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Taylor turned to her, and calmly answered, "Not sure, I hope there are. (sigh), I better go check on Ike, make sure he hasn't killed anybody yet... Actually, I think I'm more scared of that Hellbringer, he talked to his helmet... Yeah, all the more reason to go check." as he picked himself up off the powdery floor, and jogged over to Ike, as he tapped Ike's shoulder, telling him, "Keep an eye on Ashley and Jacob over there, we are heading up to the camp, we will be back down here soon." as he yelled over to John and the crazy Hellbringer, he pulled out his shotgun, putting on his helmet and polarizing it.

Taylor crouched in the ashy wasteland, as he looked up at Reach's moon, it glowed in a ball of blue and white in the cloudy sky, this reminded Taylor of an old portrait, he struggled to remember the name, but the picture was clear, as it struck him, the name, "Starry, Starry, Night." Taylor said calmly and in a low voice as he continued admiring the stars, they were beautiful, as he got up, he walked over towards Ashley, and sat down next to her, looking up at the stars, he said to her, "You know, we never do get to see the stars that much. With the war and all." as he smiled a little bit.

Welcome Back friend, nothing out of the ordinary here...

The regular way, put the colors on your spartan, and go into SO.

[We aren't under the pelican, I just took Jacob from there, we are about a yard away from the pelican]

Tal' was shocked to see such an old friend, but he retained a wicked smile, "Well, well... Haven't seen you in years... But I am not calling to anger you, or make such a rash decision, we have decided, that you and I... Have what human filth call a... Common, enemy... So, I propose a temporary partnership, to get rid of these filthy barriers that stand in such a great alliance's way. Would it not be easier to shut down this utterly incompetent human's request and rid the insects of this planet standing in your way in one fell swoop? All they will do is limit you, THEY TREAT US LIKE DOGS! We must show them that WE are now the top of the food chain, and we won't let APES, say what we can and cannot study, and where we can and cannot go... We share common ground brother... Consider the offer, for a temporary time, we can eliminate the bounds that hold us... What do you say?" as he released his energy blade on one hand, cutting off the head of a small statue.

Taylor pulled out a Kurki he had stashed in his pocket from a trip to Japan on Earth, as he turned to Jacob, saying, "Alright, this won't hurt a bit, promise." as he stuck the Kurki into the leg, trying to pluck out the pipe from the bones and blood, as he managed to rip away most of it, adding bio-foam from Ike to it, now, for the diagnostic, as he heard the helmet's medscan, he grabbed Jacob's arm, and counted to three quickly as he relocated the arm. he grabbed Jacob, as he slowly walked with him, bringing him to Ashley, as he laid Jacob down on a small rock. Taylor nodded to Ashley and returned to Ike and Murphy, as he crouched down next to them, saying, "We are gonna stick together, I think I have a plan," as he turned his head a pointed to a nearby ridge with an orange glow piercing from it, and continued his sentence, "See that glow? I think some squids might be camped up there, and where there are squids... There are Vehicles, so, what do you say?"

Taylor was locked in the moment when he heard the shouts of a familiar friend, he yelled, "F**k, Jacob! I'm coming!" as he told Ash he would be right back and ran in the direction of the screams, he found Jacob, as he called out, "S**t, we need a medic down here! Stay with me Jacob, stay with me, we're gonna get you out of here!" as he pulled the heavy thruster off of Jacob's leg, pulling off Jacob's helmet, and once again turning, and yelling, "Hey! We need a medic over here!"

Tal' stood out unto the fleet in front of him, as he turned to a Operator, in Scarlett ultra armor, asking, "What the hell is going on out there?" as the Elite kept his eyes on the screen, fiddling with the controls, answering his question, "Not sure, Sir, they were beating the living hell out of each other one minute ago, looks like they both want something that is on the planet." as the Elite's eyes opened wide, as he turned his head, moving closer to the elite, asking in a quieter voice, "Can you intercept their transmissions?" as the elite, fiddled for several seconds, finally looking up at Tal' answered, "Got some of it, sir... Kinda choppy, but they have incredibly secure channels." as one of the large screens shown a staticy black and white video, as a voice could be heard, "Maybe you-- heed-- warni--.You would still have a fleet if you had. Now, you wish-- surrender, I belie--? (Static) tell you that---- found---- interesting. The signal that led yo-- here." as the video cut to black and the room was filled with silence, Tal' looked at the Ultra and yelled, "Patch me through to the Elite, now!" as the Ultra quickly fiddled with the controls, trying to contact the fleet ahead.

