Chapter 1: Beginnings
I do NOT own Halo or Halo2 or anything associated with them. I don NOT own Microsoft or Bungie Studios. Also the Halo books Halo: The Fall Of Reach or Halo: The Flood
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The master chief was staring straight ahead at the forest world Thandon. It had been a colony world until the covenant had attacked many years before. After all the colonists had been killed the covenant had left almost no forces to keep it an actual base, just somewhere for the rejects to go. Then a large human fleet had come through slipspace to take it back. All covenant were killed, while only 129 marines out of 3,000 were killed. The military decided to use Thandon as a new training world to replace Reach. The master chief was to oversee the Spartan 2B program. The chief turned around in time to see the head scientist of the new program come down the stairs to the large observation room, that was one of the only parts of the Thandon base that could be seen outside of the 3,000 foot, granite plateau. The room had very small lights because of the 40 something by 40 something foot windows. In random areas were marines working on holo-comps. The doctor waved as he came closer to the chief. "What is the report so far Dr. Bander?" " Promising. Only two might wash out but those could still become Shock Troopers." He replied with a hint gladness. " When will they get to see the Mark-7 armor and be able to train?". " Don't get to far ahead Master Chief. They are still teenagers they do need to know something when and if this war ends so they could live a semi-normal life," he said shifting his weight looking like he needed to relieve himself. "Is that all?" he asked "I have progress meting I need to go to." "Oh yes." The doctor walked faster than usual to the grav-lift next to the stairs. "Do you want to see them?" whispered a voice in his ear. "Yeah" he replied "Cortana?" "Yes?" "Was the scientist bluffing or are they really ready for training?" "He was bluffing. At the rate they're developing and learning they'll be ready in two weeks." "I think I'll show them the armor today." "Why may I ask?" "I'm impatient. That's why," he said with a joking ness in his voice.
//System Configuration For Subject: Karen //: Complete
Karen was sitting in the female bunks by herself, not that there weren't any girls just that since she was nominated as squad leader the other girls thought she was.different. She was resented by the boys not wanting to follow a girl, and an outsider by the girls for having the boys follow her. She knew she wouldn't get a boyfriend either. Because studies proved that open relationships created strong team bonds, the recruits were allowed to have a boyfriend or girlfriend. But she knew it would never happen to her. On the bunks holo-projector Hubert, a 1700's looking AI, came into view. "All recruits report to room Alpha 1-7-4 ASAP." The figure flickered and disappeared. Karen had never been in the Alpha section before. She decided to just wing it. She figured that since she was on the Delta level it should be two floors up, she was wrong. The bases top ended with Beta not Alpha. Frustrated she called up Hubert on a holo-projector. He told her to go to a grav-lift and enter the code Alpha 1-7-4 into the computer and it would let her enter the level. A technician was waiting when she arrive. She was surprised when she learned that she was the first to arrive. "You'll have to wear a clean suit in this room Karen." Each recruit had a personal technician that usually knew more about the kids then they did. They knew when puberty would start, when they would get hungry, get tired, and when they'd need to go to the bathroom. Most things Karen's tech didn't need to remember anymore, like the puberty date, but she had to remember things that the male techs didn't have to knew also. "You thir- no fourteen now," said the tech. " What. I had another birthday already?" she replied with a small smile finding it's way to her lips. "Yep." The tech hugged Karen, then slugged her fourteen times. " Since your fourteen you need a different suit. Technical reasons." The two walked down a well lit white hallway towards the suit room. The tech grabbed a black suit with blue lines moving in jagged lines across the whole suit. She donned the suit behind a small screen and came out and froze. Looking her in the eye was the master chief. Karen jumped behind the screen covering her body. "What are you doing?" asked the chief. Karen looked around the room trying to find Sarah her tech assistant. "I need Sarah.Sir." She replied. "Why." "I think my suit is too small. It shows too much." She replied with a bit more confidence. "That's how it's supposed to be. Do you have the gloves and socks yet?" "No" she replied walking out from behind the screen. "Here, just put them on. They'll do the rest." The chief threw gloves that matched the suit towards her. She lashed out with lightning speed and grabbed the gloves before she put them on she looked at her hands. " You're wondering how'd you do that, right?" "Yeah," she replied still looking at her hands. "Those are the drugs used to augment every function of the body needed for fighting. I see they've started to take effect. You probably have been feel'n pretty weird lately." "So I'm like you now?" she asked hoping he'd say yes. "Not yet but soon, very soon," he said trailing off. It seemed like the chief had gone into a trance to Karen, how could I know though she thought, he's got that helmet on. Seeming to have read her thoughts the chief snapped up "I need to show you something personally, before the rest get here." "Didn't they get the same message as I did?" she asked. "No," he said bluntly "I need you to see it first." The two walked down the hallway for a while. The chief asked only a few questions about her even though he already knew them. At the end of the hallway Karen saw a door that was different from the others. It was taller and wider than normal with a retinal scanner, a hand scanner, and probably the most primitive of all, a card slot. The chief stopped in front of the door and just waited. Suddenly the door started to open without him touching it at all. Karen watched in amazement. Then she heard the chief say "Thanks Cortana," she knew immediately what had happened, the infamous Cortana had opened the door wirelessly. All the other things are to deter potential snoopers, the master chief is the only one supposed to go in here. The chief stepped forward and turned around to see Karen still standing there. "You can come in, but you don't have to. You can wait and see it with the rest or you can see it now and ask me about it." Hearing that Karen jumped forward towards the door. "I thought so." When she entered she froze. The one thing that she had wanted since she came here was sitting or rather standing five feet in front of her.
