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==History==
==History==
In [[2558]] Crimson is deployed in a joint [[UNSC]] [[UNSCDF|military]] [[Requiem campaign|operation]] on [[Requiem]] alongside [[Fireteam]]s [[Castle Squad|Castle]], [[Fireteam Majestic|Majestic]], [[Fireteam Domino|Domino]], and [[Fireteam Ivy|Ivy]]. [[SPARTAN-IV Program|Spartan]] [[Jared Miller]] is personally assigned to Crimson as their mission handler. Crimson is dropped behind-enemy-lines to assist [[UNSC Marines|marines]] in neutralizing [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]] forces in the area. In an attempt to stop the Covenant from establishing permanent bases throughout Requiem, Crimson is also given the objective to destroy four power cores acting as short-range wireless transceivers, and is successful. After mopping up whatever Covenant forces are left in the area, Miller sends a [[D79-TC Pelican|Pelican]] dropship for extraction. [[Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]] congratulates them on their mission success.<ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 1, Chapter 1: "Land Grab"''</ref>
In [[2558]] Crimson was deployed in a joint [[UNSC]] [[UNSCDF|military]] [[Requiem campaign|operation]] on [[Requiem]] alongside [[Fireteam]]s [[Castle Squad|Castle]], [[Fireteam Majestic|Majestic]], [[Fireteam Domino|Domino]], and [[Fireteam Ivy|Ivy]]. [[SPARTAN-IV Program|Spartan]] [[Jared Miller]] was personally assigned to Crimson as their mission handler. Crimson was dropped behind-enemy-lines to assist [[UNSC Marines|marines]] in neutralizing [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]] forces in the area. In an attempt to stop the Covenant from establishing permanent bases throughout Requiem, Crimson was also given the objective to destroy four power cores acting as short-range wireless transceivers, and was successful. After mopping up whatever Covenant forces were left in the area, Miller sent a [[D79-TC Pelican|Pelican]] dropship for extraction. [[Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]] congratulated them on their mission success.<ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 1, Chapter 1: "Land Grab"''</ref>


Fireteam Crimson is sent to capture a [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]]-held power station on [[Requiem]], [[Sniper Alley]]. They're tasked with eliminating all Covenant forces within the area. Miller detects strong  concludes that the Covenant are siphoning large amounts of energy from a nearby [[Forerunner]] structure. [[SPARTAN-IV Program|Spartan]] [[Robert Dalton]] comes online and readies an orbital-strike from the ''Infinity'' to destroy the target energy source. The target is destroyed by ''Infinity'', and Fireteam Crimson is extracted from the area.<ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 1, Chapter 2: "Sniper Alley"''</ref> Crimson and Majestic are sent north of the [[UNSC|UNSC's]] area of operations in Requiem in order to shut down [[Forerunner]] power generators at the [[Fortress]]. Both teams are sent to their individual locations to complete their objectives. Upon insertion, both Crimson and Majestic have their long-range communications jammed, but deactivate the jammers. The area is quickly swarmed with [[Promethean Crawler]]s and [[Promethean Watcher]]s as Crimson fights to disable the arrays powering the Forerunner structure. Initiated by Palmer, the mission turns into a competition both fireteams trying to complete their mission objectives first. Majestic temporarily takes the lead, but Crimson eventually beats Majestic. Dalton arrives in a Pelican dropship for Crimson's extraction.<ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 1, Chapter 3: "The Challenge"''</ref>
Fireteam Crimson was sent to capture a [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]]-held power station on [[Requiem]], [[Sniper Alley]]. They were tasked with eliminating all Covenant forces within the area. Miller concluded that the Covenant were siphoning large amounts of energy from a nearby [[Forerunner]] structure. [[SPARTAN-IV Program|Spartan]] [[Robert Dalton]] came online and readied an orbital-strike from the ''Infinity'' to destroy the target energy source. The target was destroyed by ''Infinity'', and Fireteam Crimson was extracted from the area.<ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 1, Chapter 2: "Sniper Alley"''</ref> Crimson and Majestic were sent north of the [[UNSC|UNSC's]] area of operations in Requiem in order to shut down [[Forerunner]] power generators at the [[Fortress]]. Both teams were sent to their individual locations to complete their objectives. Upon insertion, both Crimson and Majestic had their long-range communications jammed, but deactivated the jammers. The area was quickly swarmed with [[Promethean Crawler]]s and [[Promethean Watcher]]s as Crimson fought to disable the arrays powering the Forerunner structure. Initiated by Palmer, the mission turned into a competition where both fireteams were trying to complete their mission objectives first. Majestic temporarily took the lead, but Crimson eventually beat Majestic. Dalton arrived in a Pelican dropship for Crimson's extraction.<ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 1, Chapter 3: "The Challenge"''</ref>


