Last Stand At Hera Station
SDJason
Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16841Members
Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16841Members
<div class="IPBDescription">work in progress</div> This will become my fan fiction, but IS a work in progress..... im open to any suggestions...
Version 1.1 (polished it up a bit, actaully a lot, might be easier to read now, and more informative, tell me what you think)
Computer: Kharaa presence confirmed, hive located at archiving, Kharaa presence confirmed, hive located at archiving.
"****" yelled my squadmates, "The Kharaa are here, we are all going to die!"
"NO WE ARENT", i screamed, "Now listen to me!, Bill, take Ted and Jameson and head out towards vent to cap the resources that we lost. Johnson, take Myers and Garbikov with you out towards Hera entrance and reception, i need that door welded over there, ill drop you a turret factory when you get there, we need to establish a frontline base there. Everyone else stay at base, Johnson, you get 2 shotties for your squad, Jameson you get a welder, the Maintenance res node needs welding. Are we clear team?"
"YES SIR" my squad yelled in unison
My plan was simple, move out and secure a frontline offensive area, and hold several backline res towers. As long as holoroom and processing werent too overrun i should be able to hold with my squad for quite some time, after all the computer just detected the presence of bacterium several days ago, how much infestation could there possibly be?
"Excellent, now listen up mates, ive put in a call for reinforcements, and the ip's are currently warming up, but it may be some time before anyone comes, the IP distribution network is saturated with attacks on Hera, Bast, Nancy, which is looking severely grim by the way, and Tanith all at once. im not sure how long until people will begin arriving, but for now, we ARE alone. That means you and your squadmates are all that stand in the way of this infestation, do not fail or we will lose this station."
In good time the squad had made its way out towards maintenance and began repairing the res node. I was watching over them looking for threats, while my other team moved out towards Hera entrance and reception, once there, I instructed them to take up garrison positions behind the counter while i awaited the resources to back them up with a turret factory. I kept the rookie units on base defense despite the fact that we had 4 sentries there because i did not trust thier judgement just yet. I resumed my watch over the res capping crew, and was directing them towards Ventilation, when all of the sudden....
"Comm we need help at Hera entrance NOW!" screamed Johnson, "Myers is down hurt and i think Gorbikov might be dead!"
"Roger that" i yelled "I see you Johnson, hold on! All people at base head out for Hera entrance, DOUBLE TIME. Johnson, use Gorbikovs body as bait, hide behind the consoles and wait for them to come to you."
I knew it was Disguisting, and that Johnson was enfumed at the mention of using a friend as skulk bait, however he knew it was also the right thing to do if he wanted to survive. Within about 30 seconds the rookies had arrived on site. I instructed them to sit tight and gave them some extra health packs in case they needed it. Also administered several to Myers, hoping he would revive soon. I was about to drop a turret factory, just needed several more res
"Ok squad 2" i said "A few more minutes and ill-..."
"COMM LERK IN MAINTENANCE, NEED MEDPACKS NOW" yelled Bill
"I got you Bill, meds dropped, and ammo too, make your way to Ventilation NOW, and i will drop you a phase gate, MOVE MOVE MOVE."
I now realized that i needed that res tower, two wasnt cutting it. Also if i could cap and hold hera entrance, we would have a chance. I immediately began making plans to drop the hives. There was a lull for several minutes, and I began to think that maybe there werent as many aliens as i suspected. I got Hera entrance res tower up and then began to work on Vent. There were still several turrets up at Vent, however the initial Kharaa rush had destroyed the resource tower and the turret factory.
Computer: Nanite disruption in Data core Delta, suspected Hive.
"****" I yelled, "Ok team this is getting more complicated. Apparently the Kharaa are starting another hive, ive elevated us to Alert 1, command informs me that reinforcements will be here momentarily. I need you to step up your alert status."
"COmm we have reached Ventilation" I heard Bill say "There is a lot of turrets still up, but the turret factory is damaged. Requesting a phase gate. Also comm you should know, there is some sort of slimy film almost like mold all over this room, possibly from the bacterium, but im not sure."
::Drops phase gate in Ventilation::
::Phase at base::
::Phase at Hera Entrance::
::Armory at Hera Entrance::
::Turret Factory at Hera Entrance::
::Resource Tower at Ventilation::
"Woah, gotta love having 4 res towers" I said gleefully. "Hold out, im going to drop you frontline boys some turrets ASAP command gives me 50 seconds to first reinforcement wave to come through on the Infantry Portals."
Things had begun looking up, Vent was ok for now, and Hera entrance had become lulled with action. I began planning in my head my next phase of operation, just as before, it involved welding through Hera Entrance and Sieging down the hive, i figured first i had to get better guns, armor, and fortify my locations. As i thought about it more and more, a pit began to form in my stomach. Where had all The aliens gone? As i thought about it more and more, i began to realize that something was amiss, and i did not yet have an observatory built.
Computer: Reinforcements in 20 seconds
Whew, ok so maybe it isnt going to bad, as soon as the reinforcements get here we can move out and get the hive down and lockdown Archiving.
Computer: ALERT ALERT, MAINTNENANCE UNDER ATTACK
"Crap" i yelled. "Guys at vent-"
Computer: ALERT ALERT, Heavy Kharaa presence detected in Holoroom.
"Never mind" i abruptly said. "I changed my mind. Guys at Vent, get to Maintenance. Its under attack Guys at Hera Entrance watch your flanks, there's something amiss in Holoroom..."
