Team Omega
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- "This is too easy."
- — Omega's leader on repelling the Covenant from Arcadia City.[4]
Team Omega is a fast reaction unit of SPARTAN-II supersoldiers. During the Human-Covenant War, they were deployed to defend human colonies under attack by the Covenant, their roles including the reinforcement of local defenses to buy time for UNSC forces to respond, emergency evacuation, and various asset denial operations.[5][2][6]
Known members[edit]
During the Battle of Arcadia in February 2531, Omega contained six members: Leon-011, Robert-025, August-099, Vannak-134, Riz-028, and Kai-125.[7] During their deployment to Arcadia City, four members were armed with anti-tank weapons; two wielded M6 Spartan Lasers and the other two used four-tubed rocket launchers of an unknown model. The other two members carried AIE-486H machine guns.[4] Along with Red Team, they field-tested the earliest known iteration of energy shielding technology with their MJOLNIR powered armor.[8]
A later incarnation of the team, whose survival was discerned by the crew of the Spirit of Fire in 2559 from UNSC records on the Ark, consisted of Leon, Robert, and August, armed with an energy sword, a portable plasma cannon, and an ARC-920 railgun respectively.[5][2]
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History[edit]
Human-Covenant War[edit]
Formed primarily for asset denial operations,[6] 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 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.[6] During the early years of the war, Omega Team and Red Team worked closely with each other on several occasions.[5][2]
At some point in 2527, Omega Team may have been deployed against Insurrectionist forces in an operation on Hellas against insurgent forces employing the use of Rumbledrugs. However, it is possible that Omega Team was merely briefed on this operation rather than actively assigned to it.[10]
When the planet Arcadia fell under attack by the Covenant on February 9, 2531, Team Omega was deployed to an unknown location on the planet; the three members of Red Team (Jerome, Alice, and Douglas) were meanwhile tasked with defending the capital, Arcadia City.[11] Team Omega was eventually redirected to the outskirts of Arcadia City to reinforce Red Team and the Marines from the UNSC Spirit of Fire. Following a twenty-minute delay Team Omega reinforced their beleaguered comrades and swiftly drove the Covenant from the capital.[4] In 2540, the team of six Spartans temporarily reformed for operations on Hellas, but members Riz-028, Kai-125, and Vannak-134 were assigned to Silver Team shortly afterward.[7]
Late Human-Covenant War[edit]
During the Fall of Reach, all of Omega Team's Spartans (including those now-part of Silver) were deployed to the ground of the planet, after originally being assembled to partake in Operation: RED FLAG. They were assigned as part of Red Team during the planet's defence, though after making landfall were split by Frederic-104 into four smaller splinter teams, each with an individual objective. The three core Spartans of Omega (Leon, Robert, and August) made up the core of Beta-Red, while the three Silver Team Spartans (Kai, Riz, and Vannak) made up the core of Delta-Red. Ultimately, all six survived the Fall of Reach, and went on to continue service in the post-war era.[12]