Next Crimson is sent to the [[The Refuge]], a jungle Forerunner structure that scientists are preparing to set up shop in. They are attacked by more [[Promethean]] forces and activate a star chart. Miller processes the data and Palmer tries to get them extracted. The door locks, shutting Crimson in the facility, and [[Promethean Knight]]s arrive in the area. Crimson beats off the foes while Miller opens the door allowing Crimson to escape on Dalton's Pelican. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 1, Chapter 4: "Sacred"''</ref> Crimson is then sent into a Covenant dig site at [[The Cauldron]], a Forerunner area. The Covenant resistance is strong, leading Palmer to wonder what they are guarding. Crimson fights its way to a [[Requiem translocation artifact|mysterious artifact]] guarded by Promethean Knights. After fighting them off, Crimson recovers the Artifact, boards the Pelican, and brings it back on ''Infinity''. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 1, Chapter 5: "The Core"''</ref>
Next Crimson was sent to the [[The Refuge]], a jungle Forerunner structure that scientists were preparing to set up shop in. They were attacked by more [[Promethean]] forces and activated a star chart. Miller processed the data and Palmer tried to get them extracted. The door locked, shutting Crimson in the facility, and [[Promethean Knight]]s arrived in the area. Crimson beat off the foes while Miller opened the door allowing Crimson to escape on Dalton's Pelican. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 1, Chapter 4: "Sacred"''</ref> Crimson was then sent into a Covenant dig site at [[The Cauldron]], a Forerunner area. The Covenant resistance was strong, leading Palmer to wonder what they were guarding. Crimson fough their way to a [[Requiem translocation artifact|mysterious artifact]] guarded by Promethean Knights. After fighting them off, Crimson recoverd the Artifact, boarded the Pelican, and brought it back on ''Infinity''. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 1, Chapter 5: "The Core"''</ref>


Crimson is sent in to [[The Gate]], a location that [[UNSC Marines]] have failed to take from Covenant. After fighting through [[Kig-Yar]] and [[Unggoy]] they face Promethean resistance. The incoming Prometheans are dispatched by Crimson, and Miller tasks the team with disabling pylons controlling Forerunner turrets. Dalton comes in and evacuates Crimson after they face more translocating Knights and Crawlers. They are sent to respond to a Science Team's Distress Call. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 2, Chapter 1: "Clean Up"''</ref>. The aforementioned science team hid behind a forcefield when the Covenant attack, and were the science team assigned to the Cauldron. Crimson destroys Covenant communications arrays, and finds beacons and IFF tags from the science team. Dr. [[Morgan Rivera]] is brought on coms who gives Crimson her location. Crimson fights through Covenant and rescues her and her team. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 2, Chapter 2: "For Science"''</ref>
Later Crimson was sent in to [[The Gate]], a location that [[UNSC Marines]] had failed to take from the Covenant. After fighting through [[Kig-Yar]] and [[Unggoy]] they faced Promethean resistance. The incoming Prometheans were dispatched by Crimson, and Miller tasked the team with disabling pylons controlling Forerunner turrets. Dalton came in and evacuated Crimson after they face more translocating Knights and Crawlers. They were sent to respond to a Science Team's Distress Call. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 2, Chapter 1: "Clean Up"''</ref>. The aforementioned science team hid behind a forcefield when the Covenant attacked, and were the science team assigned to the Cauldron. Crimson destroyed Covenant communications arrays, and found beacons and IFF tags from the science team. Dr. [[Morgan Rivera]] was brought on comms who gave Crimson her location. Crimson fought through the Covenant and rescued her and her team. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 2, Chapter 2: "For Science"''</ref>


