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{{Era|HCW}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Infobox Military Unit
{{disambig header|the SPARTAN-III team|units that were designated "Echo"|Echo Team (disambiguation)}}
|unit_name  = Team Echo
{{Military infobox
|dates      = [[2545]]
|image=
|allegiance = [[UNSC]]
|formed=c. [[2539]] - Destroyed on July 3rd, 2545
|branch     = [[UNSC Navy]]
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|equipment  = <br/>
|branch=*[[UNSC Navy]]
*[[Concussion Grenade]]
**[[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Command]]
*[[MA5K Carbine]]
***[[SPARTAN-III program]]
*[[Fragmentation Grenade]]
****[[Beta Company]]
*[[Semi-Powered Infiltration Armor]]
|type=
|battles = [[Operation: TORPEDO]]
|role=
|size=
|nicknames=
|battles= [[Operation: TORPEDO]]
|commanders=
}}
}}
 
'''Team Echo''' was a team comprised of several [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III]]s of [[Beta Company]] that was known to have participated in the infamous [[Operation: TORPEDO]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoOP94|GoO|Page=94}}
'''Team Echo''' was a team comprised of several [[Spartan-III]]s of [[Beta Company]] that was known to have participated in the infamous [[Operation: TORPEDO]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 94''</ref>


==History==
==History==
The members of Team Echo were recruited voluntarily from the survivors of [[Covenant]] attacks in [[2537]]. They were trained for some eight years under the watchful eye of [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] on the highly classified planet [[Onyx]].
===Training===
Team Echo was formed from [[SPARTAN-III]]s that were voluntarily recruited circa [[2539]].{{Ref/Anthology|Id=LL|Fra|Story=Lessons Learned}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P106|Enc22|Page=106}}{{Ref/Note|Id=Beta|''[[Lessons Learned]]'' establishes that Beta Company members [[Tom-B292]] and [[Lucy-B091]] were six years old when they started their training. Page 106 of the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'' establishes that Tom and Lucy were born on April 14, 2533 and January 28, 2533, respectively. This makes Beta Company's start date somewhere between April 2539 and January 2540.}} They were trained at [[Camp Currahee]] under the watchful eye of [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] on the highly classified planet [[Onyx]].


===Operation: TORPEDO===
===Operation: TORPEDO===
{{Main|Operation: TORPEDO}}
{{Main|Operation: TORPEDO}}
In 2545, the majority of Beta company (300 in total) took part in Operation: TORPEDO, a plan to disrupt Covenant fuel supply lines. After the completion of the operation, all members of this group, along with most of Beta Company, were pronounced [[KIA]] as the explosion killed almost every SPARTAN-III.


In 2545, the majority of Beta company (300 in total) took part in Operation: TORPEDO, a plan to disrupt Covenant refuelling runs. After the completion of the operation, all members of this group, along with most of Beta Company, were pronounced [[KIA]] as the explosion killed almost every SPARTAN-III.
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}


==List of appearances==
==Notes==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
{{Ref/Notes}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


{{SPARTAN Teams}}
{{SPARTAN Teams}}
[[Category:SPARTAN-III teams|Echo]]