"Roger Sir!" my team yelled, almost in unison
I knew i had to hold maintenance, and at the same time, tech up my troops, we were spread thin, and i had to get us out of this soon. I began surveying the situation again when all of the sudden i saw a gling of brown over by the blast door between Holoroom and Hera Entrance-
"****, MYERS TURN AROUND TURN AROUND-" I screamed throught his headset
"Whaaa." Myers said oblvious to his danger:AAAAAHHHHHHH... AAAHHH"
::CHOMP::
"Nooooo Myers!" Johnson Spat ::BAM BAM BAM:: "Comm we need more backup here now, its down to me and base defense, and we cant hold it, requesting more turrets ASAP-"
"Yes Johnsone hold on I-"
"Comm maintenance is lost" Bill yelled "We cant go in there, there is at least three Offensive Chambers and several skulks, it would be suicide. requesting assistance or orders."
"Bill fall back slowly, and hold for orders" i said
The whole plan was going all to hell, we NEEDED REINFORCEMENTS NOW, 2 of my team were DEAD, sure we had a phase network up, but not enought people to defend it, the pit of my stomach was growing worse, and i feared that soon we would lose our offensive position.
Computer: RIEINFORCEMENTS ARRIVING
"James and Ted Reporting for duty SIR" two marines bellowed at base
James and Ted, how are you soldiers?" I yelled. Not waiting for a responce i issued thier orders. "To Hera through phase NOW, Ok BIll, fall back maintenance is lost"
::TURRET at HERA ENTRANCE::
::TURRET at HERA ENTRANCE::
::TURRET at HERA ENTRANCE::
::TURRET at HERA ENTRANCE::
Thats all the money i have Johnson, GET THOSE UP
Ok, so now there was rudimentary defenses, and the backup allowed for 5 people at Hera Entrance. The rookies had two kills each now, and i began to trust them better than i had before. Hera Entrance was looking up, and i figured i could send Bill to do a little rearward scouting since i still had no observatory.
Bill, i need you to move out to processing, and look out." I ordered. "I need to assess Holoroom's defenses, and i dont have the resources for an observatory yet."
Bill began moving out towards Processing and had just reached the upper node when all hell began to break loose....
Computer: POSSIBLE ONOS DETECTED IN Datacore, Moving towards Ventilation or Holoroom
"Computer, can i get a definitive answer on the onos heading?"
"No, sensor damaged due to bacterium and power surges, the computer responded"
"Bill Fall back NOW DOUBLE TIME" I screamed. "Onos coming your way"
"Roger sir, Bill panted, obviously already running, knowing his danger."I was able to scout processing a bit and we cant take processing without heavies or some serious sieges, there has to be 20 Kharaa Structures in there.
I had hoped they hadnt set all that up yet, but now i realized my mistake. Upon further study of the blueprints i realized how important processing was, it was the hub of this entire station, the largest room, and also right next to the hive. I knew this was going to be a long hard fight, and i put in for some more reinforcements from Command.
Computer: Reinforcements arriving!
"Paxton and Blake reporting for duty sir." Two marines bellowed once again
Paxton and Blake had come through in heavy suits, id thank whoever was at command that day, as these suits were needed direly at my location.
Computer: ALERT ALERT 2 onos detected outside Ventilation!!!!
No, now i realized it hadnt been a computer error with the sensors, there were two onos heading to two different locations, though both ended up at Ventilation.
::HMG AT BASE::
::HMG AT BASE::
"Paxton and Blake, Pick those up and get to Ventilation NOW!!" i screamed "Two onos headed that way"
"YES SIR" they bellowed back just before phasing
"OK NOW LISTEN UP PEOPLE, WE HAVE TWO, COUNT EM TWO, ONOS AT VENTILATION." I yelled "I NEED-"
Johnson "COMM IM OUT OF AMMO AT HERA ENTRANCE, EVERYONE IS DEAD, some big green blob came from a vent and practically desintegrated the whole squad TF IS GOING DOWN IM HIDING BEHIND THE COUNTER, NEED BACKUP!"
"****" i swore "PAXTON AND BLAKE HOLD VENT, youve got 6 turrets there HIDE BEHIND EM!!, EVERYONE ELSE TO HERA ENTRANCE NOW... or we are going to lose our forward outpost."
"YES SIR"
This was going from bad to worse two Onos Verses Two Heavies and 6 turrets at one end, i had just lost 4 more of my Squadmembers to some green cloud This brought the total death count up to 6 for the day. I knew command wasnt going to be happy, however i raised us up to ALert 1 Danger Status, which meant we would lose the station without major help ASAP. A beacon went off, and 4 marines phased in. Before they even said thier names i assigned them to Squad 3, and sent them to Vent through the phase. The onos had almost overrun Paxton and Blake, and yet did not seem to be damaged. Over at Hera Entrance Bill tossed a grenade into the vent, and whatever was in there was instantly vaporized. I dropped Johnson a healthpack and ammopack, as he was pretty scarred from the green cloud, however upon going back to Vent, i realized that there was now two skulks over there, and in a matter of three seconds there was only one light armor left of the last four reinforcements.
"Bill stay at Hera Entrance." I commanded. "Ted and Jameson get back to Vent NOW"
"COMMANDER MY ARMOR IS MALFUNCTIONING, SHORTING OUT ALL OVER, I CAN BARELY WALK" Paxton yelled "Please, request permission to return to base for repairs?"
"Yes Paxton" I muttered
Now there was a problem, if i lost that heavy, command would pull the plug on us, and we did not currently have the means to escape, as our hovercraft had crashed on landing. Then i realized what we were actually up against. These Kharaa were way too advanced for us to deal with, and we were slowly losing a battle that, in the end would only result in the loss of our lives, and any other marines that phased in to aid us. Just then another attack began, and this time it looked as if we would lose Vent. Jameson managed to crawl through the phase gate bleeding profusely from his chest area, however Blake did not make it, as he slowly fell back to the phase gate, it literally got crushed by an onos. I yelled out to warn him, but it was too late, in one big bite, Blake was devoured whole.
