Chapter 1: The Array Greeting
Date: 15-08-2535. 6:00 AM.
The sound of Armored vehicle grinds to an halt as a Rift Spartan steps out of it. The Spartan looks around the military base before she Proceeds to walk to an entrance to a barrack. she steps in to the barrack and comes to face with 6 other Rift Spartans. They all look to her "So you are the new Honor Seven." the Tallest of the Spartans said to Seven. "I'm George also known as Honor 5 so it's good to finally meet you." She looked up at George. Before she introduced herself. Someone walked up behind her. "So Honor 7 you have finally arrived" Seven looked back to see the leader of the group standing behind her. "I'm Honor 1 the leader of this group. You were sent in by central command to bring us backup to full strength. Since we lost our former Honor 7.". "Yes sir" Seven said to Honor 1. "Good to have you than. Now as for the rest of the team you'll be working with, that is Ivan known as Honor 2, Honor 3 is Amelia, Honor 4 is Marco, Honor 5 you already have met George, Honor 6 is Elena." "Sir a message is coming in from central command." A League soldier interrupted. "Put it through soldier" Mason responded. "Honor 1" general Connor Brant from the League of Nations asked Mason. "Yes sir?" Mason asked. "We have a urgent mission for you. As nearly all of our communication arrays have been taken offline by someone or something. And we have lost all communications with the arrays. And we ne-" "ARE THE CONCORD HERE ON HARVEST!?" George interrupted general Brant. "No Spartan we do not think they are ones responsible for this." General Brant replied back to George.
"That's quite serious sir." Mason interjected. "It is yes. As for the Array you will be retaking. it will be the Visagrad communication array. It is vital that you and your team retake the this array. As it is one off the most Important communication arrays . As for who did this, we aren't entirely. sure but most likely rebels from the decimated outer colonies are behind this they pulled something similar off a few years back and stole a cargo ship. Either way make sure this array is retaken. Without it communication with Earth is nearly completely cut off." "Yes sir consider it done." "Good but it isn't done until it is finished. I'll sent you the full briefing of the mission to you Spartan. good luck." The general finished before he disconnected. Elena: "So we're off to Visagrad?". George: "Yep I guess so. But i got a really bad feelingabout this.". "Alright everyone get to the Raptors were heading out." Mason commanded loudly. "Yes sir" everyone except Seven responded with. "Amelia, Seven you're with me. The rest you are with George." Mason continued.
They all stepped out of the Barrack and walked over to the raptor helicopters each of the two raptors already standing ready to fly the Spartans to the Visagrad communication array. Seven stepped onto the raptor alongside Mason and Amelia. "So Seven I have read your files even the parts central command didn't want me too read." Mason said while Seven looked at Mason. "That lone wolf stuff you leave behind, you're with us now a team. You got it?". Seven nodded in responsed. "Good Further more welcome to Harvest." Mason said while he put on his helmet on. Mason: "Pilot you can take off now and head for that communication array near Visagrad." "Yes sir taking off immediately" the pilot responded.
The Raptors took off and flew to the direction of the Visagrad communication array.
15-08-2535 11:00AM
"Alright everyone where almost there, so get ready. And make sure to watch your step it's mountainous here." Mason said through the comms. "Mason, do you really think rebels are the ones who committed this large sabotage and not the Concord?" George responded through the comms. Mason: "I'm not certain George but I don't think it's them. We would have detected them otherwise by now.". George: "Still I think it's them it has to be how else-". "George please, for the love of God. Stop talking about the damned Concords they aren't here on Harvest. Stop being so Damn paranoid. Yah fucking idiot." Marco snapped to George. Mason: "Marco quit that tone. I don't need a fight between the two of you.". "sorry sir" Marco responded in announce. "I'm not the one you should be apologizing too Marco." Mason said in a authoritive tone.
"Nnggh." Marco responded in further announce.
