Air Force Wing: Part 2, The Assault
Posted By: teemus<teemusliggs@hotmail.com>
Date: 25 January 2004, 11:23 PM
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Also, don't forget to thank CoLd BlooDed for helping me write this story. The last few parts are all his work. -teemus
September 3rd, Ferris system
Harman pulled back on the throttle and felt his Longsword rise. When he was almost at a 90-degree angle he jammed back down on it and forced his plane into a steep drop. He quickly turned to the left and was soon looking down at the top of a Seraphs Fighter. Harman got his weapons locked and fired the crafts 70mm chin guns. Unlike most Longswords, Harman's was an upgraded version. It carried two 70mm chin guns for the fast work. It also carried a pair of powerful 110mm rotary-cannons.
Harman kept the trigger down and watched as a fireball engulfed the alien craft. He pulled out of his dive and switched his weapon to the rotary-cannon. He looked to the left and saw a Longsword being chased by two Seraphs. He then focused his aim on the lead craft and opened fire. The bullets bounced off of the ships shields harmlessly. The pilot realized that he was way out of range, so he switched his weapons to a Fox-T12 missile. The T12 could tear through a layer of Titanium-A armour. Once again he got the weapons locked and squeezed the trigger while yelling, "Fox 1!" He watched the missile leave a trail of smoke as it made its way towards the alien craft. The ships shields didn't stand a chance against the missile; it impacted on the ships hull and tore a giant hole in it.
Just as he switched his aim to the second fighter the COM burst open, "Hel**ahhh**cant take it ne****" Harman took his fingers off of the trigger and watched as the alien ship opened fire with its plasma weapons and tore another Longsword in half. He muttered a quick prayer for the pilot and returned his attention to the Seraph Fighter. It was closing on him way too fast. Harman wouldn't get a chance to fire off a shot. So he pushed down on the throttle in hope of losing the enemy pilot. After a steep dive he pulled up again and saw that the pilot was still on him. Harman pulled a hard right and watched as plasma went past the spot he had just occupied. He once again barely made it out with his life as plasma sizzled over the cockpit. Harman did a loop and came up on the fighters six. He quickly got a lock and fired another Fox-T12 missile. The missile impacted on the rear of the enemy craft and caused it to spin out of control and collide with another fighter destroying them both.
As Harman bathed himself in his new victory the COM burst open, "Harman, you better come and look at this," said Paul.
"Roger, I'm on my way." Harman replied and flew his Longsword to where Paul was situated. As his craft pulled into the bright part of the planet he could see the Covenant Warships advancing.
"What do you think they're doing?" asked Paul.
Harman was silent and watched as the Seraph Fighters made their way back to their ships. Harman clicked on his COM again and found a channel to the lead human cruiser, "The Covenant fleet is moving in!"
"What? That's impossible, they wouldn't attempt a raid," replied the ships captain.
"Well they are." Harman replied
"Give me a video feed then, son."
"Yes, sir." replied Harman, frustrated as he uploaded his helmets video cam onto a channel to send to the Cruiser Arrow Head.
The COM was quiet as the Captain viewed the video feed, "Very well son, I'll have the fleet get ready to fight. In the mean time tell your fighters to pull back and protect the planet from any oncoming dropships."
"Yes sir." Replied Harman as he clicked off the COM. He took one look around and saw the debris of Longswords and Seraph's floating in the black of space. Harman clicked his COM on again and spoke on the team frequency, "This is Red Leader, move back and prepare to protect the planet from oncoming dropships." There were a series of clicks on the COM as each member stated that they understood.
As Harman and Paul made their way back to the planet they talked about what had just happened. Their conversation was cut short as the first Covenant dropship came around the bend and fired its plasma weapons at the lead human ship.
Harman didn't have to give the order to fire, as one of the other Longswords fired one of its Fox missiles. A thin line of smoke followed behind the T12 as it streaked towards the dropship; there was a short pause as the missile penetrated the hull and exploded, sending big shards of purple metal in all directions. Several more dropships flew around the planet and into the sight of Red team who simultaneously opened fire.
The first dropship exploded, and the other four returned fire. Long fingers of purple plasma splashed over the hull of a Longsword's hull, quickly causing one side to be exposed and sucked the atmosphere out. The Longsword drifted uselessly, and soon collided with an active dropship, causing both to explode.
"Come on! We can't let these dropships get the best of us!" yelled Harman over the COM.
The last two remaining dropships ignored the Longswords—an unwise choice—and decided to shoot the lead human ship. Only a few shots managed to land on the hull of the ship before a Fox missile was launched by Harman. It tore through the first dropship and exploded as it entered the second.
"This is getting too easy," said Paul over the COM and clicked it off.
Harman agreed but didn't say anything and kept his eyes aware of anything rounding the planet. Nothing, the only thing he saw was one of his men straying from the group, "Get back into formation, Red-Six."
There was no response, but the pilot seemed to come back into the Longsword fleet, in a direction towards Harman, he took no notice and continued to monitor the displays. At least five dropships appeared and the Longswords opened fire and so did the dropships. There was an explosion, and someone screamed over the COM channel before it was swallowed by a large burst of static.
"This is where it gets tough, people." he said over the COM, "Fire at will!"
So the Longswords continued to fight alongside each other as the stray Longsword slowly closed in on Harman who took no notice...
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