The year is 2542. The Covenant got to the point of glassing human colonies and taking no prisoners. In the far away system of Selara, the Covenant issued an invasion on the tropical human colony planet; Aethea, killing anyone who's human. ODST team Foxtrot-A21 gets orbit dropped into the city "New Sydney", one of the members is ODST Vanesa. The team consists of 5 members Vanesa grunts as she leaves her pod. She finds herself and the team inside the battle scarred city.