Next Crimson is sent in to evacuate Marine squad Hacksaw who has been attacked by Covenant at the Fortress. They are dropped in and beat back waves of Covenant forces to rescue the Marines. The group moves to the top of the Fortress to be evacuated by Dalton, but [[Type-44 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] arrive carrying [[Sangheili Warrior]]s and [[Sangheili Zealot]]s. Crimson destroys Phantoms and the Sangheili and are evacuated. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 2, Chapter 3: "Hacksaw"''</ref> En route to the Refuge, Crimson is shot down in Sniper Alley by nearby anti-air turrets and temporarily thought dead. Miller learns Crimson is alive and they are sent to take out the turrets. Covenant forces arrive supplanted by [[Heavy orbital insertion pod]]s, but Crimson eliminates the Covenant and the turrets and continues with their mission. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 2, Chapter 4: "Pelican Down"''</ref> Reaching the Refuge, Crimson sees no sign of Gagarin team, the science team based there. They learn Gagarin activated Forerunner artifacts, and Crimson deactivates them under resistance from Promethean forces. They get on a Pelican and leave, not finding Gagarin team. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 2, Chapter 5: "Gagarin"''</ref>
Next Crimson was sent in to evacuate Marine squad Hacksaw who was attacked by Covenant at the Fortress. They were dropped in and beat back waves of Covenant forces to rescue the Marines. The group moved to the top of the Fortress to be evacuated by Dalton, but [[Type-44 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] arrived carrying [[Sangheili Warrior]]s and [[Sangheili Zealot]]s. Crimson destroyed the Phantoms and Sangheili and were evacuated. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 2, Chapter 3: "Hacksaw"''</ref> En route to the Refuge, Crimson was shot down in Sniper Alley by nearby anti-air turrets and were thought to have died. Miller learned that Fireteam Crimson was still alive and they were sent to take out the turrets. Covenant forces arrived supplanted by [[Heavy orbital insertion pod]]s, but Crimson eliminated the Covenant and the turrets and continued with their mission. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 2, Chapter 4: "Pelican Down"''</ref> Reaching the Refuge, Crimson saw no sign of Gagarin team, the science team based there. They learned Gagarin activated Forerunner artifacts, and Crimson deactivated them under resistance from Promethean forces. They got on a Pelican and left, not having found Gagarin team. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 2, Chapter 5: "Gagarin"''</ref>


Commander Palmer deploys Crimson to a rocky area of Requiem to hunt for [[Parg Vol]], a Sangheili terrorist and associate of [[Jul 'Mdama]]. After facing heavy Covenant resistance, they are unable to kill Vol and he escapes. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 3, Chapter 2: "The VIP"''</ref> Crimson is then sent to [[Galileo Base]], a science facility on Requiem under heavy attack by Covenant forces. They manage to beat back the Covenant and drive them away from Galileo Base. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 3, Chapter 2: "Galileo"''</ref> Next Crimson goes to [[Two Giants]], a canyon with two [[Beam emitter]]s to assist Marine squad Mountain codenamed [[Two Giants]]. Beating off Promethean forces Crimson retrieves the marines and activates Forerunner technology in the towers. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 3, Chapter 3: "Spartan Mountain"''</ref>The Covenant respond by sending an entire fleet of foes from a [[CCS-class battlecruiser]]. Palmer drops in several [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Armor Defense System|Mantis]] mech suits which Crimson uses to beat back the fleet while the cruiser is destroyed. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 3, Chapter 4: "Shootout in Valhalla"''</ref> Vol is once again located, this time re-taking the Gate location with his Covenant forces. Crimson neutralizes him and several Covenant and Promethean warriors. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 3, Chapter 5: "Hunting Trip"''</ref>
Commander Palmer deployed Crimson team to a rocky area of Requiem to hunt for [[Parg Vol]], a Sangheili terrorist and associate of [[Jul 'Mdama]]. After facing heavy Covenant resistance, they were unable to kill Vol and he escaped. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 3, Chapter 2: "The VIP"''</ref> Crimson was then sent to [[Galileo Base]], a science facility on Requiem under heavy attack by Covenant forces. They managed to beat back the Covenant and drive them away from Galileo Base. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 3, Chapter 2: "Galileo"''</ref> Next Crimson arrived at [[Two Giants]], a canyon with two [[Beam emitter]]s, to assist Marine squad Mountain codenamed ''Two Giants''. Beating off Promethean forces Crimson retrieved the marines and activated Forerunner technology in the towers. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 3, Chapter 3: "Spartan Mountain"''</ref>The Covenant responded by sending an entire fleet of foes from a [[CCS-class battlecruiser]]. Palmer droped in several [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Armor Defense System|Mantis]] mech suits which Crimson used to beat back the fleet while the cruiser was destroyed. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 3, Chapter 4: "Shootout in Valhalla"''</ref> Vol was once again located, this time re-taking the ''Gate'' location with his Covenant forces. Crimson neutralized him and several Covenant and Promethean warriors. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 3, Chapter 5: "Hunting Trip"''</ref>