[Woah, Woah, Woah, Woah, Woah, Woah... Hold on one minute here. I thought you said you were leaving/becoming less active on the site Trae, what the hell happened?]

Taylor docked his shotgun and raised his hands to his head, pulling off his helmet and revealing he was human, "Relax, I ain't one of them. You have my word." as put his TAC/COM to his mouth channeling Ash, and saying, "Ash, we found someone... Ash? Ash?" as he put his helmet back and gestured for the Hellbringer to follow him as he rushed back to the Pelican, he found Ashley, and he noticed her leg was hurt badly, he rushed in, taking out a medical kit and doing all he could to heal up her leg, saying throughout it, "It's almost fixed, Ash. Just relax." as he continued, except going faster and faster each second.

Taylor watched the boundless ash skim across the fields in a storm-like fashion, as he took heavy breaths and heavy steps walking across the barren land, as he saw a familiar sight, the pelican, he wanted to check on Ash, he found her, gesturing for her to spread out and look for more survivors, as he had found Murphy, he was hurt, Taylor crouched down near Murphy saying in a sharp voice, "Stay with me Murphy, we are getting out of here soon, I promise." as he walked next to Murphy, bringing him to Ike as he laid Murphy down on a Rock, turning to Ike, and saying, "Keep an eye on him, others might have survived the crash, I'm gonna go look for them." as he stumbled upon a Dead ODST, the man had been impaled with a fragment of the ship, as blood ran down his nose and mouth, his helmet off, Taylor simply sighed and closed the man's eyes. He had continued moving on, though, he started to hallucinate, and see images, he first saw the silver elite from earlier, except this time, it looked like he was injured, or in pain, struggling to keep up, as he dissipated into white ash, Taylor shook his head, getting rid of the hallucination, as he stumbled upon what looked like a charred Brute corpse, someone Barbecued this guy, as he aimed his gun, he found the man, a Hellbringer, Taylor smiled, as he put his hand out, saying, "Name's Taylor, got a name, Soldier?"

Approved, IF you keep the Katana as like a sidearm, like a Combat Knife, something you only take out in close quarters, it wouldn't make much sense if a bulky dude was walking around with a sword, now would it?

(ATTENTION: Two important updates, One, Trae Houstan is going to be away from the site very often, due to this, I am going to likely kill off his character, and the second, after a Shoutbox poll, an important change will occur, in this post, thank you for your time) The clouds seemed to be pouring ash, and it looked like snow, something everyone knows too well, the similarities are remarkable, as the ash fell on to the pelican, coating it with dust, the sky seemed to pour with debris and bodies, as metal shards and limbs and blood soaked the skies over the mountains, as shards bombarded the pelican, soon, a metal pelican wing smashed into the pelican, severing the left side and disabling the engines, as the pelican tilted downward, they were going to crash, as the sound of bones and metal hitting the ashy floor could be heard, As explosions riddled the ground below, with bodies crashing into them and burning, limbs, bodies, metal, even some covenant bodies could be seen, as what was left of the ship revealed itself, the hulking, burning mass, with bodies flying around it at high velocity, the ship crashed into the mountainside in a ball of fire, as the crew of the pelican held on for dear life. Taylor knew something was wrong, he rushed to the cockpit, still slightly limping, as he yelled, "What the hell is going on?" as the pilot turned and screamed, "I lost her left wing, prep the crew for a crash land-" he was cut off as a metal shard collided at full force with his face, slicing most of it off in a splatter of blood, Taylor ran to the back, picking a Shotgun, Magnum, and a Type 14 Magnetic/Anti-Tank Mine, unprimed, as he stashed it into his backpack, grabbing a Battle Rifle, and a SAW off the wall, tossing it to Ashley and Ike respectively, as he grabbed on to a handlebar, yelling to the crew, "Everybody, hold on, this is gonna be a bumpy landing!" as the Pelican shakes and suddenly, Bam Taylor vision was incredibly blurred as he slowly tilted his head in each direction, moaning in a low tone in the process, as his vision became near crystal clear, he looked around, as a heavy shard was on top of him, he struggled to push it off, but held it up slightly and rolled out, as he let it fall again, making a clattering sound, as he looked around in the calm storm of ash, he called out, "Ash? Ike? Rook? Jacob? Anybody?" as he was met with silence, he said in a lower, sadder voice, "Please..." as he stood in the cold environment, he pulled the shotgun off of his side, walking with it facing forward, as he waited to find a sign of life, soon, he found the pelican, it was mangled, and badly damaged, as Taylor grabbed the door to the back, struggling to open it as he gave up, as he continued walking around, he found Ash, he picked Ash's rifle up off the floor, attaching it to his back, he crouched next to her, saying, "Let's go find the others." in a quiet voice as he attempted to wake her up, but he eventually gave up, leaving the Battle Rifle next to her arm, and moving on to find the rest, he eventually stumbled on Ike, as he checked Ike's pulse, he woke Ike up, and told the ODST to look for the rest of the team in the wasteland, as he looked for the Rook.