I had to listen to his screams for a full 30 seconds before the Onos's stomach finally ate through Blakes tough armor. Everyone else at vent was lost, except Jameson, who, despite medpacks, was out of service for the next few hours. I watch on with horror, as my understaffed underpowered squad was being slowly whittled down, Command did not care, and we were not holding out, against Kharaa this evolved. Suddenly, It dawned on me. We only have 2 res nodes, and cannot hold what we currently have with the manpower we have, we are going to lose this station........
I began to think of what a failure this would be on my record, how my career would be scarred for life, and how i would never command again. How many more people had to die before command realized this was a doomed mission.
As i was thinking this i almost choked on my stomach, I was going to die here, and all my team, our hovercraft was gone, we had no way to escape.
I contacted command and informed them of our position, and they told me they would extract us, but only after placing a nuke that would destroy the station. They sent me the blueprints of the buildings i would need, and informed me of all the necessary steps that i must take to ensure that we could make it out of here. I realized i would need 150 res to accomplish this, and i asked command for two more reinforcements to supplant my severely weak squad, they opted to send in three, which left me with 7 able bodied men. I began to plan for the extraction, realizing that i must fall back from Hera Entrance and hole up in base, using the combined force of my squad backed by the turrets for as long as possible.... My squad wasnt out of this yet, not by a long shot.... If my career suffered a black mark because of this failure, i did not care, but i resolved, right then and there, that no one else would die needlessly today.... whether my career was ruined or not.....
(Part 2 is coming when i have time.....)
More to come when i have time, but id love some criticism.....
Version 1.1 (polished it up a bit, actaully a lot, might be easier to read now, and more informative, tell me what you think)
Computer: Kharaa presence confirmed, hive located at archiving, Kharaa presence confirmed, hive located at archiving.
"****" yelled my squadmates, "The Kharaa are here, we are all going to die!"
"NO WE ARENT", i screamed, "Now listen to me!, Bill, take Ted and Jameson and head out towards vent to cap the resources that we lost. Johnson, take Myers and Garbikov with you out towards Hera entrance and reception, i need that door welded over there, ill drop you a turret factory when you get there, we need to establish a frontline base there. Everyone else stay at base, Johnson, you get 2 shotties for your squad, Jameson you get a welder, the Maintenance res node needs welding. Are we clear team?"
"YES SIR" my squad yelled in unison
My plan was simple, move out and secure a frontline offensive area, and hold several backline res towers. As long as holoroom and processing werent too overrun i should be able to hold with my squad for quite some time, after all the computer just detected the presence of bacterium several days ago, how much infestation could there possibly be?
"Excellent, now listen up mates, ive put in a call for reinforcements, and the ip's are currently warming up, but it may be some time before anyone comes, the IP distribution network is saturated with attacks on Hera, Bast, Nancy, which is looking severely grim by the way, and Tanith all at once. im not sure how long until people will begin arriving, but for now, we ARE alone. That means you and your squadmates are all that stand in the way of this infestation, do not fail or we will lose this station."
In good time the squad had made its way out towards maintenance and began repairing the res node. I was watching over them looking for threats, while my other team moved out towards Hera entrance and reception, once there, I instructed them to take up garrison positions behind the counter while i awaited the resources to back them up with a turret factory. I kept the rookie units on base defense despite the fact that we had 4 sentries there because i did not trust thier judgement just yet. I resumed my watch over the res capping crew, and was directing them towards Ventilation, when all of the sudden....
"Comm we need help at Hera entrance NOW!" screamed Johnson, "Myers is down hurt and i think Gorbikov might be dead!"
"Roger that" i yelled "I see you Johnson, hold on! All people at base head out for Hera entrance, DOUBLE TIME. Johnson, use Gorbikovs body as bait, hide behind the consoles and wait for them to come to you."
I knew it was Disguisting, and that Johnson was enfumed at the mention of using a friend as skulk bait, however he knew it was also the right thing to do if he wanted to survive. Within about 30 seconds the rookies had arrived on site. I instructed them to sit tight and gave them some extra health packs in case they needed it. Also administered several to Myers, hoping he would revive soon. I was about to drop a turret factory, just needed several more res
"Ok squad 2" i said "A few more minutes and ill-..."
"COMM LERK IN MAINTENANCE, NEED MEDPACKS NOW" yelled Bill
"I got you Bill, meds dropped, and ammo too, make your way to Ventilation NOW, and i will drop you a phase gate, MOVE MOVE MOVE."
I now realized that i needed that res tower, two wasnt cutting it. Also if i could cap and hold hera entrance, we would have a chance. I immediately began making plans to drop the hives. There was a lull for several minutes, and I began to think that maybe there werent as many aliens as i suspected. I got Hera entrance res tower up and then began to work on Vent. There were still several turrets up at Vent, however the initial Kharaa rush had destroyed the resource tower and the turret factory.
Computer: Nanite disruption in Data core Delta, suspected Hive.
"****" I yelled, "Ok team this is getting more complicated. Apparently the Kharaa are starting another hive, ive elevated us to Alert 1, command informs me that reinforcements will be here momentarily. I need you to step up your alert status."
"COmm we have reached Ventilation" I heard Bill say "There is a lot of turrets still up, but the turret factory is damaged. Requesting a phase gate. Also comm you should know, there is some sort of slimy film almost like mold all over this room, possibly from the bacterium, but im not sure."
::Drops phase gate in Ventilation::
::Phase at base::
::Phase at Hera Entrance::
::Armory at Hera Entrance::
::Turret Factory at Hera Entrance::
::Resource Tower at Ventilation::
"Woah, gotta love having 4 res towers" I said gleefully. "Hold out, im going to drop you frontline boys some turrets ASAP command gives me 50 seconds to first reinforcement wave to come through on the Infantry Portals."
