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A/N: This takes place right after the PoA leaves the REACH system. I can't find the name of the Leviathan's AI but I think its Beowulf. If it's not then tell me what it is.
The Chronicles of Eternity: Humanity and the Halos
"Sir, The Pillar of Autumn just retreated!" announced a man who looked about 20years old.
"Keyes, the coward!" scowled Admiral Stanforth.
"Admiral! The spatial distortion that opened when the PoA entered slip space isn't closing! It is changing!" The Nav Officer yelled.
"Lieutenant, what do you-" he was cut off.
"Incoming plasma bolt!"
"Emergency maneuvering thrusters, ensigns!" Admiral Stanforth said to the pilots.
"Aye, sir" one of them said
The Leviathan's emergency thrusters sent her shooting up. The plasma narrowly missed but turned for a second shot. Then, space seemed to warp around it and it slowed and started to disperse.
"Beowulf, what in God's name just happened?"
"I don't know, Admiral," Beowulf replied, "but some thing BIG just appeared 200,000 kilometers from REACH. I estimate 10 times the mass of a marathon class cruiser! It looks Covenant but it doesn't register as any known ship design."
Five more of these supposed covenant super cruisers appeared in a box formation around the first as if from out of nowhere. They then fired extremely bright blue-white beams from bumps on their hulls no bigger than a banshee. The intensely bright beams cut straight through the other Covenant vessels and their shields as the large unknown vessel destroyed by captain Keyes and the PoA did.
"Rebellious factions? A civil war in the Covenant? What do you think Beowulf?" The Admiral inquired.
"I don't think so. The larger ships have seemingly more advanced technology than normal covenant. They are destroying countless covenant ships in seconds, shielded themselves from ALL scans, and have yet to attack us. We maybe dealing with a completely new species!"
"Well if so I don't want to get off on a bad start! Open a channel to all UNSC vessels and tell them not to fire on them unless I give the order or they fire first!"
"Aye, sir, transmission sent," the Comm. officer stated, " Sir, Covenant forces neutralized, and we are receiving a transmission from the new ships. Routing it to Beowulf for attempted translation."
"It appears to be in multiple languages. I can identify some of them. One is grunt, another is the elite's language, and one appears to be . . ." Beowulf hesitated" . . . an altered form of Latin, with bits Germanic languages."
"Impossible! That would mean that their language is from Earth!"
"Or vice-versa, sir," Beowulf replied.
"It contains a video file that appears to be in Covenant format. Playing on main view screen."
"Hello," a humanoid with white hair, yet who appeared to be in his early 20's started, "We are the Serians. We wish you no harm but advise you not to cross us. We note that you are also at war with the Covenant. Your ships are very unadvanced and weapons inaccurate. We advise that you immediately upgrade your ships with the attached technology (see information packet) if possible. We have noticed an unusually large amount of worlds that have been decimated, a Covenant tactic. If you are in need of economic, military, technological, or social help, please make a request to the Alliance de' Pax.(see information packet)."
"Sir, a 900 megabyte super compressed file has been sent to us as well as a translation program," Beowulf acknowledged.
"Why super compress it if it's only 900 megabytes?"
"Sir, it is 900 megabytes after super compression and appears to be only one part of another file. 15 other ships are reporting a large file after super compression."
"Lets get it the to what's left of ONI."
Over the next few months ONI tries desperately to decompress the files with little luck while the remainder of the fleet fought off Covenant invasions with help from the Serians every now and then.
"We've been at this for 4 months and we still cant get this darn puzzle solved yet! (A/N: If you ever saw the movie Contact with Jodie Foster you know what I mean) 7,000,000 screens, no two alike with little symbols at the top and sides that appear to link together," Scowled an enraged man with white and gray hair who appeared to be in his late 50's or early 60's.
"Dr. Harshman, please calm down! It's impossible to work while your so stressed," declared a woman who looked about 30 with red hair and very thin.
"Dr. Baker, Earth, Mars, Europa, Sigma Octanus and REACH are the last of the human controlled worlds! How can I calm down?!"
"Why don't you take the rest of the day off? Relax, go home watch some vids, or holos? Maybe watch some news over the web."
"Good idea. Maybe that will calm my nerves. Maybe there was even a victory with Serian help."
"Yeah, concentrate on the positive."
"You sound like my Zen instructor before he committed suicide."
"That's a nice thought." They both laughed.
Dr. Harshman left and took the subway home in a state of complete stress. When he finally go to his small 3-room apartment he took to the internet to watch some of the news vids.
