Halo of Remnant

by Akyy-Wolf

UNSC Spirit of Fire finds itself above a new planet alone, or maybe not, to fight a new war against a common threat. The Support vessel and its allies will have a hard battle as a common foe discovers them.

2. Chapter 2

General Ironwood could only help but scowl, he had received a lot of incriminating evidence from an anonymous source. Enough Evidence to put Jacquee Schnee in a high priority prison and likely get the death penalty.

"Why did this have to happen today?"

Captain Cutter groaned as he looked at all the files on the planet Serina collected, "Serina, brief all our units, this information is high priority."

"Yes sir."

"I also want to establish a communication with this Ozpin character, he seems far more important than the world assumes. Secondly we need to establish a base of operations on the planet."

"Understood."

Captain Cutter looked over his War Room map, "That island is quite barren, and large enough to hold a UNSC Installation, Serina, please get the HQ Base ready for drop."

"Are you sure Captain, we only have one of those and if we place it in the wrong position it will become a burden when we need to extract it."

"I am sure Serina, so please set up the base."

"Understood Captain."

The face of Ras' 'Vadum appeared on his screen, "Humans, I see you are preparing to drop a large installation. What can we do to aid you?"

Captain Cutter rubbed his chin as he thought about it, "Our people are still quite nervous about you, but, why don't you send our base a few of your spare vehicles?"

Ras' 'Vadum smirked, "We also have a large deployment of weapons along with multiple Forges capable of continuous production for a few months, I will spare these as well. This will assist our people into becoming close allies. I will even send you 4 Seraphs along with the vehicles we have to spare."

"Understood, thank you Ras', besides that can you supply us with the schematics of all the Covenant 'things'."

"Easy, my technician will be sending the info over in a few hours. I will also drop a few of our Base additions alongside your HQ Base so you can produce our weaponry and vehicles."

"Now onto other matters, how is the healing for the human aboard your ship?"

"Stable and healing quite easily, her wounds and scars are fading but we unfortunately had to replace her eyes with cybernetics, these eyes seem to work with her natural energy that we have discovered."

"How long until she makes a full recovery?"

"A week at most, we are trying to be slow and precise, we are nervous about harming her since we are not familiar with human Anatomy."

"How bad was she when she arrived?"

"Deceased, but we managed to keep her blood flowing."

"So she was basically dead but you managed to heal her."

"Not basically, she was dead, but yes."

"I see, at least she is alive now."

Serina appeared beside Cutter, "Sir we have sent Sergeant Young a Lien card while his AI and I have gifted him a huge stash of Lien to use, enough to easily buy us plenty of Remnant Aircraft."

"Understood, is the HQ Up and running to study the Crystals he had given us?"

"Yes sir." She looked over to, "The Science team along with Miss Anders all have dropped to the planet to study these crystals after I reported that they could not leave the planet's atmosphere."

Ras' 'Vadum nods, "I would also happily drop one of our Science bases for your planet to use."

"All right."

The Ground HQ was led by Allen Anders, around 200 people were in the area, they had been given multiple things from the Ally Separatist ship, the four Seraphs they gifted them would be used for deployment sooner or later.

Allen Anders walked to her lab she set up, 30 scientists had joined her aboard the Spirit of Fire, so they had joined her in this situation.

The HQ was fully established and the 6 primary operating facilities, two supply pads, a Barracks, Vehicle factory, Ander's lab, and finally a Covenant Vehicle forge.

A week had passed as Sergeant Young continued his assault on both the White Fang and the Dust thieves. Later he was picked up by a Bullhead and dropped off at Beacon Academy he didn't seem to care about anyone but Ruby who he instantly noticed.

He walked up behind her and spoke,"Ruby." His voice caused the young girl to jump out of freight, she spun around and looked at him with a hand over her heart. "How have you been?"

Ruby smiled, "I have been well, how about you?"

He smiled, "Vale's criminal activity has dropped significantly, thanks to me, no lives have been taken." he shrugged, he had listened to her advice, while many were in the hospital none would stay that way, at least in his opinion.

