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{-Personal log, LCpl Judas T. Morrison. Date Log Created: December 21st 2548}

Welcome back to another day in the life of Judas Morrison. I don't currently have much to report about that isn't rehashing my thoughts from previous logs but I'll do my best since it's been a few days since the last entry. On completion of the prior operation, the Heart of Valor was redirected to another colony world on the border between colonial space-Sansar or something like that. We've stopped to offload all the non-combatants rounded up from the INS camp but the officers are coming back to Reach for interrogation I'd assume. I don't know exactly what will happen to the people we're leaving here but I'm getting the feeling I probably don't want to know and it seems the others in my squad feel more or less the same. Zaya's acting indifferent about it all but I can't tell if that's her personal opinion or all that Spartan training she's been through. From what I've seen and heard in the past, they don't really show emotion all that often but Zaya seemed like the exception when she was off duty. In the field though it's like she's a different person completely; I'm not entirely sure how to put it. I wonder if the Spartans are taught to compartmentalize their emotions to heighten their skills in combat. It seems to be useful but having seen how detached they can be I'm not sure if it's really so good for them in the grand scheme of things. I still want to be friends with her of course but the personality disconnect might make things awkward. Only time will tell I guess. At any rate, we have some free time in port so I might as well enjoy the lull. Catch you whenever something new comes down the line.

UPDATE: Change of plans. Looks like we don't get a day off after all since another mission was sprung on us. It sucks we don't get to spend the holidays off duty but considering we just robbed several hundred civilians of their freedom, I guess this is the universe's way of paying us back. Not like I'd be able to really celebrate anyway. As far as I know, Farrah doesn't celebrate either due to her cultural upbringing and even though she doesn't follow it as staunchly as her parents, the habit stuck I guess. Still...it would have been nice to share some holiday time with her. Maybe once this war is over and if we both make it out that can be a reality...

Mikaelis is supposed to give us a briefing today but from the sounds of it this won't be the usual Op we're used to. I'll add more later.

So...this next mission is quite unorthodox for sure. Alpha-Six is tasked with undercover operations to infiltrate a UEG administration building and secure data that may implicate a corrupt official. We've got clear cut directions on how to proceed but this will be my first time doing anything like this. An Op in civvie clothes? Is this what working for ONI is like? I don't know how to feel about it but I guess I won't until it's over. It doesn't make much sense to have inexperienced people on a mission like this but we didn't have a choice. It was adapt or...I didn't want to think what ONI would do to us. After Mikaelis briefed us on the mission parameters which I'll detail here in a minute, he gave Farrah, Mel, and myself a rundown training crash course with the promise that more would be in store for us after this mission. It's apparently basic undercover stuff for now such as tailing a target, how to get their guard down through casual conversation, and getting the info you need from them, that sort of stuff. The parts about physically engaging a target I can handle well enough; ODST training is pretty brutal and I don't think any of us will forget the beatings we took during it. As far as the new training, it seemed to be similar stuff but more advanced and refined technique-all of which we didn't have time to learn by demonstration. All of the new skills Mikaelis was teaching us were done by explanation or training videos. I have a decent enough grasp on it all so I'm not too worried but this is not exactly how I imagined ONI introduction courses to be, that's for sure.

As far as the actual mission goes, like I said, we were instructed to tail an accomplice to an accused corrupt UEG official and get information out of him. If possible, we were also instructed to obtain a keycard from him to get us inside the UEG building and secure data from the official's private computer. If the secondary objective failed we'd have a more difficult time infiltrating the building; certainly not an easy task for us considering we're rookies at this. To raise the stakes even higher, we were instructed to not divulge any information to outside parties to accomplish the mission, especially if that meant we got caught. That point of the briefing had me concerned but I suppose it comes with the territory of working for ONI. Ivan seemed to have this kind of training before though, hence his prior work with Mikaelis, but the rest of us were new to this. I wasn't sure that we could pull this off but together the four of us did several rundowns of a basic plan with the intel given to us. Later today we're going to procure some civvie outfits and then after that I guess we're just waiting it out until tomorrow.