"Today, the UNSC's chief weapons supplier, Robotics and Technology aka RobTech, have decided to announce the revival of Robert Masters, the man who invented the original slipstream later rediscovered and refined slightly by the famed Shaw and Fujikawa, refined fusion, compacted fusion into the fusion cell, and invented hundreds of technologies lost in the Great War that broke out only 16 days after he was cryogenically frozen on July 31, 2060 at the age of 71. He was supposed to be unfrozen on July 31, 2560 but since the scientists at ONI seem incapable of breaking the 'code' that the Serians sent, with is believed to contain information on the Covenant, a group known only as the Alliance de' Pax, and on the Serians themselves, they have moved it up about 7 and a half years. It is also believed that the 'code' contains major technological advancements for humanity and a way to accelerate the recovery of the human race. In other news the UNSC fleet has completed its first super cruiser in 20 years. The Dragon Wolf is the first ship to be installed with complete ship based shields and the new Starburst ship killer missile. It also carries 15 larger Shiva nukes designed to decimate large fleets of Covenant. It has the new "super-cooled" engines and a magnetic recoil system allowing 3 shot bursts from each of its 4 'Big MAC's which are twice the strength of a normal ship based MAC gun."
"What? The Robert Masters? Will he be in ONI? What about the lost techs? Will he recover them?" Dr. Harshman went on like this for hours finally falling asleep.
Meanwhile. . .
"Cryo lock 1-4 check. I'm having some trouble with 5. It appears to be the timer but I can't hack it. I am going to try a small electromagnetic burst to engage the emergency unlock . . . It worked. It's unlocked proceed with thaw out sequence." Said a familiar purple AI hologram. She and the Chief had made it back when the Serians had detected a large energy distortion around a Covenant world.
A hiss of super cooled air spread through the sterilized chamber that hadn't been opened for over 491 years. Two 30-meter thick doors slowly opened one at a time. They had been designed to withstand a 1-giga ton blast with 2.5 kilometers of rock, steel, titanium, and tungsten over head. Once the time consuming process of opening the twin 30-meter thick doors was completed, and the Cryo-tube prepped to be opened the momentous event would take place. A clone of him was made with scars and such replaced. It had to be rushed like the Spartans' clones were since it was eight years before schedule and it was currently only 14 years old. His clone was brought in by the maintenance techs for the transfer. It was fitted into a machine that inserted a small cord into what was the base for the UNSC's neural implants. The monitors showed him go completely brain dead. Dr. Masters was soon helped into the machine bye the maintenance techs.
"Mental transfer beginning," Cortana announced to no one in particular.
"Mental transfer complete."
So what did you think? Should I continue (if not to bad :P I am going to)? To short? Flames will be ignored. Politely state what I need to improve upon. This is a normal chapter compared to the others I am gonna write!
A/N: This takes place right after the PoA leaves the REACH system. I can't find the name of the Leviathan's AI but I think its Beowulf. If it's not then tell me what it is.
The Chronicles of Eternity: Humanity and the Halos
"Sir, The Pillar of Autumn just retreated!" announced a man who looked about 20years old.
"Keyes, the coward!" scowled Admiral Stanforth.
"Admiral! The spatial distortion that opened when the PoA entered slip space isn't closing! It is changing!" The Nav Officer yelled.
"Lieutenant, what do you-" he was cut off.
"Incoming plasma bolt!"
"Emergency maneuvering thrusters, ensigns!" Admiral Stanforth said to the pilots.
"Aye, sir" one of them said
The Leviathan's emergency thrusters sent her shooting up. The plasma narrowly missed but turned for a second shot. Then, space seemed to warp around it and it slowed and started to disperse.
"Beowulf, what in God's name just happened?"
"I don't know, Admiral," Beowulf replied, "but some thing BIG just appeared 200,000 kilometers from REACH. I estimate 10 times the mass of a marathon class cruiser! It looks Covenant but it doesn't register as any known ship design."
Five more of these supposed covenant super cruisers appeared in a box formation around the first as if from out of nowhere. They then fired extremely bright blue-white beams from bumps on their hulls no bigger than a banshee. The intensely bright beams cut straight through the other Covenant vessels and their shields as the large unknown vessel destroyed by captain Keyes and the PoA did.
"Rebellious factions? A civil war in the Covenant? What do you think Beowulf?" The Admiral inquired.
"I don't think so. The larger ships have seemingly more advanced technology than normal covenant. They are destroying countless covenant ships in seconds, shielded themselves from ALL scans, and have yet to attack us. We maybe dealing with a completely new species!"
"Well if so I don't want to get off on a bad start! Open a channel to all UNSC vessels and tell them not to fire on them unless I give the order or they fire first!"
"Aye, sir, transmission sent," the Comm. officer stated, " Sir, Covenant forces neutralized, and we are receiving a transmission from the new ships. Routing it to Beowulf for attempted translation."
"It appears to be in multiple languages. I can identify some of them. One is grunt, another is the elite's language, and one appears to be . . ." Beowulf hesitated" . . . an altered form of Latin, with bits Germanic languages."
"Impossible! That would mean that their language is from Earth!"
"Or vice-versa, sir," Beowulf replied.
