Editing Blue Team

{{Status|Canon}}

{{Disambig header|the Spartan-II team|other uses|Blue Team (disambiguation)}}

|image=[[File:Blueteam.png|100px]]<br/>Fireteam emblem

[[File:H5G-Firing Line.png|300px]]<br/>Blue Team [[Operation: BIRD IN HAND|assaulting]] ''Argent Moon''.

|formed=[[2517|September 2517]] - Active by [[2559#October|October 2559]]

|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/blue-team '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Blue Team'']</ref>

|branch=[[UNSC Navy]]{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

*[[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Command]]{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

|size=4 (as of [[2559]])

**[[Operation: TALON|Eridanus Secundus]]

**[[Operation: SMOKING ACES|Camp New Hope]]

*[[Human-Covenant War]]

**[[Battle of Chi Ceti|Chi Ceti IV]]

**[[Battle of Zhoist|Zhoist]]

**[[Battle of Circinius IV|Circinius IV]]

**[[Battle of Netherop|Netherop]]

**[[Battle of Jericho VII|Jericho VII]]

**[[Operation: WARM BLANKET|Fleet of Glorious Consequence]]

**[[Operation: OCEAN BREAKER|Sigma Octanus IV]]

**[[Fall of Reach|Reach]]

**[[Massacre at Eridanus Secundus|Eridanus Secundus]]

**[[Operation: FIRST STRIKE|FIRST STRIKE]]

**[[Battle for Earth|Earth]]

**[[Onyx Conflict|Onyx]]

**[[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE|Gao]]

**[[Mission to Installation 03|Installation 03]]

**[[Raid on Biko peace talks|Biko]]

**[[Operation: BIRD IN HAND|''Argent Moon'']]

**[[Battle of Meridian (2558)|Meridian]]

**[[Battle of Genesis|Genesis]]

|commanders=*[[John-117]]

{{Quote|You 'Spartans' have put quite a dent in our efforts to liberate the frontier worlds...I didn't believe it until I saw the video. All by the same four-man team. Some said 'Blue Team' was a myth.|[[General (rank)|General]] [[Howard Graves]] about Blue Team's activity<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 36''</ref>}}

'''Blue Team''' is a semi-constant unit composed predominantly of [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-IIs]] under the operational command of [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Command]], generally consisting of around four members. It was led by [[John-117]] for most of its activity during the [[Human-Covenant War]], though after John's involvement in the [[Battle of Mombasa]], the role of leader was taken up by [[Frederic-104]]; John later resumed ''de facto'' command following his recovery years later.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

Blue Team has participated in more than 220 military operations since its activation in [[2525]]{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} against a plethora of foes, including [[Insurrectionist]]s, the [[Covenant]], and various [[Forerunner]] constructs. The team is exceptional even among the Spartan-IIs due to their involvement in many of the most pivotal engagements of both the [[Insurrection]] and the Covenant War.<ref name="wp john">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/master-chief-john-117 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Master Chief John-117'']</ref>

After its conception in [[2519]], Blue Team originally consisted of three members;  comprised of [[John-117]], [[Samuel-034]], and [[Kelly-087]]. For some training missions, Spartans like Fred-104, [[Fhajad-084]] and [[Linda-058]] were added to Blue Team.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''</ref> After Samuel's death on a Covenant [[Unrelenting|vessel]] in the [[Chi Ceti system]], his spot remained vacant until John reluctantly filled it with [[Kurt-051]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 33''</ref>

*[[Kurt-051]] (2531) (MIA)

*[[Ash-G099]] (Reassigned July 2553)

*[[Olivia-G291]] (Reassigned July 2553)

*[[Mark-G313]] (Reassigned July 2553; KIA October 2559)

==Operational history==

{{Quote|no=two|q1=Okay, this is supposed to be a training exercise, but this is the seventh time Chief Mendez has made us play with Tango Company.|John|q2=They're getting pretty tired of losing.|Fred|John-117 and Fred-104 during a Spartan training exercise.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 158'' (2010)</ref>}}

Blue Team was formed around John-117, Kelly-087, and Samuel-034, who met on their first day of induction into the SPARTAN-II program. During their training Blue Team often exercised versus fellow SPARTAN-II [[Green Team]], led by Kurt-051, and often lost because of Kurt's superior "sixth sense".<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'''</ref>  

 

===Capturing Colonel Watts===

[[File:HTFoR AS - Blue 07.jpg|250px|thumb|Blue Team capturing Colonel Robert Watts.]]

