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|formed=[[2517|September 2517]] - Destroyed on [[2557#July|July 25, 2557]]
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*[[Operation: BLOWBACK]]
*[[Operation: BLOWBACK]]
*[[Battle of Line Installation 1-4]]
*[[Battle of Line Installation 1-4]]
*[[Skirmish on Installation 03]]
*[[Mission to Installation 03]]
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{{Quote|Black Team, rock and roll!|Otto-031 during a firefight{{Ref/Reuse|HBL1}}}}
'''Fireteam Spartan: Black''',{{Ref/Reuse|EVO}} often referred to as '''Team Black''' or '''Black Team''',{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE8|HEsc|Issue=8}} was an unconventional warfare unit of four [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II supersoldiers]] who reported directly to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], unlike their [[Naval Special Weapons]] comrades.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.6832.NYCC_~apos~09~colon~_Two_New_Halo_Series_on_the_Way|Site=Marvel|Page=NYCC '09: Two New Halo Series on the Way|D=11|M=02|Y=2009}}{{Ref/Generic|Id=Halopedia Interview SPB|[[News:Archive/21 May 2009/Fred Van Lente and Spartan Black|Halopedia News - Fred Van Lente and Spartan Black]]}}{{Ref/Anthology|Id=EVO|Evo|Blunt Instruments}}


{{Quote|Black Team, rock and roll!|Otto-031 during a firefight<ref name ="HBL1"/>}}
Late in the [[Human-Covenant War]] the team was issued [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Black|MJOLNIR: Black]], which included components later incorporated into the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|MJOLNIR Mark VI armor]].{{Ref/Reuse|Halopedia Interview SPB}} Their armor was painted matte black rather than the green color scheme normally used by mainline SPARTAN-IIs.{{Ref/Reuse|EVO}}
 
'''Fireteam Spartan: Black''',<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "Blunt Instruments", ''page 193''</ref> often referred to as '''Team Black''' or '''Black Team''',<ref name="HE8">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 8|Issue 8]]''</ref> was an unconventional warfare unit of four [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II supersoldiers]] who reported directly to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], unlike their [[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Weapons]] comrades.<ref>[http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.6832.NYCC_~apos~09~colon~_Two_New_Halo_Series_on_the_Way NYCC '09: Two New Halo Series on the Way]</ref><ref name="Halopedia Interview SPB">[[News:Archive/21 May 2009/Fred Van Lente and Spartan Black|Halopedia News - Fred Van Lente and Spartan Black]]</ref><ref name="EVO">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''Blunt Instruments''</ref>
 
Late in the [[Human-Covenant War]] the team was issued [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Black|MJOLNIR: Black]], which included components later incorporated into the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|MJOLNIR Mark VI armor]].<ref name="Halopedia Interview SPB"/> Their armor was painted matte black rather than the green color scheme normally used by mainline SPARTAN-IIs.<ref name="EVO"/>


==Team composition==
==Team composition==
[[File:HE-Black.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Black Team in July 2557.]]
*[[Margaret-053]] (Black-One) - leader
*[[Margaret-053]] (Black-One) - leader
*[[Roma-143]] (Black-Two) - intelligence specialist
*[[Roma-143]] (Black-Two) - intelligence specialist
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===Training===
===Training===
{{Main|SPARTAN-II training}}
{{Main|SPARTAN-II training}}
While being trained by [[Senior Chief Petty Officer|SCPO]] [[Franklin Mendez]], Margaret and Otto secretly had a romantic relationship. Victor was jealous of them and reported them to Mendez, who sent both to the brig. [[Red Team]] heard of this and tracked down Margaret. In the ensuing struggle, Margaret lost her left eye to send the message that her team should take their training seriously. Soon, Black Team gave Red Team a beating in return and were given a ten-day stint in the brig as a result. The team would never speak of the incident again.<ref name="issue3">'''Halo: Blood Line''' ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 3|Issue 3]]''</ref><ref name="issue4">'''Halo: Blood Line''' ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 4|Issue 4]]''</ref><ref name="issue5">'''Halo: Blood Line''' ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 5|Issue 5]]''</ref>
While being trained by [[Senior Chief Petty Officer|SCPO]] [[Franklin Mendez]], Margaret and Otto secretly had a romantic relationship. Victor was jealous of them and reported them to Mendez, who sent both to the brig. [[Red Team]] heard of this and tracked down Margaret. In the ensuing struggle, Margaret lost her left eye to send the message that her team should take their training seriously. Soon, Black Team gave Red Team a beating in return and were given a ten-day stint in the brig as a result. The team would never speak of the incident again.{{Ref/Comic|Id=issue3|HBL|Issue=3}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=issue4|HBL|Issue=4}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=issue5|HBL|Issue=5}}
 
