0647 Hours, August 30 2552 (Military Calendar)/
UNSC Pillar of Autumn, Unknown Space
As the ship rounded the dark side of the gas giant, the object came into full view. It was a ring-shaped structure... Gigantic.
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Welcome to Halo
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"Cortana," Captain Keyes whispered. "What is that?"
The Object spun serenely in the heavens. The outer surface was gray metal, reflecting the brilliant starlight. From this distance, the surface of the object seemed to be engraved with deep, ornate geometric patterns.
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History is waiting to be discovered and made
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"Could this be some kind of naturally occurring phenomenon?" Lieutenant Dominique asked.
"Unknown," Cortana replied.
Figures scrolled across the sensor displays. A moment later a close-up of the object snapped into focus. Keyes let out a slow whistle.
The inner surface was a mosaic of greens, blues, and browns - trackless desert; jungles; glaciers and vast oceans. Streaks of white clouds cast deep shadows upon the terrain. The ring rotated and brought a new feature into view - a tremendous hurricane forming over an unimaginable wide body of water.
"Captain," Cortana said, "the object is clearly artificial. There's a gravity field that controls the ring's spin and keeps the atmosphere inside. It appears that the ring has an oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere and Earth's normal gravity."
"If it's artificial, who the hell built it... and what in God's name is it?"
Cortana processed that question for a full three seconds, and finally answered: "I don't know, sir."
Captain Keyes took out his pipe, lit it, and puffed once. He examined the curls of smoke thoughtfully. "Then we'd better find out."
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And your doom shall be exposed
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You should know how the story goes after this. However, I putting in a few changes. Instead of the Master Chief a squad of four Spartans are present on the Pillar of Autumn. They will go through all that he went through it the Halo: Combat Evolved game like a big four player co-op.
I'll be running NPCs, when and where we encounter enemies. But you can take over from there, which includes numbers.
Spartans are invite only but anyone can be a marine or ODST, or if you want but its not suggested, a Covenant. Just bear in mind that you are much easier to kill then Spartans so don't get too attached to characters.
Weaponry is almost just as it is in the game, except that some weapons that could be avalible in the game but aren't are allowed. Namely dual wielding (in the case of the needler and pistol they are the same as in the first game.) Power/Laser/Plasma sword (Whatever you call it) and the Sentinel Laser, you can carry four of each type of grenade as well, as that is the amount your armor allows.
Each Spartan is a specialist in a specific area or a generalist. You all have the same armor but have preferred weaponry and maybe a few customisations. I won't be taking the leader so feel free to fight over that ^.^
I will allow for sloppiness with others but Spartan characters have to be good role players and have a good character sheet.
Any questions or requests, ask here or PM me. Post your characters on the RP please.
I hope you have fun.