{{Main|Operation: TALON}}

In the first UNSC military operation where the SPARTAN-IIs were put to the test after their intensive training, codenamed Operation: TALON, Blue Team was sent to infiltrate the rebel space habitat [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the [[Eridanus system|Eridanus Asteroid Belt]]. Blue Team stowed aboard a [[Parabola-class freighter|''Parabola''-class freighter]], the ''[[Laden]]'', and managed to sneak into the city. Their objective was to locate and capture the rebel leader ex-[[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]], a UNSC turncoat.

===Chi Ceti Incident===

Three months after Eridanus, Blue Team were briefed on the [[First Battle of Harvest|massacre]] that took place on [[Harvest]] shortly after first contact with the [[Covenant]]. A short time later, the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}}, under the command of [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Wallace]], brought Blue Team and Dr. Halsey to the [[Damascus Testing Facility]] at [[Chi Ceti IV]], where they were to receive the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|MJOLNIR powered armor]] for the first time.<ref name="for141">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 141'' (2010)</ref> When a Covenant ship, the ''[[Unrelenting]]'', attacked the ''Commonwealth'', Blue Team took part in their first engagement with the Covenant. The Spartans used [[thruster pack]]s to launch themselves from a Pelican dropship. Each Spartan carried an [[ANVIL-II Air-to-Surface Missile|ANVIL-II warhead]] to be used against the Covenant ship.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 147-150'' (2010)</ref> Blue Team entered the vessel through a puncture in its hull, caused by a [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] round from the ''Commonwealth''. They succeeded in completing the mission and destroyed the Covenant ship, but due to a breach in Sam's armor, he was unable to leave the Covenant ship and volunteered to stay behind to ensure the destruction of the enemy vessel. Sam was killed in the ensuing explosion, becoming the first SPARTAN-II to be killed in action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the ''Vanishing Point'' nearing the designated drop-off point, John signaled Blue Team and Johnson to grab their HAVOKs and board their Banshees. Meanwhile, a remotely piloted Baselard powered up on the hangar deck just ahead of them. Moments before launch, a decoy flight of three manned Baselards soared past the hangar aperture with a Banshee squadron hot on their tails. The ''Vanishing Point'' cold-launched a salvo of pre-targeted [[Archer missile|M42 Archer missiles]], and an instant later, the remote Baselard shot out of the hangar. It fired its two Archer missiles at the Banshee squadron as the ''Vanishing Point''{{'}}s missiles activated and flew after the Banshees as well. The Banshees scattered, giving the three manned Baselards a chance to escape. John gave Blue Team the order to launch their Banshees and fall in behind the alien fighter squadron before firing on the remote-controlled Baselard until it self-destructed into a fireball that helped distract the Covenant forces as the ''Vanishing Point'' slipped away. Sangheili voices filled the cockpits of Blue Team's Banshees, no doubt questioning where they came from. When no response was given, a three Banshees broke from the main squadron to investigate the new arrivals at close range. However, John convinced the aliens that their communications equipment had been damaged by feigning communication with a wiggle of his Banshee.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS20|HSS|Chapter=20}}

Shortly after this, Gold and Green Teams deployed from their Baselards to attack the equipment freighters as planned. Moments later, the targeted freighters began exploding while panic ensued among the Covenant fighters and their [[Proselytization network|battlenet]]. The fourth explosion was so close to the Banshee squadron that they were all—including the Banshees piloted by Blue Team—disabled by the [[electromagnetic pulse]]. Since those escorting them no longer had the capability to intercept any of their transmissions, Fred exclaimed disgust at the Banshees' lack of radiation shielding over TEAMCOM. After some discussion, Blue Team decided that they would go EV and intercept the three air-skimmers as they passed by. John would board the first vessel, Kelly the second, and Fred the third while Linda and Johnson held back to cover them with their M99 Stanchions. Fred pointed out the absurd difficulty of reaching the vessels and then getting clear of the blast, to which Linda responded that technically they did not have to get clear, but she would miss Fred's wisecracks if he was killed. John ordered Linda and Johnson to focus on protecting Kelly and Fred, but Johnson refused as Linda had already decided that Johnson should cover John while she covered Fred and Kelly, who were close enough for her to support. Leaving the squadron of adrift Banshees behind, Johnson's HAVOK nuke—which he had left aboard his Banshee—detonated, killing any potential witnesses aboard the other craft and covering their approach for the air-skimmers. Meanwhile, the two escort prowlers arrived to recover Gold and Green Teams. Assuming the vessels were preparing for another attack run on the logistics fleet, the Covenant attacked the prowlers and the Baselards accompanying them. Nearing the lead bladder ship, John fired his [[thruster]]s to slow his approach, alerting the vessel's fighter screen to his presence. Eight Banshees began speeding toward him. Over fifty kilometers from the Banshees, Johnson scared one off with his Stanchion fire, but the rest continued on their course, starting to fire on John with their plasma cannons. When their shots were becoming a bit too accurate, John fired at them with the [[M301 grenade launcher|underbarrel grenade launcher]] on his [[MA5C assault rifle]]. It only halted their fire briefly, and they soon regained visual. Seeing that Johnson would not be able to take them all out at this range, John altered his flight path and accelerated toward the lead bladder ship. As he neared the vessel, he prepared his HAVOK with a timer and let it float next to him on the same trajectory. At seven kilometers above the ship, John activated his primary thruster, speeding away as fast as possible. The HAVOK detonated so close that it elevated his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|MJOLNIR armor]]'s exterior temperature well above the danger level.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS20}} Fred and Kelly likewise managed to destroy their targeted vessels before Blue Team was recovered by the ''Vanishing Point'' or its escort prowlers.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS21|HSS|Chapter=21}}