Black Team underwent [[Project ASTER|augmentations]] alongside the rest of the SPARTAN-IIs on [[2525#March|March 9, 2525]] aboard the [[Medical Facility Endurance]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HFoR6|HFoR|Chapter=6}} Every member of Black Team washed-out, their bodies rejecting the augmentations. Presumably, they were retrained and re-augmented successfully, much like [[Jerome-092]], [[Douglas-042]], and [[Alice-130]]. Black Team was then molded by ONI counter strategists for assignments that were strictly off the record, including the testing of prototype equipment with fluid mission objectives and challenging odds.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P69|Enc22|Page=69}}


===Human-Covenant War===
===Human-Covenant War===
During the [[Human-Covenant War]], Team Black participated in numerous operations against the Covenant, including one where they destroyed a [[Citadel (Covenant)|Covenant Citadel]]<ref name="issue5"/> and another in which they boarded a [[Covenant cruiser]] using [[C-12 shaped charge]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "Blunt Instruments", ''page 202''</ref>
During the [[Human-Covenant War]], Black Team participated in numerous operations against the Covenant, including one where they destroyed a [[Citadel (Covenant)|Covenant Citadel]]{{Ref/Reuse|issue5}} and another in which they boarded a [[Covenant cruiser]] using [[C-12 shaped charge]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|EVO}} Black Team was also deployed to [[Mamore]] at some point during the war.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P69}}


===Raid on Verge ===
===Raid on Verge ===
{{Main|Raid on Verge}}
{{Main|Raid on Verge}}
[[File:Bloodline Verge.png|thumb|250px|Black-Two rescues Three on Verge.]]
[[File:Bloodline Verge.png|thumb|250px|Roma rescues Otto on Verge.]]
In [[2552#August|mid-2552]], Team Black was sent to destroy a heavily fortified [[Beacon|Covenant mining device]] within the ruins of [[Ciudad de Arias]] on the UEG colony world of [[Verge]], to cut off the supply of energy to ships [[Battle of Tribute|blockading]] [[Tribute]]. Roma encountered an apparently non-hostile [[Yanme'e]], and convinced the other members that they could trust the alien for intelligence on the area. [[Hopalong]], as the Yanme'e was nicknamed, led Team Black through underground tunnels that were hollowed out by swarms of Yanme'e. Roma, during their attack on the [[Mgalekgolo]] and [[Kig-Yar]] positioned by each anti-gravity pylon, discovered that the Yanme'e were [[Unmutuals|psychopathic prisoners]] rather than slaves as Hopalong led them to believe. Team Black was able to set C-12 explosives just before Hopalong freed the hostile Yanme'e inmates. Although Otto struggled with the swarm and was ultimately rescued by Roma, the team escaped the area and the charges on the pylons were detonated.<ref name=EVO/>
In [[2552#August|mid-2552]], Black Team was sent to destroy a heavily fortified [[Beacon|Covenant mining device]] within the ruins of [[Ciudad de Arias]] on the UEG colony world of [[Verge]], to cut off the supply of energy to ships [[Battle of Tribute|blockading]] [[Tribute]]. Roma encountered an apparently non-hostile [[Yanme'e]], and convinced the other members that they could trust the alien for intelligence on the area. [[Hopalong]], as the Yanme'e was nicknamed, led Black Team through underground tunnels that were hollowed out by swarms of Yanme'e. Roma, during their attack on the [[Mgalekgolo]] and [[Kig-Yar]] positioned by each anti-gravity pylon, discovered that the Yanme'e were [[Unmutuals|psychopathic prisoners]] rather than [[Slavery|slaves]] as Hopalong led them to believe. Black Team was able to set C-12 explosives just before Hopalong freed the hostile Yanme'e inmates. Although Otto struggled with the swarm and was ultimately rescued by Roma, the team escaped the area and the charges on the pylons were detonated.{{Ref/Reuse|EVO}}


