As the Pelican dropships touched down and opened their hatches, Sebastian sprinted out quickly in order to lead the charge. He stopped a few meters ahead and observed the battlefield; the terrain, the enemies and their objective.
"Snipers, stay back and lay down suppressive fire, aim for the archers and their rear guard. All heavy weapons specialists punch right through the middle. Anyone with a machinegun should circle around and try to flank them from on the sides. Move slowly.

A collective "yes sir" or "understood" or "affirmative" rung about his comms before every ODST set off to do their jobs. As they moved forward, the two factions engaged each other. Sniper rifle fire crackled through the air, rockets were launched and explosions went off. The ODST's front guard remained at a certain distance from their enemies, preferring to gun them down rather than deal with them physically.

Kitty grinned and cracked her neck, stretching her arms out although only one erupted in flame. She had just gotten her other arm stitched back on and it wasn't fully healed yet, she didn't want to burn through the stitches. The vampire lunged forward with speed, taking on her enemies head on. There was a vicious gleam in the girl's eyes as she tore through her first few mages, being knocked back by a spell from another. 

She shook her head, eyeing the mage in front of her before lunging again. She ducked under the mages next spell and swung her leg out, catching the mage off guard and knocking her down. She was just about to rip her throat out when she was hit by another spell.

The Freelancer's ship was at the very rear of the UNSC's fleet, cloaked but staying on their tail. As they entered atmosphere, the Freelancer preferred to land some distance away from Sebastian's charge. As he settled his ship over a sandy hill, he set it on automatic defense mode before leaving the bridge to prepare himself adequately for the battle.

Prepped and ready a few minutes later, he used his ship's gravity lift to descend down where a pod was in wait for him, dropped down by the ship. He opened the pod to reveal a small hover vehicle with a front-mounted railgun. He sat onto it and rode it towards the scene of battle.

Cannon fire rained down on the outskirts of the battle, keeping the area secured without any enemies leaving or entering. Meanwhile Dumont watched the skirmish from the bridge, spotting the variation in weaponry and ability on the opposing forces. In particular a group of conjurers moved to the edges of their platform, beginning to cast a ritual upon the sands. That was when they appeared; forming from nothing but the sand and the leftover gold-armour underneath came a multitude of soldiers. Their very being seemed to be made of sand yet they wore the armour of Kiltorna's old empire. With spears and swords they came up inbetween the UNSCs ranks, aiming to take them by surprise and from within.

The sudden appearance of the golden sand soldiers caught Sebastian off-guard, one of which managed to strike its sword against his energy shielding with surprising force. Sebastian retaliated by turning his Battle Rifle in its direction and rapidly firing into it, from its abdomen upwards to its head.

Around him, he noticed how some of his men were also caught off guard. He moved to assist those who were nearest before dishing out new orders through his comms.
"Everyone regroup! Just run, spray and prey if you have to!"
As more and more ODST's flocked over to him, he began to move with them away from the mess in order to put some distance between the two factions for a better line of sight.
"There's still some of us in there, keep em covered!"
The ODST's obeyed and fired to assist the men who were still struggling to escape from the thicket.

Meanwhile, the ODST's that Sebastian had ordered to flank both sides the enemy were in position and used their suppressed, reflex-sight attached SMG's to fire down onto the thicket using short-controlled bursts from a distance.

Kitty snarled at the mage who had shot the spell at her, quickly killing the one she had already knocked over before lunging at the next. Using her enhanced speed she quickly tore through the mage, then deciding to light her body on fire and throw it at a group of sand men. Then an idea popped into her head. 

"Oi Sebastian! Hoard some of them together into a tighter circle!" Kitty shouted, quickly abandoning her fight with the mages and running back towards the sand men. There was already at least four or five of them into a group so she decided to work with that. She stretched her palms out before channeling as much fire as she could at the small group, intending to turn them to glass.

Meanwhile The Freelancer was still making his way towards the battlefield. He activated the boost function on his hoverbike so that the speed would double. He then toned it down a bit so that he'd be able to divert some energy to the frontal railgun, charging it up slowly...

As the UNSC dealt with the sand soldiers relatively quickly, the conjurers began their next ritual. This time a mass of sand came up in a giant pillar, with armour molding itself all around it until it stood at almost half the height of the gateway. Either way it towered above the soldiers, and soon enough it took a humanoid form. This metal golem smashed it's fist down, aiming for a mass of soldiers to his left. Like this it would continue, using it's giant form to try and crush the puny soldiers beneath it.

