Chapter 7
'Helix, is he telling the truth about joining me?' I asked.
[He is likely truthful about joining us, I was watching his vitals and they were changing rapidly. He might've had doubts about the great journey before hand]
'Great, thanks Helix' I contacted the Spirit of fire, the ship that was helping recapture Harvest.
"Captain Cutter, this is Petty officer second class SPARTAN-049, I am requesting a pickup. I have a new ally that could be very useful" a voice came out of my earpiece, "very well SPARTAN, I'll send Sergeant Forge to pick you up and have him take you to a Pelican"
"Thank you, sir" Topa 'Ratam and I waited for the Sergeant to come to us. We heard a Warthog approaching.
"Sergeant Forge pickup service is here-Sir! behind you!" Forge jumped out of the Warthog and aimed his weapon at Topa 'Ratam, "at ease Sergeant, this is the one you were told about" Forge lowered his weapon, "are you saying that the 'new ally' was an Elite?"
Topa 'Ratam hopped in the passenger seat while I got on the turret, "that's exactly what I'm saying, Sergeant" Forge was dumbfounded. He got in the Warthog and drove us to the Pelican. I made sure to kill as many enemies as I could to get exp.
We got on to the Pelican and headed up to the Spirit of fire.
"SPARTAN, the new ally was an Elite?" Captain Cutter asked when Topa and I got to the bridge, "yes sir, I managed to convince him to join me" Forge cut in, "with all due respect sir, how the hell did you convince him to join us when they don't speak English?"
I shook my head, "I talked to him in Sangheili"
A woman walked out from the shadows, "did you just say you the Covenant language?" The woman was professor Anders, "yes professor, I spoke Sangheili to him"
Anders was absolutely intrigued, "where did you learn to speak this, 'Sangheili'?" I looked at her, "that's classified, professor" she looked disappointed. She understood though.
"I will help make a translator so Topa 'Ratam can communicate without issue. in the meantime, I would like to see your project, Sergeant. Grizzly tank, correct?"
Forge was surprised I knew about his project, "of course sir, follow me" before we left, Cutter spoke up, "I will inform the crew of our new edition so nothing bad happens. I will also get him some sleeping quarters" I looked at Cutter, "thank you, sir" I turned to Topa, "follow that one, he will just you a place to sleep" Topa just nodded.
I left the bridge with Forge to see his Grizzly tank.
[Hidden mission "Why wait?" Completed!]
I was surprised, I've never had a hidden mission before, 'Helix, can you show me the mission info?'
[Now that you completed it, I can]
[Why wait?]
[You know the great schism will happen in 26 years. But, who has time to wait? Start recruiting Covenant forces!]
[Rewards-20 stat points, 1 Prometheon weapon ticket, 10'000exp]
The Prometheon weapon ticket caught my eye, 'you can distribute the rewards now'
[Distributing rewards]
[20 stat points acquired]
[1 Prometheon weapon ticket acquired]
[10'000exp acquired]
'Show me my status'
[Status]
[Level-15]
[Exp-40'763/30'000]
[Level up? Y/N]
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[Strength-55]
[Agility-40]
[Dexterity-35]
[Intelligence-65]
[Wisdom-35]
[Endurance-40]
[Vitality-45]
[Perception-50]
[Charisma-35]
[Willpower-40]
[Luck-11]
[Stat points-20]
My stats had increased quite a bit in the past year, from doing missions provided by Helix.
I put 15 stat points into Charisma and 5 into Dexterity.
"Argh" the muscles in my hands felt like they were loosening and compressing at a rapid pace while I got a massive headache from increasing my charisma.
"Are you ok, sir?" Forge asked me, "yeah, I am fine, just a little headache"
Forge nodded and led me to a Grizzly tank. The Grizzly, unlike the Scorpion, had two barrels and was even more armoured.
"What a beautiful tank," I said while running my hand across the tank, "thank you, sir"
I looked at Forge, "you think I could take one with me when I go back to the surface" Forge looked at me with a smile, "I thought you would never ask" I left Forge to go see Topa
"Topa 'Ratam, how is the room?" I asked him while entering the room Topa was provided, "ah, human. The room is a little small, but, I will manage" I nodded.
'Helix, do you have a blueprint for a Sangheili to English translator?'
[Yes, I do. It is 5'000exp]
'Alright, purchase it'
[Affirmative]
"Topa 'Ratam-can I just call you Topa?" The Elite nodded, "alright, Topa, let's head to the professor. I can make the translator" Topa only stood up and started walking towards me.
I turned around and headed for where the professor was, the R&D department.
"Professor" I called out to Anders, "ah, SPARTAN. What brings you and your friend here?" Anders asked, "I have the blueprints to make a translator" Anders was shocked, "where did you get them?"
I shook my head, "that's classified, Professor" Anders, once again, was disappointed to hear it was classified, "very well, can you show me them so we can make it" I shook my head again, "no need Professor, I can make it myself. I just need some materials" Anders nodded.
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[Congratulations, you are the first human to make an English to Sangheili translator]
'Argh, that took longer than I thought'
[You did tell everyone you could do it alone]
'I know that. Still, 3 hours?'
[Correction, 3 hours and 13 minutes]
'Shut up'
I turned to Topa, "alright, you should be able to speak to other humans now" Topa grabbed the translator, "I thank you, human" I nodded to him.
We left the room we were in and walked to Anders, "greetings, Professor, I am Topa 'Ratam" Anders was elated, "amazing, there is hardly any distortion. ONI will not like this" I thought about how mad ONI would get, "Professor, the office of naval intelligence doesn't need to know at the moment"
Anders was shocked at what I said, "weren't you SPARTANS raised to follow orders no matter what?"
"We were. But, without our human side, we're...alone, even with each other, there is a sense of distance. Being a SPARTAN means being perfect. but, at the same time, that makes us imperfect. A great person once said, 'We were made for war. But, that doesn't mean we don't have anything else to live for'" Anders was speechless, she wasn't expecting that. In all honestly, I wasn't either.
*CLAP*
A person clapped.
*CLAPCLAPCLAPCLAPCLAP*
I was confused, why were they applauding?
"Quite the speech, sir" Forge said while holding a camera, "Anders had me use this to record the first-ever conversation between human and Elite. But, I think I'll use it to showcase the SPARTANS" I shook my head, "maybe another time. If the office of naval intelligence sees it, they will be very angry."
"Alright. Oh, by the way, who said that quote?" Forge asked, "me" everyone was dumbfounded, of course, I wasn't lying. In my past life, I thought of that, It would've been nice to hear a SPARTAN say that. Show their humanity a little.
"Haha, cool. Let's get a Grizzly ready for you and make sure no one shoots our new friend" I nodded, "sounds like a plan"