Things had begun looking up, Vent was ok for now, and Hera entrance had become lulled with action. I began planning in my head my next phase of operation, just as before, it involved welding through Hera Entrance and Sieging down the hive, i figured first i had to get better guns, armor, and fortify my locations. As i thought about it more and more, a pit began to form in my stomach. Where had all The aliens gone? As i thought about it more and more, i began to realize that something was amiss, and i did not yet have an observatory built.
Computer: Reinforcements in 20 seconds
Whew, ok so maybe it isnt going to bad, as soon as the reinforcements get here we can move out and get the hive down and lockdown Archiving.
Computer: ALERT ALERT, MAINTNENANCE UNDER ATTACK
"Crap" i yelled. "Guys at vent-"
Computer: ALERT ALERT, Heavy Kharaa presence detected in Holoroom.
"Never mind" i abruptly said. "I changed my mind. Guys at Vent, get to Maintenance. Its under attack Guys at Hera Entrance watch your flanks, there's something amiss in Holoroom..."
"Roger Sir!" my team yelled, almost in unison
I knew i had to hold maintenance, and at the same time, tech up my troops, we were spread thin, and i had to get us out of this soon. I began surveying the situation again when all of the sudden i saw a gling of brown over by the blast door between Holoroom and Hera Entrance-
"****, MYERS TURN AROUND TURN AROUND-" I screamed throught his headset
"Whaaa." Myers said oblvious to his danger:AAAAAHHHHHHH... AAAHHH"
::CHOMP::
"Nooooo Myers!" Johnson Spat ::BAM BAM BAM:: "Comm we need more backup here now, its down to me and base defense, and we cant hold it, requesting more turrets ASAP-"
"Yes Johnsone hold on I-"
"Comm maintenance is lost" Bill yelled "We cant go in there, there is at least three Offensive Chambers and several skulks, it would be suicide. requesting assistance or orders."
"Bill fall back slowly, and hold for orders" i said
The whole plan was going all to hell, we NEEDED REINFORCEMENTS NOW, 2 of my team were DEAD, sure we had a phase network up, but not enought people to defend it, the pit of my stomach was growing worse, and i feared that soon we would lose our offensive position.
Computer: RIEINFORCEMENTS ARRIVING
"James and Ted Reporting for duty SIR" two marines bellowed at base
James and Ted, how are you soldiers?" I yelled. Not waiting for a responce i issued thier orders. "To Hera through phase NOW, Ok BIll, fall back maintenance is lost"
::TURRET at HERA ENTRANCE::
::TURRET at HERA ENTRANCE::
::TURRET at HERA ENTRANCE::
::TURRET at HERA ENTRANCE::
Thats all the money i have Johnson, GET THOSE UP
Ok, so now there was rudimentary defenses, and the backup allowed for 5 people at Hera Entrance. The rookies had two kills each now, and i began to trust them better than i had before. Hera Entrance was looking up, and i figured i could send Bill to do a little rearward scouting since i still had no observatory.
Bill, i need you to move out to processing, and look out." I ordered. "I need to assess Holoroom's defenses, and i dont have the resources for an observatory yet."
Bill began moving out towards Processing and had just reached the upper node when all hell began to break loose....
Computer: POSSIBLE ONOS DETECTED IN Datacore, Moving towards Ventilation or Holoroom
"Computer, can i get a definitive answer on the onos heading?"
"No, sensor damaged due to bacterium and power surges, the computer responded"
"Bill Fall back NOW DOUBLE TIME" I screamed. "Onos coming your way"
"Roger sir, Bill panted, obviously already running, knowing his danger."I was able to scout processing a bit and we cant take processing without heavies or some serious sieges, there has to be 20 Kharaa Structures in there.
I had hoped they hadnt set all that up yet, but now i realized my mistake. Upon further study of the blueprints i realized how important processing was, it was the hub of this entire station, the largest room, and also right next to the hive. I knew this was going to be a long hard fight, and i put in for some more reinforcements from Command.
Computer: Reinforcements arriving!
"Paxton and Blake reporting for duty sir." Two marines bellowed once again
Paxton and Blake had come through in heavy suits, id thank whoever was at command that day, as these suits were needed direly at my location.
Computer: ALERT ALERT 2 onos detected outside Ventilation!!!!
No, now i realized it hadnt been a computer error with the sensors, there were two onos heading to two different locations, though both ended up at Ventilation.
::HMG AT BASE::
::HMG AT BASE::
"Paxton and Blake, Pick those up and get to Ventilation NOW!!" i screamed "Two onos headed that way"
"YES SIR" they bellowed back just before phasing
"OK NOW LISTEN UP PEOPLE, WE HAVE TWO, COUNT EM TWO, ONOS AT VENTILATION." I yelled "I NEED-"
Johnson "COMM IM OUT OF AMMO AT HERA ENTRANCE, EVERYONE IS DEAD, some big green blob came from a vent and practically desintegrated the whole squad TF IS GOING DOWN IM HIDING BEHIND THE COUNTER, NEED BACKUP!"
"****" i swore "PAXTON AND BLAKE HOLD VENT, youve got 6 turrets there HIDE BEHIND EM!!, EVERYONE ELSE TO HERA ENTRANCE NOW... or we are going to lose our forward outpost."
"YES SIR"
This was going from bad to worse two Onos Verses Two Heavies and 6 turrets at one end, i had just lost 4 more of my Squadmembers to some green cloud This brought the total death count up to 6 for the day. I knew command wasnt going to be happy, however i raised us up to ALert 1 Danger Status, which meant we would lose the station without major help ASAP. A beacon went off, and 4 marines phased in. Before they even said thier names i assigned them to Squad 3, and sent them to Vent through the phase. The onos had almost overrun Paxton and Blake, and yet did not seem to be damaged. Over at Hera Entrance Bill tossed a grenade into the vent, and whatever was in there was instantly vaporized. I dropped Johnson a healthpack and ammopack, as he was pretty scarred from the green cloud, however upon going back to Vent, i realized that there was now two skulks over there, and in a matter of three seconds there was only one light armor left of the last four reinforcements.
