Chapter 26 R&R
One Spartan and three Starfleet officers appeared on the transporter pad. Lt. Tuvok was there and greeted them as the transport sequence completed.
"Seven of Nine beamed directly to Engineering with the isodesium. If Lt. Torres is correct, Voyager should have power restored within a day or two. The Hazard Team has proven itself to be a valuable asset. You are all off-duty until further notice. Mr. Munro, I must commend you and your team on the rescue of Lt. Foster. He is in sickbay and is likely to recover. You all have some holodeck time. I suggest you use it." He said.
The Chief and Munro followed Tuvok out of the transporter room and went to the armory. Cortana and Oviedo were working on a new weapon.
"Chief, Munro, over here. Come look at this. We managed to modify the Rocket launcher UNSC forces use and give it replication capability. It doesn't use the magazine replication system the smaller weapons use but it runs on the same energy as Federation weapons but takes a lot more energy. We've converted it to one barrel, and it used the Federation energy to replicate the rocket. The rocket itself has a lock-on feature, though from what I know of this galaxy you probably won't need it that much. To recharge your energy just go to an energy terminal and activate your suit. Chief, we'll need to modify your suit to recharge your energy since it can provide such energy. We've created a holodeck simulation to test it. Feel free to test it. If you like it then we can use it on the next mission…if there is a next mission." She said
Telsia walks out of the holodeck at that moment carrying the UNSC Sniper rifle. She sees the Chief and Munro and approaches them. "Chief, this rifle is great; it doesn't take as much energy as the compression rifle's sniper mode. I think if we added a silencer to it, the rifle would be just great. She turns to Munro, "Alex, meet me in the mess hall after you're done with the holodeck ok?"
"Sure." He replies
Munro and the Chief both grab rocket launchers and go into the holodeck. Cortana starts the simulation from the armory. The scenery changes around them, from yellow grid-lines to an open area with forests off to the left and right. Suddenly they find themselves under attack by Covenant Banshees. "Take cover!" yells the Chief. They both dive behind some boulders and wait for the ships to pass over. Munro and the Chief take aim, lock-on and fire. The two rockets hit their targets from behind, destroying them both. Munro noticed that his Federation weapon energy was depleted a full twenty points. Then they see several Wraith tanks coming at them.
The Chief and Munro pop up and take more shots at the tanks. One rocket is sufficient to destroy them. The Chief was impressed, to say the least, normally it takes maybe two or three rockets to destroy Wraith tanks. Oviedo must have changed the warhead from high explosive to photonic. He thought. After some more attack waves by Covenant troops the simulation ended. Munro invited the Chief to the mess hall but he declined. As Munro left, the Chief said to the Computer. "Initiate program, Battle of Reach." He said the scene changed once again and he found himself on the Pillar of Autumn. This time it'll be different. He thought. This time, we're going to win.