Halo: War Cry

PROLOGUE
An explosion rocked the skyscraper. "Get some cover on those evacuees!" a raspy man donning gray armor demanded.
"We got fucking bogeys in the air! Where's our support?!" a woman called out; she was equipped with a suit of modest, drab armor and a sniper rifle.
"Shit, Marine, your company is the support!" the commander said as he leaned over the edge of the rooftop and let out a burst of lead toward the hostiles at ground level.
I
The rain had finally subsided over the massive, brown clay plain. The sky was still painfully overcast, yet it was brighter out than it had been in the past few days.