Hey guys. I've been reading around these archives for quite some time, and have been impressed by quite a lot of the content. I thought I might be able to add to the archives with my own little ideas. This here's my first Fanfic, so any kind of constructive feedback would be well used. Thanks!

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Year: 2555

Operation: Recovery

Classification code: 2ea46ox118672

Recovery program active; #850-0857385783-00P-REG-DDF

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Location: Deep Space (Unknown location; nearest star cluster: Gamma Paradus-4738x, 3.25 light-years away)

Ship: Inferno (Prowler III class Heavy Frigate, I.D Code 44683-275660-786), flagship of the Third Outer Rim Fleet

Recovered Item: Voice data chip neural implant; serial code corresponds to that of Admiral Michael Augustus Fulham. Associated data can be recovered from archive file: 8x34822-48859U

Data Chip Epsilon-025; READING...

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Memory Corrupt; 0x384987840932847989

0x48598374205835098

0x84083753900148394

0x58347689810924747

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UNCORRUPT DATA RECOVERED: Audio file; Duration: 1:07;

Audio script listed below:

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-RADAR OPERATOR-" ...I've got hostile contacts! 30 degrees off port side! Range; thirty thousand and closing fast! Orders, Admiral?"

-ADMIRAL-"Form up the fleet behind us; Prowlers in front. Delta Formation. Watch for more contacts."

-COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER-"Comms is transmitting right now."

-ADMIRAL-"...Actually, broadcast me directly."

-COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER-"Yes sir!"

-ADMIRAL-"...Good day, gentlemen. We must be quick and precise. Our target planet, the one transmitting the recovery beacon, is 20 degrees of port side, just over there. However, as you can see, there is a large Jiralhanae fleet blockading the planet. We need to get through that blockade."

-ADMIRAL-"We'll be going in hard, and fast. We'll punch a little hole through their armored screen and advance from there. Targets are being transmitted as we speak. Nothing further. Get to work, gentlemen."

-RADAR OPERATOR-"Admiral, sir! Targets locked, transmitting targeting vectors to weapons right now, sir."

-ADMIRAL-"Got it. Comms, get Weapons command on the line, and tell them to fire on my mark."

-COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER-"Roger; I'll patch you through to them right away.... Got 'em, sir!"

-ADMIRAL-"Okay. Weaps, can you hear me? All cannons; firing in Three."

-ADMIRAL-"Two."

-ADMIRAL-"One-What Th..."

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Log file: CLAS-B777

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The year is 2555. After the devastation of the conflict with the Covenant, humanity, with the help of the Sangheili, have started to rebuild and repair. The Elites have shared their technology with the humans, resulting in the humans now possessing powerful lasers as their staple ammunition; Sangheili scientists helped them in their cause. These days, the Spartan Laser is not the only red beam on the battlefield.

However, a prosperous relationship with the Sangheili, the death of the Prophet of Truth and the eradication of the Flood does not mean that the Separatists and the humans are safe. The Jiralhanae, the vicious Brutes, still roam the galaxy free. While many of them "joined" their Prophet on the "Great Journey", a few retreated back to their homeworld, and they still possess a large amount of the ships and weapons that Truth gave them. They have reverse engineered their weapons and are now arming the remnants of their race to go on the offensive once more.

Amidst the chaos of re-building and re-arming, the UNSC is also expanding its borders. Many planets like Harvest were discovered, and the UNSC is now spreading colonists to new locations around the universe. Far-away Communications hubs were build by the thousands.

In this year, one discovery would change everything. A lonely UNSC Communications hub in the constellation GP-4827x picked up a recovery beacon. A recovery beacon that had been active for three years. A recovery beacon codenamed "S-117"...

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ENCODED: YES

FROM: Admiral Fulham

TO: Admiral Archer

REGARDING: PROJECT: Recovery

CLAS-B777

DATE: 07/09/2555

Derek;

I'm having doubts about this mission. Recently intercepted transmissions between the Brute forces located in this sector reveal increasing worries about something they call "them". We're not too sure altogether what "they" are, but the Brutes seem to have grave concerns about them.

We ran across a destroyed Brute task force today. It was horrible, I must say, even though we are at war against them. Evidence found at the scene suggests that the three ships were part of the Fleet of Ingenious Achievement, and transmitter codes correspond to transmissions we intercepted just a few days ago of a Brute force under attack by "them". Transmissions ceased a few minutes after we intercepted them. The three CSS-class carriers were absolutely gutted, their hulls scarred, scorched, and, in many a place, melted right through. The debris around the ships was a mix of ship metal, melted hull and the bodies. Dead Jiralhanae, in the hundreds and thousands. No-one knows what hit the force, but everyone suspects that it's not the end we'll be seeing of it.

On a brighter note, Sierra 117's recovery beacon is getting ever closer. Soon, we'll have recovered him and Cortana. I'm sure Cortana will be near the end of her life-span soon, though, so we need to hurry if we want to be able to re-configure her and save her. We can't have all that precious data lost to us, and, from what I've heard, she's assisted S-117 more than once. We can't have her going rampant on us now, can we?

Everything about the fleet is fine. Morale is up, ships are functioning perfectly, although there's been some strange interference traversing across the Comms recently, all this static, and, mixed in with it, something that seems like people screaming, and sometimes whispering. We passed through a nebula not too long ago, so the technicians have attributed it to the nebula until they can come up with a clear diagnostic.

I'm still worried about this mysterious fleet though. Sounds like something even the Brutes can't control, although I'm sure that the Rim Fleet can take care of it. However, if it's not too much trouble, could you possibly bring about Vanguard fleet behind us? I might be asking a bit too much, but it'd be appreciated; I'd love it for someone to watch our backs; we might need it soon.

Report time. I'll transmit again later.

Take care, old friend.

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