At the same time the normal troops of the Starforger found themselves flanked and forced to defend on multiple fronts. It was clear this put a strain on their defensive capabilities, and soon found themselves retreating into smaller groups.

Sebastian watched as the massive column of sand rose up and took a humanoid form.
"Hijo de puta..." He was too late to warn a group of retreating ODSTs before they got crushed under the golem's fist.
"No! Shit!"
In a moment of anger, he switched weapons to a Hydra missile launcher and locked onto the giant target, firing off all six mini missiles in quick succession. At the same time, he moved backwards to put more distance between himself and it, in an attempt to draw it away.

"Demolitions troops, I'll try distract it, the rest of you use those sand dunes as cover and circle around it. Open fire on my mark... go go go!" he barked on the comms as he reloaded his weapon, sliding six rockets into the barrel before spinning it shut and then taking aim again.
He then went on; "Snipers, ignore the big guy, concentrate fire on assisting the flanking teams."
"Affirmative sir!" They replied.

More and more crackles of sniper fire went off as sniper rounds whizzed past the giant and travelled towards the supernaturals that were now breaking off into groups. Specific shots were being aimed at archers and mages that were throwing potions from a distance. And as Sebastian continued to retreat, the demolitions team that were standing by him were now spread out and attempting to circle around the golem, using sand dunes as cover.

"So much easier if I had my fucking sword." Kitty muttered bitterly under her breath, glaring up at the sand golem. "Maybe..." Another thought struck Kitty and she snuck up behind a sand dune, looking pointedly at the golem's feet or rather, the ground under its feet.

Kitty took in a deep breath and popped up a bit from the dune, aiming her palms at the sandy ground under the golem. If she could superheat the sand beneath it enough so that it turned to glass, perhaps the golem would slip. A ray of fire erupted from her palms, heading straight for the ground beneath the golem's feet.

With bullets and explosions tearing through the sand of the golem's body, it writhed about in anger. It tried to push through the oncoming fire, but that was until the sand beneath began turning to glass. Soon it became hard to keep upright, and the golem began tumbling backwards into it's own allies. They tried to move aside but very few managed to escape being crushed under the mass of sand and armour.

Frustrated by their failures, the conjurers worked on another ritual, hopefully their final one. This time a large portal opened from above, and from it came something even bigger. A large, bronze scaled dragon emerged from it and swooped down over the battlefield. At first it ignored the troops, instead heading straight for one of the frigates in the air. Specifically it reached the Lightbringer, attaching it's claws to the hull of the ship and chomping down on it's metal. With a mighty wrench of it's neck the beast ripped a huge chunk of the ship out, causing an explosion and subsequently a loss in altitude...

Meanwhile the monsters and soldiers on the ground rallied at the sight of a dragon, charging forward with shields desperately trying to reach the UNSC soldiers and cut them down in close range.

As the dragon appeared overhead, Sebastian watched as it attacked the ship and began to munch on it.
"Damn it!" He turned back to look at the rallying demons. Through the thicket of hostiles, he spotted the conjurers. Using his helmets Heads-Up-Display, he marked the targets.
"Snipers, take em out!" He ordered over his comms and subsequently, sniper shots rang off in the air.

The demolitions teams that he had sent to flank the golem were still situated at their post.
"Demolitions, give 'em all you got!" He ordered them. As the demolitions team on either side fired rockets and lobbed grenades into the thicket of shields, Sebastian continued sending out orders while using his Battle Rifle to cut down the advancing army, with little avail due to their shields.

"Anyone who has a shotgun on them, follow me. The rest of you, stay back and pick em off from a distance. Make sure not to hit us as we go in. Demolitions, cease fire and switch to smaller arms."
As an ODST walked up to join him with his shotgun, he took the shotgun from the trooper and gave him his Battle Rifle.
"You stay back with them, that's an order." He told him as other shotgun-wielding ODST's joined his side.
The ODST that he had swapped weapons with looked at them and back.
"Ahh, you're breaking my heart sir." He said before giving him a nod and walking back, passing Kitty on the way.

As the army neared them, Sebastian and his small group of ODST's stood. He turned to look back at Kitty.
"You gonna join us or what?"

"Oi, don't be getting a big head Bumblebee, I've had enough of big heads for five years." She retorted following after Sebastian. There were a few blast wounds on her body from spells but they were visibly healing, despite that though the girl looked a bit pale. She flexed her hands, channeling her fire into the form of whips. She flicked her wrists as she walked, the fiery whips hitting any enemy within reach.

