Red Team

Red Team is a United Nations Space Command infantry team.

It was composed of two dozen SPARTAN-IIs -though a quarter of whom participated in the same battles-, and actively participated in several battles, including the Second Battle of Harvest, the Battle of Arcadia, the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV and the Battle of Reach.

In 2531, Red Team was a three-person unit comprised of Douglas-042, Jerome-092 and Alice-130, and participated in the Battle of Arcadia, where it linked up with forces from the to evacuate Arcadian civilians, staying with the ships forces. After the ships crew managed to destroy a Forerunner Shield World, destroying a fleet the Covenant planned to reverse-engineer and use to swiftly destroy humanity, the Spartans were presumed MIA with the rest of the ships crew. The moniker of "Red Team" passed to Frederic-104 and his Spartans.

The SPARTAN-II "aura of invincibility" was shattered by the massive casualties inflicted on Red Team because of their combat with far superior numbers of Covenant forces on Reach. Though inflicting heavy damage on the Covenant, including destroying a Covenant cruiser and a military base set up to secure the ground, many were killed in the insertion and in the subsequent engagements.

During the Reach campaign, Red Team was split up into four, smaller teams. These teams were: Team Alpha, Team Beta, Team Gamma and Team Delta.

Red Team was commanded by Frederic-104 with his second-in-command being Kelly-087. Joshua-029 assumed command of Red Team on Sigma Octanus IV.

Known Members
Although Red Team generally operated at a size of around 6, other SPARTANs could be selected as members of Red Team for missions.


 * Li-008
 * Joshua-029
 * Vinh-030
 * Isaac-039
 * Douglas-042
 * William-043
 * Anton-044
 * Keiichi-047
 * Malcolm-059
 * Kelly-087 - Reach
 * Jerome-092
 * Grace-093
 * Frederic-104
 * Alice-130

Game Unit


In Halo Wars, Red Team have a regenerating health bar, similar in function to energy shields. However Ensemble has confirmed many times that it is a regenerating health bar. The regenerating health bar recharges after a short time and makes the classic depletion and recharge sounds from the original trilogy. The Spartans must be managed carefully lest they be wiped out. They are armed with SMGs, which can be upgraded to chainguns and later Spartan Lasers. The Spartans are capable of hijacking and piloting enemy and friendly vehicles, similar to John in the original trilogy, but at a much slower rate. Additionally there is a neural implant upgrade that can be obtained, which gives Spartans the power to hi-jack vehicles at a much faster rate.

Red Team are not actually usable outside of the Halo Wars campaign. Rather, they are a campaign-exclusive unit, composed of six Spartans, carrying either a Spartan Laser, a machine gun turret, or a homing rocket launcher. Their health system mimics the multiplayer-usable Spartans, but their weaponry is unique.