Jones Sparrow

Halo: ODST, After the War

Raymond decided to check on the cockpit before debriefing the new squad he was going to be in command of. The cockpit was full of large screens, buttons, people moving around the area, and the large window. He was then confronted by the Captain of the Achilles, a big chested man with a grizzled look on his face. He was an older man, and definitely gave a radiance of authority. "Captain Chase. I wasn't expecting to have the honor of meeting you. I'm Captain Bryant." The man said, giving a handshake to the ODST. "We were bound to meet eventually, sir. Just wanted to see if everyone was all situated."

"Yessir, we are. We're ready to leave when you guys are. Tell me, captain... Does the thought of going to the edge of our known galaxy with a group of Spartans and Elites seem a bit unsettling to you?" The Captain asked. Raymond had been asking himself that ever since he got the call to come back... Raymond shrugged, giving a smile. "As a part of the UNSC I put that 'unsettling' part of my brain in the backburner. We'll be alright, Captain. It looks like we have a great crew, we got Spartans on board too. It'll be a piece of cake, and we'll all get home after this." Chase said, smiling. He wasn't sure if that was going to be the case, but it was nice to have some sort of hope. They were good at that.

"I gotta run, Captain. If you're ever down in the barracks, look me up. I'm hoping to start Poker Thursdays soon."

As Raymond made his way back to the crew quarters, the more he felt those butterflies in his stomach. Sure he shot a lot of enemies, and jumped out of a lot of ships... But that was a while ago. That was when he didn't have a kid to worry about, and was waiting for him to return in one piece. He never went on a mission that made him in command of Spartans, and Shangheilis that could possibly turn out wrong... They got him back for a reason. He was a hell of a leader. A small legend in the War. He wasn't going to gloat. He wasn't like that. But he will do his best to make sure everyone gets out of here safely.

As he entered the room, he gave a quick glance at everyone that heard his announcement. There was Knight. The confident, cocky ONI agent that seemed to love to talk about his experiences in death. He respected the man for all he went through, but if he thought he was going to be swinging that sword around him anytime he wanted; he was wrong.

The other was the elder, and religious man named Brian Holt. A man known for cheating death more than a handful of times. Many people called him "Preach" or the "Crusader". He's older than most for assault, but that won't stop him from wiping out a lot of enemies. His talent on the squad though will be the medic, which he hoped he wouldn't have to worry about much.

Aria Applecot was a respected soldier back in the war. Another story worth telling back in the day. The famous ODST leader who lost her voice in a fight. The rest he knew about her was filled with black ink, except the part of her Joining the Spartan IV program.

Remi Kusov'ee was the much larger Shangheili male on the team. His records were something Chase couldn't get a hold of, but he does know that he's the forerunner/covenant tech specialist, and one of the few of his species that would agree to this... It also turns out he's fascinated with human technology as well.

Rethea 'Yurume was the other Shangheili that volunteered to join. She was a female, and served in the Honor Guard Ultra, but was soon exiled due to her loyalty to the Arbiter in the war. Like Remi, she seemed to be fascinated with the human ways and culture, just as much as the humans are of them. Her weapon of choice is an energy staff, so close combat is her forte.

The last name caught him off guard. The first time he met Julie she was an Orphan living in Georgia, and the two of them became close friends. Raymond didn't remember much of his younger childhood, but he knew that Julie was someone he fell for, if you could at that age... So when she passed away from a disease a bit later, Raymond didn't take it very easily. It was even worse at the Fall of Reach, where the girl he thought died so many years ago was fighting along side the now older Raymond, escorting civilians off the planet. From that point he didn't really care much for ONI, and had trust issues with some of the decisions the UNSC made. He faked the death of his best friend to inject her with God knows what. She never had a choice on what she wanted to do. So when he read "Spartan II Julie B162" on his roster, he wasn't sure if it was a glitch, a cruel joke, or something else. Now there she was. A walking relic, someone Raymond never forgot. He wondered every now and again that if she did "live", if they would have had anything, if she would have joined the UNSC voluntarily, if she would be someone he trusted... Now She was a jack of all trades in the squad now. He was staring at her in disbelief for a few seconds before snapping out of it.

