Halo----Beginings---Pillar of Autumn

All was calm until an old ship of AC01 cargo class ruptured from jump, followed by several one man fighters. The ship named the Pillar of Autumn was heavily damaged and drifting. as it entered the gravitational pull of the nearest planet the captain planned the next move...

mmmph!. Report! all engine courses spun to zero. all turbines are cold... reheating. Captain Jacob Keys, famous vetran of the UNSC Navy forces, began pacing at the front of the old battered ship. Keys stoped at a huge holopanel right next to it was a small pilar with a transparent screen. Cortana... The pillar started to get warmer as it projected a small purple female shape.
Cortana:yes
Keys: can you detect any covenant forces?
Cortana: ... Yes they just jumped so it will be approxematly 23 minutes before there're on us.
Keys: can you detect any more unsc ships that took off?
Cortana: ...
Keys: well?
Cortana ... No sir.
Keys cursed silently and looked out of the window port, he walked forward and stopped.
keys: can you do a scan? is reach still there?
Cortana: ... no.
keys: uhhhhh...
he looked down and picked out his pipe from his pocket. as he lite it he looked out of the opposite window he noticed something. he began to walk torwards the window.
Keys: ... ... ... Cortana what exactly am i looking at?
Cortana: id say a ring like structure
Keys: i think its time to wake our special cargo.
Cortana: okay sending wake up procedure to the cyro terminal.



TO BE CONTINUED.....