Fireteam Majestic

This is about a fireteam. For other uses, see Majestic (disambiguation).

"Here we go, Majestic!"

- Paul DeMarco to his team just before entering one of Requiem's corridors

Fireteam Majestic is a team of SPARTAN-IV supersoldiers of the Spartan branch. Majestic, consisting of five members, was assigned to the in early 2558 and was stationed at the Forerunner shield world Requiem during the Second Battle of Requiem.

Second Battle of Requiem
Sometime before February 2558, Fireteam Majestic, minus Gabriel Thorne, were deployed to Rio de Janeiro where they prevented a Sangheili terrorist attack on the city.

On February 7, upon Infinity ' s arrival at Requiem, Commander Sarah Palmer assigned the squad to Operations LAND GRAB and ALL-SEEING EYE, both geared toward securing locations for research bases. Two days later, Fireteams Crimson and Majestic were sent north of the UNSC's area of operations on Requiem in order to shut down Forerunner power generators as part of Operation: CHATTERBOX. Upon reaching their location, both Crimson and Majestic had their long-range communications jammed by Forerunner jamming devices. After deactivating the jammers, their mission continued. Initiated by Palmer, the mission became a competition for the fireteams to see who could complete their mission objectives first. Majestic took the lead at first, but were ultimately bested by Crimson.

On February 10, Majestic and Crimson were deployed by Commander Palmer to assault a Covenant outpost and recover a Forerunner artifact as part of an operation codenamed ACADEMIC. The next day, Majestic partook in Operation: THREE-CARD MONTE: with support by Tower, Castle and Domino Teams, they were tasked with a search-and-destroy mission against Covenant outposts at locations REQ-822-A, REQ-822-B, REQ-822-C.

During a ground engagement on Requiem, Fireteam Majestic was being engaged by multiple Promethean Crawlers. Madsen started to complain about their ability to "pop up" anywhere, when a Promethean Knight teleported into the area. Thorne tried to warn Madsen, but he was shot in the shoulder, as more Knights entered the area. Hoya suddenly broke cover and charged at the Knights. While DeMarco yelled for him to get back into cover, he killed several before one managed to injure him. Nevertheless, Majestic managed to defeat the Knights and return back to the Infinity. Commander Palmer met them in the hangar to see how they had done.

Madsen and DeMarco were later assigned to guard Catherine Halsey along with Commander Sarah Palmer upon her return to the Infinity. Later, Thorne volunteered to guard her during her research. During the UNSC's pursuit of Jul 'Mdama, Fireteams Crimson and Majestic were sent to two possible locations to search for him. Majestic engaged a large Covenant force and managed to corner them before the survivors mysteriously disappeared. Grant would soon figure out that they used Slipspace translocation to escape, which allowed Crimson to find a way to pursue 'Mdama.

Sometime during the operation in recovering the "Didact's Gift" from Galileo Base, Majestic was pinned down due to Covenant air support. With the base's anti-air defenses offline, Thorne quickly hijacked a low-flying Banshee and subsequently destroyed a nearby Phantom, allowing the Fireteam to complete their objective. Back aboard the Infinity, Thorne and DeMarco provided security for the artifact as Dr. Halsey and Roland examined it. The device released an energy burst shortly after revealing itself, and began to display images on the room's monitors; these were then identified as human memories harvested by the Composer during the Didact's attack on New Phoenix, URNA six months prior. Thorne left the room straight after discovering the Forerunner artifact Crimson had recovered on one of the monitors. Curious as to how the device had images of New Phoenix, Thorne investigated the Requiem artifact himself. After coming into physical contact with it, he activated it, and was sent to Requiem. He was transported to a Covenant-held base, where several Sangheili warriors surrounded him. After a short fight, Thorne managed to kill a few before being knocked unconscious. He was then dragged away to be held as prisoner.

Thorne later regained consciousness and escaped his captors with Henry Glassman—who had escaped prior to his arrival. They both fled the area in a hurry after killing their initial pursuers. Gek 'Lhar, however, quickly picked up their trail and pursued them himself. Some time later, Gek ambushed the pair as they were resting. After a brief skirmish, Gek garnered the upper-hand from Thorne, who he was about to kill, until the rest of Fireteam Majestic arrived. He was shot dead by DeMarco, saving Thorne's life. Thorne searched the dead Elite for anything significant, giving DeMarco the energy sword as gratitude for saving his life. DeMarco also collected Gek's personal collection of UNSC dog tags, commenting that some of them belonged to Spartans. Thorne took Gek's active camouflage module for himself, which prompted Madsen to find anything valuable for himself. He picked up a small device and activated it, revealing a map of Requiem, much to his displeasure.

