Operation Exodus
A Halo RP
Location: Planet New Darwin, Holt City
Current Status: Under Covenant Siege / Siege Length 40 days
New Darwin is a border colony world which in the beginning of the human-covenant war was surprisingly spared from the initial invasions. This all changed however when rumours began to spread about the discovery about a potential sacred artefact buried somewhere on the planet. The battle lines had advanced far beyond New Darwin and it took a while for any Covenant forces to actually arrive. When they did, the planetary assault force was underwhelming consisting of only a handful of corvettes. The colony city was able to defend itself, and while it didn't outright destroy the corvettes, it damaged them sufficiently to force them back into the upper atmosphere where they were useless. This created an issue however, as now the city was desperate to try and evacuate its civilian population.
The UNSC, only just hearing about the almost forgotten colony of New Darwin, quickly mobilised it's nearest task force, a small group of light and heavy frigates to New Darwin. Upon almost immediately arriving they engaged with already weakened Covenant corvettes, overpowering them and forcing them further and further back. The plan was to open up a gap wide enough that a fleet of human civilian vessels could leave and escape. The plan was not to be, as soon after the UNSC arrived, the Covenant bought in back up in the form of two capital ships. The beast ships quickly swatted away the frigates, forcing them to retreat to the other side of the planet. Quickly they established dominance, landing forces into the city and setting up a space elevator between the ground and one of the capitals, opening the way for a more intense invasion.
The UNSC responded the best they good, sending a single Valiant-class super heavy cruiser filled to the brim with marines, weapons and vehicles. The plan was to enter the atmosphere, drop off whatever it could and then speed off to meet up with the damaged frigates. For this purpose it was decided that ODST was the way forward. The operation was a success, the ship entered the atmosphere so rapidly that the two capital ships didn't have time to respond, before it Jettisoned every last ODST it had alongside a myriad of marine and vehicle loaded pelicans to compliment current ground forces. Before the Covenant could open fire the ship had already began its trip back up and towards the damaged frigates, armed with repair supplies to start making emergency repairs.
During this RP you will be playing the roles of either Marines or ODST that landed on the planet in the counter attack, or had been bravely holding on since the start. There is deliberately no Spartans to help avoid a debate over how powerful they are or what they can and can't do. Also playing as weaker beings generally makes for better writing.
This will be a different RP simply because it won't progress like a normal RP. This is going to a cross between a Advanced RP and a Table-Top RP. Players will make actions and at the end of their turn i - the supreme one will give your characters a choice of actions, which depending on their skills and stats will have differing chances of success.
I am hoping this makes a great RP that has story telling and thinking involved. Not only do you have to win, but you have to take logical steps based on your skills. And yes, characters will die.
If you are interested declare below and if i get enough i will start putting together more information, CS and systems etc.
Thank you for reading
J
