Talk:Red Team

The Harvest Guy
Could the Harvest Spartan have been a member of Red Team? As a side note, he probably isn't dead, as only two S-IIs were truly dead before Reach fell, but that's just wishful thinking. --&quot;A government strong enough to give you everything you want...is strong enough to take everything you have.&quot; -Thomas Jefferson 16:15, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Team Omega
What proof specifically is there that shows Team Omega as a part of Red Team, let alone being a Fall of Reach subdivision of Red Team as the article at one point suggested? While Red Team is currently the only known team to have such subdivisions, where is the source that states that to be the case for this particular Team Omega? This needs a major fact-check. --Avatar of Chaos 12:31, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It doesn't say they were included in the Fall of Reach. We know Blue team wasn't present, as it would have said Blue Team wather than Omega. The fact that Red team splits up into groups and the fact that there are three Red team Spartans AND a sub-division and the naming system kind of points out that Omega is part of Red team.--  Fore  run  ner  15:34, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Deductive Reasoning. :P- 5 ub7 ank (7alk ) 15:36, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Which makes it an assumption, correct? --Avatar of Chaos 05:06, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Speculation is allowed in certain circumstances.--  Fore  run  ner  10:59, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * If the speculation is supported heavily by valid sources, yes.- 5 ub7 ank (7alk ) 12:03, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Then the speculation needs to be better integrated into the article, since it claims that Red Team was a 3 person team, but also discusses Team Omega later on and as far as we know the only known Team Omega was the one featured in Halo Wars. If Team Omega was a subdivision of Red Team, what was Jerome's team's designation, what role did Keiichi play in Red Team, if any, as he was present on Arcadia, and what was the actual number of Spartans that comprised Red Team during this period?  The related articles and this article need to be addressed in a consistent manner --Avatar of Chaos 17:39, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't see any sourcing for Red Team or Team Omega, could you point out which valid sources there are please? - TheLostJedi  22:09, 21 May 2009 (GMT)

Reversed image
The main image on the top of the main article has one problem, the armor is reverse. Notice the shoulder pads. The Seurity like pad is supposed to be on the right arm. But it appears the image is supposed to be like that, due to the fact that on one of the guns you can see "UNSC" written. ImmortalJoshua

I noticed it too, so came to this page. After watching the cutscenes from Halo Wars again, the larger pad is always on the right shoulder of the Spartans. I'm not sure where this image was taken from but when the Warthog slides in the jungle, like in the current main image for Red Team, the shoulder pads are how they should be. So it wasn't taken from a Halo Wars cutscene atleast. It's possible that it was taken from an earlier ViDoc or other promotional material which is now outdated. Regardless, you're right, the image is wrong. - TheLostJedi  22:24, 21 May 2009 (GMT)

Team Delta's 3 Unknown Spartans?
I was thinking about it, and maybe the 3 spartans in Halo Wars, Jerome-092, Alice-130 and Douglas-042 could be the "3 Unknown Spartans."? --Yugiohtipman34 04:29, January 6, 2010 (UTC) Possibly, but I doubt it.--Sgt.T.N.Biscuits 04:57, January 6, 2010 (UTC)

Red Team in New Alexandria
Why is it mentioned that Red team was in New Alexandria on August 23rd? It seems pretty clear to me, based on all the other fiction, that the Red team mentioned by Jun is different from the Red Team of Spartan-IIs. Especially with the re-issued books and data drops from Waypoint, it makes no sense that a Spartan-II team would be deployed to Reach when knowledge of the battles was kept from them so they could concentrate on RED FLAG.

Yeah, I think it's pretty obvious that the term Red Team can be used more than once throughout the whole entire Galaxy. Vegerot goes RAWR! Vegerot ( talk )  08:17, 2 November 2011 (EDT)


 * Take note that RED team being on defensive deployment was rumour. Further, I feel that ONI would avoid having two elite SPARTAN units with the same name; that's probably why Bungie desided to go with "Noble team" as opposed to "Blue team".--  Fore  run  ner '' 13:00, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

Not just rumor. Kat herself hacked "senior-level communiques" to tell Jun about it, and Carter's angry reaction while reprimanding her this suggests it was true. Still, we're not sure it's the same Red Team, but a Red Team was definitely involved. Tuckerscreator (stalk ) 15:07, 2 November 2011 (EDT)


 * Of course they wouldn't, who would be that stupid? Vegerot goes RAWR! Icon-Vegito2.gif Vegerot  ( talk )  19:54, 3 November 2011 (EDT)

