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[center][h2][i][color=00aeef]Lite Edition[/color][/i][/h2][/center]

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[hider=Rules]As this is the lite edition, there aren't many rules here. This RP is just for people to write stuff, hone their skills, have fun, and maybe somehow create an awesome story out of it all? All I will say is:

[b]DO NOT UPSET OTHER PLAYERS OR ENGAGE IN TIT FOR TAT ARGUMENTS[/b].

Write as much or as little as you want.

No writing/grammar skill requirements.

No enforced frequency of posts; post whenever you like, although try not to leave people hanging.[/hider]

[center][h2]The Story[/h2][/center]

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Set during the height of the [url=http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Human-Covenant_war]Human-Covenant War[/url], and taking place just before the discovery of the first Ring World, the UNSC Fearful, a light cruiser, flees the [url=http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Fall_of_Reach]Fall of Reach[/url] in the later stages of the fighting. 

Adhering to the [url=http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/United_Nations_Space_Command_Emergency_Priority_Order_098831A-1]Cole Protocol[/url], the Fearful plotted a random slipspace course far from any human population centre. 

Appearing in a previously unexplored location of space, and with its navigation systems heavily damaged from the fighting, the UNSC Fearful was effectively lost. However, the [url=http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Covenant_Empire]Covenant[/url] knew exactly where it went, and a battlegroup arrived in short order to finish off the listing vessel. 

Before the Covenant plasma cannons could tear through Fearful's hull, Captain Mike Arlington declared an evacuation; there was an archipelago-like world nearby, which the ship's on-board A.I had deemed as life sustaining.  

Crew and military personnel alike jumped into the drop pods and pelicans, but the Covenant fired before a significant portion of the ship's inhabitants could escape. Hundreds died, and only a few escaping pelicans and pods made it out.

The ships that did manage to make it to the planet's orbit, were tightly pursued by Covenant dropships. 

Not the [url=http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Orbital_Drop_Shock_Trooper]ODST[/url] though; these guys in their orbital drop pods got through the net, almost undetectable in the chaos, and made planet-fall. 

Now, they must survive the Covenant's follow up patrols of the planet's surface, and somehow figure out a way back to human-friendly space... although at this point, that's a bit of a false hope. 

[center][h2]The Game Area[/h2][/center]

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[b]Covenant Bases:[/b] These are reinforced dropship locations that the Covenant have fortified, and are using as temporary bases. They are dangerous, but stock an abundance of weapons and light vehicles such as banshees and ghosts. 

[b]Pelican Crash Sites:[/b] These are the unfortunate ships that were hounded to the surface. They are usually watched by the Covenant, as they would be a likely gathering point for any human survivors. However, they have a good stockpile of human munitions and supplies.

[b]Ruins:[/b] Ancient ruins of an unknown origin, and it falls to the Players to decide what they find in there.

[center][h2]Character Sheet[/h2][/center]

[i]Put them into the Character tab, and await my approval :)[/i]

[b]Name:[/b]

[b]Gender:[/b]

[b]Age:[/b]

[b]Rank:[/b]

[b]Appearance:[/b]

[b]Weapons:[/b]

[b]Equipment:[/b]

[b]Other:[/b]

[b]Starting Location:[/b] Island, and a general description of where. I.E Island 1, north east.