Fireteam Majestic

Fireteam Majestic
Active:	2558
Affiliation:	United Nations Space Command
Branch:	Spartan
Type:	SPARTAN-IV
Size:	Four soldiers
Engagements:	Second Battle of Requiem; Battle of Ealen IV
Commanders:	Paul DeMarco (team leader; formerly); Gabriel Thorne (team leader)

This is about a fireteam. For other uses, see Majestic (disambiguation).

"Here we go, Majestic!"

— Paul DeMarco to his team just before entering one of Requiem's corridors.^[2]

Fireteam Majestic is a team of SPARTAN-IV supersoldiers of the Spartan branch. Majestic, consisting of five members, was assigned to the UNSC Infinity in early 2558 and was stationed at the Forerunner shield world Requiem during the Second Battle of Requiem.^[3]

History

Second Battle of Requiem

Sometime before 2558, Fireteam Majestic, minus Gabriel Thorne, were deployed to Rio de Janeiro. In February 2558, Majestic was deployed to Requiem. On February 7, Commander Sarah Palmer assigned the squad to Operation: ALL-SEEING EYE in Sector Req-931-B.^[4] Sometime later, Fireteams Crimson and Majestic were sent north of the UNSC's area of operations on Requiem in order to shut down Forerunner power generators. Upon reaching their location, both Crimson and Majestic had their long-range communications jammed by Forerunner jamming devices. After deactivating the jammers, their mission continued. Initiated by Palmer, the mission became a competition for the fireteams to see who could complete their mission objectives first. Majestic took the lead at first, but were ultimately bested by Crimson.^[2]

Sometime later, Fireteam Majestic was being engaged by multiple Promethean Crawlers. Madsen started to complain about their ability to "pop up" anywhere, when a Promethean Knight teleported into the area. Thorne tried to warn Madsen, but he was shot in the shoulder, as more Knights entered the area. Hoya suddenly broke cover and charged at the Knights. While DeMarco yelled for him to get back into cover, he killed several before one managed to injure him. Nevertheless, Majestic managed to defeat the Knights and return back to the Infinity. Commander Palmer met them in the hangar to see how they had done.^[5]

Madsen and DeMarco were later assigned to guard Catherine Halsey along with Commander Sarah Palmer upon her return to the Infinity. Later, Thorne volunteered to guard her during her research.^[6] During the UNSC's pursuit of Jul 'Mdama, Fireteams Crimson and Majestic were sent to two possible locations to search for him. Majestic engaged a large Covenant force and managed to corner them before the survivors mysteriously disappeared. Grant would soon figure out that they used Slipspace translocation to escape, which allowed Crimson to find a way to pursue 'Mdama.^[7]

Majestic recovering the "Didact's Gift" from Galileo Base.

Sometime during the operation in recovering the "Didact's Gift" from Galileo Base, Majestic was pinned down due to Covenant air support. With the base's anti-air defenses offline, Thorne quickly hijacked a low-flying Banshee and subsequently destroyed a nearby Phantom, allowing the Fireteam to complete their objective. Back aboard the Infinity, Thorne and DeMarco provided security for the artifact as Dr. Halsey and Roland examined it. The device released an energy burst shortly after revealing itself, and began to display images on the room's monitors; these were then identified as human memories harvested by the Composer during the Didact's attack on New Phoenix, URNA six months prior. Thorne left the room straight after discovering the Requiem translocation artifact on one of the monitors. Curious as to how the device had images of New Phoenix, Thorne investigated the Requiem artifact himself. After coming into physical contact with it, he activated it, and was sent to Requiem.^[8] He was transported to a Covenant-held base, where several Sangheili warriors surrounded him. After a short fight, Thorne managed to kill a few before being knocked unconscious. He was then dragged away to be held as prisoner.

Thorne later regained consciousness and escaped his captors with Henry Glassman (who had escaped prior to his arrival). They both fled the area in a hurry after killing their initial pursuers. Gek, however, quickly picked up their trail and pursued them himself. Some time later, Gek ambushed the pair as they were resting. After a brief skirmish, Gek garnered the upper-hand from Thorne, who he was about to kill, until the rest of Fireteam Majestic arrived. He was shot dead by DeMarco, saving Thorne's life. Thorne searched the dead Elite for anything significant, giving DeMarco the Energy sword as gratitude for saving his life. DeMarco also collected Gek's personal collection of UNSC dog-tags, commenting that some of them belonged to Spartans. Thorne took Gek's active camouflage module for himself, which prompted Madsen to find anything valuable for himself. He picked up a small device and activated it, revealing a map of Requiem, much to his displeasure.^[9]