===Line Installation 1-4===
===Line Installation 1-4===
{{Main|Battle of Line Installation 1-4}}
{{Main|Battle of Line Installation 1-4}}
{{Quote|no=two|q1=Congratulations, boys. You've discovered a heretofore unknown alien  species.|Iona|q2=Oh. Yay for us.|Victor-101|Iona to Black Team upon discovering Forerunner facility <ref name="HBL2"/>}}
{{Quote|no=two|q1=Congratulations, boys. You've discovered a heretofore unknown alien  species.|Iona|q2=Oh. Yay for us.|Victor-101|Iona to Black Team upon discovering Forerunner facility {{Ref/Reuse|HBL2}}}}


[[File:BL Thon attacks Three.png|thumb|left|250px|Otto is attacked by [[Thon 'Talamee]].]]
[[File:BL Thon attacks Three.png|thumb|left|250px|Otto is attacked by [[Thon 'Talamee]].]]
Some time after the mission on Verge, Team Black was assigned to [[Operation: BLOWBACK]], a covert mission to [[Sub-Sector 35]] in uninhabited space, believed to be a significant Covenant supply route. They were assigned aboard the ONI-commissioned [[civilian]] mining vessel ''[[Long Time Coming]]'', with their [[cryo chamber]]s hidden among prospecting equipment, with a mission to board or allow themselves to be "captured" by any Covenant vessels in the area, gather intelligence and then destroy the ships from the inside. The [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] construct [[Iona]] was also assigned to assist the team in their mission. However, on its way to Sub-Sector 35 in slipspace, the ''Long Time Coming'' was significantly damaged by unknown bursts of energy.
Some time after the mission on Verge, Black Team was assigned to [[Operation: BLOWBACK]], a covert mission to [[Sub-Sector 35]] in uninhabited space, believed to be a significant Covenant supply route. They were assigned aboard the ONI-commissioned [[civilian]] mining vessel ''[[Long Time Coming]]'', with their [[cryo chamber]]s hidden among prospecting equipment, with a mission to board or allow themselves to be "captured" by any Covenant vessels in the area, gather intelligence and then destroy the ships from the inside. The [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] construct [[Iona]] was also assigned to assist the team in their mission. However, on its way to Sub-Sector 35 in slipspace, the ''Long Time Coming'' was significantly damaged by unknown bursts of energy.


After the ship crashed on an [[Unidentified moon|uncharted moon]], Victor was assigned to carry Iona within his MJOLNIR suit.<ref name ="HBL1">'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> After Margaret was captured by mechanical [[Gatherer]]s, Victor and Otto reluctantly allied with the Covenant forces also on the moon in order to rescue their captured comrades and proceeded inside the vast [[Line Installation 1-4]].<ref name="HBL2">'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 2|Issue 2]]''</ref>
After the ship crashed on an [[Unidentified moon|uncharted moon]], Victor was assigned to carry Iona within his MJOLNIR suit.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HBL1|HBL|Issue=1}} After Margaret was captured by mechanical [[Gatherer]]s, Victor and Otto reluctantly allied with the Covenant forces also on the moon in order to rescue their captured comrades and proceeded inside the vast [[Line Installation 1-4]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=HBL2|HBL|Issue=2}}