Ruby's smile actually left him stunned, he had never seen such a pure and innocent smile so powerful, "That's amazing, how did you do it?"

He tilted his head and pulled out his Baton that was electrified, "Mark 3 Stun Baton, made to incapacitate hostels without causing permanent damage. A few broken bones or even electric burns can easily be fixed."

Ruby looked at the Baton with wide excited eyes, "Made from Titanium?" Nick nods, "Does it use Lightning Dust?"

"No, it uses an Electric Battery pack that is solar powered, it uses concentrated electrical energy." He put the Baton away and looked over to a white haired girl with blue eyes, 'Schnee.' He wanted to kill her already, in his opinion this girl can only do more harm than Good. Though he was ordered not to hurt any citizen, so at the moment he would not act until she did a singular criminal act. He watched as Ruby ran into her, received a lecture on Dust, and had her sneeze a literal explosion. 'How amusing.' He smiled softly, he shook his head and walked to the Auditorium.

He didn't even bother to listen to the ramble that was the speech on being a Huntsman, he was a Sergeant, and a ONI Private. He didn't want to be anything else, he just wanted to use his own soul as a weapon. If he learned how he could do this, maybe he would be able to reinforce the UNSC's power.

He waited until the speech was over before he made his way to Ozpin, "Sir." His voice was stern and militaristic, Ozpin looked at him with a blank expression as he sipped his tea, "Unlock my Aura."

Ozpin looked him over, "To have the skill and power I saw during the Dust Robbery without Aura is quite impressive." He nods his head, "I will unlock your aura." Nick let him put his hand on his chest and Ozpin's brow furrowed, "Three Souls in one Body?"

Nick blinked, "Can you unlock them all?"

"Easily." Ozpin confirmed, "It may be slightly painful though, this situation has never happened before, I am unsure of the consequences."

Nick shrugged, "I can take it."

Ozpin sighed and pushed his Aura into Nick's souls. His body began to scream out in agony but Nick just ignored the pain, in seconds his aura fully manifested into an ever changing rainbow of colors. Ozpin began to sweat slightly from unlocking three Aura's, "It is done."

Nick felt how strong and godly his body had become, he flexed his fingers noticing lines filling his vision but he pushed them out. His body was suddenly encased in silver armor and in his hand was a Forerunner Battle rifle, then the armor vanished and in its place was a mirror that showed him what his heart desired.

Ozpin's eyes widened, 'Three Semblances to go with the three souls, one which I am unsure of, one that manifested a powerful set of armor and weaponry, and a final one that created a mirror.'

Nick flinched back at feeling the sudden exhaustion he was struck with, "All right, It seems that has been completed. Thank you Professor Ozpin."

He left the Professor and conversed with Morning Glory, 'How are you feeling?'

"I feel tired, which is odd, I'm just an AI."

Nick felt something within his heart at those words, "I think you may be more than a Simple AI…" His eyes widened at his own confession. "You are, my-" He shivered, his mind and body repulsed by what would slip out, "-Friend."

Morning Glory blushed, he was sure of it, he was just unsure as to why. "T-thank you, Warrior of Eternal Light."

"Can you analyze your Semplace please, I need to understand what you have."

"My Semblance Is something I already fully understand. That's to your actions. My Semblance allows me to create a mirror that shows the user what their soul truly wants. It can also be used to spy on enemies, but at the moment It is just a Mirror. You do not have a high enough Sync rate with me to actually use it effectively."

Nick blinks before frowning, 'That is fine.' He found a corner and laid his back against the wall before falling asleep.

Ras' 'Vadum had been alerted that the Human had awoken, he instantly contacted his Human Allies, "Humans, the woman is awake, you are allowed to board our vessel."

Captain Cutter looked into his eyes, "I will be bringing my Spartans."

"The Demons? It is fine."

