Enjoy everyone, let the fighting begin.


The Pelican rocked slightly as the landing gear touched down on the tarmac. Serin stood up and quickly made her way to the lowering ramp, As expected the escort of ONI personnel stood waiting for her with full battle gear. As soon as her feet left the Pelican, they all stood to attention. Something she didn't return as it wasn't expected of her to do so, standing in between the agents was a middle-aged man wearing a white lab coat waiting for her.

"Ma'am!" he shouted over the sound of the Pelican's engines that hadn't completely turned off yet "Welcome to sword base!" he reached forward with a hand and Serin shook it as to two started to quickly move away from the transport. All the armed agents followed them as they did so "I'm Doctor Wilson, I'm in charge of the shielding project" he added as they quickly crossed the small gap in between the Pelican and the hanger, the gap in between the two being very small, a vehicle not being needed.

"I trust you've been told why I'm here?" she asked back with her firm tone of voice.

"Yes ma'am" Wilson nodded at her as the two neared an elevator on the far side of the hanger "Overseeing the transfer of Slightly Deflated, making sure it's looked after and collecting a detailed report on the project" he listed as the two stepped inside the elevator, the armed escort waiting on either side of the doors before they closed, making sure the two where alone before he moved forward and pushed a button, the familiar momentary weight increase on her body came telling her that they were moving upwards.

"And how is the project coming along?" she asked as they stood still and waited.

"We've gotten a detailed understanding of how the shielding tech works thanks to the data that was recovered" The data he was speaking of was the raw data that was recovered from the enemy ship that Atlas and Blue Team were able to infiltrate "We're still a ways out from finding a way to implement it onto our ships, though ma'am I would like to point out that we're already far ahead of schedule" he added eagerly.

"No one in ONI is currently questioning if your progress is too slow and no one is criticizing your work. I just need to speak to the ones in charge of the project" she added quickly, not wanting the man to start panicking "I understand those who are charged with caring for and protecting Slightly Deflated are going to be working closely with you?" she asked.

He nodded as a relieved sigh escaped him "Yes ma'am. The orders from Admiral Parangosky and Lord Hood were clear, Slightly Deflated is to be protected at all costs and the first project is being put on his own. What will happen after that I have no idea, above my paygrade" he added as the view in front of them changed, Since the doors of the elevator were glass, up until now they only saw the white walls of the elevator shaft. Now that was given way to a continuous window that followed them up the building, it gave them a great view of the landscapes surrounding the base, the large mountains that held sharp ice peaks.

Looking further towards the ground and the runway that she arrived on, a sight caught her attention "Is that her?" she nodded towards the sight.

Wilson turned to look at her then followed her gaze "Yep that's her. The UNSC Fury's Wind" he said looking at the frigate that took up most of the runway. Serin wasn't surprised by the presence of the ship, From what she knows already, Fury's Wind was a UNSC frigate that was about to be decommissioned and recycled but ONI was able to save it and hand it over to sword base. It was now being used as the testing area for the shielding tech as they needed something to test it on.

A small ding sounded and since they still had a view of the window, she instinctively turned around and was met with a long corridor that had many people going in both directions "Please, follow me" Wilson said as he led the way for both of them. It was hard for Serin not to notice the amount of armed guards' patrols moving around. Each of them stepped out of the way of her and held up a hand in salute.

Wilson led her to the end of the corridor where a door was waiting for them, he opened it without a word. It was pretty much what she expected, she counted six different men and women who were dressed in white lab coats. They were all standing around the table holding data pads, folders and cups of coffee. On the other side of the two were two individuals, one was dressed in heavy armour and completely armed while the other seemed to be of a higher rank and wore a more standard uniform for an on-duty officer.

As the two walked in all heads turned to look at them "Is this everyone?" she asked quickly.

Wilson was quick to nod "Yes ma'am, these are the project heads, Slightly Deflated's caretakers and this gentleman is Colonel Sanders, he oversees the base security" he added pointing to everyone before doing the same to her "Everyone, this Agent Serin Osman. She's the representative of ONI and the one we're all reporting to today"

"It's good to meet you all" she said before moving around the table until she was on the other side "I won't be here for long, but I do need to stress to all of you just how important it is that this project succeeds" she reached into her pockets and pulled out a small device, in the middle of the table was the standard holoprojector "Lights" she spoke allowed and it seemed that the bases A.I heard her and the lightening in the room lowered.

