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So chapter 3 is in.
Chapter 3
Duel
June 3, 2562
First officer Seirha had an anxious look about him. This was going to be the first time to serve with Commander K'Taurn. As a precautionary step, the moment the Harbinger slipped out of Avalon’s atmosphere he gave the order to launch all A.E.G.I.S. units. He was more than thankful he did this the moment a small Covenant battle group came into view.
“Order all pilots to their stations, launch A.E.G.I.S. units one through six on combat patrol. Have seven and eight on ship guard.”
Bridge CIC officer Didain began working quickly.
“All pilots to your stations. Repeat. All pilots to your stations. Launch crews prepare all Advanced Exoskeletal Guardian Interdiction Suits for immediate launch!”
A.E.G.I.S. units were the first line of defense against enemy fighters, however they were also design to perform utilitarian roles amid combat should they arise. The arms were design with grappler hands with a plasma projector in each palm, the legs and backpack unit were equipped with maneuvering thrusters as well as a generator for a local M.D. field.
The bridge door opened and everyone snapped to attention. Xarrha gave a salute back and everyone rested back to their positions.
As commander Xarrha K’Taurn stepped onto the bridge, the first officer gave a quick sitrep.
“Commander, a single battle cruiser and two destroyers are inbound, sir.”
“What’s the status of the Magnetic Distortion Field?”
“Ready to engage sir.”
“Hold off on activation until my command.”
“Yes sir!”
A flash of blue light shot out from the battle group ahead.
“Sir! Plasma torpedo inbound!”
“Drop the ship 500 meters and pitch the bow up 50 degrees! Charge batteries 1 and 3 and stand by!”
In that instant the Harbinger dropped closer towards Avalon, the golden great plains of the Aurelian continent in clear view. The bow aligned perfectly with the battle cruiser as two batteries along the bow and command tower hummed to life with a soothing blue glow; plasma torpedo clearing and missed.
“Fire!!”
Two blue lances of searing plasma raced across the stars, slicing the battle cruiser into 3 separate floating hulks.
“Commander! Their reactor is going critical!”
“Activate the M.D. Field!”
The sky was quickly enveloped in a small sun like explosion. The two destroyers too close to the battle cruiser were quickly enveloped and vaporized. The Harbinger however was safe inside her small gravitic pocket, the explosion distorted around and away from the ship. Thankfully the A.E.G.I.S. units were slow to launch, or they may have been destroyed as well.
“Good call commander.”
“Thank you, good job everyone, but we still need to kick them from our system. Status on the Contender?”
“She’s engaged with two battle cruisers near the Atlan trans-orbital space elevator!” Didain quickly snapped back.
“Take us to her, let’s show this…Covenant…just what we can do.”
The Harbingers engines roared to life as she banked towards her next confrontation.
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Quick editorial notes:
- When describing the AEGIS, "back pack" should be one word.
- Second last line, inproper use of "too". Should be "to".
Other than that, your stuff has gotten noticeably better, TeeKup. While I doubt the logistics of deploying manned armoured-suits based on a pre-emptive concern, everything else seems to sound like a convincing Forerunner vs Covenant encounter. That is what the premise is, right?
Re: [GALLERY] TeeKup's Literature
Correct, those two mistakes have been corrected. "Suit" was taken from mobile suit, an AEGIS unit is roughly a little bit larger than a longsword fighter bomber.
Thanks for the read and review. :3
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Silly TeekerMcTeeknheimer what have you been up to....
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Chapter 3
Duel
June 3, 2562
First officer Seirha had an anxious look about him. This was going to be the first time to serve with Commander K'Taurn. As a precautionary step, the moment the Harbinger slipped out of Avalon’s atmosphere he gave the order to launch all A.E.G.I.S. units. He was more than thankful he did this the moment a small Covenant battle group came into view.
“Order all pilots to their stations, launch A.E.G.I.S. units one through six on combat patrol. Have seven and eight on ship guard.”
Bridge CIC officer Didain began working quickly.
“All pilots to your stations. Repeat. All pilots to your stations. Launch crews prepare all Advanced Exoskeletal Guardian Interdiction Suits for immediate launch!”
A.E.G.I.S. units were the first line of defense against enemy fighters, however they were also design to perform utilitarian roles amid combat should they arise. The arms were design with grappler hands with a plasma projector in each palm, the legs and back pack unit were equipped with maneuvering thrusters as well as a generator for a local M.D. field.
