Field Trip To Harvest

Transcript

• UNSC Spirit of Fire enters the Epsilon Indi System, Pelicans and Heavy Dropships are launched from the ship to Harvest.

Captain Cutter: "Serena, Status?"

Serena: "Standard Orbit Achieved, All systems: Normal"

Cutter: "Prep for Pod launches, bring weapon systems online"

Serena: "Expecting trouble Captain?"

Cutter: "Harvest may be ours again but I don't think the Covenant appreciate that yet"

• Anders enters the room.

Cutter: "Sergeant Forge (Marine), report!"

Forge (transmission): "Definitely plenty of bad guys here captain, and they've found something in the ice!"

Cutter: "Damn it, that complicates our mission"

• Cutter looks to Anders

Cutter: "Anders, what have you got?"

Anders: "Captain, scans of the northern polar region show some interesting Covenant activity on the surface. There's some kind of structure down there. What do you think they're looking for?"

Captain: "That's what we're hear to find out, "We're to bring Alpha base to operational status and take control of that site."

Anders: "I'll get my equipment ready Captain."

Forge (transmission): "Lady, there's NO way you're coming down here on the first bird!"

• Anders leaves the room

Cutter: "Sergeant Forge, pull back to Alpha Base. I'm sending you some backup."

Forge (transmission): "Roger that, Forge out."

Serena: "So, nothing too difficult then?"

Cutter: *Sigh* "This might be the key to the whole war Serena, it's worth the risk"

• Scene cuts to Harvests north pole. Forge creeps through the ice, taking his binoculars out to spy on the enemy

Forge: "Let's just take one last look-see"

• He keeps his eye on an Arbiter. Scene cuts to the Arbiter, a Zealot walks to him.

Arbiter: "The Hierarchs grow impatient. We delay no longer"

Zealot: "What if the infection defiles the relic?"

Arbiter (angry): "I care NOT for your little life. Open the relic"

• The Arbiter forms a fist with his hand. The Zealot walks away. Forge changes his focus to that of a door. The door is opened by the Unggoy.

Forge: "Well, well... Open sesame."

• The Arbiter looks to Forge's location, but sees nothing, he walks away to the door.