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**[[Operation: TALON|Eridanus Secundus]]

**[[Operation: SMOKING ACES|Camp New Hope]]

**[[Battle of Chi Ceti|Chi Ceti IV]]

**[[Battle of Alpha Corvi II|Alpha Corvi II]]

**[[Battle of Seoba|Seoba]]

**[[Battle over Etalan|Etalan]]

**[[Battle of Circinius IV|Circinius IV]]

**[[Battle of Mesra|Mesra]]

**[[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE|Gao]]

**[[Operation: RETRIBUTION|RETRIBUTION]]

**[[Raid on Biko peace talks|Biko]]

**[[Operation: BIRD IN HAND|''Argent Moon'']]

'''Blue Team''' is a semi-constant unit composed predominantly of [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-IIs]] under the operational command of [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Command]], generally consisting of around four members. It was led by [[John-117]] for most of its activity during the [[Human-Covenant War]], though after John's involvement in the [[Battle of Mombasa]], the role of leader was taken up by [[Frederic-104]]; John later resumed ''de facto'' command following his recovery years later.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

==Known members==

===Capturing Colonel Watts===

{{Main|Operation: TALON}}

In the first UNSC military operation where the SPARTAN-IIs were put to the test after their intensive training, codenamed Operation: TALON, Blue Team was sent to infiltrate the rebel space habitat [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the [[Eridanus system|Eridanus Asteroid Belt]]. Blue Team stowed aboard a [[Parabola-class freighter|''Parabola''-class freighter]], the ''[[Laden]]'', and managed to sneak into the city. Their objective was to locate and capture the rebel leader ex-[[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]], a UNSC turncoat.

As the Spartans neared the provided waypoint, the fog had lowered to shoulder-height, allowing the Spartans to discover that the ''Starry Night'' was indeed seemingly intact, but sat atop a large avalanche about seven hundred meters up the quarry wall. Fred spotted a Covenant intrusion corvette sliding over the rim of the quarry and descending over the prowler. Kelly theorized that they may be trying to recover the ''Starry Night'' themselves. Realizing the danger, John declared to his teammates that the mission was no longer a rescue mission. Their primary objective was now to deny the Covenant from recovering the prowler and the data stored within. Then, John opened the command channel again and relayed this information to Crowther, who echoed John's concerns and insisted that they could not let the Covenant take possession of the ''Starry Night''. The vessel's [[navigation computer]] and other onboard data devices could reveal the locations of UNSC outposts, entire force deployments, or worse. Crowther asked Nyeto if there was any way that the prowler's [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon|nuclear]] [[self-destruct]] system could be remotely activated, to which the lieutenant commander responded in the affirmative. However, only Ascot and the captain of the ''Vanishing Point'' had the ability to do this, and neither could be reached at the moment. John assuring Crowther that they would not fail. Still, the Spartan requested that Task Force Yama assist them by keeping the assaulting corvettes off their backs. Nyeto began to say that their prowlers were not designed for ship-to-ship combat when Crowther interrupted him, promising that they would find a way. Crowther started to tell John to standby for instructions on how to manually activate the prowler's self-destruct, but he reassured the colonel that his Spartans already knew how to activate a [[Nuclear weapon|nuke]].{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}}

