Chapter 5
Fleet: United we Stand. Ship: The Face of Danger. Location: In Slip-Space tracking Covenant Remnant CSS-Class Battle Cruiser, Glory to the Gods Everlasting, containing The Package.
We got back to the ship and were finished getting debriefed on our mission and had met in the armory to discuss the different elements of our team.
"Well IceWolf, now that I'm in command what is your specific input to the team" I asked.
"Well sir, I am qualified as a Mechanic" he replied.
"As a matter of fact I had this made for you, something of a welcome to the team gift".
He then proceeded to open a crate and take out what appeared to be a thirty mike-mike LMG with a shoulder mount and a backpack for ammo.
"What the heck is it" I exclaimed.
"It's a shoulder-mounted .30 caliber light machine gun, I like to call it the Confetti Maker" he answered.
"Um Ok, but I'm not sure about the name" I said.
"Well I made it, so I name it. Live with it", he answered.
"Ok fine, whatever" I responded.
"And as for you StarFox, a little present for you" he said opening another crate. "This is a Model 99 Special Applications Scoped Rifle, thought you might like it for a bit more punch for you to pack".
"Hey man thanks, this will come in handy for anti-vehicle ops" StarFox replied.
"Well it can take out a Warthog in two rounds and will obliterate a mongoose" he answered.
"Ok team, let's go get briefed on our next mission" I interrupted.
"Just one more thing boss" IceWolf said "I got something for Arvo here, a belt-fed semi-auto M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Carbine; I thought you might like it".
"Ok enough with the semi-legal weapons; let's just go get briefed for our next mission" I said.
A moment later the door opened and in came Sgt. Mann, our immediate superior. In an instance we were on our feet at attention.
"At ease Spartans, just here to drop off something" he said.
Stepping through the door, and around Mann came a young woman, who had black hair and was very pale like us, from being inside armor for most of the time.
"This is Spartan SR-2013, her name is Gina Broke" Mann continued.
"Umm, hi guys what's up" Gina said.
"Gina welcome to WolfPack, I'm Jack, this is Don, John, and Arvo" I said pointing to us in turn.
"Well Gina, what's your specialty" asked Caos.
"Hand to Hand, CQB type stuff" she replied.
"Ok I've got just the thing" he answered, opening a weapon locker.
What he pulled out was a Katana.
"Wow, thanks" Gina said.
"No problem" replied Caos.
She took the Katana and was checking its balance when we heard over the loud speakers "Operation FIRESTORM 2.0 is a go. Repeat, Operation FIRESTORM 2.0 is a go".
We quickly headed out to get into armor, and get to the hangar. When we met again in armor I was surprised by the newbies choice. It was a hot pink with white highlights Hayabusa style armor, and with the Katana it looked awesome.