Date: 16-08-2025. 20:00 PM
The terrain was mountainous two hills surrounded the road on both sides as they moved further onto the road they kept their eyes peeled out for any small movement so they wouldn't get surprised by a surprise attack.
Several Durtan patrol squads attacked them for the for the first few hundred meters they walked down the road. They dispatched them extremely efficiently a few bullets only being wasted. after they finished the first click. They entered a small open area and they saw, a small Concord outpost had been established here. Honor team silently climbed up the hill to get a better vantage point. Elena grabbed her RA sniper rifle and zoomed in and quickly counted the Concord numbers located at the small outpost.
"700ish concord troops and 3 Xyvraels are in that small outpost sir." Elena counted as she than lowered her RA sinper rifle. "Dammit. Where do they even get these numbers from." Mason said. "I don't know. but we alone have killed a few thousands of them at least and shield base is being attacked by several tens of thousands of them. So they probably have a hunderd thousand or two on the planet at minimum." Amelia answered to Mason's question. "Great just great. We'll have to take out this outpost. We can't let them send in any reinforcements to Shield Base. Three anymore outposts? Mason said.
"Yeah several, three of them even have large anti-air plasma guns. So our fighters can't get close when they get here. And another problem they are spread out" Elena responded and pinted to each of the outposts locations. "Okay, so they are spread out but in somewhat of a line. We will need one of us has to deal with those guns while the rest of us deal with the main and larger outposts. Seven looked at Mason he understood that she would go and deal with the guns. "Alright, Seven you go deal with the guns than. But wait for us at the communication dish. Before you move in understood." Mason told Seven. She gave a nod in response. She immediately moved out.
She found a natural hidden path to the first concord anti air plasma gun. It was a long path but she moved far quicker than the rest of her team. When Seven arrived at the first gun. She was on a small cliff edge and jumped down onto the lower ground. She remained undetected. And she moved like a ghost. She silently killed the first eight Durtans in her way their screams were muffled by her slamming a thick stone in each of their throats and than killing them with her combat knife or slicing their throats with her combat knife leaving them to bleed out slowly unable to scream.
Seven knelt to pick up a few of their grenades she than attached them to her armor. Seven moved closer to the gun and saw the were far more Durtans and there was a Senglo commander of the Durtans. Seven attached her combat knife back onto her armor and grabbed her RA Rifle from her back she checked the ammo counter on her RA Rifle. 48 rounds in the magazine a full magazine is what she read she unattached a plasma grenade from her torso and activated the plasma grenade and threw it at the Senglo commander and several Durtans it went off when it hit the Senglo commander melting him and the Durtans around him.
Seven than opened up fire and shoot each Durtan she saw dead. They reacted to the Plasma grenade and Seven shooting at them very poorly they tried to fight back but it wasn't much Seven simply killed them far to quickly. After they were all dead Seven moved into the main gun and killed the Durtan operators of the anti-air gun. She placed a plasma grenade in the firing mechanism of the anti-air gun. She quickly ran out of the gun it than detonated as she got out. The gun collapsed as the plasma stored within burst into explosion as well from the plasma grenade the anti-air gun than fell down the cliff it was on and into the river below. Seven didn't stay to glimpse at her work instead moving onto the second Concord anti-air gun.
Seven found another somewhat protected pathway that kept her hidden from the over flying Concord fighters. Which were checking up on their destroyed anti-air gun. Seven quickly made her way to the Second on it was 1.5 clicks away from the first one. She hid anytime she say a Concord fighter flying over her. The destruction of the second anti-air gun when very similar to the first one the Concord didn't stand a chance as she ruthlessly wiped them out one by one the Senglo commander tried to fight her head on with his plasma pistol but it ended with a bullet between his eyes.
The remaining Durtans tried to flee but they were all each shot dead by Seven's RA Rifle. Seven placed the plasma grenade in the same place as last time. It detonated and took the whole gun with it. Seven than continued onto the third and last gun.
