The Great Escape
"there's a small fleet of unsc ships on the other side of the system that haven't left yet. we can use the fighter's short distance slip space drive to get there." "alright then, we have a plan."
Halo: FUBAR Chapter 03 - Sniper Fi
Together they plan to take it to the covenant, when suddenly a unsc ship breaks orbit and crashes in the city, bathing the area in a thick haze of dust.
Halo: FUBAR Chapter 08 - Ladies Love Armour Plating
A few hundred metres into the darkness i knew the command centre and the unsc _cuddles_' ai was waiting for us. "well, let's get this shit done." i glanced over my shoulder. "anybody got rope?"
Halo: FUBAR Chapter 04 - Of all the Covenant Carriers she walks into mine...
I wasn't just ditching boone and the other retards of the unsc. i wasn't going to stand for this random shit anymore. i wanted out. out of the unsc, away from the covenant and out of this war. "i want out of this war, completely, no strings attached."
Halo: ODST Chronicles: HellJumpers: Chapter 4
-well sir the elites and jackals want to join the unsc and help us defend our world. the commander stood silent in shock and responded. -damn good job marine how did you convince them? -i did some things i'd rather not talk about.
Surfacing Emotions
The unsc had a stiff policy on negligence, one involving severe corporal punishment and a harsh jail sentence. the fight for humanity had little time for inconsequential politicians and other ranking members of society to screw around.
Halo - Distress Signal (VORE)
The unsc gave you a hell of a hiding spot, alright - so good, in fact, that they couldn't even find you. you stood in the mouth of the dinky little cellar, staring numbly towards the gray skies overhead. it'd been a busy week.
Diplomacy
The easy victory had lulled the unsc into a fall sense of security, thinking that it would be easy to take back the colony, without having to fire a shot.
Scars
This was a few degrees better than unsc rations. "how long exactly?' "i was five when i _'volunteered'_ for the program." his tone at the word volunteered was bitter. "five years old!" jake muttered in disgust.
Chapter VII
He was lost, the unsc will never find him and he doubted he would find them either if he went searching for his home galaxy. that was considering if they were even close. for all he knew it was on the opposite side of the universe.
In the Substance of It
A phrase used to describe the life of ex-unsc orbital drop shock trooper, seth sawyer {citation needed}.
Halo: First Contact, Chapter 7: Training Days, Part Two
The structure used to be a bank, but now it was home to the broken remnants of the unsc army. the bank was caved in in some spots and there were small holes and craters in it, all due to the intense fighting hours ago.