Space E-war

[Legendary Elite]

As Kepe and the others continued to run along the hallway, they passed large container like objects connected into the walls, they were large and cubic with what appeared to be large shafts on the front. Whatever these were, they began to open up. Suddenly there was the sound of something whirring and then it made a sound that sounded like something was moving. More and more of the shafts opened and suddenly, out came the Sentinals. The droid-like machines floated past the elites and went in the reverse direction and began to shoot red beams. On the front of the sentinal was a small tube which fired a beam meant for rounding up or exterminating any contaminent that tried to escape the facility, whatever it was, it was having serious effect on the flood infestation as Infection forms were fried by the beams. The popping noises that followed ensured this. Some infection forms did their best to flee through the Sentinals but were having no luck. Kepe knew though that the Flood would find other ways around this problem. Quickly they ran until they came towards what appeared to be a large elevator...

[Iceking]

Jewel eye checked his bow to make sure that it was in fine condition. He had arrows in their containor that was straped to his back and the points were sharp. He then turned and began to head towards the enterance of the city the colos lived in, heading out to explore due to the fact he was bored.

[Anaclagon]

"Trooper...where is your location..." Revan asked several times but the temple was just damaging their signals. As for the Arc Troopers they stood where they are...waiting for Darth Revan unaware that he had gotten lost. The Sith Lord continued going through Flood Territory...however his presence was notified and it was not long till he was being followed..

Sensing danger, Revan spun around, his lightsaber still ignited as his Lightsaber slashed through the Flood Combat Form bodies. Several of them charged foward as Revan easily dispatched them with his lightsaber. However...numerous parisite forms made their way towards the Sith Lord.

Something told him not to engage them as Revan began to step back...narrowing his eyes through his mask as the creatures as they swarmed towards him. Instead of fighting back, he needed to re-group with his troops, this mission was starting to turn bad...The Sith Lord unleashed a giant force wave that threw the flood down the hallway..

[Iceking]

The creatures grinned to themselves in a pleased way. They hadn't seen the ark troops reach the hive, which could only mean that there was something preventing them from finding the hive room. The creatures remained motienless still to make it appear that they wer enothing more than limp bodies, but their vision was still watching.

[Anaclagon]

Revan constantly moved backward, trying to find his way through the tunnels as he constantly was engaged by Flood Combat forms as his crimision lightsaber slashed and hacked through their bodies with ease. Still it was pointless...they seemingly where everywhere. The Dark Lord continued to sprint down the corrider, still pursued as he glanced behind him as he then spun around as he unleshed a deadly barrage of strikes, slashing down more but they just kept coming.

"Damn, arm yourselves prepare for combat...were moving out" One of the Captains aid as he stood up...keeping his riffle armed as he looked as the others had no choice but to get up.

"What the hell are you doing, were not leaving Revan behind" The other captain spoke up as the third looked at both.

"Were not leaving him...point is were going to go look for him. Remember we cant split up so we go down this corrider and increase the range of our radars. I dont know what the hell is going on but we cant stay in one place for too long.." The captain said as the others stayed quiet, following orders as the ARC Trooper group pressed on down the corrider..

[dinoman666]

(Another species that will take a more "direct" approach in killing people. )

Native Name: Klendathu
Enviroment: Essentially nothing but arid desert, with intricate underground tunnels.
Regions: There are no separate regions, just desert.
Dominant Species: The Arachnids
Technology Level: Not incredibly advanced, but enough so to be able to colonize other planets.
Animal Life: No creature except the Arachnids live here.

