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captain

wake up something has happened

the spirit of fire is in a situation i

could not anticipate

i'm certain professor anders would enjoy

that little admission

so let's keep it between us shall we

we've been adrift for just over 28 years

i've made quite a few repairs while you

were sleeping

so ship systems are 100

cryo worked well and med stats on all

remaining crew

are green as for me well

regulations are clear about final

dispensation at the end of an ai's seven

year lifespan

i took care of my own arrangements

rather than wake you i didn't want to

well i hope you can forgive this

final breach of protocol it was a

pleasure

and an honor to serve with you sir do

look after everyone for me would you

goodbye captain serena out

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i'll need to get down there immediately

of course

good morning to you too professor i'm

sorry captain

it's good to see you too but just

look at it

what is it and where are we

uh no idea our astro navigation system

can't pinpoint a location

we're not on the map anymore

we didn't drift out of the galaxy in 28

years professor

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since records show we arrived via slip

space less than an hour ago

our slip space drive is gone however we

got here

it wasn't us who initiated the trip

something down there

must have opened the portal from this

end and pulled us in

sir we received

signal to my location lieutenant let's

hear what they have to say

security measures would advance without

but it is coming us on a unsc frequency

this is good when we left the war wasn't

going well

the signal means the unsc is still

fighting or maybe we even won

what's the source of the transmission

oh we don't have the surface details yet

sir something down there is blocking our

scans and without serena

but we do have

a rough location

should be simple enough to triangulate

once we pick up the signal from the

ground

cutter to jerome reporting captain prep

spartan red team in a small recon squad

professor anders will send you the

coordinates

find out who's sending that signal be on

the ground within the hour

travel lights

28 years professor let's see what kind

of galaxy we woke up to

spartans thank god we have to get out of

here identify

isabelle unsc logistics arc research

outpost

isabel where are the survivors what's

the strength of the covenant force here

covenant no why would listen

you're in incredible danger

what was that it's him

you're coming with us

uh

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oh

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dude

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1. you have multiple hostiles

approaching your location alice

immediate evac out where requested

came from don't go stay with me

and bring me back

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sir requesting danger close on our

location trailing doors

five seconds

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understood

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alice is m.i.a she'll stay silent down

there until she has a good shot at

getting back to us

sir

isabel this is captain cutter i know who

you are

james cutter captain

of the spirit of fire you're supposed to

be lost with our hands

not so lost it seems what happened down

there

i need to know what we're up against

isabel

isabel report

sir five months ago the portal from the

ark to earth

shut down without warning a month later

he arrived he

the brute their leader

name is atriox

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during the war the covenant used his

clan as

expendable muscle

told them dying in battle would speed

their holy journey

40 at a time they carelessly sent them

in

40 to break the front lines

40 could die for beliefs not their own

none never returned

until he did and so battle

by battle war by war

39 brothers at a time

atriox was born

with every victory his legend

and his hatred of the covenant grew

eventually both were impossible to

conceal

and they tried to banish him

and everything we know about the

covenant's thousand-year history

atriox was the first to defy the

covenant

and survive

and his defiance inspired others

atriox and his banished raided covenant

resources

cutting a swath across the galaxy

growing in strength with each attack

gathering killers and mercenaries to his

side

the covenant had two targets in those

years

humanity and atriox

they almost got us

but atriox they never came close

the whole damn covenant couldn't contain

him at the height of their power

that's what you're up against and all

you've got is

one old ship and half a crew to staff

her

we need to run as far and as fast as we

can

we are just one ship

and an old one at that but here we are

30 years past what anyone could ask of

us

our war is gone

the lives we had are gone

the worlds we knew have moved on

and now all that we may have left

were those standing beside us

and the duty that defines us battle

after battle fighting side by side

together where you see

half a crew isabel

i see family courage

and a thousand heroes who swore to fight

their way through hell before they'd

ever ever turn their backs and run

and where you see one old ship

i see home and that

is always worth fighting for

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if we don't stop atriox now we leave the

galaxy at the mercy of a monster

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so no isabel we won't be running

anywhere today

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sir yes sir

johnson get those guns back inside

breaches

get those hatches closed where are we on

that hall bridge in section 17. eta 60

seconds

contact

we are professor let me handle that you

just give me the update on the art

how long can we kick this up not long

we're losing too many guns

at this rate it'll be over soon i think

i found a way to get help

you can reopen our portal no we're going

to make a halo

what i've discovered the r keeps an

almost finished ring in its central

forges at all times

it's an emergency replacement in case

one of the other rings breaks down

rings you must mean galaxy destroying

super weapons right

well on that front i figured out how to

disable the ring's firing mechanism

we can only launch it to one of the

locations of the original rings however

isabel you said the master chief first

found a ring near enough to reach

that would make you within range of a

comms beacon it could work

anders how long do you need 12 hours if

my calculations are correct

i don't have 12 hours professor we might

not have 12 minutes

i just can't beat that right now

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i can i'm gonna need a little help