While they were closing on the chamber where the captives were being held, the [[Forerunner]] [[monitor]] of the installation, [[686 Ebullient Prism]], hacked into Victor's and Roma's MJOLNIR HUDs, tricking them into attacking each other.<ref name="issue3"/> Four was also reminded of his grudge against Otto and attacked him, before Three and Iona managed to remind him of the importance of his adopted family and snap him out of his tantrum. Meanwhile, Margaret managed to escape her cell with a [[Sangheili]], [[Reff 'Talamee]], and they found their way into the control room of the facility.
While they were closing on the chamber where the captives were being held, the [[Forerunner]] [[monitor]] of the installation, [[686 Ebullient Prism]], hacked into Victor's and Roma's MJOLNIR HUDs, tricking them into attacking each other.{{Ref/Reuse|issue3}} Four was also reminded of his grudge against Otto and attacked him, before Three and Iona managed to remind him of the importance of his adopted family and snap him out of his tantrum. Meanwhile, Margaret managed to escape her cell with a [[Sangheili]], [[Reff 'Talamee]], and they found their way into the control room of the facility.


Otto, Victor, and Roma then assisted Margaret against Prism in the installation's control room. Margaret managed to destroy the monitor with the installation's main gun, simultaneously bringing an entire Covenant fleet crashing down. Team Black then went out to fight the survivors so as to commandeer a functional slipspace drive to get off the moon.<ref name="issue5"/> Team Black ultimately escaped the moon and returned to UNSC-controlled space.<ref name="catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2963929_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2963929 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction - Page 6'']</ref>
Otto, Victor, and Roma then assisted Margaret against Prism in the installation's control room. Margaret managed to destroy the monitor with the installation's main gun, simultaneously bringing an entire Covenant fleet crashing down. Black Team then went out to fight the survivors so as to commandeer a functional slipspace drive to get off the moon.{{Ref/Reuse|issue5}} Black Team ultimately escaped the moon and returned to UNSC-controlled space.{{Ref/Site|Id=catalog|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=6|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Catalog Interaction|D=10|M=09|Y=2015|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post_.233_2}}


===Installation 03===
===Installation 03===
{{Main|Skirmish on Installation 03}}
{{Main|Mission to Installation 03}}
[[File:Escalation - Black Team.png|thumb|300px|Black Team on Installation 03.]]
[[File:Escalation - Black Team.png|thumb|300px|Black Team on Installation 03.]]
By [[2557#July|July 2557]], Black Team had been assigned to [[Installation 03]].<ref name="catalog"/> On [[2557#July|July 25]], shortly after the [[Ur-Didact]]'s [[Raid on Ivanoff Station|attack]] on [[Ivanoff Station]], Team Black was serving as security detail for a science camp in a desert on the Halo's surface. Unaware of the recent attack on Ivanoff, the Spartans were attempting to establish contact with the station when they noticed a large number of objects exiting [[slipspace]] and falling from the sky; one of the objects crashed nearby, prompting Black to investigate. The team made their way to the impact crater and discovered an unconscious Didact, who had been knocked into a slipspace rupture by [[John-117]] during the [[New Phoenix Incident]]. Unaware of who the Didact was, Team Black speculated the arriving objects to be an invasion force, though one member questioned the efficacy of the invaders given the Didact's unresponsive state. However, the Didact suddenly awoke. Furious at the sight of more [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartans]], the Didact declared the humans' presence "unacceptable" and brutally killed Team Black along with the nearby scientists.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue 9]]''</ref>
By [[2557#July|July 2557]], Black Team had been assigned to [[Installation 03]].{{Ref/Reuse|catalog}} On [[2557#July|July 25]], shortly after the [[Ur-Didact]]'s [[Raid on Ivanoff Station|attack]] on [[Ivanoff Station]], Black Team was serving as security detail for a science camp in a desert on the Halo's surface. Unaware of the recent attack on Ivanoff, the Spartans were attempting to establish contact with the station when they noticed a large number of objects exiting [[slipspace]] and falling from the sky; one of the objects crashed nearby, prompting Black to investigate. The team made their way to the impact crater and discovered an unconscious Didact, who had been knocked into a slipspace rupture by [[John-117]] during the [[New Phoenix Incident]]. Unaware of who the Didact was, Black Team speculated the arriving objects to be an invasion force, though one member questioned the efficacy of the invaders given the Didact's unresponsive state. However, the Didact suddenly awoke. Furious at the sight of more [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartans]], the Didact declared the humans' presence "unacceptable" and brutally killed Black Team along with the nearby scientists.{{Ref/Comic|HEsc|Issue=9}}


