RP:Well Enough Alone

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Some things were meant to be lost....forever........

Notices

 * This story starts on May 17th, 2556
 * The planet they are on is called Ceres
 * You may add a Force but they must be UNSC, Covenant Separatists, Covenant Loyalists, Bujkowe, Forerunner, Flood, or Hydra.
 * You may not kill any Main Characters of other people in the fanon.
 * 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.
 * 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 their last name example: 'Vadumee pulled out his Carbine.
 * No cussing. It may be Halo, but I don't like it so it won't be allowed.

The fanon has begun

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

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

UNSC First Response Fleet

 * UNSC Annihilator - Fleet Admiral Jim Wilson - Amy B.
 * 1000 Longsword Fighters
 * 1000 SC Shortsword Bombers
 * Dragon Squadron
 * 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
 * Team Alpha, New Team
 * James D.
 * Katelynn W.
 * Nicholas S.
 * Clayton P.
 * Devyn S.
 * Jake D.
 * Samuel T.
 * 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
 * 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
 * 8th ODST Regiment- Major Greg Woods
 * 17th Marine Division- Colonel Anthony Carr

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.

Battlegroup Canada

 * 25 Ships of various class

Covenant Loyalists

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

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

Forerunner Machines
Primary Commander: 51293 Archaic Chivalry


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

Flood
Primary Commanders: Doommind, Darkmind

Ceres forces

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

Hydra
Primary Commander: Blackheart

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


 * Role:Dragon Leader
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Broadsword Fighter
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Dragon-01
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Longsword fighter
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Dragon-02
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Longsword fighter
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Dragon-03
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Longsword fighter
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Dragon-04
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Shortsword bomber
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Dragon-05
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Shortsword bomber
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Dragon-06
 * Side:UNSC
 * Status:Active
 * Location:In the cockpit of a Shortsword bomber
 * Other:N/A
 * Previously:In the Battle of the Satellite


 * Role:Chieftain Tekciw
 * Side:Bujkowe
 * Status:Active
 * Location:Aprih Tree-top Village
 * 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

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

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: UNSC Yamato
 * Other: Leader of the 23rd Starfighter Squadron
 * Previously Protecting Earth


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


 * Role: Major Gregg Woods
 * Side: UNSC Marine Corps/ ODST
 * Status: Active
 * Location: UNSC Yamato


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

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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"That", said Fleet Admiral Jim Wilson, "was the last transmission sent from the Ceres Outpost. It's been two weeks with no other transmissions. Our job is to figure out what happened"

"Admiral, what do you think could have happened?" It was Amy, now the mentor of the new Team Alpha. All of the original Team Alpha except for her died in the Battle of the Satellite. She was given an honorable discharge and never wanted to see any sort of combat again. Unfortunately, she was a soldier in her blood, and she joined the second wave of the Team Alpha project, if only to keep her former teammates children safe. Though she was only their mentor and didn't go into combat, she took pride in her job.

"Not sure actually. He stated clearly that it wasn't the Bujkowe or Covenant and while he said it wasn't the wildlife that planet has so much it could've been one they didn't know about. At least that's what I hope..." He didn't want to say what he was thinking around normal officers and the new recruits. The normal officers and soldiers couldn't hear it because it was "top-secret" (not exactly the right term do to all the mishaps that happened around it) and he didn't want to frighten the new recruits. The new Team Alpha had just come out of training; this was their first mission. He prayed it wouldn't be a disaster like other missions he had been on.

"What is it Admiral?", asked James. James had assumed the leadership and assault role for the new Team Alpha. Amy looked upon him with pride; he reminded her of himself from earlier years, back when she didn't have a care in the world and would take down anyone that said one wrong word about her.

"N-Nothing son, nothing. You and your team should get some rest before we get there. It may be a tough mission, what with all those trees and mountains and all" In his heart he knew that wasn't what would make it difficult. He had a feeling there was something more; much more....

Many of the marines studied the new Team Alpha as they walked down the hall to their quarters. All 8 of them were decked out in MK VII MJOLNIR armor, helmets off so that they could hear each other's voices, each one standing at about 6 feet tall. They were a motley crew consisting of radically different people. James, the leader, wasn't much for talking, preferring to think things out. Katelynn, the stealth expert and second-in-command, was all about action and loved to tease Nicholas. Nicholas was the sniper/recon/decoy man, but he had an unbelievably large amount of good luck. Clayton and Devyn were brothers, though they didn't seem like it. Clayton was all about the vehicles, especially the big ones, and he loved to modify them. Devyn on the other hand, was a heavy weapons specialist and could always be found with something explosive. Jake and Samuel were cousins, but they had to be the closest relatives in the entire UNSC. The two of them were never found apart. Jake would handle the weapons, while Samuel would drive a small, quick vehicle of some sort that Jake could ride shotgun. Amy was now a mentor for Team Alpha; she no longer took place in any battles. She had vowed to never fight in a battle again and she intended to keep that vow. But she had taken a special liking to these kids, even if it was only because they were the children of her fallen comrades, especially James and Katelynn. One of the sad truths of these kids was that they didn't know the truth about their parents. They knew that if they knew the truth about their parents then they would become targets of the enemy. So it was kept from them and from the public. They were told the semi-truth that their parents had died in battle when they were very young, though this was not true since they were all about 17 and the parents had only died two years before.

