Complex sentence: Cortana activates a distress beacon, but she knows that years could pass before rescue comes.As the Master Chief prepares to go into cryonic sleep to await rescue, Cortana confides to him that she will miss him.
Split into simpler sentences: Cortana activates a distress beacon, but she knows that years could pass before rescue comes. As Master Chief prepares to go into cryonic sleep to await rescue, Cortana confides to him that she will miss him.