I'm back from our "shopping" trip which was rather mundane but one nice thing about all this is that Farrah surprised me with a gift pertaining to our civvie getups. Our outfits were plain but I guess that's the point isn't it? We're so used to being in kit all the time we forget how nice it is to just wear a shirt and pair of cargo pants. Anyway, what Farrah got me was a dark red shemagh to "kick my style up a notch" as she put it. Jokes aside, the shemagh was actually something that she'd been holding onto for a while. Farrah told me it was a gift she'd gotten from her family years ago but she never wanted to wear it in combat for fear of it getting torn up. I was kind of curious why she was giving it to me now if it meant so much to her but I didn't question it at the time. The gesture was incredibly sweet-and genuine I might add. Have to admit that it caught me off guard and I just hope the others don't catch wind...last thing I need is to be teased about it. All in all though, the scarf actually looks kinda good on me; I might make this a regular fashion choice. I didn't really have much else to do tonight so while laying on the bed of a motel I played around with a few new looks in my head for when this war is finally over...if that ever happens. The others are goofing off in the other room but I just wanted some quiet time. I think they'll end up teasing me about this too but at least Mikaelis isn't here to be creepy and stoic. Somehow I get the feeling I'm being watched anyway but maybe that's just my paranoia talking.

Truth be told, I'm a bit nervous about this whole thing since Mikaelis has sent us off on our own but Farrah is surprisingly upbeat about it. She sees it as a challenge and I'm just happy that she's not wallowing like she has been regarding Sandover's death. Oh, I forgot to mention that Zaya and Delta-Two are also not part of this mission. Sending in a Spartan would quite obviously tip off anyone with two brain cells that something was going on and I guess having another team of people could complicate things but… I don't like not having backup. It seems strange sending in rookies-relatively speaking-to handle something so sensitive. Maybe they just trust us and our skills that much? Dunno if that's too optimistic or simply shortsighted. I guess we'll see come tomorrow.

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Please make sure to read through if you like fanfic! And don't forget to follow me on twitter too! Your support means the world! Mikaelis belongs to @CrackedFullmoon ! Mel Crawford belongs to Dral_Marev !)

{-Personal log, LCpl Judas T. Morrison. Date Log Created: December 21st 2548}

Welcome back to another day in the life of Judas Morrison. I don't currently have much to report about that isn't rehashing my thoughts from previous logs but I'll do my best since it's been a few days since the last entry. On completion of the prior operation, the Heart of Valor was redirected to another colony world on the border between colonial space-Sansar or something like that. We've stopped to offload all the non-combatants rounded up from the INS camp but the officers are coming back to Reach for interrogation I'd assume. I don't know exactly what will happen to the people we're leaving here but I'm getting the feeling I probably don't want to know and it seems the others in my squad feel more or less the same. Zaya's acting indifferent about it all but I can't tell if that's her personal opinion or all that Spartan training she's been through. From what I've seen and heard in the past, they don't really show emotion all that often but Zaya seemed like the exception when she was off duty. In the field though it's like she's a different person completely; I'm not entirely sure how to put it. I wonder if the Spartans are taught to compartmentalize their emotions to heighten their skills in combat. It seems to be useful but having seen how detached they can be I'm not sure if it's really so good for them in the grand scheme of things. I still want to be friends with her of course but the personality disconnect might make things awkward. Only time will tell I guess. At any rate, we have some free time in port so I might as well enjoy the lull. Catch you whenever something new comes down the line.

UPDATE: Change of plans. Looks like we don't get a day off after all since another mission was sprung on us. It sucks we don't get to spend the holidays off duty but considering we just robbed several hundred civilians of their freedom, I guess this is the universe's way of paying us back. Not like I'd be able to really celebrate anyway. As far as I know, Farrah doesn't celebrate either due to her cultural upbringing and even though she doesn't follow it as staunchly as her parents, the habit stuck I guess. Still...it would have been nice to share some holiday time with her. Maybe once this war is over and if we both make it out that can be a reality...

Mikaelis is supposed to give us a briefing today but from the sounds of it this won't be the usual Op we're used to. I'll add more later.

