Editing Team Omega

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Military infobox
|image=[[File:Omega Team emblem.svg|x100px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Omega Team's [[Symbols of the UNSC#Navy|logo]]{{Ref/Game|HW2|:File:HW2-OmegaTeamConcept2-TheoS.jpg|Omega Team concept art}}
[[File:HW2-Omega.jpg|300px]]<br>Three members of Omega Team in 2559.
|formed=[[2531]] - Active in [[2560]]
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|branch=[[UNSC Navy]]
*[[Naval Special Warfare Command]]
**[[SPARTAN-II program]]
|type=
|role=Quick reaction force{{Ref/Reuse|knowscope}}
|size=3-6 operators
|nicknames=
|battles=*[[Human-Covenant War]]
**[[Battle of Arcadia]]
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
|commanders=[[August-099]]{{Ref/Game|Id=HIAugust|HINF|Armor customization (Halo Infinite)|Armor Hall|Detail=Emblem - August-099|Quote=Team lead, engineering genius, and fan of hypervelocity firepower.}}
}}
{{Quote|This is too easy.|Omega's leader on repelling the Covenant from [[Arcadia City (location)|Arcadia City]].{{Ref/Level|Id=Outskirts|HW|Arcadia Outskirts}}}}

'''Team Omega''' is a fast reaction unit of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II supersoldiers]]. During the [[Human-Covenant War]], they were deployed to defend [[human colonies]] under attack by the [[Covenant]], their roles including the reinforcement of local defenses to buy time for UNSC forces to respond, emergency evacuation, and various asset denial operations.{{Ref/Game|Id=PL|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Omega Team}}{{Ref/Site|Id=knowscope|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/know-scope|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Community Update - Know-Scope|D=28|M=07|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p69|Enc22|Page=69}}

==Known members==
[[File:HW-Team Omega.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Omega Team in [[Arcadia City (location)|Arcadia City]].]]
During the [[Battle of Arcadia]] in [[2531#February|February 2531]], Omega contained six members: [[Leon-011]], [[Robert-025]], [[August-099]], [[Vannak-134]], [[Riz-028]], and [[Kai-125]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CF150|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-give-em-lore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - If They Want Lore, We'll Give 'Em Lore|D=22|M=02|Y=2024}} During their deployment to Arcadia City, four members were armed with anti-tank weapons; two wielded [[M6 Spartan Laser]]s and the other two used four-tubed rocket launchers of an unknown model. The other two members carried [[AIE-486H machine gun]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Outskirts}} Along with Red Team, they field-tested the earliest known iteration of [[energy shielding]] technology with their [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV#Advanced Hardware Prototype|MJOLNIR powered armor]].{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|EVG|Page=119|Quote=Energy shielding was a key feature of Mark V, although other Spartan squads had field-tested prototypes of this technology as early as 2531.}}

A later incarnation of the team, whose survival was discerned by the crew of the ''Spirit of Fire'' in [[2559]] from UNSC records on [[Installation 00|the Ark]], consisted of Leon, Robert, and August, armed with an [[energy sword]], a portable [[plasma cannon]], and an [[ARC-920]] railgun respectively.{{Ref/Reuse|PL}}{{Ref/Reuse|knowscope}}
<!--The Encyclopedia is written from a post-Infinite POV, so all information within is accurate as of that date-->

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Team composition (May 2560)
*[[Leon-011]]{{Ref/Reuse|knowscope}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p69}}
*[[Robert-025]]{{Ref/Reuse|knowscope}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p69}} (Combat engineer){{Ref/Game|Id=HIRobert|HINF|Armor customization (Halo Infinite)|Armor Hall|Detail=Emblem - Robert-025|Quote=The uncivil engineer who enjoys tearing down the hard work of Covenant and Banished invaders with precise targeting.}}
*[[August-099]]{{Ref/Reuse|knowscope}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p69}} (Leader){{Ref/Reuse|HIAugust}}
{{Col-2}}
;Former members
*[[Riz-028]] (2531, 2540) (rejoined [[Silver Team]] after operation on [[Hellas]]) (unknown)
*[[Kai-125]] (2531, 2540) (rejoined Silver Team after operation on Hellas) (unknown)
*[[Vannak-134]] (2531, 2540) (rejoined Silver Team after operation on Hellas) (unknown)
{{col-end}}

