I do not own either the Mass Effect series or the Halo series, they are owned by their respective owners.
"speech"
"radio/hologram/etc. communication"
Ship Names
'thoughts'
You get the point.
The Prime Cronos: The Domain won't reveal all its information. It would be stupid to do so, instead with each year a bit of information will be set available to Humanity once they find it that is. Eventually leading them to regain their old Life span by unlocking their geas fully and gaining the technology of Ancient Humanity which ONI was actively studying in the Human-Covenant War since they found an Ancient Humanity Warship
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"You denied facts when they were infron tof you call me delusional and a liar whilst sitting in the space station not ment for you while others die for are the example of what is wrong with this cycle"
-Commander of remaining Prothean Millitary forces and Commander of the 185th Auxillary Division of the UNSC Army
2584/2174 September 30th, Unknown System, Unknown Planet
Extending its hand the Primordial picked a red flower native to its ancient Homeworld. Long gone extinct as the planet was hit by its moon shattering the world. Bringing it up to its face it observed as Bees native to the Human Homeworld flew up to it and drank its nectar. This was the place he loved to spend his time in. Watching life was his favorite past time but duty always calls.
"You! You are supposed to be dead! I watched you Die!" he heard a voice yell out, a voice he knew too well. Placing the flower back on the ground where he picked it to allow it to re-attach itself with its missing lower half he turned around to face the armored being.
"My death was greatly exaggerated; in the end it doesn't mean anything to me and once the time comes for me to part this world I will do so gladly. You however Shadow-of-Sundered-Star, you my child are supposed to be dead long ago" it said as it slowly crawled up to it.
"Don't call me your child you monster!" replied the armored figure as it tried to pull up its weapon but found a invisible force restraining him.
"So quick to result to violence, I see all the time that your wife bought by sacrificing her own life for yours was truly wasted. Pity, she would have done a admirable job of helping the reclaimers as opposed to you who wants to destroy them again"
"Don't you dare speak of her you monster, she was misguided but she would never do something like that!"
"Oh but she did, in the ending days she came before me and begged me to give you specifically a second chance, she was certain the years would allow you to see the error of your ways. In the end she offered her own life for yours only for you to throw it away once more in a pursuit of something that never belonged to you."
"Those apes don't deserve what is rightfully ours and you shall pay for what you did to my people!" it yelled out in anger
"For what you did to yourself" the Primordial corrected the creature "It was never yours as we have yet to give the mantle to someone. It would never be yours for as long as we exist, you standing right here just proves that. I know you found their world too protected that's why you came here in hopes of finding something to allow you to break through and destroy them once more. You don't posses the key so you cant view your record, unfortunately for you the domain finds your people unworthy of accessing it anymore after you wiped out the galaxy of all life. Don't waste the chance your wife gave you"
The creature stared at it not saying a word "I am sure you already know this after speaking to lord high admiral when humanity surrendered. But they didn't attack you out of spite or jealousy, they wiped your worlds clean because they knew the threat the flood posed. When they attempted to save the many by sacrificing the few you repayed them with degradation, even once you learned the truth you yourself continued your crusade against them out of spite. It is one such reason why your species was unworthy of holding the mantle.
They even asked me once what I trully was and I told them. Faced with the knowledge of the crimes you commited the people that asked me killed themselves. And all they asked was a simple 'why' why did we decide to consume everything in our path. But they died knowing that atleast their species would live on for I told them as such. You asked me the same question and out of spite you attempted to kill me. This once again proved you were unworthy of the Mantle.
A Monitor flew in with a Human behind him and the Primordial spoke "So you have finally woken up"
"As such I went ahead and send a message to earth to not make them panic. So they know its authentic I used your encryption key. If they are smart enough they should be able to recover you soon Reclaimer" said the Primordial to John "As for Shadow behind me, his death is long overdue but I shall have his fate be decided by you
2584/2174 September 13th, Sol System, Earth
"Tell me exactly what happened Commodore and why do I have to mobilize the entire UNSC Navy" said Drescher with a hand on her forehead
"Yes ma'am. We arrived at requiem 5 days ago and entered the Shield World with ground troops to secure a site for a FOB while the Fleet Remained in Orbit above the Shield World. The Research team touched down 4 days ago and started exploring the world, they found mentions of a vault and as such went to find it. And find it they did, the vault contained a prisoner ma'am. The Research team accidentally let him out when the controls reacted to our touch. The Prisoner was a living Forerunner who immediately attacked the research team.
When we realized what was going on it was too late, he already was on his way to a ship 371 kilometers long. When it broke atmosphere I ordered the Fleet to open fire we however only managed to damage it slightly by creating a 50 meter sized hole after we fired all 4 of our SMACs and our Energy Projector."
"I understand, I cant however put the entire navy on red alert without making the UEG panic, I will send word for Admirals to prep their fleets however, a Deployment Rotation should be a good excuse to assemble all the fleets. You Commodore Report back to Reach ASAP, I will meet you there once you arrive" said Drescher as she closed her comms channel.
