy gave James a look, and then turned to grab Nibesa, throwing him over her back. Ameigh did the same to Luzzda, and then took off after Amy, Jaig and Ank on her heels

"Go my minions! Take the planet! Destroy the accursed Forerunner machinations! Go!" Doommind would have smirked if he had a mouth that could have done it. He was pleased. All was going as planned. The planet would soon be his, and he hadn't seen anything of the vile Hydra since the NOVAing of the planet. Even the headstrong Darkmind, who Doommind knew had plans of his own, could not darkness Doommind's evil joy. Nothing could stop him....

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Lewis and Holstrom crash landed thier longsword outside of the citadel. They walked, marveling at the ancient structure. They crossed the light bridge and walked inside where they reached the elevator. They marveled at the rings as they passed through 2 rooms. They got to a platform that was slightly elevated. They stepped up, and they pressed the "button". The rings glew bright as the secondary firing sequence was initiated. Lewis and Holstrom tied Lotus Anti Tank mines to the platform and blew it. That permanantly locked the firing seqence in place. They ran with all thier might.Lewis remembered an UNSC tracking device in his pocket. He activated it and kept on running until he found a squad of grunts camping. Him and Holstrom stole thier Ghosts and kept on finding a way off the Planet. 21:25, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

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Archaic Chivalry watched as the firing sequence began. It would take approximately 12 hours for the outdated technology to complete the warm-up sequence and fire the Ceres Installation, effectively destroying all life in the system, and destroy the planet itself. "So", he said to himself, "This is how it ends...."

-- Lordofmonsterisland "Roar to me"  00:08, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

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Dedruth limped, leaning on the rod of his now-depleted Energy Scythe, slowly mumbling a silent poem. He went on for a few minutes, and then went on to embrace death.

823543 Discordant Fervor; Former Monitor of Installation-07, and possibly the most brilliant Forerunner construct to be created. Tainted by the Flood, and paranoid from years of slowly growing rampancy. He was the only one one qualified to stop the countdown... but would he choose to?

''Do not fear death. It is simply the ending of a doomed existance... All things cannot live forever, and those that do are left as mindless shells of what they once were...''

"Repair the ship..." Omega muttered, "The countdown has already begun..."

--"Our Business is Life itself"  Umbrella  Corporation  Communications Products

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Amy and Ameigh ran through the jungle, Nibesa and Luzzda over each one's shoulder, Jaig and Ank running behind them. They encountered relatively small amounts of Flood, and killed the few they found relatively easily. They continued to run at top speed, finally breaking through the tree line into a cleared area. "Just a little further", said Amy They climbed up over a while hill, and look down at where the camp had been. Ships had been parked everywhere, but now there were only a few left, some destroyed, most simply missing "What happened?", asked Ameigh, "Where are they?" "I don't know", Amy replied, "But both you're ship and ours are still here. Let's get 'em warmed up" Jaig and Ank began to warm up the Endless Justice, while Ameigh tended to Luzzda's wounded wings. "Nibesa, help Amy with the Thermopylae", said Ameigh Nibesa rushed over to the Thermopylae and gave Amy a hand with the start up sequences. As soon as it made it halfway powered-up, Amy clicked on the ships' COM, as hers was somehow blocked. The COM sprang to life, broadcasting a message immediately. ''"All Reclaimer forces and their allies, this is Archaic Chivalry. Two of your members have activated the Ceres Installation's firing sequence. You have 12 of your hours to get out of the system, or you will perish with the Flood and the Hydra. Good luck" Amy grabbed the COM and turned it to Team Alpha's frequency. "Guys, you better get your butts over here. The Ceres Installation is going to fire in 12 hours, and we have to be out of the system" "Yeah, we'll see what we can do, but I don't think this Athenian fellow wants to let us leave"

-- Lordofmonsterisland "Roar to me"  00:36, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

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"Team Murmillo! Get the f***ing h*** outta there!" Yelled the admiral. James fired his MA5K at the drones as he backed off. he jumped into the pelican and flew towards the UNSC Spitfire. As he boarded, several more pelicans came in. James could feel the ship moving. What is going on? he thought. As he blacked out.

Colonel Lewis and his few remaining men boarded the pelican as it flew into the UNSC Spitfire. The ship lurched as he got out. The order to head to cryo. The ship was jumping to slipspace.

"Delta. Take us out of system." Said Admiral Chow. "Yes sir." Replied the green hologram of a SPARTAN-II. The UNSC Spitfire's slipspace capacitors charged up as it jumped for a new vector, in order to escape the weapon.

