Zack takes a moment to stop and listen to Hale as he reports in. "I'm heading towards Rose, over? That's where we should all go. Re-group is key. We can't take these Covenant forces alone" Zack said, and continued his jog towards Rose. He'd much rather be in number right now, with what had just been reported over the comm link. "We got anything to handle that enemy air? I don't think my SMG will cut it" Zack asked as he took cover from enemy fire. 

The Covenant were tacking over a few buildings, using them to dig in. They were setting up gun emplacements, and were becoming a hard to remove pest.