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The Codex

The Covenant discovers a human presence on a planet where a Forerunner artifact called the Codex has been found. A Covenant commander sends scouts to investigate but they alert the humans to their presence. The commander is reprimanded for acting without informing the Covenant leadership. Meanwhile, a group of human soldiers called Green Team stationed near the Codex detects a massive Covenant fleet entering the system and heading towards their location, signaling that the human-Covenant war has now reached the planet.

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The Codex

The Covenant discovers a human presence on a planet where a Forerunner artifact called the Codex has been found. A Covenant commander sends scouts to investigate but they alert the humans to their presence. The commander is reprimanded for acting without informing the Covenant leadership. Meanwhile, a group of human soldiers called Green Team stationed near the Codex detects a massive Covenant fleet entering the system and heading towards their location, signaling that the human-Covenant war has now reached the planet.

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CHAPTER 1

" THE GATHERING STORM "


ZOOOOM
WHEN DID YOU RECIEVE THIS TRANSMISSON?

WE PICKED UP
THE SIGNAL
JUST OVER A
CYCLE AGO.
IT WAS FAINT BUT THE
MESSAGE IS CLEAR...

THE CODEX HAS


REVEALED ITSELF.
I SENT SCOUTS TO
INVESTIGATE, BUT
THEY DISCOVERED A
HUMAN PRESENCE ON
WHY DID YOU FAIL TO REPORT THIS UNTIL NOW? THE PLANET.

AND BECAUSE OF YOUR


RASHNSS THE HUMANS AHVE
BEEN ALERTED TO OUR
PRESENCE...
YOUR FAILURE TO
ALERT THE COUNCIL
BORDERS ON HERECY!

YOU ACTED NOT


WITH HASTE, BUT
WITH
I THOUGHT IT
Necessary TO ACT RECKLESSNESS!
WITH HASTE TO
DISCOVER THE
LOCATION OF THE
CODEX.

YOU WERE RUGHT TO INVESTIGATE


THE SIGNAL IMMEDIATELY...
HOWEVER, IF THE HUMANS REALIZE THE
IMPORTANCE OF THEIR ACCIDENTAL
DISCOVERY...

THEY COULD INFLICT INCALCUABLE DAMAGE


TO ITS HOLY STRUCTURE.
THEY WILL NOT! EVEN NOW, MY
FORCES ARE POISED TO TAKE
THE PLANET AND...

...?

BOOOOOO
BOOOOOO
BOOOOO
BOOOOO
BOOOOOOO
BOOOOOOO
RAAAAAH
RAAAAAH

FOOL!
FOOL!

BOOOOOOOO
BOOOOOOOO
BOOOOOOO
BOOOOOOO

RAAAAAH
RAAAAAH
I HAVE NEVER WAIVERED IN
OUR QUEST TO FULFILL
OUR COVENANT...

I HAVE NEVER
BEFORE FAILED
THE COUNCIL,
AND I WILL NOT
NOW!

I WILL
RETRIEVE THE
CODEX!
NOBLE PROPHET OF
TRUTH, THIS HAS
GONE ON LONG
ENOUGH! HE HAS
JEAPORDIZED
EVERYTHING!
SILENCE
THIS
WRENCH...

THE COVENANT DOES NOT FORGET


THOSE WHO SERVE IT
FAITHFULLY...
...ALTHOUGH YOUR
ACTIONS COULD HAVE
LEAD TO CATASTROPHE...
...YOUR MILITARY PROWESS MAKES YOU
INDESPENSABLE TO THE COVENANT. !

YOU HAVE OUR


BLESSING...
HMPH...

BUT PRAETOR...

DO NOT FAIL US AGAIN!


DRACO SERPENTIS IV
SEPTEMBER 11, 2552 (STANDARD MILITARY CALENDAR)
1452 HOURS
WELL, I TOTALED THE
CAR, BUT BY THAT TIME IT
ONLY HAD ONE WHEEL
LEFT ANYWAY.
WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE OTHER
ONE
THREE?
WORD...

NEEDLERS!

...MORON

HAHAHAHAHA...
*SIGH*

UHH, SIR? I-I


THINK THERE'S
SOMETHING YOU
NEED TO SEE.
WHAT IS IT
DANIEL?

WELL-WELL I-I'M NOT SURE


AND I--DON'T WANT TO START
A PANIC 'CAUSE--YOU
KNOW--MACHINES DO BREAK
AND YOU CAN'T ALWAYS...

DANIEL,
WHAT IS
IT?

THE SLIPSPACE
SCANNERS ARE
SHOWING THAT
SOMETHING MASSIVE
JUST JUMPED IN
SYSTEM.
MASSIVE
LIKE WHAT?

I-IT'S ROUGHLY THE SAME


SIZE OF THE FLEET THAT
ATTACKED REACH.

WHERE'S
IT
HEADED?

IT'S HOLDING A GEO-


SYCHRONOUS ORBIT AROUND
THE OLYMPIAN CAVE SYSTEM.

ISN'T THAT
WHERE GREEN
TEAM IS
STATIONED?

SHIT!

GREEN TEAM,
THIS IS BLUE
LEADER. DO
YOU COPY?
JAKE RESPOND!
HELLO?

...

...DAMN
IT!

DELTA BASE, THIS IS BLUE


LEADER. WE HAVE DETECTED AN
INCOMING COVENANT FLEET IN
ORBIT DIRECTLY ABOVE GREEN
TEAM'S POSITION. DO YOU COPY?
COPY THAT! I'LL
TELL THE CHIEF. I
THINK YOU GUYS
SHOULD GET BACK
DOWN HERE.
ROGER THAT. BLUE
TEAM, PACK UP!
WE'RE HEADING
BACK DOWN THE
MOUNTAIN!

CHIEF, THIS IS
RED 5. A COVENANT
INVASION FORCE
HAS JUST BEEN
DETECTED...

...I THINK THE


WAR JUST GOT
HERE
ROGER THAT.
RED TEAM,
SUIT UP! WE'VE
GOT
INCOMING!

CLICK
CLICK

CLICK
CLICK

CLICK
CLICK
KLK-CHK
KLK-CHK

CHHK-CHK
CHHK-CHK
HONK
HONK HONK
HONK

RUMBLE
RUMBLE

VROOM
VROOM

VROOM
VROOM
RUMBLE
RUMBLE

RUMBLE
RUMBLE
TO BE CONTINUED...

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