Halo: Mercy
Ch: 9
Title: The Interrogations
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Author Note: Well I made this one a little longer. There is a lot of back up info about my story in this chapter and info that you might of gotten if you read the novel Halo: The Fall Of Reach.
Kind of boring but it's a necessary thing to continue the story.
Any way here is the next chapter.
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Frigate Mercy:
" Setting the coordinates toward Earth Chief." Cortana said
" Well if you don't mind I think I'm just going to sit on this nice comfy purple chair here that the Covenant where nice enough to put and get some z's." The chief said
John laid his Weapons down next to the chair. He sat down to figure out that the chair was extremely comfortable. He started to dose off. But before he did he said.
" Hey Cortana thanks for every thing. If it weren't for you we would both probably dead." he said
" To be exact Chief it was you who got us through I only helped." She said back
But John never heard her he dosed off into a deep sleep. Since he was taken out of the Cryo Chamber he has not slept. He has been awake for days.
Cortana smiled and let him sleep he earned it.
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Captain Luna's Pelican:
The Pelican was slowly descending toward Earth. No matter what has been done entering a planet has always been a stressful thing.
Finally the pelican broke through the atmosphere and slowed its descent using the air brakes. The pelican reached ten thousand feet and leveled out.
It cruised the rest of the way to UNSC HQ in New York.
In actuality there are more than one single HQ in the World the American continent had a total of four. One in New Your, Chicago, Mexico City, and Los Angeles. But The New York HQ was the replacement of the Pentagon building that had been built centuries ago. The Complex was huge in comparison to the Pentagon. All kinds of high ranking people worked there but the thing that made this HQ so important was that it was the home of the ONI spooks. ( Note: For more info on the Spooks you should Read the Halo novel called Halo: Fall of Reach) The special organization of the ONI was mostly special ops and new weapon developments. To add to the problem they had very little liking to the Spartans and the program. Since the program took a lot of funding from there own agenda. But mostly it was that the Spartan program has achieved more success than any thing that they have developed.
The Pelican entered New York's city limits.
The entire city was covered with sky scrapers. The total population of New York is nearly fifty million. New York has some of the tallest building that man has ever created. Since there is so little room to build then the only way that they can build is if they build up.
The pelican approached the UNSC building. The building was not as tall as many of the Sky Scarpers but it was wide. The place was heavily guarded. The building was five thousand soldiers strong maybe even more since info like that is not revealed to the public.
The Pelican slowed down and made it's decent toward the Hangar. The pilot gave in the proper codes through the radio and the hangar doors opened. The doors where huge. The hangar it self was almost as big as a UNSC Frigate. The pelican descended and landed on the hangar.
" Captain ill be waiting for you here once you are ready for dust off." The pilot said
" Son you can do as you wish. Ill give you permission do to as you like. Just keep in touch." Luna answered
" Thank you sir! I guess ill go get a drink then." The pilot responded.
He pressed a switch and the doors of the Pelican opened. The Spartans walked out first then the Dr. and the captain came out next.
They where approached by Admiral Stanforth
" Admiral on deck!" Fred yelled out.
The Spartans saluted.
The admiral walked toward them
" At ease Spartans. I'm surprised. I'm glad that some of you survived. This war would be a lot harder with you. ONI might not respect you Spartans but all of you have my respect." The Admiral told the Spartans
" Thank you sir we just do what we have to do." Kelly said
" That's what make you all the best. I'm sorry about your loss but we well get our revenge and we well honor your fallen brothers and sisters." he said
" Powerful words there Admiral." Dr. Halsey said interrupting.
" Well if it isn't my old Friend Dr. Halsey. Long time no see Dr. Hope every thing is going fine?" He said.
" I've had better times." She said with a smile.
" Well Captain Luna it seems that you have survived another another confrontation. You never seem to stop amazing me." he said
Captain Luna smiled.
" You know me Admiral ill follow you all the way to hell if it well bring me a fight." Luna smiled.