"It contains a video file that appears to be in Covenant format. Playing on main view screen."
"Hello," a humanoid with white hair, yet who appeared to be in his early 20's started, "We are the Serians. We wish you no harm but advise you not to cross us. We note that you are also at war with the Covenant. Your ships are very unadvanced and weapons inaccurate. We advise that you immediately upgrade your ships with the attached technology (see information packet) if possible. We have noticed an unusually large amount of worlds that have been decimated, a Covenant tactic. If you are in need of economic, military, technological, or social help, please make a request to the Alliance de' Pax.(see information packet)."
"Sir, a 900 megabyte super compressed file has been sent to us as well as a translation program," Beowulf acknowledged.
"Why super compress it if it's only 900 megabytes?"
"Sir, it is 900 megabytes after super compression and appears to be only one part of another file. 15 other ships are reporting a large file after super compression."
"Lets get it the to what's left of ONI."
Over the next few months ONI tries desperately to decompress the files with little luck while the remainder of the fleet fought off Covenant invasions with help from the Serians every now and then.
"We've been at this for 4 months and we still cant get this darn puzzle solved yet! (A/N: If you ever saw the movie Contact with Jodie Foster you know what I mean) 7,000,000 screens, no two alike with little symbols at the top and sides that appear to link together," Scowled an enraged man with white and gray hair who appeared to be in his late 50's or early 60's.
"Dr. Harshman, please calm down! It's impossible to work while your so stressed," declared a woman who looked about 30 with red hair and very thin.
"Dr. Baker, Earth, Mars, Europa, Sigma Octanus and REACH are the last of the human controlled worlds! How can I calm down?!"
"Why don't you take the rest of the day off? Relax, go home watch some vids, or holos? Maybe watch some news over the web."
"Good idea. Maybe that will calm my nerves. Maybe there was even a victory with Serian help."
"Yeah, concentrate on the positive."
"You sound like my Zen instructor before he committed suicide."
"That's a nice thought." They both laughed.
Dr. Harshman left and took the subway home in a state of complete stress. When he finally go to his small 3-room apartment he took to the internet to watch some of the news vids.
"Today, the UNSC's chief weapons supplier, Robotics and Technology aka RobTech, have decided to announce the revival of Robert Masters, the man who invented the original slipstream later rediscovered and refined slightly by the famed Shaw and Fujikawa, refined fusion, compacted fusion into the fusion cell, and invented hundreds of technologies lost in the Great War that broke out only 16 days after he was cryogenically frozen on July 31, 2060 at the age of 71. He was supposed to be unfrozen on July 31, 2560 but since the scientists at ONI seem incapable of breaking the 'code' that the Serians sent, with is believed to contain information on the Covenant, a group known only as the Alliance de' Pax, and on the Serians themselves, they have moved it up about 7 and a half years. It is also believed that the 'code' contains major technological advancements for humanity and a way to accelerate the recovery of the human race. In other news the UNSC fleet has completed its first super cruiser in 20 years. The Dragon Wolf is the first ship to be installed with complete ship based shields and the new Starburst ship killer missile. It also carries 15 larger Shiva nukes designed to decimate large fleets of Covenant. It has the new "super-cooled" engines and a magnetic recoil system allowing 3 shot bursts from each of its 4 'Big MAC's which are twice the strength of a normal ship based MAC gun."
"What? The Robert Masters? Will he be in ONI? What about the lost techs? Will he recover them?" Dr. Harshman went on like this for hours finally falling asleep.
Meanwhile. . .
"Cryo lock 1-4 check. I'm having some trouble with 5. It appears to be the timer but I can't hack it. I am going to try a small electromagnetic burst to engage the emergency unlock . . . It worked. It's unlocked proceed with thaw out sequence." Said a familiar purple AI hologram. She and the Chief had made it back when the Serians had detected a large energy distortion around a Covenant world.
A hiss of super cooled air spread through the sterilized chamber that hadn't been opened for over 491 years. Two 30-meter thick doors slowly opened one at a time. They had been designed to withstand a 1-giga ton blast with 2.5 kilometers of rock, steel, titanium, and tungsten over head. Once the time consuming process of opening the twin 30-meter thick doors was completed, and the Cryo-tube prepped to be opened the momentous event would take place. A clone of him was made with scars and such replaced. It had to be rushed like the Spartans' clones were since it was eight years before schedule and it was currently only 14 years old. His clone was brought in by the maintenance techs for the transfer. It was fitted into a machine that inserted a small cord into what was the base for the UNSC's neural implants. The monitors showed him go completely brain dead. Dr. Masters was soon helped into the machine bye the maintenance techs.
"Mental transfer beginning," Cortana announced to no one in particular.
"Mental transfer complete."
So what did you think? Should I continue (if not to bad :P I am going to)? To short? Flames will be ignored. Politely state what I need to improve upon. This is a normal chapter compared to the others I am gonna write!