Sword and Shield

== Story ==
 26/9/52.1:05
The Bridge was a'flood with constant data; it was
utter chaos, and even the ship-board A.I. -- Wrath
-- was finding the task of dealing with each minuscule
scrap of information a meticulous and arduous ordeal.
Let's see... "Covenant attack Oasis-6"... interesting,
but... "Sergeant Lucas Dallot of UNSC Defiance, I'm
losing too many men"... hm, still not much we can do
for them... "CLASSIFIED CONTENT: Designated to
Brigadier General David Philipson of UNSC Frigate, Ode to
Midwinter"... that's interesting... thought the
ancilla as it sifted through all of the ship's received
messages. For six hours, Wrath had been applying 
large amounts of thought to dissecting every file,
scanning all data for information on the
disappearances on Genesis, a Forerunner-made planet
on the edge of the outer UNSC colonies. The A.I.
had heard of large masses of ships going off the
radar upon entering this dark zone, and the losses
weren't merely from humanity: Covenant had lost
entire fleets to the darkness of Genesis. Now, it had
received a wealth of knowledge in the classified
message for its shipmaster. With this in mind, Wrath
appeared before General Phillipson.
"Sir," began the construct, "I've found something that
you might find interesting. It's about the losses on
Genesis." It brandished the file for David to see,
then waited for a response. Wrath's CO had not rested
ever since the A.I. had begun its informational
odyssey, and had grown tired in the late hours of
the quest; his mind had muddled, and the ancilla was
accordingly patient as the man roused his mind at
the A.I.'s words.
"What is it? Ah, a file. Hm..." muttered the Brigadier
as he skimmed through the seemingly endless
information. He repostured himself in his chair while
analyzing the presented knowledge. "Well.. I see...
Wrath, I need you to pull up all similar files to this
that you found" he declared, then pressed on. "Send
297 to the Bridge as well; I'll need to brief him for
his team's new mission."
"Sir, consider it done."
---
"SPARTAN-297, reporting for duty sir." Gabriel gave
out a salute then paused to receive his directives.
His CO had been staring deeply into the monitor of
his computer and sighed once he had had his fill of
rambling data. He stood from his seat, then turned
to face the super-soldier.
Category:Human-Covenant War