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Chapter 1: On Patrol
End of the 9th Age of Reclamation, Human Calendar 2553
Opha 'Bruceal awoke after a fairly harsh dream, which was fairly unusual. His dreams were normally about his home world, Sanghelios. This one was about the faces of the dead, which were twisted into agonized grimaces. After considering the implications of his dream, Opha shrugged it off and got suited up in his harness. A unit later, he reported to the bridge, as he had been ordered to the night before by the shipmaster.
Opha was a Minor Domo in the Special Ops sect of the fleet. He really did not have anything important to do, although he was still expected to be ready and alert. Two cycles ago, he had been a simple Minor Domo in the general infantry. After completing the various tests, he had finally been admitted into the Special Ops.
The shipmaster, Tuka 'Etforam, was Opha's long time friend. They had known each other since they were youths on Sanghelios, 15 cycles ago. Both of them were very young for their positions. And Opha was very short, at only 5 ½ units tall.
And then there was Eaite 'Yuvan, the only female Sangheili in the fleet. Eaite was a Major Domo in the Special Ops, and was around the same age as Opha (Eaite did much more field work).
"Opha, my friend, it's about damn time you got up here. How long did it take you? 5 units!?"
All Sangheili had a flaw, and Tuka's was impatience.
"No, Tuka. It only took me 1 unit," Opha lazily replied to his over-impatient friend.
"Whatever! The day I get killed because you come slowly is the one day I'm expecting! But on to business. We have received a distress call from a nearby vessel."
Opha's eyes slightly widened. This was new. The most field work he had done so far was to clean up a small Unggoy strike. And the Unggoy were a pain in the ass to deal with (it was literally a case of "my 24-unit boot, your ass").
"Tuka, what was the vessel's ID?" Opha inquired.
"Well, that's the problem…the vessel was the Truth and Reconciliation."
In case you couldn't figure it out, the characters listed are ORIGINAL characters. They're mine. And the story also takes place after Halo 3.
That is all.