===Zhoist===

{{Main|Battle of Zhoist}}

 

 

 

 

 

===Jericho VII===

In [[2535]] Blue Team along with Red and Green Teams fought on [[Jericho VII]], where they encountered tough resistance from UNSC forces above the planet and on the ground, resulting in a three day long stalemate. Blue Team's mission was to draw out the Covenant rear guard, so [[Red Team]] could slip behind their lines and plant a [[HAVOK Tactical Nuclear Weapon|HAVOK tactical nuke]], hoping to destroy the next Covenant ship that landed and dropped its shields, meanwhile [[Green Team]] was  preventing a Covenant ground force advancement. These few Spartans were able to kill hundreds of Unggoy and destroy [[Shade]] turrets with little difficulty, as well as neutralizing their [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshee]] air support, by using the [[fougasse]]s they had planted in case the Grunts got out of hand.

During the battle, Blue Team avenged the [[105th Drop Jet Platoon]] by killing hundreds of the Unggoy. All of the Spartan teams accomplished their missions and returned safely to the remaining fleet in a Pelican dropship. Unfortunately, the UNSC fleet lost control of the space around Jericho VII after a brutal three day battle with the Covenant fleet, but [[De Blanc|Captain De Blanc]] was able to evacuate the Spartans before the enemy fleet began glassing the planet.

===Raid on the Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence===

[[File:Legends SPARTAN-II team.jpg|200px|thumb|The three members of Blue Team involved in Operation: WARM BLANKET.]]

===Sigma Octanus IV===

{{Main|Operation: OCEAN BREAKER}}

After the city of [[Côte d'Azur]] on [[Sigma Octanus IV]] came under attack from Covenant forces, John-117 lead Blue Team under the city. Investigating Covenant activity in the [[Côte d'Azur Museum of Natural History]], Blue Team discovered that the Covenant were scanning what appeared to be a simple piece of igneous rock, and sending the information to a ship in orbit. The team entered a protracted firefight with two [[Mgalekgolo]], which was a victory at the expense of James' arm, recovered the rock, and escaped.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 205-209''</ref>

===Fall of Reach===

During the Covenant attack on Reach, the SPARTAN-II company was divided into two teams: Red Team and Blue Team. Blue Team was tasked with defending an [[Gamma Station|orbital space station]]'s navigational data that could possibly lead the Covenant to [[Earth]] - which would be devastating to the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]. Red Team, far larger than Blue Team, was sent to the planet surface of [[Reach]] to defend its power generators that powered the [[Orbital defense platform|Orbital Defense Platforms]].

However, John and Linda were able to infiltrate the locked-down space station, and with the help of [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson|Avery J. Johnson]] and several other [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]], destroy the navigational data so that the Covenant would be unable to find and destroy Earth. However, during extraction, Linda was shot in the back with an overcharged [[Type-25 plasma pistol|plasma pistol]], and was left clinically dead. John and the Marine [[fireteam]] survived, however.

===Raid on ''Unyielding Hierophant''===

[[File:FS cover full.jpg|200px|thumb|Blue Team fighting aboard ''Unyielding Hierophant''.]]