Captain Cutter was dropped off at the Hangar of the New Glory, his two Spartan bodyguards stood by his side. James looked over to see Ras' 'Vadum with his own deployment of Honor Guards, "Human you have arrived, we will take you to the Medical sector of the Glory, the Human is awake but we restrained her in an attempt to not cause us or her harm. She had been confused but compliant."

James nods, "It would make sense, alright." The Group quickly crossed the massive ship and soon they arrived at the mostly unused Medical facility, a single Sangheili stood in their path wearing Elite Minor armor. Ras' 'Vadum and the Minor began to speak in their native tongue, Ras' nods, "It would seem that the Woman is calm." He pointed to a nearby door, "Go in Captain."

Nodding James walked into the room leaving his Spartans at the door. When he walked inside he blinked, this woman looked identical to someone from the planet below them, in his mind this woman was replaced with a fifteen year old girl. The Woman looked at him with a bright smile, "Hello Sir! I am Summer Rose, Huntress of Vale."

"Captain James Cutter of the UNSC Spirit of Fire, but at this moment I am the General of the UNSC Forces since well, we only have one ship." He sighs, "I was not supposed to say that but secrets don't make you allies. By the way, are you by chance related to Ruby Rose?"

Summer's eyes widened and she nodded excitedly, "That's my baby girl!"

"That is good news, but how old was Ruby when you left?"

Summer tilted her head in thought, "Three years old."

"Sorry to say this but no, she is now fifteen, everyone you know assumed you have died." Summer's eyes widened and quickly filled with the emotional pain Cutter expected. "I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, can you tell me about how you 'died', because you did die. The Sangheili had presumed you deceased but managed to revive you."

Summer wiped the tears from her face, "It's alright, I need to tell someone, and a General is someone I can easily trust. Salem cannot be killed." James blinked, "I fought her for days, cutting off arms, legs, heck I even managed to decapitate her multiple times but she just regenerated everything she lost!" She snarled, "After a while I became too tired and was captured. Salem and the bastard Tyrian used and tortured me for days, I finally died after Tyrian had enough and poisoned me."

James listened to her words and grew concerned, "Can you tell me about this Salem Woman, my ship may be able to supply aid to your world."

Sighing Summer looked over to him, "She controls the Grim, she is like the Queen of grims, she isn't very physically powerful but she has the ability to defeat the strongest enemies."

James grew serious, "Can you give me a location?"

"Ehh on the head of the Dragon-Shaped-Continent, it's a large castle surrounded by Gravity crystals. She never leaves her castle, at least from what I remember. What are you going to do?"

James Cutter gave a wild smirk, "That will be for later, I have a question for you, will you join me to defeat Salem?" Summer's eyes lit up and she nodded, "Welcome to the UNSC Specialist Summer Rose, we will have a Uniform ready for you Aboard the Spirit of Fire." He quickly unrestrained her, while Summer looked thankful.

Summer stands up on her shaky legs, "I will be ready to help my people Captain."

James smiled, "Your people will eventually thank you for your services." He exited the room with Summer by his side, the Two Spartan 2 stood by the door. "Thank you Spartans." They nod their heads silently. He looked over to Ras' 'Vadum, "Thank you Captain for caring for one of ours."

"It was a pleasure Captain, we will stand by your side until we all save the planet below us from whatever threat that heads our way."

James smiles, "I fully agree Ras', we will save the people below us from whatever threat they face." Ras' nods as James leaves to his ship.

Summer looked around as they arrived at the Spirit of Fire, "Wow, this ship is amazing!" She squealed, "I wanna learn so much about it, her Name is beautiful! Spirit of Fire?"

Captain Cutter smiles and rubs the wall of his ship, "She is a mighty and gorgeous vessel, a ship that served me well over the years of conflict. She is one of my favorite homes." Suddenly the alarms began to blare across the ship as James Cutter straightened and looked far more militaristic, becoming Captain Cutter. "Follow me Specialist." Summer nods as they make their way to the Bridge, "Status Report?!"

"Two Slipspace anomalies have been detected, both squawking UNSC Friendly codes, Pillar of Autumn led by Captain Keyes, and Forward Unto Dawn led by… Commander Keyes?"

