The Sentinels flew everywhere inside High Charity, they moved and purple beams cut through flood quickly, the flood shooting plasma weapons at the Sentinels was unable to pass the shield before being vaporized.
The Infinity Guardians troops and Ex-covanant helping defending against the flood attacks stopped the flood advance allowing the Sentinels to fly behind them and started attacking from the back working there way to the front.
As the War between the flood and the living is taken place there is something happening in the command center.
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There is something fighting back even harder then before I don't know if its truly a Covenant AI. (Human)
Its in the process of disconnecting the Forurunner keyship that is being used as a power source for High Charity. (Human)
Can you stop it? (Gle)
I can slow it down, not stop it. (Human)
Specter, we have a problem. (Gle)
Explain. [Specter]
There is a covenant Artificial Intelligence disconnecting the Forurunner ship and attempting to leave High Charity. (Gle)
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Looking at the High Charity map, I moved my hands and zoom in onto the Keyship, seeing the power is being disconnected slowly but still fast it is increasing quickly.
Trying to go to the ark? [Specter]
Waving my right hand UNSC Fleet Admiral Hood appeared on screen.
Specter? What can I do for you? (Hood)
Covenant forces are on its way to earth, they will be leaving from where I am and it will take approximately 5 weeks to arrive, I want to set a trap they don't know we know they are going to earth. (Specter)
... What is your plan? (Hood)
How many ships can you get to earth in 5 weeks? (Specter)
Not that many, they are spread out and further away probably close to only 500 ships. (Hood)
The Covenant on way will rally there troops and move to strike they will bring more then just 500 ships, have your ships stay hidden and allow the Covenant to think you got suprise attacked, Infinity Guardians will appear behind them and start attacking, your ships will move to the front, we will trap them there will be a Ship called Keyship it will be arriving don't attack it when it arrives. It looks like a flying Eiffel Tower. (Specter)
Wait, we are allowing Covenant to get on earth! (Hood)
Damage will be Minimal, I will personally be arriving this time to join the battle. (Specter)
Sir! The Keyship is leaving, I have been able to get some information there is a Forurunner Artificial Intelligence on that ship. (Tane)
Forurunner? (Hood)
One second Admiral Hood. (Specter)
Scan the ship any flood present on it? (Specter)
Scanning... Negative, no flood detected. (Tane)
Let the ship escape but don't look like we are just allowing it to leave, attack but don't damage it to badly use lowest energy when attacking, Open the Shield and allow passage for the ship, Sentinals fly in through the opening as if you can only enter through the open shield. (Specter)
Why are you going this far to let this ship leave? (Hood)
They found something on earth and they need to dig to get to it, and so, let the covenant do the work and we will move in and reap the benefits. (Specter)
Something on earth? What is it? (Hood)
I portal of some type, I do know its located on earth and what will take you a few years or months to dig they can do in hours, let them speed it up for you then also they know the exact location I do not. (Specter)
What is it this portal leading to? (Hood)
It's a portal to a location called the Ark, this ark is far, far away. (Specter)
Then what di you get out of this, you seem to be hell bent on helping us you have a clear alternative that is it. (Hood)
It has some information and equipment I want to collect from it so that is where I get my pay for helping you keep earth from getting destroyed I believe its a good idea, you get to keep your home planet safe and I get to collect the stuff I want and then I leave. (Specter)
Sir! (Tane)
Looking over, I watched as the keyship that is being attacked left the shield and opened a slips space rupture and fled through it. The shield closed seconds after it passed making sure nothing else left the shield and High Charity became stuck in place with the lack of power, many systems started shutting down and oxygen started dropping without power to provide the oxygen the flood will start having the advantage.
Seeing the warnings systems popping up and even Admiral hood can see what is happening had to ask.
What is happening where you are? (Hood)
Nothing to much, Covenant is joining me, and Flood had been released on my new ship that I would love to upgrade but the flood needs to be eliminated all the way through and the mass of life on the ship it seems to be taking longer then expected. (Specter)
... The covenant has joined Infinity Guardians? (Hood)
Affirmative, what? Want to also join you gain more benefit then losses, I would not mind humanity as a whole joining but I know how you like independence then relaying on something that is not human. (Specter)
I don't believe we will join you as a whole like you said we like to be independent. (Hood)
Alright, then lets Continue being allies the closer the better, you have many smart people and I would like to have them work with some other smart minds on my aide to create new things, you get to keep what os created I don't mind, but it cant be weaponized unless it can kill flood. (Specter)
As I am talking to Admiral Hood, I was waving my left hand Constructors appeared on screen the small cute robot are ready to start construction on anything, I waved my right hand and brought up a plan then swiping my right hand to the left the plan was sent into the Constructors turned into data and they got the plan transferred over, Void Ring opened then trillions of the small robot that can build fast and repair anything all flew and started to occupy the place where the keyship was previously placed, as the systems are all linked there its the best place to make a new engine and quickly connect all systems together they started constructing and connecting the new power source the flood that does not need oxygen allowing them not slow down from lack of air unlike the others, Grunts are fine as they use methane gas as air and have to keep there masks on but the others that don't have armor that provides air is becoming slower and slower and will soon be getting knocked out.
