Breaching of the Frontlines

Shortly after receiving word of the Jiralhanae attack on Sanghelios, Thel Necresee, who was leading most all the Sangheili vessels closer toward Doisac to launch an attack of their own, retreated back home to gather the Admiral and the reinforcements. Xzan Tamasee ordered that all capable warriors and all capable vessels were to be prepared. He was a dying race. This was the Sangheili's last stand. The military campaign he planned against Doisac would either end all hope for his race or give it time to rebuild and reclaim the honor it once held. The Crusading Spirit Fleet was one of the only remaining fleets the Sangheili had. Up against the hundreds of Jiralhanae warships, they were outnumbered 5 to 1. This was not including the possible thousands of ground troops on Doisac. The ships landed on Sanghelios and boarded all warriors. Xzan waited in the bridge of the Transcending Light, waiting the signal that all ships were prepared.


Xzan awaited patiently for the final vessel, the Destroyer Unyielding Honor, to give it's ready signal. Coincidentally the Shipmaster of the warship was Ewgi Tamasee, the Admiral's younger brother. Xzan went over his two phase invasion process. A simple but effective strategy he learned from Iruiru. Cluster the fleet as close as possible and punch through the Fleet Defense Force. Once through, spread out and close in on the planet. Similar to how a Needler enters the skin and then explodes. As the Admiral was lost in thought, he was alerted that all ships were prepared. The Fleet began to distance themselves from Sanghelios and prepared for Slipspace jump. When the Fleet was out of range of the planet, Xzan gave the order, and one hundred ships disappeared into the cobalt glow of slipspace.


The Jiralhanae knew they were coming. the Defense Fleet was as massive as expected. The Fleet stuck to the plan. After the Unwavering Faith broke through a line of 3 CCS-class Battlecruisers, damaging all of them along the way with an energy projector, An Zaka Vorumee's Assault Carrier Divine Transgression covered it's rear with plasma bombardment, destroying the brute ships. Xzan watched in dismay as Ansh Urgulee's Corvette slammed starboard into a Jiralhane Destroyer. The Admiral guessed there was an internal struggle or engine failure, although he was pleased to see that the Corvette destroyed the mongrel ship.

Most of the Jiralhanae vessels were falling to the might of the Sangheili, but it was time for the deciding skirmish to take place. The Jiralhanae flagship Supercarrier versus the Crusading Spirit Fleet's Transcending Light. Both vessels knew it was time. The escorts for the Transcending Light, Soul of Thunder and Heart of Steel, pushed ahead to engage 3 Jiralhanae Destroyer escorts. With help of a Vampire cluster, the Battlecruisers disabled the Destroyer's weapon systems and began to burst through the Destoryer's shields and soon the hull. The two ships began to fire energy projectors at eachother, both warship's shields began to flare. "Now!" The Admrial ordered, and the bridge officers sent the word through the blue screens to the other vessels. 18 Battlecruisers and 12 Destroyers activated their slipspace drives mid combat and appeared behind the brute Supercarrier. They began to glass it, running along the sides from back to front. The Jiralhanae ships around the Carrier began to fire at the cluster. Each time the mongrels missed their mark, they damaged the Supercarrier. All their shielding is down! Ewgi's familiar voice echoed through the Transcending Light's bridge. "Hull integrity is falling to shreds brother! We almost have them!" Cheers came through from other Shipmasters.

"I will finish them." Asca Uodatee transmitted to the sangheili from his Assault carrier. The neck of the enemy Supercarrier was near broken due to plasma bombardment. Asca's Carrier separated the top portion of his Carrier from the lower, sending the body of his Assault Carrier into the already extremely damaged section of the Supercarrier. As Asca docked onto the Transcending Light, the explosion could be seen by all of the Jiralhanae flagship.


"We've done it! Excellent work my comrades! Prepare for phase two!" Zaka Vorumee announced. "The Marshall is right." Xzan said. With the destruction of the Jiralhanae Planetary Defense Fleet, the Sangheili vessels prepared to take the fight to the surface and rid the galaxy of the brute abomination. It was the honorable thing to do rather than glass the planet without proving their combat skills first. Xzan prepared himself to head to the surface. He locked his Jet Pack into place and headed for the hangar bay, toward his Vampire.

