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Fireteam Shadow

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Fireteam Shadow
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Active:

Active as of 2560

Affiliation:

United Nations Space Command

Branch:

Spartan Operations

Size:

Four operators

Engagements:

Commanders:

Horatio Fry

 

Fireteam Shadow is an elite special operations team of four SPARTAN-IV supersoldiers. They were assigned to the UNSC Infinity and fought on the Forerunner shield world Requiem in July 2557.[1] They later fought in the Requiem Campaign of February 2558 under the handle of Spartan Carmichael.[2]

Known members

History

Requiem

Main article: Requiem Campaign

In February 2558, Fireteam Shadow assisted Fireteam Crimson in protecting the science team at "The Refuge". While Crimson defended the facility from the Covenant ground forces, Fireteam Shadow infiltrated Panom’s Canticle, the Covenant Zanar-pattern light cruiser that was deploying the Covenant forces.[3] In spite of heavy resistance, the team overloaded the ship's power core, destroying the cruiser and halted the Covenant's attack.[2]

During the Requiem Campaign, Fireteam Shadow worn and tested GOBLIN-class Mjolnir,[6] but the individual members have also worn ARGUS, HELIOSKRILL, WAR MASTER, and OPERATOR-class Mjolnir.[7]

Installation 07

Main article: Battle for Zeta Halo

On December 12, 2559, Fireteam Shadow was onboard UNSC Infinity when it was ambushed by Banished forces upon arrival at Installation 07. With the Infinity taking heavy damage, Captain Lasky ordered the crew to abandon ship.[8] Spartans Bonita Stone and Nina Kovan were ordered to evacuate while Horatio Fry and the fourth member of Fireteam Shadow remained with Fireteam Taurus to repel Banished boarders from a hangar bay.[5]

Stone and five marines evacuated from the ship on a lifeboat, Echo India Bravo Zero Eight, and landed on an unoccupied area of the ring.[5][9] Kovan left the Infinity on a drop pod, and she entered the ring's stratosphere, she adjusted her drop pod trajectory for a deployment of Banished Phantoms in an attempt to board one.[10] Kovan successfully took control of a Phantom and landed on the ring's surface, where she provided sniper overwatch for members of Fireteam Taurus as they attacked a Banished anti-air artillery.[11]

By December 19, Stone and Kovan, seemingly the only survivors of Fireteam Shadow, have regrouped.[12] The two, along with a squad of marines, rendezvoused with other UNSC forces at the wreckage of UNSC Mortal Reverie, which had been found by Spartan Vedrana Makovich and designated as a UNSC base of operations.[13] For the next six months, Stone and Kovan took part in the UNSC resistance against the Banished, carrying out sabotage operations and recon sweeps.[14] Following Chieftain Tremonius's assault on Reverie on February 2,[15] the UNSC forces retreated and scattered into the valley, and Kovan's fate became unknown to Makovich and Vettel.[16]

On April 26, Stone infiltrated a Banished excavation site but was ambush and killed shortly after by the Hand of Atriox's member Jega 'Rdomnai.[17][18] The fates of Horatio Fry and Nina Kovan remain unknown.

Gallery

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Xbox.com (Halo 4 promotional site): Background Audio File
  2. ^ a b Halo 4 - Spartan Ops, episode Memento Mori
  3. ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder: Rubicon Rundown (Retrieved on Aug 3, 2022) [archive]
  4. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 102
  5. ^ a b c Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 1
  6. ^ Halo 5: Guardians, Armor customization: GOBLIN - Helmet Description "The UNSC Infinity's Fireteam Shadow tested GOBLIN suits during the Requiem Campaign."
  7. ^ Mega Construx, UNSC Fireteam Shadow (Retrieved on Aug 4, 2022) [archive]
  8. ^ Halo Infinite, UNSC Audio log: Infinity's Approach #12 - Abandon Ship
  9. ^ Halo Infinite, Spartan Audio log: Ringfall #02 - The Calm Before
  10. ^ Halo Infinite, Spartan Audio log: Evacuation #04 - Perfect Aim
  11. ^ Halo Infinite, Spartan Audio log: Evacuation #05 - Overwatch
  12. ^ Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 8
  13. ^ Halo Infinite, Spartan Audio log: Reverie #01 - Home Away From Home
  14. ^ Halo Infinite, Spartan Audio log: Retaliation #06 - Drawing the Line
  15. ^ Halo Infinite, Spartan Audio log: Retaliation #08 - The Retreat
  16. ^ Halo Infinite, Spartan Audio log: Scattered #01 - Rubicon Protocol
  17. ^ Halo Infinite, Spartan Audio log: Scattered #05 - Uncharted
  18. ^ Halo Infinite, campaign level Foundation