Editing Fire Team Charlie

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*[[MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System]]
*[[M6D Personal Defense Weapon System]]
*[[Sniper Rifle System 99C-S2 AM]]
*[[M19 SSM Rocket Launcher]]
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*[[Battle of Installation 04]]
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'''Fire Team Charlie''' was a [[United Nations Space Command]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] unit stationed aboard the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} that actively participated in the [[Battle of Installation 04]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]'''</ref>

==Background==
Fire Team Charlie was led by [[John-117]] to rescue [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes|Keyes]], who had been captured by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]. Although many were killed, some still survived. Eventually, Keyes led the remaining Marines to a "weapons cache", where most of the team was killed or infected by the [[Flood]].

==History==
===Battle of Reach===
{{Main|Battle of Reach}}

When the Master Chief was sent to retrieve vital data, he encountered Staff Sergeant Johnson and Privates [[Wallace Jenkins]], [[Bisenti]], and [[O'Brien]]. After the data was retrieved, the Marines were also escorted to the ''Pillar of Autumn''. The ''Autumn'', with Fire Team Charlie aboard, then [[Slipspace|jumped]] away from the battle.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''chapter 37''</ref>

===Battle of Installation 04===
{{Main|Battle of Installation 04}}

When the ''Autumn'' arrived, they found that there were Covenant forces around them, and was soon assaulted by the aliens. Fire Team Charlie, led by Sergeant Johnson, managed to repel the enemy long enough for them to escape via a [[Bumblebee Escape Pod]].

Some of the pods had been destroyed on impact, killing the unprotected Marines within.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> The Escape Pods who had survived were spread out, and as a result, the Covenant located them quickly, attacking the Marines. The Master Chief, who had also escaped, went on a mission to rescue the remaining Marines. Even with his assistance, the Covenant managed to capture Captain Keyes.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', level ''[[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved Level)|Halo]]''</ref> Part of Fire Team Charlie was assigned to board and rescue Keyes with the Master Chief.<ref name="TnR">'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', level ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation (Level)|The Truth and Reconciliation]]''</ref>

During the assault on the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'', Fire Team Charlie, led by [[Sergeant (UNSC)|Sergeant]] [[Parker]], helped SPARTAN-117 assault the [[Covenant]] ship to rescue Captain Keyes. This Marine strike team was killed by [[Stealth Elites]] armed with [[Energy Swords]] once separated from [[SPARTAN-117]]. However, from Cortana's reports, the Marines gave a good fight against their attackers, as SPARTAN-117 came across several Covenant [[Elite]] corpses, ridden with bullet holes. Fire Team Charlie did not die in vain: Captain Keyes was freed from his Covenant prison cell by the SPARTAN-117. It is presumed that some of Fire Team Charlie survived the battle on the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' because some of the Marines were kept in reserves.<ref name="TnR"/>

This Fire Team Charlie was part of [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]]'s [[platoon]] and was with Captain Keyes and Johnson when they went searching for a [[weapons]] cache that turned out to be a [[Flood Containment Facility]].<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', level ''[[343 Guilty Spark (Level)|343 Guilty Spark]]''</ref> Fire Team Charlie's Marines were either turned into [[Flood]] [[Combat Forms]] or went [[MIA]] onboard the ''Truth and Reconciliation'', or near Alpha Base. PFC Chips Dubbo was left with Corporal Lovik's squad and was extracted by Echo 419. The only other known "survivor" of the expedition to search for the "weapons" was Jenkins, who was controlled by a weaker Infection Form.

He proceeded to alert the Marines of the Flood's presence below Alpha Base and the newly captured ''Truth and Reconciliation'', his actions leading to the marines destroying and going down with their ship, all hands with it - but preventing the Flood from escaping Halo. The victims of the [[Infection Forms]] were either killed by Johnson during his flee from the weapons cache, destroyed by SPARTAN-117 during his escape from the facility, defeated by [[McKay]]'s ODST Platoon, destroyed aboard the ''[[Infinite Succor]]'', or were killed during the destruction of [[Installation 04|Halo]].

==Known Members==
*[[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson]]
*[[Sergeant]] [[Parker]]
*[[Private First Class]] [[Chips Dubbo]]
*Private First Class [[Wallace A. Jenkins]]
*Private First Class [[Fitzgerald]]
*Private [[Manuel Mendoza]]
*Private [[Kappus]] (technical specialist)
*Private [[Bisenti]]
*Private [[Riley]]
*Private [[O'Brien (Marine)|O'Brien]]
*"[[AWOL Marine]]"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:FT_Charlie1.JPG|Sergeant Johnson gives a "pep talk" to Fire Team Charlie.
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File:FT_Charlie3.JPG
File:Squad_move.JPG|Fire Team Charlie moves through a rainy swamp and into a Forerunner structure.
File:Squad_wait2.JPG|Fire Team Charlie, accompanied by Captain Keyes, hold their position outside a locked door.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*[[Halo: Combat Evolved]] {{1st}}
*[[Halo: The Flood]]

==Sources==
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==Links==
===Internal===
*[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
*[[Fire Team Zulu]]
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