She plugged what she pulled out of her pocket into the projector and an image of space came into view. While not knowing what exactly was going on, all those in the room paid close attention to what they were seeing. The image changed to show UNSC ships and the Covenant's own forces, Serin watched with a firm but saddened face as the video footage showed the enemy vessels completely ripping apart their own. While UNSC forces fired back and did their best to defend themselves, it was clear there was very little being done.

The security personnel were able to keep their faces the same but the scientists didn't even try to hold the looks of complete horror at seeing the enemy weapons completely rip apart their own ships. A marathon class cruiser, one of their strongest ships couldn't even handle one blast from the Covenant ships, one attack was all it took to cause a chain reaction that imploded the entire ship.

The footage ended as Serin was quick to take the device and place it back in her pocket "Lights" she spoke and the light came on without any other prompting "Let me make this perfectly clear. Even with the help of Atlas, we are going to lose this war unless radical advancements are made and made quickly. With that being said" she quickly pulled out her side pistol and aimed it right at the bases head of security.

To the man's credit, he didn't do more than raise an eyebrow at her while the others scrambled back in fear, The fully armed and armoured man beside him, placed his hand on his own weapon ready to draw it quickly "Ma'am?" he asked her with a tilt to the head.

"I am only going to say this once, it's for everyone but you more than them" she started, nodding at the eggheads "Slightly Deflated is now the most important asset in this base, I don't care what anyone else tells you. Its time is being used for the shielding tech and nothing else, you may find high-ranking ONI scientists such as Doctor Cathrine Halsey or Ackerson attempting to subvert it's time for their own project. They'll tell you all manner of things and give you orders at the end of it all. Don't listen to them, unless it comes directly from myself, Admiral Parangosky or Lord Hood, no one is to have access to it. If you fail in this duty I'll kill you myself, understand?" she asked.

"Perfectly ma'am" the man nodded at her as she lowered her weapon "How far am I allowed to go in order to prevent such actions?" he asked.

"Everyone gets one warning, if they try again then by all means kill them" The question was simple so the answer was as well. It's not like anyone would miss either of them "Now" she pulled out her chair and took a seat, prompting the others who now calmed "Let's begin"


Alt had his hands crossed as he stood on the bridge of the Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser Everest. The Flagship of battle group X-ray. He was looking out of the front window of the ship and stared into the view that Slip-Space gave him. Normally he would be on the Ajax and be happy being there, but Admiral Cole wanted to make a symbolic gesture for everyone and Alt being here with him on the lead ship seemed to accomplish that.

While he stared out into the void, his mind was going over all the information he had. Battle Group X-Ray was a massive fleet, altogether it held at least thirty percent of the entire UNSC navy. Eighty-seven different ships ranged in all shapes and sizes, there were half a dozen different formations they could make in order to defend the planet but he wouldn't know what to take until he saw the enemy. There would be more personnel involved in this one fight than any other so far, it would also be the first real battle he's been a part of, at least in terms of a true war front.

While he's fought the Covenant many times and even brought down a couple of their ships. But that was always either a defensive retreat or a sneak attack. It was completely different to what they were about to walk into. Though that was the main reason why he was happy Cole was here, he was one of the most experienced Admirals they have. True there was very little experience in terms of fighting an alien armada, but it was better than nothing. Of course, there was always the chance that the enemy could have a small force, the worlds that were all but destroyed didn't have the largest presence on them. As sad as it was to admit, it wouldn't take much to wipe them out, at least based on what they know about the enemy's weapons so far.

"Alt" a voice called out to him, Turning his head he saw the face that matched the face.

"John" he smiled as he turned around to see the unarmoured Spartan who still held a full head of height over him, much to his silent annoyance. He knew it was silly and childish to not be the tallest in the room, but he also knew that he was only taller because of the amour so there "It's good to see you. I thought that you would be with the others?" he asked.

All thirty-three of the Spartan-II's were currently a part of this fleet. They were spread across three frigates in the battle group and as soon as they appeared in the system they were to head to the planet immediately and deploy with the rest of the ground forces "It's good to see you as well. The others are where they're supposed to be but Admiral Cole requested me on the Everest, symbolic reasons" he added with a shrug.

