Red Team
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- Douglas-042: "Always got to show off, eh, Alice?"
- Alice-130: "Who gets to take this one?"
- Jerome-092: "I figured you two have had enough fun."
- — Red Team reunites on Installation 09.[1]
Red Team is a name given to a number of mission-specific formations of Spartan-II supersoldiers subordinate to the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command. Although Red Team generally operated at a size of around six members, more Spartans could be selected for missions that called for a larger force. Various iterations of Red Team actively participated in numerous battles against the Covenant, including the Battle of Arcadia, the Battle of Jericho VII, the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV, and the Fall of Reach. One incarnation of Red Team was also among the first members of the UNSC who engaged Forerunner Sentinels and various Flood forces.
Known members[edit]
Various groups of Spartan-IIs have received the designation "Red Team" throughout the program's history. These are often temporary teams assembled for specific operations, and have ranged from as few as three members to almost two dozen depending on the needs of a given mission. During training exercises as well as in combat operations, Red Team was often designated as a counterpart to Blue Team.[2][3]
One specific Red Team unit, consisting of rehabilitated augmentation "washouts" Douglas-042, Alice-130, and Jerome-092 (the latter as fireteam leader), became more established in its roster than the aforementioned ad hoc teams, in part due to the Spartans' unusual circumstances compared to their mainline peers.[4]
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Fall of Reach splinter arrangement[edit]
After their Pelican dropship, Bravo 001, was shot down during the Fall of Reach and four team members (Kirk-018, Malcolm-059, Joseph-122, and Carris-137) were killed, the 18 surviving members of Red Team were split into four groups: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta.[5][Note 1]
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Training[edit]
- Main article: SPARTAN-II training
- Linda: "They're not going to play fair. You heard the sniper we captured. He said that this time their Captain told them to win no matter what—even if they had to bloody a few of us to do it."
- John: "So we'll return the favor and do whatever it takes to win, too."
- — John-117 and Linda-058 during Spartan training exercise.[6]
During their training Red Team often competed with other Spartan teams, such as Black Team led by Margaret-053. At some point when Red Team discovered that Margaret was in a secret romantic relationship with Otto-031, they tracked Margaret down and attacked her, claiming she and Otto were not taking their training seriously enough. Margaret lost her left eye resisting them. Soon, Black Team attacked Red Team in return; the latter were sentenced to ten days in the brig as a result.[7][8][9]
In July 2523, Red Team, consisting of John-117, Kelly-087, Samuel-034, and Fhajad-084, participated in training exercise along with Blue Team, consisting of Linda-058 and Frederic-104. The Spartans were deployed in Longhorn Valley on Reach with mission target to capture a flag located somewhere in the region. While Blue Team provided cover with non-lethal sniper rifles (acquired earlier from Tango Company's Marines, who had been looking for them for past two days) , Red Team infiltrated Tango Company's base by hiding in the undercarriages of passing trucks. Using battery acid and stun grenades, the Spartans created a diversion beneath Tango company's barracks, inflicting many casualties. Then, neutralizing the guards around the flag pole with a narq-dart pistol, John snatched the flag and Red Team exfiltrated the base. Tango Company sent a Pelican transport in an effort to trick the Spartan