- Mattbluhalofan
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Okay, let me get back to reciting Halo. Okay, Level three.
Cortana: The enemy has captured Captain Keyes, and are holding on one of their cruisers, the Truth and Reconcilliation. The ship is currently docked approximately fifty meters above the other side of this plateau.
Marine: So how do we get inside this ship if it's in the air? The corps issued me a rifle, not wings.
Johnson: There's a gravity lift that ferries troops and supplies between the ship and the surface, that's our ticket it.
Cortana: Once we get inside, I can lock on to the tracking signal from Captain Keyes' neural implants. He shoould be in or near the ship's brig.
Johnson: Hit it, marines, go go go! The corps ain't payin' us by the hour!
Cortana: Move up on the right, we should be able to wreak on the Covenant's position without getting spotted. I've detected Covenant stationary guns over the next pass. I reccoment using your sniper rifle to take out the gunners while I call for marines support. Get ready to move into support, Sergeant. The Master Chief is going to covertly take out as many of the Covenant as he can. Don't open fire until you hear the enemy return fire on us. That should help us keep the element of surprise.
Marine: Let 'em have it! Hey we did it! Right behind you, Chief!
Cortana: Stop! Motion tracker shows movement across the next bend.
Marine: We're ready to move up as soon as you call for us, Cortana.
Cortana: Covenant forces detected up ahead. The path up on the left should let us sneak up behind them. Cortana to Fire Team Charlie The Chief has the left flank covered! Reccomend you move up the middle/Move up on the left, you should be able to flank the enemy. We're directly under the ship now!
Marine: All right! Are we bad or what?! Crap! Those stationary guns are gonna tear us to pieces! Mother of God! I've never been this close to one of those things! How the hell are we going to get inside this monster?/If we're gonna get in that thing, we'll need a plan.
Cortana: The Covenant use a grav lift to ferry troops and supplies between the ship and the surface. We can use that to get inside. Warning! Covenant Dropships are inbound!
Marine: Oh, it's always something!
Cortana: Cortana to Echo 419! We've reached the gravity lift and are ready for reenforcements!
Foe Hammer: Copy that Cortana! Hold tight, gentlemen! Foe Hammer inbound!
Cortana: Once we get inside the ship I can home in on the captain's CNI transponder signal. We're in. I've got a good lock on the captain's CNI transponder signal. No Covenant defense is detected.
Marine: What? There's no Covenant here? I think maybe nobody's home! Contact, lots of contact! No Covenant! You HAD to open your mouth! The area's secure! Let's move out. How about that door? The door's locked, sir. No way through!
Cortana: We could use the side passages to find a way around.
Marines: We'd be sitting ducks in that narrow space. We can hold this position if you can go around and open the door from the other side, Chief.
Cortana: Chief, let's find a way to open this door. Wait! That's the locked door down there. The marines are on the other side. The controls to open it must be in here somewhere.
Marine: Okay, everybody stay cool! Yell if you see anything! Hey, which way should we go now?! All the doors on this level are locked!
Cortana: Wait a moment! I'm going to access the Covenant BattleNet and see if I can find an override code to open a door!
Marine: You better hurry, Cortana! We can't hold 'em off all day!
Cortana; Working on it! I'd like to see YOU open a ??? encrypted modulating key! Got it! The door is open! Everyone should move through now! I can't guarantee it won't lock again when it closes! This must be the ships command center. The captain's signal is strong, we must be close!
Marine: This is a good spot, Chief. We can mind the store here, while you go out for the captain. Good luck, sir.
Cortana: We must be in the brig. These look like holding cells. There are probably multiple detention stations, the captain must be in one of them.
Marine: It's the chief! Yeah, Chief! Way to kick the sh--
Keyes: Stow it, marine! Coming here was reckless, you two know better than this! Thanks. Marine! Lock and load your weapons, let's be ready to move!
Marines: Yes, sir.
Keyes: While the Covenant had us locked up in here, I overheard the guards talking about this ringworld. They call it Halo.
Cortana: One moment, sir. Accessing the Covenant BattleNet. According to the data in the records, the ring holds some religious significance. If I'm analyzing this correctly, they believe that Halo is a weapon, one with vast, unimaginable power.
Keyes: Then it's true. The Covenant kept saying "Whoever controls Halo controls the fate of the universe."
Cortana: Now I see! I've intercepted a number of messages about a Covenant search team scouting for a control room. I thought they were talking about the bridge of one of the cruisers I damaged in the fight above the ring, but they must be talking about HALO'S control center.
Keyes: That's bad news! If Halo is a weapon, and the Covenant gain control of it, they'll use it against us and wipe out the entire human race! Chief, Cortana, I have a new mission for you. We need to beat the Covenant to Halo's control center! Marines, move out! Chief, you have the point!
Cortana: We should move back to the shuttle bay and call for an evac. We made it! Cortana to Echo 419! We have the captain and need extraction on the double!
For Hammer: Negative, Cortana, I've been engaged by Covenant Air Patrols, and I'm havin' a tough time shakin' them! You'd be better off finding your own ride, sorry!
Cortana: Acknowledged, Foe Hammer. Cortana Out. Air support is cut off, captain. We need to hold here until she can move in.
Marine: Aww, man! We're trapped in here! We're screwed! We're screwed man!
Keyes: Stow the bellyaching, soldier, remember, you're a leatherneck! Cortana, if you and the Chief can get us into one of those Covenant dropships, I can fly us out of here!
Cortana: Yes, captain, there's a Covenant dropship still docked.
Keyes: Everybody, mount up, let's get onboard.
Cortana: Give me a minute to interface with the ship's controls.
Keyes: Ah, no need, I'll take this bird out myself.
Cortana: Captain! Hunters!
Keyes: Hang on!
Marine: Nice one, sir!
Keyes: Time for a little payback.