Blue Team was newly formed when John came back to Reach after destruction of [[Installation 04]] in search of his survived comrades. Upon his arrival Master Chief regrouped with Fred-104, Kelly-087, [[Grace-093]], [[Anton-044]], [[William-043]] and [[Li-008]] who were protecting Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] and [[Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb]] with Kelly critically wounded by the [[assault cannon]]s of two [[Hunters]]. The Spartans managed to escape Reach and return to Covenant flagship ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' [[Skirmish over Threshold|previously captured]] by John and the Marines at Alpha Halo and linked it with the damaged [[UNSC frigate]] ''[[UNSC Gettysburg|Gettysburg]]''. During a battle with pursuing Covenant ships, Anton-044 and Li-008 were killed during an EVA operation to repair a plasma conduit.

===Battle for Earth===

{{Main|Battle for Earth}}

[[File:H2A Terminals - BlueTeam.jpg|thumb|250px|Fred and Linda directly before the Battle of Earth.]]

Shortly after John-117's disappearance after the [[Battle of Mombasa|Mombasa slipspace event]], Blue Team was deployed to help defend Earth during the span of two weeks, while [[UNSC In Amber Clad|''In Amber Clad'']] was busy pursuing the [[Prophet of Regret]]. Blue Team conducted operations including numerous operations in orbit around Earth, [[Battle of Ross Island|stopping a Covenant invasion]] on [[Mount Erebus]] in [[Wikipedia:Antarctica|Antarctica]] with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|HAVOK tactical nuke]], and stopping Covenant forces on the sea floor off of the [[Yucatan Peninsula]]. Following these ops, they were [[Battle of Havana|deployed]] to the [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]] in [[Havana]], [[Wikipedia:Cuba|Cuba]] to stop Covenant forces that had gathered around the orbital elevator. They then stopped the Covenant forces, who had captured multiple nuclear warheads, before they could ascend the orbital elevator. The Spartans then ascended the orbital elevator themselves, and in the process destroyed one of the Covenant capital ships at the top of the elevator. The three Spartans then left the battle by hijacking a Covenant {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}} called the ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'' under orders by [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]] to aid [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] and Kelly on [[Onyx]].

[[File:Ghosts of Onyx Cover.jpg|thumb|203px|left|Kelly and another member of Blue Team during the Onyx Conflict.]]

During this operation, Blue Team fought alongside with [[Team Saber]] against the [[Onyx Sentinel]]s and the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Sangheili fleet]] that had arrived. Upon landing on Onyx, they were reunited with Kelly-087, Dr. Halsey, [[Franklin Mendez|Senior Chief Petty Officer Mendez]], and Kurt-051 (who they thought had been dead for quite some time). However during the course of the battle Will, Kurt, and a number of SPARTAN-IIIs were killed by the Sentinels and Covenant forces. The rest of Blue Team, along with the remaining SPARTAN-IIIs, SCPO Mendez, and Dr. Halsey entered [[Sarcophagus|Shield World 006]], which lay in a slipspace rift at the core of Onyx. Upon retreating to safety inside the shield world the survivors erected gravestones for those lost in the Battle of Onyx.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 378''</ref> After the ceremony, Lucy-B091, Tom-B292, Ash-G099, Olivia-G291 and Mark-G313 were reassigned to Blue Team by Fred and Kelly.  

 

===Racing the ancilla===

Although the Spartan-IIIs assigned to Blue Team were offered the chance to integrate into the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] and, by extension, the new [[Spartan Operations]] branch,<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 435''</ref> they continued to serve with Blue Team in the months after their recovery from the shield world. In [[2553#May|May 2553]],<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 8-10'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Blue Team was deployed to escort a UNSC [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion|research battalion]] tasked with capturing a [[Intrepid Eye|Forerunner ancilla]] on the planet [[Gao]]. Their search for the ancilla was complicated by a string of murders that began occurring in Gao's [[Montero Cave System]] after their arrival, prompting the [[Gao Ministry of Protection]] to send an investigative team headed by [[Special Inspector]] [[Veta Lopis]] to identify the killer on [[2553#July|July 2, 2553]]. The situation soon escalated into a crisis after the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], a post-Covenant faction smuggled onto the planet by [[insurrectionist]] sympathizers within Gao's government, attacked the UNSC forces. For much of the fighting, Blue Team was split between a group comprised of Fred, Ash, Olivia, and Mark who accompanied Veta Lopis, and a splinter team comprised of Kelly, Linda, Tom, and Lucy who were on the surface at the time of the initial attack. After several days of skirmishes, the splinter teams regrouped while the Keepers were largely driven back. At this point, however, the newly-elected Gao president [[Arlo Casille]] sent Gao's planetary military against the UNSC. However, the Spartans managed to exfiltrate from the planet and recover the ancilla while destroying the [[Covert Support Base 4276|Forerunner facility]] that used to house her.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light'''</ref>