"Bill stay at Hera Entrance." I commanded. "Ted and Jameson get back to Vent NOW"
"COMMANDER MY ARMOR IS MALFUNCTIONING, SHORTING OUT ALL OVER, I CAN BARELY WALK" Paxton yelled "Please, request permission to return to base for repairs?"
"Yes Paxton" I muttered
Now there was a problem, if i lost that heavy, command would pull the plug on us, and we did not currently have the means to escape, as our hovercraft had crashed on landing. Then i realized what we were actually up against. These Kharaa were way too advanced for us to deal with, and we were slowly losing a battle that, in the end would only result in the loss of our lives, and any other marines that phased in to aid us. Just then another attack began, and this time it looked as if we would lose Vent. Jameson managed to crawl through the phase gate bleeding profusely from his chest area, however Blake did not make it, as he slowly fell back to the phase gate, it literally got crushed by an onos. I yelled out to warn him, but it was too late, in one big bite, Blake was devoured whole.
I had to listen to his screams for a full 30 seconds before the Onos's stomach finally ate through Blakes tough armor. Everyone else at vent was lost, except Jameson, who, despite medpacks, was out of service for the next few hours. I watch on with horror, as my understaffed underpowered squad was being slowly whittled down, Command did not care, and we were not holding out, against Kharaa this evolved. Suddenly, It dawned on me. We only have 2 res nodes, and cannot hold what we currently have with the manpower we have, we are going to lose this station........
I began to think of what a failure this would be on my record, how my career would be scarred for life, and how i would never command again. How many more people had to die before command realized this was a doomed mission.
As i was thinking this i almost choked on my stomach, I was going to die here, and all my team, our hovercraft was gone, we had no way to escape.
I contacted command and informed them of our position, and they told me they would extract us, but only after placing a nuke that would destroy the station. They sent me the blueprints of the buildings i would need, and informed me of all the necessary steps that i must take to ensure that we could make it out of here. I realized i would need 150 res to accomplish this, and i asked command for two more reinforcements to supplant my severely weak squad, they opted to send in three, which left me with 7 able bodied men. I began to plan for the extraction, realizing that i must fall back from Hera Entrance and hole up in base, using the combined force of my squad backed by the turrets for as long as possible.... My squad wasnt out of this yet, not by a long shot.... If my career suffered a black mark because of this failure, i did not care, but i resolved, right then and there, that no one else would die needlessly today.... whether my career was ruined or not.....
(Part 2 is coming when i have time.....)
More to come when i have time, but id love some criticism.....
Comments
huh??? whose the black guy??
~Jason
The manual stated that we would need to place three phase gates in alignment of an equilateral triangle which would facilitate the phasing in of the highly complex Nuke device. From there we would need to activate it, plug it into a comm chair for power (other than my chair, so building a new one was necessary), and then build an extraction phase gate, which would cost nearly 50 resources. As i began to ponder where i would get these resources, i was suddenly struck to attention....
"UGH, COMM!" Bill screamed, im stuck! i cant move! AAAAH! AAAA-
"Yes i got you Bill, i bellowed into my headset EVERYONE PHASE TO HERA ENTRANCE AND HELP BILL OUT, FALL BACK ASAP, WE ARE RECYCLING EVERYTHING, im going to get us out of here, but you must trust me!
......All there was was silence, but my orders were being carried out. I knew without question that my marines were dumbfounded by my decision, never before had a commander fallen back to his original base. Doing so meant certain suicide, and i knew it was on all my marines minds, but i diddnt have time to sweat it, i had a bunch of men's lives to save
::Bang Bang Bang:: "Comm this is Bill, im ok now, it has worn off, we are falling back, begin recycling all but phase gate"
Bill had read my mind, my good friend Bill knew what i planned to do, i knew if i had Bill's support, all other marines would follow, Bill was a veteran, one of the oldest TSA marines in service, he had more experience than anyone else, however even he still encountered things new, things unnatural, things the Kharaa would unveil that had never been used before, or more likely, never been seen by anyone who had escaped alive.
Computer: Danger, Danger, large enemy force incoming to Hera Entrance
"Everyone phase out of Hera Entrance NOW, we have multiple contacts incoming, and the turrets are offline due to recycling" i yelled
20 seconds was all i needed for everything but the phase to recycle, the unoccupied vent hive had long since been Recycled or demolished by the onos, and scanning on my part showed the onos had looped around back towards hera entrance, and that the hive at vent was going up, time was running short.... and so were our chances for survival
I began dropping the phase gates for the triangular array for the nuke, and preparing my marines for strategic zone defenses when i noticed Bill hadnt phased back..
"Bill, get out of there" i ordered
"Comm, 10 more seconds and the buildings will be recycled." Bill retorted
"Bill, NOW." i commanded
"5 seconds comm, out of ammo, switching to pistol..." :Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang:
5 shots left, what in the Hell was Bill trying to do, he was smarter than this, sure the res was important, but this was suicide.
3 seconds left, 2 pistol shots, and the all of the sudden i heard a sickening roar, the onos was coming in.
"Bill get out NOW, the Onos is-"
"****, Bill yelled, out of ammo, im phasing out comm"
This was going to be close, the onos was meters away, i could see the look of absolute determination on Bill's face, as he crouched down on the phase gate, turned and aimed at the onos. I heard the buzz of the phase gate warming up, the glow of the phase gate turing on.... Bill steadily took aim at the onos, still charging and fired his last two pistol shots at the onos, simultaneously throwing his gun at its head. I saw the white flash as the phase activated, then nothing, all sensors in that area went black....
"NOOOO" i heard Bill screaming, panning back to home base i saw blood everywhere, Bill's arm had been bitten off milliseconds before the phase gate activated.. his squadmates were huddled around him trying to help, he clutched an empty pistol in his other hand,
::Medpack::
::Medpack::
"Get the **** off of him, i yelled, he will be fine, GET BACK TO YOUR POSTS, WE HAVE INCOMING."
