Doc_R

yeah, some of them do end up like that lol

I haven't played 5 yet.

Thanks. Nice to be welcomed back.

Hey, people. Doc_R here. I've been away for a while, due to some computer troubles. But I'm back. And I've completed my fanfic. It's in the Halo Universe forums under a new topic post. http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/11763-halo-project-umbra-complete-fanfic-and-links-to-go-read-it/ I'd love to hear what you guys would think of it. Anyways, If anyone wants to play a game of Halo 3, ODST, or Reach, just pm me or look up my gamertag: AlphaUmbra001

Anyone ever hear or remember this game series? It started on the PlayStation 1, evolved on the PS2, and made it all the way to current gen consoles. It's a mecha combat game (giant robots with guns). The mechs have full customization with different parts you can buy throughout the games. The Customization is literally unlimited. The Pilots are referred to as "Ravens" (In the Next-Gen games, they're referred to as "Lynx") The only thing I could think they could have made better was the controls here's the list of titles (And the intro to the first game. They have the rest of the intros on YouTube) PS1 Armored Core 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N52hbx7Ia6E Armored Core: Project Phantasma Armored Core: Master of Arena PS2 Armored Core 2 Armored Core 2 another age Armored Core 3 Armored Core Silent Line Armored Core Nexus Armored Core Last Raven PS3/Xbox360 Armored Core 4 Armored Core For Answer Armored Core 5

I finally finished the whole thing. I took out the Reploids (Mega Man X) To make it as canon as possible. You can read the whole thing at fanfiction.net or download the pdf I've included in the post. It's 107 pages. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8050917/1/bHalo_b_bProject_b_bUmbra_b Also included an updated promo video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhWq33GfHdI&feature=youtu.be Halo Project Umbra (Complete).pdf