After the mission, the Gamma Company Spartan-IIIs within the team were reassigned to a top-secret ONI "[[Ferret]]" unit to prevent knowledge of their illegal enhancements from leaking to the public.{{Ref/Reuse|hll330}} Lucy-B091 and Tom-B292 were assigned to the Spartan branch in August 2553, leaving Blue Team once again comprised of only Spartan-IIs.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=43|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Catalog Interaction|D=13|M=04|Y=2016|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post_.2311}} In the coming years Fred, Kelly and Linda embarked on numerous confidential operations under ONI's direct oversight, eliminating hostile [[Covenant remnants]] across the fringes of human space.<ref name="HWL58">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/linda-058 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Linda-058'']</ref>

===Operation: RETRIBUTION===

Operation: RETRIBUTION was an Office of Naval Intelligence operation undertaken by Blue Team and the [[Ferret]] team lead by [[Veta Lopis]] in December of 2553. The operation was conceived as a response to the murder of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Graselyn Tuwa]] and the kidnapping of three of her family members. The initial evidence pointed toward the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] bearing the responsibility for the crime, but the Keepers had actually been framed by [[Dark Moon Enterprises]], which itself was secretly being directed by the Forerunner ancilla, [[Intrepid Eye]].

{{Main|Mission to Installation 03}}

{{Quote|no=two|q1=Admiral Hood asked that I act as an advisor for your mission.|John|q2=Just as an advisor? You told the old man you're coming with, didn't you... If you hadn't, I'd have ordered you to come along myself.|Fred|Fred prompting the Chief to join{{Ref/Reuse|esc8}}}}

[[File:Escalation - Installation03Skirmish.png|thumb|left|250px|Blue Team engages Promethean Knights on Installation 03.]]

By [[2557|July 25, 2557]], Blue Team was stationed at Earth. Shortly after the [[New Phoenix Incident]] and the loss of contact with a science team on [[Installation 03]], the team was joined by John (who had been recovered a few days earlier on [[Requiem]]) in an "advisory" role due to his recent encounters with [[Promethean#Mechanical Prometheans|Promethean constructs]]. The team was deployed to Gamma Halo, whereupon arrival they found the bodies of [[Black Team]] and the scientists before being attacked by [[Promethean Knight]]s. The Spartans soon discovered the [[Composer's Abyss]], and a [[slipspace portal]] within.{{Ref/Reuse|esc8}}

The portal took Blue Team to the [[Composer's Forge]], where they encountered the [[Ur-Didact]] and numerous new Promethean constructs he had created from the residents of [[New Phoenix]]. In addition, the Forge's [[monitor]], [[859 Static Carillon]], had Installation 03 transported above the Forge. Intending to use the Halo against Earth, the Didact took one of the Composers and headed back to the portal to Installation 03. Blue Team gave chase and engaged the Didact again atop the Composer's Abyss on the Halo's surface.<ref name="esc9">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref> The Didact's armor soon adapted itself to the Spartans' weapons, but Static Carillon appeared and saved Blue Team by [[Teleportation|teleporting]] the Didact away into the installation's [[control room]]. While the rest of Blue Team returned to their Longsword, John entered the control center to confront the Promethean in person. The Master Chief disabled Gamma Halo's safeties, enabling Static Carillon to eject the segment of the ring housing the control room toward the planet housing the Composer's Forge. The monitor teleported John to Blue Team's Longsword just before the Halo fragment struck the Forge while the Didact was digitized by the several Composers firing on him at once.<ref name="esc10">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 10|Issue #10]]''</ref>

===Later operations===

Following the Didact's second defeat, Blue Team returned to Earth. John was debriefed by Admiral Hood who ordered him and Blue Team to rest and recover from years of continuous combat. Instead, the Master Chief chose to embark on a new series of missions.{{Ref/Reuse|esc10}} These operations included diplomatic escorts through hostile territory, counter-[[piracy]] efforts against [[Salvaging|salvagers]], and strikes against Covenant outposts.<ref>'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 185''</ref> At some point in the following months, John and Blue Team returned to the glassed Reach to remember Sam's sacrifice.<ref name="animeseries">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'''</ref>

[[File:HTFoR AS - Blue 08.jpg|250px|thumb|Blue Team during their visit to Reach's glasslands.]]