Xzan ran towards his Vampire before turning back and seeing Paarthurnax. He walked over to him.

"Gather your lance, you will be taking Orbital Insertion Pods down to the surface. Burn their wretched world!"

"I will do so Admiral, or die trying."

Paarthurnax entered his infamous 'Werewolf Run' and ran towards the Hangar, readying his lance in the process. Zaka walked up to Xzan.

"Admiral, is it wise for you to go down there on your own?"

Xzan looked at him.

"I will not be. Paarthurnax and his lance will also be dropping, when you are directly over Doisac, you are to send six Phantoms, full to the brim, down to the surface."

"It will be done."

Xzan nodded and started walking to his teleporter. He went through it and he ended up in the Hangar Bay, right next to his Vampire. He boarded it along with is Co-pilot.

Paarthurnax and his lance had rendezvoused in the O.I.P bay.

"Get saddled up, were hitting it in five."

Paarthurnax' lance settled down into their Pods. This was going to be interesting...

Xzan sat in his seat, he stared at the amazing glow and serenity of space. He swiveled his chair around and looked at his Co-Pilot.

"I am not going to lie here, Zeno. It will be difficult, perhaps even life threatening."

The Pilot nodded and turned towards him.

"I understand Admiral, however I would die for Sanghelios, I would die for you."

The Admiral smiled and turned around.

"As would I."

He pressed his thumb against the panel which started the Vampire.

"Adjust trajectory, engage shields."

"Right away."

Xzan pushed the throttles forward and did the same with the thrusters, the Vampire flew out of the Hangar at fantastic speed. They were out, he looked underneath the Supercarrier and saw Paarthurnax' lance's Pods drop out. They too plummeting to the planet's surface at a rapid speed. He pressed the Intercom and spoke clearly.

"All forces engage!"

As soon as he said that, the CCS and the Supercarrier and the other ships started pummeling the planet. He saw Phantoms pile out of the ships and start heading towards the planet Doisac, a brilliant spectacle.

"Excellent warriors, initiate phase two!"

There was a lot of shaking as the Pod fell to the planet at a rapid speed, an uncontrollable speed. He could hear and see the Anti-Air Turrets trying to take them down, obviously failing. Damn Jiralhanae, they've never been good at anything at all.

"Engage after-burners!"

The Pods engaged their after-burners and the Pods slowed down, as much as they could anyway. Within seconds the Pods hit the surface and the doors smashed open. It was fantastic in all honesty, there was no contacts at all. Paarthurnax jumped out and grabbed his sword.

"We shall move to the first settlement, and rendezvous with the Admiral there."

The Special Operation Sangheili all agreed and followed his lead, an excellent start.



He banked the Vampire and headed towards the planet's surface, evading the fire of the Jiralhanae ships and their wretched AA guns. He saw Paarthurnax' beacon and started towards it, but then it just had a turn for the worst. He took his eye off of his surroundings and looked to the Phantoms. One got hit and started spiraling uncontrollably, he quickly looked back and as a result of this, he couldn't evade the incoming missile that hit the starboard side, piercing a whole into his Vampire. He rammed the controls down and forced the Vampire to the planet's surface.

"Brace for impact!"

The Pilot strapped himself in and held onto the operational board.

"It has been an honor Admiral!"

"Likewise Zeno."

The Admiral rammed hard on the controls as his Vampire, dropped heavily to the planet Doisac. The Vampire became heavy, and was now extremely shaky. Bouncing all over the place. A few more seconds had passed and his vision went blurred. He couldn't feel his seat anymore, and he felt hot.

"Zeno, respond?!"

He looked around and noticed that they had hit the surface. His body seemed intact, just a few aches. He slowly got up and gathered what equipment he could. He saw Zeno with his head through the operational board. Xzan made some respect signs before leaving. He poked his head around the corner before ducking again, as a few Spike rounds flew past his head. He peered around once again, and saw multiple Jiralhanae surrounding his Vampire. He equipped his Plasma Rifles and started firing back at them. He was in quite some trouble.

"Paarthurnax, my Vampire has been shot down, my pilot is dead and I am surrounded by Jiralhanae troops, I need backup!"

"Affirmative Admiral, my lance and I will be with you as soon as possible."

"Thank you!"

Paarthurnax turned to his lance.

