I apologise for the delay in getting this chapter up. At the end of this chapter is when we will begin the Halo arc of Asuran Rising. This chapter can be considered to be a filler chapter whilst I continue to plan out the Halo arc.
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[MAIN CORE STATUS: ONLINE. ]
[ZERO POINT ENERGY GENERATOR STATUS: DISABLED BY ADMINISTRATOR. ]
[NANITE FABRICATOR STATUS: ONLINE. ]
[SUBSPACE SENSOR SYSTEMS STATUS: ONLINE. ]
[AVATAR STATUS: ONLINE. ]
[COMMUNITCATION SYSTEMS: ONLINE. ]
As it seems ROB thinks that with the ZPEG that I am too powerful and so he has restricted it for now. It appears I will get access to it when I'm in universes with magic. I suppose using Z.P.M's isn't too bad as time is a concept left over from my Humans past life.
During the time in hibernation mode I have been able to produce 60 Z.P.M's which out of the 60 I'm using to 15 to power everything including my ship.
[ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL. ]
[AURORA-CLASS BATTLESHIP_MK5 CONTROL ASSUMED. ]
[SHIP DESIGNATION: OVERWHELMING FIREPOWER. ]
[OVERWHELMING FIREPOWER STATUS REPORT. ]
[POWER SYSTEMS: ONLINE. ]
[Z.P.M'S STATUS: 100%. ]
[ENERGY CRYSTALS STATUS: 100%. ]
[ASURAN DATACORE STATUS: ONLINE. ]
[ENGINES STATUS: ONLINE]
[WEAPON SYSTEMS: ONLINE. ]
[DRONE LAUNCHERS: ONLINE. ]
[DRONE RACKS STATUS: 100% FULL. ]
[ASURAN PULSE ENERGY WEAPONS STATUS: OPERATIONAL. ]
[HANGER BAYS STATUS: ONLINE AND STOCKED UP]
[SHIPS SHIELDS STATUS: ONLINE AT 100%. ]
[CITY-SHIP SHIELDS STATUS: ONLINE AND WAITING. ]
[HYPERSPACE DRIVE STATUS: ONLINE. ]
[COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS: ONLINE. ]
[SUBSPACE SENSORS: ONLINE. ]
[UNIVERSAL JUMP DRIVE STATUS: ONLINE. ]
To be the ship is weird, I see through the sensors. I can see the cosmic background radiation, spectrums beyond the Human eye. I can see for lightyears and if there were any other systems within this pocket dimension I would be able to see if there was any life on the planet. I think I might have forgotten to mention that the sensor systems are of the city-ship class.
Launching Overwhelming Firepower into space is an experience in itself. To feel the atmosphere resisting against the hull.
[UNIVERSAL JUMP DRIVE CHARGING]
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[60%. ]
[80%. ]
[100%. ]
[UNIVERSAL JUMP DRIVE CHARGED. ]
[JUMPING IN. ]
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[JUMPING. ]
Jumping is like a wormhole, one second you are in one universe and then you instantly appear in another. In terms of how a wormhole works from point A to point B.
Upon jumping into the Halo universe, I almost collided into a platform, with the length being around two kilometres. There were still more satellites spread all over the system especially the planet I recognised as Reach, there were at least thirty platforms. There were another twenty large platforms orbiting the planet I was in orbit of, all of them mobile going by their engine signatures.
The platforms were just under two kilometres in length and included a central spar that ran two kilometres length with a C shaped ring attached halfway down the spar. According to the sensors nearly the entire length consisted of enormous magnetic coils surrounding a central pair of rails in what was apparently a sort of hybrid coil/rail gun.
Moving on from the platform, I turned my sensors towards the ships that were slowly turning towards me. There were a lot of ships that came in at just about five hundred meters, many were moving about in purposeful groups, others docked for repairs, and some on their way out or in-system.
After the smaller ships, I turned my attention onto the larger ships with in the system. There were a few that sat close to three kilometres in length, my sensors picking out cavernous hangar bays filled with fighters and bombers. Every one of these ships, including the five hundred-meter ones, featured some variation of the MAC gun that the orbital platforms had, all of them also contained numerous missile pods spread across their hulls.
It was the ships that were just over eleven hundred meters that grabbed and held my attention. Both versions were bulky, heavily armoured, made of hexagonally shaped sections, and centred in the hearts of little defensive groups.
The first design was like the small ships and the orbital guns.
I especially recognised the second design though, and how could I not?
I had after all spent far too many hours playing the games that said ship hailed from.
If the ship I had spotted with my sensors was still in orbit amongst the fleet above, then I had maybe a few days, and a few hours at least, before the invasion began.
When the UNSC Pillar of Autumn was leaving Reach didn't everything go to hell.
So I have time to see if I can turn future events in my favour and maybe save some of the AI's from their fates, such as Serina and Cortana.
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I will try to get the next chapter up soon.