He nodded back as he heard that "Yeah, he said the same thing to me as well" he added "What's the situation with the others?" he asked.

John quickly nodded his head behind him and turned around, Alt followed as he was led to the bridge's central holo-table. Pressing a couple of keys they both watched as the image of the ship they were in and the whole fleet they were a part of changed to that of a city. It was one Alt recognized quickly "They're going over the different scenarios of defence, the objective is simple enough, defend the city. We've already established the best places to set up the anti-air weaponry and create chock points for any enemy ground forces" As he explained multiple different points of the city, both inner and outer parts were highlighted with red dots. A classic double-ring defensive formation.

"Good" Alt nodded in satisfaction as he took in all the points and those that would be guarding them.

"Where will you be during this?" John asked him as he stood calmly with his back straight as it always was, Alt was leaning forward with both hands flat on the table's edges.

"I'll be staying with the fleet, aiding Cole as best as I can in the orbital defence. Though if we start to lose the ODP I'll be heading over there to help clear it in person" he explained, John didn't like the idea of him not being on the ground but didn't say anything about it.

"Hopefully it won't come to that" a new voice called to them and both men turned to face it. As one they both brought up their hands to salute him. Admiral Cole walked a couple more steps towards them before he raised his hand and saluted them back "As you were" he said to both and Alt quickly turned his attention back to the table while John simply turned around. Cole walked around the table and stopped when he stood at the head of the take, each one of them looking at the map.

"What do you mean when you say 'Hopefully it won't come to that'?" Alt asked him.

The admiral crossed his arms as both alien and Spartan turned to look at him "We're going to hold a firm defensive formation around the ODP" he started as he moved to John's side and the taller man stepped aside to allow it, now with the controls he started type away himself and the image of the city disappeared and was replaced with one of the ODP "as of now this one Orbital Defence Platform is the only weapon we know of that can confidently bring down the enemy ships. We can't take the risk of losing so we'll have nineteen different ships that are going to hold a type of orbit formation around it" he typed again the two watched as a collection of different ship types hovered around the station and rotated around it, turning as the station did.

"So, if the enemy managed to get boots onto it..." Alt started.

"It means that the ships around it have been wiped out" John finished.

"Exactly" the Admiral nodded "Besides, I have another job for you" he turned to look at Alt.

"I've read all the reports and I know what you're capable of. If the enemy force is more than we thought, I'm going to be giving you another mission that may just become the most important" Both men tilted their heads as they heard that. Pressing the buttons on the table again, the 3D image faded completely and was replaced with live-action footage, one that Alt and even John were familiar with.

It was the view from a ship over a city, it was in ruins and the only UNSC signals came from a small collection of ships that hovered in the air over a small manmade island facing outwards. One of the human ships was falling to the ground destroyed, not even a couple of seconds later. A bright and powerful red beam came from the middle of the ship formation and hit the closest alien vessel. It appeared to go right through it and the alien ship didn't survive the attack and it crashed into the water.

"I don't think that's the best idea sir" Alt said knowing full well what he was getting at.

"Why not?" it was John who asked first, There wasn't any hostility in the question, but Alt had to admit, it was blunter than he expected.

"I have been doing my best to gather a better understanding and mastery of this new... power" he added after a moment, not knowing what to call it "I can bring it up and use it but's nothing like it was back then" he explained as best he could.

Before either Cole or John could attempt to convince him to try it, another voice interrupted them "Sir" a woman's voice called and all three of them turned to see a woman turning around her chair to look at the admiral "We've just lost contact with Eridanus II" Alt's blood turned cold as he heard that, based on the way the others reacted, they felt the same as well.

"Picture" Cole said as he looked back at the table, When he spoke the image of a person completely frozen in place with a red-highlighted body appeared before them.

"Yes sir" it said though despite speaking the image of the body didn't move an inch.

"What was the last communication we received from Eridanus II?" he asked the A.I.

"The last message that was sent was one hour ago and it contained the number of forces on the planet, evacuation locations and points of high priority on the ground" it explained to them.

"Nothing that could explain the loss in contact?" the next question was a quick one.

"No sir, there is only one logical explanation for the sudden radio silence" it said to them.

