Szurdok Ridge, Ütközet

August 12th, 2552 08:00 Hours

Reaper was driving a Warthog in front of Six, Scarlett and Vinnie accompanied him, while the rest of his team were in multiple distant pelicans

Dot: It appears that Noble Team's discovery last night was not an anomaly. Large Covenant deployments have occurred undetected, and we are now under attack across the Viery territory, including orbital defenses. As per the Winter Contingency, we are countering on every front. Noble's reconnaissance has also identified sophisticated Covenant army hiding canopies, and has been pinpointed what's believed to be a landing zone for additional Covenant forces, the origin of which is yet to be determined.

Carter: That landing zone has been tagged by UNSC command as a Priority One target.

Jun: Det-charge link is loud and clear!

Kat: Copy that. Acquiring signal lock on the pylon. Detonating in three, two...

Looking to their right, they spotted an explosion with a pylon crashing down

"Look out!" Scarlett said, Reaper narrowly dodging a banshee bomb and drove towards the bridge, while Scarlett suppressed the incoming banshees

As the trio made it across with two other 'hogs, they noticed Six's 'hog nearing the bridge before a wraith mortar hit it, destroying the bridge and multiple 'hogs, while Kat and Six jumped across the bridge before their 'hog flipped and the gunner was crushed to death, while Six and Kat was flung from the wreckage

"Holy shit!" Vinnie exclaimed, before two explosions caught their eyes, it was the other two 'hogs being destroyed

"It's too dangerous here, fall back to Kat's position!" Reaper ordered, jumping out of the 'hog before it was destroyed by banshees

Kat: Six! Can you hear me?

Another Warthog full of troopers attempted to jump across the bridge, but fell inches short and banged on the edge of the destroyed bridge, screaming to their deaths

Kat: ...Six, you alright? I could use some help!

Six: On my way.

The disoriented spartan grabbed his grenade launcher and proceeded to Kat's position just as Reaper and his fire team arrived, before Kat's hog was blown up by banshees while multiple falcons closed in

Carter: Kat, Six, What's your status?

Kat: Pylons are down, we're pushing up the hill!

"I spotted two fuel rod shade turrets at the top of this hill!" Vinnie warned, gunning down multiple jackals before one of the falcons were shot down, sending its crew flying and the debris towards the team, another falcon retreated to the distant fight while another was shot down too

"Six, flank the enemy, we'll distract them!" Reaper told, firing at the Ultra

Six nodded and proceeded to sprint towards the rocks and flank the turrets, shooting both operators in the head before he commandeered the closest one and killed the scattered infantry

"Nicely done!" Reaper said, finishing off the elite while the team caught up with six

An incoming pelican dropped of a warthog with a missile turret being manned by Ashley, before the pelican opened it's bay doors and revealed two mongooses

"Wanna ride with me, Six?" Reaper asked, Six nodding and hopping in the passenger seat with his grenade launcher as soon as the mongoose got on the ground

"I'm driving." Vinnie said, getting on the second mongoose while Scar got in the passenger seat

"Guess you're with me then." Ashley said towards Kat, who climbed into the driver seat

"Like last time." Kat replied

Carter: Kat, be advised: ONI has ID'd two hostile anti-aircraft guns southwest of your location.

Kat: Copy, Commander. New targets, Six. Go shut down those AA guns.

The mounted up group proceed down the hill and took a jump off a destroyed bridge

Carter: Six, AA gun should be in visual range.

2-Lima-4: 2-Lima-4, to Noble One, those guns are pounding us with high-velocity plasma shells!

Dot: Which would mean a strike by the Frigate Grafton is also out of the question.

Carter: Noble Six, all our birds are stuck out of range unless you can do something about those guns.

"Let's take it out from here!" Ashley said, firing her missiles at the AA gun from a distance

"Understood. Reaper, Vinnie, move up and soften up and ground targets." Kat ordered

"On it!" Reaper answered, flooring it towards the AA gun and running over two skirmishers while Vinnie ran over the third

"Got a Revenant here!" Reaper said, before Six EMP'd it with the grenade launcher and hijacked it, before parking it next to Reaper "Nicely done! Same deal as before, I drive, you shoot!" Reaper said, entering the driver seat while Six entered the passenger seat

"More firepower, good." Scarlett said, before hijacking a ghost that was tailing their mongoose

"Hey, I still need a gunner!" Vinnie said

"There's a flipped ghost on the other side of the AA gun, I spotted it earlier." Scarlett told, gunning down jackals to clear a path for Vinnie

Vinnie floored it towards the sniper tower and past it, before a grunt EMP'd her vehicle, causing her to jump out and sprint towards the ghost, while alarms began to blare from the AA gun

2-Lima-4: Control, 2-Lima-4: permission to commence bombing run, heading 224.6, over.

Carter: Good work, Noble Six. UNSC air support: skies are clear.

Control: Copy. 2-Lima-4, bombing run, heading 224.6, permission granted - out.

Kat: Six, Pelican inbound with deployable bridge. Once the bridge is down, head over to the southwest side.

As Vinnie flipped her new vehicle over and got in it, she was barely able to dodge the body of a dead elite general that was flung from the explosion of the AA gun

"Scar, Vinnie, follow me under the destroyed bridge! Kat, you take the rock path!" Reaper ordered, boosting towards the bridge with Scarlett behind them

"On it." Kat replied, driving towards the rock path and encountering a wraith and three skirmishers "Wraith!" Kat warned, spotting the skirmishers jumping down towards the destroyed bridge

Vinnie ran over all three skirmishers by accident, but carried on while Ashley took out the wraith and distracted the phantom from the incoming pelican, which finished placing the bridge and dropped off Rix, who was waiting to be picked up by Kat

Kat: Bridge in position, Six, move on to the other side.

"Let's move, people!" Reaper ordered, while Kat stopped to pick up Rix and wait for the others before the group continued on past the bridge