I immediately instructed the marines exactly where i wanted them to stand, i had dropped a few heavy weapons, and i felt we could hold off for the time we needed......
Bill was struggling to his feet and administering his own medpacks
"Bill, that was **** stupid of you man, you could have died, dont EVER disobey my order again."
"Yes commander" Bill replied. "If you'll excuse me while i apply my vagasil here, im gonna need an HMG over by that turret factory."
"Bill, you only have one arm, if your lucky you wont die of blood loss, and we have no more medical supplies to spare on you." I shot back
"Fine, ill just crawl over there and defend with my lmg, gimme a few clips." Bill countered. I could see the fire in his eyes was steadfast, nothin was going to move him.
::Ammo pack::
::Ammo pack::
"Allright Bill, just keep em out of base long enough for us all to get home."
It was a comical, yet fear inducing sight. A one armed marine, steadily losing blood, lmg in one hand, leaning against a turret factory, with a fire in his eyes that could be quenched by no one. Bill wanted blood, and by god he would get it.
It was then i noticed there was 7 of us, our reinforcements must have arrived, at this point i did not care to know thier names, i just bellowed out my orders, hoping we still had time to pull this off.
::Turret::
::Turret::
::Turret::
"GET THOSE TURRETS UP." i screeched. I knew this lull would not last, and i needed my marines to be alert.
I hope my squad did not sense my despair, however from thier grumbles in the silence of the room, i was sure they did, so i decided to level with them, knowing full well it might impede thier performance.
"Guys" i said "We have lost the station, command has cut us off from reinforcements, all we have is what is here. In 3 minutes, a nuke will phase through the array we've set up in the back of base, and i will have to get out of the chair to arm it. At that point, a special evacuation phase gate will be dropped by myself after i return to the chair, and upon that being built, we MUST hold this station for another 30 seconds for the nuke to power up and count down sufficiently. I personally will stay behind the last few seconds, being last to phase out if all goes well, i can ask no more of you, but to tell you, if possible, you WILL be going home."
Silence, i had really done it now, they wouldnt even talk.
Bill was the first to speak, through clenched teeth he muttered.
"Id rather get out of here, BUT, if we have to give these **** our lives, WE GIVE THEM HELL BEFORE" (Cliche intended).
And just like that. my marines were with me again, they all saddled up, took thier positions, and waited, for that was all they could do, is wait. Wait for death, wait to be rescued, wait for an eternity. Such is the life of a TSA soldier. One thing was certain, thier courage was strong, and they were exemplory soldiers. If it was possible, we would emerge from this "victorious." with our lives spared, able to rejoin the battle at a later date. The station would be lost, but such is the price. He who can lick his wounds and live to fight another day, can beat his enemy through experience. He who refuses to admit defeat will always be defeated. Win, or lose, this battle would be decided by fate.
Suddenly, a shrill shriek peirced the air, and i knew it was beginning.
I glanced at the computer screen to my left, where a custom timer had been set up, it now read
2:27 TO Nuke Transport Phase 2 of 4
I knew all would be decided here, within 10 minutes from now, me and my squads, and all these aliens fate's would be decided, this godlike quality was in our hands. Its amazing how fates are sometimes intertwined like this, however i had to put these thoughts out of my head, for now, i had a task to accomplish.
TO BE CONTINUED
great story tho!
PART 3
The Attack
...AAAH....::BANG BANG:: AAAAHHH....."**** ****" !Clang! !Snap! :BANG BANG:
Sound was all around, it looked like something from an old action movie. No way could my marines stand up to this, gas was everywhere, aliens were everywhere, onos, fade's, lerks, everything. The apocalypse was happening at hera station... and we were in the middle of it.....
Two onos had rushed in the north door, while 2 fades simultaneously had rushed in through cargo.... guns were firing, ammo reloading, and it looked as if we wouldnt make it more than a minute like this....
Bill was the first to get a kill, miraculously splattering the lerk against the far wall, and his war cry gave spirit to the rest of my men... Thier cries of fear soon turned into cries of anger, I watched one of the men who had just phased in, let out an indian yell before pouncing out from behind the turret he had been using for cover as he reloaded and plant a knife firmly in the onos's side belly. It immediately reacted by rearing up, but the young man held on to his knife, causing a large tear in the onos's belly, upon which he miraculously was able to stuff in a grenade he had already primed in his other hand...
THe onos reacted by roaring in anger, or pain, i wasnt sure, beastly aliens all sounded the same anyways... and charging out the door, right into two fades, a gorge, and several offense chambers.... The explosion was both loud and muffled. Green blood spewed out the corridor where the onos had run to, and i heard the lift crash into the floor below. Good, at least that lift was out of service....
A roar of anger emerged from my marines simultaneously, but i quickly shut them up.
"LISTEN GUYS, THEY WILL BE BACK, RELOAD AND STAY ALERT. Young man... yes you, insane ninja knifer with the grenade, whats your name."
"Grant, the young recruit replied..... Private T.C. Grant.."
"Well grant ::HMG:: I have a present for you"
"Thanks commander, thanks a lot!, ill try to do what i can"
"Grant, i want you to fall back and stand atop the turret factory with Bill, you will have a higher vantage point and be able to cover your teammates better.."
"Yes sir!"
I glanced at my screen once again,
0:55 till nuke transport
"55 seconds guys!" i yelled in support! come on we can do this!, we can beat these alien scum...."
Computer: Power surge detected in generators, nano tech unable to compensate due to gridlock, disconnecting commchair from nano network to prevent damage, all sensors lost....