"James", said Amy, stopping the boy in his tracks. She was the one person he respected on his own free will. "Come here, I want to show you something". She led him into her quarters onboard the Thermopylae, which was now her ship, and went over to grab a small chest. "I've been working on this for the past two years", she said, opening the chest. Katelynn, nosy as ever, silently walked into the room. "You could have knocked", said Amy. "How did you know I was here?", asked Katelynn. "I was trained with your and his parents around me. I would know if a pen dropped in the vacuum of space!" They snickered at this. She always exaggerated everything, but they didn't care. "You can come and see as well. After all, in a way, this is related to you". From the chest, she pulled a small chip and inserted it into the nearby holo-pad. Out of it popped a young lady's figure. Her appearance was that of a 17 year old girl. She was red and black, with hair going to her shoulders only. "I guess, Katelynn, she's almost like your sister", Amy said, "I made her from the remains of Clyde's programming after he was destroyed in the Battle of the Satellite. She was programmed after your mother, Katelynn." Nichole opened her eyes. "Hello. I'm Nichole. What am I supposed to do? And who are you three?" "Don't worry, I'll answer all your questions. These two are James and Katelynn, they'll be your squadmates." She turned to James and Katelynn. "Run along, you two" They left, but as they went they heard Nichole start barraging Amy with questions. "I think Amy might have bit off more than she could chew", said James. "I think so", answered Katelynn.

Lordofmonsterisland "Roar to me"

2
"Spartan Team Epsilon, we need you to give the planet some backup, and just like old times, SPARTAN-069 will go too." Captain Regan said, he was presumed dead at the incident on Jimiro. Discovered to escape the boarded ship, now captain of the UNSC Blackout.

The Spartans stayed put, knowing that they were facing the unknown. SPARTAN-069 also known as Edward-069, stays with the squad at all times, ever since his team got devoured by the flood, so far he has survived the war, but he had a gut feeling that something was going to happen.

"Get in that Albatross! Those things need a face fulla lead!!" SPARTAN-G025 ordered to his team. The Spartan team obeyed and entered the Albatross.

"Hmmm,"

"You ok Ed?"

"I just got a gut feeling that this is my last mission."

--The Evil O&#39;malley 22:41, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

3
The Battlegroup Canada arrive in slipspace, composed of 25 ship it is part of the 14th nomad fleet.

"Dispatch the 34th Aibone division to the surface and the 3 armored regiment."

The Battlegroup Canada have now make contact with other unit of the UNSC. "We have response of the seconde assault fleet."

about 200 longswords and 100 of shortswords are dispatch in the uncomming battle. User:Chief frank 001

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The 70 year old admiral, decorated from years of battles, looked out on upon the planet. He called Lieutenant AJ Lewis to the bridge.

"Sir, you needed me?" asked the young lieutenant, vetran of many battles. He came from a military background and his CSV was impressive. "Lieutenant, you and your hellcats take off and prepare engage enemy forces" said Admiral Valentino. The lieutenant did as he was ordered.

In docking bay 32, AJ looked out at his squadron taking off into the deep, dark vaccumm of space. "It's going to be a long battle" said the Lieutenant, talking to his co-pilot. He prayed and stepped aboard Hellcat 23, his trusty longsword. The Yamato was going into battle again.

In the crew quarters room, Major Gregg Woods got him and his ODSTs ready to hard-drop to the surface. The suited up in their newly supplied SPI-II armour and they climbed into thier Orbital Insertion Pods. Usually with these things, a lot of ODST's would die. Not this time. The maintenance department on the Yamato fixed some of the problems with the pods and had extra heat and drop protection on them.

Inside of his pod, the major screamed: "FEET FIRST INTO HELL MEN!" and with that, the Yamato deployed an entire regiment of ODST's onto the planet's surface.

