SPARTAN-B170 blinked as he closed the files he had been reading on his HUD and looked down the length of the pelican towards the cockpit as the craft was tossed to the side. He scanned through the fleets communication channels and listened to the fleet made contact with the enemy. There were only two Covenant ships in orbit but he knew that that was no guarantee that the UNSC forces would win the encounter. Changing the channel and focused on the marines that he had hitched a ride to the surface with. He had only been assigned to his new posting until just a few weeks before they had left the staging area and had not yet met most of the marines in the fleet.
"Sergeant secure the LZ before you start searching for the files we need. I will go for the data center on my own." There was a pause as the marines realized he had been listening in to their conversation before the sergeant spoke up. "You sure you don't want some backup chief?" Jake grinned behind the mirrored visor of his SPI armor. He had been offered a suit of the MJOLNIR armor but he had declined the offer. He had not trained in the armor and knew that he would need time to train with it before he could use it efficiently. "I will be fine just lock down out LZ."
"Get ready to drop we are approaching the LZ." Jake turned his attention back to the back of the pelican started to open its bay door. He looked out over the glassed landscape and gritted his teeth as thought of his home and how it would look just like this planet now. He stood with the marines as he pulled his SMG leaving his DMR on his back as he jumped the last few feet to the ground. As soon as he jumped he activated his suites cloaking function so by the time he hit the ground only the cracking of the glass below his feet revealed his position as his armor attempted to compensate for it. Standing he started off on a quick run as he headed towards what was left of the ONI research facility. All he could see of the above ground levels was a half melted tower or what once was probably a sentry tower.
"Sergeant secure the LZ before you start searching for the files we need. I will go for the data center on my own." There was a pause as the marines realized he had been listening in to their conversation before the sergeant spoke up. "You sure you don't want some backup chief?" Jake grinned behind the mirrored visor of his SPI armor. He had been offered a suit of the MJOLNIR armor but he had declined the offer. He had not trained in the armor and knew that he would need time to train with it before he could use it efficiently. "I will be fine just lock down out LZ."
"Get ready to drop we are approaching the LZ." Jake turned his attention back to the back of the pelican started to open its bay door. He looked out over the glassed landscape and gritted his teeth as thought of his home and how it would look just like this planet now. He stood with the marines as he pulled his SMG leaving his DMR on his back as he jumped the last few feet to the ground. As soon as he jumped he activated his suites cloaking function so by the time he hit the ground only the cracking of the glass below his feet revealed his position as his armor attempted to compensate for it. Standing he started off on a quick run as he headed towards what was left of the ONI research facility. All he could see of the above ground levels was a half melted tower or what once was probably a sentry tower.