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Dear Mum...
Mr and Mrs Crux
12 Fifth Overwatch
Enfield
London
SP17 7TN
Earth
Sol System
Dear Mum and Dad,
It has been 2 years since I left home. I hope you are both well, I am fine. My training is becoming harder by the day, although I still cope. Today we had a day off for April Fools, I went on a space walk and looked down upon the planet REDACTED and saw some of the REDACTED being re-built. It's quite the sight, seeing sparks and lights of metal welding from over 200 miles away in space.
In the next year I will be taking training to improve my strength and agility. Only enough to keep me fit and healthy, not to the extent of the Spartan IIs. I will be learning martial arts like Krav Maga and Tae Kwan Do. I am especially looking forward to Krav Maga, it originated in Israel and is basically the ultimate martial are, combining a handful of moves to adapt to any situation.
Kyle and Max are coming on well also, I assume you talk to their parents? Leticia is also doing well. She drags behind on some of the physical training, but she I brilliant with other things like First Aid and Phycology.
My suit is awesome too, it is made of a new material, REDACED weave, which is basically tiny strands of ceramics and carbon nano tubes to take advantage of all properties of all the materials. For example this one material can stop a 50 cal. AP round from a sniper and not be scratched while, without having any additional materials, conducting a shield. Its thinner and lighter too, so the whole suit only weighs 520 kilos, compared to the 1000 kilos of previous suits. It also means more protection can be implemented into smaller suits, however, some of the electronics make it essential to be large and somewhat bulky (still less so that the original suits)
We will next be in the Sol system in 6 months' time. We will stay in Geostationary Orbit above London for a week, move to Washington DC for another week then to REDACTED for the start of suit training. For our 2 weeks in Earth's orbit, we have been told our families can come aboard and stay, they will be taken by pelican from Washington back to London via Pelican.
Tia played a prank on the whole ship for April fools, she took control of the display version of my suit and used it to scare various officers and even myself. I nearly floated off into space if it wasn't for they safety line.
Anyway, I hope you are both well, I will see you in a few months and we can catch up properly.
Your loving son,
Jordan
AUTHORS NOTE
I apologise for this chapter being significantly shorter than previous ones, but I hope it gives you a bit more of an insight into Jordan and also the suits. Thank you to HolyFuryFish for commenting on my suit design and constructive criticism. I will take note of your comments and improve my descriptions.
I am aware I am yet to mention the "enemy", although I am throwing around ideas in my head. However as stated in my previous authors note, I think I need to develop Leticia and her mother a little more before starting on the main body of the story.
For now though, I hope you are enjoying the read, and again I apologise for the briefness of this chapter. Remember there is a Facebook page to like and follow, I do update it saying when I am writing and when I am about to publish a chapter. I'd also love some fan art to post on there too. Just type /halowhitehoods after the main facebook address and it'll take you straight there
Until next chapter
~FAILbro