Opening a new Comms Channel and waiting for the Person to respond Drescher massaged her forehead. The waiting message was soon replaced by a hologram of a blonde woman in a Military uniform, the insignia on her shoulders denoting her as a General "Claudia, I have a few things to talk about"
"Kastania, I knew you wouldn't be calling to talk about old times or compare our numbers. What shithole do you need invaded now?" asked General White.
"The upcoming N7 squad and Turian Blackwatch, what can you tell me about them?" asked Drescher
White typed in a few commands and next to her Hologram 4 Pictures appeared 3 of Which she recognized and instantly her mood became worse "First is former Sergeant Shepard of the 41st Marine Division, 2nd Motorized Brigade, 599th Regiment. At the battle on Elisium he saved many Civilians and on Torfan after his name crossed my desk he and his men butchered an Entire bunker after seeing the Batarians using the captured Humans as Human shields and implanting them with explosive collars.
Second is former Sergeant Williams of the 212th Army Division, 1st Ranger Brigade 661st Regiment. Deployed on Torfan she provided Overwatch and recon data for the 11th Shock Division and their assault on Torfan HQ.
Third is former Corporal Alenko. This one is an oddball, Admiral Harper told me to put him in the roster and he was transferred out of ONI section 3, that's all I have on him besides the fact that he is a Biotic equipped with the L2 implants.
And lastly is former 2nd lieutenant Vega of the 102nd Marine Divison, 1st Mechanized Brigade 349th Regiment. His file if filled with misconduct, inappropriate comments to female colleagues, dress code violations and lack of respect for rank. Out of all 4 he is the only one without much combat experience and only got considered for the N7 program due to his CQC results being the highest ones after Kai Leng
As you can see we have only the best delivered to us" she finished laughing slightly at the last part.
Kastanias headache grew exponentially, while she supported the idea of the N7s as opposed to the money drain that the Spartan IV program became. Soldiers like Vega were making her reconsider her stance on the matter, While she was no 'ground pounder' she knew the importance of Discipline more than most people did
"Yes I can totally see that. Listen Claudia, I need a ODST division mobilized to its full power, I need them fast, we have a situation brewing that might require their expertise alongside field Testing the Vs to a very large extend"
"You want the mission done or the whole assault force to kill itself? ODSTs and Spartans don't belong in the same theater of war much less the Same Mission Kastania, you know that, even with the somewhat improved relations after the war they still don't like each other"
"This is non-negotiable Claudia, I need them and they will do it no questions asked. The stakes are too high"
Claudia frowned, she hated the sound of that, it reeked Black Ink all over it "Alright I will pull a few strings and get Artyom to give me his best, but in return I want to be sure the boys get back in one piece so pick your best Vs"
"You know I cant promise you that" replied Drescher solemnly
"I know but it makes me sleep better at night. I have to get going Kastania, much requires my attention" said White as she disconnected
"Accelerate the redeployment orders from 2585 to now, and connect me to Harper" said Drescher to her personal AI who did as she ordered and the hologram of the UNSC Emblem was replaced by the smoking visage of Harper. "I am not wrong when assuming you know what is going on already?" she asked the man
"You are not, I already marked it as highest priority, my people are already looking for a possible destination and its next move."
"That's good, now how is the task I gave you looking?"
"Got some people already onboard, I also already prepared plans for some ships to disappear from shipbreaking yards. Though I will have to request a bit more ships if I am to make them a believable threat and for them to sack Illium"
"You can take a Additional cruiser, 12 Frigates and 6 Destroyers, nothing more. If they prove themselves I will consider a light carrier to be added before Illium"
"anything else?"
"Any new development on the Asari?"
"Besides the Sirta office on Thessia being flooded with job applications from the republics with a negative stance to us we have nothing important developing on there. Ignoring the Asari for a moment my men recently caught a man trying to break into a UNSC database. Turns out he is a shadowbroker agent that slipped past the net. I need additional funding if I am to properly work against him and have a chance of finding him"
"Now that we know he is actively working against us make this your highest priority, we need him gone before the Salarians or Asari gain something on us. What progress did you have with the lightbulb?"
"Very helpful in understanding the Forerunner technology better. We narrowed down the possible location to 62 Stars. Come next year we will find it"
"That's all for now, you can go" she said as he disconnected and Drescher typed in the last person she had to call today.
The UNSC eagle was quickly replaced by a Sangheili wearing Silver Ceremonial Armor "Fleetmaster, to what do I owe the pleasure?"
very short chapter but hope you like it. Updates will slow down from here since a viewer provided me with a idea for a new fic. I also have to finish a chapter for another one of mine so thats going to be it for this one for now.
Also this story recently reached 1k follows, i just wanted to say this makes me happy to know that there are people who enjoy my writing even if it is subpar.
Till next time