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"Hey kid... you're kind of freaking me out." Rainbow Dash said, smiling awkwardly. Scootaloo noticed that she has been staring at her the whole time. She blinked and looked down slightly, blushing bashfully.

"You died..." Scootaloo muttered. One of Rainbow Dashes eyebrows raised slightly.

"I didn't die... I don't know what you are talking about." Rainbow Dash stated.

"Don't you remember Equis? The war? The destruction? The near annihilation of our species?" Scootaloo asked.

"I heard about it, but-" Dash began.

"You were there!" Scootaloo nearly shouted.

"Listen squirt, I don't know what you are on about, but I wasn't even born yet. Wrong mare, kid."

"But, I know who you are! You're Rainbow Dash!"

"How do you know-

"Because you were there! You were my fillyhood hero! You won the Young Fliers Competition! You preformed the sonic rainboom twice! You saved me and the rest of our species by holding back the Covenant advance!"

Rainbow Dash remained silent, staring at Scootaloo with wide eyes. She opened her mouth to say something, but words didn't escape her lips.

"The winner is Aqua Team!" Mendez's voice proclaimed over their COM. "Teams Gold and Crimson will be joining Aqua on their resort. The rest of you will just have to try harder next time. Pelicans will be arriving shortly to pick up the casualties."

"So how did the last three teams do, Halsey?" Luna asked, looking over her shoulder and looking at her laptop screen.

"Teams Gold and Crimson suffered 100 percent casualties, while Team Aqua suffered 80 percent casualties." Halsey replied, not turning away from her laptop. "I have prepared a debriefing for you. I sent it to your computer."

"I'll be back." Luna said, turning away and walking out of Halsey's office.

"Nice job, mare. I'd share a foxhole with anytime, anyday." Artemis said to Scootaloo as they stripped off their paint soaked BDU's.

"Thanks, didn't do half bad yourself. Nice shot, by the way." Scootaloo complimented.

"You and me, Artemis!" Firefly called out. "One on one!"

"Sounds like a good time..." Artemis said, licking her lips slightly.

Everyone there knew Artemis and her ways, including the occasional molestation. Everyone typically laughs when she says something like that.

"I'm not into mares, Artemis." Firefly pointed out.

"You don't have to be." Artemis replied.

"Quiet back there!" Mendez shouted from the pelicans cockpit. "You're soldiers, not teenage girls!"

"Did anypony else notice the irony in that statement?" Surprise asked to no one in particular.

"Quiet 231! Or it will be your flank!" Mendez shouted. The Spartans fell quiet, but their smiles didn't disappear. After months of non-stop training, they were getting a well needed break.

"Solstice, bring up file number twenty one hundred D." Luna ordered her AI as she plopped down on her couch, levitating her laptop over to her. On a nearby holotank, an avatar that looked exactly like her sister, Celestia, appeared. Even her near Godlike magical abilities and the humans science combined, they weren't able to bring back her sister like they were with Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Zephyr. Alicorns were too complex to recreate. Instead, they were able to bring recreate her brain and make a Smart AI based on her. Due to a complication in the cloning process leading to the loss of memory of their previous lives (which first appeared in Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Zephyr, who lost their memory in the first couple hours), the first few cloned brains had to be disposed of. After multiple failed attempts, they were finally able to successfully implement Celestia's memory and personality into a Smart AI, who was named Solstice.

"Hmm? Give me a second, sister." Solstice replied. After a three second delay, the files that Luna requested appeared on her laptops screen. Luna knew damn well that Solstice did this on purpose. An Eighth Generation Smart AI like Solstice would take much less than a fraction of a second to do such a simple task. Solstice, sadly, had adopted her sisters tendency to "troll". While it wasn't as bad as it was with Celestia, it still occasionally interrupted her work.

"Solstice, what have I told you about that?" Luna asked, scowling at the AI's avatar.

"What ever do you mean, sister?" Solstice asked, trying to look as innocent as possible.

Due to Celestia's personality, Solstice also had, like her sister, split personalities. There was the personality that Celestia normally used when she had her royal duties, which was the most normal one, the personality Celestia used when she "trolled" her servants, family, and friends (nicknamed Trollestia), and the one when Celestia would grow... horny, in simple terms (Molestia, if you would). Due to this, she would be labelled as rampant and be destroyed, or recreated, according UNSC regulations. Of course, it would be impossible that Solstice would be rampant just seven months after her creation.

Luna scimmed the technical details of the debriefing, which stated the overall mental and physical preformance of the Spartans, as well as how efficiently they used their firearms, and how efficient their tactics were. That was not what Luna cared about. Finally, she reached the final couple paragraphs, detailing the battle between Spartan Teams Gold, Aqua, and Crimson.