-- Petty Officer 1st Class SPARTAN-G023  Comm Channel Mission History 00:39, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

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Lewis saw the slipspace ruptures. The UNSC was evacuating. But the Evacuation was premature. They had to stay back and contain the Precursors long enough, then slipspace jump. Him and Holstrom were being left behind. He turned on the boost on the Ghost and flew through the forest. 00:49, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

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James pushed Athenian back by hitting his katana with the butt of his Alternator Rifle. Jemsal rushed in with two Energy Swords and attacked viciously, though even his skills and two swords couldn't match Athenian. Then, Athenian brought his katana down on Jemsal's shoulder, cutting deep. Jemsal screamed in pain, and was nearly killed when James jumped in with two Combat Knifes, blocking the katana and slicing each of Athenian's arms. The Athenian merely pulled his arms back and started kicking at him. He knocked James down and put his foot on his neck, preparing to crush it, when he got a surprise. Katelynn had come up from behind and injected a stun serum into his neck, knocking him unconcious. "Thanks", said James, watching the mercenaries retreat. "Let's get to the Thermopylae. Clayton, Devyn, tie him up and bring him along. He'll make a nice prisoner; we can see what he was after" The remaining forces of Team Alpha and the Squad of Unrelenting Reparation ran to the clearing, and got in their ships. As they took off, up into the atmosphere, Nicholas noticed the slipspace ruptures. "James, look", he said, pointing, "The fleets are retreating" "No, no, no", said James, rushing to the COM station, "They're leaving the system too early. We have to keep the Precursors and Forerunners occupied till the installation fires!"

-- Lordofmonsterisland "Roar to me"  00:59, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

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Lewis and Holstrom came across a massacre. 4 Marines had been shot in the back by Coveanant Forces. But, this massacre was a blessing. Lewis picked up one of the radios and called "TO ANY AND ALL UNSC FORCES. RESCUE DOWNED LONGSWORD PILOTS AT CORRDINATES 22.4.5. WE ACTIVATED CERES. REQUESTING SUPPORT AND PICK UP." They waited and rested and drank the canteens of the dead Marines.

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"This is Charlie 24, we have received your transmission and are in root to pick you up, standby."

On board the UNSC Pillar of Winter, Captain Jacobs ordered the ship to turn around and retrieve the 421st Fighter Squadron then immediately jump to slipspace.

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Lewis and Holstrom gladly stepped aboard the Longsword. They were safe... for a while. This installation, Ceres, once owned by the Precursors, taken over by the forerunners, and discovered by the UNSC, should have been left alone. It was a place of strange alien experiments, superweapons, and catastropic battles. This planet, should have been left well enough alone. 01:40, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

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As soon as the 421st finished docking, the Pillar of Winter turned outsystem and sped away. Hopefully never to return.

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The Precursor commander had decided that re-taking Ceres was too much of a hassle. They already had a galactic empire in another galaxy. They transcended into a "Warp-Speed" state and sped back toward thier galaxy.

Ceres was warming up. The Sentinels had interlocked themselves and prepared for the blast that would destroy Ceres. It was now 5 Hours until Activation. The time had come.

The Librarian put himself back into his Slipspace/Cryo Pod. He was to sleep. Forever.

Lewis looked at the UNSC Pillar of Winter. It was one of the newer ships in the fleet. He shook hands with the Squadron Commander and rested in his "bunk". Lewis wanted to go back to Earth. Holstrom looked over at Lewis. Holstrom had a wife back on Earth. Holstrom's Vulture's and Lewis' Hellcats were both destroyed with the UNSC Yamato. This battle would go down in history.

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ATHENIAN-000 woke up from the drug indusded sleep, he didn't open his eyelids, but felt around for his sword. Not finding it he assumed the two squads had disarmed him, then he started to work on the haldcuffs that kept his hands behind his back. Like metal could keep the Athenian restrained, he used his fire to begin melting the metal and in two minutes he was free. From the smell he guessed that he was in a ship, a small ship. Which was going to by headed to a larger ship, good there i can escape and leave the system with the rest of Karma. Out of one of the windows a brute saw something.

"What is that?" one of the Brutes asked.

"I don't...." one of the SPARTANs began, but the small craft was hit with hundreds of .50 caliber rounds.

Athenian jumped up and grabed one of the SPARTANs by the neck and grabed the M6G pistol from it's holster.

"Good thats a start a pistol, now hand me my sword,"

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Only 4 hours until they would all die... unless Fervor chose to halt the firing. Why would he do that, though? He knew he would survive regardless... the Flood would be destroyed, and so would so many of the Reclaimers and other wildlife on the pathetic planet. But he was still a Forerunner creation. It was his duty to guide and protect the Reclaimers... It was too confusing to the Monitor.

A Flood Combat Form rushed blindly at him and Fervor destroyed it with ease, using his defensive beam. The scarlet red beam hit dead-center on the Flood form's chest, making a large hole and causing it to drop to the floor, dead. "Nuisance..." he muttered, staring at the former Sangheili. He couldn't simply let these creatures suffer at the hands of the Flood... there were also the Hydra to account fo-

No. He must not think of the wellfare of anything other than himself. He was his own to control, no more a slave of those pathetic creatures that made him from scraps. Fervor utilized the teleportation grid and teleported himself to Archaic Chivalry.

"I suppose you remember me? We do need to catch up before the firing sequence begins" Fervor said as he reached the Monitor, and he chuckled silently to himself.

''The end has come. Let loose your grasp on the chains of mortality, and ascend to your birthright. Let the Great Journey commence at last.''

