First Mission

Spartan Michael B140 sat outside a rebel encampment, utterly confused. Spartan IIIs were only sent on dangerous operations, but this one seemed simple enough. These rebels had been pillaging settlements on Niram. They had to take them out. His fellow Spartan and closest friend, Harper B127, silently came up next to him and whispered "Something isn't right." He nodded and raised his combat knife. On his other hand,he counted down from three and then the pair moved into the base. A pair of ghosts in the base, they easily crept past the sentries thanks to their semi-powered infiltration armor. They moved through the base until they realised why they had been sent. A Spartan-II clad in full mjolnir armor attacked. Even with their augmentations, the Spartan-IIIs barely dodged many attacks. They both heard footsteps coming and decided that stealth was no longer a necessity. Michael jumped back and took out his shotgun, firing three rounds into the Spartan-II's chest. He died and Michael gestured for Harper to hide behind an overturned desk. He joined her and heard the clicking of several rifles. Both Spartans threw grenades out. Amid an uncoordinated blast of machine gun fire by the survivors, Michael popped up and killed them all. They continued into a Hangar, where several ships were contained. Harper took out an E.M.P designed to permanently disable ships and set it up. Three squads of rebels came in and Michael put his shotgun down, taking Harper's submachine gun from her back. He fired over the rebels' heads, forcing them to get down. When the device went off, Harper put her hand out. Michael gave her submachine gun back and picked up his shotgun. The pair killed the squad of rebels that blocked the door before racing through. They next came to a room with an obviously stolen nuclear warhead, along with varying other bombs. Over the intercom, a voice came. The man said "I was hoping that my fake distress beacon would bring the legendary Master Chief, so I have to admit my disappointment." The pelican scheduled to pick them up took off before they had even reached the LZ. Feeling somewhat betrayed, Michael and Harper ran back into the main building. They entered the commmand room and forced the doors open.