"Solstice, transfer this to my homestead on Luna." Luna ordered, before picking up a nearby phone. "Get me Mendez."

After a short pause, Mendez's gruff voice spoke out of the phone. "Yes, Admiral?"

"Mendez, I believe Teams Gold, Aqua, and Crimson are ready for the mission ONI whipped up for us." Luna stated.

"Right, I'll go get them suited up and equipped. I'll give you a call when they are ready." Mendez stated, before hanging up. Luna put the phone down, before teliporting to her home on Earths moon, Luna.

"Alright... let's take a look at what our Spartans have asked for." Mendez said, pulling up a file on his laptop. The moment the Spartans returned, they were brought to an armory, with orders to choose any firearms they wanted, and that they could customize it anyway they want. They even had a few Covenant weapons set aside for them.

Password Identification Required: _

Mendez flexed his fingers, quickly typing in the password (Oly Oly Oxen Free) upon hearing a satisfactory crack from his knuckles.

Password Identification Comfirmed...

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Open File #4092F (Spartan Firearm Customization)? [Y/N] _

Mendez glided his hands over the keyboard, pressing down on the 'Y' key.

Downloading File #4092F...

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Download Complete, Would You Like To Open File #4092F Now? [Y/N]

"Damn computers..." Mendez muttered, pressing down on the 'Y' key once more.

Loading Spartan Firearm Customizations...

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Load Successful!

Crimson Team:

Spartan-013 (Artemis)

-One XM412 DMR, with an underslung shotgun attachment and an ACOG scope.
-One SRS99D-S2 AM Sniper Rifle with a laser sight.
-One Covenant energy sword.
-Two M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenades.
-Four Covenant plasma grenades.
-Several extended magazines for her DMR.
-Several extended magazines loaded with HE rounds for her sniper rifle.

Spartan-893 (Pipsqueak)

-One MA5C with a red dot sight attachment.
-Two M6C SOCOM's.
-Four M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenades.
-Several magazines for each of his firearms.

Spartan-485 (Oscar)

-One MA5B with a SAW configuration.
-One M6D Pistol.
-Four M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenades.
-Two hi-cap magazines for his SAW.
-Several magazines for his M6, loaded with HE rounds.

Spartan-882 (Shooting Star)

-One M312A1 LWC, with a grip and holographic sight.
-One SRS99D-S2 AM.
-Two M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenades.
-Several magazines for each of her firearms.

Spartan-377 (Emily)

-One M312 DMR, with a grip, laser sight, and a rifle scope.
-One M312A1 LWC with a tactical flashlight and a red dot sight attachment.
-One M6C Magnum.
-Two Covenant plasma grenades.
-Several magazines for each of her firearms.

Aqua Team:

Spartan-053 (Sweetie Belle)

-Two M7 SMG's with supressors attached to them.
-Two M6C SOCOM's.
-Four M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenades.
-Several magazines for each of her firearms.

Spartan-083 (Applebloom)

-One M45E Tactical Shotgun, with a red dot sight attachment and a laser sight.
-One M312A1 LWC with a laser sight and a holographic sight attachment.
-One M6C Magnum.
-Three M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenades.
-Several magazines for each of her firearms.

Spartan-132 (Scootaloo)

-One M312A1 LWC, with an underbarrel grenade launcher and a red dot sight attachment.
-Two M6G Mark II Magnums.
-Four M9 High-Explosive Dual Purpose grenades.
-Two flashbangs.
-Several magazines for each of her firearms.

Spartan-231 (Surprise)

-One XBR66HB SR with a suppressor, grip, and holographic sight attachement.
-Two M6C SOCOM's.
-One SRS99D-S2 AM[CQ].
-Two flashbangs.
-Two M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenades.
-Several magazines for each of her firearms.

Spartan-332 (Firefly)

-One SRS99C-S2 AM Sniper Rifle
-Two M7 SMG's.
-Two M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenades.
-Several extended magazines for her SMG's.
-Several extended magazines loaded with HE rounds for her sniper rifle.

Gold Team:

Spartan-923 (Rainbow Dash)

-One M312A1 LWC with a red dot sight attachment.
-Two Covenant plasma rifles.
-Four Covenant plasma grenades.
-Several magazines for her LWC.

Spartan-438 (Applejack)

-One XM90A2 Tactical Shotgun.
-Two M6D Pistols.
-Two M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenades.
-Several magazines for each of her firearms.

Spartan-741 (Zephyr)

-One BR55HB SR with a grip.
-One M6C Magnum.
-Four M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenades.
-Several magazines for each of his firearms.

Mendez dragged the files folder and dropped it into another folder. A few seconds later, and almost 400,000 kilometers away, Admiral Luna's AI, Solstice, would receive the file and send it to ONI.

"I hope they really are ready." Mendez muttered. "They're going to need all the help they can get."