As a kid I always wanted to see earth. To stare and wonder at the place we began, well that wish came true, just not in the way I thought it would be. When the Covenant sent a strike force to neutralize the place we were brought in to reinforce the ground forces. The second our pelican left our ship we were hit with a barrage of plasma torpedoes and AA. By the time we shook our way down into orbit we found ourselves surrounded by enemy star fighters. As a rattled off a string of machine gun fire I looked down and saw what horrors that awaited us. Everywhere the eye could see chaos reigned supreme. The land was covered in pot holes and trenches, entire forests went ablaze, men screaming as they were burned alive. Covenant and our forces scrambled everywhere, but generally it seemed we were losing. When we were finally dropped off we found ourselves in Africa, the most intense part of the fighting so far.