Gate: Thus S.A.T.O Fought There

Chapter 46: Reinforcements

"Who attacked you guys?" John asked.

"They're here." Jerome said in complete seriousness.

As John was about to ask an Officer stopped by and said. "Sir, we have an emergency broadcast from Fort Hill. It's Itami." The Female officer said.

The two Spartans rushed to the control center where some of the team were waiting. "Cortana, play the feed." Cormack ordered.

"Hello. Mayday! Mayday! This is Lt.Itami-Dono of Self-Defense Force we need immediate QRF. Base is overrun by an unknown enemy. I repeat Fort Hill is overrun by an unknown enemy we need an immediate QRF!"

Itami's voice can be heard on their radio. And from the panic voice they desperately need backup.

"Scramble the vehicles." Cormack ordered as they all got up and prepped. "Let's go! Let go! Let's really move!"

Every available Operator in the Mammoth all got ready and grabbed their gears and weapons. Once that was all done, in the hangar Salter and Nick prepped pelican dropships and latched on the dropships were T-740 Hovertank piloted by Omar, Kashima, and Brooks.

The rest of the team all got inside the dropship and prepared for takeoff.

The personnel inside of the hangar all gave a thumbs up signaling Nick and Salter that they're clear to takeoff. The pelicans engine became much louder as it shoot like a catapult in an aircraft carrier.

It only took several minutes for the pelicans to reach near Fort Hill and looking up they spotted a Covenant Corvette exiting atmosphere. "Oh my, god." Nick muttered.

"Raider, bogeys 12 o'clock." Salter warned as several Banshee opened fire on the dropship.

"Evasive maneuvers!"

The pelicans separated as the swarm of Banshees followed them. "Nick, Salter drop the tanks." Omar ordered.

"Copy. All units dropping the Hovertank prepare to disembark." Everyone got up from their seat and got ready as Nick and Salter tries to steady the ship while taking fire from the Banshees.

"3... 2... 1... deploy! Deploy! Deploy!"

Nick and Salter disengage the latch from the pelicans as the tanks dropped 20ft. Thanks to the hover capabilities of the tanks it slowed down its descent using it's thrusters. The team inside also jumped using their thrusters to slow their fall while Sentinel Team used the Spartans since they don't have jet afterburner from their suits.

As that was done Nick and Salter quickly ascended. "Scramble! Scramble!"

On the ground the team was engaged by ground forces and despite being outnumbered 3-1 they use hit and run tactics using the tanks mobility to evade plasma shots from the wraiths before hitting back with their own energy cannon. Blue and Red Team were on the front lines taking out most enemies they came bu while Noble and Sentinel team surrounded the tank to protect it.

"Forward!" Carter shouted as the team advanced.

"INCOMING!" Jorge warned as a plasma mortar fired and hits Brooks tank.

The hovertank shook a little as the energy shielding of the T-740 took most of the damage. "Brooks, you broken?" Omar asked.

"I'm good, sir." Brooks replied.

"Where did those shot come from?" Alice asked.

The team took cover as several plasma mortars came out of nowhere and started at them from below. The team couldn't get a better view of their targets as the enemies couldn't be seen. "Scar 1-1, this is 117 can you locate the Wraiths?"

Nick looked around taking out another banshee before doing a quick sweep of the area. The pelican pinned at least severa Wraiths from the hill. "200 meters, west side. Their on the hill!"

That's all Brooks, Omar, and Kashima needed to know as they turned the tanks cannon to the direction Nick pointed. They first switched their cannons to EMP before firing a short electromo magnetic pulse that disabled the tanks. "Eat this, freaks!" Kashima said as he and Brooks fired a barrage of missiles and directed it towards the hill where the wraiths are located.

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

The hill was engulfed in flames as the missiles landed a direct hit from the wraiths. "Let's go." Chief ordered.

The Team advanced forward as they finally reached Fort Hill and the images of dead bodies can be seen all around the base they're were no sight of any Covenant bodies lying around the ground telling them that the SDF took most of the casualties.

"Chief, your orders?" Linda asked.

"We'll split up. Sentinels checked inside the buildings for any survivors. The rest secure this perimeter. Shoot any hostile on sight."

Chief gage out the order as Cormacks team split up going from building to building. Mitchell climbed open a window from the 2nd floor while Gideon went to the roof. Cormack entered using the same routes as Mitchell while Knox entered the command and control building.

Knox is inside of the building and they were several bodies of soldiers on the floor. He spotted a familiar face on the floor. He turned it around to get a better look and it was no other than Kurata he's eyes wide open in shock. He examined his body and found a huge plasma burned on his chest.

"I got Kurata confirmed K.I.A. plasma burned."

He was brought back to reality when a noise echoed in the hallway in front.

He quietly made his way to command room where the call was broadcast. He flipped down his multi-vision goggles and spotted 4 heat signatures inside and the shape told him it was human.

He aced severak explosives on the door and detonated it. "SATO forces, Blue! Blue!" He shouted.

He spotted none other than Itami and what was left of his squadron with him consisting of Tomita, Kurokawa, and Kuriyubashi. "How many of you?"

"Just 4." Itamic reported sighing in relief.