"We're going down!" One of the crew members shouted, as the bridge itself seperated from the ship. Dumont fell beneath his console, holding on for dear life as they dropped down to the desert ground. Above the dragon moved on, circling around with the beating of it's wings to ready an attack on the next ship. These four ships opened fire on the dragon, some impacting it's golden scales but most missing due to it's swirves and dives. As the bridge of the Lightbringer hit the ground, Dumont blacked out.

Meanwhile the soldiers on the ground were fighting to the death, motivated by the death of a UNSC ship they pushed forward even if into the face of ODST shotguns. Their frontline dwindled, but the back line that held archers and snipers now boasted a magical shield which would absorb incoming fire for some time.

Sebastian punched, kicked, barged and shot his way through the enemy's defences, hammering down on their shields excessive force. As he brought his fist down on one enemy's shield, the immense force of the punch split the circular piece of metal in two, after which he brought up his shotgun and blasted his opponent point blank.

Due to his speed and strength, Sebastian was the most ahead of his team. Some attacks landed on him from his blindsides, however most were absorbed by his energy shielding. Using his superhuman speed and martial arts training, he was able to clear a small space around himself, where he was offered some respite. Looking ahead of the enemy, he spotted archers at the rear.

"BRs and Snipers, aim for marked targets!"
He was then lunged at my an enemy wielding a sword. Sebastian brought his arm up to deflect the blade, before bringing his shotgun up with his other arm and taking their face off with a single shot.

An ODST that was among those who were told to hang back responded:
"Sir! They seem to have some sort of protective shielding, our rounds can't get through it."
An ODST near to Sebastian fell as he was overwhelmed by swords and shields. Another to his right fell to an arrow that penetrated his throat.

"Damn it!" he exclaimed. As another soldier approach him, he straight up kicked it in the shield that sent it flying into its team mates. He then looked back up at the protected archers.

"Demolitions team, aim for their shielding!"

Kitty was slowly working her way through adversaries of her own, using her whips to slap at some of the soldiers shielding in an attempt to knock them backward rather than actually break through the shield. Deciding that her whips weren't working much she switched to throwing fireballs, nearly chuckling when one of the soldiers came at her with a sword. 

She moved quicker than the soldier, ducking under him and slamming her head into his stomach to knock him back before straightening up again and slamming her forehead into his. A thin trail of blood slipped down her forehead but the wound healed quickly, snatching the sword from the disoriented soldier and slamming it through his neck.

Dumont awoke to the sound of sparks flying. The bridge was in utter dissaray and lay protruding from the sand at an angle. All around him were broken consoles and dead bodies, some missing body parts. He grimaced as he rose, his left leg feeling slightly numb, and scrambled his way up the sloped floor whilst reaching for the pistol by his side. "The perimeter has been breached, close formation and maintain it." He gritted through comms, and at his command the remaining 4 ships closed circle to maintain the area. However this didn't stop enemies slipping through, as a pair of lookouts came into view and opened fire at him. He quickly ducked behind half a console, taking a moment to get himself in a combat mindset.

It looked like he'd be joining the ground fight today.

"Sir! The ship just went down! I repeat, the Lightbringer's down!" An ODST sniper barked through the comms.
The demolitions team at that point launched their remaining rockets, missiles, and Railgun projectiles straight at the shielding that was protecting  the enemy archers.

Sebastian paused to look back towards where the ship was and noticed the other six UNSC ships closing in to contain the breach. On his motion tracker, he spied an enemy soldier running towards him from his blindspot and quickly sidestepped the enemy, in time to dodge a swipe at his neck. He grabbed the enemy soldier by the head, pulled him back and with his other hand, he slammed the butt of his shotgun into his temple, killing him there and then. He then looked back at his men who were still fighting against the soldiers, using their shotguns and combat knives to engage them in close quarters. As hard as they were fighting, he noticed that they were nearing exhaustion due to their injuries and unnatural physical strength of their enemies.

An ODST soldier was knocked to the floor, and the creature that caused him to then placed his foot on his chest and prepared to finish him off. Sebastian quickly aimed down and shot the creature in the chest, knocking him off the ODST. Sebastian reloaded his weapon, sliding new shells into his shotgun before cocking it while walking over to and helping the ODST up. The battle in general was less crowded now due to the amount of people that had fallen from both sides and thus there was more room to move around without rubbing against someone.
Sebastian noticed that a lot of his ODST's were moving too far away from his position.
"Anyone's who's outside of my motion tracker range - that is 25 meters, should fall back to my position immediately. Anyone who's within my range, cover them and I'll cover you."

