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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
===Chapter One=== | ===Chapter One: It's Only Just Beginning=== | ||
The series opens with [[Randall Aiken|Colonel Randall Aiken]], the [[Sedran Colonial Guard]]'s commander, looking upon a sunset over [[Sedra City]] in his apartment with his daughter [[Natalie Aiken|Natalie]]. In a voice-over, Aiken monologues about the nature of being a soldier and ominously hints at the events to come. | The series opens with [[Randall Aiken|Colonel Randall Aiken]], the [[Sedran Colonial Guard]]'s commander, looking upon a sunset over [[Sedra City]] in his apartment with his daughter [[Natalie Aiken|Natalie]]. In a voice-over, Aiken monologues about the nature of being a soldier and ominously hints at the events to come. | ||
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Tracing the tug's positioning reveals that the vessel obtained the element from [[Alpha Shard|a fragment]] of [[Installation 04]] that was thrown through [[slipspace]] during the ring's destruction and ended up orbiting perilously close to a red giant. However, there is no record of the mystery element being previously present on the ring, but Sedran Private [[Talitha Macer]] points out that it may have been newly formed in the [[supernova]]-level temperatures of the ring's explosion. A scan reveals that the element is found nowhere else in the observable universe. After detecting another tug approaching the ring, ONI opts to land there, capture the smugglers to gain proof of the [[Covenant remnants|Covenant]] breaking their peace treaty with the UNSC, and destroy the deposits of the element with a [[HAVOK]] nuclear warhead. The mission is particularly challenging because of the Halo fragment's close orbit to the red giant and its rapid spin around itself; when it faces the star the shard's habitable side undergoes extreme heat that is unbearable for any human. The fragment's environment only experiences survivable temperatures during the sixteen hours of "night" when the habitable side is facing away from the star, forcing the team to complete their mission within this timeframe. Locke contacts [[Goodwin|Rear Admiral Goodwin]] who approves the mission. After Colonel Aiken's daughter dies of the infection he and a Sedran Colonial Guard team join Locke's ONI unit and head for the Halo shard on a [[Condor]] dropship. | Tracing the tug's positioning reveals that the vessel obtained the element from [[Alpha Shard|a fragment]] of [[Installation 04]] that was thrown through [[slipspace]] during the ring's destruction and ended up orbiting perilously close to a red giant. However, there is no record of the mystery element being previously present on the ring, but Sedran Private [[Talitha Macer]] points out that it may have been newly formed in the [[supernova]]-level temperatures of the ring's explosion. A scan reveals that the element is found nowhere else in the observable universe. After detecting another tug approaching the ring, ONI opts to land there, capture the smugglers to gain proof of the [[Covenant remnants|Covenant]] breaking their peace treaty with the UNSC, and destroy the deposits of the element with a [[HAVOK]] nuclear warhead. The mission is particularly challenging because of the Halo fragment's close orbit to the red giant and its rapid spin around itself; when it faces the star the shard's habitable side undergoes extreme heat that is unbearable for any human. The fragment's environment only experiences survivable temperatures during the sixteen hours of "night" when the habitable side is facing away from the star, forcing the team to complete their mission within this timeframe. Locke contacts [[Goodwin|Rear Admiral Goodwin]] who approves the mission. After Colonel Aiken's daughter dies of the infection he and a Sedran Colonial Guard team join Locke's ONI unit and head for the Halo shard on a [[Condor]] dropship. | ||
===Chapter Two=== | ===Chapter Two: Sourced from Hell=== | ||
The second chapter opens with the team's Condor in [[slipspace]] on its way to Alpha Shard. During the journey, the ONI agents bicker with the Sedrans while Locke reveals to Private Macer that Colonel Aiken was once a Spartan, showing her a [[data pad]] with Aiken's file which includes an image of him in [[MJOLNIR Mark IV]] armor. The crew arrive at their destination and land on the Halo's surface. Donning their [[Powered exoskeleton|powered]] [[Nightfall armor]], the ONI operators jump out of the Condor at a significant height while the Sedrans, with their less sophisticated combat suits, must rappel down. Macer pilots the dropship while most of the others move to secure an [[Bactrian-class freighter|Alerian tug]] seemingly used by the smugglers. The freighter is empty but is accompanied by a compartment used to store horses, as well as hoof prints leading away from the site. The ONI-Sedran Colonial Guard team move to the tracks' direction and come across two smugglers—[[Arris Le]] and [[Haisal Wari]]—mining the element in a cave. The smugglers attempt to escape but are quickly caught and [[Physical restraints|restrained]] by the ONI agents. They group head back to the Condor for extraction; however, while the dropship is setting down, a large number of [[Lekgolo]] appear and begin to swarm all over its airframe, plunging it out of control. Macer is thrown out of the Condor, which then flies off erratically, commandeered by the Lekgolo. More of the eels appear in large gestalt formations and kill the horses. Fast and agile, the Lekgolo begin to pursue the group who escape to a narrow crevice where Locke uses a special appliance to [[Holography|holographically]] camouflage their position from the aliens. One of the smugglers is able to reveal that the creatures can sense active technology, prompting the group to shut down the electronics present in their equipment. The Lekgolo are quickly able to see through the holographic illusion and examine the group who avoid detection by remaining completely still. In the end most of the eels leave and the group move out of the crevice. Locke grabs a sole remaining individual Lekgolo and squeezes, killing it. | The second chapter opens with the team's Condor in [[slipspace]] on its way to Alpha Shard. During the journey, the ONI agents bicker with the Sedrans while Locke reveals to Private Macer that Colonel Aiken was once a Spartan, showing her a [[data pad]] with Aiken's file which includes an image of him in [[MJOLNIR Mark IV]] armor. The crew arrive at their destination and land on the Halo's surface. Donning their [[Powered exoskeleton|powered]] [[Nightfall armor]], the ONI operators jump out of the Condor at a significant height while the Sedrans, with their less sophisticated combat suits, must rappel down. Macer pilots the dropship while most of the others move to secure an [[Bactrian-class freighter|Alerian tug]] seemingly used by the smugglers. The freighter is empty but is accompanied by a compartment used to store horses, as well as hoof prints leading away from the site. The ONI-Sedran Colonial Guard team move to the tracks' direction and come across two smugglers—[[Arris Le]] and [[Haisal Wari]]—mining the element in a cave. The smugglers attempt to escape but are quickly caught and [[Physical restraints|restrained]] by the ONI agents. They group head back to the Condor for extraction; however, while the dropship is setting down, a large number of [[Lekgolo]] appear and begin to swarm all over its airframe, plunging it out of control. Macer is thrown out of the Condor, which then flies off erratically, commandeered by the Lekgolo. More of the eels appear in large gestalt formations and kill the horses and one of the Sedrans. Fast and agile, the Lekgolo begin to pursue the group who escape to a narrow crevice where Locke uses a special appliance to [[Holography|holographically]] camouflage their position from the aliens. One of the smugglers is able to reveal that the creatures can sense active technology, prompting the group to shut down the electronics present in their equipment. The Lekgolo are quickly able to see through the holographic illusion and examine the group who avoid detection by remaining completely still. In the end most of the eels leave and the group move out of the crevice. Locke grabs a sole remaining individual Lekgolo and squeezes, killing it. | ||
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