"Ronan could you please tell Rodney that if he doesn't shut up we will be leaving him here." Asked Sheppard as he turned away from the weapons locker.

"You can't leave me here. You have no idea what's on that ship. What kind of advanced technologies that could be there. You need me.", Rodney sputtered.

"You don't know what's on there either, so if you don't shut up we will be leaving you here. Got it?"

"Fine", Said Rodney letting out another huff of air.

Reaching up to his ear Sheppard activated his com,"Bridge this is Sheppard we're reading to be beamed over."

"Sheppard this is Cadwell we're having trouble locking on to any of the sections near the center of the ship. Whoever made this appears to be able to jam our beaming technology to an extent. Retrieving that technology will be your main priority. We don't know if there are any survivors on board so watch your backs."

"We'll be careful. Sheppard out." A second later Ronan, Sheppard, Rodney, and Teyla were engulfed in a bright light, obscuring them from view. When it faded they were gone.

In the auxiliary vehicle bay near the bottom of the ship four points of light appeared. For a second they glowed brighter, them just as urgently as they appeared faded away. In their place stood four people all of whom were carrying weapons. One man standing near the far right of the group raised his hand to his ear and began speaking,"Daedalus this is Sheppard. We have made it aboard we appear to be in some sort of storage room." Before he could continue Rodney who had already gone ahead of the group to look around interrupted him by called out,

"It's an auxiliary vehicle bay. Look at the writing on the entrance it's in English and they even have a tank and some sort of ATV."

Scrunching up his face in frustration Sheppard began speaking again,"Scratch that we are in what appears to be an auxiliary vehicle bay and we have found what appears to be a tank along with an ATV. The lettering appears to be English as well. We'll tag the tank and continue deeper into the ship. Sheppard out."

"This place is very… strange it is like your ship but there is a distinct difference that I cannot seem to place." Teyla said looking around

"Yeah well it all looks the same to me," came Ronan's response

Before John could reply he was once again cut off only this time it was by the sound of the blast door opening instead of Rodney's voice. Whirling around to face the noise he saw Rodney standing next to what appeared to be a control panel not even bothering to plug in his tablet to operate it. What caught his eye though was the long hallway leading deeper into the ship that had been opened up. The hallway was the same metal grey that the entire ship seemed to be made out of at regular intervals along the way bulkheads interrupted the otherwise smooth floor.

Rodney ever the enthusiast for advanced technologies eagerly bounded ahead calling out over his shoulder," Come on guys. I found something important on that computer. It was marked as a priority and it could be that jammer technology."

Sheppard once again shook his head and gestured for the team to follow him all the while grumbling threats under his breath. Eventually after several turns and many plain grey hallways Rodney stopped in front of a door titled 'CRYO'. "This doesn't make any sense why would anyone put a jammer in a cryo room?" He furiously typed away at his tablet trying to find an answer.

"Because Rodney there isn't a jammer in there! Daedalus this is Sheppard we may have found a possible survivor. Moving to investigate now, over."

"Be careful Sheppard we can only lock on to you in short bursts so we may not be able to pull you out right away."

"Copy that. Sheppard out. Alright guys get ready." Sheppard brought his gun up and reached forward towards the door controls. The door slid open the second the button was pushed and they advanced forward into the surprisingly chilly room. Sheppard looked along the rows of empty pods that lined the walls while Ronan and Teyla either looked in more empty pods or made sure no one snuck up on them. Rodney however went straight for the pedestal in front of the center pod on the back wall and plugged in his tablet in hopes of finding out what was going on. It wasn't even a few seconds before he called out to the others. "Hey guys I found something. There is apparently a survivor here someone called SIERRA 117 and they are in this pod… here." As Rodney finished speaking the pod in front of him opened. The contents put everyone on high alert. All looking around for a potential enemy because the pod didn't have a survivor in it. It was empty.

John vision was blurry when he opened his eyes. Where were they? Had the UNSC found them? Why was he awake? Theses thoughts floated around his mind but he pushed them aside as his companion spoke up. "Easy John you been out for a while." Looking up John spotted her avatar standing on her pedestal.

"Where are we?"

"Still adrift somewhere in wild space. I'm picking up some unique Cherenkov Radiation but that's about it. That's not all though a few minutes ago a ship appeared next to us." At this Cortana had Chief's full and undivided attention.

"Covenant?"

Cortana shook her head, "No its an unidentified human faction from what I can tell. They seem to have some rather advanced technology. Wait hold. A group of humans just appeared in the auxiliary vehicle bay. It seems like they were teleported there."

"Are they hostile?"

"I don't know but their radio chatter suggests that they don't know who we are.."

"What do you mean?" Chief asked. Had Cortana been anyone else she wouldn't have picked up on the surprise and concern in his voice.

"I mean they don't seem to recognize anything related to the UNSC. They're also armed. Three with what appear to be P90s and one with some sort of energy pistol." There was a short pause as Chief processed the information before Cortana spoke up again. "They're on their way here and I don't have full control over the bulkhead doors." That was enough for Chief. He grabbed his assault rifle from where he stored it next to his cryo pod then turned back to face the A.I.

"You ready to get back to work?"

Alright it has been a while since I have posted anything. Yeah sorry about that but well life man its a hell of a thing. I am sorry for the short chapter. I usually like to have at least five thousand words per chapter but I just couldn't think of a way to prolong this. Plus the person I bounce ideas off of I haven't been able to talk to them about my writing for a while. This story I have a lot of ideas for. A lot of ways to balance out the technology if Halo ships get involved. One side though will definitely have a technological edge. It just wont be an extreme one. That's the hope for that scenario anyway. My updating scheduled will probably remain forever sporadic but I won't be abandoning any of them. You may even see a fourth one pop up towards the end of the year but I want to focus on what I already have up. Just depends on when I move. Thank you all for the wonderful support that you've given me. Seriously it means a lot. Even the person just asking for another chapter is an encouragement to me right now. So thank you for the comments, the follows, the favorites, and the PMs. Please have a wonderful day you wonderful people.