Soon after Crimson is then sent to disable a Covenant communications array at the site the Covenant had previously had anti-air turrets. The array had led to the death of [[Fireteam Castle]], and Crimson rushed the location and tapped into the array before disabling it. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 4, Chapter 1: "Hairy Call"''</ref> ''UNSC Infinity'' finds data possibly leading to Jul 'Mdama's location. The data places 'Mdama at the Two Giants location where a tower has been retaken by the Covenant forces. Activating Forerunner technology, a portal opens and Crimson steps through. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 4, Chapter 2: "Rally Point"''</ref> They emerge in the Fortress location and reestablish communications primarily with the AI [[Roland (AI)|Roland]]. After fighting off enemies Crimson steps through another portal, chasing 'Mdama. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 4, Chapter 3: "Random Transport"''</ref> Crimson emerges in the middle of Covenant enemies at the Cauldron, and fights through them to reach 'Mdama. ''Infinity'' bombs 'Mdama's location and he drops the [[Didact's Gift]] which is brought to Galileo Base. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 4, Chapter 4: "The Chase"''</ref> However, the Covenant attack Galileo Base with the intent of re-securing the gift. Crimson beats them back and activates the defense systems, holding back the Covenant but Prometheans translocate in. Crimson fights them all off and leaves for [[Fireteam Majestic]] to take the gift to Infinity. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 4, Chapter 5: "The Didact's Gift"''</ref>
Soon after, Crimson was then sent to disable a Covenant communications array at the site the Covenant had previously had anti-air turrets. The array had led to the death of [[Fireteam Castle]], and Crimson rushed the location and tapped into the array before disabling it. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 4, Chapter 1: "Hairy Call"''</ref> ''UNSC Infinity'' found data possibly leading to Jul 'Mdama's location. The data placed 'Mdama at the ''Two Giants'' location where a tower had been retaken by Covenant forces. Activating Forerunner technology, a portal opend and Crimson steped through. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 4, Chapter 2: "Rally Point"''</ref> They emerged in the Fortress location and re-established communications primarily with the AI [[Roland (AI)|Roland]]. After fighting off enemy forces Crimson steped through another portal, chasing 'Mdama. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 4, Chapter 3: "Random Transport"''</ref> Crimson emerged in the middle of Covenant enemies at the Cauldron, and fought through them to reach 'Mdama. ''Infinity'' bombed 'Mdama's location causing him to drop the [[Didact's Gift]], which was recovered by the UNSC and subsequently brought to Galileo Base. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 4, Chapter 4: "The Chase"''</ref> However, the Covenant attacked Galileo Base with the intent of recovering the gift. Crimson beat them back and activated the base's defense systems, holding back the Covenant but Prometheans translocated in the base. Crimson fought them off and left [[Fireteam Majestic]] to take the gift to Infinity. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 4, Chapter 5: "The Didact's Gift"''</ref>


