You're an ODST who was onboard a Pelican traveling through the Slipspace portal seen at the end of Halo 3. Unfortunately, it abruptly closed and winded up sending you through time and space to another universe- one just as unfriendly as you'll soon learn after you crash land there. More @Wikipedia
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