Following the loss of contact with Black Team as well as the scientists, [[Terrence Hood|Admiral Terrence Hood]] sent [[Blue Team]] to Installation 03 to investigate the disturbance. Upon their arrival the next day, Blue Team found all four members of Team Black dead and were attacked by Promethean constructs shortly after.<ref name="HE8"/>
Following the loss of contact with Black Team as well as the scientists, [[Terrence Hood|Admiral Terrence Hood]] sent [[Blue Team]] to Installation 03 to investigate the disturbance. Upon their arrival the next day, Blue Team found all four members of Black Team dead and were attacked by Promethean constructs shortly after.{{Ref/Reuse|HE8}}


==Trivia==
==Production notes==
''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'' and ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' depict the team members' visors with Roman numerals of their respective team tags.{{Ref/Reuse|HBL1}} The comics also show their visors as gold whereas ''Blunt Instruments'' states they are reflective silver.{{Ref/Reuse|EVO}}
 
==Gallery==
{{Linkbox|gallery=1}}
{{Linkbox|gallery=1}}
''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'' and ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' depict the team members' visors with Roman numerals of their respective team tags.<ref>'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]'', page 19</ref> The comics also show their visors as gold whereas ''Blunt Instruments'' states they are reflective silver.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''' - ''Blunt Instruments'', page 200</ref>
{{Clear}}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:BL_Black_vs_Red.png|Team Black training against Red Team with [[paint pellet gun]]s.
File:BL_Black_vs_Red.png|Black Team training against Red Team with [[paint pellet gun]]s.
File:Control room battle.png|Black Team fighting in the Line installation's control center.
File:Control room battle.png|Black Team fighting in the Line installation's control center.
File:All_Together_Now_by_PORTELA.jpg|Black Team engages Covenant forces gathered outside the installation.
File:All_Together_Now_by_PORTELA.jpg|Black Team engages Covenant forces gathered outside the installation.
File:Escalation - BlackTeam&Didact.png|Black Team discovering the unconscious [[Ur-Didact]].
File:Escalation - BlackTeam&Didact.png|Black Team discovering the unconscious [[Ur-Didact]].
File:Halo Escalation Team Black dead.jpg|Team Black's corpses are found by Blue Team.
File:Halo Escalation Team Black dead.jpg|Black Team's corpses are found by Blue Team.
</gallery>
</gallery>


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==Sources==
==Sources==
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Black Team
Halo: Blood Line image of 4 Spartans standing in a burning ship

Active:

September 2517 - Destroyed on July 25, 2557

Affiliation:

United Nations Space Command

Branch:

UNSC Navy

Type:

Unconventional warfare

Size:

Four soldiers

Engagements:

Commanders:

Margaret-053

 

"Black Team, rock and roll!"
— Otto-031 during a firefight[1]

Fireteam Spartan: Black,[2] often referred to as Team Black or Black Team,[3] was an unconventional warfare unit of four SPARTAN-II supersoldiers who reported directly to the Office of Naval Intelligence, unlike their Naval Special Weapons comrades.[4][5][2]

Late in the Human-Covenant War the team was issued MJOLNIR: Black, which included components later incorporated into the MJOLNIR Mark VI armor.[5] Their armor was painted matte black rather than the green color scheme normally used by mainline SPARTAN-IIs.[2]

Team composition[edit]

Black Team in July 2557.

Operational history[edit]

Training[edit]

Main article: SPARTAN-II training

While being trained by SCPO Franklin Mendez, Margaret and Otto secretly had a romantic relationship. Victor was jealous of them and reported them to Mendez, who sent both to the brig. Red Team heard of this and tracked down Margaret. In the ensuing struggle, Margaret lost her left eye to send the message that her team should take their training seriously. Soon, Black Team gave Red Team a beating in return and were given a ten-day stint in the brig as a result. The team would never speak of the incident again.[6][7][8]