On Crimson's next deployment, they are sent to the Gate to investigate Dr. [[Leslie Boyd]]'s power fluctuations back at the Refuge with only Roland and Miller to help them. They are being caused by translocating Prometheans, and they are at risk of destroying Boyd's power generators. They defend them from raids of Prometheans until Boyd can finish his work and block their translocations. Boyd opens a portal for Crimson, now able to control the portal's locations. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 5, Chapter 1: "Spartan Miller"''</ref> At the Refuge the science base becomes under attack by Prometheans, which are driven off by Crimson. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 5, Chapter 2: "Nothing Can Go Wrong"''</ref> A battlecruiser begins sending a Covenant army down to the Refuge, and Crimson defends the location while [[Fireteam Shadow]] takes out the cruiser. Successfully defending Dr. Boyd, Crimson is gets on a Pelican to their next objective. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 5, Chapter 3: "Everything Has Gone Wrong"''</ref> Crimson arrives at [[Forward Base Magma]] to defend power generators from Covenant forces. After doing so, Roland finds [[Gabriel Thorne]]'s IFF tag in the area, and finds it alone with signs of a struggle. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 5, Chapter 4: "The Cauldron Base"''</ref> Crimson is dropped off in Covenant forces to try and find Thorne. Despite defeating a large amount of Covenant, Thorne is not found. Dalton's Pelican comes for evac but is destroyed by a Covenant single drop pod. [[Type-44 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] and [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] then converge on Crimson's position. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 5, Chapter 5: "Spartan Thorne"''</ref>
On Crimson's next deployment, they were sent to ''the Gate'' to investigate Dr. [[Leslie Boyd]]'s power fluctuations back at the ''Refuge'' with only Roland and Miller to help them. They were being caused by translocating Prometheans, and they were at risk of destroying Boyd's power generators. They defended them from raids of Prometheans until Boyd could finish his work and block their translocations. Boyd opened a portal for Crimson, now able to control the portal's locations. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 5, Chapter 1: "Spartan Miller"''</ref> At the Refuge the science base came under attack by Prometheans, which were driven off by Crimson. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 5, Chapter 2: "Nothing Can Go Wrong"''</ref> A battlecruiser began sending a Covenant army down to the ''Refuge'', and Crimson defended the location while [[Fireteam Shadow]] took out the cruiser. Successfully defending Dr. Boyd, Crimson team left on a Pelican to their next objective. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 5, Chapter 3: "Everything Has Gone Wrong"''</ref> Crimson arrived at [[Forward Base Magma]] to defend power generators from Covenant forces. After doing so, Roland found [[Gabriel Thorne]]'s IFF tag in the area, and found it alone with signs of a struggle. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 5, Chapter 4: "The Cauldron Base"''</ref> Crimson was dropped off in an area with Covenant forces to try and find Thorne. Despite defeating a large amount of Covenant, Thorne was not found. Dalton's Pelican came for evac but was destroyed by a Covenant single drop pod. [[Type-44 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] and [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] then converged on Crimson's position. <ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''Episode 5, Chapter 5: "Spartan Thorne"''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==

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Fireteam Crimson

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2558

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United Nations Space Command

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Spartan

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"I need a fireteam I can depend on and, until you prove otherwise, you’re it."
Sarah Palmer

Fireteam Crimson is a team of SPARTAN-IV supersoldiers. Crimson was assigned to the UNSC Infinity during the ship's second expedition to the Forerunner shield world Requiem in February 2558. Operating on Requiem, Crimson is frequently assigned on ground missions in which they combat the shield world's resident Promethean constructs and the Covenant remnant.[1]

History

In 2558 Crimson was deployed in a joint UNSC military operation on Requiem alongside Fireteams Castle, Majestic, Domino, and Ivy. Spartan Jared Miller was personally assigned to Crimson as their mission handler. Crimson was dropped behind-enemy-lines to assist marines in neutralizing Covenant forces in the area. In an attempt to stop the Covenant from establishing permanent bases throughout Requiem, Crimson was also given the objective to destroy four power cores acting as short-range wireless transceivers, and was successful. After mopping up whatever Covenant forces were left in the area, Miller sent a Pelican dropship for extraction. Commander Sarah Palmer congratulated them on their mission success.[2]

