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Captain Anderson looked out of the viewport of the UNSC Winter's Wrath at the deactivated Phoenix-Class colony ship. When he had first looked at it, his eyes had bulged when he saw the name printed on the side, in large letters. It was the UNSC Chaeronea, a ship that disappeared back in 2531 near the end of the Harvest Campaign. The Phoenix-Class ships weren't initially made for combat, but during that time, many of them underwent modifications so they could combat the Covenant. "But, why now? Why did it only start broadcasting it's distress beacon now?" Anderson inquired, to the tech to his right. "Best guess? The Chaeronea was damaged and lacked sufficient power to call out for help. Crew probably set a timer for when sufficient power was restored so the timer would immediately send out a distress beacon. I suspect damaged occurred from Harvest broke something and the timer was delayed." The tech replied, though it was a wild guess at best. It was one that made sense, though. Captain Anderson walked over to an intercom on the bridge, contacting a team of SPARTAN IVs. They were the only non-essential crew who weren't in cryo-stasis. "Lieutenant Ryder? Get your team over to the Chaeronea ASAP. I want a sweep of the area."
Ryder's team arrived aboard the UNSC Chaeronea approximately thirty minutes ago. "Look these skeletons. We sure they went into cryo?" One of the other SPARTANs on the four-man team asked. "Of course. We saw some of them earlier, remember? They most likely died before they could initiate their slip-space jump." Ryder replied, then continued. "See over there? Machinery explosion, probably. Best guess is they died and the others were too busy rushing to the cryo pods to clean up the bodies." Before the Lieutenant could say anything else, they came across to the bridge. Again, a few skeletal remains. Nothing they hadn't seen already. Ryder motioned to one of the other SPARTANs, their tech expert, whom then proceeded to the main terminal. "Most major systems are down. Cryo pod releases would work, but we should haul them aboard the Winter's Wrath and pry them open. Oxygen levels are damn near non-existent here." The tech reported, a she read through the terminal. "Some of the pods are occupied, but life signs have declined. There are still almost one hundred on board, though. Including several-" He was cut off, as an explosion rocked the wreckage of The Chaeronea a bit, enough to make one of the SPARTANs stumble.
"Captain Anderson? What's going on?" Anderson heard the Lieutenant over his intercom. "We're under attack. Remnants of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant. Several large vessels, we're suffering heavy damages. They took out your transport, you're on your own over there." Anderson replied. "Affirmative, sir. We'll see if we can power up the Chaeronea's weapons." Ryder replied, then the comm cut off. Cursing as the Winter's Wrath took another hit, one of the ensigns called out. "Captain, out shields are down! They're tearing in to our hull!" Anderson swore once more, as he proceeded to his terminal. "The Winter's Wrath is doomed, there's no maybes about it. However, I can at least try and save the members of her crew that are still in cryo. We're ejecting all Cryo-Stasis pods to the planet below. Ensign, I want a trajectory so they can land on-planet."
Ryder's team was still on the bridge. "Damn it! I can't get the guns-" The tech was, once again, cut off as they received another transmission. "This is Ca___in A_d__son. The ___ter's Wr__h is g____ down. If y_ can find s__e way on __ the ground, take it." There was more, but it was nothing but garble and static. Ruder swore. "Anything in the hangar?" "Nothing we can get to. We may be able to launch the pods, though. At least try to save some of the people aboard the Chaeronea." "Do it." As Ryder gave the order, the tech obliged, and started hammering away on the console.
The pods from the UNSC Chaeronea and the UNSC Winter's Wrath launched. A lot of the pods from the Chaeronea failed to launch, because of faulty systems. Some of the cryo-stasis pods from both ships were destroyed by Covenant plasma-fire as they descended. In the end, only five pods from The Chaeronea survived, but numerous more from The Winter's Wrath survived.
Everything you need to know for the Roleplay is in the Discussion Thread.
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Captain Anderson looked out of the viewport of the UNSC Winter's Wrath at the deactivated Phoenix-Class colony ship. When he had first looked at it, his eyes had bulged when he saw the name printed on the side, in large letters. It was the UNSC Chaeronea, a ship that disappeared back in 2531 near the end of the Harvest Campaign. The Phoenix-Class ships weren't initially made for combat, but during that time, many of them underwent modifications so they could combat the Covenant. "But, why now? Why did it only start broadcasting it's distress beacon now?" Anderson inquired, to the tech to his right. "Best guess? The Chaeronea was damaged and lacked sufficient power to call out for help. Crew probably set a timer for when sufficient power was restored so the timer would immediately send out a distress beacon. I suspect damaged occurred from Harvest broke something and the timer was delayed." The tech replied, though it was a wild guess at best. It was one that made sense, though. Captain Anderson walked over to an intercom on the bridge, contacting a team of SPARTAN IVs. They were the only non-essential crew who weren't in cryo-stasis. "Lieutenant Ryder? Get your team over to the Chaeronea ASAP. I want a sweep of the area."
Ryder's team arrived aboard the UNSC Chaeronea approximately thirty minutes ago. "Look these skeletons. We sure they went into cryo?" One of the other SPARTANs on the four-man team asked. "Of course. We saw some of them earlier, remember? They most likely died before they could initiate their slip-space jump." Ryder replied, then continued. "See over there? Machinery explosion, probably. Best guess is they died and the others were too busy rushing to the cryo pods to clean up the bodies." Before the Lieutenant could say anything else, they came across to the bridge. Again, a few skeletal remains. Nothing they hadn't seen already. Ryder motioned to one of the other SPARTANs, their tech expert, whom then proceeded to the main terminal. "Most major systems are down. Cryo pod releases would work, but we should haul them aboard the Winter's Wrath and pry them open. Oxygen levels are damn near non-existent here." The tech reported, a she read through the terminal. "Some of the pods are occupied, but life signs have declined. There are still almost one hundred on board, though. Including several-" He was cut off, as an explosion rocked the wreckage of The Chaeronea a bit, enough to make one of the SPARTANs stumble.
"Captain Anderson? What's going on?" Anderson heard the Lieutenant over his intercom. "We're under attack. Remnants of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant. Several large vessels, we're suffering heavy damages. They took out your transport, you're on your own over there." Anderson replied. "Affirmative, sir. We'll see if we can power up the Chaeronea's weapons." Ryder replied, then the comm cut off. Cursing as the Winter's Wrath took another hit, one of the ensigns called out. "Captain, out shields are down! They're tearing in to our hull!" Anderson swore once more, as he proceeded to his terminal. "The Winter's Wrath is doomed, there's no maybes about it. However, I can at least try and save the members of her crew that are still in cryo. We're ejecting all Cryo-Stasis pods to the planet below. Ensign, I want a trajectory so they can land on-planet."
Ryder's team was still on the bridge. "Damn it! I can't get the guns-" The tech was, once again, cut off as they received another transmission. "This is Ca___in A_d__son. The ___ter's Wr__h is g____ down. If y_ can find s__e way on __ the ground, take it." There was more, but it was nothing but garble and static. Ruder swore. "Anything in the hangar?" "Nothing we can get to. We may be able to launch the pods, though. At least try to save some of the people aboard the Chaeronea." "Do it." As Ryder gave the order, the tech obliged, and started hammering away on the console.
The pods from the UNSC Chaeronea and the UNSC Winter's Wrath launched. A lot of the pods from the Chaeronea failed to launch, because of faulty systems. Some of the cryo-stasis pods from both ships were destroyed by Covenant plasma-fire as they descended. In the end, only five pods from The Chaeronea survived, but numerous more from The Winter's Wrath survived.
