User:Pikapi/The Loss of Hope

Reach, at the forefront of humanity's fortress worlds. It was symbolic of humanity's daring expansion into the heavens. Hell, it was a second Earth. I can only imagine the horror those people must have felt when they saw Covenant in their skies. At that instant, they knew that Reach was as good as gone, lost to the Covenant, but that didn't stop them from standing and fighting. It didn't stop us from joining in and fighting for them. It was an honorable effort, and I commemorate every human life lost in its defense.

But we need to face the facts. They've put a gash in humanity, and once again, we've only scratched them. I've been alerted to the fact that news of the outcome has just reached Earth. Its been over a week since we've been able to muster up a