The bridge door opened and everyone snapped to attention. Xarrha gave a salute back and everyone rested back to their positions.
As commander Xarrha K’Taurn stepped onto the bridge, the first officer gave a quick sitrep.
“Commander, a single battle cruiser and two destroyers are inbound, sir.”
“What’s the status of the Magnetic Distortion Field?”
“Ready to engage sir.”
“Hold off on activation until my command.”
“Yes sir!”
A flash of blue light shot out from the battle group ahead.
“Sir! Plasma torpedo inbound!”
“Drop the ship 500 meters and pitch the bow up 50 degrees! Charge batteries 1 and 3 and stand by!”
In that instant the Harbinger dropped closer towards Avalon, the golden great plains of the Aurelian continent in clear view. The bow aligned perfectly with the battle cruiser as two batteries along the bow and command tower hummed to life with a soothing blue glow; plasma torpedo clearing and missed.
“Fire!!”
Two blue lances of searing plasma raced across the stars, slicing the battle cruiser into 3 separate floating hulks.
“Commander! Their reactor is going critical!”
“Activate the M.D. Field!”
The sky was quickly enveloped in a small sun like explosion. The two destroyers too close to the battle cruiser were quickly enveloped and vaporized. The Harbinger however was safe inside her small gravitic pocket, the explosion distorted around and away from the ship. Thankfully the A.E.G.I.S. units were slow to launch, or they may have been destroyed as well.
“Good call commander.”
“Thank you, good job everyone, but we still need to kick them from our system. Status on the Contender?”
“She’s engaged with two battle cruisers near the Atlan trans-orbital space elevator!” Didain quickly snapped back.
“Take us too her, let’s show this…Covenant…just what we can do.”
The Harbingers engines roared to life as she banked towards her next confrontation.
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Chapter 4
A Kings Anger
June 3, 2562
The Contender stood her ground. She was at a perfect distance so the incoming barrage of plasma cannon fire and plasma torpedoes warped around her AND the space elevator. She had been ambushed upon ascending into orbit by the Atlan space elevator; a covenant frigate hiding behind the station hit her primary plasma conduit on her belly before she could activate her MD field. Two battle cruisers proceeded to pin her there as the frigate retreated.
“We seem to be in a perfect position sir.”
Commander Ahctus sensed sarcasm in First Officer Sectum’s voice.
“…indeed…”
Ahctus felt ashamed. To receive a crippling blow this early in the fight was nothing short of embarrassing. Ahctus’ thoughts were interrupted by Contenders onboard AI, Limitless Serenity; materializing on the left arm of the commanders chair.
“Sir, I’m detecting a new signal heading our way fast…Ascender class, it’s the Harbinger.”
“K’Taurn? Great, just what I need right now, to be saved by a child…”
Commander K’Taurn had a since of agitation, ready to get back in the fight.
“Pitch the bow down 80 degrees, decrease speed to ¾ and charge batteries three and four!”
From the bridge of the Harbinger everyone could see small glistening particles rain from the bays of the two cruisers.
“Commander, the two cruisers ahead have launched fighters!”
“I see them Didain, have all aegis units intercept them, helmsman, plot a course to bring us up on the bellies of those cruisers!”
A small figure of a man wearing a priest robe and sash materialized on Xarrha’s chair console.
“You’re being a bit reckless aren’t you?”
Sanctus’ tone was that of annoyance. Harbingers AI often at times didn’t agree with Xarrha’s actions in battle. He believed they put too much undo stress on the relatively new ship.
“Relax Sanctus, the situation is under control.”
Without missing a beat the battle cruisers came into view, bellies wide open; the captain of the aegis squad alerted on the comm. channel.
“Commander, we have the fighters distracted, you may begin your run.”
“Excellent! Batteries three and four, fire!”
The two tear drop bow sections of the cruisers were carved clean off, one drifted deeper into space, the other into the gravity beam of the elevator. It subsequently collided with a cargo pod inbound for the station and exploded.
“…father won’t be too pleased with me for that…”
“Now didn’t I tell you that you were being reckless?!”
