Phoenix Logs/Multiplayer Maps/Bedrock


 * The sub-structure of an incomplete refugia stands ready to continue the Ark's
 * work.


 * The Ghost skimmed the surface of the Forerunner terrain as its Elite rider deftly
 * dodged the latest salvo of enemy fire from the Hornets hounding it, effortlessly
 * taking a sudden sharp turn to widen the gap between the pursuers. This
 * particular Sangheili was a confident and experienced driver, a far cry from the
 * Ghost's first owner.


 * The Ghost first saw service in 2552 on the planet Reach, but it was short-lived.
 * The young Sangheili who drove it then was overeager and reckless, so sure of
 * the Covenant's superiority that he rushed ahead of the rest of the squad and
 * was quickly picked off by UNSC sniper fire before being able to baptize the
 * Ghost's plasma cannons. The Ghost sat out the rest of the battle until being
 * collected and returned to a Covenant dropship.


 * In 2552, the Ghost and its new rider were deployed to the Ark where it fought
 * in the climactic battle of the Human-Covenant war - this time piloted by a
 * veteran Jiralhanae warrior However, despite the Ghost pilot's combat
 * experience he was unprepared for the Demon, who surprised the Brute from
 * nowhere and threw his body from the vehicle.


 * Amazingly, this Demon demonstrated all the skill of a trained Jiralhanae in using
 * the Ghost's tricky controls. turning the Ghost's plasma cannons against its own
 * kind and using it as a bludgeoning tool to ram through clusters of shrieking
 * Unggoys. This Demon, the Ghost's third driver, was the shortest owner and
 * quickly abandoned it once it had started belching smoke from the damage
 * inflicted upon it.


 * Years of respite from battle followed, as the Ghost lay dormant among the
 * other Covenant wreckage, undisturbed. With the return of humans to the
 * installation, the Ark started rebuilding itself and repairing the damage. Life and
 * fauna returned to the Ark and the Ghost became home to insects and small
 * animals, while creeping weeds grew around and into it, strangling its controls.


 * Then the Banished arrived and the Ghost was torn free from its resting place
 * and repaired by Huragoks, then reshaped to fit a more brutal, battle torn
 * Banished aesthetic and it once again had a driver and a war to fight in.


 * Now, the Ghost was now closing in fast on its target. Shades of azure flashing
 * by in a blur as the Elite manipulated it up and down the ramps and curves of
 * the Forerunner terrain. The power resource was now in sight, protected only by
 * a few enemy ground troops. The Elite fired the Ghost’s plasma cannons and
 * forced them to scatter, leaving the resource open for him to capture. The Elite
 * eased off on the accelerator and the Ghost hummed to a slow crawl.


 * The warning whine of several Hornets came too late, and as emerged from
 * behind the Forerunner tower, the Elite was cut down in the crossfire of their
 * autocannons and fell from the Ghost’s cockpit. The Hornets continued onto
 * their next target and the Ghost sat silent and awaited its next driver.