James Cutter: Difference between revisions

The three Spartans entered the [[Henry Lamb Research Outpost]] but when they emerged, they were calling for an evac and were reporting a casualty. Jerome personally requested air support on their location and trailing north in order to strike their pursuers. Cutter affirmed his understanding an authorized [[Archer missile]]s to be fired. Using an [[M12 Warthog LRV]], Jerome and a wounded [[Douglas-042]] were able to make it to a waiting pelican for transport back to the ''Spirit of Fire''. [[Alice-130]] stayed behind to cover their retreat. ''En route'', Captain Cutter let Jerome know that he had a medical team standing by to receive Douglas and he that he wanted a full report from both Jerome and [[Isabel|an A.I.]] he had retrieved from the research outpost. Once on the bridge, Jerome slotted the [[data crystal chip]] of the A.I., named [[Isabel]], into a [[holotable]]. Jerome introduced her to the captain, but she reported that she already knew who he was, since he and his crew had supposedly been lost with all hands decades ago. Cutter requested information regarding what had just happenned on the surface. The A.I. was silent at first, but with some urging she indulged Cutter's questioning and told of him that five months ago, a portal that connected this location, named the Ark, to [[Earth]], had shut down. She also told of how a month after that a [[Banished|fearsome faction]] of [[Covenant remnants|ex-Covenant]] led by a Jiralhanae named [[Atriox]] had arrived and [[Attack on Installation 00|slaughtered]] everyone here. After explaining who Atriox was and what they were up against should they remain here at the Ark, Isabel urged a retreat, not knowing that the ship lacked any means of slipspace travel. In response, Cutter launched into an inspirational speech to the bridge crew wherein he appealed to the loss they were all feeling after waking up to find twenty-eight years had gone by, their shared sense of duty, the fact that he considered them all family, and the necessity of stopping a monster like Atriox from acquiring anything powerful he could threaten the galaxy with. Even Isabel was stirred by the speech and agreed to his plan to fight this faction, known as the [[Banished]]. Cutter figured the best way to start would be to hit Atriox's chain of command. Isabel informed him of a Banished salvage operation overseen by [[Decimus]], one of Atriox's lieutenants and the Brute that had led the attack on her outpost. The captain resolved to strike the Banished with a surprise attack, move south to establish a base, and then from there launch an attack on Decimus' operation. In the meantime, he told professor [[Ellen Anders|Anders]], who had taken on the role of his ''de facto'' right hand and advisor<ref name="A">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] — Anders''</ref>, that it would be her job to start looking for a way to send word home to the UNSC about their situation.<ref name="ANE"/>

[[File:Cutterspeech.png|thumb|left|300px|Captain Cutter stirs his underlings to take the fight to the Banished.]]

===The Cartographer===