"We need you suited up, lieutenant."

"How come?"

"Because we haven't finished environmental control on this thing yet and we assumed you'd want to breathe."

"But it's ready to fly?"

"Of course it is. It has an engine, doesn't it?"

Three months in to the program and she still can't tell when the engineers are joking or not.

---"Docking ( Read more... )

To: SPARTAN B312
HIGHEST PRIORITY ORDERS

Until further notice, you are assigned to the SABRE PROGRAM and are under the command of CAPTAIN RYAN.

Transport to station SHIELD 7 departs at 0700 hours local time.
Shield 7 orbits Tantalus, a colony world noted for its wealth of ore that finds its way into most UNSC military hulls. The station itself is ( Read more... )