Red Team was much larger than just the three Spartans in Halo Wars. Tuckerscreator (stalk ) 20:02, 3 November 2011 (EDT)

Yes, but I'm saying that the Red Team mentioned was a Teams like Echo or Gauntlet, and not comprised of any known Spartan-IIs. The Adjunct to "Fall of Reach" and the data drops pretty much confirms that none of the Spartan-IIs taking part in RED FLAG knew of the attack on Reach until August 30. The Red Team mentioned in Halo Reach should have it's own page. Toa Freak 04:49, 5 November 2011 (EDT)


 * But why would there be two RED teams? And why pass off an S-III team as an S-II team? Wouldn't that be awkward when an S-II in RED team hears that he is apparently on defencive deployment? There'll be too much confusion. This seems more like a case of a brief sentence Halo: Reach being partially-retconned. We should accept that RED team never knew of the Covenant threat until the 30th for some reason. Perhaps they were ordered to go on defencive deployment but Stanforth belayed that order so he could continue with RED flag with a platoon rather than a fireteam. Maybe RED team was involved to only a small extent and never encountered the Covenant, thinking it to be part of a training exercise or an insurgent attack. Or what if RED team being present was part of a game of Chinese whispers and the communique didn't actually mention them? Have you thought about those explanations?--  Fore  run  ner '' 10:31, 5 November 2011 (EDT)

"hi?" Also, Red Team WAS on a defensive deployment, defending the MAC generators. I still think that they were not the same thing, but that doesn't mean I think that it warrants its own page. It never shows up once in the Halo Series, it's only mentioned once. Vegerot goes RAWR! Vegerot ( talk )  21:36, 5 November 2011 (EDT)!

Colour-designation
This matter was brought up before by several users (including myself and two other admins), but I don't think enough was done. Through the coarse of the war we see a mattern emerge over the usage of the SPARTAN-II teams that seems to be based around role.

The first proper usage of such a division was the S-IIs' first mission - to capture Colonel Watts. To keep the team from being spotted easily, John chose only four other SPARTANs to take part in the mission - Kelly because of her speed and agility; Linda because of her keen eye; Sam for his strength and Fred (perhaps because of his ability to think well when under pressure). In February 2531, nine SPARTANs took part in a standard planetary-defence deployment (help civilians evacuate; reinforce the military) consisting of RED team and "Omega"; it should be noted that RED team splinters have been designated under Greek letters elsewhere, suggesting that this may simply be part of RED.

A small BLUE team (similar to the Secundus mission, but with Sam replaced by Kurt, who was known to have a remarkable way of sensing danger) was sent on a specialist mission to Camp New Hope in 2531; rather than fight the Covenant like the other SPARTANs, BLUE team was tasked with capturing nuclear weapons from insurgents. In 2535, a five-man (or more rather "2/3 men and a woman or two") BLUE team lured the Covenant away from RED team's position to give them time to plant a warhead during the Battle of Jericho VII.

After this battle the SPARTANs see less and less of each other due to the UNSC's need for them all along the UEG's borders. A five-person team (John included) was set up in 2544 to attack a Covenant fleet and rescue the abducted Dr. Halsey - this was likely BLUE, again.

The next known usage of BLUE team was in 2552 during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV when twelve S-IIs split up into BLUE, RED and GREEN teams. The three SPARTANs of BLUE team ventured through the storm drains of Cote d'Azure as part of a covert mission to reach the city centre and detonate a nuclear warhead; meanwhile, RED and GREEN teams were assembled in recon missions outside the city to serve as radio support for BLUE.

During the Fall of Reach, the SPARTAN-II platoon was split into two main bodies - RED team and BLUE team. A three-person BLUE team, under John-117, was tasked with a specialist objective of stopping the Covenant from capturing navigation data from Gamma Station. RED, meanwhile, was tasked with standard planetary defence duties. GRAY and BLACK teams were unable to take part in this battle because of their black-ops duties (GRAY took part in "behind enemy lines"-type missions, while BLACK was used for intelligence).

