Halo:battle for Equis

Enter Equis

August 24, 2552

Summer Solstice's bridge

As the team of Spartans grouped up at the bridge, they saw Captain Jackson talking to the other two Captains of the U.N.S.C Omaha and Blitzkrieg, Nicolas Sarkozy and Nikolai Chernov. The two Russian Captains come from Earth, humanity's home world. They’ve known each other when they were Ensign of a flagship during Preston Cole's last stand. They both reached the ranks of Captain and given two ships to command. They were talking about having slip space probes on key areas so that if the covenant finds them, they could have a chance to fight back and have a drone sent to every planet to see where they could inhabit.

Jackson turned around and saw the group of Spartans entering the bridge. They all saluted the Captain, who gave the salute back. "Thank you for coming on such short notice," The captain said.

"So what’s going to happen now that we're at the location?" Alex asked.

"The U.N.S.C Omaha is going to put slip space probes onto moons and in space, so if the Covenant decides to come to the system, we'll get the drop on them while this happens. Blitzkrieg and The Summer Solstice will look for a planet with an atmosphere to support life. Omaha Captain Nicolas Sarkozy is sending Centurion to assist you on the mission. Now head down to the hangar to meet with the pelican that will fly you to the ship. You're dismissed," after giving orders, the captain saluted the Spartans and the Spartans went to the main hangar.

During the walk to the hangar, Callie asked her team, "Who the hell is Centurion? Are they a group of soldiers we never heard before or what?"

They all started to talk to each other until they looked at Viper. He then sighed and started talking. "Centurion was supposed to be a project where regular soldiers were hand-picked to wear a prototype armor that enhanced the soldier without augmentation. They believe that they would change the war to our favor. There were supposed to be fifty Centurion-1 before Reach was attacked. Never expected to be here. I wonder if Samantha is one of them," Viper said, muttering the last sentence to himself.

Unfortunately for him, Ryan catches the last comment. "What was that Viper?" Catching the attention of the team.

"Samantha was a friend of my parents who adopted me. She is a marine and reached the rank of Sergeant Major. She carries an assault rifle with a spiker round and shotgun that shoots flechette rounds. She may be tough on the outside, but the inside, she treats everyone like her own child. But you didn't hear from me."

As Viper finished, Brandon said, "Um, I'm sorry, did you say something?" Earning a chuckle from everyone.

After heading to the hangar, they boarded the pelican on route to the Omaha. The Summer Solstice and Blitzkrieg went off looking for a planet to inhabit. The Spartan team took the time to relax and talk about what’s going to happen to them.

They felt the Pelican landing, so they got their gear and waited for the ship to land. After hearing a hissing noise, the door started to lower and they saw ten armored soldiers with their helmets on, except for one. One of them was a woman in her mid-30s with brunette hair. She then proceed to hug Viper before letting go of him.

"Well, Viper, how's the ONI spooks been treating you and your team?" She asked him jokingly.

"You know, putting us in different rooms and asking the same damn questions. So who are they?"

After Samantha looked back to her team, she started talking. "Well, we're alpha squad of the Centurion. The first one is Staff Sgt. Hiroyuki "Ultraman" Hamatachi. He's the team’s close quarters combat expert. The main reason why he carries a submachine gun that shoots explosive rounds and a katana. The dude literally has anime in his room and anything related to it," they passed him and nodded at him. "The next is Master Sgt. Abraham "Hercules" Patterson. Don't let his nickname trick you, he's nice to anyone that he knows, but piss him off, you better start running. His weapons are a modified battle rifle that has a grenade launcher, a colt .45 and a trench knife. His armor abilities are Sprint and jetpack.”

For the next 10 minutes, Samantha told Viper and his team about her teammates.

The fourth is Lt. Tanya "Bubbles" Malichnikov who was the team’s comm officer. Her nickname implies to her a lot. Her bubbly and cheerful attitude was contagious. Her weapons are a shotgun and a CZ75 pistol. The next person was Lt. Cpl.   Sharath "Mr. Wizard" Gholashabal. She's the team’s sniper and scout. She was brash and arrogant to people she doesn't know, but when she does, she talks to them when she gets the chance. Her weapons kind of confusing to Viper’s team. It was a PSG1 sniper that uses 7.62x54mms rounds that has a modification that uses a tracking device to show how the bullet will hit and a smg.

The 6th is Pvt. Joseph "Porkchop" Gascongnue. He's is the team’s demolition expert. His nickname was given to him because he was a chef before joining the army. His weapons are a DMR rifle with a bigger round and a Beretta pistol. He is quiet and smart, but is more prone to violence. The last two are Pvt.  George E. "Hotshot" Kliensch and Corpsman Faa Mei "Doc" Luu. They both are stoic to everyone, but their team. Hotshot uses a U.N.S.C standard sniper with a bigger magazine and a shotgun. Doc uses a smg and a new weapon that fires small electric rounds. Most of them don't use armor abilities since the suits are easy to move in.

After the introductions, they started to move the probes so they could have an early warning if the Covenant enter the system. Before loading into the pelicans, they heard singing coming from the other side of the hangar.

Samantha said, "Oh god, not this again," everyone, including her teammates looked at her.

"What do you mean?" Eventually she told everyone about a Spartan 2 called delta626 or Rusty.

The man will sacrifice himself for anyone and has a habit of randomly singing. His nickname is Minstrel Boy from the soldiers due to the fact he raises morals. He’s kind to the S-3 and hates slavery with a passion, also his weapons are a rocket launcher, an assault rifle with needler rounds for the tips, and a gravity hammer called "The Tenderizer". They passed that side of the hangar, only to see a floating pirate ship filled with pirates who are singing an old shanty.

This got everyone’s attention. "How the hell is this fucking possible?!"Everyone, except Sam asked.

"Don't ask. Apparently the laws of physics doesn't apply to him," they met Delta and found out he was the same Spartan that helped retake Harvest.

He also told them he was in cryogenic sleep due to his ship losing its FTL drive. In reality he's in his 40s. After the meeting they moved the probes onto the moons while the Omaha put probes in space. With the last one left, they moved to a moon that orbits a gas planet. As they place the last one they started to talk to each other.

"Well, looks like this is the last one," Delta said.

"Good because I'm starving. So turn this on and we're done."

As they turned on, Viper picked up a faint distress beacon coming from the other side of the planet. "Hold up. There's a beacon on the other side of the planet. Let's go check it out."

They hesitated at first, but went on. They saw where it was transmitting and they saw a ship. A ship thought to be missing 20 years earlier. "Holy shit, is that the..."before Brandon finished, Luke finished for him.

"Yes it is. Someone contact the Omaha. Tell them we found something that was considered lost."

Meanwhile

U.N.S.C Spirit of Fire cryo bay

A small blue light formed on a pedestal, a few seconds later a small human like hologram formed from the ball. "Captain, wake up. Something has happened."