Editing HAZMAT

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{{Center|'''Hazmat''' redirects here. For the armor core, see [[OSTEO combat engineering suit]]. For the [[Halo Infinite]] in-game [[event]], see [[Hazmat (event)]].}}
[[File:H4 - HAZMAT Team.png|thumb|300px|A UNSC military HAZMAT team investigates [[New Phoenix]] in the aftermath of the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s [[New Phoenix Incident|attack]].{{Ref/Reuse|midnight}}]]
'''HAZMAT''' (short for '''Hazardous Materials''') teams are personnel tasked with handling or cleaning up potentially dangerous material or operating in areas which would be unsafe for non-specialized personnel. 

==Overview==
===Responsibilities===
HAZMAT teams might specialize in investigating damaged and dangerous [[Forerunner]] facilities, operating within toxic water and air, exploring sites left scarred by chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons from various conflicts, and even facing pockets of [[Flood]] infestation.{{Ref/Site|Id=CF142|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-system-shocks|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - System Shocks|D=30|M=06|Y=2023}}

Following [[Space warfare|naval engagements]] in proximity to surviving [[human colonies]], HAZMAT teams are typically deployed to sweep the debris field, cleaning up and collecting detritus which would threaten space travel.{{Ref/Novel|Id=TFoR23|TFoR|Chapter=23|Quote=When there was time, a HazMat team would sweep the area and clean up. In the meantime, junk—ranging in size from microscopic up to thirty-meter sections of ''Cradle''—still drifted in the system.}} This may involve removing hazardous objects like broken and leaking [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]s.{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO3|GoO|Chapter=3}} When HAZMAT teams do not remove these problems directly, they may tag a space-borne hazard with HAZNAV (navigation hazard) satellites to warn other ships from straying too close to it.{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO4|GoO|Chapter=4}}

===Personnel===
[[UNSC]] [[UNSC Army|Army]] and [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] [[combat engineer]]s may be tasked with performing HAZMAT duties. [[Spartan]] combat engineers may also be called upon to perform HAZMAT duties as necessary, carrying out tasks which require super-human reactions, strength, and situational awareness.{{Ref/Game|Id=HIAHHelmetHazmat|HINF|Armor customization (Halo Infinite)|Armor Hall|Detail=Hazmat - Helmet Description|Quote=Spartan combat engineers work in close cooperation with their Army and Marine cousins in demolition and hazmat missions, in addition to carrying out specialist tasks which require super-human reactions, strength, and situational awarenes.}}

[[Imbrium Machine Complex]] operates their own dedicated [[IMC hazmat corps|HAZMAT corps]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Saturn|Halo: Saturn Devouring His Son}}

===Equipment===
Some HAZMAT teams utilize the [[OSTEO combat engineering suit]],{{Ref/Game|Id=HIAHCoreHazmat|HINF|Armor customization (Halo Infinite)|Armor Hall|Detail=Hazmat - Armor Core Description|Quote=Project: OSTEO combat engineering suits incorporate an array of contingency systems focused on surviving extended operations in extraordinarily harsh working and combat environments.}} an armor system compatible with a variety of HAZMAT-focused equipment.{{Ref/Reuse|CF142}}
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File:HINF OSTEO armor front.png|The [[OSTEO combat engineering suit]].
File:HINF HazmatKeyArtClean.jpg|A Spartan utilizing the OSTEO suit in a HAZMAT scenario.
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==History==
Imbrium Machine Complex had HAZMAT teams stationed stationed at [[Elvie]], on asteroid [[LV-31]], as of [[2556]]. When [[BXR Mining Corporation]] personnel discovered a Forerunner [[Forerunner starship|starship]] buried at [[Site 22]], IMC's HAZMAT corps were deployed via [[Pelican]] and equipped with OSTEO combat engineering suits. However, shortly after entering the vessel, they were [[Outbreak at Site 22|attacked and infected]] by the Flood.{{Ref/Reuse|Saturn}}

At least one UNSC HAZMAT team was deployed to New Phoenix following the [[New Phoenix Incident]] in [[2557]].{{Ref/Level|Id=midnight|H4|Midnight}} 

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Halo Infinite]]''
*''[[Halo: Saturn Devouring His Son]]''

==Sources==
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[[Category:UNSC Armed Forces]]