Name: Arachnids
Description: All castes look different (explained in the Castes).
Diet: Voracious carnivores, they will eat anything that strays in their path.
Natural Abilities: While all the castes have different abilities, they are well known for Zerg-like rushes and can be extremely dangerous when little is known of them.
History: The only known history of the Arachnids is that they came from Klendathu and appeared all over the solar system, colonizing every planet in their way. Their appetites ensured that they would continue to spread, slowly eating their way through each planet.
Castes: Queen-The Queen of an Arachnid colony is essentially a progenitor, similar to a queen bee or ant. They have never been seen in combat.
Brain Bug-Leader of an Arachnid colony. They share a telepathic, symbiotic relationship with the other castes and feast on other creatures' brains. They look like swollen beetles with a sucker-like mouth, and are carried by small, cockroach-like bugs called Chariot Bugs.
Warrior-The main fighting force of the Arachnids. Warrior are four-legged bugs approximately two to three meters long and are colored as to the terrain, such as desert warriors, which will be tan with black and yellow stripes. The rearmost pairs of legs are much longer than the two front forelegs, and serve as the primary locomotion, the forelegs being 1/3 shorter. Warrior are quite agile and fast, they can climb and burrow if needed. These Bugs utilize a powerful pincer-like mandible that is capable of crushing rock, metal and severing limbs as a means of attack. The two upper forelegs or "side mandibles" are utilized in the manner of swords for attack as well as defense. It is said that they can lose a limb and still fight at 86% efficiency.
Worker-The Workers do the manual labour for the Colony, digging and upkeeping the tunnels. They are semi-defenseless and will usually flee at the first sign of danger unless they have no way out. They are physically similar to Warriors but possess a non-aggressive mentality.
Plasma Bug-These giant, bombardier beetle-like creatures stand thirty meters tall, and their abdomens are protected by plates. These plates split apart when the Plasma Bugs prepare their main attack: a massive plasma blast fired from the abdomen. If attacked, they may retaliate with a corrosive acid they can spit at enemies. However, it's nearly impossible to kill a Plasma Bug unless you either aim for the head or the abdomen when they fire with a suitable powerful weapon. They also fire spores into space, which can spread to other planets and create new Arachnid colonies.
Hopper-Resembles a giant wasp in many ways. It is green and has chitinous jagged wings it uses to great effect to gain high altitude. It glides rather than flies as its wings barely have the muscle tissue to lift it up for altitude, when it reaches a suitable height before setting its wings rigidly and taking a long running leap from a high cliff and will decapitate men as it glides. Its wings are used to gain altitude by angling like plane wings, and it gains altitude by jumping, in upwards to 50 meters.
Tanker Bug-Resembles a giant bombardier beetle. Tanker Bugs are generally black in color and are nearly as large as Plasma Bugs. Has the ability to spray a stream of flame from a tube on its head. They can burrow, and are extremely difficult to kill, unless you aim for the head with a powerful weapon.

[Legendary Elite]

The elevator moved down slowly but away from the level Kepe and his elites had been on. Kepe relaxed as they began to descend faster and then he heard one of his Minors roar out in alarm. He looked up and saw the Infection Forms coming at him from above and were climbing down the walls, some even leaping down. "Oh right, they can climb on any known surface. It's all coming back to me now..." Said Kepe at which point one of the Majors slapped his palm to his face in annoyance. Kepe began to return fire quickly and eliminate as much flood as possible as the elevator continued to descend, but even the Flood were gaining speed and soon many of them dropped off the walls. The elevator began to slow and then stop at a certain point and Kepe saw that they were at the bottom floor of the complex. Kepe then jumped out of the way as the avalanche of Infection Forms plummeted onto the elevator. However, one of the Minors was not so lucky and due to an onslaught of Infection Forms hitting his shield, it dispersed, making him vulnerable to infection and quickly an Infection Form leapt on his chest. The Elite cried out but quickly a Major ran over and pulled the Infection Form away and squizzed it so that it dispersed. The Major checked his subordinate who appeared fine but suddenly there was a cry from the second Major who had lost his shields and an Infection Form had attatched itself and had already crept inside. The Major fell over dead for a minute. Kepe had never seen an Elite being infected and so whilst his companions held off the flood, he checked his fallen comrade. First, there was nothing and then his body began to move...Kepe leapt back in shock and saw as the body shook and convulsed horribly and then he saw it: spores and a series of flesh began to cover the Elite with the same skin the infection form had. It was truly horrific and Kepe was now worried and saw as the his ally began to change right in front of him and turn into a horrible monster. His allies' head now hung on its back with a set of tentacle like protrusions where the chest was come out and he watched as his allies' left hand was transformed. Fingers began to elongate into tentacles or claw-like whips. Then it got up, the Elite was now a Combat Form for the Flood. Kepe roared in anger and he and his Major who also was horrified and had seen the sight opened fire and quickly did so. However, this one had regained its shield and so it was taking a lot from the Plasma and so backed away at an extremely fast past before jumping at a huge height which amazed even Kepe even though he had seen Combat Forms do it before. The Major leapt down on a Minor and whiplashed him. The Minor spun around with a drop kick in which his leg bent upward and slammed it down but missed and so the Minor quickly backpedalled with his Carbine but the Combat Form fired the plasma rifle of its host in its hands which dealt damage to the elites shield and quickly ran up and whipped the Elite, removing it's shields. Kepe ran but he and the Major were blocked by Infection Forms who were now coming in larger numbers now. The combat form then grabbed the Minor by the leg with it's tentacles and threw him down and quickly an Infection Form ran over and infested the Elite who got back up 10 seconds later as a second Combat form. Kepe roared angrily and tried to look for a way out. He was losing his allies and noticed that the Flood were finding ways to hunt them, The parasite is trying to separate us! realized Kepe and saw that he was right. Immediately he saw as another Minor was brought to his fate as he became overwhelmed by the parasite and infected, making 3 Combat Forms and cutting them down to 7. The Major had his Plasma Rifle trained on the Flood the whole time. Quickly Kepe saw a door nearby, it was locked, he guessed it was due to containment. "Screw containment!" Yelled Kepe and quickly drew out a Plasma Grenade from his belt and lobbed it at the door. The explosion powerful enough to blast the door open almost. Kepe roared and ran at the door in anger and smashed it with the butt of his Plasma Rifle which was powerful enough to make the door open. Kepe roared to his allies and quickly the Major hurried along along with three of the Minors who were still alive and one other Minor who was backing off slowly. "General go! I'll hold them off!" Roared the Minor. Kepe looked back, he knew the Minor would die and quickly nodded before running with his Elites down another corridor. The Minor smiled before firing his carbine more. But the Flood came and was whiplashed by 3 of the Combat forms, removing his shield and knocking him over with several long cuts on the side of his ribcage. The Minor saw his Carbine lieing to the side and knew it was pointless to grab it. As the Flood ran over to infest him he drew out a Plasma Grenade from his belt and activated it. "Say cheese parasite!" He said smiling...