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June 3, 2562
Planet: Avalon, Laurentian Highlands
Location: Hall of Kings, Palace of the High Family
The emperor’s advisor was quick in step, normally anyone who traveled down the Hall of Kinds did so slowly to honor those who guided, protected, and served the Forerunner Empire. The walls of this long corridor were adorned with statues of many Emperors who ruled in the past, the last statue commemorated Ganrha K’Taurn…Xarrha’s grandfather. As the advisor approached the end, two large decorative doors slide apart.
“My lord, the battle above our planet is going in our favor, but it still continues.”
A large broad shouldered man, clad in ornate ceremonial armor, with a white cape draped over his back turned to face the advisor; his helmet visor glowing with a white intensity.
“…I tire of this.”
“My lord?”
The man hastily walked over to a glowing orb, surrounded by a single large screen. The orb was covered in many ornate keys. He lightly tapped 5 of these keys, the orbs glow began to intensify.
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June 3, 2562
Planet: Avalon
Location: High orbit near the Atlan Trans-Orbital Space Elevator
“Sanctus how many covenant ships are left above the planet?”
“138 ships remaining, they seem to be focused around a single super carrier.”
“It appears like this could take longer than expected, how many of our ships do we have in combat?”
“We have 322 ships in combat, all are making steady progress.”
“…sir…”
“What is it Didain?”
“Look ahead sir.”
All Xarrha could see were countless slipspace ruptures. Hundreds of carriers, cruisers, and destroyers coming into normal space. All Forerunner.
“…father…”
There was a flash, a short but incredibly blinding flash.
“…Sanctus…how many ships are there now…”
“Scanning…I count one-thousand eight-hundred and twenty-two ships all belonging to us, and 1 Covenant vessel.”
After a long pause there was another flash, this one was dimmer than the last.
“Make that zero Covenant ships commander; you also have a high priority message from the palace. The emperor has requested your presence.”
“Understood Sanctus…Seirha take us in, I’ll be in my quarters.”
“Yes sir.”
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June 3, 2562
Planet: Avalon
Location: Chamber of the High Council of Avalon
As Xarrha entered the council chambers he saw a lone creature being questioned by his father and several councilors, his confusion broke by his fathers anger.
“INSOLENT CREATURE!!”
Xarrha witnessed the frail creature thrown back by a gravitic shockwave emitted by the emperor’s palm.
“Do not attempt to defy me.”
The emperors words were long and drawn out, Xarrha have never seen his father in this temperament before.
“100,000 years ago we ruled this galaxy; our empire was peaceful, and just. When we chose to use the rings, we spared several species that were not yet affected by the flood, species we thought had potential. We left countless other worlds, worlds we left for you because the flood had ravaged everything else! This is how you repay us? By casting genocide on our descendants!?”
The emperors voice boomed through the chamber as he slowly walked toward the horrified creature. Xarrha held his voice, too nervous to interrupt, he had asked around and found out this creature was called a “San ‘Shyuum,” a leader of the covenant. Its name was Atonement.
“Prophet of Atonement, I have many questions for you…”
Xarrha could see the prophets eyes filled with pure terror.
“…and you WILL answer them.”
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Chapter 5
First Contact
August 1, 2562
Planet: New Eden, Sigma Ceti II, UNSC Fringe Space
New Eden shone in the bright blue light of her parent star Sigma Ceti II, her oceans and planes glistening from the soothing celestial guardian. This peace would not last however.
The small task force of USNC ships above New Eden was surprised when a relatively small group of covenant ships entered normal space near the moon, what was most peculiar though, was the fact they seemed to be fleeing from something. Commander of the group and captain of the Valley Forge, Marathon class Cruiser, Captain Henry Archer began analyzing the situation.
“Stargazer how many covvies do we have?”
Valley Forge’s AI materialized in a gold mist of holographic particles.
“Captain I count 30 covenant ships, 25 CCS-Class battle cruisers and 5 assault carriers, all of them hastily moving towards New Eden, but the planet does NOT appear to be their actual objective sir.”
“How strange…”
Archer’s task force only had 10 ships, 2 heavy cruisers including the Valley Forge, 6 frigates and 2 carriers; not exactly the wanted strength to face any covenant force. Normally Archer could utilize the frigates speed against larger covenant vessels, but this time he was too out numbered.
“Sir…”
Communications officer Harris had a sense of intrigue in his voice when alerting the commander.
“What is it Harris?”
“I’m detecting abnormal communication bands coming from slipspace-“
Harris was interrupted by CIC officer Hernandez panicked tone.
“Captain!! Slip space rupture directly off our bow, between us and the covenant fleet!!”
