The Silent Cartographer on the Ark
Gunnery Sergeant Hemin, Leroy J.
December 11, 2552
7th Shock Troops Battalion, 105 Helljumper Division
Orbital Drop Shock Trooper of the UNSC Marine Corps
I saw the Scarab move in for the kill on the Scorpion tank. The bastard was almost as big as Gladshiem I thought. It fired its primary plasma cannon at the tank and blew off its turret killing all onboard.
Next I saw the Chief move into a Forerunner building that the Scarab was next and which was also 200 feet from the Cartographer. Sierra-117, all of a sudden, jumped out onto the building's roof top on a Brute Chopper. It sped up onto the Scarab and the Chief jumped off onto the platform of it.
I grabbed a SRS99D-S2 AM sniper rifle and started picking targets on the Brutes and Grunts on the platform. All four shots I took with it killed the two Brute plasma turret gunners in the head, a Grunt, and lowered the Brute War Chieftain shields long enough for it to be killed by Master Chief.
I looked through the sights and saw a lone Brute heading towards the Chief who was destroying the Scarab's core. I took two shots with my reloaded weapon and finally hit the fucker in the head. I caught a glimpse of the Chief giving me the thumbs-up in thanks for me doing that.
Next thing I knew, the Scarab blew up like a Shiva nuke but without the emphasis on the nuke part.
We waited in the canyon of which the Cartographer lay while the Sergeant Major Johnson, the Arbiter, the Chief and a dozen Marines went in. We waited until only three came out...