Echo 216: Difference between revisions

At some point around late [[2561]] ''Echo 216'' was near [[Installation 07|a]] [[Halo Array|Halo ring]] when it suddenly shook [[Echo 216's pilot|its pilot]] awake, who had been asleep in the cockpit.<ref name="DH"/> He was also greeted with warnings notifying him that pressure was building in lines four, seventeen, and thirty-three. The pilot initiated a protocol which caused the warnings to cease, but just then a piece of debris impacted ''Echo 216'''s rear, creating a breach. Her pilot rushed to seal it and was successful in doing so. From that point on weeks passed before the [[Pelican]] detected a [[Identification friend or foe|friendly]] signal. Her pilot hailed it with enthusiasm only to find that the source was a lone [[Spartan-II]] warrior—[[John-117]]—floating lifelessly just outside the craft's cockpit. He didn't hesitate to bring the Master Chief aboard and attempt to revive him. Rerouting what little power remained to the dropship into the Spartan's [[Mjolnir]] armor caused the suit's [[Fusion reactor|fusion reactor]] to respond in kind, suddenly revitalizing some of her depleted onboard systems. Though the pilot was overjoyed at the return of his craft's full interior lighting and the prospect of now having a chance at getting home, neither he nor the Chief had very long to speak before some sort of attack generated electrical discharges within ''Echo 216'' and enveloped it in bright light. The pilot panicked at this and signaled to the Chief that he had witnessed this sort of attack before. He advised that they needed to flee, but John disagreed, instead stating that they needed to fight. At that point, the pilot sealed himself within the cockpit while the Spartan took up a position in the troop bay. The Chief told him to get ready right before the pilot opened the rear hatch so he could go on the offensive.<ref name="DH"/>