After the completion of your mission in the Hydra systems, one of ONI's spooks contacted you and gave you the next mission. ONI had just received a distress signal from a strategic Inner Colony. ONI believes that a Covenant fleet is sitting right outside their door, which was a concerning new behavior. Because of this, you get picked up by the fastest ship available, the UNSC Bayonet. On board, you learn from the captain that this ship was one of the few ships to receive ONI's green light in testing their new slip space engine. Unfortunately, there was an anomaly during the slip space jump which ended up knocking you out. When you woke back up, the ship was in an unknown system with you the only living thing left on the ship.
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