I do NOT own Halo or Halo2 or anything associated with them. I don NOT own Microsoft or Bungie Studios. Also the Halo books Halo: The Fall Of Reach or Halo: The Flood
//New Software Upload //: Complete
The master chief was staring straight ahead at the forest world Thandon. It had been a colony world until the covenant had attacked many years before. After all the colonists had been killed the covenant had left almost no forces to keep it an actual base, just somewhere for the rejects to go. Then a large human fleet had come through slipspace to take it back. All covenant were killed, while only 129 marines out of 3,000 were killed. The military decided to use Thandon as a new training world to replace Reach. The master chief was to oversee the Spartan 2B program. The chief turned around in time to see the head scientist of the new program come down the stairs to the large observation room, that was one of the only parts of the Thandon base that could be seen outside of the 3,000 foot, granite plateau. The room had very small lights because of the 40 something by 40 something foot windows. In random areas were marines working on holo-comps. The doctor waved as he came closer to the chief. "What is the report so far Dr. Bander?" " Promising. Only two might wash out but those could still become Shock Troopers." He replied with a hint gladness. " When will they get to see the Mark-7 armor and be able to train?". " Don't get to far ahead Master Chief. They are still teenagers they do need to know something when and if this war ends so they could live a semi-normal life," he said shifting his weight looking like he needed to relieve himself. "Is that all?" he asked "I have progress meting I need to go to." "Oh yes." The doctor walked faster than usual to the grav-lift next to the stairs. "Do you want to see them?" whispered a voice in his ear. "Yeah" he replied "Cortana?" "Yes?" "Was the scientist bluffing or are they really ready for training?" "He was bluffing. At the rate they're developing and learning they'll be ready in two weeks." "I think I'll show them the armor today." "Why may I ask?" "I'm impatient. That's why," he said with a joking ness in his voice.
//System Configuration For Subject: Karen //: Complete
Karen was sitting in the female bunks by herself, not that there weren't any girls just that since she was nominated as squad leader the other girls thought she was.different. She was resented by the boys not wanting to follow a girl, and an outsider by the girls for having the boys follow her. She knew she wouldn't get a boyfriend either. Because studies proved that open relationships created strong team bonds, the recruits were allowed to have a boyfriend or girlfriend. But she knew it would never happen to her. On the bunks holo-projector Hubert, a 1700's looking AI, came into view. "All recruits report to room Alpha 1-7-4 ASAP." The figure flickered and disappeared. Karen had never been in the Alpha section before. She decided to just wing it. She figured that since she was on the Delta level it should be two floors up, she was wrong. The bases top ended with Beta not Alpha. Frustrated she called up Hubert on a holo-projector. He told her to go to a grav-lift and enter the code Alpha 1-7-4 into the computer and it would let her enter the level. A technician was waiting when she arrive. She was surprised when she learned that she was the first to arrive. "You'll have to wear a clean suit in this room Karen." Each recruit had a personal technician that usually knew more about the kids then they did. They knew when puberty would start, when they would get hungry, get tired, and when they'd need to go to the bathroom. Most things Karen's tech didn't need to remember anymore, like the puberty date, but she had to remember things that the male techs didn't have to knew also. "You thir- no fourteen now," said the tech. " What. I had another birthday already?" she replied with a small smile finding it's way to her lips. "Yep." The tech hugged Karen, then slugged her fourteen times. " Since your fourteen you need a different suit. Technical reasons." The two walked down a well lit white hallway towards the suit room. The tech grabbed a black suit with blue lines moving in jagged lines across the whole suit. She donned the suit behind a small screen and came out and froze. Looking her in the eye was the master chief. Karen jumped behind the screen covering her body. "What are you doing?" asked the chief. Karen looked around the room trying to find Sarah her tech assistant. "I need Sarah.Sir." She replied. "Why." "I think my suit is too small. It shows too much." She replied with a bit more confidence. "That's how it's supposed to be. Do you have the gloves and socks yet?" "No" she replied walking out from behind the screen. "Here, just put them on. They'll do the rest." The chief threw gloves that matched the suit towards her. She lashed out with lightning speed and grabbed the gloves before she put them on she looked at her hands. " You're wondering how'd you do that, right?" "Yeah," she replied still looking at her hands. "Those are the drugs used to augment every function of the body needed for fighting. I see they've started to take effect. You probably have been feel'n pretty weird lately." "So I'm like you now?" she asked hoping he'd say yes. "Not yet but soon, very soon," he said trailing off. It seemed like the chief had gone into a trance to Karen, how could I know though she thought, he's got that helmet on. Seeming to have read her thoughts the chief snapped up "I need to show you something personally, before the rest get here." "Didn't they get the same message as I did?" she asked. "No," he said bluntly "I need you to see it first." The two walked down the hallway for a while. The chief asked only a few questions about her even though he already knew them. At the end of the hallway Karen saw a door that was different from the others. It was taller and wider than normal with a retinal scanner, a hand scanner, and probably the most primitive of all, a card slot. The chief stopped in front of the door and just waited. Suddenly the door started to open without him touching it at all. Karen watched in amazement. Then she heard the chief say "Thanks Cortana," she knew immediately what had happened, the infamous Cortana had opened the door wirelessly. All the other things are to deter potential snoopers, the master chief is the only one supposed to go in here. The chief stepped forward and turned around to see Karen still standing there. "You can come in, but you don't have to. You can wait and see it with the rest or you can see it now and ask me about it." Hearing that Karen jumped forward towards the door. "I thought so." When she entered she froze. The one thing that she had wanted since she came here was sitting or rather standing five feet in front of her.