"Our Admiral has been shot down, he is surrounded. We need to make haste and get to his position!"

He entered his 'Werewolf Run' and started towards the Admiral's location, this was a disastrous start to the assault. His lance followed closely behind.

"Hold."

Paarthurnax' lance stopped at his command. He looked ahead and saw the Vampire's crashsite as well as Jiralhanae surrounding it.
He grabbed his Beam Rifle and shot at the few nearest to him, knocking them to the floor.

"To arms!"

His entire lance charged towards the crashsite eliminating the forces as they went. Paarthurnax let his lance do clean them up, whilst he ran into the Vampire. He looked around inside and saw the Admiral attacking the Jiralhanae from the opposite side.

"Admiral, are you okay?"

The Admiral turned and nodded, before coming out of cover and walking over to Paarthurnax.

"Follow me sir, I will lead you to safety."

Paarthurnax and the Admiral safely exited the Vampire wreckage and the lance were still attacking the waves of Jiralhanae. He started running away from the wreckage and started heading to their previous location, the early settlement. After a few minutes his Special Operations Sangheili started following their path, they were securing the Admiral's escape in reality. The Admiral and Paarthurnax were some way ahead, but they were safe. The assault could now finally begin!

Thel 'Necresee ordered his ships to engage the Jiralhanae ships, that would be deploying more and more fighter class ships.
Paarthurnax and the Admiral, Xzan, were still on the move, as well as his lance. They had reached the settlement and had slowed down completely.
They were now walking, searching this little village, slowly. Over fifty Phantoms and been deployed, which were full to the brim of tough, strong warriors. That was over 1,500 warriors.

"Strange, is it not."

Paarthurnax looked towards the Admiral and then back.

"Excuse me Admiral?"

"This settlement, the way there is no Jiralhanae."

Paarthurnax did not respond to his comment for a few seconds, whilst trying to think of an explanation.

"Perhaps they have been sent to the frontlines, Admiral."

"It's a possibility, but I doubt that."

"Of course, Admiral."

Paarthurnax continued to look around, it was strange, there was no contacts at all. However, something caught his eye.

"Get down!"

Everyone got behind the next building.

"What is it Officer?"

"Contacts, up ahead. Approximately ten."

"Very good Officer, very good. Do your work."

"Thank you Admiral. You two, stay with the Admiral, protect him with your life. The rest of you, engage Camouflage, and follow me."

He led the remainder of his lance out into the open, towards the enemies, in their Camouflage. It would be easy task, these Apes know nothing of skill...

He drew his Energy Sword, and lunged for his target, the other members of the lance, professionally taking down there's. The entire Jiralhanae reconnaissance team went asunder like nothing. They all disengaged their camouflage and they returned to the rest of their team and the Admiral. To his surprise they were raiding a house, turning it upside down, searching for clues.

Paarthurnax walked in with the rest of his lance.

"It has been done Admiral."

"Excellent, excellent warrior."

The Admiral turned around and patted him on the shoulder, and he walked out, as did everyone else. Nothing of interest was in the buildings, they moved on and went into the main heat of battle, which would be miles away, but they were sure that something of interest would pop up along the way. Sure of it.

Paarthurnax continued along, as did the others. They were slowly walking, he looked up at the sound of an explosion, he saw a Jiralhanae cruiser split in two, he smiled as his cruisers wreak havoc for there's. An excellent spectacle. He continued forward, the mission was far from over. In the distance he saw more cruisers rise, and others fall.

"We shall meet the rest of our invasion force in the middle of this planet, we shall battle through the cities and destroy all!"

The Sangheili cheered before pressing on, a long day was ahead of them.

They had slowed, miles away from the battleground. The lance and the Admiral were some way back, and Paarthurnax was tasked with getting a closer look on what they had spotted. He had moved into an office building, much like the human's. He carefully moved from pillar to post, making sure not to get spotted by the snipers on the opposite side.

The buildings were the same on both sides, huge office buildings and in the center there was a long road that headed down, far underneath the planet's surface. Paarthurnax crawled over to the window and started peering through it. He looked towards the Phantom that just arrived a few seconds ago. It first circled the area before setting down on the red carpet.