Chapter 17 A blade of heaven “Master Chief!” Massey barked. “Go after Alpha, make sure he stays out of any trouble!” Chief immediately took off on foot, since all the vehicles were being used for recon to find the Battle Halo's control room. Not knowing entirely what happened on Hero's Blade, he chased Alpha for what seemed like a mile before Alpha collapsed on one knee and he projectile vomited. “Kid?” Chief asked. Alpha was silent. Then he said five words: “How do you do it?” “Do what?” “Deal with the fact that you are a weapon. Seth just unlocked a partition of my memory drives containing all my blueprints and available upgrades, after he tried to remove my humanity chip.” He explained. “Chief... I'm scared. Of myself. Of everyone in the camp...” “Even me?” Chief knelt down next to Alpha. Alpha nodded. “I can understand that the new-covenant has to be stopped, but I also now see why they fought so hard to retrieve me on the planet. If I were to be captured, it would shift the tide inevitably. It makes me nauseated just thinking about it. Why are men so cruel?” “Not all of them are.” Chief answered. “But sometimes, men have little choice but to be cruel, if it's the price to keep others safe. I know that, and Blackhawk knows that for a fact.” “It's not my brother I'm concerned about...” “Seth's a good person, he just has it in that tritanisteel skull of his that everything has to be perfect.” A voice said. Chief and Alpha looked up to see what appeared to be an anthromorphic cat. Her fur was colored white and brown, her figure like that of a ballerina, and she had a long, rough ponytail out of the back of her head. She also wore Armor in a similar style to Seth's. “Forgive me for not introducing myself.” She continued. “I am Nefertiti Arkimane. Seth's... Consort, if you will. I am Canosian, a race allied with the Saurgonan Empire. Seth's just put a lot of work into you Alpha, and he doesn't want to see it wasted. He can be a bit crazy, I know. He's just had a rough life too. He's lost his whole family. It's taken a toll on him. He watched his own father murdered in front of his eyes by someone he was starting to trust. That's why he doesn't allow himself to have many... friends.” “But how will I trust him again?” Alpha asked. “He tried to **** up my brain! Why would he do something like that if he cares so much?!” “Okay, I'll make a deal: I'll go back to camp with you two, and keep an eye on ol' Sawtooth Seth, as long as you agree to do your best, Alpha.” She said. “I can be very persuasive with him. It's still you're choice, but choose wisely. You may not know it, but the people back there are counting on you, human or not...” Alpha gave it some thought. He figured it was worth one more shot. “Never heard of him being referred to as 'ol sawtooth... It's a deal.” Alpha, Chief, and Nefertiti waked back into camp to find Seth once again, on the verge of live fire with Massey. “Sawtooth Seth, you never can keep out of trouble, can you?” Nefertiti laughed, turning all the attention towards Her, Chief, and Alpha. “Nefertiti?!” Seth exclaimed. “How did you find me here?!” “A little birdie told me...” “How many 'birdies' are there to tell us about these things?” Creed muttered. “Seriously...” “But Nefertiti, I told you to stay with the ship...” “Oh, don't start that with me, Seth Zatorak!” She walked up to him, waving a finger. “I knew you'd get yourself in trouble if I wasn't here! You've unnerved your little cyborg with you're little 'inspection' he told me about. Is that how you really want to be viewed by others?” Seth was without a doubt, defeated in this conversation. “Now, since you haven't gotten over your 'perfectionist' streak, I'm going to stay here and make sure you play by the rules.” She finished. “What?! But...” Nefertiti made a loud hiss, cutting him off, and ending it. Massey was clamping down his laughter as best he could. The lizard, bested by a kitten! And a feisty one at that! “...Fine. You win.” “Always do.” She winked. “Sawtooth.” “Please don't flaunt my nickname in public...” “This counts as public?!” Massey laughed. “Massey...” Cortana warned. “Don't make me flaunt some of yours...” Hawk was quiet. But the silence was broken by a loud bang. Suddenly, a large needle of bromide was sticking through Seth's chest! “SETH!” Nefertiti exclaimed, catching him as he fell over. Dark green blood flowed from the wound. “Well, isn't this a humble gathering?” A voice said. Then, an elite de-cloaked on a ledge in the cave, wearing armor similar the Arbiter's only it was covered in dark puple and red smears of blood, wielding a needle rifle! “The Bloodletter...” Alpha breathed. “Just how long have you been up there?” “Long enough, Dark one.” He replied. “Long enough to know just how attached you've grown to this group.” He fired again, hitting Rookie, Creed and Kekarr this time! But not before Alpha popped off a few shots from his lasers, one going straight up the barrel of the Bloodletter's rifle! It exploded in his face. But it didn't phase him. “So you destroyed my rifle. That's not going to help things at all...” He then drew a crimson-energy sword! “Where did you get that?!” The Arbiter demanded. He was clearly surprised. “That's for me to know, heretic. Beware, Dark one. My sword outclasses even the heretic's sword.” He then activated sonic-emitters on his belt. “Dammit, not again...” Hawk grabbed his head. “You have no chance against me, Dark one! Give yourself up!” The Bloodletter demanded. “Alpha...:” Seth thew him an energy saber. “This is... one of Freidman's weapons. It's your only chance... Use it...” Alpha caught it. He then turned it on, and it revealed a golden blade! The Bloodletter's confidence faded. “By the prophets! That's powered by...” “Gold plasma bromide crystals!” Shadow finished. “Those outclass even the power sources of the crimson-energy swords!” “Looks like I have the weapon advantage...” Alpha glared. He stood in combat stance. “Bring it on, Bloodletter.” “Just because you have a powerful weapon doesn't mean you know how to use it properly!” The Bloodletter charged, and Alpha deadlocked with him. Alpha then shoved him away, and retaliated with some hiten-mitsurugi strikes. When the deadlocked again, Alpha used the same technique he used on Omega. He went for the sword's gap, and cut off the bloodletter's arm. “SHOOT HIM!” Alpha yelled, his jets thrusting him out of the line of fire. The field was then engulfed in weapons fire from the marines. The bullets and rockets flew. A Thick cloud of smoke ensued. But when it cleared, the Bloodletter was gone! All that remained was his broken energy sword, and severed arm. “You okay?” Alpha went over to Seth. “Don't worry... My Automated-Medical implant will heal me. What about the others?” “Admiral!” A Marine yelled. “Medic! Medic!” Like Seth, Creed had taken a shot to the chest. He wasn't in good shape. He was out cold. Kekarr took some in the shoulder, so he wouldn't be holding his hammer for a while, And Rookie took one in his lower leg. “What about the Bloodletter?” He finally asked. “He'll be back.” Arbiter answered, taking the broken energy sword from the severed arm. “They won't rest until you're either captured or dead. You'd be wise not to run off again.” “...Noted.” Alpha answered. He looked over the golden blade of his new saber once again before shutting it off.

