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"Beta-Red may be tough as hell, but I have no idea how long they'll be able to tie up two armor divisions."

Beta-Red, also known as Team Beta, was a splinter team of the SPARTAN-II Red Team. During the Fall of Reach, Beta-Red was the largest splinter of Red Team, consisting of six Spartans^{[Note 1]} led by Beta-Romeo Actual.

Fall of Reach[edit]

On August 30, 2552, the Spartans of Red Team were deployed to the surface of Reach by Pelican Bravo 001. En route, the pilot, Flight Officer Mitchell, was killed by pursuing Seraphs. Senior Chief Petty Officer Fred-104, the leader of Red Team, ordered the Spartans to make a high-altitude jump to the surface; four Spartans were killed in the jump and several were wounded. After rendezvousing, Fred divided Red Team into four splinter teams: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta. Beta-Red were tasked with defending Reach's orbital defense platform generators against Covenant attack.

Beta-Red managed to get a transmission to Fred and the UNSC Pillar of Autumn, warning them to stay away from the planet because most of the generators had been destroyed, and that they would attempt to protect the several remaining generators. They were eventually deployed to Recon 43's position to reinforce a Marine unit, Charlie Company, defending Facility Alpha 331 from two division-strength units of Covenant armored vehicles, fighting deep into the center of the enemy formation.^[2] A dropship piloted by Iron Fist attempted to retrieve Beta-Red, but the evacuation was interrupted by the descent of three Covenant cruisers from cloud cover directly overhead.^[3] Artillery support from the destroyer UNSC Majestic was called in to destroy the three cruisers and any surviving Covenant forces; Majestic fired six MAC rounds at the targets, presumably taking the lives of Beta-Red, who had remained behind to buy Charlie Company enough time to evacuate.^[4]

Known members[edit]

Beta-Romeo Actual
Red-Four
Red-Fifteen
Red-Nineteen

List of appearances[edit]

Halo: First Strike (First appearance)
Halo: Reach (Mentioned only)
Halo: Infinite (Mentioned only)

Notes[edit]

^ The original edition of Halo: First Strike states that Beta-Red was composed of 11 Spartans. However, the Definitive Edition of the novel states that Beta-Red was comprised of six Spartans, addressing the discrepancy in the team's size. Despite this, the radio conversations in Halo: Reach describe Beta-Red as having 11 members.

Sources[edit]

^ Halo: Reach - Boneyard radio conversation
^ Halo: Reach - Countdown radio conversation:
"Holy <static>! You ain't gonna believe this! Beta-Red just punched right up into the guts of that Covie column! Ever see a Spartan go hand to hand with a Wraith? Unbelievable!"

— First Lieutenant Buckman
^ Halo: Reach - Boardwalk radio conversation:
"Iron Fist, this is Gamma-1 Actual; three Covenant cruisers just dropped out of cloud directly above us, holding at approximately twenty thousand feet, traveling due east at approximately three hundred knots - three-zero-zero knots!"

— First Lieutenant Jake Chapman
^ Halo: Reach - Reflection radio conversation:
"Beta-Red have gone above and beyond but there's no way out for them. They just bought us our window. Now give me the go and I'll finish the job."

— Alpha 20

[2] The original edition of Halo: First Strike states that Beta-Red was composed of 11 Spartans. However, the Definitive Edition of the novel states that Beta-Red was comprised of six Spartans, addressing the discrepancy in the team's size. Despite this, the radio conversations in Halo: Reach describe Beta-Red as having 11 members.

[1] Halo: Reach - Boneyard radio conversation

[3] Halo: Reach - Countdown radio conversation:
"Holy <static>! You ain't gonna believe this! Beta-Red just punched right up into the guts of that Covie column! Ever see a Spartan go hand to hand with a Wraith? Unbelievable!"

— First Lieutenant Buckman

[4] Halo: Reach - Boardwalk radio conversation:
"Iron Fist, this is Gamma-1 Actual; three Covenant cruisers just dropped out of cloud directly above us, holding at approximately twenty thousand feet, traveling due east at approximately three hundred knots - three-zero-zero knots!"