Black Team underwent augmentations alongside the rest of the SPARTAN-IIs on March 9, 2525 aboard the Medical Facility Endurance.[9] Every member of Black Team washed-out, their bodies rejecting the augmentations. Presumably, they were retrained and re-augmented successfully, much like Jerome-092, Douglas-042, and Alice-130. Black Team was then molded by ONI counter strategists for assignments that were strictly off the record, including the testing of prototype equipment with fluid mission objectives and challenging odds.[10]

Human-Covenant War[edit]

During the Human-Covenant War, Black Team participated in numerous operations against the Covenant, including one where they destroyed a Covenant Citadel[8] and another in which they boarded a Covenant cruiser using C-12 shaped charges.[2] Black Team was also deployed to Mamore at some point during the war.[10]

Raid on Verge[edit]

Main article: Raid on Verge
Roma rescues Otto on Verge.

In mid-2552, Black Team was sent to destroy a heavily fortified Covenant mining device within the ruins of Ciudad de Arias on the UEG colony world of Verge, to cut off the supply of energy to ships blockading Tribute. Roma encountered an apparently non-hostile Yanme'e, and convinced the other members that they could trust the alien for intelligence on the area. Hopalong, as the Yanme'e was nicknamed, led Black Team through underground tunnels that were hollowed out by swarms of Yanme'e. Roma, during their attack on the Mgalekgolo and Kig-Yar positioned by each anti-gravity pylon, discovered that the Yanme'e were psychopathic prisoners rather than slaves as Hopalong led them to believe. Black Team was able to set C-12 explosives just before Hopalong freed the hostile Yanme'e inmates. Although Otto struggled with the swarm and was ultimately rescued by Roma, the team escaped the area and the charges on the pylons were detonated.[2]

Line Installation 1-4[edit]

Main article: Battle of Line Installation 1-4

Iona: "Congratulations, boys. You've discovered a heretofore unknown alien species."
Victor-101: "Oh. Yay for us."
— Iona to Black Team upon discovering Forerunner facility [11]
Otto is attacked by Thon 'Talamee.

Some time after the mission on Verge, Black Team was assigned to Operation: BLOWBACK, a covert mission to Sub-Sector 35 in uninhabited space, believed to be a significant Covenant supply route. They were assigned aboard the ONI-commissioned civilian mining vessel Long Time Coming, with their cryo chambers hidden among prospecting equipment, with a mission to board or allow themselves to be "captured" by any Covenant vessels in the area, gather intelligence and then destroy the ships from the inside. The AI construct Iona was also assigned to assist the team in their mission. However, on its way to Sub-Sector 35 in slipspace, the Long Time Coming was significantly damaged by unknown bursts of energy.

After the ship crashed on an uncharted moon, Victor was assigned to carry Iona within his MJOLNIR suit.[1] After Margaret was captured by mechanical Gatherers, Victor and Otto reluctantly allied with the Covenant forces also on the moon in order to rescue their captured comrades and proceeded inside the vast Line Installation 1-4.[11]

While they were closing on the chamber where the captives were being held, the Forerunner monitor of the installation, 686 Ebullient Prism, hacked into Victor's and Roma's MJOLNIR HUDs, tricking them into attacking each other.[6] Four was also reminded of his grudge against Otto and attacked him, before Three and Iona managed to remind him of the importance of his adopted family and snap him out of his tantrum. Meanwhile, Margaret managed to escape her cell with a Sangheili, Reff 'Talamee, and they found their way into the control room of the facility.

Otto, Victor, and Roma then assisted Margaret against Prism in the installation's control room. Margaret managed to destroy the monitor with the installation's main gun, simultaneously bringing an entire Covenant fleet crashing down. Black Team then went out to fight the survivors so as to commandeer a functional slipspace drive to get off the moon.[8] Black Team ultimately escaped the moon and returned to UNSC-controlled space.[12]

Installation 03[edit]

Main article: Mission to Installation 03
Black Team on Installation 03.