Jame's eyes narrowed, "Send a broadcast."

He looked at the camera screen of the Pillar of Autumn and confirmed that it was indeed the real ship. He looked to the Forward Unto Dawn, it was a Charon-class Light Frigate that means it had a low troop numbers, but enough to hopefully assist in the Spirit of Fires new mission.

His ship was sent a Hail message, "Answer."

Two voices reached his ears as the screen came to life showing the Ships leaders, A Young woman with brown hair and green eyes. On the other screen was Captain Jacob Keyes, one of the most recognizable leaders besides James Cutter.

Jacob looked and saw James with a smile, "Captain Cutter, we assumed your ship was destroyed."

"It would have been but we managed to survive." James looked over to the AI Pedestal, "Serina, send all information to our supportive vessels." Serina appeared and nodded before she sent all the Data they had gained. "We are currently in a distant Galaxy from the Milky Way, I have lost half of my crew and I doubt I will have any replacements."

Jacob Keyes frowned, "That is very odd, My entire crew was dead, including me." At the mention of his death Miranda Keyes flinched, "The Flood had infected me and Spartan 117 had to kill me." He rubbed his chin, "Status Miranda." His daughter straightened up and nodded, "All my crew is alive and well, I think we even have Spartan 117 within the Cargo Hold, Sergeant Johnson is in the medical bay however."

James frowned, "How about armament?"

"We have plenty of Warthogs, Scorpions, and Pelicans aboard." Jacob states calmly.

"My ship only holds a few of each, no kind of large numbers."

James frowned, "This situation is quite dire but your Ship will be very useful in fighting the new threat we will have to face."

"This Immortal Salem?" James nodded with Jacobs assumption, "We will be able to defeat her quite easily." That gained the attention of James and Summer, "Use a Drop Pod and send her into the nearest star."

James opened his mouth to protest but he blinked, "Actually, that may work, but we should take the over the top way of dispatching a hostile, Send her into the Nearest Black hole."

The Two Leaders of their ship could only blink, "That will work." Miranda Keyes nods, "Unlike the Spirit of Fire, our Slipspace drives are fully functioning, if a little over heated-"

"Captain, we have important information we have just uncovered!"

James looked over to the shaking Technician. "Go ahead."

"The Spirit Of Fire now possesses a Forerunner shield array! A Covenant Capital Class is the best I can come up with, the ship has also been upgraded with new Eternal plating."

James blinked before his face shifted into shock, "The Dreadnought did this to us?"

"Yes sir, in fact multiple Drones are currently surrounding the Forward Unto Dawn and Pillar of Autumn. They seem to be Repair drones."

Captain Keyes and Commander Keyes blinked as their ships shimmered as a Nano Shielding formed across the vessel.

"Holy shit." James's eyes widened, "We may be the strongest UNSC vessels at the time, Commander Keyes, I want your Marines and Ground bases Vehicles aboard my vessel, we are best equipped for Ground combat."

Miranda nods, "I can see where your ship would be best suited in orbit monitoring combat, I will transport all our vessels to the Spirit of Fire. Please remember though we only have a max crew of a Thousand, we can spare a large portion of our crew knocking us down to 300 strong, including ODST."

"Good, more troops the more powerful of a ground offense we can put up alongside our Sangheili allies."

Jacob Keyes shrugs, "As long as they stay our allies I have no issue with them."

"Agreed." Miranda thinks about the Arbiter, "We can trust them for now."

"I will be sending the Ferrets down to infiltrate and spy on the hostile elements of Planet Oblivion."

"Understood Captain Cutter."

Alpha Base was large and massive, it had already started to produce large amounts of weaponry and vehicles for the UNSC forces. The Island held a large amount of Titanium which was quickly changed into Titanium-A that quickly started to Manufacture replacement Armor for the Ships.

Allen Anders sighed, the Info from the Pillar of Autumn and Forward Unto Dawn, was enough to put their factories into high production. "So we have 20 new Vehicle Schematics, 5 new Weapon Schematics, and 9 new Aircraft Schematics."