He gave a little cough before standing in front of them, giving them salutes as they did the same for him. "Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome Aboard the UNSC Achilles. A ship that's mission is to interfere with Storm Faction attacks on the outskirts of human and covenant colonies. I'm Captain Raymond Chase, the leader of this squad. I read a bit about every one of you, but I don't claim to know you just by that. I'm not going to make you do fifty push ups for mouthing off. I'm not going to be the stereotypical C.O. that has a stick up his ass-- for being strict..." Ray added, looking over at the Shangheili, he didn't know if they knew the term "stick up their ass", and didn't want to concern them. "We're going to be with each other for a while, and you all may have some questions on why exactly we're doing this. To be honest, we're just to play it by ear. Patrol the outskirts, and once we save the day, we get to go back home. I'll do everything in my power to make sure you all get to make it home. I expect you all to do the same for everyone else."

As he talked, he gave an aura of confidence, the more he talked he felt more at ease, even staring down Spartans and Shangheilis. "Take off is in a few minutes, and our mission will start. Adventure, serving a good cause, getting to know a little bit about everyone and where they're from.... The rules are simple. If you think Captain Chase won't approve, then don't do it. If it endangers the lives on this ship, don't do it. If something's broke, fix it, if someone needs help, help them.... Simple rules to follow, right? Now that all that's taken care of, we can all get situated. Make yourself at home, eat, drink, ask questions if you have them. I'll be here if you need me."

Halo: ODST, After the War

Alright, so I had a fairly large post almost ready to go, and the infamous laptop overheating happened to me, making me restart my computer. So that post is now gone. hahaha I'll get it up sometime tonight, i'm really sorry everyone!!

I was proud of the post too... :( hahaha

Halo: ODST, After the War

hello all! just got back from visiting family, and the Guild is finally back up,

I'll get a post up soon to help progress it!

Halo: ODST, After the War

MERRY CHRISTMAS! haha hope you guys have a great one!

Gaurdians of the Galaxy; An Old Friend |Jones Sparrow & EasilyAmused|

The fact that Quill was the only one who seemed to not know who this infamous Zero was, and that the most badass people ever are afraid to go toe to toe with him. made Quill feel at ease. There was a time that he would agree with them. Probably ask for money or some sort of reward for him to even consider this... Well, to be honest... He was hoping for at least a kiss on the cheek when all of this is done. "Well, with the title of 'Guardians of the Galaxy', our lives aren't necessarily safely secure." Peter said, looking around at the group of the table. Groot shrugged in agreement, and Rocket muttered something about his career choices.

"Gamora, don't give me that look. The second we met it was always 'you will never have honor!' or 'wow, you're so self centered!' now its time for me to say that.to you!" Peter said, Gamora looking down at her food.

"Well, I mean we still do some pretty messed up things, but if you want to exclude those things for a second..." Rocket said with a shrug.

"We can discuss all the rights and wrongs we've done, or we can find this guy, and take him out! One less murderer/bounty hunter in the galaxy!" The group all shifted a bit uncomfortable (except Drax, but then again, he would attack a whole army if Peter asked him to), but no more protested. "Alright, that's settled. Rocket, why don't you check the Nova databases for some more info on this guy, maybe they have his last known location. Gamora, you can check our weapon supplies, if this guy is as bad as you say he is, tell we'll need our firepower, and i'll set a course to Nowhere and see if some of our people in our debt know a thing or two..." Peter hesitated a second, taking one more glance before getting up quickly. "Drax is on dishwashing duty!" He yelled before going up to the cockpit.

---

They were now on a course to Nowhere. It'll take a little while before they get to the giant celestial head, so there was a bit of free time... Peter was up in the cockpit, his Walkman on his side as he bobbed his head to the music, watching the view of space. He didn't want to venture out and deal with Gamora's sass, Rocket's ego, and the unsettling feeling of Drax polishing his weapons while staring at you... That, and he wasn't sure he could keep his cool any longer around Nikki at this moment. here she was, back in his life, where she actually now needs his help yet again. This time though, Peter could easily do just that! No cheating her out of money, no fake backstabbing, and no Collector to answer to! just a psychotic murder hungry bounty hunter hunting down a very attractive and deadly woman...

He was sure Rocket was telling her all these made up stories about his people, trying to pull a fast one on her, promising her things... sounds exactly like him, but Peter wasn't a weird Racoon thing...It was true that the Guardians were protectors of the galaxy, but it was also true that they did not only good things, but bad ones from time to time... It wasn't ideal, but a teams gotta do what a teams gotta do. He just hoped that everything he's been doing is for the greater good.

