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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|Enc22p65}} | 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|Enc22p65}} | ||
On several occasions, Omega Team worked closely with [[Jerome-092]], [[Alice-130]], and [[Douglas-042]] of [[Red Team]], including during the defense of [[Arcadia]] when it was attacked in [[2531]].{{Ref/Level|Id=AO|HW|Arcadia Outskirts}}{{Ref/Game|Id=PhoenixLog|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Omega Team}} During the battle, they were separated when the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} departed the [[Procyon system|system]] to chase retreating Covenant forces.{{Ref/Level|Id=AS|HW|Anders' Signal}} During the Arcadia Campaign, August worked alongside Leon-011, Robert-025, [[Kai-125]], [[Riz-028]], and [[Vannak-134]], before the latter three were split off to form an independent [[Silver Team]]. In [[2540]], the full six-member roster of Omega was reformed and deployed against [[Insurrectionist]] forces on [[Hellas]], wherein they faced against insurgent forces employing the use of [[Rumbledrug]]s.{{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}} | |||
On several occasions, Omega Team worked closely with [[Jerome-092]], [[Alice-130]], and [[Douglas-042]] of [[Red Team]], including during the defense of [[Arcadia]] when it was attacked in [[2531]].{{Ref/Level|Id=AO|HW|Arcadia Outskirts}}{{Ref/Game|Id=PhoenixLog|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Omega Team}} During the battle, they were separated when the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} departed the [[Procyon system|system]] to chase retreating Covenant forces.{{Ref/Level|Id=AS|HW|Anders' Signal}} During the Arcadia Campaign, August worked alongside Leon-011, Robert-025, [[Kai-125]], [[Riz-028]], and [[Vannak-134]], before the latter three were split off to form an independent [[Silver Team]]. In [[2540]], the full six-member roster of Omega was | |||
In the late stages of the Human-Covenant War, or the earliest years of the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|post-war]] era, Omega Team was 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}} | In the late stages of the Human-Covenant War, or the earliest years of the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|post-war]] era, Omega Team was 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 service=== | ===Post-war service=== | ||
Decades after Red Team's last encounter with them, Commander Jerome-092 discerned that Omega Team had survived the war based on UNSC records recovered from the [[Henry Lamb Research Outpost]].{{Ref/Reuse|Know-Scope}} By [[2560]], August-099 had become the leader of Omega Team.{{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}} In this year, the team was deployed to Arcadia once again, this time with goal of observing a deal between [[Adam Andrews]]—the CEO of [[Optican]]—and [[Kig-Yar]] working for [[Nor Fel]]. After a successful handoff between the two parties amid [[Forerunner]] [[Arcadia Forerunner ruins|ruins]], August eliminated a trio of Kig-Yar with her [[M99A2S3 Stanchion]] while Leon-011 rushed for their [[Phantom]] and Robert-025 secured the aliens' prize: the [[focus cannon]] of a {{Pattern|R'awuw|Scarab}}. After clearing the Phantom of hostiles, Leon checked the cargo manifest, revealing that the Kig-Yar had supplied Andrews with [[rumbledrug]] and leading August to remember the [[Insurrectionist]]s' use of the drugs in [[2527]] on [[Hellas]] as an attempt to even the odds against Spartans. With their objective complete, Omega Team left the area.{{Ref/Reuse|Hippo}} | Decades after Red Team's last encounter with them, Commander Jerome-092 discerned that Omega Team had survived the war based on UNSC records recovered from the [[Henry Lamb Research Outpost]].{{Ref/Reuse|Know-Scope}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Hippo|Halo: Hippocratica}} By [[2560]], August-099 had become the leader of Omega Team.{{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}} In this year, the team was deployed to Arcadia once again, this time with goal of observing a deal between [[Adam Andrews]]—the CEO of [[Optican]]—and [[Kig-Yar]] working for [[Nor Fel]]. After a successful handoff between the two parties amid [[Forerunner]] [[Arcadia Forerunner ruins|ruins]], August eliminated a trio of Kig-Yar with her [[M99A2S3 Stanchion]] while Leon-011 rushed for their [[Phantom]] and Robert-025 secured the aliens' prize: the [[focus cannon]] of a {{Pattern|R'awuw|Scarab}}. After clearing the Phantom of hostiles, Leon checked the cargo manifest, revealing that the Kig-Yar had supplied Andrews with [[rumbledrug]] and leading August to remember the [[Insurrectionist]]s' use of the drugs in [[2527]] on [[Hellas]] as an attempt to even the odds against Spartans. With their objective complete, Omega Team left the area.{{Ref/Reuse|Hippo}} | ||
==Equipment== | ==Equipment== | ||
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File:HW2-Omega-AugustConceptFinal.png|A detailed concept sheet of August-099 for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''. | File:HW2-Omega-AugustConceptFinal.png|A detailed concept sheet of August-099 for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''. | ||
File:HW2-Omega.jpg|August (center) alongside her teammates. | File:HW2-Omega.jpg|August (center) alongside her teammates. | ||
File:HW2-August.png|August being used in multiplayer. August with her "Crosshair" hero icon. | |||
File:HW2-August.png|August being used in multiplayer with her "Crosshair" hero icon. | |||
File:HW2 Terminus August.png|August with "Explosive" Hero Icon. | File:HW2 Terminus August.png|August with "Explosive" Hero Icon. | ||
File:HW2 PhoenixLog August Unused.png|An unused [[Phoenix Logs|Phoenix Log]] banner for August-099. | File:HW2 PhoenixLog August Unused.png|An unused [[Phoenix Logs|Phoenix Log]] banner for August-099. | ||
File:HINF | File:HINF August-099 Armor.jpg|August-099's Mark IV armor in ''Halo Infinite''. | ||
File:HINF AugustOnArcadia.jpg|August-099 on Arcadia in 2560. | File:HINF AugustOnArcadia.jpg|August-099 on Arcadia in 2560. | ||
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