She sighed, "Commander." She looked over Commander Jackson, He was an Asian man with blonde hair and blue eyes, "The factories are in high production status, how is the Grim threat around the Island?"

Jackson scoffed, "Threat? We barely even have any action for the Marines, we have been using Vultures to wipe the Grim out before they get a chance to take a step to our Base."

Anders sighed, "Thank you Commander, we have some important news from the Science team, the Dust that this world uses is highly powerful but once it exits an oxygen rich environment it becomes completely inert."

"So it's useless for space battles?"

"Basically, however, within Atmosphere we can use a MAC Round coated with Fire and Lightning Dust to make a makeshift Plasma."

"So we have a very powerful attack weapon on this planet."

"Exactly!"

Commander Jackson rubbed his chin, "I see, we have some news from the Spirit of Fire, apparently two UNSC Ships have appeared in the system. They quickly joined the Spirit of Fire, but we should be aware that we may get a visit from the Forward Unto Dawn as it is in need of some heavy ordinance."

"Our Station is not built for Vehicle Upgrades."

"That is where you are wrong, the Pillar of Autumn is dropping a Ship Construction Yard near our establishment, it was one of the things they scavenged from Reach before it's fall."

Anders sighed, "I doubt we will have the supplies or manpower to repair the entire ship."

Jackson smirked, "We only need to attach a few plates of Titanium-A, and may need to work on the MAC Cannon, something our crew is entirely capable of doing."

"All right, you convinced me, when is she coming?"

"Soon."

Nicholas blinked as he read the message from the UNSC, he was within the Emerald Forest, he had already killed a large amount of them without using his Semblance. 'Morning Glory, what am I reading?'

"Warrior of Eternal Light, this is a message about your allies, they have discovered two other UNSC Ships, powerful ships." Nodding Nick spun around pulled the trigger of his Magnum three times, splitting the skull of the Beowulf that stood behind him, He quickly holstered his pistol and shrugged. He quickly arrived at the temple with all the pieces. He was uninterested in all the others, his eyes looked over and spotted a golden knight. His mind, soul, and body were calling for it. He reached out and grabbed it.

Putting the knight away he looked over and saw a Nevermore carrying Ruby and Weiss, He pulled out his Magnum and pointed the barrel right into the creature's left eye, "Ad Victoriam." He pulled the trigger causing the metal slug to punch through the creature's skull in a show of black mist, the Nevermore squawked and started to slowly fall to the ground when it hit the ground with a soft thud it slowly faded away. He looked over to Ruby and Wiess, "You both need to not do stupid things." He pointed to ruby, "You left your ally to hold onto the legs of the Nevermore without any care for her safety." Ruby visibly wilted, he pointed to Weiss. "Your own arrogance and lack of emotional development could have caused the both of you to die, you are a team, act like it." He snarled, he spun around swiftly and pointed his Magnum at the stinger of a Death Stalker. He pulled the trigger twice causing the Magnum to bark, the two rounds bounced off the armor causing him to frown. 'Unexpected, changing route of combat.' He pulled out his dual Batons, he spun them in his hands. His aura flared around his body, "I will deal with this annoyance, the rest are yours."

His Rainbow like aura turned golden, his eyes pulsed as he glared at the monster. His aura coated his twin batons and the electricity surged in power. He launched forward and swung at the tail, the ground where he stood cracked and shattered from the force he used. The armor on the Death Stalker's tail shattered like glass from the forces. He quickly weaved out of the way as a stinger passed by his head, the speed would have killed some veteran Aura users.

His eyes darted to the Deathstalker that quickly charged after him, he was still mid air when it tried to sting him for a second time. Seeing no other way to avoid the strike, he pulled his Batons in a X-block and took the stinger head on. The Tip pierced his batons but didn't come close to touching him. Snarling Nick pushed the Death Stalker away with the Golden Aura his speed, strength, durability, and flexibility were all heavily enhanced. This caused the Death Stalker to skid back 12 feet. Both of Nick's pupils became slitted from rage, he charged towards the Death stalker.

