10 “Sanctuary”

The Team is sent on a mission to evacuate residents of the planet Sanctuary from the Covenant, though the residents resist until the Covenant begin glassing the planet.

John rescues a marine named Talia Perez as the rest of her squadron is killed by Elite Alien warriors as Silver Team narrowly escapes the planet with a handful of survivors.

Back on Reach, Silver Team meets ONI operative James Ackerson, Halsey’s replacement in overseeing the Spartan program.

Ackerson questions John about his experience on Sanctuary, expressing interest in Halsey’s prior experiments on him in addition to concern over lingering side effects from having Cortana implanted in his brain.

When Ackerson seemingly dismisses John’s concerns of the Covenant’s changing strategies, John secretly meets with Parangosky, who had been discharged from ONI after taking the fall from Halsey’s scandals.

Meanwhile, Soren takes interest in an indentured servant who claims to have seen Halsey. Ignoring his wife Laera’s concerns, Soren purchases the servant’s services in hopes of capturing Halsey but is instead led into a trap and arrested for piracy and treason as his crew abandons him.