Seeing the bad news clear as day, Cole turned to look at Alt, knowing full well that if anyone could provide a reason for this that wasn't their worst fear it would be him. He tried, he really did. He thought about every possible reason as to why they would lose contact, there could have been a dozen different reasons. But the timing of it all was too much to ignore, he wanted to give him good news but he couldn't help it "We're too late" he answered grimly.

A look of hardened anger came onto his face as he heard that. Taking a couple of steps towards the front of the ship, held both his hands behind his back "Com, prepare to send an announcement to the rest of the fleet" he ordered out loud.

"Yes, one moment" a voice called to him as he turned around and looked at the other two.

"A united front" he said to them before moving back to the table. Alt and John both looked at each other for a moment before moving forward and they stood on either side of him.

"We're ready sir" the same voice from before called out.

The image of a screen appeared over the table and a screen appeared that showed them an image of themselves, no doubt an image that all the other ships would see when the message was sent. It was then that both Alt and John realized what Cole meant when he said he wanted them here. The image that showed them was a powerful one, John was on the left side with all of his amour on except for his helmet, standing as the tallest of the trio. On the right was Alt himself, an alien of unknown power completely loyal to humanity and was willing to battle his own people to protect them. Cole was in the middle of them, A regular human man who would be leading them in the fight to come. An image that showed them all that they couldn't afford to fight amongst themselves, and they would be so much stronger if they stood together.

"Your live" they were told.

"This is a message to the brave men and women of Battle Group X-Ray. My name is Admiral Preston Cole" he started with his hands folded behind his back. All around the fleet, all the soldiers, medics, pilots, drivers, ODSTs, marines, Spartans, captains and privates all turned away from their work as they looked at the nearest screen to see the announcement "If you are listening to this, then you are a part of the largest gathering of UNSC war assists since the UNSC was founded. And I can't think of a better reason than the one we have, ONI and UNSC intelligence have been able to see a pattern of Covenant forces that have attacked and wiped out three of our worlds. Eridanus II is their next stop and that's where we're going. We are going to meet the Covenant forces head on and we are going to show those sons of bitches what happens to those who dare think they can attack our people and get away with it"

The heat in the admiral's voice was getting stronger and even Alt felt himself getting hyped up by the words "What we are about to walk into is going to be the biggest battle this war has seen, and I will not lie to you, many of you may not be coming back from it. This battle might be the deciding factor of this entire war, it'll be in orbit around the planet where we see just how outclassed the UNSC is when prepared for the coming fight. It'll be on the ground where we can taste the metal of these invaders when we match them on equal footing..." There was a moment of pause coming from Cole after that last part, Alt and John, of course, didn't move an inch as the admiral looked down to the ground for a second before looking back up "or perhaps we'll be walking into a graveyard, we've just lost contact with Eridanus II. That could mean that the enemy forces arrived, or it could mean that the colony had already been wiped out completely. Frankly, I don't care which. It changes nothing" his tone lowered slightly as he talked now, no doubt using his anger to hide his other emotions "We are meeting these alien bastards on the field in one way or another. And if we can't protect our own colony, you can be damn well sure we'll avenge it. One way or another, humanity stands. Stay strong, trust in each other and most of all, stand together. Cole out"

With that said the feed was cut and the image of them returned to that of the ship and the fleet. Cole let his shoulders slump slightly as he moved forward, then turned to look at the others "How'd I do?" he asked.

"Exceptional sir" John added with a nod.

"I want to ram a ship into the biggest enemy I see" Alt added with his own smirk.

"Good, Since you'll be unable to use your laser eyes I want you hear to help coordinate our attack, defence, counterattack, or ambush. Whatever the case may be" he ordered her.

Alt wasn't happy about that, not at all. He understood the reasoning and he wouldn't fight against it but that didn't mean he liked it "Yes sir" he nodded.

"I know you want to be on the Ajax but she's the fastest ship we have, I need her planet side" he added and Alt appreciated the sentiment "Master Chief. The second we drop out of Slip-Space you're to head to Delta squad and move in with the Spartans"

The Spartan brought his hand up for a salute "Yes sir" he said with a final nod to the two before he turned and left the bridge. Delta Squad is a collection of ships that would head to the surface of the planet and provide not just supplies, soldiers, and vehicles but protection as well as they'll stay in low orbit and help however they can. It went without saying that Ajax would be very useful in that regard.

"Picture. How long until we arrive?" he asked as he turned his head to look at the A.I.

"One minute sir" he was told matter of factly.