==History==
[[File:Halo Wars - Omega MA5.png|thumb|250px|A member of Team Omega firing an [[MA5B assault rifle]] during the Battle for Arcadia.]]
===Human-Covenant War===
Formed primarily for asset denial operations,{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p69}} Omega Team is typically deployed with the goal of breaking the enemy's hold long enough in order to reinforce local defenses and buy time for a [[UNSC]] response. During the [[Human-Covenant War]], Omega Team was deployed to several [[Human colonies|colony worlds]] threatened by the [[Covenant]], assisting in emergency evacuation efforts and enacting classified last-stand protocols. The team proved highly proficient at the denial of critical resources, data, and even personnel to the Covenant by any means necessary, which sometimes required the deployment of weapons of mass destruction.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p69}} During the early years of the war, Omega Team and Red Team worked closely with each other on several occasions.{{Ref/Reuse|PL}}{{Ref/Reuse|knowscope}}

At some point in [[2527]], Omega Team may have been deployed against [[Insurrectionist]] forces in an operation on [[Hellas]] against insurgent forces employing the use of [[Rumbledrug]]s. However, it is possible that Omega Team was merely briefed on this operation rather than actively assigned to it.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Hippo|Halo: Hippocratica}}

When the planet [[Arcadia]] [[Battle for Arcadia|fell under attack]] by the [[Covenant]] on [[2531#February|February 9, 2531]], Team Omega was deployed to an unknown location on the planet; the three members of Red Team ([[Jerome-092|Jerome]], [[Alice-130|Alice]], and [[Douglas-042|Douglas]]) were meanwhile tasked with defending the capital, Arcadia City.{{Ref/Level|HW|Arcadia City}} Team Omega was eventually redirected to the outskirts of Arcadia City to reinforce Red Team and the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] from the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. Following a twenty-minute delay Team Omega reinforced their beleaguered comrades and swiftly drove the Covenant from the capital.{{Ref/Reuse|Outskirts}}

In [[2540]], the team of six Spartans temporarily reformed for operations on [[Hellas]], but members Riz-028, Kai-125, and Vannak-134 were assigned to [[Silver Team]] shortly afterward.{{Ref/Reuse|CF150}}

[[File:H2A OmegaTeam BreachArmour.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Leon-011]] and [[Robert-025]] testing the [[Breach attachments]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-food-for-thought|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Food for Thought|D=07|M=10|Y=2022|Detail=This image's original filename, <code>Omega-Team-Breach-scaled.jpg</code>, and alt text confirm these Spartans' identity.|Quote=Screenshot of Leon-011 and Robert-025 testing Breach armor}}]]
During the late stages of the Human-Covenant War, or the earliest years of the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|post-war]] era, Omega Team were involved in the testing of numerous "[[Breach attachments|Breach]]" development iterations on the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|MJOLNIR Mark VI]] platform. These field tests were successful, and saw improvements folded into later [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|GEN2]] and [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)|GEN3]] productions.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFFood|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-food-for-thought|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Food for Thought|D=07|M=10|Y=2022}}

===Post-war===
At some point following the [[New Phoenix Incident]] in [[2557#July|July 2557]], the [[Forerunner]] legal entity known as [[Catalog]] took note of Red and Omega Teams. Catalog stated that personally identifying information about the Spartans in question could not be revealed pending the investigation of Red Team's actions in the [[Battle of Trove]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/who-made-up-red-team-omega/e7b257e2-8fa2-4e4d-8755-999a9bbaf712/posts|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Who made up Red Team Omega?|D=29|M=12|Y=2019|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Who made up Red Team Omega?}} However, during the [[Second Ark Conflict]], UNSC records recovered from the [[Henry Lamb research outpost]] showed that Team Omega had survived the Human-Covenant War and currently consists of three members: Leon-011, Robert-025, and August-099.{{Ref/Reuse|PL}}{{Ref/Reuse|knowscope}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p69}}

In [[2560]], Omega Team was deployed to [[Arcadia]]. After observing a deal take place between [[Optican]] CEO [[Adam Andrews]] and [[Kig-Yar]] working for [[Nor Fel]], Omega Team proceeded to eliminate the Kig-Yar in order to prevent their acquisition of a {{Pattern|R'awuw|Scarab}}'s focus beam. While investigating the cargo manifest of the Kig-Yar's [[Phantom]] dropship, Omega Team discovered that the aliens had delivered Andrews a shipment of [[rumbledrug]]s, causing them to wonder what use Optican had for the drugs.{{Ref/Reuse|Hippo}}

==Gameplay==
===''Halo Wars''===
Spartan units from Team Omega appear only in the fifth ''[[Halo Wars]]'' campaign level of ''[[Arcadia Outskirts]]''. They are essentially clones in gameplay terms: all six members share voice files with and carry the same weapons as the named members of Red Team. The player must fend off Covenant attacks for 20 minutes until the arrival of Team Omega, which then triggers the final objective of destroying the [[Covenant citadel]].

