ODST (Halo)

Time will only tell?

Hey guys, its been such a long time since we've seen each other. I bet you've lost interest with this story, but alas, another chapter for your imagination.

_start_

Asoka was currently in her room that was assigned to her two days ago and she was currently watching the news of there blunder of an escape that almost got me killed. The Republic called the armored man, 'Rookie' as the UNSC call him, a criminal and a murderer for what he has done to the chancellor. If only they knew the truth, the UNSC has allowed me to read up on some of there own information regarding Palpatien...and it scared me.

How he was able to hide from us so easily, it chilled me to the bone.

I'm just glad that he's gone, because if he was able to use that order... I don't even want to think of what would happen. But with the way the UEG decided to go about it, it gives off a very unnerving feeling.

I sigh tiredly and toss the tablet aside "I hope there's a training room on this ship, I'm starting to get board in here" I said as I got out of the bunk and walked out the door.

_bounty-hunter_

There are whispers, whispers at the the edge of the galaxy saying that another player has arrived, like no one has ever seen. That's all I've been able to gather from this sandy and run down cantina.

I doubt that this armored man is working alone, he would need great resources to do what he's done, and I have my suspicions.

A former ship captain down on his dumps gave me coordinates close to coruscant, saying he was tracking something there but was unable to continue due to his ship being seized by the republic, but what would be out there. There's only a few lifeless planets and moons in that tiny sliver of space and I doubt this new player would be able to sit there unseen and undetected considering what there doing to the republic.

If this new player is dangerous it doesn't matter, I deal with dangerous all the time. So I plan on going myself to see what this whisper will turn out be, I doubt it will be anything. I quickly finished my drink and walked out of the cantina with my helmet under my arm. Hey, maybe that armored man is out there and I could get that juicy 2 million credit bounty and buy my friends back home some shiny new equipment.

I smiled and walked out of the cantina and into the glaring sun "long live mandalor" I said happily.

_Count duku_

I looked out of the window and out into space, a million thoughts running through my mind, as the safely transmitted news on coruscant played lowly on the the holo-projector.

My master, killed by a slug thrower, "how primitive" I said in disgust.

The same as all of our other informants and politicians with influence on coruscant, effectively destroying our well orchestrated plan to destroy the Jedi in one fowl swoop and setting up a new Empire. How the republic managed to gain the allies and/or resources necessary to do this is beyond my me, but they will find that I am much less easier to kill then my former master. For a fleet protects me from there's, an anti-radar detection apparatus prevented my fleet from being detected, and an army of droids prevents them from killing me... but it still feels like it isn't enough.

If this ally of the republic was able to find our spies and informants so quickly and easily, then in the back of my mind, I am sure they have already found me. I looked back at the four guard droids behind me and used the force to sense the area around me, but all I sensed was metal and oil. I looked back out into space, the news caster stating the price of the bounty on the armored man in the background.