She made her way to the last anti-air gun as well very quickly. When she arrived at the gun she snuck up behind the Concord commander and shoved her RA pistol up his throat and shot him through it. Killing as the bullet went through his brain. When the Durtan soldiers heard it they knew a devil had arrived they saw the last two Concord anti-air guns go up in smoke and they feared they were next. When they saw Seven fear grabbed by the neck seeing their fellow Concord's blood on Seven's armor they ran away some were staggering and some opened fire though missing completely as Seven dock behind cover. She threw a plasma grenade at them. It detonated taking half of the Durtan with it and wounding the rest Seven killed each one with her Combat knife as to not waste ammunition. Seven placed the last grenade into third anti-air gun she moved back and the the last gun exploded into pieces like the last two.
Seven looked around every Concord was dead and she could she the Concord communication dish from here. It was large Seven decided to deal with the communication dish herself the sooner it was gone the better she thought to herself. Seven walked over to the dead Senglo commander, she knelt besides the corpse and grabbed the commander's energy sword. And all four grenades he carried from his corpse. She attended the grenades and the energy sword to her torso. She than stood up and began to move she had to cover two more clicks. Than she would be there. So she began walking the route was relatively easy as the third anti-air gun had a direct pathway to the communication dish.
When she arrived at the outskirts of the communication dish. she climbed upwards onto a cliff edge where she got a overviewof the area. She got into a covered position where she grabbed her RA rifle and looked through her scope. She began scanning the perimeter of the communication dish. Where she counted roughly several thousand Concord troops. She aimed her scope further to the right where noticed dozens troop transports and several Xyvraels heading out. It was clear Honor team would still take time to get here, Time shield base didn't have. However when she aimed her scope left again she saw a Matriarch one that seemed really pissed off. It was clear this was the main base of the Concord here. So she had to take it out.
Seven, put her RA rifle back on her back. She than climbed back down and headed to the perimeter of the communication dish. Seven grabbed her combat knife in the case she needed to kill a Concord.
Seven quietly moved around she moved around Durtan patrols very easily. She than got behind a wall and waited until another patrol passed before she moved forwards. She than ducked behind some crates. As a different patrol moved passed her. She stayed behind the line of crates until she made it to the communication dish in the center of the base. Though she noticed the Matriarch and the Snglo commander in charge of this operation were walking in her direction.
She quickly took cover behind the crates again where she remained unseen by them. "You know it's your fault my sister is dead right?" Seven heard the Matriarch say. As Seven's AI translated it for her. "I don't care she was distracted and it got herself killed by that devil. And now I need to fix the mess your dumb sister caused. That devil team she failed to kill are raving Raving havoc wreaking havoc amongst my forces." The Senglo commander responded.
Seven silently backed away without them noticing. She than climbed unnoticed up into a maintenance shaft. Seven than starting climbing 40 meters upwards until she reached the dish of the communication dish. Seven unattached the energy sword and used it to cut a hole near the core support structure that kept the communication dish standing. Seven grabbed the grenades and placed them in the hole she made. She than set one of them to explode within a short time. Seven than quickly climbed back down and the grenades went off the explosion completely melting the support structure leading to the dish falling off and onto the ground where the Senglo commander and Matriarch were speaking. Crushing them Seven than got out of the now destroyed communication dish her mission completed.
However as she hid behind some crates the fallen dish was thrown over her head and landed in front of her Crushing several crates and Durtan soldiers behind it. Seven looked between a opening in the stacked crates she was behind and she saw that the Matriarch survived without even an scratch on her.
Seven knew she had to be killed otherwise she would become a serious problem later. So Seven waited patiently. the Matriarch however immediately began tearing barracks and the logical area apart of the Concord base. Seven continued to move as to awaited the Matriarch and any Concord troops however the Concord troops including the Senglos began fleeing the base as she was tearing it apart in search for the one who destroyed the Communication dish. After a few minutes the Matriarch stopped.
