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On August 30th, Beta-Red's mission was to defend the orbital defense generators at all costs. Failure would meant the fall of [[Reach]]. Most of the generators were destroyed, but not due to any real fault on the Spartans' behalf, but rather due to overwhelming Covenant forces. These Covenant attacks in mass numbers easily overran the few Spartan defenders, allowing the Covenant to destroy the generators that the Spartans were protecting. This dismal failure and complete waste of lives was likely due to inadequate time to set up defensive emplacements, and/or inadequate time to develop an ideal strategy.

Beta-Red fell quickly. They managed to get a transmission to [[Frederic-104]] and the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, warning them to stay away from the planet because most of the generators had been destroyed, but in a futile attempt, they would attempt to protect the several remaining generators.{{fact}} They were eventually deployed to [[Recon 43]]'s position to reinforce a UNSC Marine unit, [[Charlie Company]], defending [[Facility Alpha 331]] from two division-strength units of Covenant armoured vehicles, punching hard into the center of the enemy formation.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Countdown]]'': {{Quote|Holy <static>! You're ain't gonna believe this! Beta-Red just punched right up into the guts of that Covie column! Ever see a Spartan go hand to hand with a Wraith? Unbelievable!|Gamma 5}}</ref> ~~Dropship~~ [[Iron Fist]] was deployed to retrieve Beta-Red, but their evacuation was interrupted by the ~~de-cloaking~~ of three Covenant cruisers ~~right~~ above them.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Boardwalk]]'': {{Quote|Iron Fist, This is Gamma-1-Actual, three Covenant cruisers just dropped out of cloak directly above us, holding at approximately twenty thousand feet traveling due east at approximately three hundred knots - three-zero-zero knots!|Gamma 1}}</ref> Artillery support from the {{UNSCShip|Majestic}} was called in to destroy the three cruisers and any surviving Covenant, presumably taking the lives of Beta-Red, who had ~~sacrificed their lives~~ to buy Charlie Company enough time to evacuate.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Reflection]]'': {{Quote|Beta-Red have gone above and beyond but there's no way out for them. They just bought us our window, now give me the go and I'll finish the job.|[[Alpha 20]]}}</ref>

Beta-Red fell quickly. They managed to get a transmission to [[Frederic-104]] and the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, warning them to stay away from the planet because most of the generators had been destroyed, but in a futile attempt, they would attempt to protect the several remaining generators.{{fact}} They were eventually deployed to [[Recon 43]]'s position to reinforce a UNSC Marine unit, [[Charlie Company]], defending [[Facility Alpha 331]] from two division-strength units of Covenant armoured vehicles, punching hard into the center of the enemy formation.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Countdown]]'': {{Quote|Holy <static>! You're ain't gonna believe this! Beta-Red just punched right up into the guts of that Covie column! Ever see a Spartan go hand to hand with a Wraith? Unbelievable!|Gamma 5}}</ref> A dropship piloted by [[Iron Fist]] was deployed to retrieve Beta-Red, but their evacuation was interrupted by the descent of three Covenant cruisers from cloud cover directly above them.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Boardwalk]]'': {{Quote|Iron Fist, This is Gamma-1-Actual, three Covenant cruisers just dropped out of cloak directly above us, holding at approximately twenty thousand feet traveling due east at approximately three hundred knots - three-zero-zero knots!|Gamma 1}}</ref> Artillery support from the {{UNSCShip|Majestic}} was called in to destroy the three cruisers and any surviving Covenant; ''Majestic'' fired six [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds at the targets, presumably taking the lives of Beta-Red, who had remained behind to buy Charlie Company enough time to evacuate.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Reflection]]'': {{Quote|Beta-Red have gone above and beyond but there's no way out for them. They just bought us our window, now give me the go and I'll finish the job.|[[Alpha 20]]}}</ref>

The ~~actual~~ fate of Beta-Red is ~~left~~ unknown. ~~Six [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds were fired at the targets by the ''Majestic'', but~~ Iron Fist ~~had~~ made a last-ditch attempt to evacuate Beta-Red~~. There~~ was no confirmation of whether Iron Fist succeeded or failed, ~~leaving~~ the remote possibility that Beta-Red survived.

The fate of Beta-Red is unknown. As Iron Fist made a last-ditch attempt to evacuate Beta-Red, and there was no confirmation of whether Iron Fist succeeded or failed, there exists the remote possibility that at least part of Beta-Red survived.

