Snatched from the jaws of death, Cortana and John find themselves adrift in a galaxy that has long since moved on. As they attempt to find their place in this strange new world, they find that the fight is not as over as they thought. Chasing a signal across the galaxy in desperate hope, they come to a stark conclusion: the Reclamation has begun, and they are helpless to stop it.

4000 years before Darth Vader, there was Mandalore the Preserver, who mysteriously disappeared from the galaxy. With the death of Chancellor Palpatine during his attempted kidnapping, the Republic seeks a new advantage over the CIS, which comes in the form of the newly found Mandalore. But something draws the Jedi away from the Republic: the screams of those suffering genocide.

Jun-A266 (aka Noble Three) is transported to a distant world, far away from the horrors of the Human-Covenant War, only to be dragged into a galactic rebellion by a farm boy and an old hermit.

The war is over, the Flood are dead, and the Covenant dissolved. Now retired, John must find his place in the world. With a little help from a certain few, he will find peace, love, friendship, and finally be able to live. Or will humanity need their saviour back? OC/John. REWRITTEN AND COMPLETED.