Operation Turning Point

Turning Point
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 style="border-bottom:1px solid #999999; color:#EEEEEE;" A Fellow Stalker
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*Graphic Violence
*Strong Language
*Sexual References
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The year is 2536
The United Nations Space Command, the naval force of Earth, has been locked in battle with the Covenant for eight years. Although hundreds of thousands have sacrificed their lives, Humanity has only been forced back time after time, unable to stop the tide that is the alien army of the Covenant.
UNSC command, witnessing a slow degradation of Humanities morale and willingness to fight, were forced to look for something to inspire the population. In order to do this, dozens of new operations were planned, some small, some large, all meant to secure victories able to be used in propaganda for the war effort.
Although 32 of these plans were to be initiated in total, only 11 of them were to meet any success. The largest of all 32 was codenamed Operation: Turning Point. The ultimate goal: lure in several Covenant ships to a planet, bait them into an invasion and respond with such overwhelming force as to destroy them within a week.
The initial plan called for the invasion to be brought upon a small, nearly uninhabited planet, where the UNSC would not risk a large civilian population. However, the project soon became unsustainably large, with numerous military, political, and corporate figures moving into the planning. By the time Operation: Turning Point had finished planning, over 300 had in some way shaped it, compared to the original committee of 60 that had begun the planning.
And so, the plan would instead be initiated on the planet of Wojtek. With over 100 million people and only around half the size of Earth, the planet is home to some of the densest population centers in Humanity. The plan only called for around 10 million to be evacuated in phase one, and for the rest of the population to remain on the planet, even after the plan’s execution.
After months of delays, budget failures and attempts to halt the project, Operation: Turning Point was finally initiated. Over three Marine Corps divisions, nearly 60,000 Marines in total, along with a fleet of 43 ships, including the carrier, UNSC Aegir. Along with militia and army units, as well as militarized police forces, around 84,000 were planned to serve on the ground in some capacity.
Despite the huge amount of military personnel devoted, the plan in its entirety called for at least twice that.
Despite this, however, on April 22nd, 2536, the UNSC would purposefully lead seven Covenant ships to the planet.
Operation: Turning Point had begun.''''
==Story==
Turning Point
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