Phoenix Logs/Multiplayer Maps/Sentry

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A sleeping giant protects this ancient landscape.

"The skeletons of wrecked Covenant ships, slowly being buried by shifting

sands, should have acted as a warning to us. When I warned the Jiralhanae

leading our mining expedition that we should act with caution, he only snorted

and called the wrecks merely 'ghosts of the old war'. The Unggoy chattered

amongst themselves nervously, and I knew they too had noticed the charred

terrain. Pocked by heavy blast points. The Jiralhanae roared and gave the

nearest Unggoy and a swift kick as a warning to the others, and shot me an

angry look for daring to scare his rabble.

When we reached the site. I stayed on guard while the Jiralhanae ordered his

Unggoy to prepare the mining equipment. They had just breached the surface

when I felt the air move. I screamed a warning and managed to dive into cover

as the first salvo exploded the rocky outcropping where I once stood. I lay on

the ground. dazed from the blast and smelled a sickening burning odor, followed

quickly by a jolt of searing hot pain. My sword arm had been severely burnt and

the light from the blast had temporarily blinded me. I heard the Jiralhanae

barking orders to his panicked Unggoy, but his cries were quickly cut short by

another blast. My sight had cleared enough that I could just make out a large

shadow hovering over the panicking Unggoy, who scattered as I sunk into

unconsciousness.

When I awoke. Our attacker had disappeared and the only things left were our

mining equipment - damaged beyond use - and the body of the Jiralhanae

served as the iris of a newly created crater."

Report of Jato 'Ratum, only survivor of the mining expedition