— First Lieutenant Jake Chapman

[5] Halo: Reach - Reflection radio conversation:
"Beta-Red have gone above and beyond but there's no way out for them. They just bought us our window. Now give me the go and I'll finish the job."

— Alpha 20

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+{{Quote|Beta-Red may be tough as hell, but I have no idea how long they'll be able to tie up two armor divisions.|[[First Lieutenant]] [[Jake Chapman]]<ref>'''Halo: Reach''' - ''[[Boneyard]]'' [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|radio conversation]]</ref>}}
-{{Quote|Beta Red may be tough as hell, but I have no idea how long they'll be able to tie up two armor divisions.|Lieutenant [[Jake Chapman]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Boneyard]]''</ref>}}
-'''Beta Red''', also known as '''Team Beta''', was a splinter team of the [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Red Team]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{fact}} Beta Red was the largest splinter team of the original Red Team and consisted of eleven [[SPARTAN-II]]s<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Countdown]]'': {{Quote|What are eleven Spartans gonna do against thirty thousand Covenant? They're dead men.|Gamma 1}}</ref>. During the [[Fall of Reach]], the team was deployed to various operations by Reach CENTCOM, including civilian evacuation operations along with the rest of Red Team. Finally, on August 30, they were tasked with the defense of the Orbital Defense Platform generators against [[Covenant]] attack on [[Reach]], and likely met their deaths as friendly fire casualties.
+'''Beta-Red''', also known as '''Team Beta''', was a splinter team of the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Red Team]]. During the [[Fall of Reach]], Beta-Red was the largest splinter of Red Team, consisting of six Spartans{{Ref/Note|The original edition of ''Halo: First Strike'' states that Beta-Red was composed of 11 Spartans. However, the Definitive Edition of the novel states that Beta-Red was comprised of six Spartans, addressing the discrepancy in the team's size. Despite this, the radio conversations in ''Halo: Reach'' describe Beta-Red as having 11 members.}} led by [[Beta-Romeo Actual]].
-==Battle of Reach==
+==Fall of Reach==
-{{Main|Battle of Reach}}
+On [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]], the Spartans of Red Team were deployed to the surface of Reach by [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] ''[[Bravo 001]]''. En route, the pilot, [[Mitchell|Flight Officer Mitchell]], was killed by pursuing [[Seraph]]s. [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Fred-104]], the leader of Red Team, ordered the Spartans to make a high-altitude jump to the surface; four Spartans were killed in the jump and several were wounded. After rendezvousing, Fred divided Red Team into four splinter teams: [[Team Alpha|Alpha]], Beta, [[Team Gamma|Gamma]], and [[Team Delta|Delta]]. Beta-Red were tasked with defending [[Reach]]'s [[orbital defense platform]] [[Orbital defense generator|generators]] against [[Covenant]] attack.
-The majority of the Spartans of Red Team were formed into Team Beta. On August 23rd, Beta Red were deployed by Reach CENTCOM to evacuating civilian population centers.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[New Alexandria]]'': {{Quote|Sir, that true about Gauntlet, Red and Echo Teams assigned to civilian evac ops?|[[Jun-A266]]}}</ref>
+Beta-Red managed to get a transmission to Fred and the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, warning them to stay away from the planet because most of the generators had been destroyed, and that they would attempt to protect the several remaining generators. They were eventually deployed to [[Recon 43]]'s position to reinforce a [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] unit, [[Charlie Company]], defending [[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-331|Facility Alpha 331]] from two division-strength units of Covenant armored vehicles, fighting deep into the center of the enemy formation.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''' - ''Countdown'' radio conversation: {{Quote|Holy <static>! You ain't gonna believe this! Beta-Red just punched right up into the guts of that Covie column! Ever see a Spartan go hand to hand with a [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith]]? Unbelievable!