Fred, Linda, and four other Spartans escaped being buried under the avalanche, but six others—including John and Kelly—were not so lucky. As they worked to dig themselves free of the ice, John gave Fred command of the mission to board and destroy the ''Starry Night''. Getting over his amazement that the strategy had worked, Fred asked what should be done with any survivors they found aboard the prowler. Telling him to rescue them if possible, John switched to the command channel to demand the status of Nyeto's supposed support. The lieutenant commander insisted that he had a plan that he would enact soon, but even Colonel Crowther seemed doubtful of his tactics. Fred gathered Linda and [[Malcolm-059]] to board the vessel while the mobile members of Gold and Green Teams fended off a seemingly endless stream of ground vehicles. Fred's team boarded the ''Starry Night'' via a massive breach in its bow, finding five survivors of the crash: four ODSTs and Staff Sergeant Johnson, who had received a concussion. Fred had Linda get to work manually arming the prowler's [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon]] as he reported the situation to John, who just freed himself from the ice. He told Linda to take her time, but warned of an enemy squad preparing to board. Acknowledging this information, Fred told him that once the nuke was armed, they would flee in the prowler's escape pod. Hearing that a team of Covenant boarders was inbound, Johnson requested his assignment. Fred had him "guard" the escape pod to keep him out of harm's way. Nyeto's support finally arrived in the form of strafing runs that destroyed two nearby intrusion corvettes, but spared the one that was still attempting to recover the ''Starry Night''. When John warned that the Covenant boarding party was making their move, Fred and his team repelled them with explosive weapons as John distracted the rest. He handled two Sangheili, and Joshua and [[Anton-044]] arrived to assist him with more approaching Covenant. Linda had just finished arming the nuke and began dragging Johnson into the escape pod when John ordered her to initiate its thirty-second timer immediately. The looming corvette had activated its gravity lift system and was trying to draw the prowler up into its hangar. Linda followed the order and John warned all local Spartans to evacuate the area immediately. Fred's team, Johnson, and the ODSTs boarded the prowler's escape pod and launched through Seoba's low gravity while under fire from the corvette's surprised gunners. John informed Crowther and Nyeto of the escape pod and the imminent nuclear explosion. All of the Spartans made it to safety before the detonation, which destroyed both the ''Starry Night'' and the intrusion corvette. After Joshua patched a breach that John's armor had received in the fighting, John checked on his squad while Crowther sent prowlers to recover them once the nuke's [[electromagnetic pulse]] had dissipated.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS15|HSS|Chapter=15}} Some of the Spartans also assisted in the recovery of a [[Kelguid|starholo]] from the wreckage of corvette. Along with the starholo, Blue Team and the other Spartans were transported back to the ''Vanishing Point''.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS16|HSS|Chapter=16}}

===Etalan===

{{Main|Battle over Etalan}}

On [[2526#March|March 22]], the ''Vanishing Point'' and its escorts arrived at Etalan and they spent the next four days observing the logistics fleet's movements, trying to discern which vessels served each function. By [[2526#March|March 26]], the ''Vanishing Point''{{'}}s analysts felt confident that four of the fifteen Covenant vessels were equipment [[freighter]]s that carried spare parts and other materials used to maintain the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience. At this point, the logistics fleet seemed to be preparing to break from orbit over the planet to rejoin the main fleet at Biko. This was evidenced by the fact that they had begun syncing their orbits and bringing their [[fusion reactor]]s to full power. Since time was evidently running out, Gold and Green Teams were deployed in [[S-14 Baselard]]s to destroy the freighters as Blue Team and Johnson discussed what vessels they should target during the second phase of the attack since they still had not identified the munitions and food supply vessels with complete certainty. The plan called for each of them to fly one of the Banshees they had captured at Netherop into the hangars of the target vessels, crash the fighters with a HAVOK nuke planted in the cockpit, and then go [[Extra-vehicular activity|EV]] to be recovered by the escort prowlers. For the purpose of this mission, each member of Blue Team was equipped with an [[M99 Stanchion]] and [[M41 SPNKR]].{{Ref/Reuse|HSS19}}

===Zhoist===

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===Circinius IV===

{{Main|Battle of Circinius IV}}

After the events on Chi Ceti, Spartans John, Kelly and [[Frederic-104]] were sent to support Marine forces in a search-and-capture mission against an Insurrectionist leader; the skirmish quickly escalated as the Covenant's arrival forced the UNSC troops to briefly side with the rebels.<ref>'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''', ''Part 3''</ref> In [[2526|April 26, 2526]] Blue Team was deployed to [[Circinius IV]] in defense of the [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]].<ref>'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''' - ''Part 4''</ref> Despite their efforts, the Covenant glassed the planet and Blue Team rescued only three cadets of the academy.<ref>'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''' - ''Part 5''</ref>

===Raid on the Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence===

{{Main|Operation: WARM BLANKET}}

Shortly after the [[Battle of Miridem]] in [[2544]], Blue Team was part of a mission to rescue Dr. Catherine Halsey from a [[Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence|Covenant fleet]]. The team utilized [[OF92 Booster Frame]]s, which were designed for ship boarding actions, and infiltrated the [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Resplendent Fervor]]''.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''' (2010), ''Adjunct''</ref> The Spartans completed their mission and rescued Dr. Halsey, but [[Arthur-079]] and [[Solomon-069]] were killed in the battle.<ref>'''Halo Legends''': ''The Package''</ref>

===Raid on ''Unyielding Hierophant''===

{{Main|Operation: FIRST STRIKE}}

{{Quote|no=two|q1=My team is willing to accept the risk.|John-117|q2=The risk? It's a one-way ticket, son. But if you're willing to do it, if you can slow the Covenant assault on Earth, then, hell, it might be worth the trade.|Adm. Whitcomb|Chief and Adm. Whitcomb about possible mission outcome<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 290'' (2010)</ref>}}

