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'''August-099''' is a [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-II]] supersoldier and | '''August-099''' is a [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-II]] supersoldier and a member of [[Omega Team]].{{Ref/Site|Id=Know-Scope|URL=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728002653/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=Enc22p65|Enc22|Page=65}} She serves as the team lead for Omega Team.{{Ref/Game|Id=Emblem|HINF|Emblems and Nameplates (Halo Infinite)|Emblem|Detail=August-099 Emblem description|Quote=Team lead, engineering genius, and fan of hypervelocity firepower.}} | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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Like the other SPARTAN-IIs, August-099 was abducted at age six and conscripted into the [[SPARTAN-II program]] in [[2517]]. She later survived the [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|augmentation procedures]] in [[2525]]. Along with [[Robert-025]] and [[Leon-011]], August formed the Spartan-II fast reaction unit Omega Team,{{Ref/Reuse|Know-Scope}} which was created primarily for asset denial operations.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p65}} | Like the other SPARTAN-IIs, August-099 was abducted at age six and conscripted into the [[SPARTAN-II program]] in [[2517]]. She later survived the [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|augmentation procedures]] in [[2525]]. Along with [[Robert-025]] and [[Leon-011]], August formed the Spartan-II fast reaction unit Omega Team,{{Ref/Reuse|Know-Scope}} which was created primarily for asset denial operations.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p65}} | ||
=== | ===Career=== | ||
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 many occasions Omega Team worked closely with the members of [[Red Team]] ([[Jerome-092]], [[Alice-130]], and [[Douglas-042]]), including the defense of [[Arcadia]]'s capital city [[Pirth]] 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}} | |||
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}} 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}} | |||
==Equipment== | |||
August is noted for her fondness for hypervelocity weaponry{{Ref/Reuse|Emblem}} - as such, she commonly employs the [[ARC-920 railgun]] as her primary weapon in combat. Her [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV]] combat ensemble includes an [[ARDENT-class Mjolnir|ARDENT]] helmet with a [[Target acquisition system|TAS/FES/BRONTES]] module, [[IMA attachments|IMA/SGN]] right shoulder (with an attached bandolier to mount six [[M645 FTP-HE]] rounds), an [[IMA attachments|IMA/GARIT/OMEGA SYKES]] left shoulder (consisting of a standard Mark IV pauldron with a [[combat knife]] and some custom upgrades), and an [[Remote sensor|RS/SPC/ISABEL]] chestpiece. August's left forearm sports the [[UTIL attachments|UTIL/CERJO]] prototype while her kneepads consist of the [[UA attachments|UA/TWISP]] upgrades. She sports a [[UTIL attachments|UTIL/ZEPO]] attached to her right leg.{{Ref/Note|This armour configuration as seen in the Ardent bundle for ''[[Halo Infinite]]'', which was designed based on August's ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' concept art.}} | |||
At some point in the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|post-war]] era, August (as part of Omega Team) was involved in the testing of the [[Breach attachments|Breach upgrades]] for [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFFood}} | |||
==Production notes and trivia== | ==Production notes and trivia== | ||
*In ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'', despite having the "Explosive" in her alternate hero icon, August doesn't do any splash damage with her [[ARC-920 railgun|Railgun]]. | *In ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'', despite having the "Explosive" in her alternate hero icon, August doesn't do any splash damage with her [[ARC-920 railgun|Railgun]]. | ||
*[[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|Know-Scope}} 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|Enc22p65}} In [[2024]]'s [[Content Update 29]], August's armour suite was fully-realised in canon as the Ardent armour bundle for ''[[Halo Infinite]]''. | *[[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|Know-Scope}} 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|Enc22p65}} In [[2024]]'s [[Content Update 29]], August's armour suite was fully-realised in canon as the Ardent armour bundle for ''[[Halo Infinite]]''. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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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:HINF August-099 Armor.jpg|August-099's Mark IV armor in ''[[Halo Infinite]]''. | |||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' {{C|Non-canonical appearance}} | *''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' {{C|Non-canonical appearance}} | ||
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{C|Emblem only}} | *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{C|Emblem only}} | ||
==Notes== | |||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
