Editing Beta-Romeo Actual

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'''Beta-Red Actual''' was the callsign of a [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II supersoldier]] of the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] [[UNSC Special Forces|Special Warfare Command]].{{Ref/Note|'''Beta-Red Actual''' is addressed as '''Beta-Red''' during the radio conversations. By military convention she would be given the "Actual" descriptor to distinguish her from the team she commanded. She is, however, referred to as '''Beta ''Romeo'' Actual''' during the ''Spire'' conversation.}} She was the leader of [[Beta-Red]], a splinter of [[Red Team]], during the [[Fall of Reach]] in the summer of [[2552]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach''' [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|radio conversations]]</ref>

==Biography==
===Conscription===
"Beta-Red Actual" was of a genetic make-up that Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] regarded as desirable for the SPARTAN-II program. After being selected as a suitable candidate for the SPARTAN-II program in [[2517]], she was abducted and sent to [[Reach]], where she was specially trained to be a soldier by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] and the [[artificial intelligence]] construct [[Déja]].

In [[2525]], she and the other candidates underwent a [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|series of augmentations]] to improve their physical and mental abilities.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''</ref> She was among the ones who survived and were not crippled or killed by the procedure.

===Fall of Reach===
On August 30, 2552, Red Team was deployed to the surface of [[Reach]] from the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}. After their Pelican dropship, ''[[Bravo 001]]'', was shot down, the SPARTANs were forced to make a high-altitude jump to the ground, killing four of them. Upon regrouping, [[Frederic-104]] divided Red Team into four splinter groups, including the eleven-member Team Beta. 

Team Beta was then assigned to defend one of the planet's [[orbital defense generator]]s against the [[Covenant]]. As a force of thirty-two Covenant [[Type-26 Wraith]]s and 260 infantry advanced toward a UNSC position, Beta-Red Actual ordered her team to move forward and engage the attackers in close combat. After the SPARTANs broke the Covenant assault wave, Beta-Red Actual instructed [[First Lieutenant]] [[Jake Chapman]] to withdraw his forces from the area. As the SPARTANs defended against two armored divisions, three [[Covenant cruiser]]s emerged from cloud cover and headed toward the UNSC position. 

The {{UNSCShip|Majestic}} was then ordered by [[Central Command]] to bombard the approaching Covenant forces. The ''Majestic'' fired six [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds onto the target area. Beta-Red Actual, as well as all the other members of Beta-Red, was likely killed in the blast. However, as [[Iron Fist]] made a last-ditch rescue attempt, it is possible that at least some of the members of Beta-Red survived.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Reach]]''

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