Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

You can give it a try. I will hunt you to the ends of the earth, I promise. Tommy whispered with murderous intent. He was wrestling with the locked armor, his whole body was shaking slightly, and his joints made a creaking sound.

Halsey's hands froze in the air and her face turned red.

Doctor, go quickly! Another intelligent body is breaking through my defense, and he will unlock it within ten seconds! Gerald suddenly exclaimed.

Halsey turned quickly, ran up the gangway, and rolled in. As the hatch closed, the cruiser's engine began to roar.

Tommy finally broke free of the lock, took out an MA5B assault rifle from his backpack, and threw a bunch of bullets at the spacecraft. The bullets hit the bridge's observation window and made a series of muffled noises, but they were all bounced away.

Catherine Halsey! You are betraying humanity! Tommy shouted.

The heat wave hit, and the cruiser disappeared into the starry sky in the blink of an eye, leaving only a scream that broke through the sky and an airlock door that slowly closed.

Bang! Tommy's fist hit the airlock door, and the Grade A titanium alloy steel plate was deeply dented.

****

When the Master Chief stepped out of the gravity elevator and came to the bridge of the Supreme Justice, Colonel Keyes and General Whitcomb were looking at a spherical holographic projection.

Sir, the Master Chief said.

The general didn't look up distractedly and just waved his hand to let him pass.

The Master Chief has two missions. First, he wanted to inform the general of his mission plan for the first counterattack. He had to convince the general that doing so would not jeopardize the main goal of returning to Earth, and would be of great benefit if they succeeded. The only reason General Whitcomb might object to it was the extremely high risk it would pose to his entire force.

The Master Chief's second mission proved more difficult. He touched the ammunition pouch that contained Dr. Halsey's data chip. One of the chips contained her analysis of the Flood's infection mechanism and a possible way to block it; the second contained the source files for that discovery, and, according to Dr. Halsey, Sergeant Johnson would be embarrassed by it. and died needlessly.

However, if it gives MI3 a better chance of stopping the Flood - if that threat does indeed remain after Halo's destruction - maybe it's worth the cost of a life. Perhaps if Sergeant Johnson knew the inside story, he would sacrifice himself voluntarily.

The Chief's duty was clear: he had to turn all the documents over to Tommy—but deep down, he had to admit that it wasn't the right thing to do.

Cortana, Colonel Keyes said, still smoking his old-fashioned pipe, looking fresh after a long day of work, give me the latest on the power situation.

Cortana's tiny image flashed on the holographic display near the navigation console. She had her arms crossed as usual, tiny red symbols racing across her shimmering lavender skin. The situation is almost the same as what I reported five minutes ago, sir. The reactors of the Justice and the engines of the Gettysburg are being tested simultaneously. The tests will be completed in forty minutes.

Speed ​​up, Cortana, Case said. It would be too bad if we don't have power when the enemy appears. I want to leave for Earth immediately. What about the weapons?

Yes, sir. Cortana said, Plasma turret No. 1 is disabled and there is no possibility of repair. Plasma turrets No. 2, 3, and 4 are being repaired. Although I am waiting for the power to be restored to conduct experimental tests, I have already Three hundred and twelve simulated fire tests were conducted without incident. However, the parts needed for turrets five, six, and seven were not in Governor Gillis' inventory. Two of the Gettysburg's The Marksman missile pods have been reloaded and we have sixteen missiles at our disposal, sir.

I wonder where Gillis got those missiles from, Lieutenant Kazuko Hiyoshi muttered, They are UNSC embargoed weapons.

He's a pirate, Lieutenant, Cortana said.

Good job, Case said to Cortana. Keep me posted on how it goes.

After hearing this, the general turned to the Master Chief, What do you want, Master Chief?

Just as the Chief was about to explain his plan, Lieutenant Dominic shouted: Sir, he pointed at the Bat-class cruiser on the screen in front of him that was accelerating away from the Gettysburg's berthing bay, I thought Gillis had been staying. We’re monitoring maintenance on the ship.”

Me too, the general said. Cortana, did you see Gillis coming to monitor?

No, sir, but you might be interested in this. A blurry video appeared on the screen. Tommy remained frozen in place holding a gun while Dr. Halsey was busy talking to a man lying on the examination table. The Bada warriors boarded the ship. Something seems to be wrong with Colonel Price, sir. Dr. Halsey is gone with Spartan-087.

Lieutenant Dominic, the general roared, signal the ship. Now!

contacting.

Governor Gillis appears on screen one ahead. General, he said with a nervous smile, I just saw my ship leave its berthing bay. Maybe you can explain why you are occupying my personal property while I am dedicated to helping you get through it.

Stop talking nonsense, Lord Governor. General Whitcomb interrupted him, I am busy trying to find out who took your spaceship and what happened. Lieutenant, is there any reply to our contact signal?

There is an auto-reply code, sir, he replied in surprise. UNSC code 3-9-2.

3-9-2? the general asked. He stared into space, trying to remember the ambiguous code.

The Master Chief cleared his throat and said, General, that's an official 'no response' code, sir. It's used by Special Forces teams to ignore contact signals due to higher priority missions.

Damn it! the red-faced general said through gritted teeth, You mean the good doctor's answer just now was 'Tell me to die'?

The bat-shaped wings of the spaceship on the front screen were almost invisible against the black space. At this time, it suddenly accelerated, and many light spots appeared around it. They were elongated and sputtered onto the spacecraft. The spaceship disappeared.

Faultspace jump, Cortana said.

I thought you told me that it has absolutely no way of making a slipspace jump, Colonel Price? the general said, turning around slowly, only to find that Tommy was not here. His beard stood up, Where are the others? Where are they?!

There. Case pointed at Tommy in the berthing bay on the projection and shook his head, Dr. Halsey has obviously found a way to bypass the MI's blockade of the spacecraft system, and not even a Spartan I can’t even handle her.”