Fireteam Crimson was sent to capture a Covenant-held power station on Requiem, Sniper Alley. They were tasked with eliminating all Covenant forces within the area. Miller concluded that the Covenant were siphoning large amounts of energy from a nearby Forerunner structure. Spartan Robert Dalton came online and readied an orbital-strike from the Infinity to destroy the target energy source. The target was destroyed by Infinity, and Fireteam Crimson was extracted from the area.[3] Crimson and Majestic were sent north of the UNSC's area of operations in Requiem in order to shut down Forerunner power generators at the Fortress. Both teams were sent to their individual locations to complete their objectives. Upon insertion, both Crimson and Majestic had their long-range communications jammed, but deactivated the jammers. The area was quickly swarmed with Promethean Crawlers and Promethean Watchers as Crimson fought to disable the arrays powering the Forerunner structure. Initiated by Palmer, the mission turned into a competition where both fireteams were trying to complete their mission objectives first. Majestic temporarily took the lead, but Crimson eventually beat Majestic. Dalton arrived in a Pelican dropship for Crimson's extraction.[4]

Next Crimson was sent to the The Refuge, a jungle Forerunner structure that scientists were preparing to set up shop in. They were attacked by more Promethean forces and activated a star chart. Miller processed the data and Palmer tried to get them extracted. The door locked, shutting Crimson in the facility, and Promethean Knights arrived in the area. Crimson beat off the foes while Miller opened the door allowing Crimson to escape on Dalton's Pelican. [5] Crimson was then sent into a Covenant dig site at The Cauldron, a Forerunner area. The Covenant resistance was strong, leading Palmer to wonder what they were guarding. Crimson fough their way to a mysterious artifact guarded by Promethean Knights. After fighting them off, Crimson recoverd the Artifact, boarded the Pelican, and brought it back on Infinity. [6]

Later Crimson was sent in to The Gate, a location that UNSC Marines had failed to take from the Covenant. After fighting through Kig-Yar and Unggoy they faced Promethean resistance. The incoming Prometheans were dispatched by Crimson, and Miller tasked the team with disabling pylons controlling Forerunner turrets. Dalton came in and evacuated Crimson after they face more translocating Knights and Crawlers. They were sent to respond to a Science Team's Distress Call. [7]. The aforementioned science team hid behind a forcefield when the Covenant attacked, and were the science team assigned to the Cauldron. Crimson destroyed Covenant communications arrays, and found beacons and IFF tags from the science team. Dr. Morgan Rivera was brought on comms who gave Crimson her location. Crimson fought through the Covenant and rescued her and her team. [8]

Next Crimson was sent in to evacuate Marine squad Hacksaw who was attacked by Covenant at the Fortress. They were dropped in and beat back waves of Covenant forces to rescue the Marines. The group moved to the top of the Fortress to be evacuated by Dalton, but Phantoms arrived carrying Sangheili Warriors and Sangheili Zealots. Crimson destroyed the Phantoms and Sangheili and were evacuated. [9] En route to the Refuge, Crimson was shot down in Sniper Alley by nearby anti-air turrets and were thought to have died. Miller learned that Fireteam Crimson was still alive and they were sent to take out the turrets. Covenant forces arrived supplanted by Heavy orbital insertion pods, but Crimson eliminated the Covenant and the turrets and continued with their mission. [10] Reaching the Refuge, Crimson saw no sign of Gagarin team, the science team based there. They learned Gagarin activated Forerunner artifacts, and Crimson deactivated them under resistance from Promethean forces. They got on a Pelican and left, not having found Gagarin team. [11]

Commander Palmer deployed Crimson team to a rocky area of Requiem to hunt for Parg Vol, a Sangheili terrorist and associate of Jul 'Mdama. After facing heavy Covenant resistance, they were unable to kill Vol and he escaped. [12] Crimson was then sent to Galileo Base, a science facility on Requiem under heavy attack by Covenant forces. They managed to beat back the Covenant and drive them away from Galileo Base. [13] Next Crimson arrived at Two Giants, a canyon with two Beam emitters, to assist Marine squad Mountain codenamed Two Giants. Beating off Promethean forces Crimson retrieved the marines and activated Forerunner technology in the towers. [14]The Covenant responded by sending an entire fleet of foes from a CCS-class battlecruiser. Palmer droped in several Mantis mech suits which Crimson used to beat back the fleet while the cruiser was destroyed. [15] Vol was once again located, this time re-taking the Gate location with his Covenant forces. Crimson neutralized him and several Covenant and Promethean warriors. [16]

