Halo Effect (Cross Over) Main Thread

[mcpop9]

"Regardless of what happened, you are here now, infront of us. There is no way of deciphering what happened, so the most we can do is discuss this matter in circles.Neither side knows what the other has been through or their origins. We should let the V.I.s, or A.I. if you would call them decipher our gathered information into something we can each understand." Councilor Tevos said.

Councilor Sparatus looked down at the holographic and nodded. "This talk of relays brings up another point Captain Nassa. The Turian military would like to send a team of engineers aboard you ship to inspect it and make any upgrades needed for use of the relays. These aren't drives, but tunnels creators, making a massless area in space and essentially throwing the ship through it, arriving almost instantaneous on the other side. Is this acceptable captain? I do not know the capabilities of your technology, but this is the fastest transportation in the galaxy." he said.

Counselor Osoba nodded and canceled the actions he had made.

"This is a most peculiar incident..." Counselor Valern said to herself.

 

[Korten12]

JASTIS-015

He looked at the Captain who seemed to be contemplating, the Spartan pulled her aside. ?You think it is wise to let these aliens, on our ship and look at all the specs? We are still not sure we can trust them, they seem to accepting too fast for my liking.?

?I agree, for now, I don?t think any work on anyone?s ships should happen. I will try and negotiate with them. If anything, we should attempt Slip-space and try to get out of here as quickly as possible, see if we can get back to our own dimension. But I would like Marsiani to run more tests before then.?

?I say right now, we don?t let them touch our ship. Try to get them make small talk for the time being, no ship upgrading talk for a moment. Tell them we will need time to discuss amongst ourselves.?

She agreed with the Spartan, but didn?t like how he was trying to sway her, but she had to give in she nodded and turned and walked up to the Council again. ?Before any talks of such things, we need to first debate amongst ourselves, we need time. Sorry, but we don?t fully trust you at the moment.?

 

[mcpop9]

"Understandable." Councilor Valern said.

"This meeting of the Council has been adjourned." Councilor Sparatus said then they broke from their positions.

Luna welcomed them back with a grin. "That seemed to g-" She began but was interrupted by the sight of Councilor Tevos approaching.

"Pardon me, but i would wish to see you in my Office Captain Nassa, you may bring the large human with you as he seems to be your advisor. The rest of your soldiers are free to do as they please. Luna will bring you there if you choose to accept my offer." she said then walked off.

 

[Redryhno]

Crown

Crown walked up to the Captain and whispered,"Sir, what if we agreed to a small trade of ship schematics? From what I've seen here, they're much more advanced than we are, I'm not sure we can do anything against their ships and I have to admit, their robots are intimidating as hell,"She motioned towards the three Geth standing watch over their small company.

She quickly turned to her marines,"Gaffer! Rule one while on an alien station, don't touch a damn thing! Chagerben, I know the big eyed alien over there looks just like you do, but stop making eyes at him! And Leppy! Don't touch that computer!"


Alpha
"Nassa Captain, it has been reached in the Consensus that you constitute a 34% chance of hostile action and as such, we have taken measures against the Broken Destiny, it is currently surrounded by three Geth cruisers. Should you take any hostile action, your ship will be destroyed as quickly as possible." Alpha attempted to communicate this politely but organics were strange, they did not always receive the signals given them.

 

[Korten12]

Captain Nassa

She looked over at the machine that had just spoken to her. "What in the... Could someone explain to me whats up with this nut and bolts? He doesn't appear to be any council race."

 

[Bravo 21]

Seeing the Council Session had ended, Quintus approached to see the Geth threatening the newcomers. Time to intervene. "Don't worry Ma'am, it's a Geth Platform, a race of sentient machines. They won't damage your ship unless they feel they are threatened. However, they can probably explain themselves better than I can." He finished, turning towards Alpha.

 

[mcpop9]

"Captain Nassa, if you excuse me for a while i must be going now. Feel free to let yor troops barrage the turian with questions, he'll show you around. One last thing before i go: When you wish to speak to the councilor as she requested of you, just have your ai send me a message." Luna said then walked off.

 

[alandavidson]

SSG Ryan Murphy

Meanwhile, a group of Marines from the ODST 10th Battalion had shore leave. They had taken it upon themselves to "liberate" some scooters from the hangar bay, and were now driving around the docks, angry sailors in vainly chasing them. SSG Murphy was laughing like a little kid as he made circles around a red-faced Petty Officer. A UNSC Captain approached the group and stood in Murphy's way, causing him to brake suddenly.

"Staff Sergeant, what's going on here?"

Murphy could barely hold in his laughter, "Found vehicle maneuvers, sir. Keeping the men sharp, sir."

"I see" the Captain said as he checked the logs, "It says here that you're supposed to be on shore leave."

"Yes sir"

The Captain looked into Murphy's eyes, in a vain attempt to intimidate the battle-hardened Sergeant, "I suggest that you take your shore leave, Staff Sergeant. Without the scooters."

"Aye Aye sir." Murhpy said as stepped off the scooter. "Marines! Let's go find a bar!"

And so they set out into the town in an attempt to find a locale suitable for Marines.

 

[Redryhno]

Alpha

"We meant no disrespect or to threaten,Nassa Captain, only to warn you should you attempt any hostile action against the Citadel."

"In addition, we have also decided that for the safety of your crew, you should not allow them aboard the Citadel until we have determined that we can come to peaceful agreements."

