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<<//Sir,
There is something you should have a look at. We have recieved a fracture (message with pieces missing) from unknown coordinates specifying the location of the cruiser [I]Forward Unto Dawn.[/I] We felt that you were the only person who needed to see this- it's from the an unspecified contact going with the name C_rt__a. We believe it might be a distress signal sent by the AI Cortana. Requesting your immediate company.//>>

Commander Kenan Douglas shook his shaved head in utter disbelief. After three months, finally something has come up. And now with Dr. Halsey and half of the remaining SPARTAN-II's off on some grand adventure in the dark reaches of space, the ONI was at a loss. SECTOR-3 and SECTOR-0 had both shut down due to conspiracy theories confirmed by none other than Dr. Halsey's son, David Halsey. So SECOTR-9 had been put up with only Douglas and his most trusted associates from SECTOR-3 who had not participated with those of the conspiracy. Wiping his head on his sleeve, Douglas tapped the INTERCOM button, and spoke into it: "Jason, fire up the engines of [I]Untold Glory[/I]. We found him."


Meanwhile, in the black depths of space, the broken husk of the former cruiser[I] Forward Unto Dawn [/I]was miserably floating along, occasionally brushed by molten slag from the still exploding Installation-04 II. The HOLOPAD keeping Cortana visible was barely running, its power limits stretched while the AI was using the remaining power to conjure up more messages to send off, hoping that one of the colonies will hear them and send a cruiser or two to get them. It had been already three months since the Master Chief destroyed the Halo ring, and still, they were pulled in ever so slightly by it's lingering gravitational pull, so they were on a losse orbit some thousand miles away from it.
No doubt the Arbiter was on his homeworld right now, rejoicing with the other Sangheili over their victory over there defeat of the Covenant and the Flood.
Cortana though to herself, "If only we were on our homeworld, then we could be rejoicing with them. There isn't a chance that anyone will come. We'll be floating out here forever..."

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