In early [[2558]], Blue Team was stationed at the construction site for a new ONI research facility, awaiting orders.<ref name="otb">'''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''', ''[[On the Brink]]''</ref> Suddenly the facility came under attack by fanatical [[Covenant remnants|ex-Covenant]]. The hostiles managed to capture an [[M510 Mammoth]], disable its governor, and drive it down a steep hillside toward the site's main [[fusion reactor]]. Blue Team followed in pursuit in an [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]]. Spartans managed to board the Mammoth and wrest control of the hulking vehicle from its hijackers and steer it away from the reactor.{{Ref/Reuse|otb}} However, the near miss still resulted in the destruction of a decent amount of fabricated material that had been constructed. John, who had taken the Mammoth's controls, took all responsibility for the damage. After that Blue Team returned to a nearby airstrip, having received their next mission orders.{{Ref/Reuse|otb}}

 

On October 23, 2558, Blue Team were deployed from the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} on a mission to find and secure the abandoned ONI research vessel ''[[Argent Moon]]'', now occupied by [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]. During the mission, John experienced a vision from [[Cortana]] telling him that the [[Domain]] was open, that [[Meridian]] was next, and that the [[Reclaimer|Reclamation]] was about to begin. Upon coming to, he told Blue Team what he had seen. Resolving to deal with it later, they continued onwards according to their original plan. Upon witnessing Covenant vessels exiting slipspace all around the ''Argent Moon'', however, it was decided that the ''Argent Moon'' must be destroyed. Fighting their way through the ship, Blue Team eventually managed to overload ''Argent Moon's'' [[fusion reactor]]. With their arrival Pelican seemingly destroyed and no other means of escaping ''Argent Moon'' on time, Blue Team discovered a [[Winter-class prowler]], [[ONI Acrisius|ONI ''Acrisius'']], in the [[Hangar bay|hangar]]. With the hangar cleared and the ''Acrisius'' ready, John-117 radioed ''Infinity'' and informed them that he and Blue Team would be heading to Meridian. However, ''Infinity'' was mysteriously already aware of Cortana's return and ordered Blue Team back to them while another Spartan team was sent to deal with her. Rejecting their orders, Blue Team chose to evacuate aboard the ''Acrisius'' and set course to Meridian, leaving the ''Argent Moon'' as it exploded.{{Ref/Level|H5|[[Blue Team (level)|Blue Team]]}}

 

Unbeknownst to Blue Team, however, their old enemy, [[Intrepid Eye]], had managed to escape from the exploding station by latching on to the ''Acrisius'' as Blue Team left. Subsequently, the Forerunner ancilla was mistakenly believed to have been destroyed by Blue Team along with the ''Argent Moon''.{{Ref/Novel|DW|Chapter=5}}

 

{{Quote|no=three|q1=I understand the Master Chief disobeying orders to find Cortana. But why the rest of Blue Team? They didn't know her.|[[Olympia Vale]]|q2=The members of Blue Team grew up together in the Spartan II program. They've registered more operations than any other fireteam in the UNSC.|[[Jameson Locke]]|q3=They're family.|[[Edward Buck]]|Members of [[Fireteam Osiris]] about Blue Team's actions<ref name="evacuation">'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level ''[[Evacuation]]''</ref>}}

[[File:H5G-Blue-01.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Blue Team in the Guardian's shelter.]]

The very next day, the UNSC declared members of Blue Team AWOL. Fireteam Osiris, a [[Spartan-IV]] unit led by Spartan Jameson Locke, was tasked with recovering Blue Team and the ''Acrisius''. Upon arriving at [[Meridian]], Blue Team landed at [[Apogee Station]] and proceeded make their way downwards to where the dormant [[Guardian]] lay buried. Their arrival on-planet was witnessed by multiple colonists, who were wholly unaware of their intentions. Also unbeknownst to the people of Meridian was the fact that their own [[Governor Sloan]] purposefully ensured nobody tried to stop them, as he was already serving Cortana at that point.<ref name="Guardians">'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level ''[[Guardians]]''</ref> Blue Team encountered no resistance from the [[Warden Eternal]] or any mechanical [[Prometheans]]. Fireteam Osiris caught up to Blue Team as they were entering the Guardian. Kelly, Fred, and Linda proceeded to enter the Guardian while John lingered and had an altercation with Locke. Once John had dealt with him and resumed boarding, the Guardian began to awaken. Fireteam Osiris scrambled to escape the collapsing chamber it had been held in as it rose out of the ground. The Guardian caused massive amounts of destruction as it took to the air, both from the very fact that it was emerging from beneath the earth and from electromagnetic shockwaves it sent out continually. During this time, many mechanical Promethean forces were deployed from the Guardian to engage Fireteam Osiris as they tried to escape the destruction in their Pelican. The Guardian jumped to slipspace on a course for [[Genesis]], taking Blue Team with it.<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level ''[[Unconfirmed]]''</ref>

 

[[File:H5G-Blue-02.jpg|250px|thumb|Blue Team confronting Cortana.]]