As I am still chatting with Admiral hood and making plans that will benefit both sides the oxygen level dropped in the critical level many started passing out from lack of air and the Infinity Guardians with there armors providing air are becoming the main force keeping the flood away from the downed ex-covanant.
Sentinals joined and providing support helped keep the covenant back. The sound of systems turning back on the Constructors finished making the temporary power source and High Charity gained oxygen aystems once more, if the flood had not been kept back from many key locations like the air supply then the flood would have been able to use the air to spread all over High Charity, Infinity Guardians already planned before that and had been keeping it secure even though it was not there mission they chose to do it themselves and it saved everyone they gained appropriate contribution points.
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Sir, The Flood is finally being pushed back. (Tane)
As if on cue, Covenant phantoms started leaving High Charity, they are clearly Flood controlled ships as the flood biomass is covering them, they all started converging to Void Ring and attacking the shield.
Are you getting attacked? (Hood)
If I had eyes I would be rolling them right now. (Specter)
Plasma torpedoes only does five percent damage to the shield, phantoms and other troop carriers have way less damage output. [Specter]
{Boom!}
The ship shook, but I was not effected as the platform was floating, the others staggered about though.
Waving my hand systems was brought up and seeing shield dropped by 15% looking at the log it happened as soon as the shock happened.
Tane, Status. (Specter)
Scanning... Found it! Flood has Bombs on Phantoms and are crashing the phantoms into the shield! (Tane)
{Boom!}
Another 15% was dropped making the shield becoming to 30 precent lost.
What bomb is that? (Specter)
Tane using the ship scanning technology, started accessing the Phantoms and scanning inside, there a hologram of a phantom and inside it having a bulbous spiked bomb inside, it being scanned deeper, as the phantoms are close the scanner can even figure the material used for the bomb.
Sir, it's a Antimatter bomb! (Tane)
Hmm, I built the ship to withstand big ships, forgot about small ships... Tane remind me to upgrade the ship to attack smaller craft. (Specter)
Affirmative. (Tane)
How many ships are present? (Specter)
Scanning, there is 21 Phantoms with antimatter bombs. (Tane)
{Boom!}
Make that 20! (Tane)
Well, I am curious on the ship hull I don't want to test it. (Specter)
Send fighters out to deal with the Phantoms, destroy before they hit the shield. (Specter)
Fighters left the bay and started attacking the phantoms, if Void Ring was still attached to High Charity the bombs would have destroyed it or even critically damaged it. The fighters moving to destroy the phantoms only made the phantoms to increase aggression moving to the ship shield and crashing into it the antimatter bomb started blowing up as soon as possible.
Second Shield down! (Tane)
Third shield is being damaged! (Tane)
The flood just want to do as much damage to us they can, it seems the Gravemind already figured that it will be killed even if it broke through the shield the planet defense systems will make quick work of all ships leaving. [Specter]
Then, Lets do something crazy. (Specter)
Deactivate the shield. (Specter)
Sir? (Tane)
Deactivate the shield and let the flood on. (Specter)
All men and women, get to the closest room to you and lock the door I will be lowering the shield and letting the flood on board, do not open the door at any time and it will be over quickly. (Specter)
Fighters when the Phantoms land get onto them and deactivate all antimatter bombs you can and as soon as possible. (Specter)
Sir! (Tane)
The ship is equipped with Flood control turrets inside, we will lock all doors and activate all turrets and moving beam walls, this will let the fighters to get on the phantoms and deactivate the bombs as the flood enter the ship and get killed. (Specter)
The shield deactivated and the phantoms swarmed in, docking was also Controlled opened only one docking bay the phantoms landed on the alloy hull and attempting to cut into it but failed as its made from my alloy, still not going to test the antimatter bomb resistance.
The flood entering the bay started getting attacked right away, there the Flood ran to the only unlocked door to get cover and there they arrived at a closed locked door and a Beam wall Activated purple grid made of the beams and moved through the hallway as such a speed that its a blink there the hall way was vented into space and a golden light flashed as a Scan activated and the light vaporized any flood left behind on a atom level.
This continued over and over, the Fighters landed and entered fighting with what flood still on the phantoms and deactivated the antimatter bombs, one by one until the last was deactivated, there the fighters had removed the nombs and Destroyed the phantoms, cleaning the antimatter nombs up and securing them in a containment room even if flood is present it will be unable to leave and be purged soon after.
After a few minutes the flood wave was stopped and scanning the full ship in every spot making sure no flood is present in the ship.
Tane, send the command to finish the flood off and get it done fast but not to fast to make mistakes. (Specter)
Yes, sir! (Tane)
So many things to do, ex-covenant training to ready them into the military, upgrade High Charity, organize the Civilians in High Charity, make sure there is no flood at least six scans and work on the portal, and many more things to do... [Specter]