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After their [[D77-TC Pelican]], ''[[Bravo 001]]'', was shot down during the Fall of Reach and four team members were killed, the surviving members of Red Team were split into four groups: [[Team Alpha|Alpha]], [[Beta-Red|Beta]], [[Team Gamma|Gamma]], and [[Team Delta|Delta]].<ref group="note">Several sources, (see above), explicitly state that Red Team consisted of twenty-two members during the mission to secure the orbital defense generators. Four members, including Malcolm-059, were killed on impact after jumping from ''Bravo 001'', which would leave eighteen survivors. According to ''Halo: First Strike'', Alpha and Gamma teams each consisted of three members, Delta had six, and Beta had eleven, (the latter count being [[Halo: Reach radio conversations#Countdown|reiterated]] in ''Halo: Reach''), paradoxically resulting in twenty-three survivors. However, the 2011 | After their [[D77-TC Pelican]], ''[[Bravo 001]]'', was shot down during the Fall of Reach and four team members were killed, the surviving members of Red Team were split into four groups: [[Team Alpha|Alpha]], [[Beta-Red|Beta]], [[Team Gamma|Gamma]], and [[Team Delta|Delta]].<ref group="note">Several sources, (see above), explicitly state that Red Team consisted of twenty-two members during the mission to secure the orbital defense generators. Four members, including Malcolm-059, were killed on impact after jumping from ''Bravo 001'', which would leave eighteen survivors. According to ''Halo: First Strike'', Alpha and Gamma teams each consisted of three members, Delta had six, and Beta had eleven, (the latter count being [[Halo: Reach radio conversations#Countdown|reiterated]] in ''Halo: Reach''), paradoxically resulting in twenty-three survivors. However, the 2011 definitive edition of "Halo: First Strike" states that Beta had six members, making 18 survivors, consistent with twenty-two original Spartans, four dying upon "landing".</ref> | ||
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