As Kepe ran he heard the explosion of a Plasma Grenade going off and stopped for a minute, saddened and then moved on. He only wanted to leave this forsaken place. He ran as fast as he could through the hallway catching up with his lower subordinates. He heard a roar, the Combat Forms were still chasing. However, as they were running they heard another sound. Kepe then realized that it was the sound of a human. He then remembered back to when the facility was shaking. Then he realized what it was. "Sir, it appears the Imperials are here..." Said the Major, listening into the noise of the humans. Kepe nodded. "They must've been here on the same goals we were on. In that case we must be careful." Warned Kepe. "At least let's hope the Parasite decides to go after them instead of us." Said a Minor. Suddenly there was a shriek and Kepe saw 5 Sangheili Combat Forms with Infection Forms chasing them down the hallway. Kepe roared and ran in front of his subordinates who followed. Quickly they came to a corner and Kepe skidded around it as it was going left where by chance, they just about ran straight into the humans but ignored them and ran straight past them in fright. Kepe knew the humans were wondering why they were running but Kepe knew they would provide at least a good diversion for the Flood...

[dinoman666]

Dozens of pod-like structures appeared in space over the jungle planet. It wasn't long before they landed and cracked open, revealing dozens of Warrior and Worker Arachnids. One pod, however, didn't open. the nearby Workers began excavating a new tunnel for the pod, while Warriors protected them. It wasn't long before a tunnel and chamber had been completed, and the pod was carried into the depths of the earth.

Meanwhile, another Warrior spore slammed into the top of the temple. Its hard protected it as it crashed through the stone, smashing through each level of the temple until it hit the bottom floor... right in front of the Elite battlegroup and crushing a couple of Infection Forms beneath it. Cracking open vertically, the now heavily dented shell broke apart, revealing a Warrior Arachnid that towered over even the Elites. With a screech, it lunged forward, side mandibles lashing out to stab its new prey.

[Legendary Elite]

Kepe stopped abruptly and backpeddled a few metres with his surviving squad as they looked up at the massive creature. If it was one thing Kepe hated, it was insects. On Sanghelios, insectoids thrived in large forests on their homeworld but were usual prey for the other creatures existant there. This creature however just made him feel a lot more angrier on the inside and irritated. Kepe looked back, the humans were confused still and it was likely the Flood had almost reached them. Something had to be done and now. The Major spoke up. "Sir, what by the name of the Forerunners is THAT?" Kepe however knew that this was not a new Flood form but a completely new creature. Now they had a serious battle taking place. "I am not sure but I doubt it wants to be friends..." said Kepe, his voice a little less courageous than usual. Clearly the creature had suprised them but Kepe was not one to backdown. He was already thinking on how to kill it. The bug appeared to wait to see what they would do. Kepe was just getting angrier by the second and so he snapped at the moment he heard the Flood shriek again. Kepe let out a battle cry and unsheathed his Energy Sword in his right hand. The teal and blue glowing blade brightened the halls. Kepe drew it back and then charged before jumping at the Arachnid and slicing it's pincers in one slash to the left. Kepe then jumped again and sliced the head from its neck. The Arachnid stood motionless before falling over dead with blood spewing everywhere. He then turned to his squad who were simply staring at him. "Come, we need to leave this forbidden place of death!" He warned and then charged onward, heading towards another elevator Kepe hoped would lead them up to an exit...

