To the Prophet of Truth
Most high and honored Prophet: It is with greatest shame that I lay myself before the judgement of the Council. I expect and will accept no mercy. My failure in this matter is absolute; I embrace my responsibility and my punishment.
The disgrace and blasphemy at Halo was an abomination caused by my inconpetence and failure of judgement. Although the tales and rumors of the Demon have basis in fact, much of this talk is Unggoy superstition and exageration. Certainly the Demon, a Human, activated a catastrophic engine-failure sequence on the crashed human vessel, but it was allowed to do so because of failure in security and tactics for which I bear full responsibility.
I have no good news to relay, but the Human action was suicidal, either by accident or design. I believe none escaped the catasrophe.
As ever, Jiralhanae accounts of the confolict are unrealiable and their accounts of this Human's abilities and actions are absurd. No Human is capable of the things they gossip and chatter about. I suspect panic and excuse, as well as confusion caused by the spread of the parasite.
The Human in question is cartainly unusual, although not the creature it has been described as. It stands taller than most, is faster and more aggressive, but still irrevocably a Human animal, worthy of neither fear nor respect. It is merely an exception that proved the rule. As always, Humans remain beneath our contempt. Their failure at Reach compounds their defeat. We sense that their defenses are failing rapidly. I have gathered information on the Human's armor, abilities, and weapons, which follows this report.
Perhaps more worrisome is the discovery and subsequent conflict with the parasite on Halo. This monstrosity festered, rotted, and waited on the Holy World, and although we cannot be sure, the Humans may have released it from its shackles. I do presume to know the unknowable, but I suspect that the Forerunners meant this filth to stay imprisoned forever. The sacred grace of Halo was polluted before it was destroyed.
I await my punishment with faith and honor.
- Supreme Commander, Fleet of Particular Justice
