Staff Sergeant Riley, Spartan 201, is aboard a civilian colony ship. Heading to the Cygnus system, he's been assigned to the ship in the event that insurgents attempt to take the high-value cargo. Unbeknownst to him, in the bowels of the ship, the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine has broken two of it's mounts. Hairline cracks that will end in over 600 deaths. Half the ship would be found by the UNSC, full of corpses. The other half... By the Royal Guard.