Chapter 16 Strain and Lost Trust UNSC Camp 06:30 Hours Seargent Ferguson felt a combination of relief, but mostly worry as the pelican approached the cave with Blackhawk and the team. They had lost communication with them when they went into the library due to interference, and had not had the buzz on what was going on. He did feel, however, that something bad had happened. Something that reminded him of what happened to his blood-related spartan sibling: Noble Six. Six... Noble team... He'd never forgive what had been done to them, by covenant old or new. In fact, he also partly blamed the Arbiter for their deaths as well, since he commanded the fleet that destroyed Reach. Most of Six's record was classified, so no one except those close to him knew about their relation. The pelican landed through a hole in the cave roof. When the back opened, the sight wrenched Ferguson to the core. There, in Alpha's arms, lay one of the Reploids! Dead! It was Axl! “Holy hell, what happened?!” He blurted. “General Hawk, what the hell happened?!” “A casualty. He was caught off-guard.” Blackhawk said simply, taking his helmet off. “Off-guard?! OFF-GUARD?!” Creed's face turned from red to beetroot as he threw off his ODST Recon helmet. “YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING EVERYONE ON THIS DAMN TEAM, SPARTAN!!” He jabbed his finger at Massey in rage. “THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE YOU WERE RE-ASSIGNED WITH ME!! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!” “THIS WASN'T MY FAULT!!!” Massey roared back, just as angry. “THE ENEMY USED E.C.M.! NOT EVEN I COULD HAVE SEEN IT COMING!!” “I DON'T CARE!!!!” Creed turned purple from the rage. “THIS IS JUST LIKE WITH NOBLE TEAM'S DEATHS!! WITH SIX'S DEATH!!! I TELL YOU TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM, AND YOU DO THE OPPOSI-” Massey grabbed Creed by the collar, losing his temper as he lifted him up to his face. He looked like he was ready to foam from the mouth. “Soldiers may die, and Spartans can go MIA! That's the cold truth, Admiral! Now deal with it!” He snarled. Creed leered him eye-to-eye, baring his teeth. “Massey you're releaved of duty until further notice! Now put me down, or I'll have you court-martialed!” “By who?” Massey challenged with a smirk. “There's no UNSC court for light-years...” Alpha then fired a softnose shot right between their noses with disturbing accuracy, ending the argument. “Stop it! Both of you!” He barked. “This is not the time to play the 'blame game!' Axl is dead, and we have a casualty, but we still have work we need to do!” And he holstered his pistol and walked off to an isolated part of the cave with Axl's body, along with X and Zero. Both Hawk and Creed were stunned, left confused. But not as confused as Seth. Since their first encounter on the planet, Alpha was displaying something he'd never seen him display in his training. Confidence, Fear, Sadness, Rage, Regret: Emotions. Something he couldn't possibly be able to do. Unless... No. Friedman didn't give him that chip, did he? He made a mental note to check Alpha's internal circuits later. Alpha, X, and Zero went over to a small section of the cave, near an overhang close to the hole in the roof, where the light shined. There, he lay Axl down, and got on his knees. Tears flowed from his eyes again, and he couldn't stop them. “I'm sorry. It should not have been you to die...” He said quietly. “He won't be forgotten, Alpha.” X said. “Once this is over, there will be a memorial here for him. I promise.” “We'll get those ******** yet!” Zero reassured, looking again at the battle overhead between the new-covenant, ORCA, and UNSC Fleets. “They'll regret ever coming to Replodia Prime!” Alpha then took Axl's limp arms, and crossed them over the dead Reploid's chest. He looked as if he was asleep, the way he lay. If only that were the truth, Alpha thought. If only he was just asleep. He held his hands together and made a small, silent prayer for his fallen friend whom helped him ever since he'd crashed on Replodia Prime that fateful day. When he finished, he got up, and turned around. Seth was standing there. “Alpha, I need to run a diagnostic.” He said flatly. “Now?” Alpha was clearly irritated. “Seth, this isn't...” “Now.” He growled. Alpha rolled his eyes, and went with Seth for the diagnostic. On Hero's blade... Seth hooked Alpha up to the scanning equipment as he lay on the exam table for the diagnostic. He then opened up the mechanical part of his head that slid open: The side with his cybernetic eye. Seth wore a sensor visor over his eyes, a scanner in one hand, a cybernetics probe in the other. “Is this really necessary?” Alpha asked. “I didn't take physical trauma...” “I'm aware of that.” Seth said flatly. He tripped a circuit in Alpha's brain with the probe, and he lost all feeling in his limbs! He couldn't move them! “This is no exam!” Alpha exclaimed in panic. “What are you doing to me?!” “Searching for a... questionable upgrade.” He said, disabling Alpha's vocal cords with another tripped circuit. He then turned pale as he found what he was looking for: Alpha's humanity chip, hard-wired to his brain! “Friedman, you slithering ****...” He breathed, enraged. “You ruined my perfect asassin...” “Consider it an upgrade, now drop the tools.” A voice said behind him. Seth looked to see Blackhawk with a shotgun, aimed right in his face. He was not happy. “Were you were aware of this 'upgrade'?” Seth asked. “One-Hundred percent. I ordered it.” He answered. “You... How dare you!” Seth snarled a primal snarl. “This contradicts everything I put into him! He's designed to kill and destroy, not to cry and sing songs!” “Deal with it.” Hawk said in his cruel, bone-chilling tone. “That's the way he is, that's the way he'll be. You'd be surprised at the power emotion can give someone. It makes them determined, reinforces them with each allied fall, makes them unpredictable to the enemy. This chip is capable of increasing and intensifying his abilities by a factor of ninety-nine-point-nine percent plus. So you'll leave that chip where it is, and if I even get the feeling you're trying to mess with it, you'll be dead. Now fix him so he can move and talk again, or I'll blow your damn brains out.” He smiled. Seth, considering the position he was in, had no choice but to comply. He re-activated Alpha's motor and vocal circuitry, and closed his head slot, but not before unlocking Alpha's hidden features. Alpha then jumped up from the table, and slowly backed away from Seth and Blachawk. Blueprints were reeling through his brain. Blueprints of weapons and upgrades beyond his wildest imaginings. He was now terrified of what he was: A weapon of mass destruction. Alpha then ran out of the room door. As fast as he could, he ran off the ship, and deep into the cave.

lol desperate definately

And here's a couple more pics lol Comments still wanted.

Here's some pics to go with the story, and to give some info on the characters. Post what you think of thease, and the story thus far..

We may have not started out on the best of terms, but I'll miss you. I hope you return soon. Stuff happens, we all have our ways of dealing with it... Don't really know what else to say.

guess some questions I shouldn't ask. Sorry.