That's when a private first class walked toward the group. He eye bold the Spartans and was nervous to see that the Spartans where actually there.
" Admiral sir. I've been told to take you all to see the Chief of Staff sir." he said
" Well son lead the way just hope that my old bones can handle the long walk." the Admiral joked.
The private laughed at the comment.
" Sir ill see if I can find us a ride on the Maglev transport. So please follow me."
" Thank you private." Luna said.
They walked toward the entrance of the Maglev transport.
(Note: Maglev is a vehicle that use magnetic forces to move. It sort of like the train they have in Disney World.)
There was a transport remaining. The Transport could hold 45 people. The transport was almost empty but a few people where on board. When the Spartans got on the people on the vehicle gasped to see the Spartans on board.
The Transport took off. It was a five minute ride to the meeting room. The HQ was about five miles in size. And it had seventy floors.
They got off. They walked to the door. Only to be confronted by two heavily armed ODST.
" Let me see you papers." One of the ODST said.
The Private gave them the Papers.
" The Chief of staff have been waiting for you." They said
They opened the door and let them pass. The Private stayed behind.
They walked in. The place they where in was deep inside the complex. They where inside a huge room inside there was a U shaped table with ten people sitting around it. In the middle of the table where some black leather chairs.
" Admiral, Captain, And Dr Halsey please have a seat." A General said to them.
" Thank you." all three said
They took a seat.
" You can tell your wind up toys Dr. Halsey to wait out side." A small Asian man with dark hair and glasses commented at the doctor. He obviously meant by wind up toys that he was talking about the Spartans.
" That's enough From you Dr. Uematsu. They have earned the right to be here. They also deserve some Respect even from you!" The General said.
" I'm sorry Spartans for his comments. I would offer you all seats but we don't have enough." The General said
" we rather stand sir." Kelly answered
" What you expect from wind up toys." Dr. Uematsu said with a low voice.
The General gave a fierce look toward Dr. Uematsu making him shut up.
" By the way I'm General Philips." He said
All the Chief of Staff introduced them selves.
" And as you know the is DR. Uematsu head of the ONI weapons development department." Philips said.
The Dr did not even bother to get up.
" Well I guess it would be best if we got to business. Admiral Stanford Please tell us of what happened on Reach." Phillips said.
The Admiral got up.
" Thank you General. As you all know The Covenant have wiped out Reach. It was a high impact defeat. We had received a message from an out post in the outer limits of Reaches Solar System. The Out post had made contact with two hundred and fifty enemy Covenant Ships. They where all headed toward Reach. The Command of all UNSC ships in the area was given for all Ships to report at Reach. We where able to mass a fleet of one hundred and twenty ships." Stanford Said.
" At first the Covenant sent out small group of ships to attack. We believed it was to test out our defenses but we later learned that the reason they had sent the smaller groups was for a different reason. Any way we easily destroyed the groups taking minimal damage thanks the Super MAC cannons that surrounded Reach. As you all know there where a total of fifteen super Mac cannons on Reach."
" Any way the true purpose of the fist wave was to send out Covenant Drop ships. Some how they slipped through our sensors and they began to enter Reach. There main goal was to destroy the generators that powered the planetary defenses. Which would of left us to certain death. That's when The Pillar Of Autumn showed up. Captain Keyes gave the Spartans the order to go down to Reach and Protect the Generators at all costs. I believe it would be best if they explained there situation." Admiral Stanforth said
" I understand would you do us the honor and explain your actions Spartans." The General asked.
Kelly walked forward.
" Well sir as the Admiral explained we Showed up to the battle. We where on our way to perform our original mission to board a Covenant ship and take it over so we could find the location the Covenant home world. We deviated from our mission and showed up to the battle. That's when Captain Keyes told the Master Chief that we needed to get our equipment ready. The Chief was told that he had to go protect and retrieve or destroy some info that was on one of the Super MAC cannons that would give the Covenant the location of Earth. He took two Spartans with him to protect the MAC. He put me in charge of the ground engagement and we where sent to protect the Reactors of the MAC's. As you know we failed. In the process half of my men and women where killed." Kelly added.
