Halo Legends Page #5

as a marine, but also as human being.

We're heading for rendezvouswith

the UNSC Henrt ofMidlothian.

Over and out.

English

[OHATTERlNG]

Huh?

[BERGER GlGGLES]

Hey, easy there, Berger.

What do you think you're doing?

What?

They're Helljumpers.

Everyone of those guys are

OOSTsfrom the 105th.

They're in a whole different league.

Let's go.

BERGER:

C'mon! l wanna hear what they're sayin'!

MAN:

No.

O'BRlAN:

l don't get it.

How the hell did everybody conveniently forget

that l'm the best shot this side of Eridanus.

Gettin' assigned a backup is a bunch of BS!

OUTCH:

Contingency, it's an important mission.

lf the first sniper missesthe target, they take the shot.

l don't miss. l never miss.

This sucks and you know it.

l'm nobody's babysitter.

Especially not some farmboy moose hunter.

l hate to be the one to break the bad news.

But you weren't selected to be

the primary shooter on this mission.

So it seems. . . they want your'farmboy''to do it.

l guessthat makes you the backup. Sorry O'Brien.

l'm the backup?!

And the shooter is a Spartan.

OUTCH:

What?

And that meansthis mission just got escalated.

MAN:
This is Spartan Cal-141, who will be

the ranking officer on this mission.

l realize that is highly unusual and you

have strong feelings about Spartans.

You will keep those feelings out of

the mission and follow the plan.

Satellite recon shows radar and magnetic

signatures on Heian, in the Arc Star Cluster.

These signatures indicate

a complex of buildings.

lt's a logistical base.

The Prophet you are targeting is

in control of this entire sector.

Our mission is simple.

Wewant this Prophet dead.

We take out the Prophet, wewill stop

the Covenant chain of supply.

lf we achieve the goal of this mission,

wewill be able to buy ourselves

months of tactical advantage.

And wewill do all of thiswith

minimal risk to the UNSC.

Humph... Other than to this group of course.

Cortez.

Fill them in on the details.

Alright, you'll be flying into the atmosphere

with a Leonid-class meteor shower.

Meteor showers of this nature are a

regular occurrence on this planet,

so that means entry and landing

should go unnoticed.

Calculations show reaching the target will take

a 14 hour fast march from your entry point.

Once you reach the target, you will take out

the Prophet as soon as he steps off that ship.

Then you are to gather all data

relating to the unidentified alien ruins.

What do you mean they're not identified?

The architecture is not Covenant design

and it sure as hell wasn't built by humans.

They pre-date both sides.

This site is of the utmost importance.

We photograph everything.

That'll be all, Master Sergeant.

You can rejoin your men.

You will be dropping in precisely five minutes.

With this mission, there is no room for delay or error.

Good luck and Godspeed.

[YELLS]

[GRUNTS]

[AlR HlSSlNG]

CORTEZ:

Outch, come in.

OUTCH [OVER RAOlO]:

l'm alright.

Where's O'Brien?

Over there!

[AlR HlSSlNG]

[OORTEZ GRUNTS]

CORTEZ:

His oxygen tank!

Outch, get the gear.

We gotta get him outta there.

[GASPS]

Are you guys nuts?

Why you throwin' me around like that?

Huh?

OUTCH:

We lost Checkman in the atmosphere.

What?

And we almost lost you, too.

[PANTlNG]

CORTEZ:

Their logistics and refueling base is here.

We're here.

The Prophet will becoming in at exactly 0800.

Hmm.

Everything depends on us getting

a clear shot from this location

and we've got to hit him as soon

as he's exiting that ship.

lt'stwo milesfrom the target and

should give usthe elevation for the shot.

lt's pretty far, but it will give us

enough cover to make our extraction.

Assuming that the Spartan can make the shot that is.

OUTCH:

And if we don't make it to the target in time?

CORTEZ:

Therewon't be any second chances.

O'BRlAN:

That's a long-ass march.

OUTCH:

Then we better get marching.

O'BRlAN:

Wanna take the lenscap off?

CORTEZ:

Knock it off, O'Brien.

[ALL GASPlNG]

[MUFFLED GRUNT]

[GRUNTS]

[WHlMPERlNG]

[YELLS]

[BRANOH RUSTLES]

[WHlMPERlNG]

[ROARS]

[GROWLlNG]

[ROARS]

[O'BRlAN GRUNTlNG]

[PANTlNG]

[GRUNTS]

[YELLlNG]

[BRUTE OHlEFTAlN ROARlNG]

[GRUNTlNG]

[ROARS]

[O'BRlAN GRUNTlNG]

O'BRlAN:

l'm not crippled, put me down!

You b*tch any louder and this place

will becrawling with Covenant.

Shut your mouth. He just got lucky!

OUTCH:

That'stwice!

Twice he had to save your dumb ass already.

You could at least say thank you.

O'BRlAN:

Man, those are some stairs.

CORTEZ:

The shuttlewill be touching down in two minutes.

After all this, he better be everything they said hewas.

[BRUTE OHlEFTAlN ROARlNG]

CORTEZ:

Take him out!

[BOTH GRUNTlNG]

[GUNFlRE]

[ORAOKLlNG]

[OORTEZ GRUNTS]

[GASPS]

[PANTlNG]

Take the shot.

O'Brien, now.

You're the only onewho can do it.

[GROANS]

[ALL GRUNTlNG]

[ROARS]

lt'sthe data. On the ruins.

Tell them to get it to Halsey.

She'll know.

No, you give it to her.

[GROANS]

We both know that's... that's not gonna be possible.

Heard about what you guys did down there.

You took out a Prophet

and stopped the Covenant supply chain

dead for the entire Arc sector!

They say a Spartan died there.

Went down faster than new boot

on hisfirst day of basic!

l thought those guyswere

supposed to be unbeatable.

l guess he didn't havewhat it takes

to hang with the Helljumpers, huh?

Shut up.

[GRUNTS]

What's your problem?

What the hell'sthe matter with you guys?

What'd l say?

[lNAUDlBLE DlALOGUE]

English

CAPTAlN:

The Covenant hascaptured a high-priority package.

Spartans, it's your job to infiltrate

enemy space and retrieve it.

Mission window:
ten minutes.

The target is equipped with a location beacon.

But you'll have to get close to read it.

lt's a weak signal with a short radius.

A local stellar magnetic field is preventing the

Covenant fleet from making a slipspace jump.

You'll be flying in with EVA booster frames.

When you reach the Covenant fleet,

find the signal, find the ship,

find a way in, and grab that target.

The Covenant doesn't appear to realize

the full value of what they've acquired

and that'stheway wewant to keep it.

Complete the extraction before they

figure out what they've got.

Alright, Spartans.

You have your orders. Good luck.

ALL:

Yes, Sir!

MASTER CHlEF:

Captain.

CAPTAlN:

What is it, Master Chief?

MASTER CHlEF:

What happens if we run out of time?

Then our only choicewill be to annihilate the

Covenant fleet, the package and your entire team.

lsthat clear enough?

MASTER CHlEF:

l understand.

WOMAN [OVER PA]:
Spartan team, the moment we

break stealth, commence operation.

Five, four, three, two, one...

Oisablecloak. Booster frames, launch.

MASTER CHlEF:

lncoming. Optimize mobility!

Plasma rounds!

[POWERlNG UP]

MASTER CHlEF:

Scanning device is activated.

SOLOMON:

l've got a reading!

KELLY:

Are you sure?

SOLOMON:

No question. Back me up! l'm going in!

Their shields are down!

The signal'scoming from that cruiser.

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