Glimpse – One

Future Glimpse 1

 

General John-117.

Commander of the Spartan Force.

Hero of the Covenant War.

 

As the General landed his transport ship on board his new Death Star he sighed.

 

“What’s wrong?” a voice said beside him.

 

Looking to his side he saw a beautiful Cortana, his old A.I in the body of a new T-X3 that was recently redesigned to prevent her from being corrupted now by psychic entities. In her android body she was beautiful and deadly. All the while John 117 still donned his signature Mjolnir power assault armor, but with the help of the Grey Imperium’s scientists, they were now on the Mark X. Beyond making him now even harder to kill, he was also now faster, stronger, more deadly than he could have ever imagined.

 

“Nothing, it’s just… after the defeat of the Covenant and the forerunners. I feel as if this new enemy is going to be even more of a pain.”

 

“Why do you say that chief?”

 

“Look at what we built to stop them.” He gestured at the Death Star. “We need this big thing for defense? And you know The High Lord has more than just this one.”

 

“Yeah, but at least we know it won’t be boring.” She smiled.

 

“Well at least you’ll always be with me.” John said.

 

“Of course. Now let’s go greet High Lady Sadia, I’ve missed her.”

 

As they prepared to get off the transport they were escorted by the general’s guard, the all new Spartan V’s. They too donned the signature Mjolnir armor in grey and we’re ready for anything. John smiled to himself as he was proud of the men and women who served under him. As the transport ships opened up they walked off as the official reports were filming and streaming it directly to earth.

 

‘Well at least the war hasn’t stared yet.’ He thought to himself.

 

Walking through the transport bay and into the military access only zone, he headed to his general’s quarters with Cortana closely behind him. Once inside he went to his table and pressed a few buttons. Flashing up in front of him were his reports of his new troops, their numbers, logistics, and projected growth.

 

“Chief, we’ve got an incoming transmission from the Council.”

 

“Patch it through.”

 

A few moments later the faces of Jedi Master Obi Wan, Leader of the Jedi Forces, Admiral Jean Luc Picard of The Imperium Starfleet, Admiral Nathaniel of the Replicator Fleet, General Guy Of Imperial Planetary Defense, and High Lord Leonidas.

 

“John, glad you could join us“

 

“You know I can’t miss these Jean Luc.” John replied.

 

“It’s an expression, as they say” Jean Luc smiled.

 

“Right.” John said, after spending most of his life fighting and waging war, john was lacking a few screws in day to day expressions.

 

“Okay, let’s get started.” Nathaniel said.

 

“Proceed.”

 

“As of now, we hereby commence the 3nd Minor Council meeting. Our agenda today is this,” He said as an image appeared before all the members. A recording of a soldier on the floor and a terrifying scene of a small creature which appeared out of its chest. “A xenomorph has been identified on transport ship Z-3391. It was then landed on the planer of Kiplar IV, this was four days ago and two hours ago we lost communication with the planet. We sent in a team and they recovered this footage, last census showed over fifty thousand settlers while orbital scans only show a few hundred now. Kiplar IV is a minor planet but is a vital refueling station for our ships in the area so destroying the planet isn’t an option like standard protocol.”

 

The tension in the air was thick. John had faced off against a xenomorph once, it died like anything else but even he had to admit he didn’t like the idea of fighting a few hundred of them.

 

“What are our available options?” High lord Leonidas asked.

 

Nathaniel stiffened before saying, “We have two available teams. One is a group of Shadow Guard in the area, while the option is a Gen 3 Ghost Squad.”

 

The table didn’t like the option laid out, both were essentially death blows against the xenomorphs but if anything went wrong and Xenomorphs were able to egg one of either group then the problem would only multiply.

 

“Send them both. I want that infestation dealt with.”