Colonel Anthony Carr, a former Spartan-I, looked out into docking bay 86. Almost his entire divison, including him self, would be sent to the surface following the ODST's. The Marine Division was eqquipped with its own Pelicans, Sparrow Hawks, and Hornets. They were to be deployed to the surface and set up a base of operations. He looked out at thier young faces. He remembered his first day in the UNSC Marine Corps. Now, it was thier chance to shine. Many were veterans of the 1st and 2nd Battles of Earth. Now, they, millions of light years away from Earth, were going to be deployed onto the surface on an unknown planet. He climbed into the Pelican and began his speech: "Today, you all are part of one of the largest Marine Insertions in history..." His speech faded off into space. It inspired the young marines to do the best they can. They left the Yamato as the watchful eyes of Admrial Valentino watched over them. AJ

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As the ODST's hit the surface, the ground was scorched by the intense heat. They had landed in a clearing somewhere on the planet. The clearing was very large, large enough to support a Field Headquarters. Major Woods ordered his ODST's to spread out and secure a perimiter. In the back, some of the ODST's brought out Flamethrowers. They were to clear out the flora and fauna to create a LZ for the Marines. They got to work immediately bringing out mobile radios, some Warthogs, and about 30 Mongooses. The Flamethrower ODST's began to burn out the surrounding forest as they saw the first pelicans and albatrossses coming from the atmosphere.

In the space around the planet, Lieutenant AJ Lewis checked his star map. The planet was some sort of "forerunner" planet and they were to not engage until further orders. The Hellcat squadron circled around the Yamato and waited for more marines to hit the surface. AJ

6
The UNSC First Response Fleet exited slipspace right in the planet's orbit. Surprisingly, they noticed a ship already orbiting the planet.

"Identify that ship", ordered Fleet Admiral Wilson. "I want info about it, A.S.A.P."

The officers on the bridge quickly came up with the ship's I.D. and everything else about it.

"It's name is the UNSC Yamato, sir", said one of the officers, "It has fought in dozens of battles. Currently lead by Admiral Robert Valentino."

"Valentino, eh? Very well, open a channel." The COM officer opened a channel for Wilson to speak with Valentino. "Admiral Valentino, this is Fleet Admiral Jim Wilson. I was ordered to command an expedition to investigate the happenings of Ceres. What of you? What is your status?"

"We were also answering the distress signal. We are setting up a command station on the planet. Happy to join you, Wilson."

"Glad to have you Valentino. It's been a long time"

"Yes it has. Valentino, out."

Wilson turned to one of the young officers. "Any other ships in orbit?", he asked.

"Yes, sir. Scanners detect a UNSC Battlegroup a quarter around the planet. 25 ships detected." He paused for a moment, bringing up information. "It's Battlegroup Canada, sir. Should I contact"

"Should I make contact? Is that a question? Of course, make contact!" So he waited for contact with Battlegroup Canada.

"All marines and ODST's, prepare to make an insertion. You will go down in HEV's, Pelican's and Albatrosses and group up with the forces of the UNSC Yamato. Now move!"

Team Alpha began to move before he had even finished. After going through Amy's training, they had figured out how to know what someone was going to say before they said all of it. As James and Katelynn walked by Amy's quarters they noticed she was just finishing up with Nichole. She pulled her out of the ship's mainframe.

"Happy now?", she asked.

"Oh yes, now everything makes sense. So much knowledge." She had a look of glee in her eyes.

"Remember now, some of that info is top-secret. If you start giving stuff like that away I might have to delete all your information and start over. You'd hate that wouldn't you?"

"Don't worry, I won't.", she said.

"Somehow I doubt it. If you'll remember, I knew Clyde and most of his programming was used to build you. I know most of the tricks you could try."

"Fine", she sighed. "Oh, hello James. Hello Katelynn."

"She's a lot like you two." said Amy, "And I mean a lot like you two."

"Hey now", said Katelynn, "What do you expect? She's supposed like a sister for me. You said so yourself."

James just stood there snickering to himself. Then he said, "As interesting as this conversation is, and really I'd let it go on for hours, we need to go. Come on Katelynn".

"Wait, James." said Amy, "You need to take Nichole"

"What?", said James. You could hear the confusion and agony in his voice. Why me, he thought.

"You didn't think just made her as a science project, did you? She's going to be the new Team Alpha's personal AI. Now take her"

He didn't argue, he just grabbed her chip and inserted it into his armor.

"Hmm, nice and cozy", she said, "almost like the Thermopylae"

"Don't get any funny idea's", said James.

And with that James and Katelynn joined up with the rest of Team Alpha and headed for the cockpit of the Thermopylae. Marines and vehicles filled the designated areas and Amy returned to the Annihilator. She would advise them in battle from there.