Later, they were attacked by Covenant forces. DeMarco radioed in for reinforcements and Fireteam Crimson was sent to aid them. After Crimson destroyed the Covenant artillery, Palmer told them they owed Crimson a round when they got back. When the Pelican arrived for evac, they were met by a life-size hologram of Captain Thomas Lasky, he asked them to rescue Dr. Halsey from Jul 'Mdama. When they arrived at Halsey's location Thorne turned on his active camo and snuck around the Elite guards. When they noticed him, he de-cloaked and signaled the rest of Majestic to attack, DeMarco charged in with his energy sword, while Hoya, Grant, and Madsen attacked from above. DeMarco told Thorne to go inside and rescue Dr. Halsey while they handled the guards. Thorne arrived shortly after Dr. Halsey exited the "shrine", while cloaked he killed one of Jul's guards and deactivated the camo, quickly killing another of Jul's guards. Dr. Halsey threw Thorne half of the Janus Key, as he looked at it a third Elite ran up behind Thorne but was killed by Sarah Palmer, who had arrived to kill Dr. Halsey. 'Mdama then yelled for his Promethean Knights and several translocated into the area. The rest of Majestic showed up just as they arrived and engaged them. Jul was forced to retreat into a corner with Halsey, however just as Thorne and Palmer closed in on him another Knight translocated in behind 'Mdama, grabbed him, and teleported out of the area. Palmer asked why Majestic was there and they told her they were ordered to rescue her.

Sometime later, along with Commander Palmer, they were ordered to deactivate one of the two translocation artifacts still on Requiem, while Crimson deactivated the other. Before they left they witnessed the departure of the Covenant fleet. When Requiem began to move towards the local star Palmer hurried them toward the artifact. Shortly after Crimson deactivated their artifact, Majestic eliminated the last of the Elites defending the last artifact and deactivated it. They evacuated and arrived aboard Infinity at the same time as Crimson, allowing Infinity to escape just in time.

Battle of Ealen IV
Sometime after the Second Battle of Requiem, DeMarco was transferred to Fireteam Bailey by Palmer so Thorne could be put in command of Majestic. On March 5, 2558, Paul DeMarco along with the rest of Fireteam Bailey accompanied Fireteam Jackknife as the security detail of Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood and Arbiter Thel 'Vadam on a diplomatic mission to Ealen IV. The rest of Majestic were not present during the mission. At the battle's climax, DeMarco was forced to stay behind in order to secure the lives of Lord Hood, the Arbiter, and Lydus. He and the rest of Fireteam Bailey's sacrifices would be commemorated at a memorial service aboard Infinity.

Freighter ambush
On March 11, six days after DeMarco's death, Infinity arrived in the Artesia-702 system having received a distress signal from the damaged freighter Pilgrims' Pride. When an ambush was sprung, Fireteam Majestic was deployed along Fireteams Colossus and Fenrir to repel attack and prevent the freighter from self-destructing on the Infinity. Leading the fireteams, Thorne ordered teams Colossus and Fenrir to secure the ship while Majestic made their way to the core. As the Spartans advanced through the freighter, they encountered automated defense turrets. With the enemy going into retreat, the freighter was tugged out into space, where Grant ejected the ship's core before it exploded. The Spartans survived the detonation and requested pickup.

Search for the Spirit of Fire
Following the attack, Infinity learned that the assault crafts from the freighter belonged to the long-lost. Roland discovered that the freighter was launched near Oth Lodon, a gas giant located deep in Jiralhanae space. With the Spirit's possible location found, Lord Hood authorized Commander Palmer to conduct a search and rescue mission. Equipped with OF92 Booster Frames, Fireteam Majestic and Palmer scouted the planet's system. Exploring the system's asteroid field, the Spartans came across not the Spirit of Fire but instead a Covenant station under control by New Colonial Alliance insurgents.

When the UNSC defector, Captain Daniel Clayton, fired on Infinity, the Spartans quickly boarded the station and secured the bridge, ordering everyone to freeze. Clayton told his crew not to listen and asked the Spartans if they knew who he was. Madsen responded that he knew and then knocked Clayton out, stating that he was the traitor that caused DeMarco's death on Ealen IV. The Spartans then utilized the station's cannon to destroy Vata 'Gajat's flagship just as it was preparing to attack Infinity.

Mission to Ven III
Sometime after the Ambush at Oth Lodon Spartan Naiya Ray was transferred to Fireteam Majestic. On May 9, 2558, Ray and Thorne were assigned, separately from the rest of Majestic, on a secret mission to capture a Sangheili in possession of a mysterious bioweapon on Ven III. After communications with both Spartans were lost, Captain Lasky ordered Infinity to head toward Ven III while Commander Palmer prepared the rest of Fireteam Majestic for insertion on the planet. Palmer assumed command of Majestic on the mission in the absence of Thorne. Upon arriving at the pirates' base, Majestic and Palmer took out several Kig-Yar pirates. After receiving notification of Thorne's location by Ray, Palmer was going to redirect Majestic to Ray to help her retrieve the bioweapon but Ray shut off her locater to force them to rescue Thorne instead. Majestic eventually found Thorne and returned him to the Infinity.

