Sean woke up on an operating table, it was familiar, this was the same room he had had his bio-augmentation procedure that made him such an effective Spartan. He looked around, the cold metal around the room seemed to be reflecting his numbness, he was having trouble caring about anything anymore, all he knew was that he was to follow orders and kill Covenant.
He lifted his right arm and flexed his robotic arm. He balled his robot hand into a fist, he couldn't feel it, he didn't have any nerves in the robotic part. He was let out of the room, the silver metal automatic doors sliding open to welcome him into a wide metal corridor, he followed it and turned right, through a door into his quarters. His steel and blue armour stood in a case next to his bed. He looked out the window into the vastness of deep space. The blackness of it enveloped everything, then his quarters COM just beeped, Sean picked up his transmitter
"this is Spartan twelve ninety-three"
"Sean, this is Burke, come to the bridge, and suit up, this is urgent"
"Roger that sir, on my way"
Sean looked at his arm once more then began to put on his suit. The Spartans had been taught how to put their armour on quickly, and in ten minutes he was on his way to the bridge, he had to remove the lower armour on his right arm to fit his robot arm.
The bridge doors opened and Sean entered the Bridge. David and Niall were already standing at ease in front of the overview board, Captain Burke stood in front of them in his black naval uniform. The Spartans had kept their MJOLNIR armour from Omega VI.
Burke turned as he entered "chief petty officer, welcome"
Sean snapped a crisp salute with his robot arm.
Burke sighed, and then said, "I realize that you expected Captain Benjamin's funeral to take place, above al else, but the Covenant happened, they're attacking Ophelia IV"
Sean nodded, it seemed like everything had stopped, Ophelia had always seemed like their small home among the stars, he had never thought the Covenant would attack it.
Burke continued on "we are going to Ophelia IV and engage the Covenant while UNSC forces rally and head planet-side".
"Sir yes sir" the Spartans said
"Good, you'll be taking Captain Benjamin's prowler planet-side"
Sean nodded; it was all that was left of the Captain. Burke stared at him, studying him for any reaction, then said "mission starts at oh nine hundred tomorrow, dismissed"
The Spartans saluted, turned and exited the bridge.
Sean walked onto the bridge of the prowler "Meteora", he sat in the pilots seat, and got a feel for the controls, then a marine walked in towards him and said
"Sir I have a message from Captain Burke"
Sean turned, and nodded for him to go on, "Captain Burke says that you and your squad are no longer to command the "Meteora" but to attack Covenant forces using experimental booster frames, that's it"
"Thank you corporal, dismissed", the marine saluted and walked off. Sean went to his quarters and decided to get some more sleep before the attack.
He was woken by his alarm, and he headed for the barracks to grab some weapons. Niall was there already, reassembling his sniper and an old-fashioned designated marksmen rifle. Sean picked it up and levelled it.
"Original edition?" he asked Niall. The Spartan nodded as he clicked the mouth of the rifle into place.
Sean picked up the original ma5b and decided to modify it. He swapped some of the firing chamber mags, changed the rate of fire and decreased the range. It was a far more powerful gun, but a shorter range, he kept his magnum the same.
David arrived and immediately hoisted a rocket launcher and grenade launcher over his shoulders.
Sean slung his assault rifle across his back and holstered his magnum. The Spartans made their way to the frames. They were silver, with a huge gauss cannon at the front and two engines at the back.
Then a voice blared over the COM "prepare to open hangar bay doors". The Spartans mounted their frames, "hangar doors opening in three, two, one", the huge metal doors fell below them and the booster frames were jettisoned into space.