Second squad (Pillar of Autumn)

Second Squad was a Marine squad from the UNSC Marine Corps.

Battle of Installation 04
They had joined with the and were transported via Pelican Dropship Victor 933, along with Captain Keyes in the mission to find the Covenant "Weapons Cache", which was in reality a Flood Containment Facility, which they did not realize at the time.

They found the Flood first one level below the level Fire Team Charlie was in. One member, a Corporal, radioed in to Staff Sergeant Avery J. Johnson to report that several Marines had been killed already, before he too is killed, destroying the radio.

All but a few managed to head up the elevator to the ground floor, while two or more Marines (more bodies can be found) stayed down before being eventually killed when there were overwhelmed by the Flood. Those two are killed moments after the Master Chief arrives on the level.

The group at the top, consisting of over a dozen Marines, led by Corporal Lovik, followed the Master Chief outside to a tower where Foehammer, the pilot of Pelican Echo 419 was to pick them up. However, they were ambushed by the Flood. Even though 343 Guilty Spark arrived, with Sentinels to aid them, the Marines did not hold up well against the Flood, and most were killed in the fighting.

Members
Several of the members were previously members of Charlie team, suggesting that they could have swapped soldiers.


 * Lovik
 * Chips Dubbo - Private, transferred from Fire Team Charlie.