Janus Key conflict
On July 16, 2558, Commander Palmer and Thorne participated in the Battle of Oban against Jul 'Mdama's forces. Desperate to find Jul, Palmer and Thorne drove a Warthog and engaged Promethean forces. Palmer recklessly drove the Warthog off of a cliff, landed on a Phantom dropship, and crashed to the ground. Thorne was injured in the process and the Spartans were only saved after the Phantoms were destroyed by a GA-TL1 Longsword called in by Spartan Joel Thomas. After a short engagement, the Covenant forces withdrew from the system. On July 18, Infinity entered slipspace to leave the Oban system while Palmer discussed preparations for Galileo II with Dr. Glassman. However, Infinity was forced back into normal space and the vessel collided with an asteroid in an uncharted system. The crew of Infinity quickly realized that they were stranded in space and the engines were not functioning properly. Lasky met with Glassman and Palmer in the engine room of Infinity. Glassman discovered that something was overriding the engine controls of Infinity, while Roland reported an unusual energy reading coming from a nearby planet.

Palmer assumed tactical command of Fireteam Majestic for a mission to investigate a potential source of interference emanating from the surface of a nearby planet, provisionally designated Aktis IV. The mysterious signal originated from an island in a large ocean of an opaque, foamy substance impenetrable to Infinity's sensors. Upon landing, Commander Palmer and Fireteam Majestic engaged and defeated a detachment of Covenant forces and subsequently discovered a recently-excavated Forerunner structure. The Spartans provided cover for Dr. Glassman as he arrived on Aktis IV to examine the structure. At Glassman's request, the UNSC's half of the Janus Key was brought to the site along with lab equipment so he could analyze a Forerunner artifact he had discovered inside the structure. As the Pelican carrying the Key approached the Forerunner site accompanied by a Broadsword escort, Commander Palmer charged Gabriel Thorne with moving the materials to the structure. However, the incoming UNSC craft were shot down by Sali 'Nyon's rebel forces. This triggered a massive Covenant ambush, and as 'Mdama's forces began their onslaught the Spartans on the island were quickly forced to pull back into the Forerunner structure.

Commander Palmer, Fireteam Majestic and Glassman remained under attack by Covenant forces inside the Forerunner structure for over seven hours and were unable to establish contact with Infinity. While they retreated inside the facility, Hoya was left behind outside. Fending off Covenant and Promethean forces in the jungle, Hoya spotted a Phantom with Dr. Halsey inside. He contacted Ray about his discovery, who, in turn, informed Palmer that Hoya had spotted Dr. Halsey. At Palmer's urging, Glassman managed to get the structure's teleportation grid operational before the Covenant breached the structure. At Palmer's request, Glassman opened portals to both the jungle and the other end of the island. She ordered Grant, Glassman and three other Spartans to take the latter portal while Palmer, Ray and Thorne took the former. On the other end of the island, Infinity had managed to deploy two Mantises as reinforcements. As they were fighting the Covenant forces, Grant's team arrived through the portal and were almost killed by friendly fire from the Mantises.

Upon traveling through the portal, Palmer, Ray and Thorne scouted the jungle when they spotted the Sangheili Minor who had defected from 'Nyon's forces in a Ghost. The Minor contacted a Zealot of Jul's Covenant and told him he wanted to rejoin 'Mdama, having reached the conclusion that Jul was the true Didact's Hand because the Prometheans would never obey an impostor. He then revealed he had the half of the Janus Key stolen by 'Nyon, and he would lead them to 'Nyon's hideout. The Zealot ordered him to conceal himself until they arrived and established a rendezvous point. Thorne and Ray intended to ambush the Minor in order to take the Janus Key before Dr. Halsey arrived with a greater force. However, Palmer instead ordered them to hold off and wait until Halsey arrived so they could catch the doctor by surprise.

Production notes
Fireteam Majestic are the protagonists of Halo: Infinity, the computer-generated cinematics that accompany each Spartan Ops episode. In gameplay, players fill the roles of Fireteam Crimson.

Miscellaneous
The members of Majestic each bear the team's emblem on their left shoulder in the same place as a player's multiplayer emblem. Majestic's emblem is a gold version of the "Kingslayer" used in Halo 4 Infinity.

List of appearances

 * Halo 4
 * Spartan Ops
 * Halo: Initiation
 * Halo: Escalation