Both his now heavily damaged Batons slammed into the Deathstalkers body, snapping in half, but not before shattering the plating on the top of the Deathstalkers head. The ground below the Stalker exploded and its body slammed into the ground creating a large 15 feet wide crater in the ground. Nick sighed as he watched the Stalker start to fade away. He looked at his broken shock batons, he put them away, the Spirit of Fire could repair them.

He looked towards the others who had just finished dealing with a small horde of grim, they looked at him with awe and amazement. His eyes suddenly narrow, "Move." He looked over and spotted a Goliath, he was basically unarmed, his Magnum would not work against that creature, his Assault Rifle was good at mowing down weak targets but useless against stronger targets. He looked over at the Goliath, "Welp guess I have to use my Semblance, even If I am not that at using it." He felt the Soul of Warrior of Eternal Light unleash his semblance. The Nanotechnology spreads out across his body fitting him in a skin tight suit of Armored skin.

In his hands a Hard-light based plasma weapon, he aimed down the holographic sights and pulled the trigger when the barrel was pointed at the Goliath's skull. The Barrel released a large 2 inch wide beam of pure Plasma, the Beam of energy pierced the skull of the Goliath and exited out the back in a nanosecond. The ground under Nick cracked and cratered. The Forerunner rifle shifted and changed into a small pistol. "I suppose I won." He looked at the others who only gapped at him, he used his Semblance to release the armor he wore.

He almost instantly collapsed, his bones had hundreds of fractures, and his stamina was currently being used to suppress the agony he was feeling. "Oh-Oh shit, that's bad." His eyes were wide and he collapsed. He heard the concerned yells of the kids he had been protecting. He was confused though, why were they concerned? "I-I'm okay, my semblance is just new to me is all."

His eyes slowly closed but he forced himself awake, "We need the leave." He stood, his legs shaking violently, "Is anyone injured?" Everyone shook their heads no, "Can someone, eh, carry me?" He smiled weakly, it was a half hearted smile, but it seemed to be filled with the light his soul always held contained by the darkness. He collapsed again and this time was unable to stand, "oops, I think my leg broke." The pain didn't even seem to phase him, "Yeah I need to be carried."

Captain Cutter sighed, "We need to do something, Summer, your kids are down there, unprotected."

Summer frowned, she sighed, "I am unsure Captain, we should try and focus on dealing with Salem's allies."

James nods in agreement, "Commander." The Ship's Commander tensed up, "Send the Ferrets down to investigate and infiltrate hostile movements." He rubbed his chin in thought, "We also need to use the Spirit of Fire to connect the Faunus Kingdom to the rest of the world, Serina get on it."

"Understood Captain, it is already done, the Faunus are now connected via their own interference."

"Send all information related to the Schnee incident and make it seem like we, The Remnant Space Defense, are the heroes. Also I want you to use minor propaganda to ensure that we will have the support of the people to work within their countries." He thought about something else, "I want our best operators to infiltrate and extract the Faunus Citizens, we should also focus on-"

"Captain multiple Slipspace signatures have appeared in the system, again they are squawking UNSC Signals! Most are not Combat vessels, A Hauler, a Space Station, Miner ship, a Prowler, and What is this vessel?"

"What's wrong Ensign?"

"Sir these readings must be wrong, this ship name, this size, it is the size of CSO Supercarrier!"

That caused Captain Cutter to become nervous, "What is the name?"

"The UNSC Infinity."

James sighed, "I have no idea of that name, but with a ship of that tonnage, it will likely be the head of the fleet."

Soon the ship's radio crackled, "This is the Captain Lasky of the UNSC Infinity, state your affiliation."

He sighed and spoke to the other ship, "This is UNSC Spirit of Fire, Captained by James Cutter. To my left is The Pillar of Autumn, led by Captain Jacob Keyes, to my right is The Forward Unto Dawn, piloted by Miranda Keyes. In front of us is the New Glory, piloted by Ras' 'Vadum." The Comms were silent for a good long while.

