Halo: Humans vs Covenant [Side Story - 1x1] A "Brutal" Expedition.

Raynar Saassin

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The Jiralhanae was a recent addition to the Covenant Ranks, and regarded by the elites as power hungry beasts. They weren't wrong of course, as the Brute's were quite primal in nature and focused on heavy hitting and their berserk instincts. Rising through the Covenant Ranks steadily, they quickly integrated into the army.

Including one brute that was iconic to them and their method of engaging with the Prophets: Tartarus.

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Prophet of Truth's second-in-command, Tartarus was quite the brute, being one for having killed the previous leader of the Brutes in order to take his place. Respected and even feared by some of the brutes, he was quite the icon.

As per Truth's instructions, Tartarus had set out on a mission, but required a team. But instead of a team, he wants one brute and one brute only to join him. Looking through his ranks, he found the identity of one Jump Pack brute and decided to confront him.

Finding his quarters on the Holy City of High Charity, Tartarus would open the chamber doors and call out for him. "Narileus! Come here at once!"

 
Narileus growled as he looked up from where he he been fiddling with a jump pack, the massive device clasped easily between two massive, brutish hands.

Snarling, the Brute snaps his head towards where he had been called from. Eyes widening at the sight of Tartarus himself, Narlieus drops the jump pack, the metal clanging against the floor as he made his way over.

“What do you want Sir?!” He roars back before he was even halfway towards him, picking up speed until he arrived just a few feet from Tartarus, craning his neck ever so slightly to look at his superior questioningly.

He had no idea how Tartarus even knew about him, or why he would call him out personally, but he was eager to find out.
 
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"I have orders from one of the prophets. They require my services to rid a recently-constructed human colony near our domain. He insists I bring an army, but I am going to bring you, and you alone. Pack your weapons and your jump pack, you're coming with me on a mission." Tartarus growled with an affirmative bark as he was gripping his own Gravity Hammer. "Once you are ready, meet me at one of the Phantom Docking Bays. Don't keep me waiting too long." And with that, he walked out of his chambers, allowing Narlieus to get ready.

Being picked for a mission by a close member of the Prophet's Command is one thing, but working alongside them on said mission? It's quite the honour.

@TheGreenerGrey
 
Narileus was beyond surprised. Not only did Tartarus himself know of him, he actively expected the brute to be able to clear out what one of the holy prophets had deemed requiring an army? It made him... excited. To be able to disregard such things as allies and just let loose on those weakling beings... This could be fun.

Nodding at his superior, he waited for Tartarus to leave before gathering his kit. Heavy armour, jump pack, Mauler and Gravity Hammer, as well as a few spike grenades just in case. It took all of ten minutes to get kitted up, and 15 to find and reach fhe docking bay in question.

Marching forward once he spotted his commander, Narileus gives a salute and a grin towards Tartarus, grip on his hammer tightening as he silently awaited orders.
@Raynar Saassin
 
"Good. I trust you're adequately equipped." Tartatus exclaimed with a affirmative bark as he and Narileus boarded the Phantom and instructed the Phantom to take them to the destination. As they were flying, he took the liberty of briefing the brute on the details of the mission.

"Those humans dared to expand further into our territory. Even now, they set up an outpost on our very borders. We're heading to a in-construction space station which is currently under siege by one of our Super Carriers. We are to land in the secured area and destroy the rest of the station, as well as eliminate all humans who dare breath in our space!"

@TheGreenerGrey
 
"Got it." Grunts Narileus, hefring his hammer over his shoulder and making sure his pack was functioning properly. Glancing at a small holographic projection that showed what the covenant had managed to see of the outpost, he analyses it while he continues to speak.

"When do you want this done, and do you care about the condition of the base?" He asks, grinning a little in mirth at the last question. A better way of putting it would have been 'Do the prophets care', as no self respecting Brute would ever care more about a wall than ripping his enemies in two.
 
"Us? Caring about causing damage? Hahahaha. You make me laugh, Narileus." Tartarus responded with a hefty chuckle at his accomplice's words. A brute asking another brute if they cared about reckless damage? "If you are capable of causing large amounts of damage, then do it. Shows those human dogs that we are to be feared."

"Tartarus, we're starting to approach the station, we'll provide you with Covering fire from the incoming fighters." "Thank you. Continue laying siege onto the station when you can, but focus on keeping those fighters off us, and keep the space clear."

@TheGreenerGrey
 
Grunting at his leader’s words, Narileus straightens from where he had been hunched, analysing the map. Making his way over to where he would be dropped from the ship, he places his hammer on the wide floor of the ship, feeling the hum of energy flow through it.

“So, how will your men know to pick me up? The explosions, or should I bother to bring a transceiver?” He asks idly, really more as a way to keep the silence at bay than anything else.
 
