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New Lunar HQ: Chapter 2
Posted By: Fleet Admiral
Date: 14 August 2003, 11:52 PM
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Chapter 2
0900 Hours September 9, 2552 ( Military Calendar ) /
Lunar System, Ship Repair Dock 7,
UNSC Battle Cruiser Enterprise, Flagship of Fleet Admiral Kennedy's Fleet
"Admiral", the intercom asked from the bridge. He reached over and tapped it, "Yes." "Repairs are almost completed sir." "Good. When they are completed start the engine cycle and prepare to move out of the repair dock." "Aye, aye sir", and the comm. went off. He looked back at the fleet's status, with 8 capitol ships gone he would have to assign 8 ships extra duty. He looked at the Lancer's status, her bottom fore MAC gun was hit badly and would take 3 days to repair and be at 100%, 78 crewmen dead, and her bridge was hit and offline for 2 days for repairs. The intercom came on again, "Sir, the Commodore is calling sir." "Send it through." The commodore's ship is the Kencon, the Marathon class cruiser in his fleet.
The commodore came on his screen. "Admiral", he said and saluted. "At ease." He put his hand down, "Sir, the Kencon is ready for her first mission." "Good. I'll tell you what it is. The Kencon, frigates Macbeth and Hamilton, and the destroyer Greek will hit and destroy a small covenant force passing through the Highmith System. It is composed of 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, and 2 frigates. They are supposedly carrying weapons and war equipment to a near by fleet. Once that is done, call the fleet and we will attack this covenant fleet. It has about 15 ships in it, when the attack fleet gets their the Enterprise will take command, 20 ships will go in. Do you understand?" "Yes sir." "Good get ready."
1100 Hours September 9, 2552 (Military Calendar) /
Lunar System, Rally Point Knox,
UNSC Marathon Cruiser Kencon, Commodore Lauber's Flagship
Commodore Keith Lauber stood on the bridge of his command ship. He looked at his board, his fleet was assembled. "Captain", he said. Captain Bruce Nichols looked at him and said, "Yes sir?" "Bring the ship and fleet to combat alert alpha." "Yes sir." "Initiate Cole Protocol." "Yes sir." "Contact Admiral Kennedy and tell him we are moving out." "Yes sir." The fleet went to slipstream space to the Highmith system.
1300 Hours September 9, 2552 (Military Calendar) /
Highmith System, Behind Highmith 3's Moon,
UNSC Marathon Cruiser Kencon, Commodore Lauber's Flagship
"Sir our MAC guns are now at 100%." "Good." "Sir, covenant fleet coming out of slipstream." "Hold position. We'll come out just as they start to pass the moon."
The covenant fleet moved in system, the 2 frigates at the lead, the carrier in the middle, and the 2 destroyers at the rear. They moved in system slowly, not knowing of the trap laid for them. "Sir, they will be coming up on the 3 nuclear mines we laid." "Good. Transfer detonation to my board." "Aye, aye sir." He went to the tactical console and transferred it to the command board. "Detonation control has been transferred to your board sir." "Have the frigates go right to get behind the covenant fleet, and the Greek and Kencon go left to get in front of the covenant fleet. Then fire MAC's and missiles, but after detonation of course." "Yes sir."
He looked at his board and saw the covenant fleet was almost on top of the nukes. He waited until the carrier was right on it, he hit the detonation buttons and the mines exploded.
The 4 ships moved from around the moon. "Get us into position to fire our guns Lt." "Aye, aye sir." "Put 3 heavy rounds in that carrier." "Yes sir." The ship came about and lined up with the carrier. Three thumps shuttered the ship as the MAC rounds shot out toward the carrier. The carrier started opening the force fields to its hangars. But before its craft could launch the MAC rounds hit. Its silver shields engulfed the ship, they flickered, then faded. Then the last round hit the center bubble and it exploded, internal explosions busted through the hull. It blew in half from the strain. One piece hit 1 of the destroyers, and the other blew up. The damaged destroyer had no shields and now had no power. The gravity of the moon pulled it in and it would hit and explode in minutes.
Lauber looked back at his board. The 2 frigates were burning along with the destroyer. The covenant weren't even able to get a shot off, not even pulse lasers. "Call Kennedy, tell him, fleet destroyed, no casualties, and no damage. We are moving to the rally point."
1326 Hours September 9, 2552 (Military Calendar) /
Outside Dubany System, Rally Point Victor,
UNSC Battle Cruiser Enterprise, Flagship of Fleet Admiral Kennedy's Fleet
Kennedy looked at his fleet of 16 ships. Lauber is late he thought. "Sir, message coming in for you sir. I think it's from Commodore Lauber." "Put it on my board." "Aye, aye sir. Patching through now." It came up on his board:
United Nations Space Command Transmission
49103J-59
Encryption Code: Delta
Public Key: N/A
From: Commodore Keith Lauber, Commanding Officer UNSC Kencon/ XO Sector Four Fleet/
(UNSC Service Number: 09361-74290-BL)
To: Fleet Admiral Kennedy, Commanding Officer UNSC Enterprise/ Sector Four Commander/
(UNSC Service Number: 07429-25747-SK)
Subject: Battle Report on Highmith
Classification: Classified (BGX Directive)
/start file/
Admiral Kennedy, all 5 covenant ships destroyed. No casualties. No damage. Enroute to rally point victor. Be there in 1 hour. Should arrive a little after you receive this message.
