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"What is it pilot?" Kane asked.
"Well, when we arrived out of light speed, I noticed everything around Earth looked a little different. The moon seemed closers, the continents looked out of place, and there were no defense ships." The pilot said. "Nothing at all. Just some old satellites and space stations. It just doesn't add up.
The captain walked over to the main view screen to get a first hand look at what the pilot had reported.
"But. but that's impossible!" he stuttered out. "How the hell could all this have happened!"?
"I think I know, sir." Said Zac. "I think we went back in time. I don't know how, but look at it. No light jumps, no ships, no asteroid mines. Heck, there aren't even any buildings on the moon!"
"Well then, how far back did we go?" Kane asked.
The chief technical officer came up to Captain Kane with the answer.
"I know sir." He said.
"Well then, out with it crewman!" Kane shouted.
"Well, every year the moon moves another inch away from Earth if I put in its current location and the location its at in our time, I get a positive answer." He said. "I'm positive we are currently in the year 2003, standard earth time."
"Good god! How the hell do we get back then?" Kane asked
"I don't know"
Zac approached the captain with a clever look on his face.
" Sir this means the war will never have to happen!" he said with a smile.
"Explain" Kane said.
"Well, if we really went that far back, the covenant shouldn't have the technology they do today, err, well, from when we are, I mean, oh I think you get the point!" he said
Kane pondered this for a moment, then with a somber look on his face, said "But think about it. In our time, we have no idea why the covenant hate us." He said. "But maybe this is why. I mean, think about. What if we go there, kill some of them, but something goes wrong. And we fail. Then they have just grounds to attack the humans!"
"But sir!" Winston countered. "That's nearly Five hundred years in the future! Even if that's what did, happen, who waits five hundred years to counter attack?"
The Master Chief then asked: "Well, why don't we just warn Earth? You know, get them prepared for whats about to happen? Give them our technology, and then five hundred years to improve on it, hell, we could kick the covenant all the way to the otherside of the galaxy!
"Fine then." Kane decided. "Well take a vote.
"All hands currently on the bridge, we have decided to take on of three possible courses of action. One, we attack the covenant before they attack us. Two, we do absoloutly nothing and try to find a way back to our time. Or three, we warn earth for the impending war.
"All men, raise hands if you decide for choice one!" 5 hands went up. "If you want choice two, raise hands." 3 hands went up. "and raise hands for choice 3" 12 hands went up.
"Choice 3 it is then." Kane said. "Pilot set a course for the Washington, D.C. I belive thsat was the capital of the most powerful country on earth in this time."
"Yes sir!"
"What is it pilot?" Kane asked.
"Well, when we arrived out of light speed, I noticed everything around Earth looked a little different. The moon seemed closers, the continents looked out of place, and there were no defense ships." The pilot said. "Nothing at all. Just some old satellites and space stations. It just doesn't add up.
The captain walked over to the main view screen to get a first hand look at what the pilot had reported.
"But. but that's impossible!" he stuttered out. "How the hell could all this have happened!"?
"I think I know, sir." Said Zac. "I think we went back in time. I don't know how, but look at it. No light jumps, no ships, no asteroid mines. Heck, there aren't even any buildings on the moon!"
"Well then, how far back did we go?" Kane asked.
The chief technical officer came up to Captain Kane with the answer.
"I know sir." He said.
"Well then, out with it crewman!" Kane shouted.
"Well, every year the moon moves another inch away from Earth if I put in its current location and the location its at in our time, I get a positive answer." He said. "I'm positive we are currently in the year 2003, standard earth time."
"Good god! How the hell do we get back then?" Kane asked
"I don't know"
Zac approached the captain with a clever look on his face.
" Sir this means the war will never have to happen!" he said with a smile.
"Explain" Kane said.
"Well, if we really went that far back, the covenant shouldn't have the technology they do today, err, well, from when we are, I mean, oh I think you get the point!" he said
Kane pondered this for a moment, then with a somber look on his face, said "But think about it. In our time, we have no idea why the covenant hate us." He said. "But maybe this is why. I mean, think about. What if we go there, kill some of them, but something goes wrong. And we fail. Then they have just grounds to attack the humans!"
"But sir!" Winston countered. "That's nearly Five hundred years in the future! Even if that's what did, happen, who waits five hundred years to counter attack?"
The Master Chief then asked: "Well, why don't we just warn Earth? You know, get them prepared for whats about to happen? Give them our technology, and then five hundred years to improve on it, hell, we could kick the covenant all the way to the otherside of the galaxy!
"Fine then." Kane decided. "Well take a vote.
"All hands currently on the bridge, we have decided to take on of three possible courses of action. One, we attack the covenant before they attack us. Two, we do absoloutly nothing and try to find a way back to our time. Or three, we warn earth for the impending war.
"All men, raise hands if you decide for choice one!" 5 hands went up. "If you want choice two, raise hands." 3 hands went up. "and raise hands for choice 3" 12 hands went up.
"Choice 3 it is then." Kane said. "Pilot set a course for the Washington, D.C. I belive thsat was the capital of the most powerful country on earth in this time."
"Yes sir!"