The Invaders Must Die

Chapter 1

      "Admiral, there are several stations picking up a large fleet of the alien vessels sir."



A young private said to Admiral Kayne Peri of the United Naval Space Command, or the UNSC as it was more commonly called.

"Where are they?" Peri asked the private. "They exited slipspace a quarter light year from Pluto sir." The private answered.

Peri nodded "Tell the men to ready the ships. Have some others notify the other bases and tell them that the rendezvous point is Neptune 7." He told the private, who nodded and ran off to do what he had been told.

A few moments later klaxon alarms started going off and men were running toward the hangar. Peri walked into the hangar himself, which was filled with frigates, destroyers, cruisers, some battle cruisers, a couple very big battleships, and one enormous carrier.

Peri walked over to where his ship, the battleship USS Dawn Fire, was docked. He made his way up to the bridge and when everything was ready, took off.

Now, accompanying Peri and his command crew in the bridge were two of the ten alien defectors, Guoh and Kewa.

Once the ship left Earth's atmosphere and made the jump into slipspace Peri turned to the two aliens "So, what kind of chance do we stand against your ships?" he asked.

"Depends on what kind of ship you're up against." Guoh replied. "This ship could probably hold its own against everything up to a cruiser." He said. Peri nodded "Well, this is going to be interesting." He said and then turned back forward as they arrived at the rally point and into hell.

When the Dawn Fire exited slipspace, it was met with the white flashing of MAC guns, streaking missiles, blue plasma bolts, and the red glow of plasma lines.

"Holy shit…" Peri muttered as he took in the scene before him.

"Charge the MAC!" he ordered. A few moments later, it was charged. Peri indicated a large enemy battleship and ordered the gunner to fire at it. The Dawn Fire shuddered as the MAC fired three times, all three rounds hitting the enemy ship.

The first round was absorbed by the shield, the second round took out the shield, and the third slammed through the ship, making a decent sized hole near the stern.

"Nice shooting." Peri said, but no sooner had he said that than the stricken battleship returned fire, several plasma bolts arcing out towards the Dawn Fire.

"Evasive maneuvering!" Peri yelled and swung the Dawn Fire into a series of twists, turns, and dives, dodging all but one of the bolts, which hurtled straight towards the bridge.

"Take cover!" Peri dove from his command chair, grabbed the two aliens, and dragged all three of them to the floor as the bolt hit, coming straight through the main window and searing the bridge.

The metal shutter slammed closed on the broken window as Peri picked himself off the floor. The two aliens got up as well and the three surveyed the bridge.

Wrecked consoles littered the burnt floor. There was blood mixed in with other fluids from the ship that was smeared over the floor.

"Shit." Peri swore. Then the shipped rocked and several clangs came from the sides. "Son of bitch! We're being boarded!" Peri said and ran over to a locker, pushing some debris out of the way.

He flung it open and took out three of the five M14s that were inside. He tossed one to Guoh and Kewa each, who both caught them. Guoh pulled the charging handle back and flipped the safety off and Peri did the same.

Kewa, on the other hand, was not very comfortable with the rifle and timidly copied Peri and Guoh.

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