Taylor limped his way over to the front of the Pelican, grabbing on to the side handlebars on the wall, as he watched the mountains through the glass, he tilted his head up to the pilot and shakily said in a low voice, "Where... Where are we going?" as the marine spoke in a calm voice, slightly tilting his head, "We are heading to Quezon international airport, sir. There are ships waiting there." as Taylor nodded his head and limped backwards, the looked out, as a new man armed the turret, Taylor stood next to the man, pulling out a cigarette and a lighter, as he lit his cigarette, asking, "So, got a name?" as he continued looking out into the endless waves of forest.

Oh I miss the old Xbox, the dashboard, the covers, the controls, it was beautiful... This is quite laughable.

No, it's either he is killed off, or you continue using him, I can't keep doing this for people.

So, I had an idea, where Skulls would be set in three different categories, Bronze, Silver, and Gold, Gold skulls affect the game difficulty wise, and are easier to find, Silver skulls affect the game fun and re playability wise, and are the hardest to find, and Bronze, mixes in both, putting them in the middle. So each skull would be found in a different place, Campaign, Forge, Spartan Ops, to add to the replay ability, here they are below, and the requirements to get to them. Gold Skulls- Iron Skull- How to find it- on the first mission, kill only the Elites on the level, and leave the other enemies behind, to find a Skull at the end of the mission. Barred Skull- What it does- A New Skull, reduces the likelihood of good Ordnance by over 50% How to find it- In Matchmaking, score five kills in a row with the Spartan Laser, then the ammo count should say infinite, fire on the ground next to you, and a skull will fly out, and it will say your laser is out of ammo. Scarab Skull- What it does- A New Skull, arms even minors with fuel rods, making your life a LOT harder How to find it- On the map Forge World, travel under the waterfall and lodge an object in there, keep pulling it in and out of the wall behind the waterfall until the skull is picked up on the object. Fog Skull- How to find it- on Spartan Ops' first mission, ignore the objective to activate the first console and run back to the start, a Warrior elite with a Plasma Pistol should be waiting, he will not attack the player, but instead throw a skull at the player like in Grifball, if the player catches it, the Skull is his, and the Elite disappears. Catch Skull- How to find it- On the second campaign mission, explore the base until you find a locked covenant door with the numbers 343 on it, when walking near it, it will say "Press X to drive Scarab." if you click X, a Special shotgun will come out, with only one bullet, this shotgun glows blue when in the player's hands, aim for the lock on the special door, and once the lock turns black from the bullet, you will be able to phase through the door, inside the room, is a Grunt minor, holding a flag in his hand, if you kill him with a headshot from your secondary weapon, he will toss a plasma grenade at you, dodge this, and when you walk over to the grunt, it will give you the option to pick up the skull. Mythic Skull- How to find it- In Forge, place two ghosts next to each other, and leave a space inbetween them, you must be on the Pit, when on the wheel, it will give the player an option to press X, if you do, a landmine will appear between the space, and, if done correctly, blow up the two ghosts and leave a Skull where the mine was, just pick up the skull. Sinister Skull- What it does- A new Skull, Sinister packs Covenant with Forerunner or Human tech, and a damage boost. How to find it- When playing Spartan Ops, have one player in full Blue MK. VI armor, the other in full Red MK. VI armor, if the Red player betrays the blue player, the announcer will give the player a Snapshot medal, and the enemies will disappear, dropping a skull