Throughout the SPARTANs' history we see a pattern in the usage of SPARTAN teams.
 * BLUE team - small detatchments of SPARTANs used for specialist missions like rescuing key people and taking part in anti-insurgency missions. These SPARTANs are chosen to serve in BLUE team for each mission by John, in accordance with how useful their abilities will be; they are chosen for their unique characteristics (eagle eye; superspeed; ESP).
 * RED team - generally larger in number and involved in normal planetary defencive deployments; they overwhelm Covenant forces in more conventional battles.
 * GRAY team - small, static team of three S-IIs venturing behind enemy lines to weaken the enemy's fighting power through covert activities.
 * BLACK team - small, static team of four S-IIs operating under ONI. Their missions are of an intelligence-gathering nature (eg. Line-Installation)

Therefore, I suggest a rethink as to how we structure both the RED and BLUE team pages - both seem to suggest that the team size and rollcall was largely-static.--  Fore  run  ner '' 23:17, 5 November 2011 (EDT)

I would have to agree with absolutely everything, but I have a question: What do you believe Green team's role is? pestilence  Phil,  pestilence!  23:25, 5 November 2011 (EDT)
 * I would guess they do similar stuff to Red and Blue team. Maybe they do a little extra.-- Lt. Commander  光环的家伙1234   Talk  ( Contribs ) ( Edits ) 23:30, 5 November 2011 (EDT)
 * Somewhere between frontline fighting and specialist missions? I'll buy that, but there aren't very many examples of Green in action, so who knows. pestilence   Phil,  pestilence!  23:32, 5 November 2011 (EDT)

I agree, the only thing I disagree with is what you said about Blue Team "SPARTANs in this team are usually unique in some way." All SPARTANs are equally unique, while we may not have seen all the SPARTAN-IIs and their full potentials, I can assure you that they are all equal. Vegerot goes RAWR! Vegerot ( talk )  00:41, 6 November 2011 (EDT)


 * Yes, that is true. I've changed it now to them being chosen based on their unique characteristics and how much use that would be of use in a particular mission. Though, it appears that the whole "X team is usually about Y-SPARTANs strong" and "Z is the commander" stuff are largelly-incorrect. From what we can gather, the size of RED team depends on how many SPARTANs are involved in the mission and how the commanding SPARTAN organizes them. Essentially, BLUE; RED and GREEN only exist when a larger SPARTAN team divides its objectives between planetary defence and more covert missions.--  Fore  run  ner '' 09:55, 6 November 2011 (EST)

In Layman's terms:

Blue Team= Small Squad Red Team= Big Squad Gray Team=Behind enemy lines Black Team=Spook Vegerot goes RAWR! Vegerot ( talk )  15:48, 6 November 2011 (EST)


 * I agree that the Spartan team articles need some TLC (not only in content, but in organisation. It would be nice if each article was consistent with section titles, etc), although I think specific roles for each colour could be coincidence. As Spartan teams should be capable of whatever comes their way.


 * When I started writing my Halo fan fiction on the Fanon website about four years ago, I imagined the Spartan teams to be static in nature. As time has gone by however, and I've actually been able to experience more of the sources first hand, it would seem that teams are only static when they have been separated from the main group - for instance; Blue Team on Onyx, the Red Team splinter with the Spirit of Fire, Grey and Black teams).


 * I speculate that squad leaders like John, Jai, "Black One", Kurt and Frederic are the only static units within teams, unless a larger team is formed and their present team is amalgamated. - TheLostJedi  21:08, 25 November 2011 (EST)

Team Size at Reach
The Data Drop campaign, the most recent source which details the number of Spartans present at Reach, says that 25 were recalled in total. Now... if Blue Team consists of 3 Spartans... then Red Team logically consists of 22. Not 23. So should the "Nine unknown SPARTANs" listed in Team Beta be changed to "Eight unknown SPARTANs" to reflect this retcon?

There can't possibly be 23. :P - TheLostJedi  23:50, 28 November 2011 (EST)
 * If you change it, then add a note explaining the Data Drop's info on the page.-- Commander  Halofan1234  ( I say   the cabal   does not exist ) 23:55, 28 November 2011 (EST)

First Strike, Definitive Edition
So, the 2011 version of First Strike has a lot of interesting details concerning Red Team, and specifically, Beta-Red. The book claims that 22 Spartans, comprising Red Team, dropped to Reach. It still maintains that 4 Spartans died upon falling to the surface, and 6 were seriously injured. When Red team divided, Alpha-Red was comprised of Fred, Kelly, and Joshua; Gamma-Red was comprised of Li, Anton, and Grace (Reds 20-22, not respectively); and Delta -comprised the 6 injured Spartans and 4 marines. This means that, according to the most recent edition of First Strike (the most up-to-date information) team Beta-Red is comprised of only 6 Spartans (the survivors of Red-19 through Red-4).

As this is the most up to date information, I feel it would be best to reflect this in the current article.

Source: First Strike (2011) pgs. 22-25, 36-37Toa Freak 00:59, 1 August 2012 (EDT)