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Compass by klaysniper



Compass - Chapter 1
Date: 29 December 2005, 3:22 pm

Location: Unknown UNSC ship
Date: Some time after the destruction of the first Halo
Notes: Unidentified Record


"Those damn elites will never escape at this rate!" Sergeant Tagonne cried as he fired his Battle Rifle.
"Sir!" A marine came from the right. "We've just been latched by another covanent boarding craft!"
There was a thundering boom and a sudden shaking in the ground.
“That must be what they were going for!” Tagonne thought.
"Marines we can't let them get that data, you know what would happen if they got away with it!"
Tagonne yelled. "Go Marines do not let them leave this ship with that data at all costs."
"All right let's give them hell!"
The marines charged at the running elites as they turned a corner shooting their SMGs and their Rifles.
One of the elites carried what seemed to be a small chip in his left hand and a plasma rifle in the other. The second elite had dual plasma rifles and the third had dual charged plasma pistols. There were to cowardly grunts lingering behind the elites, both armed with needlers.
The marines came around the corner. The elites began shooting as a door opened to the elites' side.
"No!" Tagonne charged forward as the elite with the data chip flung him self in the ship.
The elite with the dual plasma rifles signaled to his partners to go and as he quickly pulled out an energy sword and swung at Tagonne. Blood splattered on the elites face and all over the ground. The elite threw one last grenade before stepping onto the ship and sighing in victory.
The boarding craft dispatched itself from the ship almost immediately, and left the marines
injured and scarred, for they had suffered a great loss.

The elites in the ship celebrated in their victory. Their mission was a success, only loosing an elite and 2 or 3 grunts. They awaited further orders as a transmission was picked up. It was from Floodlock, the leader of their squadron. The two elites, Darkclaw and Aftershock, were eager to respond.

FLOODLOCK: How did it go?
DARKCLAW: Good, the mission was a success.
AFTERSHOCK: We've retrieved the data with minor losses.
FLOODLOCK: That's good to hear. Head back to our capital ship, and we'll meet up there.
DARKCLAW: Yes sir, we're out.

They turned over to their pilot and he nodded. Aftershock went to check on the grunts. ZipZap and RazRa, the two Spec Op grunts checked each other for injuries.
"We okay!" they yelled.
"Good, keep it that way," Aftershock snarled.

"The capital ship is in range!" the pilot called over.
All of a sudden, a few human battleships and two damaged phantoms flew past their ship.
"Shall we follow them?" Aftershock asked.
"Let's do as we are told and head back to the ship, our elites will be able to handle some them,"
Floodlock said.
They approached their ship and waited to land.


"Is he okay?"
"Let's hope so."
"He's wakin' up!"
Blur, then light flooded his view. Sergeant Tagonne opened his eyes. He was weak, and numb; lying in a bed. He was in the infirmary.
"Sergeant, are you okay?" a marine asked.
He was weak, but he managed to spit out three words before dropping back to rest.
GET....THAT.....DATA....

Meanwhile, at the covanent capital ship, Floodlock, Aftershock, Darkclaw, and a few other elites gear up for battle. Floodlock was a white Spec Ops elite, Aftershock was a red elite, Darkclaw was a brown elite, and there was a blue elite and a ranger elite.

FLOODLOCK: We're headed for the humans' planet, Earth.
AFTERSHOCK: For what reasons should we be on their pathetic planet? They offer no good battleground
QUICKSILVER (Blue Elite):Those aircrafts spotted earlier, they happened to crash on earth, and we're going to investigate
RANGEROK (Ranger Elite): Must they send us to do the pathetic jobs?
FLOODLOCK: Would you rather stay here? And miss all of the fun?
RANGEROK: Good point, I will spill their blood
DARKCLAW: What are you wielding?
RANGEROK: Two plasma rifles, a couple of grenades, not that I use them
AFTERSHOCK: Lights, and a carbine
QUICKSILVER: Beam rifle, plasma rifle, and lights
FLOODLOCK: I've got a carbine and my trusty energy sword. Always bring some lights
DARKCLAW: I got sword, rifle, and lights
FLOODLOCK: You earned that blade, Darkclaw, especially at your success with that data. Come my elites, let us take to their planet.

The elites headed into their phantoms (there are two), and found ZipZap and Razra (Needlers) along with 3 jackals (PP, PP, Beam Rifle). Lastly came one brute, Carronus with a brute shot. The pilots were all drones, and they were already ready and standing by. Soon, the phantoms lifted off, and headed straight towards Earth.




Notes:
Darkclaw, being a brown elite, will be the only elite with unlimited stealth camouflage. The other elites will only have a limited time of stealth camouflage.
The elite names are not real covanent names, just codenames or nicknames they give each other.
Lights are Plasma Grenades.
In phantom #1 are Drone (pilot), Drone (co-pilot), the grunts, Carronus, Aftershock, Floodlock, and 1 jackal.
In phantom #2 are Drone (pilot), Drone (co-pilot), Darkclaw, Rangerok, Quicksilver, and the 2 jackals.





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