Aristocles

Halo: Aegis Team

Ben-E218

Ben scanned the area, using his helmet's built-in scopes to look around. No threats were incoming from any direction, and his radar's IFF readings didn't show any hostiles. Satisfied that things were calm for the moment, he turned his attention to Grikgar

"Grik, be careful with those things. No one really knows how Forerunner tech works, and we don't need to risk disabling the Mammoth in an explosion. What are you trying to make, anyway?"

"If I may bring something to your attention, Ben. The UNSC is currently working with reverse-engineered Forerunner equipment to integrate it into new warships, including the UNSC Inf-" Not for the first time, Ben muted the "dumb" AI. As a Spartan, Ben was capable of a number of sophisticated tasks, such as operation of almost every weapon in the UNSC arsenal, piloting ships of every class, operating artillery up to and including MAC cannons, and even training with building and defusing bombs. He had built and planted bombs on several occasions, usually with the goal of taking out a target marked for "pacification" by ONI.

As he had said, few if any people still alive understood the intricacies of Forerunner machinery; he even suspected that this knowledge was limited even among the Forerunners themselves. While he didn't dismiss Grikgar's skills entirely, he had to question how much training the Unggoy had in this area. It could have been bias talking, but he didn't see a Grunt- cannon fodder- as being able to deal with this safely. Not by himself. Grunts and explosives tended to mix very poorly for the sake of the former.

"Maybe I could lend a hand? I've handled explosives since probably before your grandparents were born, ever since I was barely taller than you." It just occurred to Ben that he had admitted handling explosives since he was about 10. "ONI made Spartan recruits do things that children don't normally do. Let's just leave it at that."

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Word association Game!

destruction

Goblins of the Wilds

@BigPapaBelial

Sure thing. We can do that first.

Goblins of the Wilds

@BigPapaBelial@Searat

Then there will be a timeskip of a couple of months, to when Siwa is due to give birth to her litter. Bredan will have grown a bit more as a hunter in that time, and while he is NOT one of the fathers of her first litter, he will be one of them for the second. Koglan can attend Siwa's delivery if he wants to.

Halo: Aegis Team

Ben-E218

The arrival of the Mammoth was a welcome sight or the Spartan-III, who could at least appreciate she raw power of the oversized vehicle, if not its rather unsubtle stature.

"Phong, status update on the Mammoth."

"All systems functional. This particular variant of the M510 lacks the typical Mark 2457 HRG Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. Telemetry indicates that this particular vehicle has sufficient supplies for an extended deployment ranging from-"

"Thank you. How long can it withstand an attack from Forerunner sentinels and Prometheans, on the scale of the engagement which just ended?" Ben stepped inside the massive vehicle. At 68.3 meters long, it was a veritable mobile base. There would surely be enough munitions for them. He made a mental note to search for any sniper ammunition he could find, suspecting that he'd need it very soon. The longer range he could engage the Forerunner mechs, the better. Experience had taught him that they were very dangerous machines at close to moderate ranges, but they were generally not optimized for long-range combat.

"Unknown. The databases I am authorized to access contain insufficient information to draw a useful conclusion." Ben nodded. The vehicle was indeed as massive as its namesake suggested, yet it might very well be reduced to a stationary base if hit with too powerful an attack. The capabilities of the Forerunners were far beyond anything humanity currently possessed. In the distant past, it was true that ancient humans were rivals of the Forerunner Ecumene in terms of power and technology, but humanity had far to go in order to reclaim that ancient mantle. Even the covenant were no match for the sheer scale of the Forerunner's resources; even extinct, they were still able to plague the human race, and the galaxy at large. A handful might still be alive, but for almost all intents and purposes, their species had gone extinct many millennia ago.

Goblins of the Wilds

@Searat@BigPapaBelial

If things get too slow because whatever we were going to do with Ashe was torpedoed, we can always timeskip ahead a couple of months in-game.

Goblins of the Wilds

I'm going to continue the RP. Was waiting for AsheTheReborn, but he's disappeared.

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