ICFE #1
CHAPTER 2
December 12, 2555
Once again, war had been declared. This time, the UNSC joined the fight. It isn’t completely clear why the UNSC abandoned the Red Eagles, but whatever the cause, this wasn’t a war fought with politicians and words.
BOOM
Another mortar hit the base ceiling. Then yet another. The walls were already overrun with UNSC forces, and now ODST were being deployed. Bombing runs were being made by shortswords, all hėll broke loose.
“Where’s our backup?”
A group of Eagle marines were pinned down in hall G-7. ODST swarmed throughout the base and took out anyone in their way. Their objective was to hack the central data core and find where all of the major Eagle bases were. CC burst through a door as several ODST advanced towards the pinned marines. A knife in one’s throat, 15 SMG rounds in another’s chest, and the last ODST trapped in CC’s grip. A few quick blows led to unconsciousness, and CC cuffed the soldier; they might come in handy later on.
In the central plaza, Red Eagle forces fought off wave after wave of UNSC, seemingly to no avail. Another round of drop pods came in from the sky. The defenders readied themselves, only to find the majority of Alpha hopping out of the pods. A marine captain greeted them:
“Nice to see you, Alpha. Can you help us re-establish connection with the AA turrets? We should be able stop them from dropping pods that way.”
Z19 replied,
“Simple, move out, Alpha!”
The team plowed through the marines with ease, and made it to the control panel. Hex started her work on connecting the AA guns while the others protected. Z19 sighed,
“Ya know, I was hoping we didn’t have to fight these guys, but ya know what? I didn’t think they’d want to solve this diplomatically...”