Halo: ODST, After the War

hmmm... I'm not sure how big these ships are to be honest, (Books, Nallore, Draconis, your input on this would be helpful haha) but Chase can probably do a "team bonding" exercise where they make the docking bay in to a "paintball" or "capture the flag" type game there. There could also be a wrestling type place in a gym, I think it'd be funny to see two ODST's trying to tackle a Sangheili down, and he or she is just standing there and effortlessly pushes them off hahaha

Halo: ODST, After the War

Raymond had his own little private quarters thanks to his rank. It was right next to the other bunks, so it wasn't like he was excluding himself... It was a simple layout, with some shelves, a bed, and a desk. Just something for a captain of a squad to keep his things together while not fighting. He hummed to himself as he put his bags on the bed, taking things out as he did so. On one of the walls he noticed his old armor. It was standard ODST issue, but with a lot of scratches, and a large chunk of the shoulder pad blasted off. He also made small modifications to it, like adding a magic 8 ball on it, and a little bit of a dark purple color to the armor.

He took out the roster chip he got earlier today, and placed it in the port on the desk, and a voice started to play, telling him everything he needed to know about the people on Tidal Wave. All of them were either young, or have seen some serious shit... With Ray being only one of those things, this would be an interesting experience. He wondered if the Spartans, or Sangheili would like being lead in to battle by just a ODST... He did have experience, he was one of the best troopers in the war (he wasn't a bragging man, or liked to talk about his stories like Knight though).

He pulled out a picture of him and his niece, Rebecca. She and his family left him a video message to watch whenever he got a bit homesick.... Now was not the time to listen to it. Once he listened to everything the roster had to say, he decided it was time to introduce himself. He stepped outside, watching a pair of engineers walking down the hall. He peaked his head into the bunker next door, to see that the Knight character was swinging around an energy sword. A bit cocky, isn't he? He gave a loud cough and pounded on the wall. "Once you're ready, ladies and gentlemen, make your way to the crews quarters. Got couches, televisions, and a working kitchen. We'll then play meet and greet." Chas said, purposely not looking at Knight to silently tell him "I know what you got, but i'm pretending not to so I don't have to take it away."

Once he gave the announcement to the people in the bunker, that same message rang through the whole ship

Halo: ODST, After the War

"Ethan. He looks like an Ethan."

"Nah man, I say its... Brandon."

"Fifty says is Mike."

Captain Raymond Chase walked behind a group of ODST's talking quietly between themselves, glancing over at someone across the way. "There a good lookin' girl around here, fellas?" Chase asked, looking at the group. They looked up and shook their heads. "No, sir. We're ah... making bets on the name of this one Hell Jumper. Goes by Knight, and he's seen some shit." One of them said. "huh, really?" Ray asked glancing at the guy. "Well... put twenty on Mike." He said with a small grin as he made his way closer to the Achilles.

The man known only as Knight was playing a folk song on guitar. Raymond being from Georgia, he was very familiar with this style. It was nice to hear something familiar. It sounded like a familiar tune, not spot on for what he remembered, but that didn't stop him from walking in to the small crowd around him and singing along to his playing. Raymond wasn't half bad, but there's a reason why he didn't pursue singing and chose to be a soldier. A few people snickered at the Captain's bravery for singing, but he didn't care. Anything to bring up some sort of happiness, right?

"Nice playing, Corporal. Although it sounded a bit flat. That could be just me and my ears." He said jokingly, giving a nod. He looked around at the crowd. "You all Achilles?" He asked. A few nodded, and others shook their heads. "Well, if you are, jump aboard. So much to do in so little time ladies and gents." Chase said. He didn't know if he would be recognized here, especially with the younger faces. There were small legends people heard about Tidal Wave back in the War, but he soon found out that there are other much more stories all over this place.

Chase climbed the stairs in to the hangar, and then through a set of doors that lead in to the interior of the fairly large ship. Military issue walls and floors, nothing fancy, but it was built tough. Mechanics and engineers walked by, officers and some soldiers walking as well as Spartans. Alright. now to find my bunk, set stuff down, and then introduce himself to his new squad, and fellow ship mates.

Halo: ODST, After the War

really sorry guys, The last few days have been hectic for me, and I've been traveling to visit some family for the holidays!

I'll get a post up to help progress us sometime very soon!

Halo: ODST, After the War

Welcome to the site!! Im glad that Nallore brought you in on this because this should be a really fun RP!

And I was at a few RP sites where one liners were their specialty haha, I don't have a limit on posting, I prefer quality over quantity, so don't feel like you have to get a certain amount of paragraphs to post!

Your CS is accepted! Post whenever you have the free time