Gold Team
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Gold Team was a semi-constant group of Spartan-IIs under operational command of Naval Special Warfare Command. The size of Gold Team was fluid, depending on the mission's target. They actively participated in several battles, including the Battle of Biko and Operation: SILENT STORM.
Known members
- Joshua-029 (2526) (Leader during Operation: SILENT STORM) (KIA)
- Daisy-023 (2526) (During Operation: SILENT STORM) (KIA)
- Anton-044 (2526) (During Operation: SILENT STORM) (KIA)
- Grace-093 (2526) (During Operation: SILENT STORM) (KIA)
Operational history
Training
- Main article: SPARTAN-II training
Gold Team was likely active during training, along with Blue, Red and Green teams.
Human-Covenant War
In 2526 Green Team participated in Operation: SILENT STORM, together with SPARTAN Blue Team and Gold Team. Their mission was to infiltrate Covenant Ships and commandeer them to gain information about Covenant technology. The innitial assault resulted in the destruction of the Covenant vessel the Spartans boarded after lieutenant commander Hector Nyeto allowed an communication broadcast to be detected by the Covenant in an effort to get the Spartans killed. A second attempt was made at the Human Colony world of Biko, which was a UNSC strongpoint and known priority for the Covenant. The second attempt was thwarted by an Insurrectionist plot, and Gold Team, together with the other Spartan teams helped defeat the Insurrectionists on Biko's third moon. The commander of the operation, Marmon Crowther, learned of the Spartan's age and refused to use them further in combat operations. Instead the Spartans were tasked with guarding the prisoners. Shortly after the battle, the Covenant showed up at Biko, attempting to negotiate with the Insurrectionists. Instead the UNSC provoked and attacked them, destroying several Covenant vessels. Despite this the Covenant managed to destroy Halima Ascot prowler, which crashed into the moon. The Spartans were the only ones present to destroy the Prowler's data and look for survivors. They engaged the Covenant forces looking for the Prowler, and found it lodged inside an ice wall. Under pressure from the Covenant attack, John-117 ordered the Spartans to use their grenade launchers, which caused an avalanche and buried several Spartans, but also killed the already present Covenant boarding party. Several Spartans were buried by the avalanche, but none was killed. After rescqueing Avery Johnson and four other surviving ODST's a HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon destroyed the Prowler, preventing the Covenant from gaining intelligence. After a raid on the Covenant supply train, and destroying several support vessels, the Spartans did manage to aquire the location of a Covenant world that was used for supplying the war effort. With a distraction planned by the remaining Prolwers of taskforce X-ray, the twelve Spartans of Gold, Green and Blue team descended to the planet on the four other Prowlers of the taskforce. The prowlers carrying Green and Blue team managed to succesfully desploy their delivery, upon which the Spartans ascended the elevator carrying supplies to a construction ring orbiting the planet. Gold team was split on two Prowlers, both of which were chased off, but not destroyed, by Covenant forces defending the planet. They procceeded to destabalise the Ring by destroying a dozen support pillars with the use of nuclear ordenences. Although most ODST's died during the assault, all of the Spartans survived.[1]
List of appearances
- Halo: Silent Storm(First appearance)
Sources
- ^ Halo: Silent Storm
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