in a random spot in the area, the player must fish it out, and pick it up. Silver Skulls- Grunt Birthday Party Skull- How to find it- When playing campaign, on mission three, the player must wield a plasma pistol from the dead grunt the whole way, and when the banshees are attacking, the player cannot fire a shot or toss a grenade at them, at the end of the level, when you get into the ghost, a skull will pop out of the hood. Confusion Skull- What it does- A New Skull, when playing with it active, some enemies will appear different colors, like a white general, or green promethean, even rainbow! How to find it- When playing Forge, you must play on Valhalla, and travel to the top of the coastline tower, you must crouch-jump into a tiny gap, and a console should be there, a player on the other side must also click the console at the same time as you, and the towers will stop firing, instead, an orange spartan, in warrior armor, will be carrying a skull, he will also have overshields, you must kill him before he reaches either base, and he will drop the skull, he will not retaliate though. Counterpart Skull- What it does- Enemies now have the dialogue of other allies, even the UNSC marines, such as a grunt reciting a line coined by sergeant johnson in his voice. How to find it- When playing the fourth campaign mission, one prisoner, out of the four terrorists, will have a plasma grenade hidden under their chair, as soon as you find it, two zealots will uncloak in the room, with needlers, attacking you, kill them and the terrorist will suddenly die, and you will earn a headshot medal, he will drop a binary rifle, with instead of a normal ammo count, a square, fire the gun, and the gun drops, as a skull, pick it up. Bronze Skulls- Plasma Skull- What it does- A new skull, makes all shots fired from any vehicle or weapon, turn rainbow in color, but also increases their shield disruption when they hit you. How to find it- When playing Spartan Ops, on the final mission of episode 1, take the left route and grenade jump from the cliff to the hanging pipe, there, should be a dead grunt body, and a trail of blood, follow the blood, and you will be met with a wall, if you crouch near it, it will give you the option to press X and a warthog will appear behind you, except without a turret, and a single marine in it, this marine is holding a plasma pistol, destroy the warthog with him in it, and the skull should fly out from the wall. Revenge Skull- What it does- A new skull, when killing an enemy, if you teabag them, they will explode in a hexagon pattern. How to find it- When playing Forge, on Standoff, if you zoom in on the left satellite dish, a red dot can be seen beeping, fire on it, and the ground will start to shake, as you teleport into a small, black room, with a picture on the wall of a smiling Frank O'Connor, and below him, a crawler, it will not attack you, instead, it will fire on the Frank O'Connor picture with what looks like a Beam Rifle shot, eventually, a skull will pop out of O'Connor's picture from the head, and the crawler will start doing what looks like a teabag, just pick up the skull and the game will end. Copycat Skull- What it does- A new skull, when an enemy kills you, you will respawn, but the same enemy that killed you before will either upgrade or downgrade, a warrior elite could transform into a tiny grunt, or it could be the opposite. How to find it- When playing Campaign, on the fifth mission, when you reach the second checkpoint, go back to the start to find a grav-lift and a crate, get the crate to launch, and a skull should pop up at your current checkpoint. Shakespear Skull- What it does- A new skull, Elites, Jackals, and Grunts will commonly recite lines from shakespear in a fine english accent, although, this strengthens those around them by 1% each time they do it. How to find it- Kill yourself by jumping in Forge World's waters by the island, and it should spawn in the coliseum.

