Sorry its been a while, but I have a trip to go on, so I'm doing everything I would have done during the time I'm away. _

As it happens, master chief had the plans for a prototype bombardier, and the spirit of fire had all the required components. A scarab, a mini Mac and several flamethrowers. And the chief was happy to show Anders and the Spartans the new technologies while Serina and Cortana entertained themselves by building the bombardier. Anders loved the energy shields, Alice loved the new turrets, Douglas loved the lock on rocket launcher and Jerome loved a prototype weapon design that Cortana made while she was bored, a Spartan rifle, a Spartan laser that has more range and less charge time.

Suddenly, a brute controlled ship came out of slip space and fired, causing the spirit of fire and forward unto dawn to plummet onto a previously cloaked forerunner installation.