{{Quote|no=three|q1=Chief? What are you going to do?|Kelly|q2=We're with you.|Linda|q3=All the way to the end, brother.|Fred|Members of Blue Team supporting the Chief{{Ref/Reuse|breaking}}}}

Upon landing on Genesis, Blue Team came across a series of computer consoles sounding musical tunes of [[Spartan signals|Oly Oly Oxen Free]]. Following the path unlocked by interacting with those consoles, Blue Team battled through stranded Covenant forces before meeting the Warden Eternal. Shortly after learning of the Warden Eternal's role as Cortana's defender, John demanded to meet her, only for the Warden Eternal to refuse and commence hostilities. Shortly after Blue Team's defeat of the Warden Eternal in battle, Cortana finally revealed herself to them, expressing relief that they had made it to Genesis. Upon questioning Cortana on the circumstances of her survival, they learned that the Domain had saved her; Cortana referred to it as the "fountain of youth" for AIs. Suspicious of Cortana's desire to reunite with them, Blue Team proceeded further into the planet in order to physically locate her.<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level ''[[Reunion]]''</ref> Shortly afterward, Fireteam Osiris caught up with Blue Team. Before the two Spartan teams could team up, Cortana separated them. Blue Team fought an uphill battle through Promethean forces and multiple bodies of the Warden Eternal before physically meeting Cortana. There she revealed to them her plan to use the Guardians as a means of enforcing a forced peace upon the galaxy. Rejecting Cortana's plan, John pleaded her to stand down and return to Earth with the team. Cortana refused and sealed Blue Team in a [[Cryptum]], intending to keep them in stasis for 10,000 years.<ref name="breaking">'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level ''[[The Breaking]]''</ref> With the aid of [[031 Exuberant Witness]], the monitor of Genesis installation, Fireteam Osiris narrowly managed to free Blue Team from the Cryptum just as Cortana retreated into slipspace. Following Cortana’s departure, both Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris together fought their way through hordes of Promethean constructs to reach [[India 127|a D79-TC Pelican]] that had previously arrived on the planet via a Guardian’s Slipspace entry. Based on Osiris' recommendation, they agreed to return to [[Sanghelios]]; the joint team requested Witness’ help, who opened a [[Slipspace portal]] for them.{{Ref/Reuse|Guardians}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Halo: Bad Blood|BadB}}

 

Upon their arrival at Sanghelios, now mostly in the dark due to the Guardian [[Battle of Sunaion|attack]] at [[Sunaion]], they correctly deduced that they’d find their allies near the region of [[Nuusra]]. Sure enough, they located the [[Swords of Sanghelios]]’ [[Sangheili hut|makeshift campsite]] on the cliffs and touched down, reuniting with Halsey, the Arbiter, and Palmer. After doing so, the two Spartan teams returned to the UNSC ''Infinity'' for debriefing.{{Ref/Reuse|Guardians}}{{Ref/Reuse|Halo: Bad Blood}}

 

[[File:HSOR FullCover Art.jpg|250px|thumb|Blue Team on an occupied Reach.]]

In [[2559#October|October 2559]], Blue Team, now wearing [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)|GEN3 armor]], was sent to infiltrate the ruined [[CASTLE Base]] on [[Reach]] in search of assets kept by Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] in a secret cryovault, assets that held the key to defeating [[Cortana]]. Blue Team and the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s forces came up against the [[Banished]] who were occupying the planet while searching for the [[Menachite portal complex|Forerunner complex]] that Blue Team had found beneath CASTLE Base during the [[Fall of Reach]]. The conflict left Blue Team battered and with heavily damaged armor, but they succeeded in retrieving three [[cryobin]]s and a lockbox from the cryovault. However, by following Blue Team's trail, the Banished succeeded in finding the Forerunner complex and opening a [[slipspace portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]], allowing [[Atriox]] to return to the Milky Way galaxy. While scouting the Forerunner complex, [[Fred-104]] encountered Blue Team's old friend [[Veta Lopis]], now undercover in the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]]. Lopis passed on a message to ONI through Fred, warning them of Atriox's return and the fact that the Keepers of the One Freedom, accompanied by the [[Ferret]]s, were heading to the Ark in order to fire the [[Halo Array]] and start the Great Journey.{{Ref/Novel|SoR}} The cryobins recovered by Blue Team contained Halsey's surviving [[flash cloning|cloned]] brains from the creation of Cortana, allowing her to create [[the Weapon]], an exact copy of Cortana whose mission was to imitate Cortana and lock her down for deletion.{{Ref/Game|Hi|Detail=[[Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Recovered Files|UNSC Audio log]]: Recovered Files}}{{Ref/Game|Hi}}