"The Phantom will be staying in the entry point ready for take-off when we are finished there." Tartarus exclaimed, banging against the wall of the Cockpit. "What's taking so long?!"

"We're sustaining heavy fire from a nearby turret at the entry point, sir! We can't maintain an safe entry!" "Then just crash us in then! Ready Narileus? This is going to cut things close. But that's exactly why we have our hammers."

@TheGreenerGrey
 
“Hey.” Narileus heft’s his hammer into his hands, grip tightening as his helmet closed around his face, obscuring it from view behind a dark visor and completing the image of a faceless behemoth.

“You know it sir! Ready the moment this thing goes down. We’ll tear those heathens apart!” He roars, jump pack flaring to life for a single second as he tests it and illuminated the relatively dark room with orange light.

He couldn’t wait to get started.
@Raynar Saassin
 
"Spoken like a true Jiralhanae!" Tartarus barked alongside him as the Phantom crashed into the Station, causing the many UNSC soldiers to scatter. A moment of silence... And a longer moment of silence...

BOOM! The front door of the Phantom bust open as Tartarus jumped out and began smacking and breaking UNSC marine left right and centre, causing them to sound a station wide alarm. "Oh shit it's Tartarus! Operate that tank!" A marine yelled as someone got into the unmanned Scorpion Tank and prepared to fire at Tartarus. "Narileus! Introduce yourself to that tank, would ya?!"

@TheGreenerGrey
 
"With pleasure sir!" Roars Narileus as his powerful form bounds across the floor of the phantom and leaps into the air, jump pack thrusters bursting ro life as he comes roaring out of the entrance to the phantom, an image of death with a gravity hammer held high above his head.

Speeding forward towards the scorpion tank, Narileus swings his hammer into the cannon base with the full force of his might and the power of his jump pack. Metal screams and crashes as it crumples, the cannon nearly removed in it’s entirety. Crashing into the mauled steel, Narileus grabs the damaged centre and heaves, roaring as he does so and ripping the head clean off.

Bursting into the sky once again the Jiralhanae spins, smoke trailing around him from his pack, and sends the head rocketing back down towards the cockpit of the scorpion tank, tearing through the metal grill with ease and impaling the driver with the cannon.

Withdrawing his Mauler with almost laziness, Narileus sends the bodies of two approaching marines flying back into their compatriots before hefting his hammer and hurling it like a javelin into the center body, sending the pathetic humans flying in any direction as the weapon landed. From there Narileus lets out a powerful roar, using his pack yet again to follow the arc of his hammer.

Landing in what was once the center cluster, now devoid of life, he picks up his hammer yet again before looking towards Tartarus. "You want to handle them here or should I?!"
 
"You deal as much damage as possible in here, as it appears to be their central storage. Destroy everything and I'll be back with what I originally came here for. Hmph." He exclaimed in a bark as he looked towards Narlieus with a smirk. "You think you can handle that, Brute?"

"Man all weapons! Pilot all vehicles including Pelicans! Take them out!" A voice rang out on the intercom as loads and loads of marines started pouring into the room. "Keep them occupied!" Tartarus exclaimed as he smashed through one group through a door and began walking away to his destination.

@TheGreenerGrey
 
Watching as his leader went off into the rest of the base, Narileus spins on his heels, hammer in a tight two handed grip as he faced the horde of marines. It seemed they had finally managed to get ahold of their little toys, as behind the men were multiple warthogs, all with their barrels pointed at him. In the distance he could hear the telltale humm of the primitive aircraft that were used by the heretics.

"Attention asshole!" Came a voice over a hidden speaker in that crude dialect of theirs. "Stand down now or you'll become nothing more than goddamn salsa!" It commanded, reinforced by the clacking of numerous guns and the whirr of the warthog mounted weapons. Behind it all rose a single pelican, guns pointed towards Narileus.

For a moment, all was silent. Then, with a powerful roar of bestial rage, Narileus lept into combat.

@Raynar Saassin
 
"S-shoot him!" The guy on the intercom exclaimed as they all began to open fire and spread out towards Narileus. One brute against a large battalion with armour support was sure to go down very quickly. From Assault Rifles to Tactical Shotguns to high calibre tank rounds to fast firing chaingun warthogs and powerful Pelican support, there's no way he'd survive all of that at once...

Right?

@TheGreenerGrey
 
The weapon fire pinged off of the armour as Narileus charged, diving left and right at just the right time to avoid shells from the Pelican just in time. Diving into the centre of the mass, Narileus whips his hammer around in a wide arc with one hand, bodies snapping and breaking underneath his powerful blows as his other hand withdraws his sidearm and turns the closest soldier's head to a fine red mist.

