\December 11, 2552.
The Human-Covenant war is coming to a conclusion and the UNSC INFINITY and DAWN rendezvous at Planet Reach. President Ruth Charet of the UEG (Unified Earth Government) and his advisors were aboard DAWN and escorted to New Alexandria to meet the Hierarchs of the Covenant. My CO’s said it would take at least a month to establish peace and agree on space territory. After all, we were negotiating as a race and not as a country, so this is very important talks.
I was aboard the DAWN. I was part of Ship Operations & Maintenance. Some just call us grunts, mainly Infantry do, but I think we are the foundation to our victory in this war. I was responsible for maintaining all the ships’ systems and technology so they always stayed functional during the war. I’ve been assigned to maintain Hangers, Armories, Launch Systems, AI’s, SIAD’s (Ship Integrity and Defenses), SNS’s (Ship Navigation Systems), and even more responsibilities. I was behind the scenes, ensuring everything just works even in times …show more content…
Before the captain of the UNSC Dawn ordered the rest of the fleet into slipspace to the next system, the ship’s scanners picked up the signal of a spacecraft of some sort entering the system a couple miles on the left. The captain ordered the fleet to hold position and ordered Dawn alone to move to intercept the 5,000ft long vessel and open communications and also ready it’s weapons incase the contact ended up turning hostile. Dawn’s Captain was sending a greeting message until a man wearing a grey uniform, presumably the captain of the small vessel, demanded to know we were and also demanded that we surrender to the Empire. The captain of the Dawn, unthreatened by the man’s words, asked what kind of damage do they think they can give with such a puny vessel. They responded. Their response was to open fire on the UNSC Dawn with it’s single laser