 

===Zeta Halo and split up===

{{Quote|no=three|q1=Are you sure about sending him alone, Doctor Halsey?|Lasky|q2=If everyone does their job correctly, John will not be alone, Captain.|Halsey|q3=I just question the value of splitting him off from the rest of Blue Team. That wasn't the initial plan.|Lasky|Halsey and Lasky discussing Chief's and Blue Team's roles in the impending mission{{Ref/Game|Id=ia3|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Infinity's Approach 2|UNSC Audio log|Detail=Infinity's Approach #03 - Duty Clearance}}}}

The original plan was to have Blue Team accompany John-117 in the task of deploying the Weapon, however a few hours before the start of the mission, December 12, 2559, Catherine Halsey decided to split Chief off from Blue Team and Thomas Lasky assigned them to another classified operation, something that Halsey was less than pleased about as she had something in mind herself for them.{{Ref/Reuse|ia3}} The same day, the UNSC ''Infinity'' was ambushed by Banished forces upon its arrival at Cortana's headquarters, [[Installation 07]]. It is unknown if Fred-104, Kelly-087 and Linda-058 participated in the [[Battle over Installation 07|space battle]] or the following six-months long [[Battle for Zeta Halo|conflict]] on the ring, with some UNSC survivors questioning their ultimate fate and hoping for their and Chief's return.{{Ref/Novel|RP|22}}{{Ref/Novel|RP|39}}

 

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Blue Team and Green Team participated in [[Operation: HORIZON]].{{Ref/Site|Id=halseycomputer|URL=https://halotheseries.tv/|Site=Halo: The Series|Page=Dr. Catherine Halsey's Computer|D=25|M=3|Y=2022|LocalArchive=Dr. Catherine Halsey's Computer}}

Blue Team is featured in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' for the first time in a ''Halo'' game. They accompany John-117 throughout the campaign and accept commands from the player. Fred, Kelly, and Linda are also playable in [[cooperative play]], each with their own individual [[loadout]] and [[Heads-up display|HUD]].<ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'''</ref>

 

File:Waypoint - Blue Team logo.png|Blue Team's emblem.

File:HTFOR original cover art.png|Blue Team as seen on the original ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' cover.

File:HFOR-Spartan-BlueTeam.jpg|The original roster of Blue Team (Kelly, John, and Sam) on the 2010 ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'' cover.

File:Blue Team - Commonwealth 2.png|Two members of Blue Team onboard ''[[Unrelenting]]'' during the Battle of Chi Ceti.

File:HFoR - Blue Team vs Hunter.jpg|Blue Team fighting a [[Mgalekgolo]] in 2552.

File:HFoR - Blue Team on Gamma Station.jpg|Blue Team fighting aboard [[Gamma Station]] in 2552.

File:Blue Team Escalation1.png|Blue Team aboard a GA-TL1 Longsword during the Mission to Installation 03 in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.

File:BluevsPrometheans.jpg|Blue Team engaging Promethean Knights on Installation 03.

File:Escalation - Didact vs Blue Team.png|The Didact attacking Blue Team.

File:Halo Escalation 10.jpg|Blue Team on the cover of ''[[Halo: Escalation#10]]''.

File:Onitalk.jpg|Blue Team on another mission after the Installation 03 mission.

File:HtT-BlueTeam.png|Blue Team on Meridian in ''[[The Hunt Begins]]''.

File:H5G-Blue Team renders.jpg|Blue Team's final character models in ''Halo 5: Guardians''

File:H5G-BlueTeam GI 2.jpg|Blue Team aboard the ''Argent Moon''.

File:H5G-BlueTeam GI.jpg|Blue Team in combat.

File:H5G-BlueTeammocap.jpg|Blue Team's motion capture actors for ''Halo 5: Guardians''.

File:HM-BlueTeam.png|Blue Team on Meridian in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''.

File:HCD3-BlueTeammad.jpg|Blue Team in ''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''.

**''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]''

*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''  

**''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]''

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