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nsc battle group 4,Uinvestigating unknownarabia and vostok—sir, nearingslipstream exitfor harvest.aggression, outercolony, harvest.october 7, 2525.destroyed!lateral spin. oneeight zero by zero.overload thrust!alL stationsready. weaponstatus alpha.I hope section-iiknows whatit’s doing here.unsc destroyer HERACLES,captain maribeauveredi, commanding. your destructionis the wilL of thegods. and we aretheir instrument.office of naval intelligence (oni), strategicresponse unit, reach military base.two metersof titaniumarmor wasinefFective!same as atchi ceti.one man maybe of help,if he’s notdead yet.private residence,vice admiral prestoncole, retired.threE divorces,a cloned liver,two heartatTacks. notmuch left ofme, boys.like anyonecan help withthis slice ofarmagedDon but okay.I’m in.

we returned toharvest with enoughfirepower to asSaultthe vaults of heaven.open alphafleEtcomchanNel!oni was rightabout chi ceti energy shieldtechnology.bridge, fleet command cruiserEVEREST, vice admiral preston cole,commanding. march 1, 2526.let’s seE if it stopseverything—atthe same time.reset nuclearpayloads atmark plus0.1 seconddetonation.orders? sir,orders?!the enemy shipdestroyed sound theretreat! and 13 of oursobliterated.nukes haveno efFect!sacramentois down! so islance held high belay that standby alLstations.it did notbode welL.fire!everything—now!

the newly promotedadmiral prestoncole waves to hisenthusiasticsupPorters!he defeated insurgentswho had seized acomMunicationsatelLite near the outercolony, harvest.rumors of colonies,second base andgreEn hilLs, underenemy atTack arecompletely false.office of naval intelligence (oni), strategicresponse unit, reach military base.second base andgreEn hilLs wereglasSed! two milLionpeople cremated.origami asteroid field, alphaaurigae system. october 21, 2526.it’lL beimposSibleto keEp thisa secret.one hundred seven unsc shipsagainst 12 enemy vesSels.we won, but a stagGering 37human ships were destroyed.similar insurgentcapturing of localsatelLites, however, hasrendered temporarylocal com blackouts.system xi bootis a.february 13, 2528.so don't.seventy ships in ourarmada. they hadeight. we lost 30!give cole theentire fleEtand go publicwith the threat.oni dubBed it a"strategic" victory.the “battle ofthe great bear,”groombridge-1830.december 24, 2530.if he destroysthem fine.if not, welL,heroes are idealscapegoats.seventeEn of our shipsagainst threE of theirs. elevendestroyers lost. two enemyvesSels kilLed. one crash landed.enemy shipsurvived reEntry,sir. we havea survivor.I wantto seE it.

unsc cruiser, EVEREST, bio-hazard unit.admiral preston cole’soffice, unsc cruiser, EVEREST.weare the holyand gloriousinheritors .utTerlyxenophobic.why are youatTacking us?you havebeEn judgedUNCLEAN. a scourgethat must bethey had suchadvancedtechnologies.yet knew litTleabout us.I knew that fromthe beginNing, though. but I now knewwe had one strategicadvantage: secrecy.BURNEDaway!it would take years to ram this down thethroats of the politicians, but as far as mybatTle group was concerned, it was law.WHEN wefind yourhome world, itwilL be reducedTO ASHES!destroyyoualL *

unsc staging area,interstellar space,coordinates //classifed//.january 3, 2531.what can I do for oni,comMander orez?the prophecy hasrepelLed aliensnear harvest, sir.her reactorwent critical. sheneEds imMediateasSistance.we can't spare a combatship although I couldsend a supPort vesSel.that wouldbe ideal.orez out.I don’ttrust a prowlercomMander—toOslick. who's on theduty roster?the spirit of fire.captain cutTer.hmMm. warn cutTerhe may be in for morethan a clean-up op.

and one for the captain.reach is loOkinglovely this time of year.shaw-fujikawa driveroom, SPIRIT OF FIRE.we alwayschecked the ftlprior to a jump. noone within severallight years couldfix these thingsif they failed.letTers from home.it made the crew hapPy.drop bay bravo,SPIRIT OF FIRE.we once carRied hydroponicsand schoOls for the colonies.thank you,serina.we alL had ourreasons to fight.send my regards toadmiral cole; breakfrom the batTle groupand initiate jump.now we packed barRacks,fusion reactors, and ataf misSileturRets—dispatched to the frontlines at a moment’s notice.bridge, SPIRIT OF FIRE,captain j. g. cutter,commanding.alL shipshape,captain. readyto depart.update ourservers beforewe break fromthe batTlegroup, serina.