The HEV's started to rain down on the planet. The Pelicans and Albatrosses were following suit, carrying vehicles and marines down to the planet with them.

"This is the UNSC Thermopylae", said Nicholas. Surprisingly, he was the best pilot, one of the few things he was good at. "preparing to detach."

With that, the Thermopylae detached and decended to the planet below

Lordofmonsterisland "Roar to me"

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Lieutenant AJ Lewis made a pass at the Thermopylae. He remembered from his history lessons that Thermopylae was where 300 spartans and thespians made thier last stand against 12000 Persian Immorttals. They were double crossed and they died becasue of it. "What a bad name for a ship" he told his Co-pilot. They circled around the main flagship of the fleet before returning to the UNSC Yamato. He wondered why they were here and what was down there. The planet looked hospitable and there was plenty of water regions on the planet. He looked up and dissmissed the thoughts of flood. He heard from a Sergeant Johnson that they were horror-show freaks. He continued his patrol pattern and ordered his Co-pilot to arm the missiles. He opened a comm link betweent the Dragon Squadron and his. New orders came in on his screen: YOU ARE TO DEFEND DRAGON SQUADRON AT ALL COSTS. He read the orders and sent them to all of the starfighters under his command. He chuckled. 5 longswords. It was the smallest Longsword Squadron in the entire Navy. But these pilots were different. They all had the toughest training they could ever imagine. They had to send their Longswords onto random slipspace vectors, and at a random time, they were to use Starmaps to find thier position and find thier way back to Mars. Along with other tests, it was hard, but all of them passed. He radioed Admrial Valentino of his current position and force composition.

On the surface, the first wave of Marines landed and started to unload thier cargo. They looked around. The air was indeed oxygen and it looked much like what was on earth. But with one difference. It looked more... alien. They started to make a perimeter of Scorpions. Colonel Carr had a talk with Major Woods. They talked about thier lives and the lives of thier troops. Carr had actually taught Woods when Woods was a Private. Woods went to OCS when he was a sergeant and became an officer. Carr had seen war at its ugliness: The rebels and the covenant. He hoped that this planet didn't have any hostiles on it. He wanted to win this war. Badly. AJ

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Rekua 'Arkanee, the one who assisted in saving Toronto, captured by Tarmfurm and tortured, and boarded the Wings of Rukt. Now he has betrayed them, and formed an Alliance of Rebels fighting for thier leadership.

"The residents may be of use, if we convince them to join or Redemption, we will have a chance against those Brutes, and the traitors,"

"Ship Master 'Arkanee, our spies have found something,"

"Show me,"

''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!!''

"These unknown enemy may be of use, in our hands, send our well trained warriors there, and send in my finest,"

The Albatross landed among the surface, with Epsilon Squad emerging out.

"Looks like a rotten piece of bread in a microscope," G023 commented.

"Wataminute! See that!" Edward-069 said,

"What? What do you see!?"

--The Evil O&#39;malley 02:48, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

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The Orbital Stealth Pods impacted the surface and Team Murmillo came out. They scanned for hostile readings. None. They were sent in to provide support to the allied UNSC and covenant separatist soldiers. In fact they were not even supposed to be in that battle at all. They were to be sent in, do whatever needed to be done, and secretly punch a hole through hostile forces to allow allied forces through. Their first target was the Bujkowe village nearby. It had done some small damage to UNSC forces in the area prior to the attack on Ceres Base. The team reached the villages outskirts. They began to snipe the guards patrolling on the town outskirts. After that they moved to the centre of the town and planted a C-12 charge. They exited the village and detonated it. The villagers came screaming in firight and Team Murmillo took them down using their suppressed MA5Ks. "Fleet Admiral Chow, we have neutralized the target." Said James-G023 over the cross-comm. "Good. There should be another objective appearing on your HUD. Go to it now." Replied the Admiral.

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An ODST patrol fromt the UNSC Yamato was out and looking for native inhabitants on Ceres. They kept on marching until they came to a spot where there was a clearing. Then, Private Chin said: "Guys! I hear something!" Sergeant Jacobs told Chin to shut up. Then the Patrol looked up. A glowing hot blob of plasma was heading straight for them. They had no time to dodge it.

Back in Space, Lieutenant Lewis reviewed Ceres' profile. There was a UNSC base here, until it got run over by hostile forces. He was creeped out. Unidentified? dang. He closed the file and slept in his bunk on the UNSC Yamato. The next day was going to be very long. He turned over and started dreaming of his days at OCS. AJ

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Finnaly i have escaped that tube, that was meant to restrain me from escaping and taking what is rightfully mine thought the Darkmind as it climbed out of the pod with maybe 100 other contagine forms. The Contagine forms jjumped out and speard out trying to find anything that they could latch on to. They found creatures and 50 Dark Carrier Forms and 50 Combat Forms stood infront of their leader.