“What!?”
A massive rupture formed 50 kilomters ahead of the Valley Forger. A Covenant ship did not exit the rupture, the design was angular, stream lined and very aggressive; above all it was big, twice the size of the Valley Forge. Even further ahead the covenant fleet began to scatter.
“Captain the lead assault carrier is firing on the unknown vessel!!”
“Harris run that unknown ships energy signature with all known contacts in our database!! Helmsman back us off ten kilometers!!
Two plasma torpedos raced towards the unknown vessel at alarming speeds.
“Captain it’s going to make contact!!”
On the ships view screen everyone saw both torpedos violently shutter and warp around the ship and off into space.
“Stargazer! What just happened!”
“The plasma torpedoes appear to have been…deflected sir…”
“Captain I have a match!!”
“What do you have for me Harris?!”
“Sir that ships energy signature matches perfectly with the Prophet of Truths Dreadnaught encountered on Earth 10 years ago!! That ship is Forerunner!!!”
Harris was quickly broken by Stargazers alert.
“Captain, that ship is charging weapons.”
Out ahead of the Valley Forge, the Forerunner ship banked towards the Covenant fleet, 4 batteries on the hull hummed a deep blue, then fired. Four searing plasma lances sparked across the sky, making contact with four carriers. Six battle cruisers too close to the lead ships were vaporized in the ensuing explosions. Captain Archer stood from his chair in awe.
“…my god..”
“Captain, that ship is broadcasting a message to that fleet, I’ve intercepted it and am able to put it on speakers.”
“Do it.”
A young but stern voice boomed over the speakers:
“You claim to worship us, yet caste genocide on our children,
You are our enemy.
You abuse technology which you have stolen,
You lay false judgment on the chosen of the galaxy,
You have forsaken the guardians of the Mantle,
You will be swept away by our unforgiving Wrath,
For we are your enemy.”
For a few moments Archer was speechless, attempting to fully understand the situation, but his concentration was quickly broken by another alert from Stargazer.
“Captain! Ten more slipspace ruptures are forming around the Covenant fleet!! Two ruptures directly in front of our task force!!”
“Give me FLEETCOM…”
“Ready Sir”
FLEETCOM//Directory -Valley Forge-
“This is Captain Archer of the Valley Forge, all ships hold fire and stand-by, I repeat, HOLD FIRE.”
The ships that exited the ruptures look very similar to the original unknown, Forerunner but smaller, Archer had guessed they were Cruiser and the original was either a Carrier or a Battle Ship. Ahead of the task force the two Forerunner ships closest to the task forced banked around and join the formation, behind Valley Forge. Farther out, the entire Covenant Fleet was consumed in a series of blinding flashes until they were no more.
The first Forerunner ship turned around and quickly approached the Valley Forge stopping a few hundred meters off her bow.
“Captain that ship is transmitting a message to our fleet, audio only!”
Again the same voice came over the comm.
"It seems the guardians...need guardians...you have much to learn."
And with that all the Forerunner vessels quietly enter slipspace and disappeared off the fleet’s sensors.
“…Orders sir?”
“Take us into low Orbit helmsman…HIGHCOM needs to hear about this…Stargazer?”
“Aye sir?”
“Prepare a detailed report, audio and visual accounts included please.”
“Aye sir.”
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Chapter 6
Wrath of the Forerunner
August 5th, 2562
Location: High Charity, Covenant Holy City
The Prophet of Vengeance was hysterical, it had been over a month since he sent out a small fleet to deal with the humans impersonating as the Forerunners; he hadn’t heard anything.
Around High Charity orbited his new fleet, The Fleet of Unyielding Faith. 500 ships strong, she was even stronger than the fleet belonging to the Prophet of Truth when he first invaded Earth, and began the civil war. It was almost time for the Covenant to take its revenge on the Sangheili and the humans, that is, until the humans forged this new treachery, claiming themselves as Forerunners.
“Enough of this, I need to calm down”
The prophet began to re-compose himself, he would leave soon to look over the dig of a new Forerunner ruin site, supposedly the largest one discovered in this age. He would have to worry about the missing ships later. The prophet pulled out a tea globe and activated it, and began inhaling its herbal fumes. When he was finished he left his chambers and slowly made his way to his super carrier, Holy Destiny.
