On a moon of the inner colony "Beta"...
"That one. There," A young woman said, while pointing to a group of childeren. "That's our subject," she paused,"Number 117."
"Which one? They're all in a group." replied a man, who was about 10 years senior to her.
She sighed,"I'll go get him." She walk to the group of kids. "You," she pointed to number 117,"Can you come here?" The other childeren made"ooo"ing noises. He walked over to her, and asked,"What did I do wrong? Did you see my playing grav ball?" She smiled at his innocence. "No, I've came here to play a new type of game with you. Look," she pulled a silver coin from her pocket,"A long time ago when the humans were confined to earth they used this coin for money. On one side it has the face of a man, who was very important then. On the other is a great bird holding arrows while standing on an olive brach. The game is simple. I flick the coin like this," she ficked her wrist, and snapped her thumb. It flew up into the air, spinning madly,"Then I'll catch it and you have to guess which side it lands on. Ready?" He nodded.
She sent the coin into the air. "Man!" shouted the boy. The woman caught it, openned her fist, and saw the picture of a man. "You won. Here," She gave the boy the coin," keep it safe." She watched him run off to show his friends.
"Why did you do that?" the man questioned.
"The UNSC only needs 75 out 150 for this job. That boy is one of the lucky ones, or he is unlucky, depending on how you look at it," she answered.
"I'm not understanding, but then again I wasn't picked to understand." stated the man.
"And for your sake, Captain Lowell, I hope you don't"