Pelican Down

Story: While scouting an uninhabited region of the Ark your Pelican begins to veer off course as somke trails from the right engine of you dropship. Next thing you know there is a loud crash and the sound of bending metal. Amazingly most of the crew survives and you and your team build a makeshift camp. After days of waiting your team finally gets a radio response, help is on the way! However just then you here a sound that sends chills up your spine. Theres no mistaking it. Its the sound of a Phantom Dropship closing in. Seeing as your team is practically blind two men volunteer to patrol the area and gather intell on any enemy installations. About 40 minutes after their departure, your team recieves a radio call. It seems the two scouters have found a squad of covenant infantry patroling the area; however their report is all of a sudden cut short by the sound of a low pitched growl and a scream. You and your team can only listen in horror to the sounds of the last remaining soldier panting, attempting to run away. Sadly his transmission is cut off after the sound of a booming roar and a blood curdling scream. Now the worst of the worst is happening.....The Covenant know your there....

Game: Half of the players will spawn as humans at the crashed pelican with Assault Rifles as their default weapon. While there are some other weapons gathered behind the Pelican, they never respawn. The Pelican itself is lightly fortified to withstand Covenant attack. The zombies or Covenant spawn at one of the Forunner structures with more weapons and plenty of ammo with needlers as their default weapons. There are no shields for both sides so using cover and ambushes are extremely effective. After two minutes the Covenant recieve vehicles to aid in their attack, but the humans or UNSC are airdropped supplies at the other Forunner structure. This new human base is way more fortified, has turrets, an armory, and two warthogs and two mongooses. Last ten minutes and you win!

Notes/Tips: While the fight may seem lopsided towards the humans in the begining, dont be fooled. It is definately not. Players who usually take comfort in mowing down zombies or enemies from a distance with a BR will die. Luckily the position of the Pelican is prone to ambushes and human players will find this hard to keep in mind when spikes,needles,spike grenades, and so on are flying past them. Its also a good idea for the humans to start heading to their soon to be base about 15-30 seconds before the Covenant get vehicles. You will most likely find your self screaming and cursing if you are one of the poor SOBs that has to make the journey to your new base while wraiths,choppers,and ghosts trail behind. Lastly this game and map require ALOT of teamwork to win as a human. Players who venture off alone will often find themselves being swarmed by Covenant looking for easy kills. Even I haven't been able to last the ten minute time limit yet. However as you play try and use sneaky and cunning tactics to outsmart your enemy and win.

Pics:

Human Spawn

Covenant Spawn (with vehicles)

A sniper posted away from the Pelican to flank any charging enemies

One of the few men that stay at the pelican...

Coming back for those left behind

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