The Master Chief gets out of the cryo chamber. Staff Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson: 'You heard the lady! Move like you've got a purpose!'.Marines start talking, readying their weapons, preparing Scorpion Tanks and Warthogs, or just loitering, until the view shows Staff Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson walking through a line of Marines. 14th Platoon, rendezvous with 22nd Tactical at bulkhead Charlie 14.' Cortana (PA): '5th Platoon, secure airlocks on Deck 11.Cortana (PA): 'Attention, all combat personnel: Please report to your action stations.'.A Marine waves light batons to guide a Pelican into the correct docking position. Keyes: '.let's give our old friends a warm welcome.'Ĭuts to the one of the launch bays of the Pillar of Autumn.I want everyone at their stations.'Īlarm klaxon sounds. Bring the ship back up to Combat Alert Alpha. And in about 90 seconds they'll be all over us.' Cortana: 'But I've isolated approach signatures from multiple CCS-class battle groups, make it three capital ships per group.Keyes examines the main screen, pulls his pipe out of his mouth and shakes some ash off it. Cortana: 'Our fighters are mopping up the last of their recon picket now, nothing serious.'.The screen shows a diagram of Threshold with Installation 04 in orbit.

Cortana: 'They were waiting for us on the far side of the planet.'.Keyes looks at a bridge crewman's console. No one could have missed the hole we tore in subspace.' Keyes begins pacing around, looking at viewscreens. As for tracking us all the way from Reach.at light speed, my maneuvering options were limited.' Cortana: 'Get here first? The Covenant ships have always been faster.Inside the ship's bridge, the camera focuses on Keyes. Cortana: 'I think we both know the answer to that.'.Captain Jacob Keyes: 'Cortana, all I need to know is did we lose them?'.The camera slowly turns and zooms in on the Pillar of Autumn. In Anniversary, the camera fades into the Autumn and pans to show Installation 04 and Threshold as the ship moves. The Pillar of Autumn appears, moving slowly toward the ring. Installation 04 is visible above Threshold. The UNSC Pillar of Autumn approaching Installation 04.įades into space.

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