===''Halo Wars 2''===
Three members of Team Omega, including Leon-011, Robert-025, and August-099, are available as special units when playing as leader Commander Jerome-092 from the [[downloadable content]] "Icons of War" Pack. In addition to being armed with different weapons, each Spartan unit is equipped with energy shielding and capable of [[Boarding (gameplay mechanic)|boarding]] enemy vehicles. They can only be accessed through Commander Jerome's Leader Power Omega Team Drop, and cannot be dropped again until all Team Omega members are killed. Omega Team can only be accessed once Tier 5 Leader Power is unlocked and it takes 1 Leader Point to assign them.

===''Halo Infinite''===
The three members Leon-011, Robert-025, and August-099 later made an appearance in the Halo Infinite shop during the Spirit of Fire update (January 30 2024-March 5 2024). The bundle costs 3800 credits and includes a large list of cosmetics to match the hefty price.
====Phoenix log====
{| class="wikitable": style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; width: 45%"
|+ '''[[Phoenix Logs|Phoenix Log]] - Omega Team'''
|-
|{{:Phoenix Logs/UNSC Units/Omega Team}}
|}

==Non-canon and dubious canon appearances==
===Silver Timeline===
{{Notice/Silver|category=no}}
Omega Team was active in operations against the Covenant in 2552.{{Ref/Film|Id=S2|TV|Season Two}}
==Production notes==
[[File:HW EarlyOmega.jpg|thumb|300px|Spartan Group Omega in the ''Halo Wars'' announcement trailer.]]
{{Quote|If they want war, we'll give 'em war!|Spartan Group Omega's leader.{{Ref/Marketing|HW|Ad=Halo Wars announcement trailer}}}}
*Five Spartans identified as "Spartan Group Omega" appear at the end of the [[Halo Wars announcement trailer|announcement trailer]] for ''[[Halo Wars]]''. They wear an early design of the Mjolnir Mark IV that was abandoned later in the game's development. This design had much bulkier armor plating and a helmet reminiscent of the [[Mark VI]], whereas the final version's helmet closely resembles that of the [[Mark V]].
*Team Omega's designation is something of an anomaly. All of the major Spartan-II teams follow a color-themed naming convention, with [[Blue Team|Blue]], [[Red Team|Red]], [[Green Team|Green]], [[Black Team|Black]] and [[Gray Team|Gray]] teams known. During the [[Fall of Reach]], Red Team split into various sub-units with designations based on the Greek alphabet, suggesting Omega may have been a splinter of Red or some other major team; however, their official description suggests they are a more permanent formation.{{Ref/Reuse|knowscope}}
*In "[[Repairs]]", the twelfth campaign level of ''Halo Wars'', the members of Red Team are mislabeled as "TEAM OMEGA" as opposed to the Spartans' unique tags.
*[[343 Industries]] has noted in a [[Canon Fodder]] post that both the concept art and the final ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' in-game models of Omega Team could be considered authoritative in some capacity, stating that ''"Discerning lore-lovers should feel free to consider both iterations fair game for expanding their imaginations."''{{Ref/Reuse|knowscope}} Furthermore, the [[2022]] edition of the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)|Halo Encyclopedia]]'' utilizes said concept art for its depiction of Omega Team, firmly cementing its canon status.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p69}} In [[2024]]'s [[Content Update 29]], each member of Omega Team's armor suites were fully-realized in canon as armor bundles for ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.{{Ref/Site|Id=CUFireteam|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/fireteam-february|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Community Update - Fireteam February|D=11|M=02|Y=2024}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HW2-OmegaTeamConcept1-TheoS.png|Concept art of Omega Team for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.
File:HW2-OmegaTeamConcept2-TheoS.jpg|Detailed concepts of the ''Halo Wars 2'' incarnation of Omega Team.
File:HW2-OmegaTeam&Mantis.png|Omega Team in ''Halo Wars 2''.
File:HINF-OmegaTeamcosplayers.png|Omega Team's Mark IV armor in ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.
File:HINF Robert-025 Armor.jpg|[[Robert-025]]'s Mark IV armor in ''Halo Infinite''.
File:HINF August-099 Armor.jpg|[[August-099]]'s Mark IV armor in ''Halo Infinite''.
File:HINF Leon-011 Armor.jpg|[[Leon-011]]'s Mark IV armor in ''Halo Infinite''.
File:Hippocratica_Cover.jpg|Omega Team on the cover for the ''[[Halo: Hippocratica]]'', represented in their ''Halo Infinite'' armour.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' {{C|Non-canonical appearance}}
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{C|Emblems only}}
*''[[Halo: Hippocratica]]''
*''[[Halo: The Television Series Season Two]]''
**''[[Sanctuary (TV Series)|Sanctuary]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Sword (TV Series)|Sword]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

{{SPARTAN Teams}}

[[Category:SPARTAN-II teams]]