So...this next mission is quite unorthodox for sure. Alpha-Six is tasked with undercover operations to infiltrate a UEG administration building and secure data that may implicate a corrupt official. We've got clear cut directions on how to proceed but this will be my first time doing anything like this. An Op in civvie clothes? Is this what working for ONI is like? I don't know how to feel about it but I guess I won't until it's over. It doesn't make much sense to have inexperienced people on a mission like this but we didn't have a choice. It was adapt or...I didn't want to think what ONI would do to us. After Mikaelis briefed us on the mission parameters which I'll detail here in a minute, he gave Farrah, Mel, and myself a rundown training crash course with the promise that more would be in store for us after this mission. It's apparently basic undercover stuff for now such as tailing a target, how to get their guard down through casual conversation, and getting the info you need from them, that sort of stuff. The parts about physically engaging a target I can handle well enough; ODST training is pretty brutal and I don't think any of us will forget the beatings we took during it. As far as the new training, it seemed to be similar stuff but more advanced and refined technique-all of which we didn't have time to learn by demonstration. All of the new skills Mikaelis was teaching us were done by explanation or training videos. I have a decent enough grasp on it all so I'm not too worried but this is not exactly how I imagined ONI introduction courses to be, that's for sure.

As far as the actual mission goes, like I said, we were instructed to tail an accomplice to an accused corrupt UEG official and get information out of him. If possible, we were also instructed to obtain a keycard from him to get us inside the UEG building and secure data from the official's private computer. If the secondary objective failed we'd have a more difficult time infiltrating the building; certainly not an easy task for us considering we're rookies at this. To raise the stakes even higher, we were instructed to not divulge any information to outside parties to accomplish the mission, especially if that meant we got caught. That point of the briefing had me concerned but I suppose it comes with the territory of working for ONI. Ivan seemed to have this kind of training before though, hence his prior work with Mikaelis, but the rest of us were new to this. I wasn't sure that we could pull this off but together the four of us did several rundowns of a basic plan with the intel given to us. Later today we're going to procure some civvie outfits and then after that I guess we're just waiting it out until tomorrow.

I'm back from our "shopping" trip which was rather mundane but one nice thing about all this is that Farrah surprised me with a gift pertaining to our civvie getups. Our outfits were plain but I guess that's the point isn't it? We're so used to being in kit all the time we forget how nice it is to just wear a shirt and pair of cargo pants. Anyway, what Farrah got me was a dark red shemagh to "kick my style up a notch" as she put it. Jokes aside, the shemagh was actually something that she'd been holding onto for a while. Farrah told me it was a gift she'd gotten from her family years ago but she never wanted to wear it in combat for fear of it getting torn up. I was kind of curious why she was giving it to me now if it meant so much to her but I didn't question it at the time. The gesture was incredibly sweet-and genuine I might add. Have to admit that it caught me off guard and I just hope the others don't catch wind...last thing I need is to be teased about it. All in all though, the scarf actually looks kinda good on me; I might make this a regular fashion choice. I didn't really have much else to do tonight so while laying on the bed of a motel I played around with a few new looks in my head for when this war is finally over...if that ever happens. The others are goofing off in the other room but I just wanted some quiet time. I think they'll end up teasing me about this too but at least Mikaelis isn't here to be creepy and stoic. Somehow I get the feeling I'm being watched anyway but maybe that's just my paranoia talking.

Truth be told, I'm a bit nervous about this whole thing since Mikaelis has sent us off on our own but Farrah is surprisingly upbeat about it. She sees it as a challenge and I'm just happy that she's not wallowing like she has been regarding Sandover's death. Oh, I forgot to mention that Zaya and Delta-Two are also not part of this mission. Sending in a Spartan would quite obviously tip off anyone with two brain cells that something was going on and I guess having another team of people could complicate things but… I don't like not having backup. It seems strange sending in rookies-relatively speaking-to handle something so sensitive. Maybe they just trust us and our skills that much? Dunno if that's too optimistic or simply shortsighted. I guess we'll see come tomorrow.