SEVERN PYLON
JACARANDA NORTH
82—B GANYMEDE
21 JUNE 2557
0550 STANDARD
CLASSIFICATION: PRIORITY ONE ALPHA
OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE
AFTER ACTION REPORT Q74S295-LR
//FORWARD RECON DEPLOYMENT
//FROM: ATTENDING AI TURKISH
//URGENT//TO: DIR. H. BARTON
"THE FIRE'S WAKE"
PREMISE...
AAR snap-feed submitted by TRK 2165—0, see full report for details. Expedition to
stellar coordinates near accretion disk around KORINTH PRIOR. Arrival Date JUN 8
2557 at 0221 hours MST.
First contact with anomalous debris found in orbit around K—type dwarf at 0354
hours. Commencing exploration aboard ONI prowler TAUROKADO.
Target: SPIRIT OF FIRE. APOLLO on standby.
DATA TRAWL...
0410// Initial scans Show disk is composed of 94% naturally occurring materials.
4% confirmed Forerunner materials. 2% untraceable.
0419// Detritus size spans vast Spectrum. 9% nearing scale of small lunar
satellites, 84% roughly the size of Taurokado or smaller.
0659// Sensors detect low—level shielding sporadically surrounding structures of
Forerunner origin. Codified as "SITES" hereon.
0924// First contact with Site 012, entirely protected by a dissipative
atmospheric shield. Artificial gravity is extant.
0928// Breaching field. No sign yet of UNSC Spirit of Fire.
1005// Apollo deployed to surface of Site 012, approaching structure.
1008// Structure accessed. Apollo confirms Forerunner origin, details appear
homogenous to Class—6B configuration from Onyx “SARCOPHAGUS.”
1242// Apollo recovering data through passive sensors. Initial scans indicate this
was a docking site for war vessels, housed within an artificial planetary body.
Findings validated by extraneous debris: ultra—resilient fibrous mesh exclusively
of Forerunner origin.
1330// Interaction with engineering conduit at Site 042 provides key details.
Original installation was Shield 0459, formally known as the ETRAN HARBORAGE.
Original name is loosely translated "TROVE."
1415// Survey continues apace. Site 029 found to contain holographic armature
schematic. Dreadnought classification: "SOJOURNER."
1452// Caution taken by Apollo at Site 021. Residual evidence suggests contaminant
vestiges of FLOOD PARASITE. Shield world self—compromised?
1516// Human materials recovered from Site 037. Battleplate consistent with
Phoenix—class hull. Evidence suggests Spirit of Fire presence.
1620// Suspicions confirmed by hull analysis. Recovery of war materiel registered
to Spirit of Fire. Zero evidence of survivors among debris.
HOSTILE ENGAGEMENT. . .
1642// Scans detect foreign battle group. Covenant presence confirmed.
1650// Hostile fighters en route, Seraph formation. Enemy engaging.
1654// Apollo deployed via F41s. Direct attack on hostile targets.
1702// Apollo dispatches first wave, second wave approaches.
1710// Second wave eliminated. Apollo falls back to Taurokado.
l714// Taurokado releases sensor buoy B89-7. Slips per protocol.
FINAL EVALUATION.
97% probability that the accretion disk was once an artificial sphere which served
as a docking port for warships and a shield world.
72% probability that it encountered a "recent" Flood outbreak of some nature. 66%
probability that the sphere’s destruction was related.
99% probability that Spirit of Fire arrived at the shield world site.
12% probability that Spirit of Fire survived the world’s destruction.
98% probability that the Covenant will attempt to recover technology from the
field. Recommend discrete asset denial or counter force.
