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The issue begins as [[Michaels]], [[Frost]] and the other ODSTs see the [[ | The issue begins as [[Michaels]], [[Frost]] and the other ODSTs see the [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantom]] dropship commandeered by [[Taylor Miles|Dutch]] and [[Kojo Agu|Romeo]] in the distance, heavily damaged and heading towards the second archaeological dig site, occupied by the Covenant. Before the craft hits a group of Covenant forces on the ground, the two ODSTs jump out, landing in a building where the Covenant are holding the colony's [[civilian]] inhabitants prisoner. After neutralizing the guards, they learn from a researcher that the Covenant have been forcing the civilians to dig for something under the planet surface and to spring booby traps in [[Ariel Forerunner complex|an underground installation]] they have unearthed. | ||
The ODSTs throw a [[Unidentified Covenant explosive|Covenant explosive]] into the room where they are holding the civilians, and several panicked [[Unggoy|Grunts]] run away, right into one of the booby traps - a set of lasers crisscrossing the lower half of a corridor. Dutch then proceeds to push the sole [[Sangheili|Elite]] in the room into the trap as well. The two ODSTs tell the civilians to leave, but decide to move deeper into the mysterious complex themselves. Back-to-back, they proceed over the beams, and melt a part of the inner door with an overcharged [[type-25 Directed Energy Pistol|plasma pistol]] shot. They jump into the next chamber, to witness a blinding light shining from the ceiling. The source is revealed to be a [[Forerunner]] construct shaped like a [[Monitor]] suspended in the ceiling, which identifies itself as "[[The Knowing]]". It reveals that its function is to collect and archive information, and prompts the humans to ask questions from it. Romeo asks if the data held by the construct would help the Covenant exterminate humanity, to which the Knowing replies that they would be able to wipe humanity down "to their last DNA strand". | The ODSTs throw a [[Unidentified Covenant explosive|Covenant explosive]] into the room where they are holding the civilians, and several panicked [[Unggoy|Grunts]] run away, right into one of the booby traps - a set of lasers crisscrossing the lower half of a corridor. Dutch then proceeds to push the sole [[Sangheili|Elite]] in the room into the trap as well. The two ODSTs tell the civilians to leave, but decide to move deeper into the mysterious complex themselves. Back-to-back, they proceed over the beams, and melt a part of the inner door with an overcharged [[type-25 Directed Energy Pistol|plasma pistol]] shot. They jump into the next chamber, to witness a blinding light shining from the ceiling. The source is revealed to be a [[Forerunner]] construct shaped like a [[Monitor]] suspended in the ceiling, which identifies itself as "[[The Knowing]]". It reveals that its function is to collect and archive information, and prompts the humans to ask questions from it. Romeo asks if the data held by the construct would help the Covenant exterminate humanity, to which the Knowing replies that they would be able to wipe humanity down "to their last DNA strand". | ||