Soon after, Crimson was then sent to disable a Covenant communications array at the site the Covenant had previously had anti-air turrets. The array had led to the death of Fireteam Castle, and Crimson rushed the location and tapped into the array before disabling it. [17] UNSC Infinity found data possibly leading to Jul 'Mdama's location. The data placed 'Mdama at the Two Giants location where a tower had been retaken by Covenant forces. Activating Forerunner technology, a portal opend and Crimson steped through. [18] They emerged in the Fortress location and re-established communications primarily with the AI Roland. After fighting off enemy forces Crimson steped through another portal, chasing 'Mdama. [19] Crimson emerged in the middle of Covenant enemies at the Cauldron, and fought through them to reach 'Mdama. Infinity bombed 'Mdama's location causing him to drop the Didact's Gift, which was recovered by the UNSC and subsequently brought to Galileo Base. [20] However, the Covenant attacked Galileo Base with the intent of recovering the gift. Crimson beat them back and activated the base's defense systems, holding back the Covenant but Prometheans translocated in the base. Crimson fought them off and left Fireteam Majestic to take the gift to Infinity. [21]

On Crimson's next deployment, they were sent to the Gate to investigate Dr. Leslie Boyd's power fluctuations back at the Refuge with only Roland and Miller to help them. They were being caused by translocating Prometheans, and they were at risk of destroying Boyd's power generators. They defended them from raids of Prometheans until Boyd could finish his work and block their translocations. Boyd opened a portal for Crimson, now able to control the portal's locations. [22] At the Refuge the science base came under attack by Prometheans, which were driven off by Crimson. [23] A battlecruiser began sending a Covenant army down to the Refuge, and Crimson defended the location while Fireteam Shadow took out the cruiser. Successfully defending Dr. Boyd, Crimson team left on a Pelican to their next objective. [24] Crimson arrived at Forward Base Magma to defend power generators from Covenant forces. After doing so, Roland found Gabriel Thorne's IFF tag in the area, and found it alone with signs of a struggle. [25] Crimson was dropped off in an area with Covenant forces to try and find Thorne. Despite defeating a large amount of Covenant, Thorne was not found. Dalton's Pelican came for evac but was destroyed by a Covenant single drop pod. Phantoms and Banshees then converged on Crimson's position. [26]

Trivia

As Fireteam Crimson are the protagonists of Spartan Ops, and the entirety of their behavior and appearance is determined by the players, no specific members are mentioned.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Joystiq: Halo 4's 'Infinity' multiplayer to introduce Spartan Ops, War Games
  2. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 1, Chapter 1: "Land Grab"
  3. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 1, Chapter 2: "Sniper Alley"
  4. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 1, Chapter 3: "The Challenge"
  5. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 1, Chapter 4: "Sacred"
  6. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 1, Chapter 5: "The Core"
  7. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 2, Chapter 1: "Clean Up"
  8. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 2, Chapter 2: "For Science"
  9. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 2, Chapter 3: "Hacksaw"
  10. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 2, Chapter 4: "Pelican Down"
  11. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 2, Chapter 5: "Gagarin"
  12. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 3, Chapter 2: "The VIP"
  13. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 3, Chapter 2: "Galileo"
  14. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 3, Chapter 3: "Spartan Mountain"
  15. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 3, Chapter 4: "Shootout in Valhalla"
  16. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 3, Chapter 5: "Hunting Trip"
  17. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 4, Chapter 1: "Hairy Call"
  18. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 4, Chapter 2: "Rally Point"
  19. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 4, Chapter 3: "Random Transport"
  20. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 4, Chapter 4: "The Chase"
  21. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 4, Chapter 5: "The Didact's Gift"
  22. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 5, Chapter 1: "Spartan Miller"
  23. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 5, Chapter 2: "Nothing Can Go Wrong"
  24. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 5, Chapter 3: "Everything Has Gone Wrong"
  25. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 5, Chapter 4: "The Cauldron Base"
  26. ^ Spartan Ops, Episode 5, Chapter 5: "Spartan Thorne"