Seven looked to Mason wondering about George's paranoia" Mason: "He is worried that Harvest is going to be discovered and than turned to ash next by the Concord. since he is from Harvest, it's his Homeworld." Amelia: "That explains his paranoia. Doesn't it Seven?." Amelia interjected. Seven just looked at her, not answering to her. "Hm, silent huh? Still the Planet is to important to be lost." Mason: "Indeed it being the largest industrial world in the League of Nations even ahead of Earth.". "Sir we are ready for touch down" the pilot said awaiting the order to land from Thunder 1. "Proceed pilot" Mason responded to the pilot. "Alright Honor team get ready we are about to find out what happened here, so get ready and be on gaurd." Mason said through the comms while standing up from his seat. Amelia and Seven also got up from their seat. While the Raptor landed onto the ground a few kilometers away from the array. They stepped out of the Raptor and moved forwards. They looked around to see if there were any hostiles in the area they scanned everything with their eyes while slowly moving forwards. looking for the slightest of movements.
"Clear, move forward" Mason commanded. Seven continued to look around and saw some extremely slight movement. before she could she what it was, it was gone. Seven continued on wards behind Mason and Amelia. But keeping her gaurd up far more.
"Where is everyone?" Amelia asked. "I don't know but it's silent for sure, to silent in fact." Mason responded. They continued on walking past a cliff on their way to the array. "Look" Amelia said while pointing to something. Mason: "Shit, it's a body. Were not alone". "We should keep moving were exposed out here." Amelia said to Mason. "You're right we are exposed here. At least we're almost at the entrance. So we should have some cover when we're inside the main facility of the array." Mason Responded. Seven looked at the dead body, he was choked to death. Rebels never did this she thought to herself. She knew it was something else other than rebels who did this. She already knew who were behind from how the man was choked to death. She had seen that kind of work many times before.
They made it to the entrance to the array site and main building. They quickly and silently moved in. Closing the door behind themselves. They continued on upstairs to the central control room of the array and finding more dead bodies along the way "Alright here we are. Amelia you know what to do." Mason said to her. "I do yes" Amelia responded while moving onto the computers. Seven moved to the large window. She aimed her Rift Accelerator Rifle to the outside. Mason moved to gaurd the door into the control room they were in now. Than he heard gunfire, he looked back to where the sound came from. It came from the window, Seven shoot a bullet through the window and into the object in her sights. "What are you doing?" Mason asked. Seven pointed outside. Mason walked over to her and looked outside the window.
"Oh No, shit. Concord how the hell did they get here?!" Mason said in a very concerning and shocked tone. "WHAT THE CONCORD ARE HERE!? NO THAT CAN'T BE!" Amelia, Mason looked Back to see George standing at door yelling. Seven continued to aim her rifle not reacting to the commotion happening behind her. She shot eight more times each shot a direct kill. "Stop yelling George, do you want them to hear you?" Marco said hostily to George. "OH WHAT LIKE THEY DON'T ALREADY KNOW WE'RE HERE!?." George yelled back at Marco. "Oh yeah lik-" "ENOUGH!" Mason yelled at both of them. "We have bigger problems to worry about. than your squabbling." Mason continued. Both George and Marco stopped their squabbling and returned their focus on the mission at hand.
"We have to retake this array. it's vital we do so otherwise Harvest cannot alert Earth, that the Concord have found Harvest." Mason said. "Amelia are you done with checking the status of the array?" Mason asked Amelia. "Yes I'm, The array is offline. As the general had mentioned. we will have to reactive it. Which I can do from here but it will take sometime. But the main power generators are offline so the power is out. Currently the backup generators are on, but some of you need to turn the main generators back on. Before I can turn the Relay back on." "Alright than, Seven, five and six your with me we will retake the generator from the Concords who undoubtedly occupy it. And turn it back on." Mason commanded. "Yes sir" both George and Elena responded with. While Seven kept aiming her rifle but she pointed her thump up.
