REPORT 002 :: ROLL CALL // VIDEO

[daisy023]

[There is a blond, 6ft 9in tall woman in a white suit, serving as her temporary alternative to what should have been the UNSC's Navy Service Uniform. She looks at the book, then gathers her breath to begin to talk.]

This is Sierra Twenty-Three, transmitting on an open channel. Any and all UNSC Forces in the area, respond.

[A pause, then an annoyed sigh. She was too used to her world, but she had to try, anyway.]

For everyone to whom I have not presented myself to, I am Chief Petty Officer SPARTAN-023, United Nations Space Command, Office of Naval Intelligence Section Three, Naval Special Warfare.

I want to thank those that got me up to speed and assisted me during my introduction into this world. My world never had experience with spectral powers, so my hesitance to believe was... hindering.

[How can she explain the way she was without giving away too much?]

As my title and rank mentions, I belong to the armed forces of my world, so my return to a vaguely civilian life was unsettling in several ways, but I will do my best to adapt, and aid all whom I can.

Sierra Twenty-Three, out.

Comments

[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

How have you settled in so far?

[daisy023]

Faster than I expected, Mr. Stewart. [She would have referred to him by rank, but he didn't give it.]

Save for unfortunate exceptions [Meaning the crazies.], everyone I've met has been supportive.

[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

[Just as well, he doesn't go by rank. That and he didn't stay in the Marines long enough to really have one.]

We have a mostly good group here, unfortunate exceptions aside.

So, should I start calling you Sierra?

[daisy023]

I see that. Both from inside and outside the barrier.

[She raises an eyebrow.]

Sierra stands for "Spartan" in the UNSC phonetic alphabet. People here aren't used to refer to rank or tag. It might not be practical to avoid my name for long.

[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

Same alphabet we use in our military. [Good system, no surprise that it hasn't changed.] Unless you want to start receiving nicknames, giving up your name will be for the best. Not many here are given towards addressing others by rank or profession.

[daisy023]

Comes way back from the NATO, if I'm not mistaken.

...

[Sigh. Another person to give her name to. And she isn't fond of nicknames.]

My name is Daisy. Last name is classified.

[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

You're not.

[Neither is he, for the record. No one ever, ever gets to call him Johnny.]

Daisy. I like it.

[daisy023]

[WELL, she never called a friend of hers that, ever, but this guy may]

Don't overuse it. [Spoken playfully deadpan?] I don't give my name often.

...

Until now.

[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

Noted. [He may stick with calling her soldier anyway.]

Navy, was it? I was in the Marines.

[daisy023]

[Well, there's other people overusing her name, so John won't catch much flak from her if he did.]

That would be correct, Mr. Stewart.

Your behavior gave you away. Though I am not sure if you're even from a branch of Earth. I've never seen that uniform.

[While you're a Marine, you're not a half-psychotic anti-Spartan helljumper, so you win points in her book.]

[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

I was with the US Marine Corp, but I left for a higher calling. The Green Lanterns are an intergalactic peacekeeping corp. I still work on Earth and the surrounding sector.

[daisy023]

US Marine Corp. Divided country militaries remained until the end of the Rainforest Wars. But you're from a spacefaring timeline. How can it be?

[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

Mankind is only beginning to explore our own solar system. I was the first human recruited by the Green Lanterns. Before me, our sector was protected by Abin Sur, an Ungaran.

[daisy023]

Late twentieth-century? Protected by other sentients? Your timeline found sentient life before we even left Earth?

[More friendly aliens. What the hell? All she got were psychotic midgets and zealous man-sharks with lightsabers.]

[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

More like they found us. That aside, there doesn't seem to be any consistency in alien life outside of Earth.

[Which is altogether suspicious. How does life evolve on Earth the same in every iteration present, but the rest of the universe is utterly and totally inconsistent?]

[daisy023]

Consistency? What do you mean? Organisms evolve depending on their environments.

[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

Not in a matter of centuries. What aliens have you encountered? And what planets and systems are they from?

[daisy023]

[This is something of a sore spot.]

2530. The Covenant. It's a collective of species we know little about. A religious hegemony bent on genocide that has ignored all attempts of contact, and have numbers and technology beyond that of humanity.

The UNSC -humanity- [The Covenant do not discriminate.], has been at war with them for five years, throughout several Colonies. But we are not winning.

[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of the Covenant.

[Although this suddenly gives more insight into her situation. An enemy superior in all ways? No wonder they need genetically bred super soldiers]

[daisy023]

Be grateful for that, Mr. Stewart. Spartans may always win on the ground, we may have a renowned Vice-Admiral fighting key battles in space, and your powers would come in handy. But the rest are only human.

[The truth about her way of being is far less honorable than the survival of the human race. The less he knows about the origins of the SPARTAN-II, the better.]

[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

[A tough situation for sure. Unfortunately a comparison of worlds does little to help anything.]

Being only human may be your greatest advantage. Of all the species in the universe, none are as stubborn and tenacious in their fight for survival than we are. Don't count yourselves out just yet.

[daisy023]

We will not, Mr. Stewart. I am not just a human; I am augmented and have superior training and equipment beyond all other units within the UNSC. But I've seen marines take on Zealots single-handedly and winning.

[The fact this man has been here longer than her, and has probably seen much more of the universe than she has, and has seen more of humanity... gives her some hope.]

Is it the same in other worlds?

[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

I've seen an Earth where even when the world was in shambles, the people were still determined to rebuild and start anew.

[Even if humanity was the cause of its own troubles.]

We Green Lanterns are chosen by our strength of will, not for any other ability we might have. Humanity has that in abundance.

[daisy023]

We will have a lot of worlds to rebuild. I hope you are right.

[If her world survives that war.]

...

You said you had seen an Earth. [This catches her attention.] You have been in other dimensions?

[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

Two, not including this one.. Neither by my own doing. A novel experience, but I wouldn't recommend it.