by dinoman666 » Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:05 pm
The TGDA scout shuttle soon exited Hyperspace, having followed the Covenant Task Force back to the massive space station Unyielding Hierophant. The shuttle stayed back, intercepting poorly-encrypted transmissions from the ships in the distance. "Excellency Ripa, we have discovered one of the Sacred Rings!" "Fool! They are no longer Sacred to us! Nevertheless, they are our goal. Send me the coordinates. I will send Field Marshall Orna 'Fulsamee to the Installation and begin the search for the Index. If we can activate the fail-safe protocol, we can fire the Ark when we discover its location." The shuttle moved in closer, interested as the conversation continued, but it appeared that it had gotten too close. Several dozen Covenant ships suddenly turned to the scout ship, moving in on an attack vector. The shuttle quickly turned tail and fled back into Hyperspace, back to TGDA space, a single Covenant Corvette zealously following...
From behind the Tyranid troops in the tunnel, a swarm of Workers streamed towards them, chittering and screeching madly as they charged at the Tyranids...
"Serephir," Grievous continued, snapping his metal fingers with a metallic clang. "We have some more issues to work out, my friend."
"Heroes have morals. Villains have work ethic."
-Megatron