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August 5th, 2562
Location: Kehndall Fleet Yards, Septimus System
Xarrha turned a corner and came to a long hallway; on the left were view ports where he could see out into space. All he saw however were countless Forerunner ships. Long Dreadnaughts armed to the teeth, plasma batteries along its dorsal hull, its trademark ventral spire stretching out and down of the bow. Cruisers, battleships, and carriers marked by their low command towers, sleek port and starboard wings; battle ships looking more like cousins to the dreadnaughts though.
In the rear was his ship, the Harbinger. The Harbinger was an Ascender class Assault Carrier armed with 4 plasma batteries, 2 on her forward hull and 2 on her command tower. She was also armed with a single artillery cannon behind the two forward plasma batteries which she had never used before. It was a twin barreled plasma cannon which was directly link to the primary plasma conduit in the core of the ship; the plasma this cannon projected was twice as hot and dense than Harbingers regular batteries.
Aft of the ship on the back of the command tower were a series of ports for slower firing “plasma missiles.” Another weapon the Harbinger has yet to take advantage of. The artillery battery was nicknamed the “Apsahlus” cannon and the plasma missile ports the “Nova” array. Xarrha wondered if they could be used in the upcoming battle, he doubted they would because of the sheer size of the fleet.
“Sanctus, are you with me?”
“Always, Commander.”
“What has my father named this new fleet?”
“He’s named it, The Fleet of Eternal Freedom, commander.”
“Hmmm…somewhat appropriate considering our past…Sanctus transport me to the bridge of the Harbinger, it’s about time to begin the operation.”
“Of course commander.”
And with that Xarrha was instantly teleported to the bridge of the Harbinger, upon arriving he looked around, everyone giving him nods of confirmation of what’s ahead.
“Sanctus, take us there.”
The Harbinger and the Harbinger alone entered a slip space rupture, leaving the rest of the fleet behind…for now.
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August 5th, 2562
Location: High orbit above High Charity, Covenant Holy City
The Prophet of Vengeance was on the command bridge of his super carrier, Holy Destiny when an alarm rang out.
“We do not have time for any distractions, what in the galaxy is going on?!”
“Noble prophet, we are detecting a slip space rupture 100 kilometers off our bow, unknown signature.
The grunt’s voice was quivering with fear and confusion, the fact that the Jiralhanae ship master began to approach him didn’t ease the situation.
“On the main screen!!”
The Brutes orders were heavy and annoyed. Out of the rupture came the Harbinger, calmly easing forward out of the inter-dimensional gateway, and stopped.
“Your holiness we’re being hailed by that ship.”
“What!? Fine open a channel.”
The prophet came face to face with what he thought was a human, this one however seemed…different…its eyes aglow with a blue-grey tint, his disposition was that of anger, a calm but stern anger.
“Noble Prophet, that ship is transmitting this across local space!”
“But why!?”
“My name is Xarrha K’Taurn, Sovereign heir of the Forerunner Empire; I wish to make a declaration to The Covenant Empire. For the past 37 years you have been at war with Humanity, the Reclaimers. When we left this galaxy 100,000 years ago, we left it in the hands of our descendants to protect it; when we chose to come back we fully expected them to be slowly growing their own fledgling empire across the stars. Instead we found a massive conglomerate casting a war of genocide against them, a war of genocide cast in our name. This war must stop here and now, this is your final warning. Disarm and disband this Covenant, your leaders will be taken to our Emperor and they alone will be tried for the horrendous crimes they have committed. If you do not surrender I cannot guarantee the freedom of the rest of you.”
Outraged the Prophet of Vengeance hovered close to the screen.
“You insolent vermin, how dare you impersonate our forefa-“
“We are your forefathers you fool!! Your species was the first one my grandfathers recommend we spare when we activated the Halo Array!”
“I will have no more of this!”
The Prophet quickly closed the channel
“Fire on that ship immediately!!!”
A single plasma torpedo shot out from a port plasma battery on the super carrier, quickly making its way to the Harbinger. Xarrha however stood his ground.
“What a fool, will he not try and evade it?”
The Shipmaster voice chuckled in confidence as the torpedo homed on to its target. To the surprise of everyone the torpedo was instantaneously deflected away from the harbinger.
“What just happened!?”
Xarrha once again opened a video channel.
“We have given you fair warning, because of your foolish actions you will now all suffer.”
The screen went black; a Kig-yar sitting at a command station squawked a new alert.