Later, they were attacked by Covenant forces. DeMarco radioed in for reinforcements and Fireteam Crimson was sent to aid them.^[9] After Crimson destroyed the Covenant artillery, Palmer told them they owed Crimson a round when they got back.^[10] When the Pelican arrived for evac, they were met by a life-size hologram of Captain Thomas Lasky, he asked them to rescue Dr. Halsey from Jul 'Mdama. When they arrived at Halsey's location Thorne turned on his active camo and snuck around the Elite guards. When they noticed him, he de-cloaked and signaled the rest of Majestic to attack, DeMarco charged in with his energy sword, while Hoya, Grant, and Madsen attacked from above. DeMarco told Thorne to go inside and rescue Dr. Halsey while they handled the guards. Thorne arrived shortly after Dr. Halsey exited the "shrine", while cloaked he killed one of Jul's guards and deactivated the camo, quickly killing another of Jul's guards. Dr. Halsey threw Thorne half of the Janus Key, as he looked at it a third Elite ran up behind Thorne but was killed by Sarah Palmer, who had arrived to kill Dr. Halsey. 'Mdama then yelled for his Promethean Knights and several translocated into the area. The rest of Majestic showed up just as they arrived and engaged them. Jul was forced to retreat into a corner with Halsey, however just as Thorne and Palmer closed in on him another Knight translocated in behind 'Mdama, grabbed him, and translocated out of the area. Palmer asked why Majestic was there and they told her they were ordered to rescue her.^[11]

Majestic deactivating a Forerunner artifact.

Sometime later, along with Commander Palmer, they were ordered to deactivate one of the two translocation artifacts still on Requiem, while Crimson deactivated the other. Before they left they witnessed the departure of the Covenant fleet. When Requiem began to move towards the local star Palmer hurried them toward the artifact.^[12] Shortly after Crimson deactivated their artifact, Majestic eliminated the last of the Elites defending the last artifact and deactivated it. They evacuated and arrived aboard Infinity at the same time as Crimson, allowing Infinity to escape just in time.^[13]

Battle of Ealen IV

Main article: Battle of Ealen IV

DeMarco with Fireteam Bailey.

Sometime after the Second Battle of Requiem, DeMarco was transferred to Fireteam Bailey by Palmer so Thorne could be put in command of Majestic.^[14] On March 5, 2558, Paul DeMarco along with the rest of Fireteam Bailey accompanied Fireteam Jackknife as the security detail of Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood and Arbiter Thel 'Vadam on a diplomatic mission to Ealen IV. The rest of Majestic were not present during the mission.^[15] At the battle's climax, DeMarco was forced to stay behind in order to secure the lives of Lord Hood, the Arbiter, and Lydus. He and the rest of Fireteam Bailey's sacrifices would be commemorated at a memorial service aboard Infinity.^[16]

Freighter ambush

Fireteams Majestic, Colossus, and Fenrir boarding the Pilgrims Pride.

On March 11, six days after DeMarco's death, Infinty arrived in the Artesia-702 system having received a distress signal from the damaged freighter Pilgrims Pride. When an ambush was sprung, Fireteam Majestic was deployed along Fireteams Colossus and Fenrir to repel attack and prevent the freighter from self-destructing on the Infinity. Leading the fireteams, Thorne ordered teams Colossus and Fenrir to secure the ship while Majestic made their way to the core. As the Spartans advance through the freighter, they encountered automated defense turrets. With the enemy going into retreat, the freighter was tugged out into space, where Grant ejected the ship's core before it exploded. The Spartans survived the detonation and requested pickup.^[14]

Search for the Spirit of Fire

Main article: Raid on Oth Lodon

Following the attack, Infinity learned that the assault crafts from the freighter belonged to the long-lost UNSC Spirit of Fire. Roland discovered that the freighter was launched near Oth Lodon, a gas giant located deep in Jiralhanae space. With the Spirit's possible location found, Lord Hood authorized Commander Palmer to conduct a search and rescue mission. Equipped with OF92 Booster Frames, Fireteam Majestic and Palmer scouted the planet's system. Exploring the system's asteroid field, the Spartans came across not the Spirit of Fire but instead a Covenant station under control by New Colonial Alliance insurgents.^[17] When the UNSC defector, Captain Daniel Clayton, fired on Infinity, the Spartans quickly boarded the station and secured the bridge, ordering everyone to freeze. Clayton told his crew not to listen and asked the Spartans if they knew who he was. Madsen responded that he knew and then knocked Clayton out, stating that he was the traitor that caused DeMarco's death on Ealen IV. ^[18]

Personnel

Trivia

Production notes

Fireteam Majestic are the protagonists of Halo: Infinity, the computer-generated cinematics that accompany each Spartan Ops episode. In gameplay, players fill the roles of Fireteam Crimson.^[3]

Miscellaneous

The members of Majestic each bear the team's emblem on their left shoulder in the same place as a player's multiplayer emblem. Majestic's emblem is a gold version of the "Kingslayer" used in Halo 4 Infinity.