Paarthurnax' jaw dropped when he saw the target walk out of the Phantom, he moved his hands around his back and grabbed his Beam Rifle. He opened the ammunition tray and placed the standard plasma coil into the rifle, locking and loading it. He poked his head around the corner, being careful not to be spotted by the snipers, and opened the window slowly. He readied his rifle.

"Admiral, the Jiralhanae Chieftain has been spotted, permission to engage?"

There was no response for a while, he grabbed his rifle and re-positioned his body before sticking the end of his rifle outside the window. He did not zoom in however, he just waited.

"Take the shot Paarthurnax."

Paarthurnax smiled and re-positioned himself, getting ready for the moment.

"Roger that Admiral."

He saw the Jiralhanae Chieftain start moving, he zoomed in and focused on the Chieftain's head, waiting and positioning up the shot. He moved his finger closer to the trigger before pressing it, the recoil knocking him backwards, he quickly scampered to the window, and saw the Jiralhanae Chieftain on the floor, with a mass of Jiralhanae around him. Paarthurnax let out a smile before dropping the plasma coil and placing his rifle back on his back, admiring the view, he saw snipers in the windows on the far side, he quickly ducked behind the wall beside the window, with his back towards it. He took a moment to breath.

"Admiral, I have taken the shot...the Chieftain...is dead."

"Excellent warrior...(Static)(Sounds of running)...You have an entire army patrolling the area, they're everywhere. We have retreated far back, we cannot make it to you, and you cannot make it to us. You're on your own for now Officer, good luck."

"And to you my Admiral."

After that there was no other reply, no-one knew what happened, but no communications got in or out. A total lock-down.

He sat there, in pitch black, in the darkest corner there was. He did so as Phantoms whizzed past, no contact, no support. They would be long gone anyway. He wasn't scared, just not stupid. Venturing out there would be suicide, thousands searching for him. On the other hand, there was sitting in silence, going slightly insane whilst a war rages on. A miniature battle raged on in his head, fighting over whether he should go or stay.

He looked around the room, Phantoms still whizzing past, but there was no actual threat in the room. He was safe, out there was a battlefield and he would surely perish to the thousands of apes out there. No, he was safer in here. He rested his head back, as the sun began to set on this side of the world, the noise had died down, but he knew they were out there, just waiting for him, they were clever in that aspect. He wasn't sure what was right, they had obviously blocked all the ways out of this district and everyone was on his case, although they knew not of his position. He would have to face the music some time, better late than never.

Paarthurnax lifted his head off of the wall and slowly stood up, checking the entire room. He padded his footsteps, Jiralhanae would be searching, and if they had one thing, that was good hearing. He moved to the window that he had shot from and stared out of it, before quickly ducking once again. Hundreds, hundreds of Jiralhanae down there on the street. This place was covered. He knew the entire Sangheili force would have pulled back, the sun was setting, both species would rest before fighting, an old tradition. Remaining silent he went to the stairs and slowly walked down them, trying to make the least noise possible.

A long night was ahead of him...

Left and right...nothing, but silence. The Phantoms flew past, with their huge spotlights not even noticing him. The street were still full of the Jiralhanae filth that crowded around the underground facility, perhaps something of importance. He needed to get a closer look, he sprinted across to the bollard that overlooked the underground facility. He averagely leaned over it trying to get the best view possible.
His vision then went blurred and he fell over the bollard and started falling to the ground, he hit it with a smack. He tried to move his head, but it was heavy and he felt tired. He lay on his back, as the sunlight around him vanished.

He opened his eyes a little a saw a few Jiralhanae around him, the one looked awfully pissed.

"You are the filth that shot at our Chieftain!"

"Oh, so you do have a brain."

The Jiralhanae lifted his foot and clamped it down onto his face, damaging his helmet. His visor started going all off and it was all over the place, moving around the screen and waving like crazy. His health bar showed that his shields were down and his health was in the red, not a good sign.

"...Take him away!"

The Jiralhanae listened to the Captain and picked up the Sangheili and started carrying him into the underground facility. He felt hurt and tired and couldn't fight back against the Jiralhanae. He wasn't sure what was happening, but he could definitely hear ceremonial music as he entered, there was Jiralhanae Honour Guards and thousands of Jiralhanae, there were tonnes of supplies and weapons. His eyes began to close, until he was barely awake.

