Fireteam Shadow
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 Fireteam Shadow in their GEN2 armour configurations (c.2557-2558), during Operation: VERTICAL UMBRAGE. Clockwise: Horatio Fry, Nina Kovan, Jason Kidman, Bonita Stone[1]
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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.[2] They later fought in the Requiem Campaign of February 2558 under the handle of Spartan Carmichael,[3] and then played a pivotal role in the Battle for Zeta Halo.[4]
Known members[edit]
Throughout their service, Fireteam Shadow's team callsigns have not remained static - resulting in several members holding various callsigns at different points in time depending on operational priority.[1]
- Spartan Horatio Fry (Shadow Leader or Shadow One)[1] - Team leader[5]
- Spartan Jason Kidman (Shadow Two)[6][Note 1]
- Spartan Bonita Stone (Shadow Three)[1] - Recon specialist - KIA[7]
- Spartan Nina Kovan (Shadow Four)[Note 1] - Marksman[8]
History[edit]
Formation[edit]
Fireteam Shadow was formed circa 2550, after the final year of the SPARTAN-IV program's experimental phase. The fireteam was specialized in covert operations to support other fireteams.[9] Two members, Bonita Stone and Nina Kovan, had previously met onboard the stealth cruiser UNSC Relentless Watch.[4]
Battle of Requiem[edit]
- Main article: Battle of Requiem
On July 21, 2557, Fireteam Shadow was attached to the UNSC Infinity when the ship was pulled into the shield world Requiem. Following the ship's crash inside the shield world, Fireteam Shadow was deployed to the flight deck to investigate movements detected outside the ship. The Spartans could not see what was causing the reports of movement outside the ship, but reported that they were experiencing technical difficulties.[2] Shortly after, the Infinity was attacked by the combined forces of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and Ur-Didact's Prometheans.[10]
Requiem campaign[edit]
- Main article: Requiem Campaign
On February 14, 2558, Fireteam Shadow was dispatched to Requiem to neutralize a Covenant base established two days earlier. After Stone eliminated patrols around the site, Kidman's TQ-8 seeker drones were to create a breach allowing Stone and Horatio Fry to break into the base to shut down production. Kovan observed from afar.[6] However, in the midst of the operation, Jared Miller reassigned the team on a priority operation to destroy the Covenant Zanar-pattern light cruiser Panom's Canticle, which was deploying forces to "The Refuge".[5] Being too far from their Pelican, Shadow stole a Phantom from the Summit to get there.[6]
While Fireteam Crimson protected the science team from the Covenant ground forces at "The Refuge", Shadow took advantage of the stolen Phantom to rush into the Panom's Canticle hangar before the crew activated the shields. Shadow made rapid progress through the ship, but encountered heavy resistance as they approached the core. As Fry, Kovan, and Kidman cleared out the last Covenant soldiers in the hallway leading to the main reactor room, Stone had already infiltrated there, armed with her active camouflage. While Stone fought the shipmaster and his Sangheili, Nina Kovan fired her Selene's Lance at the ship's power core, causing the reactor to overload. Kidman located a nearby drop pod bay, and led his squad mates to their means of egress before the cruiser's impending explosion. With the power core overloaded, the cruiser was destroyed, bringing an end to the Covenant's attack. Kidman and the rest of Shadow escaped onboard a Gloto'kef-pattern assault carapace.[6][3]
During the Requiem Campaign, Fireteam Shadow wore and tested GOBLIN-class Mjolnir,[11] with Horatio Fry using it in Operation: VERTICAL UMBRAGE.[6]
Other operations[edit]
At another point, Fireteam Shadow wore ARGUS, HELIOSKRILL, WAR MASTER, and OPERATOR-class Mjolnir.[12]
Installation 07[edit]
- 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.[13] Spartans Bonita Stone and Nina Kovan were ordered to evacuate while Horatio Fry and Jason Kidman remained with Fireteam Taurus to repel Banished boarders from a hangar bay.[8] Their fates following the space battle became unknown to Stone and Kovan.[9]
Stone and five marines evacuated from the ship on a lifeboat, Echo India Bravo 08, and landed on an unoccupied area of the ring.[8]