Fireteam Anchor

Fireteam Anchor was a fireteam stationed aboard the at the time of the and conflicts. Compromised of five , including a mission handler, and one Gamma Company . Anchor was a relatively new Spartan team by the time of the conflicts in which it distinguished itself, having only been formed following the first Requiem Conflict. Though talented across a wide array of fields, ultimately Anchor shined as an advanced reconnaissance team, often deploying ahead of even other Spartan elements. Notably, the team was very young by the standards of special forces, with the oldest being their mission handler, Spartan Wetzel, at only 28. Through they earned a fearsome reputation, by 2560, all but two members of the unit had been killed in the conflict surrounding Zeta Halo.
==Deployment History==
===Requiem Campaign===
Initially formed out of five graduates of the most recent SPARTAN-IV class, Spartans Samara, Colombo, Vargas, Chuol, and Baker would be assigned to the UNSC Infinity in order to take part in the upcoming . Aboard the ship they would be paired with their Spartan Mission Handler, Gerlind Wetzel, a graduate of the class prior to their own who had been reassigned to a more administrative role following the death of her team in the first battle for the shield world. Initial tensions between the team and their handler however would quickly subside, with the group able to bond over a shared history as Human-Covenant War veterans, and the rapport between them would form a strong working relationship by the time the newly minted team arrived in the combat zone.
Over the course of their journey, Anchor had proven themselves to be tenacious combatants throughout numerous War Games sessions with the other teams of the Infinity’s Spartan compliment. Though they often faltered against the likes of Crimson, Majestic, and some of the veteran teams, the untested Spartans succeeded in establishing great expectations for themselves in the conflict to come, and they did not intend to fail at meeting them. 
Upon the Infinity’s arrival at the shield world, Anchor would be deployed ahead of the primary force along with several other Spartan teams, tasked with the establishment of landing zones for the first of many intended UNSC facilities. Anchor would be dropped deep into established Storm Covenant territory and would subsequently be forced into heavy combat with the enemy.
Valiantly combatting waves of Covenant and Promethean forces, Anchor successfully eradicated the enemy presence, including a flight of Banshees and a lance of Wraith tanks.
Following their successes in the opening volley of the conflict, Anchor would be sent on a variety of assignments, often deployed to remote areas that ‘Madma’s Covenant had not yet explored in order to secure the litany of sites for ONI researchers. These excursions often led them into confrontations with the Prometheans of Requiem. One such Promethean, a Knight Battlewagon they nicknamed ‘Old Blue’ for the fact the emitters around his ‘skull’ either by design or by error continued to project blue rather than orange, became a recurring threat, showing a deal more intelligence and capability than any other of its kind.
Eventually, this feud would culminate in tragedy, as during an operation deep into one of the many derelict Forerunner operations, Anchor would be ambushed by Old Blue and a number of constructs. In the chaos, Spartan Baker would be killed by the strange automaton and the remainder of the team would be seriously injured. Only through the timely intervention of Fireteam Stallion was the team saved from eradication by the Forerunner forces. 
Reduced in strength and badly injured, the two Spartans still ready for action, Colombo and Vargas, were relegated to security duty aboard the Infinity. Assigned as escorts for one , the new generation Spartans often spoke to the doctor and remained a pleasant rapport with her. During the boarding of the Infinity, the two would see heavy combat in their ultimately futile attempt to prevent the capture of the infamous scientist. 
The remainder of the campaign would be ultimately a quiet affair with Vargas and Colombo tasked with other security details about humanity’s flagship whilst their squadmates recovered from the numerous injuries they had suffered. Nevertheless, the experience hardened the new Spartans and prepared them for the battles to come.
===Interlude===
Through the following year, Anchor would slowly reassemble as each of its injured members began to slowly return to duty.
==Members==
===Gerlind Wetzel, Anchor Actual===
===Iliana Samara, Anchor 1, Anchor Leader===
===Hadrian Colombo, Anchor 2===
===Gilberto Vargas, Anchor 3===
===Jasper Chuol, Anchor 4===
===Bless-G189, Anchor 5===
==Previous Members==
===Edmund Baker, Anchor 5===
==Quotes==
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