January 4, 2553, the Human-Covenant War is over and Humanity can breathe again knowing that they face extinction no longer. Staff Sergeant Corin Davis, a longtime veteran of the war and ODST, is on his way home to Alton, Virginia, to see his family. On the way, he gets sidetracked and spends the night drinking in a popular nightclub in Alexandria, Virginia. "Hey, quit hogging the damn bar, asshole!" "Come on, you've had enough to drink, grandpa. Let her worry about the rest of us now." The bartender looked over to the kid, "Hey, leave the guy alone, don't you know he's an Mar-." "Excuse me."