Crown

The Lt. watched as the robots, apparently guards of this place, first threatened her men, and then apologized for an apparent misunderstanding. They still had her on edge. The last machines she had come into contact with had tried to blow she and her men to bits. These did not seem to be Covenant design however, they were too...graceful a make to be them, not bulky enough. Her hand never strayed far from the pistol on her hip, she wasn't sure to yet trust these aliens.

 

[alandavidson]

SSG Murphy

They had just spotted the bar when Murphy's communicator buzzed.

All shore leave cancelled. Report to the Broken Destiny at once. ODST 10th Bt report to engine room for watch.

"Fuck" Murphy muttered to himself as he read the message. This was the third time this week they had pulled engine room watch. He looked around at his fellow Marines, they had all received the same message. Dejectedly, they started the walk back to the ship. Thankfully, it wasn't very far.

When they reached the ship, they found the docking bay far more populated with several alien species, some of them looking like walking robots. The Marines pushed their way through the crowd and boarded the Destiny.

Once in full combat gear the Marines reported to the engine room for watch. The Marines took up positions on all levels, guarding every major terminal. The engineers looked at them, the presence of Special Forces in the engine room was always a bad sign. Murphy took up position by the door, ready to lazily challenge anyone who came in. He leaned up against the wall and waited.

 

[Korten12]

Captain Nassa

She pulled all the marines, the Spartan, and everyone from her ship aside a bit away from Council ears and the Geth. ?I need everyone?s opinions on this, what does everyone think??

Jastis spoke. ?It?s hard to say, these aren?t the covenant and in this universe, but they?re still aliens. No offense, Mee, but these aliens are unknown to us. We don?t know their motives or anything.?

 

[Redryhno]

Crown replied to the Captain's inquiries,"I don't know, mame, but those robots of theirs scare the hell out of me."

"Their technology is amazing, I'd really like to get my hands on some of their computers, see what they really have here." Leppy said while unconsciously rubbing his hands together before getting a quick warning glance from Sierra.

"I'm a marine, Cap', show me what needs to be dead and I'll get it dead,"Meeks replied,"But my gut's telling me that these guys are holding out on us. And I trust that feeling over most orders I've been given."

Chagerben had her own perspective on their predicament,"I don't know miss, but I do know that I like the look of some of these boys,"She smiled a small smile and fluttered her eyelashes at a nearby Salarian diplomat,who seemed confused by this display,"Not that I'd follow through on any of this if we go to war with them mame," She added in quickly.

"Um...Cap-Cap-Captain, I don't know why but there's-there's just som-something about this place that gives me the creeps, this looks like some kind of Covenant ship, mame.What if they built all this here simply t-t-to get the Broken Des-De-Destiny?" Gaffer stuttered throughout his little speech and question. Rookie jitters Lt.Crown assumed.

 

[Bravo 21]

Standing there, with the crew of the Broken Destiny huddled a distance away, Quintus felt distinctly nervous. It seemed that nobody really knew what was going on, and that had a long history of causing catastrophe. Trying to ease the tension, he glanced to the Geth, "Do you really think that they are going to try something? Also, what should I address you as?"

 

[vrbtny]

"You aren't a female robot, are you?" Alan James asked.

"The Geth do not have genders. Synthetics have no need for genders, as we do not reproduce. We merely build more of ourselves if we want to increase or numbers," The Geth replied, in its emotionless voice as always.

"Oh.... good, because this would be really awkward otherwise," Alan replied simply, as he stroked the robots breast-plate as he gently lifted it off the Robot.

He had been instructed to investigate these Robots and discover on what technical level they ran. The Geth had willingly volunteered one of their number to ease tensions in this first-contact situation.

 

[Redryhno]

Alpha listened as the Turian asked his question,"This Platform is referred to by organics as Alpha, and we believe that there is a small chance that they will become hostile."

 

[mcpop9]

"They seem very open and receptive of us, we should not hold grudges against their hospitality. What if we had jumped into a hostile species? The fact we are standing here is a sign of good intentions." Mee said in response to the captain.

 

[Korten12]

Captain Nassa

"Gaffer, I highly doubt that this is a covenant ship. Your right Mee." She sat and went over everyone's responses.

Jastis looked down at the Captain. "Ma'am, I believe we should meet with Councilor Tevos and discuss more in-depth."

She nodded. "You're right Spartan-015, let's go talk to Luna."

"I will send a message to Luna now and... Sent." Marisani spoke to everyone through the MJOLNIR's helmets speakers.

 

[mcpop9]

Luna returned in a hover car a few minutes later. She stepped out of it and Led the captain and the spartan back to the elevator. She punched in a few numbers on the holopad. "From what Councilor Tevos told me, she has a proposition for you." Luna said as the elevator descended.

 

[Korten12]

JASTIS-015

"It will be interesting to hear what it is," he looked out as the elevator descended. "You know... I actually always like Elevator rides."

 

[vrbtny]

Alan had his favorite adjustable wrench in his hand, and was slowly pulling off strange armour plating which the Geth used. It was amazingly light, yet didn't flex at all and Alan felt like he would break a fist if he tried to punch it. "Hey there, Mr. Geth. What is this nice armour of yours made of?" Alan asked, slowly lowering the plate to the deck.

"A alloy of many metals, from many planets." The geth replied simply, standing perfectly still.

"Oh.... could I take some back to my ship for testing? To see if we could replicate some?"

"Negative. Formula for Geth Alloy is secret, improved from original armour given to us by creators. No council race has access to that knowledge."

"Oh.... okay," Alan said stiffly, and continued his work.