Salvation! The Yuuzhan Vong War is coming to an end and the New Alliance Transcendence Organization, or N.A.T.O. is losing much of the known galaxy by the extra-galactic invaders. Closer to the end of the losing conflict, N.A.T.O, knowing they have...
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After fifteen minutes, they arrived at Crow's Nest. They had been given the priority landing pad, upon the base's discovery that they carried the Master Chief. As John exited the craft, things looked dire.
Every spare meter not occupied by the landing Pelican was filled with wounded soldiers, all either heavily bandaged, red with blood, on a stretcher, or all three. About eighteen of them, eight more than the usual recommended load, were immediately put on the pelican, and it lifted off shortly thereafter, after a bunch of cargo crates were attached to the underside.
To John's surprise, there were more than just humans around, though Humans were the majority of the wounded. Grunts fiddled around with Methane tanks, filling up their supply. Hunters were on the edge of the Platform, guarding the perimeter. Elites were all busy tending to cargo that needed to be moved out. Clearly, they were busy evacuating.
Most started talking more, though, after they noticed the new arrival.
"Hey. Check it out."
"No way! A Spartan?"
"For real? You'd better not be-"
"No, man! One's here! We're gonna be alright!"
John focused on the walkway in front of him, however, as the person in charge of the base stepped forward.
Commander Miranda Keyes, former commander of In Amber Clad, and daughter of Captain Jacob Keyes.
"Where'd you find him?" she asked Johnson, as they met halfway. "Napping, out back." Johnson joked. "Had to give him a good kick to wake up, though."
Keyes chuckled. "I'll bet." she held her hand out, and John shook it. "Good to see you, Chief."
"Likewise, Ma'am." he responded.
"Let's get you up to speed." she started, as he followed her down a large hallway that likely led to a motorpool down below.
"The Arbiter gave a speech, shortly after we met him in Halo's control room. He, along with a Monitor, showed the Covenant at large the truth about Halo, along with how most of the Forerunners viewed Humanity. The split in the ranks became definitive at that point: The Separatists, consisting of the Elites, Grunts, Hunters and Engineers, have cast aside the lies of the Prophets, and sided with us. The Loyalists, consisting of the Prophets, Brutes, Jackals and Drones, are loyal to Truth to the end."
She paused, as a pair of Elites, talking with an ONI officer (to John's surprise, in the Elite language) walk past, carrying a weapon's crate. On the nametag of one of the officers, John could see her name: ONI interpreter O. Vale.