Kelly finished and Admiral Stanforth continued.
" Well once the ground engament began that when the entire Covenant Armada attacked. We where out numbered badly. I gave the orders to all ships to defend the MAC's at all costs. But slowly we where being wiped out. The Master Chief had completed his mission and got back on board the Autumn. That's when Captain Keyes made his move. He opened fire on the Covenant Flag ship to get it's attention. He began to move away from the battle with him half the Armada behind the Autumn. Then they jumped into Slip Space to and unknown coordinate. The Armada actually followed the Autumn and they went into slip space. Leaving half the Armada behind. Leaving one hundred Covenant ships left. Only twenty five of our ships remained. With the help of the Super MAC's we lowered there numbers by half. That's when the Reactors where taken out. We lost the planetary defenses and where left to fend for our selves. As you know we escaped barely with the cover of some of our more damaged ships." He said.
" Captain Luna what was your part in this?"
" My ships weapons where wiped out sir. I was given the order to load up survivors and prep up to leave. That's when Dr. and the remaining Spartans that Rescued her from Reach boarded my ship." Luna said.
" Dr. How much info did we lose back on the fortress?" Dr Uematsu asked
" Luckily I saved all the work Doctor." She said
She pulled out a copy of a mini disk from her pocket and gave it to Dr. Uematsu.
" Thank God." He said
" Dr. Halsey you just might of saved us!" He said
He grabbed the disk and put it in his pocket.
" I know Dr. there are some nifty info in that disk lets just find a way to put it on for a good use." She said.
" Well it's been a great defeat that we suffered on Reach. If It weren't for the Autumn and it's crew you would of all been lost. Lets just hope where ever they are that they are doing fine. This is all for now. We need to discuss the next course of action. I have to dismiss you for now. Ill call you back once we are finished. Thank you." General Philip said.
" We will be waiting sir." Stanforth said
They all walked out of the room to wait.
To be continued…
Ch: 9
Title: The Interrogations
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Author Note: Well I made this one a little longer. There is a lot of back up info about my story in this chapter and info that you might of gotten if you read the novel Halo: The Fall Of Reach.
Kind of boring but it's a necessary thing to continue the story.
Any way here is the next chapter.
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Frigate Mercy:
" Setting the coordinates toward Earth Chief." Cortana said
" Well if you don't mind I think I'm just going to sit on this nice comfy purple chair here that the Covenant where nice enough to put and get some z's." The chief said
John laid his Weapons down next to the chair. He sat down to figure out that the chair was extremely comfortable. He started to dose off. But before he did he said.
" Hey Cortana thanks for every thing. If it weren't for you we would both probably dead." he said
" To be exact Chief it was you who got us through I only helped." She said back
But John never heard her he dosed off into a deep sleep. Since he was taken out of the Cryo Chamber he has not slept. He has been awake for days.
Cortana smiled and let him sleep he earned it.
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Captain Luna's Pelican:
The Pelican was slowly descending toward Earth. No matter what has been done entering a planet has always been a stressful thing.
Finally the pelican broke through the atmosphere and slowed its descent using the air brakes. The pelican reached ten thousand feet and leveled out.
It cruised the rest of the way to UNSC HQ in New York.
In actuality there are more than one single HQ in the World the American continent had a total of four. One in New Your, Chicago, Mexico City, and Los Angeles. But The New York HQ was the replacement of the Pentagon building that had been built centuries ago. The Complex was huge in comparison to the Pentagon. All kinds of high ranking people worked there but the thing that made this HQ so important was that it was the home of the ONI spooks. ( Note: For more info on the Spooks you should Read the Halo novel called Halo: Fall of Reach) The special organization of the ONI was mostly special ops and new weapon developments. To add to the problem they had very little liking to the Spartans and the program. Since the program took a lot of funding from there own agenda. But mostly it was that the Spartan program has achieved more success than any thing that they have developed.
