"This is the First Karn Expeditionary Fleet. We request to meet and discuss terms for a cease fire. We leave the location, time and details up to you." A voice came over the radio, on the humans' command frequency. It sounded human, with only a trace of an indefinable accent.
Admiral Stanforth told his A.I., Raijin, to open a channel. "In one hour, we will escort a single craft, with 8 people on board, into our hanger. See you soon. Stanforth out."
An hour later, a single enemy craft, escorted by two Longsword fighters, docked in the landing bay of the main Super MAC platform. The shuttle landed with a barely audible 'clang' on the deck. A door opened on the back of the craft and five armored soldiers stepped out. Standing 7 feet tall and carrying rifles about the size of the MA5C, they had no obvious methods of communication, yet they divided the area into fields of fire like professionals. They survived the area from behind matte black visors, the same color as their armor, their heads tracking right, left, right, left. The masks were longer, their heads oddly proportioned for a human, as if they had snouts under the masks, despite their other wise human bodies. The legs were slightly longer but the arms were shorter and slightly thicker. Then a new person stepped down the ramp. He looked about forty years old, his black hair shoulder length and slightly uncombed. His eyes surveyed the area with a cool confidence, as if he ruled all that he saw.
"My name is Vice Admiral Michael Stanforth."
"My name is First Admiral Magus Zanin. Pleased to meet you." The human smiled a small, almost invisible thing.
"You want to discuss a cease fire?"
"Yes. We have no desire to fight you as well as the Covenant. If this agreement goes well, we may consider entering into a more….. profitable arrangement."
"As the ranking officer of the UNSC present, I am authorized to issue a cease fire."
"And are you?"
"Yes. We will however remain at combat alert beta, in case the Covenant return."
"We shall remain at our equivalent, for the same reason." A slight nod came from the otherwise expression less face. "As a gesture of good faith, we would like to present to you data on some armor you may out fit your ships with. A relatively simple and easy amount of work will increase your ships combat survival rate by well over 50 percent."
"And what would this upgrade entail?"
"The Covenant use magnetic fields to manipulate their plasma torpedoes. In order to do this, the plasma must be electrically charged. If you charge your ships armor with the same charge, positive or negative, your ships armor would push away the enemy weapons fire. A few weeks of refit for each of your ships, and you could take two to three plasma torpedoes without being destroyed. The heat build up would eventually bake the crew inside their ship, but it is better than being destroyed out right. It is in fact, the same system we used to take the remaining fourteen torpedoes and remain intact. It will not help against pulse lasers or any other system they have, but it should give you a much needed edge."
"Thank you. Do you have this data here, or do you need to retieve it from your ship?"
Magus reached into a bag, tied onto his hip, his almost medieval looking armor shifting in response to the movement. He removed a small crystal, not unlike the ones that stored UNSC AIs, and placed it gently on the deck. "I wish you an excellent day." With that, he turned and walked back into his shuttle, the alien soldiers following swiftly. The hatch closed and the ship lifted off, moving into the air lock and soon, out side the space station entirely, rapidly returning to it's own fleet. The new comers were hanging just out side of MAC gun range, in a defensive perimeter, one designed to protect against both threats from out side the system and inside. Looks like they only trusted Humanity so far.
(AN: This is a very short chapter and for that, I apologize. I wanted to show off some of the changes I will make to the Humans technology. For the record, I try very hard to do my research. If you find anything that is inconsistent with either Halo canon, or scientific fact, please, let me know in a review. I'm not perfect, and have made mistakes before, both from inaccurate sources and simple errors. I'm not so prideful as to believe I can never be wrong. Also, the same goes for Naruto the Gunslinger. If you find something there that is wrong, please tell me. I will do my best to fix it. Please tell me what you think about the other aspects of this story. If you have any theories about aspects of this story, let me know. I won't always confirm or deny them, but feel free to put them out there, no matter how wild. Good Night and I hope you enjoyed reading this enough to leave a review. {It is almost 3am here, and I have work to do in the morning.}.)