"Two and four stay with Three. You will gaurd her while she guides us through the facility, Got it?" Mason continued. "Yes sir" both Ivan and Marco reacted. "Good, now Five, Six and Seven on me. We're moving out. And Three call in backup from the central command" Mason said while walking over to the door.
"I can't were out of range of our comms. And the array is offline so I can't use that either to call in back up. Not until the array is back online. So we're on our own." Amelia responded. Mason nodded "Alright than will be own our own." He said while walking out off the room George, Elena and Seven followed after him Towards for the generator room. "Three which turn do we need to take?" Mason asked Amelia through his comms. "The turn to your left than straight through the hall and than the turn to your right" Amelia responded through her comms. Mason and his group got behind cover as 4 Elite Senglo warriors got in their way. Seven aimed her RA Rifle Immediately as they step in her line of sight. 4 precise shots from her RA Rifle. Her rounds quickly pierced the senglos energy shielding leading to all 4 them being head shot. "Damn your good" Elena said in reaction to Seven's quick shooting skills. As they continued down the hall. They than stopped at a junction again.
"Alright Which way now Three?" Mason asked through the comms. Right down the hall, down the stairs and a left turn on the End. You should than reach the main generator room." Amelia answered. "Copy that, Three." Mason responded back. Mason than gestured for the group to move forwards with his hand. They continued on down the hall way, down the stairs. Their heavy foot steps echoing through the hall ways. *Thumb* Seven heard, barely audible but it was there. Seven turned her body backwards immediately and punched directly into an stealth Senglo warrior, he was immediately sent flying backwards from the Rift enhanced punch Seven's Excalibur Armor provided her. The other Senglo tried to active his plasma sword and stab Seven in the gut but Seven already had her RA pistol in her hand and pointing her RA pistol in the throat of the Senglo warrior. Seven shot another bullet, the shielding of the Senglo warrior's armor got pierced immediately. Senglo was to slow as Seven fired the RA pistol directly in his throat and killed him as the bullet than when through the skull of the Senglo.
It was over in 3 seconds. Honor One, Five and Six turned around. They looked at the now dead Senglos. "Good, those bastards deserve it." George said in a hateful tone. Seven simply walked past the others. "Right of course. Nothing to say huh." Mason said to Seven, not getting any response back from her, as she walked past him. He than gestured to the others to continue on. Elena looked backwards to see the other Senglo Seven had sent flying backwards getting backup however before she even could do anything. A bullet directly pierced the shielding of that Senglo and punctured directly into his helmet and killed him. Elena looked where the bullet came from. She saw Seven lowering her RA pistol from the shot she just fired.
They than took the final turn left and arrived at the door to the main generator room. They all knew what to do. They opened the door to the room and got behind cover. Plasma shots fired from Concord soldiers barely missing them, as they got behind cover. Seven grabbed her RA Rifle from her back and aimed than fired several precise shots, killing dozens of the elite Senglo warriors before they even realized what happened. George grabbed his RA minigun and open rapid fire on the 20 Concord in front of him. He quickly decimated his opponents. Elena grabbed her duel RA pistols and open fire on the Concord further in the back with high accuracy. Mason got from behind the cover and moved through the now depleted Concord numbers, killing the last few of the stragglers that were left. The fight lasted little over a minute and a hundred Concord were dead without much effort from them. Seven walked up to the control panel of the main generators.
She looked over the control panel, she moved her hand over to the power button and pressed the power button to turn the main generators back on. She than adjusted the power output of the generators back to where they were needed.
"Good work I got full power again. I'm now bringing the array back online." Amelia said through the comms to Mason's group. "Copy that, Three. Have the Concord yet attacked you? Is your position this secure?" Mason asked Amelia through the comms. "Our position is still secure, Two and Four killed the ones who attacked our position." Amelia answered. "Alright, we will keep our position here than. To keep the Concord from the main generators. Update me when the Array is back online" Mason responded to Amelia. "Copy that, One." Amelia replied back to Mason.