though explain for starters i need her

down there with me isabelle sorry sir

i've been on the ark a while after a

recent battle reports you should have

figured out that there are rules around

here

i intend to break one a big one

we'll need to split ground forces

between these two locations to buy me

some time

if you're taking control of ground

forces now buy you time for what

that ship brought these monsters killed

everyone i was supposed to protect

now it wants to do the same to you i

won't let that happen

it's time to show them what power really

means around here

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whoa a problem no we've just never had

spartan ringside seats before let's get

to work

our entrance wasn't exactly subtle

okay i just

need to find there

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got it

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troops below are clear i'm starting now

promise you won't leave without me

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is

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is

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so

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so

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isabelle it's done time to go home

whoa you've been busy not as busy as you

the grav lift what do we do you

you hold on

can on that ring take it from the humans

prove you are still worth your price

uh

professor it's now or never

alright

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hope this works

with all due respect spartan

i don't believe that's an option any

longer

professor anders there must be some ways

don't worry

as soon as i'm back to the soul system

i'll get

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captain

the other teams are clear yes sir eta

did the spirit of fire is five minutes

bring up the map we have a lot of work

to do until she gets back

i kept it

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so

what's happening why do we drop out of

subspace

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oh good job ellen we may have been safer

in the ark

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do not disobey your orders again

scout the shell salvage the ships that

is

it atriox was clear

i'll look around and if we find prizes

to bring back

how could that go wrong voyageus

listen you fail him one more time

trying to prove yourself and i will not

be able to save you and it will be

both our skulls beneath his mace

relax brother

you worry too much

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um foreign

uh

um

so

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prepare yourself

uh

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so

so

i told you not

to go inside

for good reason

secure the breach clean

up your mess

i will be waiting for you when you

are done

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captain's report february 4th 2531

five years five long years

that's how long it took us to get

harvest back

go go go

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at first it was going well then

setback after setback

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loss after loss

made what was going to be a quick and

decisive win

into five years of hell

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of course that's all harvest is today

it's hell down there

but now it's ours again

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so

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so

serena status standard orbit achieved

all systems normal prep for pod launches

bring weapon systems online

expecting trouble captain harvest may be

ours again but i don't think the

covenant appreciate that yet

definitely plenty of bad guys down here

captain and they found something in the

ice

damn it that complicates our mission

anders what have you got

captain scans of the northern polar

regions show some interesting covenant

activity on the surface

there's some kind of structure down

there

what do you think they're looking for

that's what we're here to find out

where to bring alpha base up to

operational status and take control of

that site

i'll get my equipment ready captain lady

there's no way you're coming down here

on the first bird

sergeant forge pull back to alpha base

i'm sending you some backup

roger so

nothing too difficult then

it might be the key to this whole war

serena

it's worth the risk

let's just take one last look-see

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the hierarchs grow in patients we can

delay no longer what if the infection

defiles the relic i care not for your

little life

open the relic

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well well open sesame

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what made you choose my observation deck

as your lab professor

i like the view it adds perspective to

my work

forge doesn't think it's safe for you to

go down there yet he's quite insistent

i can be quite insistent too captain i

can take care of myself

any idea what it is we've got down there

it's all theories right now

and i'll know a lot more once i get down

there

i'm approving the mission but the

slightest sign of danger and i'm pulling

you out

is that understood understood captain

hierarch the humans are closing will

soon be upon us

no matter the information you have

gathered here is most

appetizing however we must protect what

we have learned here

set the charges and destroy this place

destroy this holy relic

surely you just the journey requires

sacrifice

set the charges return to us our

patience

is not infinite it will be done

sergeant is this what the aliens were

after

seems so ma'am they sure paid a price

trying to defend it

all quiet now

hey what are you doing nothing ventured

nothing gained

now that's not what i expected

heresy remove this filth

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these guys just don't know when to quit

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we're gonna need a little backup

so all it did was point here in the 30

seconds i had to examine the artifact

yes all i did was point at a second star

system

arcadia colony to be precise population

a little under 3 million

largely unexplored but apparently quite

the vacation resort

there's something there captain i think

it's important that we get to it before

the covenant do

our orders are to investigate harvest we

still don't know a lot about what's

going on down there

i understand that captain but everything

i see here tells me that we need to get

to arcadia to figure this out

very well professor i'll clear it with

admiral cole

serena set course for arcadia aye

sir crazy mystery trip to arcadia

plotted in

spinning up ftl drive serena

get out of my lab

serena's situation update please two

covenant vessels came out of slipped

space near arcadia

the belfast pillar of autumn texas and

armstrong engaged immediately

and caught one with its shields down we

lost the texas in belfast

the armstrong is venting atmosphere and

autumn is badly damaged

the second vessel is engaged in surface

activity what kind of surface activity

unknown wait i'm getting a signal

audio only we're being overwhelmed

getting visuals now captain

serena launch parts bring the ship to

alert

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so it's an energy shield that they can