“Ship master, were detecting massive Gravitic distortion across local space!”
On the main screen the Prophet saw slip space ruptures slowly open around the Harbinger and throughout local space. The first ones to open let loose massive Forerunner Dreadnaughts, their hulls glowing with intensity. The prophet was expecting a flew of perhaps a few hundred, but he was wrong.
They kept coming.
It would be a full half hour until the ruptures stopped appearing, the local space was covered in a massive cloud of forerunner vessels, all of them staring down High Charity and Holy Destiny. The prophet nervously looked over to the Kig-yar.
“…How many ships are there…”
“T-ten thousand vessels!!!!”
The ship master walked backwards towards the prophet.
“..By the rings!!!”
“Were also detecting hundreds of thousands of smaller attack craft!!”
The Holy Destiny’s main view screen activated, only this time there was a large figure, clad in heavy armor, his visor angrily staring at the prophet.
“You have been warned time and time again. Your presence will no longer be tolerated. You have thrown the galaxy into an age of darkness it has never seen since the Great Infection, you slay our children in our name; you defile and abuse our technology and relics. You have no one to blame but yourselves for such insolence. You have invoked the wrath of the forerunner; your end will be swift and absolute.”
On the bridge of the dreadnaught, Infinite Resolve, Emperor Harken K’Taurn gave the final orders as the Fleet of Unyielding Faith hastily organized in front of High Charity, his voice booming over FLEETCOM.
“All ships….open fire!!”
The Fleet of Eternal Freedom glowed an angry red, and then countless plasma lances shot out, vaporizing a few hundred ships instantly. The Covenant fleet began to scatter in terror.
Thousands of cruisers and destroyer flotillas raced forward slicing apart covenant ships as they surrounded the Prophets super carrier. Covenant seraph fighters, phantoms, and boarding craft were vaporized by the hellish angry swarms of AEGIS units and forerunner fighter craft.
With their weapons bouncing off ALL Forerunner vessels, the fleet tried to transition to slip space, but was quickly stopped by the Forerunner dreadnaughts guarding the edges of battle with their Gravitic Well Generators, quickly stopping all attempts at slip space. In a matter of seconds the Fleet of Unyielding Faith was totally and utterly annihilated, leaving only the Holy Destiny and High Charity.
On the bridge of the Holy Destiny, the Prophet began to break down in panic and terror, unggoy and Kig-yar fleeing. The prophet looked up as the Emperor teleported onto the bridge in front of him. Vengeance quickly fell out of his chair crawling to the door. The Shipmaster brought his gravity hammer to and attempted a swing at the Emperor; Harken quickly grabbed and snapped its handle without even flinching. He turned to the Jiralhanae and kicked him into the hull platting, utterly crushing the Brute.
Harken grabbed the prophet by his robe and held him up, the prophet mumbling a small phrase.
“Y-you are…Forerunner…”
“Join the flood in extinction.”
The Emperors words were cold and final as he teleported the prophet out into deep space with his belt transmitter. Vengeance instantly imploded due to the lack of oxygen and pressure. Harken quickly teleported back to Infinite Resolve.
“Aim the ship directly at that station, activate Impact.”
Impact was the aptly name positron assault cannon that laid the majority length of the Infinite Resolve. Its massive charging rings glowed an intense gold in open space as sections of the ship spread to let the gun charge.
“Your highness, we’re at 94% capacity, were approaching the critical mass mark!”
“…FIRE!!!”
A massive beam of red and orange particles glowing with the intensity of a small sun raced across the starts towards High Charity. As it made contact, the station began to disintegrate from the epicenter out, until it was out matched by the station detonating in a beautiful stellar display of blue and green.
“Open a comm. Channel with my son.”
“Understood my lord.”
Xarrha quickly appeared on screen with a calm but nervous look about him.
“That was a bit….hot don’t you think?”
“Indeed….sorry you didn’t get much of a chance their my son.”
“It’s alright father, let’s head home, we need to plan how we’re going to make proper contact with Humanity.”
The screen dematerialized as the Emperor stood from his chair.
“Helmsman take home…”
“Right away your highness.”
The Fleet of Eternal Freedom slowly but surely slipped away leaving the local space with small traces of particle debris from the battle.
Unrenowned to the Forerunner fleet however, in polar orbit above the planet high charity was near…was a stealthed human Prowler, who had been observing the entire event….