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 On August 30th, Beta-Red's mission was to defend the orbital defense generators at all costs. Failure would meant the fall of [[Reach]]. Most of the generators were destroyed, but not due to any real fault on the Spartans' behalf, but rather due to overwhelming Covenant forces. These Covenant attacks in mass numbers easily overran the few Spartan defenders, allowing the Covenant to destroy the generators that the Spartans were protecting. This dismal failure and complete waste of lives was likely due to inadequate time to set up defensive emplacements, and/or inadequate time to develop an ideal strategy.
-Beta-Red fell quickly. They managed to get a transmission to [[Frederic-104]] and the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, warning them to stay away from the planet because most of the generators had been destroyed, but in a futile attempt, they would attempt to protect the several remaining generators.{{fact}} They were eventually deployed to [[Recon 43]]'s position to reinforce a UNSC Marine unit, [[Charlie Company]], defending [[Facility Alpha 331]] from two division-strength units of Covenant armoured vehicles, punching hard into the center of the enemy formation.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Countdown]]'': {{Quote|Holy <static>! You're ain't gonna believe this! Beta-Red just punched right up into the guts of that Covie column! Ever see a Spartan go hand to hand with a Wraith? Unbelievable!|Gamma 5}}</ref> Dropship [[Iron Fist]] was deployed to retrieve Beta-Red, but their evacuation was interrupted by the de-cloaking of three Covenant cruisers right above them.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Boardwalk]]'': {{Quote|Iron Fist, This is Gamma-1-Actual, three Covenant cruisers just dropped out of cloak directly above us, holding at approximately twenty thousand feet traveling due east at approximately three hundred knots - three-zero-zero knots!|Gamma 1}}</ref> Artillery support from the {{UNSCShip|Majestic}} was called in to destroy the three cruisers and any surviving Covenant, presumably taking the lives of Beta-Red, who had sacrificed their lives to buy Charlie Company enough time to evacuate.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Reflection]]'': {{Quote|Beta-Red have gone above and beyond but there's no way out for them. They just bought us our window, now give me the go and I'll finish the job.|[[Alpha 20]]}}</ref>
+Beta-Red fell quickly. They managed to get a transmission to [[Frederic-104]] and the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, warning them to stay away from the planet because most of the generators had been destroyed, but in a futile attempt, they would attempt to protect the several remaining generators.{{fact}} They were eventually deployed to [[Recon 43]]'s position to reinforce a UNSC Marine unit, [[Charlie Company]], defending [[Facility Alpha 331]] from two division-strength units of Covenant armoured vehicles, punching hard into the center of the enemy formation.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Countdown]]'': {{Quote|Holy <static>! You're ain't gonna believe this! Beta-Red just punched right up into the guts of that Covie column! Ever see a Spartan go hand to hand with a Wraith? Unbelievable!|Gamma 5}}</ref> A dropship piloted by [[Iron Fist]] was deployed to retrieve Beta-Red, but their evacuation was interrupted by the descent of three Covenant cruisers from cloud cover directly above them.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Boardwalk]]'': {{Quote|Iron Fist, This is Gamma-1-Actual, three Covenant cruisers just dropped out of cloak directly above us, holding at approximately twenty thousand feet traveling due east at approximately three hundred knots - three-zero-zero knots!|Gamma 1}}</ref> Artillery support from the {{UNSCShip|Majestic}} was called in to destroy the three cruisers and any surviving Covenant; ''Majestic'' fired six [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds at the targets, presumably taking the lives of Beta-Red, who had remained behind to buy Charlie Company enough time to evacuate.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Reflection]]'': {{Quote|Beta-Red have gone above and beyond but there's no way out for them. They just bought us our window, now give me the go and I'll finish the job.|[[Alpha 20]]}}</ref>
-The actual fate of Beta-Red is left unknown. Six [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds were fired at the targets by the ''Majestic'', but Iron Fist had made a last-ditch attempt to evacuate Beta-Red. There was no confirmation of whether Iron Fist succeeded or failed, leaving the remote possibility that Beta-Red survived.
+The fate of Beta-Red is unknown. As Iron Fist made a last-ditch attempt to evacuate Beta-Red, and there was no confirmation of whether Iron Fist succeeded or failed, there exists the remote possibility that at least part of Beta-Red survived.
 ==Known Members==