"I know it's you devil. The one who killed my sister and the one who destroyed the Anti-air plasma cannons just now. Not to mention all the other things you have pulled off before. So come out." The Matriarch said however she heard a thud sound behind her. When she looked down it was a grenade and it went off she created a barrier just before it went off. The explosion still sent her flying, she crashed into some crates dazing her for a moment. As she looked up she saw Seven walking up to her plasma sword activated. In her dazed state she tried to shot a Trinotic beam into Seven. but Seven dodged the Trinotic beam Seven than sprinted upto the Matriarch. The Matriarch realized what was happening and tried to flee. fear growing in her. But before she could get away Seven jumped after her grabbed onto her and plunged the Plasma sword straight into the Matriarch's back just as she was trying to create a Trinotic barrier to protect herself. Seven sliced the plasma sword from the back to the left arm cutting the Matriarch nearly in half and cutting her arm off. This caused the Matriarch to fall onto the ground.
Seven landed with her heavy boots straight in front the Matriarch face. Almost crushing her head in. The still barely living Matriarch saw Seven standing in front of her. Seven looked into her dying eyes. She grabbed the Matriarch my the neck lifted her up almost crushing her windpipe. "Please, no..."the Matriarch pleaded softly. While locking into the cold unemotional helmet hiding the face of the Rift Spartan in front of her. Seven looked coldly into her eyes than she stabbed the plasma sword into the throat of the Matriarch. Her eyes went wide in shock and pain still conscious of what was happening her body falling to the ground as her head still alive in Seven's hand. Seven than dropped the head onto the ground to let the Matriarch live the last few minutes before her brain dying out.
Turned around her senses having detected them several moments before. Honor team finally arrived after they dealt with the Concord forces that left the Concord central communication base earlier.
"Seven, why did you- wait is that a Matriarch or was one at least." Mason reacted to Seven's work. "Damn you were nice to the Connies here Seven, I like it." Ivan joked. "Remind me to never piss you off Seven." George joked as well. As he placed his hand on her shoulder. Seven nodded to to them. "Seven, I told you to not do this alone. This could have ended really badly for you. But still good work." Seven give a nod to Mason. Mason contacted, General Brant. "Do you read me sir?" Mason said into the comms.
"I do Honor One. I assume you and your team took down the communication dish?" General Brant responded. "No sir, that was entirely Seven's work including destroying their entire central base from what it seems. including killing her second Matriarch today." Mason responded back to Brant. "Wait two Matriarchs? Impressive. I'm sending a two raptors you way to pick you up Honor team." Brant replied. "Copy that sir." Mason replied back. General Brant nodded in response. Before cutting communication with Honor team. "Everyone the mission almost is done now two Raptors are coming to pick us up" Mason told his team. "Great, some rest almost. It's dark so i could use some sleep now" Amelia responded.
Elena, Marco and Seven kept their weapons out scanning the the surrounding the others joined them this went on for a few minutes until they saw the Raptors arriving to pick them up. The Raptors slowly landed onto the ground their land gear lowering and their rotors stopping with spinning. The Spartans got onto the the Raptors with Seven getting on last. The Raptors than restarted their rotors and began taking off from the ground their landing gear folded in. As they flew back to Shield Base which had fully repelled the Concord offensive.
The Spartans saw two colossi being lifted up from shield base the large 60 meter tall mechs stepped off their platforms as their aligned their MAC cannons and fired into the empty air the Spartans were confused. Seven suspected a Concord stealth corvette was nearby somewhere which was proven correct as the MAC rounds hit a Concord stealth corvette. It immediately lowered it's cloak and retreated.
"Wait how long was that corvette there and why didn't it engage us." George asked. "I don't know Five. but I'm glad it didn't whatever the reason." Mason responded to George. Still a damned Concords ship." George replied back. Seven looked up to the corvette and it gave her a eerie feeling though why she didn't know.
"Matriarch, the campaign has failed the humans have beaten us." A Senglo warrior told the Matriarch. "Oh that doesn't matter" the Matriarch responded "but your sisters are dead?." The Senglo responded. "Maybe but that doesn't matter. they couldn't kill that singular devil. She won twice, hm. without her they would have lost. Still let them have this sense 'victory' before this pathetic world of theirs comes completely crumbling down on them." the Matriarch finished her sentence, grinning.