Cole allowed himself one uncertain look to appear on his face, Alt watched closely as it came, though to be fair it only lasted a moment before he wiped it away and the calm composed face returned. He turned in his place and while standing in front of the table he looked out the front window of the bridge. Alt standing next to him ready for whatever may come "How sure are you that the enemy is already there?" he asked, not too dissimilar to the question he asked not even five minutes ago.

Seeing as he was asking for more detail, Alt closed his eyes and did the math in his head. The limited knowledge they had of the enemy ships, battle tactics and the like. Along with how well maintained their own equipment was, especially long-range communication towers and how likely they were to break down "the chances of the enemy being in the system and jamming outgoing communications is eighty-nine percent" he told him as a matter of fact.

Cole was silent for one moment before nodding "Picture, red alert all hands to battle stations, sound general alarm" he said aloud.

As soon as the words left his mouth a red flashing light appeared overhead and Picture's voice sounded throughout not just this ship but every ship in the fleet "ALL HANDS TO BATTLE STATIONS, THIS IS NOT A DRILL. ALL HANDS TO BATTLE STATIONS, THIS IS NOT A DRILL" at the call going out, every single person in the fleet started to move at a quicker pace as all weapons were loaded and all marines were ready for combat, be it on the ground or their own ships from borders.

"Sir, we're exiting Slip-Space in three" Picture started to say "Two, One"

Both Alt and Cole looked out the window as the familiar portal of blue light started to open and their ship started to once again move out in real space. While the process normally would only take a couple of seconds, for Alt everything happened in slow motion.

As the portal opened, he saw the green and blue of the planet. It's grasslands and oceans, noticeably not on fire. He allowed himself one moment of relief but to his horror, it was quickly washed away. As he started to hope that he was wrong, that hope was crushed. Before the portal was even open he saw it coming in slowly, just on the right of the growing window. Was an all too familiar colour of purple on sleek metal.

It was a Covenant cruiser, the large ship was facing away from them thank God. It looked like the Slip-Space portal was opening right on top of it. Something they could use to their advantage, at least for the first opening volley. Alt turned around and started to make his way towards the table, when he did so, time returned to normal everyone could follow orders "IS THE MAC READY FOR FIRING!" he shouted at the top of his lungs, snapping everyone out of whatever daze they might be in upon seeing the enemy ship they were about to crash into.

"Five seconds sir" a voice shouted as the portal opened as large as it was going to get for their ship to fit through. Cole turned around next and made his way towards the table, looking at the first scans Picture could get them of the situation, Of course, he saw the ship but he needed to know as much as he could.

"Picture, lock us onto that target and send the same message to the rest of the ships the second you're able" Alt ordered quickly.

"Understood" the A.I said without any hesitation.

He looked back out the front window and did the maths in his head "Helm, tilt us Starboard three degrees and upwards four" he said quickly.

"Yes sir, moving now" a voice called out to him but he didn't recognize where it came from.

"We have forty-seven identified contacts approaching the planet, they have yet to breach the atmosphere, but multiple ships are closing in on the ODP" Picture started to tell them as a detailed image of the planet and the enemy contacts around it.

"We're in position" a voice called out.

"FIRE AT WILL!" Alt shouted.

The deck rumbled under their feet and he watched as the first MAC round sailed through the void and struck its target. He watched with a satisfied smile as the round went right through the ship and out the other side, at least he assumed it did. It would be hard to tell from this angle if it did, it went through the end facing them based on the explosion they saw. Thankfully they got a good his in, The Covenant ships either had their shields lowered as it was far away from the action or they were reinforced at the bottom if they were being fired at.

"Direct hit sir. One target down" Picture informed them as Alt quickly looked back to the table and saw that over half of the fleet had made it out of Slip-Space.

"All ships full thrust, get to that ODP we can't afford to lose it" Cole ordered.

"Yes sir, all ships received orders and are now moving" Picture told them and Alt resisted looking out the window and seeing the chain reaction that affected the Cruiser as it started to implode, of course, one round from a MAC would never normally cause such a thing but there was a reason as to the way to told the helm to change the angle, with the direction they faced the MAC pointed right at the ship's core.

'at least we got the first kill' he thought to himself before he started to go over everything they knew about the enemy force and plan what to do next and work on the defence.