He then quickly turned his head towards the far side where the ODSTs that were wielding Sniper Rifles and Battle Rifles stood, as he told them to. They were still busy picking targets off from afar.
"Snipers and BRs, fall back to the crashed ship and search for any survivors. If they're under attack then give them cover and pull them out of the wreckage." He commanded.

"Understood sir," came the reply. Sebastian then turned his attention back to the battle, preparing and throwing a fragmentation grenade into a group of enemies.

The Freelancer had finally reached the site of battle, whizzing past the Sniper ODST's as they retreated and continuing further down until he entered the site where the Shotgun-clad ODST's and Sebastian were fighting. He raced through the sandy, corpse-strewn battlefield, running down any enemy soldier that was unfortunate enough to be standing in his path with his hovercraft, circling around Sebastian and the ODSTs that were flocking to his position and headed for the enemy's rear guard - where the archers stood shielded. However he had completely neglected the fact that Kitty may have been amongst them and almost ran her over, however he paid her no attention.

His craft's frontal Heavy Railgun was fully charged, and as he neared, he steered slightly so that he had a clear shot at the archers' shielding. With a simple press of a button, his hover craft fired a metallic 200KG projectile travelling at supersonic velocity right into the shielding, hoping to do some effect on top of artillery already rained upon it by the ODST demolitions teams.

"Oi! Watch it you shit head!" She shouted at Freelancer, anger in her expression. She then quickly turned back to the fight cutting through enemies with the stolen sword. She was a bit reckless in her fighting, some of the enemies blades nicking at her arms and her cheek as she went through.

Returning fire with his pistol, Dumont held off the lookouts that had come to finish off the ship's survivors. His first few shots clipped the shoulder of one of them, yet the second continued to push forward with bursts from his assault rifle. Despite being outgunned he held his ground, crouching along the consoles to keep in cover whilst varying his position.

Meanwhile the dragon approached the ground battle, unleashing a short burst of fire along a row of UNSC soldiers. Afterwards it swooped up, roaring loudly in the heat of battle. From multiple angles the UNSC ships opened fire towards it, their cannons causing it to writhe in pain yet not puncturing it's scales. The magic shield protecting the archers broke, causing them to begin being picked off by the UNSC snipers. If it weren't for the dragon, the Starforger's forces would be losing much worse.

The loud beat of the dragon's wings and it's massive shadow was enough to draw Sebastian's attention to it.. and just in time to see a massive burst of fire coming down towards him and four other ODSTs.

"Scatter! SCATTER!" he shouted before diving to the side. The burst of fire hit a large portion of the ground, including where he was standing. He himself only just managed to clear most of the area however a portion of the fire took his shields down, the force if the impact forcing him down on one knee.
He looked back to check the other ODSTs and if they had gotten away in time - they hadn't. All that was left were their burnt corpses. He angrily looked back up at the dragon, however he failed to notice an enemy that had closed in on him and was met with a heavy smack to his face by its shield, causing him to double over. The creature then attempted to stab down onto his neck, however he rolled to the side and got up. Bringing his shotgun level, he shot the creature before it could attack again.

Having witnessed the Dragon's attack on the UNSC ground troops, the Freelancer steered his hoverboke towards a clearing in the battlefield that was covered in ODST and supernatural corpses. He then stopped, flipped open a pad on his left wrist and established connection with his ship. Typing in commands, he flipped it closed and resumed mowing down enemies with his hovercraft.

From far outside the point of engagement, the Freelancer's ship activated its cloaking before moving towards and over the UNSC Frigates' perimeter. At the same time the frontmost underside of the ship began to shift and open up. An upside-down pyramid-like object slid and protuded outwards from the opening underneath the ship, with sparks of electricity being channeled down its length, charging it up. A small yellow glow began to form and grow brighter and brighter as the ship slowly moved towards the Dragon; albiet staying above it.

The dragons fire had virtually almost no effect on Kitty, besides making her stumble slightly from the force of it. She didn't bother trying to throw a fire ball at the dragon, it was a dragon for god sake what would fire do? Instead she turned away from it, focusing on the supernaturals. Occasionally she would be hit with a spell or nicked at by another sword, but she was healing quickly, almost faster than normal.