===Onyx===

{{Main|Onyx Conflict}}

During this operation, Blue Team fought alongside with [[Team Saber]] against the [[Onyx Sentinel]]s and the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Sangheili fleet]] that had arrived. Upon landing on Onyx, they were reunited with Kelly-087, Dr. Halsey, [[Franklin Mendez|Senior Chief Petty Officer Mendez]], and Kurt-051 (who they thought had been dead for quite some time). However during the course of the battle Will, Kurt, and a number of SPARTAN-IIIs were killed by the Sentinels and Covenant forces. The rest of Blue Team, along with the remaining SPARTAN-IIIs, SCPO Mendez, and Dr. Halsey entered [[Sarcophagus|Shield World 006]], which lay in a slipspace rift at the core of Onyx. Upon retreating to safety inside the shield world the survivors erected gravestones for those lost in the Battle of Onyx.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 378''</ref> After the ceremony, Lucy-B091, Tom-B292, Ash-G099, Olivia-G291 and Mark-G313 were reassigned to Blue Team by Fred and Kelly.  

Although the Spartan-IIIs assigned to Blue Team were offered the chance to integrate into the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] and, by extension, the new [[Spartan Operations]] branch,<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 435''</ref> they continued to serve with Blue Team in the months after their recovery from the shield world. In [[2553#May|May 2553]],<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 8-10'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Blue Team was deployed to escort a UNSC [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion|research battalion]] tasked with capturing a [[Intrepid Eye|Forerunner ancilla]] on the planet [[Gao]]. Their search for the ancilla was complicated by a string of murders that began occurring in Gao's [[Montero Cave System]] after their arrival, prompting the [[Gao Ministry of Protection]] to send an investigative team headed by [[Special Inspector]] [[Veta Lopis]] to identify the killer on [[2553#July|July 2, 2553]]. The situation soon escalated into a crisis after the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], a post-Covenant faction smuggled onto the planet by [[insurrectionist]] sympathizers within Gao's government, attacked the UNSC forces. For much of the fighting, Blue Team was split between a group comprised of Fred, Ash, Olivia, and Mark who accompanied Veta Lopis, and a splinter team comprised of Kelly, Linda, Tom, and Lucy who were on the surface at the time of the initial attack. After several days of skirmishes, the splinter teams regrouped while the Keepers were largely driven back. At this point, however, the newly-elected Gao president [[Arlo Casille]] sent Gao's planetary military against the UNSC. However, the Spartans managed to exfiltrate from the planet and recover the ancilla while destroying the [[Covert Support Base 4276|Forerunner facility]] that used to house her.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light'''</ref>

===Operation: RETRIBUTION===

===The Composer's Forge===

{{Quote|no=two|q1=Admiral Hood asked that I act as an advisor for your mission.|John|q2=Just as an advisor? You told the old man you're coming with, didn't you... If you hadn't, I'd have ordered you to come along myself.|Fred|Fred prompting the Chief to join{{Ref/Reuse|esc8}}}}

[[File:Escalation - Installation03Skirmish.png|thumb|left|250px|Blue Team engages Promethean Knights on Installation 03.]]

===Argent Moon===

{{Main|Operation: BIRD IN HAND}}

On October 23, 2558, Blue Team were deployed from the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} on a mission to find and secure the abandoned ONI research vessel ''[[Argent Moon]]'', now occupied by [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]. During the mission, John experienced a vision from [[Cortana]] telling him that the [[Domain]] was open, that [[Meridian]] was next, and that the [[Reclaimer|Reclamation]] was about to begin. Upon coming to, he told Blue Team what he had seen. Resolving to deal with it later, they continued onwards according to their original plan. Upon witnessing Covenant vessels exiting slipspace all around the ''Argent Moon'', however, it was decided that the ''Argent Moon'' must be destroyed. Fighting their way through the ship, Blue Team eventually managed to overload ''Argent Moon's'' [[fusion reactor]]. With their arrival Pelican seemingly destroyed and no other means of escaping ''Argent Moon'' on time, Blue Team discovered a [[Winter-class prowler]], [[ONI Acrisius|ONI ''Acrisius'']], in the [[Hangar bay|hangar]]. With the hangar cleared and the ''Acrisius'' ready, John-117 radioed ''Infinity'' and informed them that he and Blue Team would be heading to Meridian. However, ''Infinity'' was mysteriously already aware of Cortana's return and ordered Blue Team back to them while another Spartan team was sent to deal with her. Rejecting their orders, Blue Team chose to evacuate aboard the ''Acrisius'' and set course to Meridian, leaving the ''Argent Moon'' as it exploded.{{Ref/Level|H5|[[Blue Team (level)|Blue Team]]}}