"Portside turn! Prepare railguns and load the MAC! All ships launch all longsword fighters and lay down covering fire!" Khane shouted the orders as she led the Delta squad through the rest of the UNSC fleet and towards the planet. The main problem was that there was half of the enemy fleet in the way.

"Atlas to Delta squad. Do you read me?" the sound of Atlas's voice came through the com system.

Khane was quick to answer back, leaning forward she pressed a button on the command table "This is Khane, we read you Atlas" she confirmed.

"Your orders to head to the planet's surface have been delayed" he started to tell them "You'd never make it on your own. The battle group is going to punch of hole in the ODP while the platform provides covering fire for us. The second we clear the brunt of the enemy force; you head to the planet and continue with the deployment of ground forces. How copy?" he asked her.

"Solid copy Atlas. Ajax out" she confirmed as the call cut out "All ships, halt decent towards the planet and stick with the Battlegroup until we're clear" she said aloud again, this time back to the squad radio that connected to the other frigates.

She wasn't given a confirmation over the radio but instead, one that came in the form of multiple confirmed signals coming on from the holo table. She took a moment to look at the situation she and the rest of the fleet were faced with.

Battlegroup X-ray was now completely out of Slip-Space, based on the early estimations they arrived over five hundred thousand miles away from the planet. All Eighty-seven were quick to regroup and start an advance, they did so by creating a spear tip formation with the intention of charging through the enemy force, something Cole has much experience in. The largest obstacle they now faced was the enemy fleet which numbered forty-seven and was directly in front of them. Thankfully they had two things in their favour. The first being that what seemed to be the bulk of the enemy forces had yet to reach the planet as based on the scans, while they were advancing, they still had another hundred thousand miles before they reached it. The second is that the ODP must have been keeping them occupied as the enemy ships' only shields were facing the planet and away from them. It was something the Everest took advantage of that based on the ship that was still approaching imploding.

Which was something that Cole wanted them all to take advantage of based on the orders they were given "Ma'am, targeting solution acquired" a voice called to her.

She didn't even wait a moment "Delta squad, fire at will" she ordered. The floor under her shook with the familiar rumble of the MAC being fired, she looked out the front window and saw the familiar yellow and white line that the MAC round gave off when being fired. But not just one, on the left, right and even above her, in the corner of the window she could see many others being fired as well.

She allowed a satisfying smirk to come on her face as she saw the MAC rounds smash into the unsuspecting enemy ships. Then the smirk quickly vanished as she saw the rounds being blocked by the enemy shields 'Dam, they reacted quickly' she thought to herself as she returned to the matter at hand "Ma'am, we have multiple hostile ships turning around and charging up weapons. We have multiple unknown ship designs being located. Standby" the coms officer said to her and she took that moment to look at the table and get a better look at these new ships, a good a bad thing become quickly clear. The good thing is that the larger ships seem to be nothing more than large versions of the ships they've seen before. The bad being that would mean that the weapons they had that already devised their own ships would be even stronger "New class given CCS-Battlecruiser, commencing detailed scans now" he added.

"Don't bother" she quickly corrected knowing there would be little point due to the points she already mentally made "Concentrate on coordinating with friendlies" she ordered.

"Yes ma'am" he said back.

"MAC is loaded" another voice called out.

"Commence continues fire" she ordered and watched once again as the MAC round was fired. Thankfully all the other ships did the same, she let out a deep breath and thanked whatever god was out there. Unlike the last time, it seemed that the enemy shields were overloaded, she watched with her own eyes as three of the enemy ships were penetrated in the same way the first was. While not the spectacular explosions like the first, the damage was substantial, she could tell that much with her own eyes, let alone what scans would tell.

"Enemy fire incoming!" another voice shouted.

She ignored it, knowing that if they couldn't get to the ODP then there was no chance of winning this "All ships! Forward thrust! We need to get planet side whatever the case!" she ordered and everyone scrambled to follow her orders doing their best to ignore the glow of purple as the rounds of plasma fire started to sail towards them.

Khane however didn't flinch away from the light and stared it down "So let it be war" she muttered to herself as the true battle for Eridanus II began.


Alrighty then, we shall leave it there. I know I don't have the best experience when it comes to large-scale fighting, but I hope this was readable. Let me know what you all thought in the reviews and I'll see you in the next chapter.

Next Story update: Project Atlas.