Combat team
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A combat team is a type of UNSC Marine Corps unit[1], used in particular by the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers.[2]
Composition[edit]
Combat teams are formed of 10-14 operators, seemingly roughly analogous to the squads found in the Army and Marine Corps. They are organised at the company level, with six to eight combat teams comprising each company though this can vary from company to company. Each combat team in the company specialises in a particular mission-set, in which they are expected to excel. Despite this, they are also expected to be able to adapt to fit any given situation.[2]
History[edit]
Combat teams were present on the UNSC Pillar of Autumn when it arrived at Installation 04, leading to several combat teams aboard the ship being assigned to ship-board defense duty.[1] During the later Battle for Earth, Miranda Keyes called on any available combat teams within Crow's Nest to defend the barracks.[3]
Known combat teams[edit]
UNSC Infinity teams[edit]
The combat teams operated by the survivors from the UNSC Infinity's apparent destruction on Installation 07 forgo standard combat team organization, instead including only four troopers each, more akin to a fireteam.[4] At least some were made up of remnants of other combat teams as the rest of Gainey and Hightower's combat team were "all dead"[5] and they had been reassigned to Combat Team Zulu by June 6. Marine Lieutenant Cardenas appeared to have overall command of these combat teams, or at least several of them.[4]
UNSC Hidden Point teams[edit]
While never explicitly described as a combat team, the ODST deployment from UNSC Hidden Point during the battle of Netherop closely matched the described composition of a combat team.[6] It was split into two smaller squads, First and Second.[7]
UNSC Pillar of Autumn teams[edit]
- Combat Team Alpha[1]
- Combat Team Baker[1]
- Combat Team Charlie[1]
- Combat Team Echo[1]
- Combat Team Foxtrot[1]
- Combat Team November[1]
- Combat Team Oscar[1]
- Combat Team Romeo[1]
- Combat Team Sierra[1]
- Combat Team Tango[1]
- Combat Team Victor[1]
- Combat Team X-Ray[1]
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Combat Evolved (First mentioned)
- Halo 3 (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Outcasts
- Halo: Edge of Dawn
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level The Pillar of Autumn
- ^ a b Bungie.net, Bungie Weekly Update: 11/21/08 (Retrieved on Oct 13, 2014) [archive]
- ^ Halo 3, campaign level Crow's Nest
- ^ a b c d e f g Halo: Edge of Dawn, chapter 22
- ^ Halo: Edge of Dawn, chapter 18
- ^ a b Halo: Outcasts, chapter 8
- ^ Halo: Outcasts, chapter 10
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