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United Nations Space Command Priority Transmission
FLASH 95018D-24
Encryption Code: BLACK
Public key: file /alpha-foxtrot-juliet-niner/
From: Admiral Jonas Gibson, Commanding Fleet Officer of Earth's Navy, FLEETCOM Sector One Commander/ (UNSC Service Number 00923-11672-HS)
To: Captain Elias Haverson, Commanding Officer of UNSC Pride and Glory/ (UNSC Service Number 00953-72041-HS)
Subject: Fort Gonzolez
Classification: Restricted (XXX-XD Directive)

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FLASH TRANSMISSION TO UNSC PRIDE AND GLORY

Fort Gonzolez, a former UNSC weapons manufacturer contains
uncommissioned NOVA Nuclear Warheads. We have reason to
believe that the Covenant are going to storm Fort Gonzolez in
an attempt to steal the NOVA Nuclear Warheads. For what rea-
son the Covenant need our technology is uncertain at the mom-
ent, but what is certain is that we cannot let them get their hands
on those nukes.

Your orders are as follows: deploy SPARTAN-104
along with 300 infantry onto the planets surface and use whatever
means necessary to keeps those Nukes out of Covenant hands.
Once you have taken care of the Covenant at Fort Gonzolez, bring
the NOVA Nuclear Warheads on board your ship for safe keeping.
Detonate a SHIVA Nuke at Fort Gonzolez when your Spartan and
ground troops board your ship. God speed Captain.


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Situation Debriefing
Summary of Events

Master Sergeant Marysol Garcia (Little-Miss Sunshine) and Spartan-104 (` Lt) talked before the mighty battle over the COM while en route aboard Pelicans. They storm the beach(d-day style pretty much), and they're objective is to take out the Plasma turrets. Sergeant Derrek Baker (Fanoto) and Corporal Vincent E. Hansel (Eternitym) join the fight. The Spartan, Derrek, and Vincent go on a mission to take out the turrets. Then another marine comes into the fight, a sniper, 2nd Lieutenant Vladmir (Teh Professor). First Vladmir snipes 1 out of 8 Plasma Turrets, second Derrek takes another, then Vincent takes a third. Vincent had been receiving heavy plasma fire to his left arm. Vincent then gets a bright idea to head into the water and be sneaky. Derrek's weapon jams, then explodes, killing him as shrapnel enters his heart. Sergeant Ira Bostwic (Now played by Fanoto) takes Derreks's place as the new Sergeant. Vincent is killed in the ocean and floated out to sea, and no one noticed his leave. Corporal Winston L. Strank (Now played by Eternitym) files into the ranks of Ira's group. Vladmir gets suspicious because there are only Grunts and Jackals. Winston gets injured trying to be a hero and get his team extra plasma grenades. They gave the Spartan and a battle-hardened ODST Captain covering fire as they ran down the beach head, into enemy fire. Winston took a fourth turret out. The Spartan murdered to Hunters. They set up a temp. medical area, and some quick R.R. A surprise ambush of camouflaged elites with energy swords attacked the group. Winston did a McGuyver stunt with a fragmentation grenade and bio-foam to cover the Elites in bio-foam, revealing their location. We riddled their numbers to 15 after much fighting. The Spartan took 8 of the last 15 out quickly, leaving 7 left. Winston killed one with his combat knife, making it 6 Elites left. Ira's squad eliminated 3 more of them. Two left, but were forgotten, the Spartan had to react quickly. Vladmir went insane on one Elite, blowing his body into disgusting proportions. The Spartan realized 2 elites were left when his motion sensor tracker went off. He eliminated one, then went into a duel with the other, being finished off by Vladmir. Immediately after the Spartan was treated for a flesh wound to his left shoulder, after he had noticed that all snipers had been lost during the siege on the beach. They set up a temporary base camp for the wounded and leaders, or both. Ira got the dead body of Ira and brought it back, and Winston went on weapon recovery mission, finding an unconscious marine, legs tore apart, alive, and brought him back. He read from the Bible to the injured, giving a special prayer to the dead. A new group of marines entered, Fayt (Twillight Sora) with his squad, approached the battle-hardened group that lay below.

"This is Spartan-104, glad you could vollunteer." (All things over the COM Channels will be in bold.)

"This isn't a routine drop."

"Just watch your flanks, soldier."

0614 HOURS, OCTOBER 24, 2552 (MILITARY CALENDAR)
SOLAR SYSTEM , EARTH
ROSARITA BEACH , EN ROUTE TO FORT GONZOLEZ
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Spartan-104 jumped down off the pelican first, before anyone else could. He fell about 5 meters and landed with a thud. He gazed up and darted forward taking cover behind a rather large tree trunk on the beach gripping his MA9T Anti-Infantry Rifle. "Everyone out! Take cover!" The soldiers jumped out of the pelicans two at a time, some of them getting hit by plasma even before their boots reached the ground. He knew that a lot of them wouldn't make it because of the turrets at the head of the beach. "Damnit, we're pinned down" he said to himself. "Johnson! Ricardo! Flank those turrets!" The Spartan watched as Marines began to haul a** to the nearest cover they could find, while Johnson and Ricardo hauled a** up the beach and to the right. They weren't noticed it seemed, until a plasma torpedo landed right where they had been. There was sand and dust, then when it cleared, nothing. "s**t" he muttered to himself, putting the MA9T AI Rifle on his back and taking the Sniper instead. "Sir! If we stay here, we're dead!" shouted a Marine. The Spartan nodded in acknowledgement. He began to aim the sniper using the fallen tree trunk as a rest for the barrel.

Plasma flying everywhere, there was mass confusion, but a voice could be heard yelling orders. The voice was from Sergeant Derrek Baker as he barked at the marines as they slowly advanced. Eventually, Derrek had caught up with Spartan-104 as he jumped right next to him and whipped out his MA6B as he peeked over the tree. He motioned for the marines to move closer as they took cover alongside the Spartan and him.

Cpl. Vincent E. Hansel looked at Spartan-104. "Yes sir! Honor to be serving with you!" he said just as a plasma bolt streaked over his head.

Vincent blind fired his Rebel AP Assault Rifle over the rock he hid behind, waiting for the Spartan's mark. Another streak of plasma passed over his unconcealed hand, the heat caused blisters to appear on his hand. "Damnit, I'm ready to go whenever you are sir!" he yelled over the sound of gunfire at the Spartan.