Pandoras Box

Acies sighs over the comm and facepalms as Trax's wing lands in the hangar. "Trax..." Acies says in a slightly anoyed voice from behind his hand. "We are going to try this again, abd this time we are goin to do it right. Meet me at the boarding station, we're going to launch the Geminis" "yes sir, Trax says compliantly, as they both began the process of heading towards the rear of the ship.

In the meantime, a distress signal from Abbadon's body was sent to his ship. His ship fired up and sped out of the hanger towards the planet in stealth. $Upon arriving it floats high above Abbadon's body and a beam shoots down on his body and pulls him up into the ship. Then it flies a few hundred miles away and settles down in a field, still cloaked. Abbadon's body was then transported by the robotics of the ship to the repair pod. An upgrade was under way. Abbadon's head piece is removed and underneath reveals a very human like face. A new core, a new model, another step closer to his ultimate form.

Voras threw a plasma grenade when the walker's shields collapsed, the grenade attached it self to the underside of tripod exploding just seconds after Trace's round pierced it's relatively weak armor. The walker seemed to wobble for a second, then stopped moving all together. The 'head' of the machine seemed to grow limp and the legs groaned in protest against gravity. It slowly fell to it's side, crashing into a small three story building on it's way down. Voras kept his weapon trained on it, waiting for something to come crawling out. Nothing happened at first, so he slowly approached the downed war machine and searched for some sort of hatch to open. He didn't have to search hard. Right underneath the central eye was a small spherical hatch. It opened as he approached, pouring out red liquid. A hand slowly reached down, out of the hatch, a small three fingered hand attached to a long thin arm. The creature tried to crawl out, but was either wounded or was severally dazed. All it managed to do was hang out of the hatch. A head was large with a small mouth and large eyes. It seemed to growl at Voras as it looked at him. Voras picked up the creature by the neck with one hand. It started growling and trying to force break free, but it was simply too weak. He threw it to the ground, planted a foot on it's back and pointed his rifle's barrel to the back of it's head. "This one shall tell us what we need to know." Voras decided.

(Martian) 

Voras looked to Trace, ignoring his joke. "Can you open up communication with the Transcendence?" He asked.

Aboard the Transcendence, Idyu was issuing orders to Phantoms in route to the city. They were to get to the United Nations, extract the Fleet Master, Ship Master Trace, the construct, and the Oracle. If possible, they were going to protect what humans they could. Seraph fighters and Banshee squadrons would support the extraction team if any alien walkers assaulted them. Communications were dark in the city. Like the Covenant was being jammed on purpose, and the human transmissions weren't even cared for. What unnerved Idyu more was the sudden disappearance of Abbadon's small ship. It had piloted itself out of the hangar, and disappeared off all scanners. The Stella Fortuna was moving over the city currently, likely searching for any sign or the Fleet Master and his group.

The martian warship "quickly" engaged pursuit. No one shall have peace!! Taking forever to rotate and start flying forward. It entered the atmosphere, intending to pursue the unknown warships. to the human surface. After all, it was their plan to go to the surface anyway.

"We need transport to the Oracle and the human leaders. Get me two phantoms." Voras replied. He was impressed with how fast the second walker was taken down, mostly due to air support. "And order them to deploy fighters." Voras ordered. 

Voras nodded then spoke to over the coms. "Transendence, we need two phantoms here now!" He ordered. 
"Understood, they on en-route now." The Idyu responded. "We have had trouble reaching you, these aliens attacked us in orbit with a vessel the size of a super carrier. We were forced to flee back to the surface. We are just south of you now, over the coast."
"We shall make these vermin pay for attacking us. Deploy the legion, let their forces see the true strength of the Covenant!" Voras replied. 
"We shall show them our might, brother." Idyu replied.

Two phantoms were suddenly dispatched on a heading toward Voras and Trace. The three covenant ships began slowly flying toward the city, deploying more phantoms as it moved. The dropships carrying a mixture of infantry, light vehicles, or artillery tanks. The heavy cruiser gave an order for the Stella Fortuna to follow behind a bit.