Hey it's Wolf Master here and I thought I'd get this chapter for Eclipse done. Enjoy, please R&R.

Chapter 2: The Power of the Eclipse

The Eclipse and the Castration exited the slip space jump, there in the void of space, stood a Covenant fleet, hovering over the planet of Alcia. The arbiter stood at his bridge of his ship.

"Order all ships to prepare for heavy battle we will be in a big fight," the arbiter ordered.

"Yes sir," another elite replied.

"Direct power to forward shields and tell the banshees to…" the arbiter was cut off by a transmission from the Eclipse.

"Arbiter, order your ships to prepare assault teams and glassing rays, we'll handle the Covenant fleet, just sit back and enjoy the show," Captain Talzin's voice rang over the communication ray. He was shocked, the humans were so confident. Let's see what they can do. He thought.

"Do as they say but maintain shields and fighter prep, lets see what the humans ship can do," The arbiter, ordered. The elite nodded and relayed the orders around the ship. Thel put his arms behind his back and watched as the human ship advanced towards the Covenant fleet, which advanced in turn. Then the Eclipse opened fire. A massive volley of blast roared from the ship and immediately, massive explosions ripped through the Covenant ships. The hulls of the alien craft were ablaze with explosions from the cannon fire, not less than 5 seconds after the Eclipse began firing, Covenant ships were being destroyed, exploding in half then those halves exploding. Then the 10 MAC cannons on the Eclipse fired, going straight through multiple Covenant ships at once, twisting right and left, up and down to hit their targets.

The arbiter could not believe his eyes. This ship, this human ship, was blasting apart Covenant ships as if they were made of paper, the Eclipse was hit with a few blast, but those did not damage. The Eclipse blasted forward, into the mists of the Covenant fleet, tearing part every Covenant ship that stood. The remaining 50 ships fired volley after volley of plasma bolts at the Eclipse, but nothing happened. The Eclipse tore them apart too. Then they were gone, only 3 ships remain and hundreds of fighter craft. The Eclipse's hangers were pouring out Sabers which decimated all the Covenant ships with no losses to there own.

The Covenant fleet started the battle with over 250 corvettes and 100 super carriers, now none of the Covenant fleet remained standing and every ship, was destroyed. And the Eclipse, it was undamaged. No structural damage, no fighter loss. It was incredible. Then a signal came from the Eclipse.

"That's the last of them. Arbiter, send your forces down to the planet below, ODSTs and Pelicans will be launched in a moment, there a lot of Covenant down there, so be ready."

The Arbiter acknowledged and prepared his troops. He got on his phantom when another elite, with armor similar to his, hopped aboard.

"Nan'me, what are you doing?"

"Thel, I said that I would fight, so I'm going to fight,"

"Not here, stay on the ship and direct the excavation beam,"

"No, I will fight with you on the ground as an honorable warrior," The arbiter knew he would loss this argument, so he reluctantly agreed. He turned to two of the ten elites, his honor guard, around him.

"You two, protect her at all cost," The Arbiter ordered. The elite nodded and moved next to her, stomping at attention. The Arbiter turned his attention to the monitors, he saw hundreds of small explosion on the under hull of the Eclipse, ODST drops. They zoomed past the phantoms. Then pelicans speed after them, the phantoms a good distance ahead. Then the elite ships dropped their drop pods, speeding after the ODST pods.

"Ready," the arbiter said to his forces. The elites readied their weapons. The phantoms reached the surface, the doors opened and the elites hopped out. Immediately, bullets and plasma rounds filled the air around the arbiter. He saw a rock and ran for it, firing his plasma repeater at the large groups of grunts ahead. Diving to the rock, he saw another phantom just finish deploying its troops when a mass volley of green plasma blast hit and destroyed the phantom. The arbiter swung his gun over the rock and began shooting, jackals and skirmishers had joined the fight. The skirmishers were landing lots of blows on the elites, they were moving too fast for the elites to hit and the jackals were becoming a major annoyance. The arbiter was getting worried that this front would be lost. Then four explosions rained on the skirmishers and clouds of bullets slammed into the grunt and jackals. He turned, the humans had shown up. The ODSTs were quickly advancing, they hopped off the rocks and were quickly killing the Covenant forces. Then pelicans, hornets, and falcons swooped in, destroying the banshees and dropping human marines onto the ground.

"Go, go, go, we need to be up this hill now!" One marine shouted. The humans quickly broke the Covenant line, killing hundreds of Brutes, grunts, jackals, and skirmishers. The elites were amazed, but what had their attention was the troops themselves. The elites saw the humans get hit with plasma bolts and needler rounds but nothing happened. A shield went up and protected the humans, every single one. The marines and ODSTs charged forward, a mighty cry rang from them. Bullets flew straight threw the Brutes and jackals shields.

The elites, not wanting to be left out of the fight, surged forward. Firing their weapons at the Covenant foes. The arbiter was in the mists of it. Him and his guard stood in the front. The arbiter fired a round into a jackals head, then swung his plasma repeater to a nearby Brute, unleashing a quick blast. A human Magnum finished him with a head shot. Out of the corner of his eye, the arbiter spotted a Grunt with a fuel rod. He pulled his plasma pistol and took aim, but before he fired, a sniper round took him down. Then sniper shells rained down into the Covenant forces. The humans surged forward as rockets broke up the Covenant's rear line and caused panic. Many grunts, were screaming running around. The Covenant was in retreat. All forces charged forward. The arbiter signed. This area was taken.

" Thel!" A voice from behind the arbiter rang. He turned and saw Nan'me running toward him. She threw her arms around him in a tight embrace. "Thank the gods you're aright!" She moved back, "You really need better elite guards."

"Why do you say that?" The arbiter asked.

"They abandoned me when the left wing started to fall. My leg was stuck under some derby and I couldn't move. I called to them but they ran away, however a plasma rod killed both of them as they ran." The arbiter was shocked that his own guards abandoned their mission. The cowards deserved their deaths. "A Brute was about to shot me in the head, when," She paused and moved to the side. "These humans saved me." She motioned to the three ODSTs, "One of them jumped on his back and stabbed him in the neck, then two more rammed into the Brute, also jamming their knifes into the creature. Finally, the human who was on the Brute's back pulled out a pistol and put it to the Brutes head. Firing a bullet at point blank threw the beasts brain." The arbiter walked up to the ODSTs and stuck out his hand

"Thank you for saving her," He said. The ODSTs nodded and then got onto a troop transport that pulled up. The arbiter walked with Nan'me up to the outpost on the top of the hill. The humans got a lot better, they will certainly be a great ally, or a dangerous enemy. But that has already happened once. The arbiter pondered these things as he entered the first fort in the fight for the planet of Alcia.

Well, how's that for a crushing blow, now you've seen just a glimpse of the Eclipse and her crews power, who can stop them. Answer is NOONE CAN!