[b]Cassie-A313
February 21st, 2558
UNSC Fortitude South[/b]

"If you were really so superior, your Covenant wouldn't have lost the War." Cassie said with an icy edge to her voice, one compounded by the filtered distortion put upon it by her helmet.

"If I had to guess, this is a venture to make allies of other former Covenant species, similar to the alliance with the Sangheili following the Arbiter."

As they walked, she went through the options she had. With the limited forces they had, things needed to go quickly, they wouldn't have the manpower needed to secure the entire compound. That said, Zertus was unmistakably ill-suited for stealth. Brutes were not by nature unstealthy, as the apex predator species of their planet, they certainly had knowledge of the art of sneaking. During the Human-Covenant War, Brutes were known to use Active Camouflage technology and their own close range weapons to deadly effect. Societally, however, it was seen as cowardly, and it seemed Zertus followed much of his society in this belief.

She couldn't just send him blindly into the front lines, however, it would be suicide for him. Loathe though she was to admit it, she would have to split the forces she had. With her and Zertus assaulting from the front, the secondary entrance through the sewers would be much less defended, allowing Sgt, Greene and the Jackal to infiltrate and secure the Matriarch. Even then, she didn't like their odds.

"I'd like to requisition a [url=https://www.halopedia.org/Combat_team]Combat Team[/url] to assist on this mission. We'll need the extra support to extract the Matriarch..."