Talk:Blue Team

Wondering

I am under the impression that blue team is basically the lead team over a group of soldiers in the UNSC. support is that 117 commander of the spartan IIs was in blue team. also the lead spartan IIIs were in a blue team as well--Spartan 1138 02:58, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

In addition to that McKay's squad in The Flood was also blue team--File:GRAW.png|25px]]MCPO Spartan 1138 15:38, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

why are sparten III in the same team as sparten IIs butthead4

Because of the events in Ghosts of Onyx, when the last remnants of Blue Team accept some Gamma Company members into their roster while on the Shield World. -- Specops306 ^{Autocrat Qur'a 'Morhek} 16:44, 19 March 2011 (EDT)

Need more images

Hey, could we get a high-resolution screenshot of the whole of Blue Team as they appeared in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn? I'd do it myself, but I'm kinda pressed for time right now. If anyone could do it soon, that would be great. If not, I'll do it myself when I get back from work. --Xamikaze330 (talk|contribs) 15:18, 5 November 2012 (EST)Xamikaze330

UPDATE: I was able to grab the highest-quality screenshot of Blue Team in H4FUD that I was able to get. I set it to high-definition mode on YouTube. So, never mind. --Xamikaze330 (talk|contribs) 21:02, 7 November 2012 (EST)Xamikaze330

Blue Team in Halo Legends: The Package

Hey, should we add the team that participated in the Raid on the Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence here too? I mean, there is still Master Chief, Fred-104, Kelly-087 and a couple other SPARTAN-IIs, but it is still Blue Team regardless, right? And also, I do believe on several different occasions they have had more than just the three we've seen so far (John-117, Fred-104, and Kelly-087) on the screen, but also in the novels too. They've had Linda-058, Kurt-051 (I think, but I could be wrong), to name a couple. So, how about it? Any thoughts or concerns? --Xamikaze330 [Transmission|Commencing] 21:53, 29 July 2013 (EDT)Xamikaze330

Main image

Although it's new, shiny and so on, the current main image doesn't really show each member very well. John and Kelly are good, but Fred and Linda are barely visible. I was wondering if we could replace it, for example by this one as it depicts each current member quite equally. (or by any other similar image, if you happen to find an even better one) Imrane-117 (talk) 17:15, 3 November 2014 (EST)

I don't know. The equal representation angle is there, but then again the image you provided (and all comic panels really) look infinitely more flat as the main image than the current one, which is not perfect by any means but it still does show all four members to some degree. The fact it does that with style is just a plus. --Jugus (Talk | Contribs) 00:19, 4 November 2014 (EST)

Armor

Sooo...Now we can argue about what generation of armor blue team have been using. It seems they got their modern armor back in 2552, before Covenant ivaded Earth. While at that exact moment aboard Cairo station Chief receiving his new old MK6, Blue team already got these ones. In my opinion 343 made a mystake when they said that Chief's armor plating was upgraded by Cortana. They should have said that it always looked like that and they just redisigned it. And in the years to come while working on Anniversary's 343 should have used model of chief armor from Halo 4. And all other armor blue team using just a variants based on Chief's Mk6. This is so much easier.--Necrontir (talk|contribs) 02:46, 7 November 2012 (EST)

It's just a concession for the sake of visual storytelling, ie. making Blue Team's appearance consistent with their look in Escalation and Halo 5: Guardians. Same reason they don't as much as mention Will-043 (which irks me to no end)—because they don't want to confuse casual fans any more than they already do by introducing these previously EU-only characters in the games. And I wouldn't be surprised if the models Sequence used were from Guardians too. We could argue to no end about what 343i should've done but we do know the "classic" Mark VI armor is still canon based on H2A and the somewhat bastardized yet recognizable version in Halos 4 and 5. And it's good to note that these video terminals have never been shining beacons of visual integrity either. --Jugus (Talk | Contribs) 03:49, 7 November 2014 (EST)

I disagree about retconning the armour. I think it could have been seen as (and in my book, would have been) a disservice to Bungie's legacy, replacing the old armour with the new look. As it stands, it's less a replacement than a supplement. The old armour (and era) still exists, and the new armour exists to separate the new era, making it it's own thing. I've grown to really like the new armour - I remember someone from Bungie (it may have been Jason Jones, though don't quote me on that) as saying, during Halo 2's development, that the change from Mark V to Mark VI was to make the Chief feel less like a tank and more like a fighter jet. I think that was a thematic misstep. As a supersoldier, you WANT to feel like a tank, a bulky, powerful, unstoppable juggernaut.

As for Blue Team - MJOLNIR had a whole bunch of weird development issues and prototypes being field tested years before the innovations made it into the field - shields on MJOLNIR as early as 2531, Mark V tested by Noble a year before the S-IIs got it, Black's odd relationship with the Mark VI look, etc. I'm sure any discrepancies with Blue's armour could be argued as some ONI-developed prototypes, reverse-engineering Cortana's own improvements, hauling out variants that existed but we as viewers didn't get to see before (which is probably the case, since the new Mark VI is meant to be visually reminiscent of an old Mark IV look) or something of the sort. Weirdly enough, I've never had much of a problem with the weird armour issues Halo has thrown up, but I will throw a hissy fit at the idea of a previously unseen Covenant species. Jugus is a better man than I in that regard. :P

Edit: okay, well I hadn't seen the terminals at the time. Now that I have - yeah, I'm betting they're going to be part of the same set as whatever armour design inspired Cortana's rebuild. I would say that they were originally Mark IV, upgraded with Mark V parts (during First Strike) and then replaced by the original Mark VI before they headed off to Onyx, then switching back to a Mark VI version of their original sets. And yeah, hoping Blue will be in Halo 5! :D -- Qura 'Morhek ^{The Autocrat of Morheka} 05:45, 7 November 2014 (EST)

Kurt as Commander

When did Kurt ever lead Blue Team? Japeth555 (talk) 10:24, 8 March 2017 (EST)Japeth555

He was in charge of the overall group of human survivors on Onyx during the battle, though I don't think he was explicitly a member of Blue Team at the time. Especially since he made a conscious effort to associate himself more strongly with the S-IIIs. --Jugus (talk) 08:05, 9 March 2017 (EST)