--"Our Business is Life itself"  Umbrella  Corporation  Communications Products

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"To all ship prepare too evacute the zone, this station is going to grow" Gradualy all armada's enter in slipspace not with out deploying thoushand of space mine, the entire armada composer of 300 ship and 10 of thoulsand of fightetr enter in slipspace. The navy will never sacrifice so mani ship in 1 battle. <font color="SteelBlue">C <font color="#A9A9A9">F <font color=Teal>00 <font color=Teal>1 14:20, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

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Charging Sequence Initiated Starting Countdown 7 Seconds until Installation Firing 6 Seconds 5 Seconds 4 Seconds "It will be a wonderful world, if they are allowed to reclaim it." 3 Seconds 2 Seconds 1 Second

A blue light came out of Ceres. It was activated, and it fired. Ceres, almost simultaneously, erupted as the interlaced Geometry of Precursor Machines was shown. It was a fortress world, built by the Precursors, and captured by the Foreunners. It was over. The Battle of Ceres had been concluded. With a bang.

+1 Second RESET RESET RESET RESET

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The combined forces of UNSC and Covenant Seperatist fleets exited slipspace. They had barely managed to get out of the system in time, but they had made it, leaving behind a ghost system. Ceres' superweapon had destroyed all life left in the system, and destroyed the planet itself, leaving it as asteroids floating in space. Onboard the Annihilator, Team Alpha, Team Beta, Dragon Squadron and the Squad of Unrelenting Reparation stood around, discussing various things. Team Alpha, Dragon Squadron and Team Beta's members were mainly catching up on old times, since they hadn't seen each other in years. The Squad of Unrelenting Reparation, which had been nicknamed SpecOps Force Alpha by the UNSC forces, sat around listening to them, interested in their tall-tales. Amy and Ameigh sat to the side, laughing to themselves at the ridiculousness of some of the tales. Fleet Admiral Wilson entered the room, smiling at the sight. He walked over next the group, nodding his head at Amy, who smiled in return, glad at his choice. Then, Wilson turned to Katelynn and smiled. "Katelynn", he began, "When I told all of you about your parents, I didn't mention one thing about yours. One of your parents is still alive. Your mother died at the Battle of the Satellite, but your father survived" He paused, searching for words, "What I'm trying to say is, I'm your father" Katelynn stared at him blankly for a minute, and embraced him in a big hug. James smiled grandly at this, before finally saying what had been on his mind. "Well, that helps my case out quite a bit then", he said, "Admiral Wilson, may I have your daughter's hand in marriage, if she'll have me" Admiral Wilson smiled at the boy. "Of course", he replied "Then Katelynn", said James, pulling out a ring, "Will you marry me?" She stared at him with a look of disbelief on her face for an uncomfortably long time, and then answered. "Yes", she said, "Yes, I'll marry you"

They were married onboard the Thermopylae, just like both of their parents had been. The wedding was grand, with most of the UNSC and Covenant forces attending. Katelynn and James both thought about their dead parents that night, rubbing their gems and thinking of how proud they would have been.

The fleets dispersed to various parts of the galaxy. The Squad of Unrelenting Reparation said their goodbyes, sad to have to leave such admirable comrades. But they would meet again, and they all knew it.

In the asteroid remains of Ceres, Archaic Chivalry and a small group of Sentinels flew off, heading for the nearest Forerunner installation. And dragged with them, kept in a shut-down mode, was Discodant Fervor.

A hodge-podge group of ships traveled through slipspace, heading for any destination, so long as there was life for the taking. Inside the largest one, a large blue mass controlled all the other life in the small fleet. The Hydra had survived to fight another day.

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Lewis and Holstrom looked at Earth, Humanity's homeworld out the bridge of the UNSC Pillar of Winter. They were glad to be back home.

Lewis had to spend a month in an UNSC hospital for radiation exposure, and some minor injuries stemming from tree branches, and the crash landing of his longsword. He married an ONI Officer and she retired from active service with the UNSC. Lewis was later reassigned to the UNSC Training Corps and the 23rd Naval Squadron was disbanded. Lewis recieved the Red Legion of Honor for The Battle of Ceres, Two Medals of Honor, both for trying to activate Ceres, and the Silver Star for Meritorious Service on Ceres. He now (2557) on Mars, training new pilots. Him and his wife later had a son, who wanted to be a pilot just as much as his father.

Holstrom was met with scruitiny by the UNSC High Command. The incident was later cleared up as an over zealous Naval Officer didn't hear the warning from the 225th Naval Squadron. That Officer was later dishonorably discharched and demoted to the rank of Seaman. Holstrom was promoted to Rear Admiral (Lower Half) and he married the owner of a local business on Earth. The 225th Naval Squadron was officialy disbanded and cleared of all charges by the United Earth Government.

Lewis wrote letters to the families of Major Gregg Woods, Colonel Anthony Carr, Admiral Robert Valentino, and the families of all who died in the 23rd Naval squadron. He went to the memorial service while he was in the hospital for all who died in the Battle of Ceres.

Holstorm wrote letters to the families of all the Vulture Pilots, detailing why they had no choice but to go AWOL and how they were pardoned. Holstorm looked out the window from his office in Sydney, Australia. Earth was safe, and it was time to move on and rebuild the UNSC's fleet.

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