Ch. 10: First Contact

1505, September 24, 2554 (UNSC Military Calendar) / Near Command Post Alpha, Echo Halo, Linksis Dawn System.

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The Spartan walked through the open of the field making his way up to the base. He hated to be in the light. And not just the light, he hated being in the open. There was nowhere for him to hide and no opportune places to run to.

"Cortana, are you sure about this?"

"Or course not Chief. But we have to find a reasonable way to approach them. If they saw that you destroyed some Covenant infantry and armor then they will probably figure out that you're on their side."

"Unless their like the Flood."

"Hmm, I never considered that option," said the AI, "But that can't be. Their tactical chatter is on an encrypted channel. The Flood don't communicate that way. If it is they communicate at all."

"Have you been able to break the code for the channel?"

"Negative, it is very well encrypted. It's unlike anything I have ever seen before. They sure spent their time. And it's very well done."

The Spartan grew ever closer to the base. He was at the distance where he could see figures aiming their weapons at him. They seemed to be almost human, "Should I drop my weapon?"

"I would not recommend it. If they haven't fired already then they probably won't. Besides you may need it. Just incase. But they probably won't fire."

"Probably?"

"Well I could run statistics."

"That won't be necessary," the Spartan kept walking. He was ready at any second to run, or fire. He tightened his grip of the MA5C.

"Relax Chief."

"I am."

The Spartan heard his radio click on, "Master Chief," the voice said.

"Sir."

"Have you made contact with these… Cornerians?"

"Negative Sir, not yet."

Cortana butted in, "Captain, what about support."

The captain took a seat at his chair, but the Spartan didn't know that. They didn't have a holo-channel open, "Ah, that's the reason I called you. The ODST are on their way. The pods have just left the ship. ETA to arrival, ninety seconds."

"Acknowledged, over and out," Cortana flicked off the channel, "Chief, you have to make contact, now. The arrival of the ODST could intimidate these new forces. And if the ODST get fired at, they won't leave anything left for us to make peace with."

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1507 September 24, 2554 (Cornerian Military Calendar) / Command Post Alpha, Echo Halo, Linksis Dawn System.

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Fox peered down the scope of his Sniper. He wasn't going to shoot but he wanted to get a good look at what was approaching them, "Doesn't look Covenant. The color scheme is different."

"No one fire," said Kaplan.

Fox jumped over the barricade. Krystal shouted at him, "Fox?! Where are you going?!"

"Crazy kid! Get back here!" yelled Falco.

"Fox, you're gonna get yourself killed!" Slippy said last.

Falco shook his head. He spoke to the toad and the little blue vixen, "Oh my god, I think I'm actually going to do it this time. I think I'm going to kill him."

Fox ignored all of them. He walked toward the new creature.

"Ok everybody!" commanded Kaplan, "If that thing as much as rises its gun to the Captain, kill it. Snipers you got this one. Don't hit McCloud."

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1507 September 24, 2554 (UNSC Military Calendar) / Command Post Alpha, Echo Halo, Linksis Dawn System.

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"That's a good sign," said the Chief. He noticed in the distance that a figure was walking toward him.

"Well done Chief," complimented Cortana.

"We're not out of here yet."

The two kept walking toward each other. Once they got closer the Chief was taken by surprise. This is one of the last things he would have suspected. In fact it wasn't even on the list. No one should ever have to suspect anything like this, "Cortana am I seeing this right?"

"Yes… uhh… yes you are. It's… a partially humanized fox… I, I think."

Fox's heart raced. He was afraid. As he got closer to the figure he just wanted to raise his gun and fire. But he didn't. He was braver then that. He put out his paw, "Captain Fox McCloud, Corneria."

The Spartan put out his hand, "Master Chief Spartan 117, UNSC. Who's in charge here?"

"Come with me," said Fox. It felt awkward to walk next to the thing. It was huge compared to him. The Spartan was a good third of a meter taller then him.

The Spartan opened a private channel with Cortana, "I don't understand."

"Me neither, just go with it. The UNSC can't afford another race fighting us."

Fox spoke to the Spartan, "Welcome to command post Alpha. This is our front line command post against the Covenant," Fox hesitated at the last words. He wasn't sure if this warrior was Covenant. If he was, then Fox would have probably already been destroyed. Another thought that came to mind was that, this warrior was Covenant, but an infiltrating unit. If he is, then he won't strike until he gets the best chance.

"I understand Captain," said the Spartan.

A thought came to Fox's mind. He thought it to himself, "Maybe he was a human? The UNSC… hmm," he looked at the Spartan and then asked him, "Are you… a human."

"Affirmative."

"Then you're fighting the Covenant too."

"That's right."

"Are there more like you?"

The Spartan couldn't decide if he was talking about Spartans or other humans. Spartans were quite unique compared to regular men. The only down side is that the fox would think that all humans are unique like him. Though the ODST were tough, they weren't nearly as tough a he was, "Affirmative. We have a ship circling Halo as we speak."

Fox and the Spartan came to the command post. Fox led him to the wolf, "Sergeant Kaplan here is in charge."

"I thought you said you were a Captain."

"I am. I'm just not in charge. I'm… a mercenary."

The Spartan was about to question the vulpine again but he didn't yet know how the ranks worked. Cortana had said they were the exact same but it could be possible that they were ordered differently. He put his hand out, "Master Chief Spartan 117. UNSC."

"UNSC? The wolf asked in question, "I though you were extinct."

"Do you want my help or not?" said the Spartan.

"Easy Chief," Cortana said to him privately inside his helmet.

"Of course we do," the wolf nodded.

"Have you found the monitor?" asked the Chief.

"The monitor?"

Authers Note: Ok, I'm going to be putting more time into this story now. And I've had some questions of other Stories that are being written by me so here a list:

-StarFox: The Quarantine

-StarFox: Alternation

-StarFox: Rouge

-StarFox: The Above and Beyond Sequal (Haveing a lot of problems with this one so... yeah.)