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BLOOD AND IRON: REVISION ONE
Prologue:

The lights flashed open, there was once again the infamous grey concrete room in CASTLE base, stress marks cut through the walls like tiger stripes, and the metallic understructure could barely sustain the wieight, ONI Personnel were amongst the SPECWAR soldiers, all lined up against a gray metal coffin reading "VORON-A083" a secret funeral was taking place. Suddenly, a man in a grey battle-dress uniform broke away from the crowd "I'm glad you could make it Lieutenant" A man said as Lt. Andeisha stepped in, the man stepped out to shake Clyde Andeisha's hand, "Nice to see you too Colonel" Clyde said, "What's going on?". "This should suffice" Rosevelt said, rubbing his forehead - his hair was greying from his years of service, he reached for the letter on top of the rusting iron coffin and put out his hand, "It's from Colonel Brooklyn". "What is this?" Clyde asked, "It's his death letter" Rosevelt said matter-of-factly.

"Colonel Brooklyn was severely wounded during the full-scale invasion of Paradiso-VI, my men were escorting him to a secure field hospital under your control for treatment, three days after your solo-op to rescue him, he didn't make it" Rosevelt said, holding the emotion inside him coldly. "I understand" Clyde said, "You aren't here for the funeral, this is about what he's given you.", the Colonel held out a TACPAD and gave it to Clyde, "You've been given control of one of VORON's Priority ZERO squadrons, Codename: NEREVARINE, This was Colonel Brooklyn's personal squadron, now it's yours, 'Commander'" Rosevelt said.

Andeisha had personally known Brooklyn years ago, during the training of ALPHA class - the first generation from one of the UNSC's prized supersoldier programs, specifically PROJECT: RAVEN. Brooklyn was once in charge of WINTER company, comprised of 3,500 VORON Supersoldiers - Winter company frequently defeated Clyde's PHALANX company during the greulling training excersises, and now he was gone. Admittedly Andeisha was far different from Brooklyn - his tactical superiority over the Precursor Exiles was unique, VORON has lost another irreplaceable leader.

"NERAVAR is comprised of the finest of both WINTER, GHOST and your PHALANX companies, many of which you have believed to have been killed long ago, they don't die easilly but you'll have to earn their personal respect all over again. Brooklyn admittedly far superior to you, and his squadron does not want a replacement." Rosevelt said, "Understood" Clyde said, unsure wether to be celebrating his promotion, or mourning Brooklyn's death, inside he felt that he had to pay respect to the man, he helped turn him into who he was today after all.