long story short- The plot of Halo-
the covenant are attacking reach, and cortana (the AI with all data on Earth) is on board the ship, the Pillar of Autumn. The PoA makes a blind jump into slipspace to try and get Cortana away from the covies. The PoA comes out near the gas giant, Threshhold, and orbiting the planet, is the ring world, Halo. The covies are already where the PoA jumped to, and they start attacking the ship. They also start to board the ship, hoping to capture Cortana and/or the captain of the ship, Jacob Keyes. On board the ship is also the cybernetic super-soldier, Master Chief. Master Chief takes Cortana, and stores her in his head (theres a slot for an AI chip). The PoA launches lifepods to land on the ringworld. Master Chief and a group of marines are among the last ones to launch off the ship.
When the life pods land, Master Chief rallies up the remaining marines from the PoA. He then discover that the Covenant have captured Keyes, and is being held abourd a covie ship. Master Chief then rescues him. Having done so, then then attack a covenant camp on a small island. They break through the perimiter and set up base at the island. Master Chief then continues to the deapest reaches of Halo, to try and find out what it's purpose is. When he reaches the control room, Cortana downloads the data on Halo, and discovers that it's basicly a giant super-weapon, desighned to destroy all sentiant life in the galaxy. She also discovers a terrifying secret hidden in the depths of Halo. She discovers that the ringworld is also the prison of monstrouse creatures known as the Flood. The covenant are using the "Prison Building" as a weapon-cache, unknowingly they are about to release the Flood.
Keyes captures a Covenant Elite, and interigates him about the weapons cache. Keyes and Marines go to investigate, and pillage as many weapons as they can. Master Chief hurries to the cache, hoping that he reaches the captain before he gets to the building. The covenant release the Flood, and lose many of their own. However, the covenant manage to once again contain the Flood. When Keyes arrives, he battles his way through the remaining covie resistance, and reaches what is supposedly the weapons room. They unlock the door, and enter the room. The Flood then attack and kill them all, except Sargeant Johnson, but he's not important now. When Master Chief reaches the prison building, he discovers that he's too late, and the Flood are now uncontainable.
The Covenant realize that the Flood are loose once again, and their leaders order that all ships abandon Halo. However, it is too late, and the Flood overwhelm the covies. I'm not gonna spoil anything else for you now. Go buy the game. You won't regret it.
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