I know how you feel bro, take some time to get the stress off of you, that is what I did, and look at me now, by the way, what should I do with your radioactive character?

[so, I see this died, It was going so well too. Please bring it back Dust.]

Taylor was shocked that Kyro wanted HIM on his team, he stuttered slightly, and readied his rifle, he only responded at the man, "Well, what are we waiting for then?" as a smirk wiped across his face, even with the helmet covering most of his head, it was clear Taylor was ready to pop some shots with his rifle on the ODSTs, as he cocked his rifle, readying it, and turning to his temporary leader, asking, "Alright, so who's on Team Kyro?"

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Taylor smiled at the sound of Jacob's voice, which seemed like a distant memory, he repeated into the comm, "Jacob... (chuckle) Good to have you back, the Rook decided to f**k up, so we are basically screwed up here." As Taylor put his mouth away from the TAC/PAD and mashed on a Console, opening the doors to the hanger as he entered it, still dark and dreary, as he primed the Rocket Launcher that had been on his back, as he fired unto the wall, behind this wall, was some yellow blips on his radar, as the wall exploded with debris, but opened up to the light of the outside world, it was becoming daylight yet again, as he rushed outside, firing on enemies with his DMR, he rushed behind a broken wing from a Pelican, reloading his gun and turning to Jacob, saying, "So, how's the missus?" jokingly, as a Jackal rushed over towards them, screeching in Taylor's face as he emptied a round into the Jackal's belly, killing it, the hail of bullets from the onslaught of covenant dropping in burnt through cover, as a large Hail of blue flew over their heads and landed behind them, exploding into ash and dust, Taylor pulled out a Frag Grenade from his side, as he bounced it once in his hand and primed it, throwing it at the massive wraith, the grenade landed directly under it and exploded, as the wraith caught smoke, one grenade wouldn't take it down though, Taylor once again readied his Rocket, and locked on to the already damaged wraith, as an Elite Minor pulled off a Needler shot, the shard came flying and hit Taylor's stomach right as he fired the rocket, it spun in the air as it hit the bottom of a landing Phantom, doing close to nothing, Taylor fell back, blood dripping from his mouth, as he put his hand where the shard went, it narrowly missed his heart, as he plucked it out in a wave of pain, he tossed the shard aside. Taylor, still bleeding, crawled over to Ashley, as he tossed the heavy rocket in her hands, he crawled back over to Jacob, as he prepared for the end, they were surrounded, it would take a miracle to save them... And a miracle, is what they got. As the Wraith primed it's gun, it was challenged with a hail of fire as a Pelican opened fire with it's machine gun on the wraith, blowing it to pieces with a hail of fire, as the remaining forces were mostly gunned down, small pockets of drones or minor elites remained as the pelican turned around, an ODST gunning a Turret as he let loose the chain gun, suppressing most enemies, a squad of ODSTs rushed out of the pelican, most armed with rifles, as the carefully walked around, spraying fire, two walked over to Taylor, one, looked like a Medical ODST, the other, an old friend of Taylor's as he took his helmet off, it revealed the face of an old, gruff man, with white hair, and a blind eye, he crouched next to Taylor, and talked to him, "Taylor... You got his by a Needler. Rhodes here will stop the bleeding, and you should be good to go." As he stood up, calling the soldiers in the area, "Everybody on, we are bugging out to the Ridgeline, let's go!" as Taylor got up, holding his stomach as he climbed aboard the pelican, and sat down, looking out on the now destroyed city.

Tal' Alpha stood on deck, his arms on his sides as he watched the planet in front of him, all of a sudden, a slipspace portal burst open in a hail of blue and aqua energy as a Corvette emerged slowly from the beaming circle, it's color, a grayed out yellow, with the same symbol as on Tal's armor, following the ship was multiple Liches, with the same color, as soon as all ships exited the portal it closed, and Tal' walked forward, being only inches from the glass, as he yelled out, turning his head, "Battlegroup Vita is here! Where is Battlegroup Exma?" as Elites around him frantically entered commands in consoles and worked to prepare nearby fleets for an attack. Another elite, wearing Ultra armor without a helmet, his armor Blue in color, and shoulder pieces missing, walked into the room non-nonchalantly, as Tal's eyes widened and he turned around. He put his hand up, pointing in his son's face and yelling, "You broke the HOLY LAW yet again, Raz'! What am I going to do with you, I have an army to command and you are running off partying?!" As the room just stood in horror, his son included, as the son stared into his father's eyes before walking out, Tal' stood defiant but put his head down to think about what he had just said, as multiple doors opened, Jackal Majors walking out, Fuel Rods on their backs, as one stood out, he looked like a Sniper Jackal, but had no helmet on, the jackals lined up in formation as Tal' began walking toward the elevator, and the guards followed him, these were his personal escorts, true zealots. The jackals followed Tal' to a door as he opened it using a hand-recognition software, it had a small, circular holographic table, and Field Marshalls, each, in yellow armor stood around it, they all locked eyes on Tal' as four guards exited the room, guarding the outside door, while four, including the sniper, lined up inside the room, by the door. Tal' looked around at the Field Marshalls, who kneeled and prayed in the sangheili language, Tal' nodded and all quickly rose up, surrounding the table, Tal' activated the console, showing an image of what looked like a forerunner power source, it looked damaged too. Tal' spoke, pointing at the holograph, "We recently discovered... A forerunner power source... We have no idea of it's intentions, who is using it, and if they are hostile. Fear not... For banshees have been sent-" As he was cut off when the door slammed open, a Grunt Ultra rushing through, holographic papers in his hands, and Jackals not too far behind him, trying to restrain him, the Grunt yelled out to Tal' "H- Holy One! I just discovered a slipspace rupture, it isn't one of ours..." As the whole room gasped and murmured, Tal' looked down at the Grunt, and yelled at it saying, "Get to the Hanger and notify General Zos'! Move up the defenses!" Tal' immediately rushed out of the room, the Jackal sniper following him, and pulling out his Plasma Repeater, ready to defend Tal' as the two rushed up to the bridge, to see if contact could be made.

Well, that is a really unfair comparison if you consider it, Halo: 3 ODST was an Add-On that got big enough to pass the barrier between DLC and Game, Halo 4, is a full game, (Well, not really, but you get the point) But I prefer ODST and Halo 3 over most Halo titles, ODST especially due to it's gritty feel, and DAT JAZZ,