Editing Gamma-Red

{{Status|Canon}}
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|formed=[[2552#August|August 30, 2552]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS3|HFS|Chapter=3}}
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|branch=[[UNSC Navy]]
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|size=3 [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]]{{Ref/Reuse|FS3}}
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|battles=*[[Human-Covenant War]]
**[[Fall of Reach]]
**[[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]
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'''Team Gamma''' was a splinter team of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] formed during the [[Fall of Reach]], as one of a number of smaller units of the larger [[Red Team]].{{Ref/Reuse|FS3}} They were also known by the callsign '''Gamma-Red'''.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFFeetFall|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-feet-first-into-fall|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Feet First Into Fall|D=29|M=09|Y=2025}}

==Known members==
*[[Li-008]]
*[[Anton-044]]
*[[Grace-093]]

==Operational history==
===Fall of Reach===
{{Main|Fall of Reach}}
Team Gamma was a division of Red Team during the [[Battle of Reach]] and included [[Spartan]]s [[Li-008]], [[Anton-044]], and [[Grace-093]]. It was tasked with locating and securing [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]].{{Ref/Reuse|FS3}} In reality, however, Whitcomb was more concerned about the safety of the [[NOVA bomb]] that he hoped the [[Covenant]] would take with them during their excavation of top of [[CASTLE Base]]. After securing Vice Admiral Whitcomb and the bomb, [[Frederic-104]] told his team to stay put, as the fall back was too "''hot''".{{Ref/Novel|HFS|Chapter=15}}

Team Gamma fell back and holed themselves up in [[Camp Independence]], with Li and Grace manning several rock-mounted [[M41 Vulcan]] turrets. They were holed up in Camp Independence for three weeks, in which they broadcasted [[Oly Oly Oxen Free]] on the [[COM|UNSC E-Band]] until they received a return transmission from [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]]. Anton went outside to meet John and the others and led them inside, where John told Vice Admiral Whitcomb about [[Battle of Installation 04|the events]] on [[Installation 04]]. Afterward they escaped in a captured {{Pattern|Dextro Xur|Spirit}} dropship and flew to the remains of [[CASTLE Base]] to try and find teams [[Team Alpha|Alpha]] and [[Team Delta|Delta]], in which they were successful.{{Ref/Novel|HFS|Chapter=19}}

After flying down a tunnel created by the [[Covenant]] down to a [[Forerunner]] [[Menachite portal complex|structure]] underneath CASTLE Base, the team split up, with Li staying on board and the rest getting out, and went over to the far side of the structure to rescue Fred, [[Kelly-087]], [[William-043]] and Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]]. Soon after they became surrounded by thousands of Covenant infantry.{{Ref/Novel|HFS|Chapter=20}} Though the [[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]] fired, they were quickly killed by their own comrades due to the concern for the [[Menachite Forerunner crystal]]. Using the artifact, they managed to escape in the Spirit dropship. They then proceeded to leave [[Reach]] and meet up with Cortana and the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', jumping from the system. Team Gamma's mission was successful despite of all the [[Covenant]] forces on [[Reach]].{{Ref/Novel|HFS|Chapter=22}}

===Slipspace battle===
Whilst transitioning into Slipspace, the Forerunner crystal recovered from Reach started to behave unusually and caused a slipspace anomaly in which other ships could slip in and out of and shoot in. During this battle the remaining [[Sangheili]] troops aboard ''Ascendant Justice'' blew a conduit and forced the [[Spartans]] to go [[Extra-vehicular activity|into space]] and fix the ship. The operation was going well until a [[plasma torpedo]] struck the dropship, killing Anton, Li and [[Petty Officer, Second Class]] [[Sheila Polaski]].{{Ref/Novel|HFS|Chapter=24}}

===OPERATION: First Strike===
{{Main|Operation: FIRST STRIKE}}
The last surviving member of Team Gamma, Grace-093, joined the rest of ''Ascendant Justice''{{'}}s Spartans for [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]: a plan [[Naval boarding|to board]] and destroy the Covenant [[harborage]] station ''[[Unyielding Heirophant]]''. On board, the group was confronted with a pack of [[Jiralhanae]] wielding [[Jovokada Workshop brute shot|brute shots]]. Grace suffered a direct hit to the midsection which resulted in her death. The remaining Spartans triggered her [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armor's]] automated [[Fail-safe detonation system|failsafe system]] that [[self-destruct]]ed - killed four Sangheili and a dozen [[Unggoy]].{{Ref/Novel|HFS|Chapter=34}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''

==Sources==
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{{SPARTAN Teams}}

[[Category:SPARTAN-II teams]]