June 9th, 2609; a time of peril within the galaxy. The ravaging war has taken the lives of billions and finally threatens Humanity's homeland territories. Enter the ODST Corps, one of the most prestigious units of the UNSC. The ever-genocidal New and Old Covenants will stop at nothing, including the downfall of the Hierarchy, to reach the Great Journey, but just moments after present the UNSC Pontoon may have found the key to either salvation or doom and the crew of the Pontoon isn't willing to let the enemy have it...