Jason CaldwellWait for it to get a bit darker, then go through the side tunnel and scout out the Covenant position with my DMR scope from just inside the tunnel mouth.
You and the other Spartans wait around in the large cave for the cover of night. Once it is sufficiently dark outside, you creep forwards, and down the larger tunnel, making as little noise as possible. You make it to the mouth of the tunnel with no complications and use the scope of your rifle to scout out the research base. There are jackal snipers on top of all the labs that hold the jammers as well as on top of the main base itself. It appears as though they are taking two-men(?) watches. The lab nearest your position has an elite doing a patrol, looking for intruders. ((How detection works: each species has a number they have to roll on a d10 in order to spot you. This number changes from night to day.)) {elite:dark:8
[3 - 1 for distance +1 for scouting = 3]} The elite has no idea you are there and continues on his patrol. After you are confident you know the positions of all the Covenant in sight, you retreat back up the tunnel, as quietly as you came.
Starn GundarWait for it to get darker and accompany Jase.
Once night falls, you follow
Spartan Caldwell down the tunnel, keeping your gun at the ready. At the bottom, the two of you stop for some time, before Caldwell motions at you to back up. You retreat back up the tunnel swiftly and silently.
Charles MiltonWait for darkness then wait again for the results of the scouting.
You sit down against the cave wall and begin a field-strip of your weapon as Spartans
Caldwell and
Gundar sneak down the tunnel to survey the enemy troops. They are gone for long enough that you manage to disassemble and reassemble your Battle Rifle before the two Spartans come back up the tunnel. They inform that there are Jackals on top of every building, and an elite doing patrols around the base perimeter.