He was shocked awake when he was thrown to the floor, he tried to muster his thoughts before a bellowing voice shocked him awake.

"STAND FILTH!"

Paarthurnax looked up at the fat oath that sat on the giant stone chair. Paarthurnax sat on his knees, whilst he looked at him.

"I am Gargantum, War Chieftain of the Gibraltar tribe."

Paarthurnax raised his hand, before eventually standing on his own two feet after all.

"Congratulations on your achievement."

"Is that sarcasm?"

"I'm surprised you know the meaning of that word!"

Two Jiralhanae rushed forward, as they did Paarthurnax equipped his swords and stood in his infamous warrior stance, he eyed them both up as they were called off by their puppet master. He disengaged his swords and looked back up to the War Chieftain.

"Now, I know you took out the War Chieftain of the Hara-kiri tribe."

"Look, can we speed this up. Yes, I killed him. Your foolish mistake for leaving him...so unprotected."

The War Chieftain, Gargantum stood, and equipped his Gravity Hammer. He clicked his fingers and his puppets rushed forward. He re-engaged his swords and cut them down. He got angry by the sounds of things, he sent a few more forward, they too getting slain.

The War Chieftain jumped down and made a cheap swing, Paarthurnax barrel rolling out of the way just in time. Paarthurnax stood back up and faced the Chieftain, waving his swords in front of his face before re-entering his warrior stance.

"You think you can take me?"

"I will do so or die trying."

"Very confident."

This ape didn't even know what he was going on about, it was not confidence at all. The War Chieftain charged forward and swung once again, Paarthurnax ducking and swinging for his armour, not even scratching it. He again rolled as the Chieftain attempted to swing for him. Paarthurnax jumped up into the air and sliced both swords at him, scratching his armour this time, but in reality annoying him more. Paarthurnax evaded backwards, trying to catch a breath. Before making another charge...

He stared as the War Chieftain laughed in his face. Paarthurnax became very tired and wasn't sure what to do. He charged once more and ducked, getting caught by the other end of his Hammer, sending him flying into some crates.

"Ha, ha, ha. Weak and pathetic!"

He tried to get up, rubbing his head and removing the boxes on top of him. The War Chieftain grabbed him by his neck and brought him up to eye level, before throwing him back onto the stone floor. Paarthurnax tried to get up but could not, he was in too much pain. He could hear the War Chieftain walk over, he readied his hammer.

"Any last words?"

He carefully readied his swords.

"Yes, die in hell!"

He engaged his swords and aimed towards the Chieftain's legs, both of them. The plasma cut through his armour and cut his legs off. Paarthurnax evaded out of the way as the War Chieftain fell to the ground, screaming out in pain. Paarthurnax slowly got to his feet before putting his swords away and grabbing his Beam Rifle and aiming it towards the Chieftain's head. He pulled the trigger and his blood went all over the place.

A loud siren was sounding, and before the Chieftain's demise all the other Jiralhanae and fled the area. He placed his rifle on his back and just looked around. Where did everyone go?

His back continued to ache as he walked along. He wasn't sure what time it was, nor what was happening. He reached the surface and saw CCS's battling in the air. He now began to run, that was two Chieftains he had killed, now to report back.

He glanced around the corner checking that it was clear, after this he made a quick sprint over to the spotted building with the Banshee on top of it. He quickly entered the building and climbed the stairs, one by one, turning corners and entering another flight, one by one. After a few minutes he reached the top and stopped to take a breath. He walked over to the edge and saw fighting once again happening in the sky, however it was different on the ground. There seemed to be both armies on two sides, split into their species. Both species seemed to span for a least a half mile.

Paarthurnax gazed upon the sight. The Jiralhanae with their hammers and other weapons and the Sangheili with their swords and their weapons. He saw the two sides hold their banners high, with other troops banging on their drums making their war music. He grabbed his binoculars and started looking to the Sangheili line, he could see the Admiral and a lot of Special Operations around him as well as Honour Guards, them making the very front line.

From what he could see, there were hundreds of thousands of warriors on both sides, however they were not engaging quite yet, both sides were still adding warriors to their army.
He looked back to the staircase and ran over to it. He planted a tripwire in front of it and ran back, he grabbed his Beam Rifle and set it up in front of him. Might as well take out a few before using the Banshee.