A blast from a shotgun goes off close to him, and for a moment the Jiralhanae staggers, disoriented. This was all the time needed for the nearby marines to vacate the immediate area, scrambling backwards in fear as their comrades poured bullet after bullet into the powerful armour. With the area cleared, the warthogs were given a clear enough view to open up on him, powerful cannons impacting his armour and sending him staggering, kneeling on the floor as he desperately tried to get himself free.

A lull in the fire as the majority reloaded, not even a second long before he barrage was to continue, was all the brute needed. Hefting his hammer like a javelin once again, Narileus sends it careening through the air as he discards his mauler and helmet, letting loose a powerful roar. "That was your only chance." His gutteral voice growls out in the room just as the hammer impacted the minigun turret of the closest warthog, snapping both it and the man piloting it and sending them careening through the air.

Activating his jump pack, Narileus flies through the air just as the enemy opens up again, narrowly dodging the enemy fire as his colossal body crashed into the front ofthe closest warthog, grinning at the driver as metal crumpled beneath him. The other two warthogs turned to face him, damaged one charging towards him, as bullets pinged into the back of his armour.

Reaching below him, Narileus hefts the massive vehicle into a verticle position, using it as a shield from the fire for just a second as he angled the jeep just right. With a kick powerful enough to shatter walls, the brute sends the warthog spinning through the air and into the undamaged chassis of the last warthog, metal and flesh crumpling with panicked screams.

Instantly Narileus follows up his kick, torso spinning in a powerful motion as his armour whined and whirred in protest, his punch landing square upon the bonnet of the charging warthog, surprise evident in the eyes of the driver as the car was stopped in its tracks and flipped into the air. Without hesitation the brute lets out a roar of exertion and grabs the flipped warthog in both hands, powerful legs launching both him and the jeep into the sky as the entire reserves of his pack activated, speeding up and piloting the improvised battering ram into the cockpit of the low-flying pelican, glass shattering as the entire front part of the Pelican was reduced to little more than scrap metal, pilot and all.

The Pelican dipped head first under the weight and impact of the car, thrusters stutterin and spitting as they received scattered orders from destroyed and damaged controls in the former pilot's seat. Eventually they gave out alltogether, and the flyer crashed into the ground with a powerful thud, Narileus following and obscured as a large cloud of dirt kicked up from the landing.

For a moment all was quiet as the remaining marines, all ever so slowly retreating in terror, and single scorpion peered into the dirt, postures nervous and afraid of what may come out. Eventually, out of the silence, a single object came spinning through the air and thudded onto the gun of the tank. Two more followed it as the closest troop peered at the object, eyes widening in instant recognition.

"GRENA-" was all he was able to get out before his corpse was sent crashing into what remained of the far wall with a sickening splat, along with all of those around him as the scorpion, the Marine's last heavy weapon, was reduced ti scrap metal in an instant.

Out of the cloud Narileus came, face on full display as he revealed bloodied teeth in a menacing smile, cracking his knuckles before reaching for his discarded hammer. It was out of juice, but he didn't need it. He would just do this the old fashioned way.

The screams and gunfire echoed out for a mere minute before all was silent.
 
During the midst of all that chaos, Tartarus was busy in the central commander center of the UNSC Station, taking a piece of information that was recently recovered from it's position. "Finally got what I came for." Tartarus muttered as he proceeded to walk back towards the Station's Storage where they landed. Once everything went silent, he had assumed he had eliminated all human resistance.

... That was, until he walked in that he was jumped by a Spartan! "Uragh!" Tartarus growled as he immediately began ripping the Spartan off his back and chucking him towards the ground, in which he got up and confronted the pair. "Christ your breath is disgusting. Don't you brutes ever clean yourselves? Filthy pigs."

@TheGreenerGrey
 
Sitting upon the slumped body of a nearby marine, surrounded by the dust and flames of his handiwork, Narileus huffs. The Brute had only been in the silent chamber for about a minute and he already felt bored. Idly he wondered if he should have left any survivors, or left enough of that pelican to scrounge. Then he figured that leaving survivors or intact parts would mean not killing people, so he dashed the thought.

He did have to wonder where Tartarus had gotten to. His boss hadn't radioed in for aid, but he had to have run into something. But what could these weaklings possibly put up to oppose the two brutes? An entire compound's worth couldn't kill him, let alone Tartarus.

@Raynar Saassin
 
"Talk all you want, you're nothing but a man inside of a suit." Tartarus responded to the Spartan, grabbing his hammer and releasing a battlecry as he charged towards him. The Spartan merely used his Jetpack and flew upwards before pulling off his Shotgun and fired in Tartarus's direction, in which he used his hammer to block and knock himself towards him and bash him into the ground with a heavy-gravity strike.

The Spartan got back up and revealed a crack in his visor, in which Tartarus smirked. "Looks like you aren't so tough after all." "Says the ape. I'm just getting started." "Hmph." He then charged again and managed to grab hold of him, he was practically behind held for display.

@TheGreenerGrey
 
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