The Pelican entered New York's city limits.
The entire city was covered with sky scrapers. The total population of New York is nearly fifty million. New York has some of the tallest building that man has ever created. Since there is so little room to build then the only way that they can build is if they build up.
The pelican approached the UNSC building. The building was not as tall as many of the Sky Scarpers but it was wide. The place was heavily guarded. The building was five thousand soldiers strong maybe even more since info like that is not revealed to the public.
The Pelican slowed down and made it's decent toward the Hangar. The pilot gave in the proper codes through the radio and the hangar doors opened. The doors where huge. The hangar it self was almost as big as a UNSC Frigate. The pelican descended and landed on the hangar.
" Captain ill be waiting for you here once you are ready for dust off." The pilot said
" Son you can do as you wish. Ill give you permission do to as you like. Just keep in touch." Luna answered
" Thank you sir! I guess ill go get a drink then." The pilot responded.
He pressed a switch and the doors of the Pelican opened. The Spartans walked out first then the Dr. and the captain came out next.
They where approached by Admiral Stanforth
" Admiral on deck!" Fred yelled out.
The Spartans saluted.
The admiral walked toward them
" At ease Spartans. I'm surprised. I'm glad that some of you survived. This war would be a lot harder with you. ONI might not respect you Spartans but all of you have my respect." The Admiral told the Spartans
" Thank you sir we just do what we have to do." Kelly said
" That's what make you all the best. I'm sorry about your loss but we well get our revenge and we well honor your fallen brothers and sisters." he said
" Powerful words there Admiral." Dr. Halsey said interrupting.
" Well if it isn't my old Friend Dr. Halsey. Long time no see Dr. Hope every thing is going fine?" He said.
" I've had better times." She said with a smile.
" Well Captain Luna it seems that you have survived another another confrontation. You never seem to stop amazing me." he said
Captain Luna smiled.
" You know me Admiral ill follow you all the way to hell if it well bring me a fight." Luna smiled.
That's when a private first class walked toward the group. He eye bold the Spartans and was nervous to see that the Spartans where actually there.
" Admiral sir. I've been told to take you all to see the Chief of Staff sir." he said
" Well son lead the way just hope that my old bones can handle the long walk." the Admiral joked.
The private laughed at the comment.
" Sir ill see if I can find us a ride on the Maglev transport. So please follow me."
" Thank you private." Luna said.
They walked toward the entrance of the Maglev transport.
(Note: Maglev is a vehicle that use magnetic forces to move. It sort of like the train they have in Disney World.)
There was a transport remaining. The Transport could hold 45 people. The transport was almost empty but a few people where on board. When the Spartans got on the people on the vehicle gasped to see the Spartans on board.
The Transport took off. It was a five minute ride to the meeting room. The HQ was about five miles in size. And it had seventy floors.
They got off. They walked to the door. Only to be confronted by two heavily armed ODST.
" Let me see you papers." One of the ODST said.
The Private gave them the Papers.
" The Chief of staff have been waiting for you." They said
They opened the door and let them pass. The Private stayed behind.
They walked in. The place they where in was deep inside the complex. They where inside a huge room inside there was a U shaped table with ten people sitting around it. In the middle of the table where some black leather chairs.
" Admiral, Captain, And Dr Halsey please have a seat." A General said to them.
" Thank you." all three said
They took a seat.
" You can tell your wind up toys Dr. Halsey to wait out side." A small Asian man with dark hair and glasses commented at the doctor. He obviously meant by wind up toys that he was talking about the Spartans.
" That's enough From you Dr. Uematsu. They have earned the right to be here. They also deserve some Respect even from you!" The General said.
" I'm sorry Spartans for his comments. I would offer you all seats but we don't have enough." The General said
" we rather stand sir." Kelly answered
" What you expect from wind up toys." Dr. Uematsu said with a low voice.
The General gave a fierce look toward Dr. Uematsu making him shut up.
" By the way I'm General Philips." He said
All the Chief of Staff introduced them selves.