[Doc 42]

When Martain reached the outside, all hell was breaking loose. strange pods were raining down from the sky, one having crashed nearby into the top of the temple... He put his finger up to the side of his helmet again and said "Derek? You there?" The cold voice responded "Alpha 2... Just activated the Sentinal, squiddy on the move..." Martain replied "Excelent, Its time to pull out, this place is going to hell" He chuckled and said cooly "Roger that captain... On my way to the shuttle, want me to send the containment pod up?" Before he could respond, Alexa broke into the conversation, sounding rather desperate "Guys, get the hell out've there. There is some sortve invasion going on and our images show... these creatures all around the place... some inside the temple." Martain replied "Easy there, we're on our way back" She paused and then said "Sh*t... Guys i'm sorry but Renair got word that Revan is down there... He is f***ing pissed. Last I heard he had three war cruisers on their way to this sector and under the coded band I got word that Climetrix is moveing out to a new sector. I repeat, Climetrix is on the move and chances are its on its way towards us and you know what that means." Martain didn't respond. He cut the radio band and leapt off the temple edge, landing onto a slanted side and skidding down it towards the ground. Climetrix wouldn't be takeing prisoners and it had a nasty habbit for colateral damage...

[dinoman666]

Inside the temple, more pods had landed. The Warriors scurried all about, attacking Flood in their way. One appeared from a hallway next to the elevator and plucked a passing Elite up from the group. His scream was cut short as the beast's mandibles closed around his neck, purple blood spewing everywhere as he was decapitated, the massive jaws penetrating shields with ease.

Outside a Warrior Arachnid charged at Martain, but was attacked from below by the waiting Graboid, which grabbed it in its jaws and pulled it under in a flash.

[Doc 42]

Martain raised his pistol, whistleing as the creature was pulled under. His computer high lighted another just beyond in the forest. As he ran towards it he fired into the usual hot spots, the base of the neck and limbs. The whole time he had his knife held back hand though, ready to use it if nessessary

[dinoman666]

The Arachnids that appeared were easily driven back by Martain's shots, but it did little to harm them. They appeared from the surrounding forests, hissing and screeching angrily.

[Doc 42]

Martain delt out his gunfire equaly, makeing sure to fire at each one of the creatures and keep them back. Damned aliens... what was with all the hostility now days?

[dinoman666]

Suddenly, there was a buzzing noise as another, green-colored Warrior appeared from the sky, its stiff, jagged wings supporting it as it dived down at Martain, mandibles open.

[Anaclagon]

Revan paused. He felt his troops where near yet there was a huge disturbance...they had to escape and intitate Base Delta Zero...this planet could not be used but first they needed to escape. After falling his insticts, he ran down the corrider, stopping as he saw his troopers.

"Revan...Lucky you, we were about to go looking for you" One of the captains replied as all of the other ARC Troopers lowered their weapons, despite knowing the life presence, unaware on what it was.

"Come on, we have to get out of here...this temple, this planet...its too infected with numerous speices...too many enemies on the ground. We must fall back.." Revan replied as he pressed a button on his guantlent...this was a message towards the 501st Fleet..The Annihilator and its 50 Imperial Class 2 Star Destroyers were being notified and preparing to be distpatched.

The Sith Group began to move...they prehaps were hours away from an exit prehaps and even the outdoors where hell. They had to move...but they were not expecting an easy way out..

Meanwhile the Grand Admiral was aware, the alarm going off in the Annihilator's Main bridge.

"Who knows what is going on...Commander arm the Annihilator, whatever is going on...I dobut its easy" The Grand Admiral replied as the Fleet began to move towards the planet which would take some time at least...but they had to move steahltily..

[Doc 42]

Martain spun around, his arm a blur. There was a huge wrenching sound and an explosion of blood as his knife rammed into the monsters neck, ripping through it and decapitateing it. He sliped into a ready position, the head landing onto the grass, blood pooling onto the ground. He ran foreward again, increasing his suit power to get his speed up....

[dinoman666]

(Just so you know, Warriors, Hoppers, and Workers don't truly have a neck. They have a huge head that is directly attached to the body. You could decapitate one, but only a large sword, like an Energy Sword, could do it.)

Another Hopper appeared above Martain, picking him up with its forelegs and preparing to use its sword-like side mandibles to impale him as it raised itself higher off the ground...

[Doc 42]

(he basicly rammed the knife into one side of it and dragged it around the other side, cutting the top of the head off. It was as close to depcapitation as you can get with an insect )

Martain shouted out, slamming a fist into the creatures face repeatedly, trying to make it let go of him, its claws scratching his armour causeing small warnings to go off on his hud. Unknown to him below, a large slug crashed into the side of a warrior, blowing it over and crippleing it. Derek still had his rifle fully opperational and was sitting on the temple, fireing round after round into the creatures, his blue armour glinting in the sun light

[Anaclagon]

"Annihilator, Annihilator!...this is Darth Revan, requesting immediate evac, this planet is infested with unknown organisms, were moving at a full speed...radar is on, we still have some distances to go, we are still combat operation but hurry up...something bad is going on" Revan replied as the troops ran through the corriders, keeping their weapons armed and ready...radar ready in case they had to fight..