deploy on the planet

yes captain we can't see through it but

the covenant are up to something

agreed we need to find out what that is

can we use the ship's cannons and take

it out directly we may destroy

whatever's under there

covenant shield technology is

susceptible to superheated plasma

aren't we field testing some plasma

based rhinos pillar of autumn inventory

shows they have some prototypes

it may take some time to get the right

power settings i'll need to be on the

ground to do that

professor sergeant forge let's get that

shield down

ah babysitting again

arbiter you are unusually quiet

what troubles occupy your thoughts

hierarch i do not wish to be impudent

but you have charged me with the

destruction of humanity a most

noble cause for one with such a troubled

past

and i am thankful for my task but sire

you have me sculpt in ancient ruins and

search empty temples

how does this help me accomplish my goal

the war with the humans will require a

great deal many more machines than we

can currently muster

i will take what we have and leave us

defenseless

no the ancients will provide for us

this world shall be the birthplace for

an invasion fleet beyond imagining

enough to crush the humans quickly and

with ease

but this world lies dormant it is just a

shell

plus for me the key will be found with

patience

but perhaps there is a quicker way

the human female from the ice relic she

has some knowledge in this regard

the new planet the relic has led us to

has also let her

capture that human and bring her

here it will be done

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hey how about one for the scrapbook

professor

if you don't mind sergeant i'm trying to

document this area for study

why don't we put the lady down and talk

about this man to

as you freak

anders get out of here come quietly if

you let him live

sir i'm okay

spirit of fire this is forge i lost

anders

what happened some massive elite came

out of nowhere captain

i'm tracking her transponder it's

heading away from the planet

damn it sergeant get up here on the

double

already sir

we're all accounted for why haven't we

left yet why aren't you in the med base

sergeant the professor's signal has gone

to like speed

headed for the border that puts it

outside weapon range

what we have to go after her sir i can

only track that transponder a few more

seconds

captain sir anders represents a

significant security breach

serena get us underway immediately

follow that signal

aye aye sir

so we left a note saying we're leaving

right

where the hell are we serena we're in

orbit around a planet in the middle of

actually i'm still working on that sir

anderson the covenant vessel we pursued

appears to have taken cover on the

planet's surface

i have rough coordinates any sign of

other covenant activity

not that i can detect although this

world is giving off some pretty crazy

readings

forged down there i believe he's already

aboard a pelican

awaiting your word

this is her yes high rock this is the

one i observed

such a frail thing you would hardly

think them a threat

i demand to know why i'm being held

demand

arbiter a human ship has arrived and is

closing in on the entrance board

get the hierarchy intercept that human

ship

and destroy it at once

nothing but ocean are you sure this is

it serena

fairly sure initiating a deep scan

docking cleansing that's not right

captain you're not going to like this

serena captain we've got company

all hands engage serena i've got troops

out there still

get them back on board now captain i can

only hold this position a few minutes at

the most

now serena recalling surface squad so we

can all die together

hi sir

this is all part of the plan right guys

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heart starburst

captain they are charging weapons battle

stations bring weapons online

tell forge he's not done out there yet i

love you sergeant

aye sir

so am i the only one freaked out by the

fact we're inside the planet

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restraints are

your judgment has waited long enough

just get it over with

the ancients have granted us the power

to do your race

let the deconstruction of our gifts

begin

the majesty of our new fleet will be on

parallel

nothing ventured surface

hmm that worked out pretty well

or maybe not

lady i haven't got all day you want to

be rescued or not

is this really going to work professor i

believe this is our best hope

the overloaded ftl reactor will cause a

chain reaction in the sun

enough to destroy all the ships here

before the covenant can get a chance to

make anything from them

well put simply captain a reactor will

cause the sun to go supernova

leaving nothing here but dust that's the

weak part of this plan

if you ask me we've no way home without

that reactor

one problem at a time serena if the

covenant get their hands on these ships

it will mean the end of the war

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we'll take our chances here give

humanity some hope

i know it's been a tough call captain

but it's the right one spirit of fire

this is forge

she's buttoned up and ready to go

deliver that package safely sergeant

keep the coffee hot

be back before you know it i'll be

monitoring you from here sergeant

well it'll be pretty obvious if he

succeeds

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gentlemen we're burning sunshine here

it's active sergeant

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lieutenant take care of those elites

he's mine

let's go

like the rest of your race weak and

undisciplined

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there will be no female to save you this

time

look me in the eye and say that

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my face will be the last thing your

pathetic eyes ever seen

and for the record i would have kicked

your ass the first time if the lady

hadn't stopped me

sir it's already overheating i'll have

to separate the core and align them

manually when they need to blow

son i have a feeling before this is over

we'll need every last spartan in the

fight

i can do this report back to the ship

good luck sir it's been an honor

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hangar bay reports all crews checked in

then let's not outstay our welcome

best speed away captain the gravity

field from the sun is expanding

we're not going anywhere

let's see if we can't turn that to our

advantage sereno plot a course that

takes us

into the sun we're going to slingshot

around it

threading a needle while accelerating

around an exploding star

inside a planet that's falling apart

sure

why not serena can you do it

it's done you might want to hold on to

something

closing your eyes might help too

so

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captain i would much rather stay awake

to monitor this area

professor there's been no sign of the

covenant for almost

two weeks there's nothing to do the

captain

but nothing professor you got us all out

of there alive

get some rest not all of us captains

not all of us

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you