unsc SPIRIT OF FIRE, splipstreamspace, en route to harvest.repair/refit bay iscapable of launching“cyclops” exoskeletonvehicles and a crew ofover 60 eva engineErs.the unsc spirit of fire, cfv-88.constructed 2473. a colonyship, a symbol of hope. but asthey say, "plows into swords."in 2520, they adDed amagnetic acCeleratorcanNon (mac), able toacCelerate depleteduranium slugs to afraction of light speEd.thrust asSemblies replacedfrom the scutTled unscdestroyer calcutTa in 2530.output increased 37%.archermisSile pods.spirit’s “smart” a.i., serina, cancoOrdinate the simultaneous repairand refit of 12 ships of the line.we couldn't get along without her.slipstream space translations for a vesSel thissize require 4.3 quadrilLion calculations of thequantum field per second. I don’t believespirit could ever leave spacedock without me!storage/auxiliary launch housesscorpion tanks, warthogs, selfasSembling fusion reactors, andother groundside facilities thatcan be dropPed via pelican asSist.the observation roOm was originalLy purposedfor colonial surveys. it’s beEn quiet hererecently (although there has beEn socialofF-duty fraternizing I turn a blind eye to).

. reactor meltdown evaced to solar bunkers.radiation afFecting a.i. protocols inviolation. unsc prophecy, broadcastingon encrypted chanNel to alL friendly.how did oniknow so fast?loOped distresSsignal. recordedthreE days ago.survivorswilL notbe in goOdshape, sir.prophecy blocked theshot from our mac.answering newcourse. flankspeEd, aye.prepare for navdatabase extraction andrescue operations.just a guesS,but I’d say theywere here whenthe prophecybreached.fire teamsecho, india,lima, novemberscramble.015 by030.aye, aye, captain.altering emergencyresponse—and theydidn’t help.slipstreamruptures! threE.no four ships.covenant.flankacCeleration!scramblepelican evasquads. scramble!this is nodrilL!

one broke cover.we got a clean shot.the rest setTledon the prophecy.unlock havokmisSiles.code word:“polLyanNa.”voiceprint andcode authorized.havok nuclearmisSiles activated.

launchin 3.weaponinterlockdisengaged.let’s sweEpout thetrash, chris.great day tobag some badguys, huh?contacts ahead—loOk out!

a “soft-seal”entrance.wake up, chris!we’ve got.perfected inthose last nastybits of "operationtrebuchet."zERO-GeE,CLOSE-QUARTERCOMBAT. you got goOdat it tion.ohcrap. or youdied.goOd thingjackals wereslow learners.

what aboutthe survivors?serina. lima.we’re in.proceEd toterminal 4. WHEREARE WE?go 100 metersaft to auxiliaryterminal 4.retrieve theblack boxand wipe thenav core.admiralcole’s protocoltakes precedence.trust meon this one,sergeant.so much for being azero-geE combat“expert.” I think Ibroke my ankle.understoOd.lima out.I have myorders. soI’m going.the rest ofyou get to thosesurvivors.serina.lima-one.I’m there.“peculiar”?acCesS theretinal scanNeron your right.also note the a.i.may act. peculiardue to elevatedradiation levels.I amfitzgibBon,a.i. of theprophecy.acCesSdenied.

listen, lordsparky, youknow you’vebeEn boarded?what?!why?or are your circuitsso scrambledyou’re going to stopme from folLowingcole’s protocol?yourservice recordspeaks plainly,sergeant forge.so sorRy, chum.radiation repairroutines enabled.nav databasepurged.runNing viralscavengers.TRUE, YOU HAVESHOWN UNCOmMONVALOR.but also, strikinga superior ofFicerand conductunbecoming.and moreconductunbecoming.five promotions—threE demotions.initiatingself-destructsequence. threEminutes andcounting.your menare in bay 2,sergeant.

