Team Saber

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Team Saber is a United Nations Space Command SPARTAN-III Gamma Company military element. They are one of the finest Fire Teams in Gamma Company. Team Saber is the equivalent of Blue Team in Gamma Company. At around age 7, these orphaned children chose to become SPARTAN-IIIs, and were sent to Camp Currahee on the planet Onyx. After all of the members survived the biomodification process, Saber Team graduated from the SPARTAN-III training program on February 20, 2551. As they were one of the highest-ranked teams in the program, they stayed on Onyx to participate in a friendly fight with Team Gladius and Team Katana to see who would claim top honors. They are the last surviving team in Gamma (Note: This is if you do not include the slipspace hibernating member of Katana).

Dossier

 * Holly-G003 (Killed In Action, listed as Missing In Action)- Saber's Close-Quarters Battle specialist. Demoted twice for fighting with other trainees. Buzz-cut her hair into the shape of bear claws, and was often teased by other members of Gamma Company about this fact.


 * Ash-G099 - Leader of Team Saber, notable for understanding needs of team-mates and being able to assist in such situations.


 * Mark- Nicknamed "The Mark" for his exceptional abilities with a Sniper Rifle. Team Saber's sharpshooter.


 * Dante-G188 (KIA, listed as MIA)- Demolitions expert of Team Saber, possessed 'near-magical' abilities with regards to explosives.


 * Olivia- The team's scout/stealth expert. Called "O" by her fellow Spartans for her skills at tracking and stealth. Regularly operated as a scout for the team.

Battle of Onyx
During a training exercise, Team Saber was attacked by what appeared to be artillery fire. After retreating behind the Zone 67 fence, they ran into Onyx Sentinels, their previous assailants. After a sporadic firefight, Saber learned about the strange nature of these Forerunner constructs and retreated to the jungle to lay low for a time.

The squad joined the remaining Blue Team members, Kurt, Fred, Linda, Will, and Kelly, to help Dr. Catherine Halsey recover crucial Forerunner technology rumored to be buried below the surface of Onyx. After a stealth entry, the Spartans rescued the stasis-sleeping Team Katana members. They managed to escape detection by the Sentinels, but were attacked by a massive Covenant invasion fleet and forced to fall back to the Shield World's entry room. A drawn-out battle ensued, and the super-soldiers killed many Covenant troops, losing only three of their own. Kurt ordered the surviving Spartans through the entry, and sacrificed himself for their safety by destroying the Covenant army that attempted to gain entrance to the Micro Dyson Sphere. The army included invasion commander, Voro Nar 'Mantakree. Kurt destroyed the Covenant with two FENRIS nuclear warheads. Team Saber's last known location is inside the Micro Dyson Sphere that is contained in a Slipspace rift inside Onyx (known to the Forerunners as a "Shield World").

Trivia

 * Like all known Teams of Gamma Company; it's named after a blade