"Impossible, Both the Pillar of Autumn and Forward Unto Dawn have been destroyed."

"Well, I am unsure of what to say, we are alive and well, we even have Master Chief aboard."

That caused Captain Lasky to sputter, "How did we even arrive here, we were headed to explore the Outer rim of the Galaxy, how is Chief Aboard by the way? He was supposed to be on Earth receiving medals after his stunt on Requiem."

"What's Requiem, wait, on earth? He's in my Cryo Bay!" Miranda almost shouted, "Does this mean?"

James frowned, "We are not all from the same Universe, Serina, are you sure we are in a different galaxy and only a different Galaxy?"

"Scanning, Slipspace Anomaly Data received from all vessels in the system, Success." The Spirit of Fire shuddered as the lights turned red for a split second, "I now understand! We are in a different Universe entirely, in a different Galaxy, mainly because the Milky Way does not exist in this universe in all likelihood."

"Thank you Serina, That means that we really do have no way to escape this place, and no way back to earth."

Captain Lasky heard the message and frowned, "Well, we have enough supplies to possibly create a Geostationary Space station,

"That is a good idea, we need a place to dock our ship and refill them, how quick can it be done?"

Lasky was silent for a minute, "Three months." Cutter balked, "We will also have an Aimable Mac Cannon."

That made Cutter smile, "Serina sent all the information over to Lasky and the Prowler."

"Yes Captain."

Lasky was silent for a while, before he spoke up, "As of this moment Captain James Cutter, you have been promoted to General of the Remnant Space Defense."

A new voice spoke up, "I am ONI Captain Joshua Red of the Point Blank-class Prowler, I am under your command." Joshua Red appeared on the screen, Miranda and Lasky both balked. "My vessel will do its job for Stealth."

"Joshua red was considered KIA by the Navy and ONI." Lasky speaks up.

"In your universe. My ship's name is Lady."

"Joshua, how well are you at Black Op Hostage, and rescue operations?"

"I only have around a 50 crew, all of which are ONI Spartan 4's made to be the best of the best at those kinds of jobs."

"Good, do you have a Pelican?"

"A stealth model, all my vehicles are Stealth related, none are heavily armed."

"All right you are dealing with the SDC Slaving operation, while I send Pelicans to pick up the citizens for medical treatment."

"Understood General."

He watched as the Prowler remained stationary above Atlas as a single Pelican dropped from the hangar. He tore his focus from the Lady and looked to Summer who looked at the UNSC Infinity with awe and amazement. He had to admit, that ship was a gorgeous vessel, but it made him think, why would they need so many very important ships? Not one but three Capital class ships, an Escort ship, and a Stealth vessel? Not to mention the Space Station and its small Protection fleet of 5 Mako-class Corvettes that was around the Station. The Single Mining ship was already busy after receiving messages from the Station to gather materials. The Hauler had docked at the Station.

"Why is all this happening?" James asked himself, Summer looked at him confused, "There are ships appearing out of nowhere, we are gaining allies left and right, we have a small versatile fleet, and even a massive Super Carrier, but why?" He wondered, "What is so important about this universe that multiple Anomalies keep appearing that is becoming a trend. Slipspace portals open and a ship exits, what are we needed to defend this planet from. Salem isn't an issue, we could nuke her, and boom no more Salem." He rubbed his chin, "It seems we have a big issue, one we don't know about." He turned to look at Summer, his eyes were filled with consideration, "Specialist Summer Rose, I will be making a broadcast in a few hours to the entire world, I want you to be beside me while doing it. It will hopefully bring some hope from the populace."

"What about the years I have been absent?"

"We can say you have been in a Medically induced coma for all that time until your injuries were able to be healed."

"My family will be so happy to know I'm back…" A single tear leaked from her face.

"Specialist?"

"I wanna do it Captain."

Cutter smiled, "Okay."