Team Omega

"This is too easy."

- Omega's leader on repelling the Covenant from Pirth City

Team Omega was a formation of SPARTAN-II supersoldiers (presumably a splinter of Red Team) deployed during the Battle of Arcadia in February 2531.

History
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 Red Team (Jerome, Alice, and Douglas) were meanwhile tasked with defending the capital, Pirth City. Team Omega was eventually redirected to the outskirts of Pirth City to reinforce Red Team and the Marines from the. Following a twenty-minute delay Team Omega reinforced their beleaguered comrades and swiftly drove the Covenant from the capital.

At some point following the New Phoenix Incident in July 2557, the Forerunner legal entity known as Catalog took note of Red and Omega Teams. Catalog stated that personally identifying information about the Spartans in question could not be revealed pending the investigation of Red Team's actions in the Battle of the Etran Harborage.

Composition and equipment
Team Omega's Greek-letter designation suggests that it was a splinter of Red Team, though it may have belonged to one of the other major formations such as Blue or Green. Omega contained six members, four male (one of whom led the team) and two female. During their deployment to Pirth City the team's male 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. Both female members carried AIE-486H machine guns. Along with Red Team they field-tested the earliest known iteration of energy shielding technology with their MJOLNIR powered armor.

Production notes
"If they want war, we'll give 'em war!"

- Spartan Group Omega's leader


 * Five Spartans identified as "Spartan Group Omega" appear at the end of the announcement trailer for Halo Wars. They wear an early design design of the MJOLNIR Mark IV that was abandoned later in the game's development. This design had much bulkier armor plating and a helmet reminiscent of the Mark VI, whereas the final version's helmet is identical to (and canonically is an earlier version of) the Mark V's.
 * Team Omega appears only in the fifth mission of Halo Wars, Arcadia Outskirts. They are essentially clones in gameplay terms: all six members share voice files with and carry the same weapons as the named members of Red Team. A glitch may cause Red Team's unique tags to be replaced by the generic "TEAM OMEGA" in later levels.

List of appearances

 * Halo Wars