" And as you know the is DR. Uematsu head of the ONI weapons development department." Philips said.
The Dr did not even bother to get up.
" Well I guess it would be best if we got to business. Admiral Stanford Please tell us of what happened on Reach." Phillips said.
The Admiral got up.
" Thank you General. As you all know The Covenant have wiped out Reach. It was a high impact defeat. We had received a message from an out post in the outer limits of Reaches Solar System. The Out post had made contact with two hundred and fifty enemy Covenant Ships. They where all headed toward Reach. The Command of all UNSC ships in the area was given for all Ships to report at Reach. We where able to mass a fleet of one hundred and twenty ships." Stanford Said.
" At first the Covenant sent out small group of ships to attack. We believed it was to test out our defenses but we later learned that the reason they had sent the smaller groups was for a different reason. Any way we easily destroyed the groups taking minimal damage thanks the Super MAC cannons that surrounded Reach. As you all know there where a total of fifteen super Mac cannons on Reach."
" Any way the true purpose of the fist wave was to send out Covenant Drop ships. Some how they slipped through our sensors and they began to enter Reach. There main goal was to destroy the generators that powered the planetary defenses. Which would of left us to certain death. That's when The Pillar Of Autumn showed up. Captain Keyes gave the Spartans the order to go down to Reach and Protect the Generators at all costs. I believe it would be best if they explained there situation." Admiral Stanforth said
" I understand would you do us the honor and explain your actions Spartans." The General asked.
Kelly walked forward.
" Well sir as the Admiral explained we Showed up to the battle. We where on our way to perform our original mission to board a Covenant ship and take it over so we could find the location the Covenant home world. We deviated from our mission and showed up to the battle. That's when Captain Keyes told the Master Chief that we needed to get our equipment ready. The Chief was told that he had to go protect and retrieve or destroy some info that was on one of the Super MAC cannons that would give the Covenant the location of Earth. He took two Spartans with him to protect the MAC. He put me in charge of the ground engagement and we where sent to protect the Reactors of the MAC's. As you know we failed. In the process half of my men and women where killed." Kelly added.
Kelly finished and Admiral Stanforth continued.
" Well once the ground engament began that when the entire Covenant Armada attacked. We where out numbered badly. I gave the orders to all ships to defend the MAC's at all costs. But slowly we where being wiped out. The Master Chief had completed his mission and got back on board the Autumn. That's when Captain Keyes made his move. He opened fire on the Covenant Flag ship to get it's attention. He began to move away from the battle with him half the Armada behind the Autumn. Then they jumped into Slip Space to and unknown coordinate. The Armada actually followed the Autumn and they went into slip space. Leaving half the Armada behind. Leaving one hundred Covenant ships left. Only twenty five of our ships remained. With the help of the Super MAC's we lowered there numbers by half. That's when the Reactors where taken out. We lost the planetary defenses and where left to fend for our selves. As you know we escaped barely with the cover of some of our more damaged ships." He said.
" Captain Luna what was your part in this?"
" My ships weapons where wiped out sir. I was given the order to load up survivors and prep up to leave. That's when Dr. and the remaining Spartans that Rescued her from Reach boarded my ship." Luna said.
" Dr. How much info did we lose back on the fortress?" Dr Uematsu asked
" Luckily I saved all the work Doctor." She said
She pulled out a copy of a mini disk from her pocket and gave it to Dr. Uematsu.
" Thank God." He said
" Dr. Halsey you just might of saved us!" He said
He grabbed the disk and put it in his pocket.
" I know Dr. there are some nifty info in that disk lets just find a way to put it on for a good use." She said.
" Well it's been a great defeat that we suffered on Reach. If It weren't for the Autumn and it's crew you would of all been lost. Lets just hope where ever they are that they are doing fine. This is all for now. We need to discuss the next course of action. I have to dismiss you for now. Ill call you back once we are finished. Thank you." General Philip said.
" We will be waiting sir." Stanforth said
They all walked out of the room to wait.
To be continued…