Ghostship
It's massive hull, thick and smooth. It's guns, massive and powerful. It's crew, loyal and trustworthy, but most gone. This is the UNSC Spirit of Fire... lost in space.
Four years after the Covenant-Human War...
Captian Del Rio wakes up from cryosleep. His eyes adjusting ti the fresh air on board the UNSC Infinity.
" Good morning Captian."
" This better be important Roland."
" Yes sir it is."
Roland, the Infinity's AI, pulls up a projection of the long range sensor.
" What I am looking at."
" At 13:45 sir, we picked up a homing beacon from this area near what apears to be an asteriod field."
" Can you find out what ship were looking at." Del Rio responds well putting on his uniform.
" Sir it's the UNSC Spirit of Fire."
At that moment Del Rio stopped what he was doing.
" Repeat that Roland."
Again the AI responded the UNSC Spirit of Fire. The last time anyone in the UNSC had heard of that name was at The Battle of Arcadia. After that the ship disappeared off of the grid, considered missing in action. Del Rio finished getting his uniform on and raced to the bridge.
When he got up there, before his eyes was the once beautiful vessel of the UNSC. Now most of the ship was badly damaged. A side of the ship was smashed and torn apart. The engines looked melted, and now lights were visable. The UNSC Spirit of Fire was led by Captian Cutter, a man Del Rio looked up to. He was a role model and a great leader.
" Roland I want a Spartan fireteam assembled and five Marine platoons on Pelicans in thirty, understand."
" Yes sir!" Roland said flickering off.
If someone was alive on the Spirit of Fire, Del Rio wanted to know... badly.