"Admiral, I have both armies in sight, come in over."

He waited for a response, eyeing up the targets.

"Affirmative...I thought I lost you, its good to have you back. Now, what are your intentions?"

"I will attempt to take out a few high value targets, before using the Banshee I have found, and engaging ground side."

"Excellent work, over and out."

Paarthurnax set up his equipment and waited.

He aimed towards the frontlines of the Jiralhanae, seeing a lot of high ranked officials. Many Jiralhanae differed in armor and colour. Perhaps something to do with seperate tribes. He saw that the Sangheili were looking around and preparing themselves, as were the Jiralhanae.

"What are we waiting for, Admiral?"

"We and they are preparing armies. This is going to be a battle for the planet."

"But why is it taking so long?"

"I''m unsure, we're ready."

"Shall, I start the war?"

"The honor is all yours, warrior."

"Thank you."

Paarthurnax aimed to the middle of the Jiralhanae army, where the first Chieftain stood with his Hammer. He placed the marker to it's head, before pulling the trigger. He watched as the round hurled through the air and pierced the Chieftain, who dropped to the floor. The Jiralhanae looked shocked before charging towards the Sangeili, to war...

He placed a few more bullets into the filth's heads. He made sure that the bullets connected to them, and they dropped. He saw multiple Jiralhanae drop before they even got into the heat of battle, but when he looked to the Sangheili line, none had dropped, he smiled.

Paarthurnax unloaded his coil, having used it all, and loaded a fresh one into his Beam Rifle. He locked it in, and aimed back towards the Jiralhanae line, and both armies still had not reached each other. From there, he took out some other important high ranked officials and made them fall asunder the rest of their army. He had dropped at least twenty, with other falling from the ground level Sangheili shooting at them, but he saw that few Sangheili had too fallen. He unloaded his current clip and loaded a fresh one inside of it, before engaging the Jiralhanae once again...

He emptied is last magazine before running over to the Banshee, and he got into it. He made sure that everything was set before taking off. He flew straight into the air and started towards the Jiralhanae army...

He got some altitude before arming his Fuel Rods, he checked this and swooped down towards the Jiralhanae Army. He varied the position of his bombs before changing to his Plasma Cannons, he sprayed along the frontlines of the Jiralhanae as they reformed their lines.

He took out a fair few before banking upwards again to gather some altitude, he then descending again and opened fire disintegrating many of the Jiralhanae, however trouble was coming. In the distance he could see a squad of Jiralhanae Banshees.

"Excellent...just excellent!"

He turned towards them as they opened fire.

He spiralled his Banshee around and engaged the Banshee, first firing his Plasma Fuel Rods, they were tracking two Banshees as he directly engaged the rest of them. He span and rolled as the opposing Banshees opened fire. It was a tough situation.

The Admiral looked up to see Paarthurnax dog fighting a lot of Banshees.

"Paarthurnax, keep on them, destroy them!"

"I will do so, or die trying Admiral."

He managed to take two out, as a few sparks or Plasma clipped his wings, rocking his Banshee back and forth. The banked hard and engaged them again, trying to neatly finish off the Jiralhanae fighters.

He fired one more bomb as the helpless Jiralhanae fell prey to it. They didn't know how to use ships. After all these years, they still didn't learn anything. The fighters had been finished off, alongside the rest of the Jiralhanae fleet. He noticed a loud beeping at last as he saw that his flaps and his engine was severely damaged. He tried to pull up as his wing became less stable.

"Admiral, I believe I am getting a lot of peddle movement aboard my Banshee. I cannot control the flaps any longer and the wing appears to be separating."

The Admiral looked up to the Banshee which was now smoking...behind...behind the clouds appeared more.

"Paarthurnax, behind you!"

He looked behind as he saw two additional Banshees break from the clouds. They foolishly fired their plasma cannons which were some way off but one luckily hit the damaged wing which then broke; held on by a thread. The Banshee began to spiral out of control and swaying Paarthurnax from side to side. Paarthurnax could not see his controls.

"Paarthurnax...Paarthurnax!"

He was pinned against the seat, he was not able to speak due to the severe pressure loss within the chamber. His eyes began to droop as he smacked his head against the controls as the Banshee struck the ground.