"Go and find me a host," said the Darkmind to his new soldiers. The Darkmind had a strange taste, he would not embed himself in the brain of a animal only in something that could stand on it's two feet and talk. Soon a Combat Form came back with a human wrapped in it's tenticles. She was a small girl maybe 14 or 17 years of age, she had blond hair and several scars across her face.

"Do not worry, you have been chosen as my host for the time being, this is a great honour," said the Darkmind in his deep masculine voice as he jumped towards the girl. The girl tried to scream but the combat form had a tenticle across her mouth. The Darkmind hit her exposed arm and melted into it. The only way you could tell that it was there before was a slightly darker spot of skin on her arm. She then went limp and her legs started jerking, then her arms then her head snapped up and she spoke in a deep voice " Now I have a body we will free any like me and then continue the infection of the universe,"

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The next day, Lieutenant Lewis got up, got into his naval uniform, and went to go eat breakfast. Breakfast on the ships was better than breakfast in the field he knew, from his days being rescued by the 420th. Breakfast today was steak and eggs. He knew from even more history lessons that the naval crews always had this before a landing. This was also the same as it was...yestertday? He had no idea what was goin on. The entire Marine Force on the ship had gone down the day before. But why today? He wondered. He got his answer soon enough. The Second Marine landing force was going down. The day before, only the first few units could get down due to mechanical faliure on the docking bay doors. He got is squadron together and told them to get ready to go down to the atmosphere. That day, their mission was to take reconnasiance photographs of the Covenant Bases on the planet. Thier longswords were geared up with neumorous cameras and topographic surviellance equipment. He stepped onto the ramp that led to his longsword and took off.

On Ceres, the Marine/ODST base was growing. Exponentailly. They already had a working mess hall, some barracks, a headquarters building, and a field hospital. Major Woods was looking at his force composition. 7 of his men just, dissapeared the day before. They were Chin, Jacobs, Kim, Edwards, Lopez, Worthington, and Vasquez. He had sent them out on patrol the day before... but they never came back. He checked the ever watching STARS drone for any information. It relayed a clip of thier patrol, and subsequent death. But Kims headcam was linked to the STARS drone also. The drone relayed that clip with sound to Woods. It showed something in the forest and Chin seeing it, Jacobs dismissing it. Then the cam veered skyward and a plasma blob was hurtling straight for them. Then the video cut out. He called a memorial service for them and started writing letters to thier families. AJ 12:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

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"Have you located any other flood on this planet," the Darkmind asked one of it's combat forms as it returned from one of it's recon runs. They had found a crate of weaponary and they had taken from it. Now they were ready to free any other Flood that were on this Planet, and then capture it. The Combat form noded one of it's three heads and picked up the Darkmind and put him on his shoulder. The Combat Form then ran at full speed going faster then any normal creature could. As they raced on the Darkmind thought he saw a village or a base, he decided to take care of that later and to focus on the mission ahead. The Combat Form suddenly jumped and the fell down a hole similar to a well. The Darkmind a his minion fell maybe 1000 feet into the earth before the combat form grabed a ledge and then slowly rappeled down the rest of the way. As they reached the bottom they saw something, something blobly and a greenish colour. The Darkmind jumped off the Combat form and went over to touch the Form. As he touched it, It wriggled and began to speak "You are folish human child to come to such a place." As he said that a infection form swarm jumped at the Darkmind. The Darkmind simplely hit away the infection forms and ones that lacthed onto him did nothing and he hit them down and crushed them with his foot.

"You look good Doomind, how long have you been here for?" asked the Darkmind in his deep voice.

"Long enough you have proved that you are a Flood now get me out of this chamber," the Doomind requested harshly.

"Fine be quick to it," said the Darkmind as he called for the rest of his Combat Form. As they came they began digging out of the chamber and soon there was a hole to the surface.

"Now let's infect this planet,"

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As the Hellcats blazed the ground beneath them, Lieutenant Lewis checked the map of this planet. There was supposed to be a Covenant base in this sector. He looked down. He saw nothing. Just a burned out clearing. Then, a message, translated in english, came through thier speakers: THIS IS CADOMEE, THE PARASITE HAS ESCAPED AND IS...(static). He shook his head. Flood Here? They relayed the message to fleet command and took pictures. This was going to be a long report. They turned and set a vector to thier next recon target. 216.84.56.133 14:28, 31 August 2007 (UTC) (Sgt.johnson)