"Professor Anders, any update on the source of that signal?" "It wasn't easy but I narrowed it down to a small sector and our recon teams are investigating now. I've cleared up the scans a bit and it looks like there's a base camp of some kind, but it's heavily damaged. It doesn't look good. But the Spartans will handle it, they always do. It would be a lot faster if I went down there with them, Captain." "Without Serina here, I need you on the ship, Professor. Besides, we don't know what's waiting for us down there. Jeromine, get Red Team to the Professor's coordinates, ASAP. I want you to make first contact with who ever is sending that signal." "Understood sir. We'll find them."
"Spirit of Fire Actual, I am approaching the dropzone with Red Team." said the piot of the Kestral Class jumpship (there are no Pelicans) dropping the Spartans Warhog off. "Looking forward to shaking off some cob webs, sir." After running into some barricades and finding some burnt huts, Red Team realized that this was a refugee camp. But for who or what?
When they reached a light bridge, Red Team found more plasma burns, more burnt huts, and bodies of spider-like aliens," Jeromine look at this" Alice said,"What do you think happened here?" Douglas asked "They killed eachother" the Spartans looked at eachother, then at the bodies and what Jeromine said started to make sense- some of the aliens had light green armor, while others had brown armor- they activated the light bridge and continued on their mission." Jeromine our recon teams scouted this portal, which should take you to down to to the source of that signal. Our recon teams will stay and protect this portal, while you and Red Team investigate that signal." "Yes sir" ater using the portal, the Spartans made their way to the Professors coordinates. When they got there, they found a huge building made out of scrap metal and the Spartans went inside to see who's been calling.
Red Team found more dead aliens, with the same green armor as the ones before, along with a banner with a strange symbol on it (the House of Judgment). Then Alice spotted something,"movement, ten o'clock" the other Spartans looked to see a badly injured alien, Jeromine examined it's wound- it was a carterised slash mark-"Identify yourself" he asked. It spoke in, but the Spartans didn't understand, then all of them heard a loud thud (the next part is the same as the cutscene, but the Fallen are in place of the Banished).
The Spartan and their 'guest' made their way to the pickup zone- while fleeing from their persucers- Alice stayed behind to cover their escape,"Jeromine, I need you and Red Team on the bridge at once. You're gonna want to see what we found." Cutter ordered as the Kestrals flew toward the Spirit of Fire.
"Alice is MIA. She'll stay silent until she can find away to get back to us" Jeromine said as the Kestral landed in the Spirit of Fire's hanger, as he transmated out of thejumpship, he saw not just the ships crew, but more aliens in light green armor. After Douglas and the injured alien were in med bay, Jeromine went to the bridge.
"Sir…" the Spartan looked at the alie- Fallen as they call themselves (it had light green and white armor with that same symbol on the chest, and a staff) easter egg, it also had a collar around its neck. "Jeromine, meet Saniks of the Fallen House of Judgment" Cutter said, then he told thee Spartan that Anders built that collar as a translator "now who are you people" Saniks sighed and told cutter about the Great Machine, the Whirlwind, and the infighting among the three House (House of Stone, House of Judgment, and House of Kings). Saniks pleaded with him to escape the Ark. But they had no choice, their warp drive was gone, so they had to make their stand here.