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===Section 3: Rescue=== | ===Section 3: Rescue=== | ||
Meanwhile, out in space, [[Master Chief]] and [[Cortana]], along with the last survivors of [[Installation 04]] | Meanwhile, out in space, [[Master Chief]] and [[Cortana]], along with the last survivors of [[Installation 04]] including [[Sergeant Johnson]], find out that one of the cryotubes that Master Chief found contains [[SPARTAN-058|Linda-058]]. The others had contained marines, but they had died due to cryotube malfunction. While in the [[Longsword]] the Master Chief strips off some pieces from the craft, to reinforce a [[DX-class Spirit Dropship|Covenant dropship]] they are going to use. As they walk into the hanger of the [[Ascendant Justice]], Master Chief and Sgt. Johnson witness Polaski practicing how to drive a Covenant dropship. As they enter [[Epsilon Eridani]], they see what has happened to Reach after the Covenant glassed the planet. They move the flagship closer as they notice that, during the glassing of Reach the Covenant "missed" a spot. The small fleet - consisting of a dozen cruisers, two assault carriers, and three squadrons of [[seraph]]s - ask why a flagship is at Reach. While on the ship, the survivors hear a UNSC E-band transmission (the E-band transmission is 5 notes "''Oly Oly Oxen Free''"). No one on the bridge recognizes it - except the Master Chief. The section then returns to July 14, 2523 as a memory reviews the time when the Spartans played capture the flag against [[Tango Company]]. The teenage Spartans win the "game"- despite Tango Company's usage of live-fire rounds- and capture the flag. While hiding from Tango Company Marines searching for the flag, John uses the "Oly Oly Oxen Free" signal to tell his teammates that all is clear. | ||
Back on ''Ascendant Justice'', the human crew debate whether they should go down to Reach in the reinforced Covenant dropship. Cortana looks around to see a spot which can be a extraction site to pick up the people going down to [[Reach]]. On the way down, cruisers start to surround them in their dropship. The humans find a canyon with some movement in it. Before landing Master Chief says the code for "''Oly Oly Oxen Free''" and says to land them in a safe spot where the survivors would find them. The Chief wanders out alone to see if there is a trap. Haverson backs him up. At the bottom of the ramp Chief senses a single signal. The friend-or-foe tag indicating who it belonged to, so the chief proceeded with caution. The Chief drew his pistol only to lower it discovering that it was [[Spartan-044|Anton-044]] who had disabled his FoF tag so the Covenant wouldn't discover his location. He led the Master Chief to the entrance of a cavern, where two Spartans, [[Spartan-093|Grace-093]] and [[Spartan-008|Li-008]] were, both operating chainguns that were bolted to the sides of two boulders. Master Chief and Anton, followed by Grace, went into the cavern. Inside, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] was standing at foldout card table, which was the headquarters for Camp Independence. | Back on ''Ascendant Justice'', the human crew debate whether they should go down to Reach in the reinforced Covenant dropship. Cortana looks around to see a spot which can be a extraction site to pick up the people going down to [[Reach]]. On the way down, cruisers start to surround them in their dropship. The humans find a canyon with some movement in it. Before landing Master Chief says the code for "''Oly Oly Oxen Free''" and says to land them in a safe spot where the survivors would find them. The Chief wanders out alone to see if there is a trap. Haverson backs him up. At the bottom of the ramp Chief senses a single signal. The friend-or-foe tag indicating who it belonged to, so the chief proceeded with caution. The Chief drew his pistol only to lower it discovering that it was [[Spartan-044|Anton-044]] who had disabled his FoF tag so the Covenant wouldn't discover his location. He led the Master Chief to the entrance of a cavern, where two Spartans, [[Spartan-093|Grace-093]] and [[Spartan-008|Li-008]] were, both operating chainguns that were bolted to the sides of two boulders. Master Chief and Anton, followed by Grace, went into the cavern. Inside, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] was standing at foldout card table, which was the headquarters for Camp Independence. |