George, walked over to a crate and sat down on it. The realization his homeworld had been discovered was fully dawning on him now. Elena walked over to George trying to comfort him. "Everything will be fine George. Harvest is the second most heavily fortified world in the League it simply can't fall to the Concord." Elena told George in an attempt to calm him down. "You know that it isn't true, thousands of Concord ships will be arriving soon to turn my planet to ash and dust. And there's nothing we can about it" George replied to Elena. "*sigh* I know. I'm just trying to comfort you." Elena replied to George in a somber tone. "Thank you for trying at least." George said.
Seven stood at the entrance to the main generator room. Shooting any Concord who tried to attack them. They all died with a precise bullet through the head between the eyes. "One, I got the got the Array back online. I'm contacting central command now." Amelia said to Mason through the comms. " Good patch through to them." Mason responded to her. "Spartan I see you have retaken the array?." General Brant asked. "No sir we have not. The Concord have over run this array." Brant was silent for a few seconds the realization of what this means hitting him. "No, that can't be. How did they get past our defenses without us knowing?" Brant asked. "No idea sir but we need to send an message to the Rest of the League that Harvest has been discovered by the Concord. Before they blow up this array" Mason responded in a urgent tone. "Yes your right." Brant replied to Mason's suggestion. General Brant than quickly warned the League of Nations sending a message to the Entirety of the League. "This is general Brant of the League of Nations Ground Army. I have grave news, Harvest has been found I repeat Harvest has been found. The Concord have discovered the planet." The message was able to be sent into the Rift Stream by the array to allow it to travel faster than the speed of light. However the array was shortly after detonated by the Concord as they had planted bombs to the base of the array.
Thunder Team lost contact with central command afterwards again. "Dammit it we lost contact with central command. Our job is done here it's time to leave Honor team. Two Three and four, we will Rendezvous with you at the entrance of the main facility and head for the Raptors." Mason told the entire team through his comms. "Copy that" Amelia responded to Mason's orders.
"Alright, Five, Six and Seven on me were getting out of here." Mason commanded. "Yes sir" Five and Seven replied. Seven simply pointed her thumb up not taking her eyes off of her sights. She than shot three more Concord grunt soldiers straight through the head between the eyes with her RA Rifle. They all moved than moved out of the main generator room. And into the hallway again which had bodies everywhere as Seven had shot each of them before. They continued on wards slowly moving from cover to cover. Hallway to Hallway they than got back to the stairs and went back upstairs killing dozens more Concord grunt soldiers along the way the number of Concord increased through each hall way they went through. They had killed hundreds each. As they continued on wards. They finally pushed forwards to the main entrance they had originally entered through. Honor One, Five, Six and Seven reunited with Honor Two, Three and Four. The full team than existed the main facility and headed back to where the Raptors had landed. However they faced heavy Concord resistance on they way back. They fought through the hordes of Concord hunderds of them.
"Where the fuck are these bitches coming from?" Marco asked while punching a Concord grunt soldier in the face killing the soldier in the process. "No idea but we need to keep moving. Or we're going to be overrun by them." Mason replied to Marco's question. the first few kilometers continued on like that but in the last 4 kilometers resistance quickly disappeared as Honor team out ran the Concord horde of soldiers. They managed to lose them. They ran almost out of ammunition for their guns as they arrived at the Raptors. Honor team finally got back to the Raptors and quickly jump onto them. "Pilot, take off immediately, NOW!" Mason ordered with heavy exhaustion as his Rift energy has completely drained.
The Raptors than took off of the ground their engines roaring back to live. The Concord could hear it from kilometers away that the Spartans got away. They now knew they got discovered by the League of Nations's central command.
"Shit we barely got out of that Hell on time, before they completely swarmed us." Elena said exhausted. "Yeah, Barely." Mason replied while looking back at the now ruined array. "Though the question now is, how long we will last..."
"Matriarch, they have escaped do we pursue them.?" A Senglo warrior asked the Matriarch. "Let the devils run for now, but soon the devils won't have anywhere left to run too." The Matriarch responded in a sinister tone.