Halo: Smoke and Shadow: Difference between revisions

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Cade heads back to support Rion, who tries to warn him about Gek near the entrance, but he's caught off guard by the Sangheili commander. Cade slides a bag of grenades across the floor toward Rion, right before Gek plunges his energy sword into his chest. Horrified and enraged, Rion charges Gek, jumping on his back and firing her pistol at his head at the same time that he strikes her with his forearm. The bullet cuts across his left eye and blinds him. Gek grabs Rion and flings her across the room into a wall, before going to Cade and ripping his dog tags from his neck. Despite the pain, Rion manages to crawl toward the bag of grenades and pulls out a [[fragmentation grenade|frag]], holding it high and flicking the safety. She faces off with Gek, prepared to die before leaving Cade. Gek hesitates, understanding that the blast would kill them both, before he retreats with the luminary. Rion crawls to Cade's side. The wound has been cauterized by the sword's plasma and his breath comes in shallow, and Rion knows there's nothing she can do. She grabs his hand, and Cade fights to speak past the blood in his throat, managing to tell her that it's okay before he dies.
Cade heads back to support Rion, who tries to warn him about Gek near the entrance, but he's caught off guard by the Sangheili commander. Cade slides a bag of grenades across the floor toward Rion, right before Gek plunges his energy sword into his chest. Horrified and enraged, Rion charges Gek, jumping on his back and firing her pistol at his head at the same time that he strikes her with his forearm. The bullet cuts across his left eye and blinds him. Gek grabs Rion and flings her across the room into a wall, before going to Cade and ripping his dog tags from his neck. Despite the pain, Rion manages to crawl toward the bag of grenades and pulls out a [[fragmentation grenade|frag]], holding it high and flicking the safety. She faces off with Gek, prepared to die before leaving Cade. Gek hesitates, understanding that the blast would kill them both, before he retreats with the luminary. Rion crawls to Cade's side. The wound has been cauterized by the sword's plasma and his breath comes in shallow, and Rion knows there's nothing she can do. She grabs his hand, and Cade fights to speak past the blood in his throat, managing to tell her that it's okay before he dies.


Gek and his crew flee the system. Lessa lands ''Ace of Spades'' and the crew join Rion. They mourn for Cade and move him to a grav stretcher. Before they leave, the disembodied voice calls out again, asking to take it with them. Rion moves to the console and speaks with the voice; she discovers that it's [[Little Bit|a Forerunner AI]] that has been fragmented, unable to remember its name or designation, just a “little bit” of the intelligence it used to be. As it speaks it remembers that humans were responsible for its fragmentation and tells Rion of the [[Phoenix-class colony ship|''Phoenix''-class]] ship ''Spirit of Fire'' that destroyed its [[Etran Harborage|planet]]. Rion, already near her breaking point from her injuries and grief, simply laughs in numb shock at the discovery. The AI asks to serve Rion, a Reclaimer, and Rion agrees to take it aboard.  
Gek and his crew flee the system. Lessa lands ''Ace of Spades'' and the crew join Rion. They mourn for Cade and move him to a grav stretcher. Before they leave, the disembodied voice calls out again, asking to take it with them. Rion moves to the console and speaks with the voice; she discovers that it's [[Little Bit|a Forerunner AI]] that has been fragmented, unable to remember its name or designation, just a “little bit” of the intelligence it used to be. As it speaks it remembers that humans were responsible for its fragmentation and tells Rion of the [[Phoenix-class colony ship|''Phoenix''-class]] ship ''Spirit of Fire'' that destroyed its [[Trove|planet]]. Rion, already near her breaking point from her injuries and grief, simply laughs in numb shock at the discovery. The AI asks to serve Rion, a Reclaimer, and Rion agrees to take it aboard.  


On ''Ace of Spades'', Rion meets Lessa in the med bay with Cade and, after comforting the grieving girl, goes to work on removing Cade's gear, cleaning him, and putting on his dress blues. The process is slow, her way of saying goodbye. She regrets the distance they had kept between them and their fear of losing each other. Afterward, the crew takes ''Ace'' to the nearby dwarf star, and they send a pod with Cade's body into the heart of the star.
On ''Ace of Spades'', Rion meets Lessa in the med bay with Cade and, after comforting the grieving girl, goes to work on removing Cade's gear, cleaning him, and putting on his dress blues. The process is slow, her way of saying goodbye. She regrets the distance they had kept between them and their fear of losing each other. Afterward, the crew takes ''Ace'' to the nearby dwarf star, and they send a pod with Cade's body into the heart of the star.
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*[[Hesduros]] {{Mo}}
*[[Hesduros]] {{Mo}}
*[[Korinth Prior system]]
*[[Korinth Prior system]]
**[[Etran Harborage]] fragment
**[[Trove]] fragment
*[[Orrichon system]]
*[[Orrichon system]]
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**[[Sedra]] {{Mo}}
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**[[Harvest campaign]] {{Im}}
**[[Harvest campaign]] {{Im}}
**[[Battle for Arcadia]] {{Mo}}
**[[Battle for Arcadia]] {{Mo}}
**[[Battle of the Etran Harborage]] {{Mo}}
**[[Battle of Trove]] {{Mo}}
**[[Fall of Arcadia]] {{Mo}}
**[[Fall of Arcadia]] {{Mo}}
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]