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The Master Chief walked briskly to the perfabricated structure. Antohrer pair of MPs, MA5B assault rifles at the ready, double-checked his credentials before they admitted him to th building.
"Ah, here at last," said an unfamiliar voice. "Let's go, son, on the double, if you please.'
John paused; the speaker was an older man, at least in his sixties, in the coveralls and a lab coat of a ship's doctor. No rand insignia, though, jOhn thought with a twinge of concern. For a moment, the imate of his fellow Spartans - very young, and clubbing, kicking, and beating un-uniformed instructors into unconsciousness flashed into him memory with crystal clarity.
"Who are you sir?" he asked, his voice cautious.
"I'm a Captain in the UNSC, son," the man said with a thin-lipped smile, 'and I'ven ot time for spit and polis today. Let's go."
A Captain - and new orders. Good. "Yes, sir."
That is how it is in the books. It could be Mendez, or it could be one of the trainers as well, or just a Captain that helps Dr. Halsey in CASTLE on the MJOLINIR project.