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Team Gamma was a splinter team of SPARTAN-IIs formed during the Fall of Reach, as one of a number of smaller units of the larger Red Team.[1] They were also known by the callsign Gamma-Red.[2]
Known members[edit]
Operational history[edit]
Fall of Reach[edit]
- Main article: Fall of Reach
Team Gamma was a division of Red Team during the Battle of Reach and included Spartans Li-008, Anton-044, and Grace-093. It was tasked with locating and securing Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb.[1] 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".[3]
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 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 the events on Installation 04. Afterward they escaped in a captured Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit dropship and flew to the remains of CASTLE Base to try and find teams Alpha and Delta, in which they were successful.[4]
After flying down a tunnel created by the Covenant down to a Forerunner 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.[5] Though the 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.[6]
Slipspace battle[edit]
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 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.[7]
Operation: FIRST STRIKE[edit]
- Main article: 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 to board and destroy the Covenant harborage station Unyielding Heirophant. On board, the group was confronted with a pack of Jiralhanae wielding brute shots. Grace suffered a direct hit to the midsection which resulted in her death. The remaining Spartans triggered her MJOLNIR armor's automated failsafe system that self-destructed - killed four Sangheili and a dozen Unggoy.[8]
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
- Halo: First Strike
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c d Halo: First Strike, chapter 3
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Feet First Into Fall (Retrieved on Sep 29, 2025) [archive]
- ^ Halo: First Strike, chapter 15
- ^ Halo: First Strike, chapter 19
- ^ Halo: First Strike, chapter 20
- ^ Halo: First Strike, chapter 22
- ^ Halo: First Strike, chapter 24
- ^ Halo: First Strike, chapter 34