God dammit, what were the aliens doing, aside from minor skirmishes, they had totally backed off of our position, and were simply hovering outside our base. I knew that something was up, and now i had no sensors whatsoever.. I activated my observatory and scanned each of the three doors, what was out there amazed me, all in all there was 4 onos, 2 fades, 3 lerks, and 2 gorges, waay more than we could handle, i knew if tehy rushed in it would be over..... and i still did not know what was going on over at the generator room, but i was almost positive it wasnt good.....
I began thinking of things i could do, when it dawned on me, i had 120 res left, but only needed 70 of it, 50 for the extraction phase gate, and 20 for the aux comm chair for the nuke.... I immediately spammed mines and told my marines to create a minefield, with the mines spread out a minimum of 3 meteres to prevent a large explosion. Keeping each mine out of the blast radius of the others meant one insane gorge couldnt set em all off at once.. within seconds the mines were set up in a checkerboard format, with concentrations at all the doorways...
I glanced once again at the screen, it now read 5 seconds to nuke phase process...
"5 seconds i yelled, hold your pos-
-Everything went dark
"FLASHLIGHTS ON! Bill yelled!
I heard a sickening roar, but one by one the flashlights of my marines were clicking on, i could see spires of light everywhere tracing paths all over the room searching frantically for enemies.... Another roar, and the rush had begun...
The minefield without a doubt saved us, taking out two onos and one fade, the rest were shot at mercilessly by our squad, one skulk managed to eat one of my marines, in all the chaos i had no idea who, but i knew my time had come...
Computer: Nuke phase 3 of 4 started, eta 25 seconds to complete phase.
Frantically programming the arming codes into my helmet cam, i dropped an auxilliary commchair by the tri phase array, and switched on my light, disembarking the chair, i quickly sprinted over and began building...
All around me was chaos, Bill was screaming his warcry as he took out skulk after skulk, i heard a scream, and then another sickening crunch, and i knew someone else's time had come... 5 marines left, including myself makes 6, i did the math. We can do this
"JASON" Bill cried!
Without thinking i ducked turned and fired, point blank hitting a fade in the chest with my shutgun blast, he fell and i fired twice more
"RELOADING" yelled Grant, "BILL COVER ME"
"Gotcha" Bill cried! ::BANG BANG BANG BANG:: :: BANG BANG BANG:: ::Click Click:: "PISTOL TIME" Bill threw down his gun and grabbed for his pistol, but lost his balance, with one arm he could not hold the pistol and get up, so he was now laying sideways firing his pistol at the oncoming onos, once again fearlessly, meticulously, placing every shot....
"ONOS, CONCENTRATE FIRE!" i yelled, I watched as 3 spires of light immediately centered on the onos, and gunfire erupted, tearing into its flesh The onos seemed unphased by this and simply yelled out in anger and speeded up.....
Grant finished reloading, and unloaded from 5 meters on the onos, it slowed down, Grant took a step forward and the onos lowered its head, Grant stopped firing, dove forward, twisting in midaior, missing the Onos's Jaws, and firing into its belly, tearing it to peices....
The onos gave a roar, turning towards Bill once again, now hobbling slowly....it was weakening
Step by step, slowing, slowing.... Bill had long since run out of pistol ammo, and simply lay there, panting, Grant was still firing into its behind, and the onos had turned into a Bloody mess of green blood and guts, yet it still pushed on, 4 meters, 3 meters, 2 meters, stumbled, and fell, its mouth several feet from Bill's face. he was now eye to eye with the onos's body....
Immediately the spires of light fanned off and began firing at seperate locations, through all the chaos, it still seemed quiet in the room, Grant began reloading again, and i was about to turn and resume building the command chair when i noticed the onos was still breathing.....
Dropping my shotgun i pulled out my knife and my pistol, emptying all 10 shots into its head i dove forward 5 meters, stabbing it in its neck, hearing it roar out i quickly grabbed Bill's limp body and tugged him away ::BANG BANg BANG:: bullets flew by my head and i looked to see a lerk splatter down by my side, but amid the chaos, i could not see who it was....
Flashlights were flickering everywhere, and Bill wasnt looking too good, he had lost too much blood... I slapped him, handed him my pistol and leaned him against the commchair, which i continued to build, it was almost complete...
I finished the chair just as the nuke phased in, and immediately ran the power couplings, i was unable to tell, but i assumed from the 4 spires of flickering light in addition to mine and Bill's, that my squad was still alive and kicking....
I began walking back to my chair, intent on arming the nuke and dropping the extraction phase gate, that feeling of surrealness still surrounding me, i glanced back and saw Bill screaming something, but i was so dazed i heard no words, or sounds in general, he raised his pistol at me, and began firing rapidly, i diddnt even move, to dazed to react, he nabbed the skulk out of midair it fell on my head, knocking me to the floor..
Everything came back, sounds, light, the feeling of urgency. I looked to Bill, but there was no time to thank him, i got back in the chair, and dropped the extraction phase gate...
I set the last custom timer, 50 seconds, and proceeded to arm the nuke.... This i put on global comm's, so the marines knew exactly how long they had....
I got out of the chair, but not bevore dropping several ammo packs and an HMG for the last lmg equipped recruit, chaos still ensued in our base, we had beaten back most of the assailants, but our base was in shambles, many turrets were knocked over, sparks were shooting out of broken equipment, briefly illuminating the room better htan our flashlights could....
My men regrouped like pro's, 4 of us were left, i assumed one more had died in the battle, but was unsure, it was then i saw him, crawling over, his suit penetrated with teethmarks, he was hit bad, i ran back to the chair and dropped him med's but without medical attention soon, like Bill, he would not survive.... the skulk had bit his flashlight clean off, and that is why i had not seen him initially....
We had huddled up by the array, and all could now see it would be over very soon, the base was in shambles, and the nuke was armed, the extraction phase came online, illuminating the room once again, this was an unexpected, but very valuable asset to us...... i distributed the last of the ammo, and instrucetd my marines to fan out, but stay close....
