Phoenix Logs/Multiplayer Maps/Sentry


 * A sleeping giant protects this ancient landscape.


 * "The skeletons of wrecked Covenant ships, slowly being buried by shifting
 * sands, should have acted as a warning to us. When I warned the Jiralhanae
 * leading our mining expedition that we should act with caution, he only snorted
 * and called the wrecks merely 'ghosts of the old war'. The Unggoy chattered
 * amongst themselves nervously, and I knew they too had noticed the charred
 * terrain. Pocked by heavy blast points. The Jiralhanae roared and gave the
 * nearest Unggoy and a swift kick as a warning to the others, and shot me an
 * angry look for daring to scare his rabble.


 * When we reached the site. I stayed on guard while the Jiralhanae ordered his
 * Unggoy to prepare the mining equipment. They had just breached the surface
 * when I felt the air move. I screamed a warning and managed to dive into cover
 * as the first salvo exploded the rocky outcropping where I once stood. I lay on
 * the ground. dazed from the blast and smelled a sickening burning odor, followed
 * quickly by a jolt of searing hot pain. My sword arm had been severely burnt and
 * the light from the blast had temporarily blinded me. I heard the Jiralhanae
 * barking orders to his panicked Unggoy, but his cries were quickly cut short by
 * another blast. My sight had cleared enough that I could just make out a large
 * shadow hovering over the panicking Unggoy, who scattered as I sunk into
 * unconsciousness.


 * When I awoke. Our attacker had disappeared and the only things left were our
 * mining equipment - damaged beyond use - and the body of the Jiralhanae
 * served as the iris of a newly created crater."


 * Report of Jato 'Ratum, only survivor of the mining expedition