|[[Buckman|First Lieutenant Buckman]]}}</ref> A dropship piloted by [[Iron Fist]] attempted to retrieve Beta-Red, but the evacuation was interrupted by the descent of three Covenant cruisers from cloud cover directly overhead.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''' - ''Boardwalk'' radio conversation: {{Quote|Iron Fist, this is Gamma-1 Actual; three Covenant cruisers just dropped out of cloud directly above us, holding at approximately twenty thousand feet, traveling due east at approximately three hundred knots - three-zero-zero knots!|First Lieutenant Jake Chapman}}</ref> Artillery support from the destroyer {{UNSCShip|Majestic}} was called in to destroy the three cruisers and any surviving Covenant forces; ''Majestic'' fired six [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds at the targets, presumably taking the lives of Beta-Red, who had remained behind to buy Charlie Company enough time to evacuate.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''' - ''[[Reflection]]'' radio conversation: {{Quote|Beta-Red have gone above and beyond but there's no way out for them. They just bought us our window. Now give me the go and I'll finish the job.|[[Alpha 20]]}}</ref>
-On August 30th, Beta Red's job was to defend the orbital defense generators at all costs. To compromise this mission meant the fall of [[Reach]]. Most of the generators were destroyed, but not due to any real fault on the Spartans' behalf, but rather due to overwhelming Covenant forces. These Covenant attacks in mass numbers easily overran the few Spartan defenders, allowing the Covenant to destroy the generators that the Spartans were protecting. This dismal failure and complete waste of lives was likely due to inadequate time to set up defensive emplacements, and/or inadequate time to develop an ideal strategy.  It may also have been because three Covenant Cruisers broke through and destroyed the generators with their weapons.
+==Known members==
+*[[Beta-Romeo Actual]]
-Beta Red fell quickly. They managed to get a transmission to [[Frederic-104]] and the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, warning them to stay away from the planet because most of the generators had been destroyed, but in a futile attempt, they would attempt to protect the several remaining generators.{{fact}} They were eventually deployed to [[Recon 43]]'s position to reinforce a UNSC Marine unit, [[Charlie Company]], defending [[Facility Alpha 331]] from two division-strength units of Covenant armoured vehicles, punching hard into the centre of the enemy formation.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Countdown]]'': {{Quote|Holy...! <static> You're ain't gonna believe this! Beta Red just punched right up into the guts of that Covie column! Ever see a Spartan go hand to hand with a Wraith? Unbelievable!|Gamma 5}}</ref> Dropship [[Iron Fist]] was deployed to retrieve Beta Red, but their evacuation was interrupted by the de-cloaking of three Covenant cruisers right above them.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Boardwalk]]'': {{Quote|Iron Fist, This is Gamma 1 Actual. Three Covenant cruisers just dropped out of cloak directly above us, holding at approximately twenty thousand feet traveling due east at approximately three hundred knots, three-zero-zero knots!|Gamma 1}}</ref> Artillery support from the {{UNSCShip|Majestic}} was called in to destroy the three cruisers and any surviving Covenant, presumably taking the lives of Beta Red, who had sacrificed their lives to buy Charlie Company enough time to evacuate.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''[[Reflection]]'': {{Quote|Beta Red have gone above and beyond but there's no way out for them, they just bought us our window, now give me the go and I'll finish the job.|[[Alpha 20]]}}</ref>
+*Red-Four
+*[[Red-Fifteen]]
+*Red-Nineteen
-The actual fate of Beta Red is left ambiguous. Six [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds were fired at the targets by the ''Majestic'', but Iron Fist had made a last-ditch attempt to evacuate Beta Red. There was no confirmation of whether Iron Fist succeeded or failed, leaving the remote possibility that Beta Red survived.
+==List of appearances==
+*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
+*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{Mo}}
+*''[[Halo: Infinite]]'' {{Mo}}
-==Known Members==
+==Notes==
-*[[Red-Fifteen]]
+{{Ref/Notes}}
 ==Sources==
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