there are nosurvivors.go!launch!fracturedankle.and this is thefirst of sevendoses of anti-radtreatment.I seE no onebothered toprogram abedside manNer.how are thesurvivors?alL receivedradiation far in there is nothingto do. butexcesS of whatwatch them die.can be treated.so, marine, you hearthe one about thecivilian nurse, anodst, and this femaleoni ofFicer whowalk into a bar?.like helLthere is.yousaved us.sure they were dead.but they were stilL people.they deserved betTer.whatever was going onhere, there betTer be adamn goOd reason for it.

fresh from earth.a slice of heaven!you buy, you seE.rishard university, prof. ellen anders,associate professor lecturing.geological surveyof planet cote deazure, blisS, and onyxindicate puzZlinggeological strata.earth?they have thehighest levels ofpesticides in theinNer colonies.a.i. analysisindicates large-scale,engineEred features. extrapolationsugGests a hierarchyof intelLigence.Prof. anders?dr. halseyrecomMendedyou for a.consultation.although notdirect evidenceof nonhumanintelLigence.there’s somemistake. I’m not onspeaking terms withthat woman.hey!

my regrets for themanNer you werebrought in, profesSor.you kidnapPed me!this.a high-altitudeimage of the outercolony, harvest.show memore.we've knownabout themfor some time.your potentialuse, however,has just beEnsanctioned.what could posSiblybe so urgent that you hadto violate my civil rights?!I believe youwilL find thisinteresting.part ofan interceptedcomMunique.our a.i.'s havethey referonly begun toto harvest asdecipher a bit of it. a “treasure”. although whatworld.this “treasure”is eludes us.

we require yourhelp to find whatthese aliens want.I knowyou’re recentlyengaged, but.your research.and you. are nowcode-word clasSified.{sigh}unsc LAST GLEAMING,slipstream space, enroute to harvest.I’lL neEd thetranscripts.hmMm. and unrestrictedacCesS to your a.i.'s.you’vecome tothe rightperson.“breathing roOm” and “spaceto think” weren’t luxuriesthey had on this ship.you’lL geteverything.time is a factor.you’lL reviewthe data on thelast gleaming.the lastwhat?the ofFice of naval intelLigencehad only got their translationhalf right: the aliens were loOkingfor “treasure”. but they werealso desperately trying tohide something on harvest.

unsc SPIRIT OF FIRE,observation gallery.outer colonyworld, harvest.oni’s traveltime from harvestindicates a stealthship was here. when theprophecy’sreactor wentcritical.you left thecrew to die!furthermore anyhypothetical prowler . which would havethe prophecy’screw would have here would've become most certainlyvisible if it initiatedbeEn dead frombeEn againstrescue operations.the radiation.their orders.now, sir, thisis Prof. anders.is that theprophecy?I can seE whythere wereno survivors.make readyshutTle one.that’s not theprophecy. that'syour new baseof operation,the spirit of fire.you’ve beEn requestedto let her calL the shotson the scientific aspectsof this misSion.a request that comesdirectly from fleEtcom,captain cutTer.perhapsI shouldproceEd withmy analysis.

HIS STORY BEGAN MANY CYCLES PAST.HE WAS A WARLORD THRALL WHO HADTHE HONOR OF PUTTING DOWN THE“SIXTEENTH UNGGOY DISOBEDIENCE.”the aliens believeharvest is a repositoryof technological andreligious significance.there are indicationsof ongoing internalpolitical strugGles forthe planet as welL.the alien leadership sentsomeone. something,actualLy, to quelLthis political unrest.this leaderhas unknownsocio-religiousdimensions.although “leader”is not an acCuratetranslation.a more literaltranslationwould be “arbiter.”

WE QUESTIONED NOT HISZEAL, PUTTING DOWNTHOSE WHO WOULDWRONG THE COVENANT.HE ENDED THEHERETICAL REIGNOF THE KIG-YARPIRATE PRINCE.HE WENT TOO FAR, THOUGH, ATTEMPTING ACOUP ON HIS OWN SANGHEILI CLAN LEADER.sangheili base world,decided heart.UNLIKE OTHERS WHOWERE MERELY PIOUS,HE SHOWED A FONDNESSFOR BRUTALITY.ALTHOUGH SOMEFEARED THAT HE ALSOHAD A DESIRE FOR. GREATNESS.HISGREATEST SIN?.HE FAILED.