Far reaches of known space, November 8, 2552.
We awaken in our ship, lost in space, like how it began without the actual black hole. It was like nothing happened. Except that the scars on both body and armor remained. And we all remember it clearly. And I still have that blank, which was all melted down two hundred years before.
ONI wants us to keep quiet, saying it never happened. They threaten us. I don't care. Something like this shouldn't be kept silent for the abuse of the military. There is a lot that not even the legendary Forerunners knew about. Don't let the UNSC get away with such crimes. Never let up on the fight. From an ODST to you, fighting this tyranny makes you braver than an ODST jumping feet first into Hell.
I challenge you to be braver than an ODST. For the sake of us all. Be heroes.