Commodore Lauber
/end file/
Press Enter to close file
He closed the file. "Sir, we've picked up the Commodore's fleet on long range sensors, they are moving in system, ETA 40 minutes." "Good. Get the fleet ready for combat. Go to combat alert alpha and initiate Cole Protocol." "Aye, aye sir."
1410 Hours September 9, 2552 (Military Calander) /
Outside Dubany System, Rally Point Victor,
UNSC Battle Cruiser Enterprise, Flagship of Fleet Admiral Kennedy's Fleet
His fleet was assembled and ready to attack this enemy fleet. "All 20 ships are ready sir. All ships are at combat alert alpha and have initiated the Cole Protocol." "Good. Signal all ships to go to slipstream." Green disturbances appeared and the fleet went into the Dubany System.
1600 Hours September 9, (Military Calander) /
Dubany System, Heading Toward Covenant Fleet
UNSC Battle Cruiser Enterprise, Flagship of Fleet Admiral Kennedy's Fleet
His fleet came out of slipstream an hour ago and have been moving in system for the last hour. The covenant probably detected them when they returned to normal space. So they would be coming in hot. Now he wished he had 10 more ships, 15 covenant ships against 20 UNSC ships was not the best situation. He might have made a mistake, and would have to pay for it. "Launch all longsword squadrons. We have 2 carriers in the covenant fleet." "Aye, aye sir." In 10 minutes they would reach the covenant fleet in a spread out wall formation, just like last time. It looks like the covenant fleet is in a packed delta formation. Not good for them, if 1 ship went, it would take another. Good odds for him.
"Sir, our MAC guns are at 100%, all Archer Missiles ready and missile crews standing by." "Good. Remove the safeties from 1 of our Shiva's and tell the Kencon to do the same." "Yes sir." "Sir, we'll come up on the covenant fleet in 3 minutes", Captain Mayfield said. "Good order the Kencon to put her Shiva in the tube and prepare to fire when I say. Put ours in the tube also and prepare to fire." "Yes sir."
"Kencon reports that Shiva is hot and in the tube." "Good, prepare to launch them in the middle of the covenant fleet. Have the rest of the fleet prepare to fire MAC guns. Liz?" The woman AI came up. "Yes Admiral?" "Give firing coordinates to the fleet." "Yes sir." Her figure faded and then disappeared. "Sir 1 minute till we reach the covenant fleet." "Fire the Shivas." The missiles launched and accelerated toward the covenant fleet.
They arrived and 2 huge white flashes formed in the middle of the fleet. When they died 1 of the carriers was gone, and the other without shields. It launched its smaller craft. "Fire our guns!" The fleet fired at the covenant fleet. The first round that hit the carrier did not get through the shields, but the next 2 did. The first hit the bow and made the massive ship start to spine out of control, but when it got itself under control the 3 round hit the engines and the back of the ship blew off. The ship finally exploded, but it had already launched half of its fighters. "Liz, take point defenses." "Yes sir." The covenant fleet launched its plasma torpedoes. "All ships break and attack." This time they weren't that close to the covenant fleet, but even though they weren't 4 frigates and 2 destroyers blew into flames.
"MAC guns?" "98... 99... 100% sir." "Captain, I want that cruiser off my screen." "Yes sir. You all heard him, come about 456.8 mark 5. Ready 4 heavy rounds for that cruiser and 2 heavy for the frigate that's guarding it. Ready missile pod A through D and get me a firing solution on that escorting frigate." The crew jumped to their tasks. They looked tense, but focused. "Firing solution online and MAC's ready sir." "Send them to hell Lt." "With pleasure."
Six thumps shook the ship as the MAC guns fired. Then 200 Archer Missiles streaked toward the covenant ships. The 4 rounds that hit the cruiser, first hit and the shield held, the next 2 hit and the shield skimered, flickered, then died, the last round hit and went strait through and into the middle of the ship and exploded. The ship's hull buckled and the ship exploded.
The 2 rounds that hit the frigate and the shields grew hot, skimered, and died. Then 200 Archer Missiles hit and the ship, the hull was rittiled with explosions. Then the ship's power went out. The ship drifted, dead in space, then she exploded into a ball of fire.
He looked back at his screen and saw nothing but covenant seraphs, 14 UNSC ships, and longsword fighters. The fighters dog fighted with the covenant fighters, and any that came near the capitol ships were blasted by the 50mm auto cannons on point defense.
"Sir, all covenant ships destroyed." "Good, start salvage and recovery operations. Make temporary repairs to the ships that need it.
In an hour and a half all lifepods and bodies were recovered and all the ships that needed it had temporary repairs. Six ships were destroyed, and 4 disabled. Two ships would be in space dock for a few days. The fleet jumped out of the system on a randomized vector for an hour, then went back to Lunar.
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