By July 2557, Black Team had been assigned to Installation 03.[12] On July 25, shortly after the Ur-Didact's attack on Ivanoff Station, Black Team was serving as security detail for a science camp in a desert on the Halo's surface. Unaware of the recent attack on Ivanoff, the Spartans were attempting to establish contact with the station when they noticed a large number of objects exiting slipspace and falling from the sky; one of the objects crashed nearby, prompting Black to investigate. The team made their way to the impact crater and discovered an unconscious Didact, who had been knocked into a slipspace rupture by John-117 during the New Phoenix Incident. Unaware of who the Didact was, Black Team speculated the arriving objects to be an invasion force, though one member questioned the efficacy of the invaders given the Didact's unresponsive state. However, the Didact suddenly awoke. Furious at the sight of more Spartans, the Didact declared the humans' presence "unacceptable" and brutally killed Black Team along with the nearby scientists.[13]

Following the loss of contact with Black Team as well as the scientists, Admiral Terrence Hood sent Blue Team to Installation 03 to investigate the disturbance. Upon their arrival the next day, Blue Team found all four members of Black Team dead and were attacked by Promethean constructs shortly after.[3]

Production notes[edit]

Halo: Blood Line and Halo: Escalation depict the team members' visors with Roman numerals of their respective team tags.[1] The comics also show their visors as gold whereas Blunt Instruments states they are reflective silver.[2]

Gallery[edit]

Main-Superintendent.png Browse more images in this article's gallery page.
  • Black Team training against Red Team with paint pellet guns.

    Black Team training against Red Team with paint pellet guns.

  • Black Team fighting in the Line installation's control center.

    Black Team fighting in the Line installation's control center.

  • Black Team engages Covenant forces gathered outside the installation.

    Black Team engages Covenant forces gathered outside the installation.

  • Black Team discovering the unconscious Ur-Didact.

    Black Team discovering the unconscious Ur-Didact.

  • Black Team's corpses are found by Blue Team.

    Black Team's corpses are found by Blue Team.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Halo: Blood Line, issue 1
  2. ^ a b c d e f Halo: Evolutions - Blunt Instruments
  3. ^ a b Halo: Escalation, issue 8
  4. ^ Marvel, NYCC '09: Two New Halo Series on the Way (Retrieved on Feb 11, 2009) [archive]
  5. ^ a b Halopedia News - Fred Van Lente and Spartan Black
  6. ^ a b Halo: Blood Line, issue 3
  7. ^ Halo: Blood Line, issue 4
  8. ^ a b c Halo: Blood Line, issue 5
  9. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 6
  10. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 69
  11. ^ a b Halo: Blood Line, issue 2
  12. ^ a b Halo Waypoint Forums, Catalog Interaction (Retrieved on Sep 10, 2015) [local archive] [external archive]
  13. ^ Halo: Escalation, issue 9

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Generations
SPARTAN-II
Naval Special Weapons: Blue • Gold • Green • Red (Alpha • Beta • Gamma • Delta) • Omega • Silver • Yellow
Naval Intelligence: Black • Gray
SPARTAN-III
Training companies: Alpha • Beta • Gamma • Delta
Alpha: Wolf Pack
Beta: Echo • Foxtrot • India • Lima • Romeo • X-ray
Gamma Company: Gladius • Katana • Saber
Non-company units: Anchor • Echo • Gauntlet • Headhunters • NOBLE • Red • Strident
SPARTAN-IV
Alpha-Nine • Apex • Apollo • Avalanche • Bailey • Castle • Cerberus • Crimson • Colossus • Dagger • Domino • Eagle • Ferret • Fenrir • Forest • Grizzly • Hellhound • Horse • Hydra • Ivy • Intrepid • Jackknife • Jorogumo • Kodiak • Lancer • Leviathan • Majestic • Mako • Osiris • Phoenix • Rhino • Shadow • Stingray • Switchback • Sword • Sydney • Talon • Taurus • Tower • Venom • Windfall • Wolf
Joint units
Unified Special Warfare: NOBLE Team (c. 2545-2552)
Naval Special Weapons: Blue Team (2552-2553)
Naval Intelligence: Kilo-Five (2553) • Ferrets (2553)
Marine Corps: Gypsy Company (2557) • Mountain Squad (2558)
Unknown
Italics denote that a unit has been destroyed or disbanded, or that its whereabouts are unknown.
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