35 seconds, the global announcer ticked off....
Come on guys, its time to go..... you first, i pointed to the critcally wounded marine, he got on the phase without assistance, and without speaking, he saluted me before he was enveloped by the white light of the gate....
They were rushing again, not as many this time, but enoughthat i questioned our ability to hold them off. I could tell they were angered by the light of the phase gate, and i ordered our one GL'er to unload on the docking door to cargo storage, he did so, and to my relief, the blast door slammed shut, only one entrance now, the lift to maintenance had already been smashed, and this created a very advantageous chokepoint for us...
I looked to Bill, and was certain he wouldnt leave for all the tea in china, i simply said "Bill, you CANNOT stay, you have no gun and are a danger to us, since we are one man short with you here, GO"
He grunted, and stumbled onto the phase, but i could see the look of determination in his eyes, even as he phased out..... we had to win, we had to get rid of this station, if not for ourselves, then just to know no one else had to die needlessly here, everywhere else was not our resonsiblity, but we could end this, right here, right now, we just had to hold the nuke, had to hold the nuke...
I motioned to the other unknown marine it was his turn, and he stepped onto the phase, and !FLASH! he was gone....
15 seconds.... we were going to make it... WE WERE GOING TO MAKE IT!!! only 2 spires of light left, i now had an HMG in each hand, and my one remaining marine had the same, we would NOT lose this position, i motioned for him to stand on the phase and he would phase out at 5 seconds... he did this, and we were still scanning for hostiles...
.....ROAR.... BANG!, and the cargo door flew over, smashing into the far wall, i saw them coming, opening up on them with 4 hmg's was all we could do, a skulk leapt in and began munching the nuke..
"NO" i bellowed, diving to the side and firing on him !FLASH! ::Bang Bang::
The skulk was dead, and i was alone
"4"
I got up and began unloading the HMG's as i backed to the phase, the onos were coming closer, skulks everywhere, i tried to keep the circle about me as wide as i could, shooting everything that came inside
"3"
A skulk leapt, tearing my left leg open, i stopped firing my hmg and whacked him with the butt, it flung him aside, but i fell, i grabbed the hmg, and ignoring my pain resumed firing from my now prone position, rolling back to the phase, i got to a sitting position, pressing the phase button
"2"
The whirring was cancelled out by my HMG fire, and the circle was getting smaller, but i could see the light of the phase coming online, ::BANG BANG BANG:: i fired relentlessly into the aliens, who were getting closer... they were within 3 meters now...... ::CLICK CLICK: i knew instantly, one hmg had run dry...
"1"
I whipped the other around to cover everywhere now, but i knew it must be almost empty too..... the aliens charged in, seeing my fate, i stopped firing, and simply closed my eyes, praying either for a painless, quick death, or for the phase gate to get me out of here..... The silent surreal feeling enveloped me, i heard nothing, and with my eyes closed, i swore my life was flashing before my eyes.... I had saved the lives of 4 good men today, thinking back, i wish i had been able to save them all, i regretted that greatly, i regretted commands cheap tactics, thier disregard for human life, thier lack of sufficient support... These Kharaa were not pushovers, they were our equals in many ways, and command had to see this, this wasnt my problem tho....
In the distance, i could faintly hear the Onos jaws snapping on something, and just like that, i was gone... dead... i knew it......
"...Wake up Jason... Wake up.... " it was Bill, "Are you ok?
I was fine... i had made it out on time....The nuke had gone off. Hera was destroyed, the aliens were destroyed.... the onos were gone, my arm was still attached...... i opened my eyes, and glanced over to find Bill, Grant, and the rest of my squad standing over me, i also was amazed to see Rear Admiral Black over me too, his first words were not what i wanted to hear.....
"Jason, you are hereby informed of the investigation into your actions and decisions at hera station which took place from the period of 13:50 friday afternooon to 16:50 friday afternoon, do you have any remarks at this time?"
That was it, no pat on the back for saving my men, no congratulations for defeating the most advanced Kharaa ever encountered, no medal for uncommon valor in an extreme situation... No praise for my sucessful implementation of new and untried tactics involving setting off a nuclear device on a space station.....NOTHING
"Yes" i replied, "Regardless of the results of this investigation, im afraid im quitting the TSA, hera station convinced me as to the absolute rediculousness of the TSA military and thier practices, i saved my men, the only problem i can see, is that this is considered wrong, so i hereby QUIT ADMIRAL, if you'll excuse me, I have a life to live, and i intend on doing just that...."
The end??
Tell me waht u guys think......
~Jason
Though you are right......
This was actually based on an NS game i played once..... we said if we made it to 40 minutes (it was at 30 and aliens had 3 hives..) we would automatically win starship troopers style, and we did just that, dying at 40:10... haha
I have 2 more stories i intend on writing based on my NS experiences...
one from commander's POV again... involving the whole story of the ONOS RUSH demo (2.0) which many of you have seen in these forums...
For those of you who dont know, aliens WOL'ed us into satcomm early game, and we made 6 ip's to survive until at 20 minutes we had l3 guns l1 armor, and heavies... we had like 3 heavies, 2 hmg and 1 gl when they rushed satcomm with 8 onos.... the demo is amazingly cool... we killed them ALL, and came back to win that game..... best game ever, would make a good story
My other one involves a game i played several days ago... and would be from ALIEN POV. we had just lost our 2nd hive, and the marines were mainly heavies...
we grouped up 6 skulks, 2 onos, and 1 fade under my command and rushed marine start, we got the chair before beacon even activated, or the comm dropped a new chair, however the beaconing heavies destroyed EVERYONE, so even without a chair, we did not respawn fast enough to defeat the heavies who quickly got back to outside our last hive... we lost, but it was still an amazing game...
So opinions on what story i should write next??
~Jason