Spartan Training
By: Natination
Author notes: Sorry for such the long wait, but I didn't have much time till now to sit down at my computer and actually WRITE something. Hope you enjoy it, if you see any errors please tell me and I'll correct it ASAP)
Nate walked down the hallway eating a field ration, 8 years since ONI discovered their true origins, and yet even with their help, they failed to see where, how, or even why this happened. According to ONI, They slipped into the future like a puzzle piece, and the other piece that they replaced, failed to exist. In Essence, they killed the two people who were supposed to be here instead of them. They didn't even remember their childhood 10 year-old childhood, thus they thought that maybe instead they had altered reality itself, and simply replace the two people and stood as them. Everything needed a balance of some kind or else it fails. The balance was the same amount of people. It was noted that the memories of the people they knew changed also, to fit them with their personalities. Funny thing about how life works but It appeared ONI was stumped and decided to put it in the back burner as Nate and Sam were separated and listed as KIA to the other Spartans.
Sad that they were separated from the others, but hell, duty is duty. Duty is slavery if you get right down to the basic of it. But then again, the human race would be extinct if everyone didn't contribute SOMETHING to the war effort. Apparently, he and Sam were being shipped out in the Mark VI armor. It had more effective shields and recharge, including better everything overall. Still didn't have the armor come in 6 different colors though. Sam would have spray painted his armor black if he could. Sam and Nate entered the conference hall, which Admiral Snooker and several of his officers were waiting. An ONI officer waited for the saluting to be done and waited for the Spartans to stand at attention as the seats couldn't possible support them and their armor weight.
"I am here to brief you on the newest ship we have built, the UNSC Peacemaker, She is 300 meters long with 4 feet thick of Titanium A-14 armor. She is armed with 3 of the newest MAC cannons, which is located here, here and there." The Officer pointed at a hologram of the ship, and continued on with the briefing. It was long and sleek, and there was a MAC cannon located within the armor at the direct point of the bow of the ship. The other two were like smaller arms that were under the ship. All three Mac cannons were located so none could be bombed all in one run. 112 chain guns surrounded the vessel for ship defenses, with extreme overlaps of fire everywhere possible. There were 136 Archer missile tubes, which were located like an old missile ship along the front of the ship. With the 48 or so located in the rear of the ship to prevent all archer tubes from being knocked out. The bridge and the reactor was the most protected place of all. 6 feet of Titanium lined the out of the walls like a giant cube. Some of the titanium was INSIDE the ship so to prevent a direct Nose to tail one hit KO. The ship carried 24 Shiva nuclear missiles and had 200 longswords in 4 separate bays located in strategic places. It had a crew of over 640 people and supported 876 marines. Carried over 300 warthogs, 120 scorpion tanks and 165 pelicans. It had enough fuel to support everything in full operation around the clock for three months. In Short, this bad girl could kick some serious ass if need be on any planet surface OR space.
After the debriefing about the new battleship they would call home, the ONI agent only went briefly into the mission, they would have to leave port to receive any more details, ONI as usually, was being pain in the ass paranoid again.
The nature of the mission seemed to be extremely important but yet, it seemed more like exploration then actually combat. They all boarded the vessel within an hour, the Spartans lugging the few items that they had. Spare Equipment for the suits were loaded on as well. Things were going in a hectic pace, but everything was working fine. The Spartans were showed their quarters within the vessel as they were just departing. The Commander of the ship was of course, Admiral Snooker, funny as his name maybe, but he was hardcore marine turned navy. The Peacemaker was launched prior to the other Spartan's mission, which was considered more risky despite the fact that ONI did everything they "could". Only the crew knew the Secrecy of the ship onboard as the ship departed and did a slip space jump. Sam and Nate stared out though a screen seeing reach left behind. Nate couldn't wait to get back to the past where he could actually sleep in, be late and the military wasn't the central hub that made the world go round. They were going to be briefed on the orders they received from ONI in a minute. He hoped this mission wouldn't go FUBAR.