30th October 2563
Time: 2005 hours
"Bleep…bleep" the alarm continued to sound as Captain Leonard's escape pod was approached by an unknown object approximately 100 meters long and 75 meter wide.
Constantine wouldn't have been surprised if it had been yet another false alarm - an asteroid probably, but he began the wake up sequences anyway just as the Captain had instructed him to do if anything like this occurred. But this was the 30th time he had done this. Constantine was surprised that he hadn't died yet, because he was a smart AI and he knew that his life expectancy should only be seven years but he had been active for at least eight years.
It took 5 minutes for Captain Leonard to awaken but by then the object was only 10 minutes away and he still had to get dressed, because the last thing that you would want to do is go into a cryo-chamber with your clothes on. Constantine couldn't understand why Spartans go into cryo-chambers with the armour on – it made no sense to him; their bodies must get really swollen yet somehow they can deal with the pain.
The object came closer. It was a ship but not UNSC it was a Covenant destroyer and it seemed to be adrift. All power but life support seemed to be off-line but Leonard knew better than to take any chances, especially when the Covenant were involved. The ship came into visual range and Leonard could see the battle scars himself.
"My God," Leonard was shocked at the state of the ship.
"What could do this?" Constantine inquired.
"Whoever it was, I hope they're on our side. Maybe we should go inside and have a look?"
"But Sir, what if whoever did that is still on board? Please don't make me go." Constantine grovelled.
"Constantine this is why we are explorers," Leonard grinned.