Ok, we're still in CONSTRUCT's POV. I plan to post something for Fireteam Storm next episode.

The Pelican shot free of the planet's atmosphere, and quickly rocketed off towards the moon. Once it got there, it continued around to meet the city-sized visage of the UNSC Infinity.

The same drop ship approached Infinity, and moved in to one of the many hangars. It floated through the ambient blue force-field separating deep space from a bustling oxygen environment, and landed gracefully on the steel floor. The warthog hitched to the Pelican was dropped, the hatch opened, and out walked a lone Spartan-IV, carrying a beam rifle, and a railgun on his back. Clad in blue and cyan ROGUE armor, he got in the warthog, and drove off to a vehicle corridor.

Having parked his hog in the garage nearest Spartan Town, he got in one of the many shipwide trams, and it rocketed off towards Spartan Command aboard Infinity. A minute later, he got out, and walked into the debriefing room. He was shortly greeted by another Spartan wearing gray and green Enforcer armor, with the helmet in the crook of his arm. He was Spartan Tegon, an officer in charge of most of the independent Spartans onboard. The blue Spartan saluted crisply, and the officer smiled.

"At ease, Construct." Tegon was one of the few people onboard Infinity who talked to the loner like a friend. "So, what happened down there, your transmission said you would be a bit delayed."

S-Construct relaxed a bit, and answered, "Covenant captured me, and I didn't see any good with making a huge fuss. Brought me straight to my objective, and got some nice conversation with a Commander. Took some effort, but I was able to get free and blow the Plasma stock sky high, Sir."

Tegon furrowed his brow. "What about the commander?"

"Escaped in a phantom. I had to wrench my weapons away from a few of his cronies. Believe it or not, this guy allegedly killed Noble Six. I for one hope to meet up with him and give him a piece of my mind."

The officer cocked his head, thought for a second, and said, "Interesting. I'll be sure to tell Commander Palmer about this. S-Construct, you are dismissed. Have a nice day."

The ROGUE Spartan saluted again, and walked out. Once again boarding the shuttle, he quickly made it over to the barracks at Spartan Town. Walking toward his room, he passed another Spartan with a towel over his shoulder. He looked like he just came from the gym. The fellow warrior stopped, then turned around and followed him.

Catching up with Construct, he said, "Hey, you plan to keep your armor on? Not going to be very confortable in the shower.

S-Construct's blue visor turned to face the talker. "Yes, I do. I prefer to be able to go other places quickly without a stop to the armory."

The newcomer smiled and said, "All right then, have it your way. My name's Mick, by the way. Vehicular Specialist of Fireteam Storm, at your service."

"Nice to meet you. Sorry, but I have to go." Construct stopped at a door, punched in a number code, then stepped in.

Construct's room was like the other Spartan's rooms, however this one had a workstation containing a holo-desktop, a few odd tools, some random mechanical bits, a magnum and a pilfered plasma pistol. Construct set down his Beam Rifle and Railgun on a pair of shelves on the wall, and picked up one of the tools. This tool was designed to fit into the small sockets that held his armor on his bodysuit, allowing him to take it off bit-by-bit. He then put the armor in a shelf on the wall and pressed a few keys next to it. The armor was rocketed off the armory, ready for its next use.

Now that he had free time until next deployment, he sat down at the station and picked up the Plasma Pistol. It was operating on a full charge, and he wanted to take a look at it before going to talk to the 'Eggheads.'

This Spartan made it a point to familiarize himself with every piece of tech he use regularly. This, coupled with his interest in solar technology, had made it so he spent a few weeks with Infinity's scientests tuning a Covenant beam rifle, adding an apparatus that could use solar energy to recharge it. This weapon was Construct's signature tool, and had served him over several missions.

So now, with a purloined plasma pistol, he planned to reverse-engineer the tech, and possibly increase battery life, as well as figuring out how to charge it. Picking up another tool, he began carefully dismantling it.