In [[2559#October|October 2559]], Blue Team, now wearing [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)|GEN3 armor]], was sent to infiltrate the ruined [[CASTLE Base]] on [[Reach]] in search of assets kept by Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] in a secret cryovault, assets that held the key to defeating [[Cortana]]. Blue Team and the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s forces came up against the [[Banished]] who were occupying the planet while searching for the [[Menachite portal complex|Forerunner complex]] that Blue Team had found beneath CASTLE Base during the [[Fall of Reach]]. The conflict left Blue Team battered and with heavily damaged armor, but they succeeded in retrieving three [[cryobin]]s and a lockbox from the cryovault. However, by following Blue Team's trail, the Banished succeeded in finding the Forerunner complex and opening a [[slipspace portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]], allowing [[Atriox]] to return to the Milky Way galaxy. While scouting the Forerunner complex, [[Fred-104]] encountered Blue Team's old friend [[Veta Lopis]], now undercover in the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]]. Lopis passed on a message to ONI through Fred, warning them of Atriox's return and the fact that the Keepers of the One Freedom, accompanied by the [[Ferret]]s, were heading to the Ark in order to fire the [[Halo Array]] and start the Great Journey.{{Ref/Novel|SoR}} The cryobins recovered by Blue Team contained Halsey's surviving [[flash cloning|cloned]] brains from the creation of Cortana, allowing her to create [[the Weapon]], an exact copy of Cortana whose mission was to imitate Cortana and lock her down for deletion.{{Ref/Game|Hi|Detail=[[Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Recovered Files|UNSC Audio log]]: Recovered Files}}{{Ref/Game|Hi}}

{{Quote|no=three|q1=Are you sure about sending him alone, Doctor Halsey?|Lasky|q2=If everyone does their job correctly, John will not be alone, Captain.|Halsey|q3=I just question the value of splitting him off from the rest of Blue Team. That wasn't the initial plan.|Lasky|Halsey and Lasky discussing Chief's and Blue Team's roles in the impending mission{{Ref/Game|Id=ia3|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Infinity's Approach 2|UNSC Audio log|Detail=Infinity's Approach #03 - Duty Clearance}}}}

==Non-canon and dubious canon appearances==

===Silver Timeline===

==Production notes==

==Trivia==

==Gallery==

File:HFoR - Blue Team vs Hunter.jpg|Blue Team fighting a [[Mgalekgolo]] in 2552.

File:HFoR - Blue Team on Gamma Station.jpg|Blue Team fighting aboard [[Gamma Station]] in 2552.

File:BluevsPrometheans.jpg|Blue Team engaging Promethean Knights on Installation 03.

File:Escalation - Didact vs Blue Team.png|The Didact attacking Blue Team.

File:Halo Escalation 10.jpg|Blue Team on the cover of ''[[Halo: Escalation#10]]''.

File:HTMCC Nameplate BlueTeam.png|A Blue Team nameplate in ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''.

File:HtT-BlueTeam.png|Blue Team on Meridian in ''[[The Hunt Begins]]''.

File:TFoR-as-concept 4.jpg|Blue Team prepares to board the ''Unrelenting'' in concept art for ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''.

File:Halo_5_Co-op_Chief.png|John-117's loadout in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.

File:H5G-Firing Line.png|Blue Team assaulting ''Argent Moon''.

File:H5G-BlueTeam GI 2.jpg|Blue Team aboard the ''Argent Moon''.

File:H5G-BlueTeam GI.jpg|Blue Team in combat.

File:HM-BlueTeam.png|Blue Team on Meridian in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''.

File:HCD3-BlueTeammad.jpg|Blue Team in ''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''.

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*''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''

*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''

*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''  

**''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]''

*''[[Hunt the Truth]]''

**''[[The Hunt Begins]]''

*''[[Halo: Last Light]]''

*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''

**''[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition dossiers|Limited Edition dossiers]]''

*''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' {{Mo}}

**''[[Lessons Learned]]'' {{Mo}}

**''[[A Necessary Truth]]'' {{Mo}}

*''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''

**''[[On the Brink]]''

*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]''

*''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]''

*''[[Halo: Oblivion]]''

*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''

*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{mo}}

*''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]'' {{Mo}}

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