Silver Team

The Silver Team is a subunit of the Spartan Program of the United Nations Space Command (UNSC). It is led by Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 and formerly overseen by UNSC Civilian Contractor, Doctor Catherine Elizabeth Halsey. It is compromised of the most elite, effective, and efficient Spartans in the program.
== Unit History==
From the age of six, MCPO John-117, Lieutenant, Junior Grade Vannak-134, Lieutenant, Junior Grade Riz-028, and Petty Officer, First Class Kai-125 trained together in the Spartan Training Headquarters on Reach. They trained alongside other children who aspired to be Spartans, though only a select few survived the training process. When training ended, the Spartans were placed into teams, with MCPO John-117 leading Silver Team. The foursome was also joined by Nora-098.
== Service History ==
===Battle of Mamore===
This mission, which took place on the planet of Mamore, led to the demise of Nora-098. The Silver Team were all present at the battle and continued as a unit after her death.
===Insurrectionist Meeting===
The UNSC had intel on an insurrectionist meeting with an active bomb thread. Silver Team was sent to keep things in control. Orders changed mid-way through the mission, with the attendees now deemed a threat which was successfully eliminated.
===Attack on Madrigal===
Silver Team was dispatched to defeat a swarm of Covenant Sangheili who attacked an outpost on the planet Madrigal. Their arrival was unexpected but welcomed when the citizens realized the Spartans were there to help. They worked with the Insurrectionist to defeat the Covenant. However, the outpost population was decimated, with the teenager, Kwan Ha, being the only survivor. As the team cleared the perimeter to ensure the Covenant were gone, MCPO John-117 and PO1 Kai-125 discovered a cave in which the Covenant were excavating a Forerunner artifact known as the Keystone. MCPO John-117 activated the Keystone with his touch, and afterward, broke protocol several times. He ordered PO1 Kai-125 to accompany LTJG Vannak-134 and LTJG Riz-028 on the captured Covenant Phantom back to Reach while he traveled alone with the Keystone and Kwan Ha. The battle created a lasting affect on Silver Team, as it triggered MCPO John-117's brief period of going Absent Without Leave (AWOL) and the UNSC's quest to uncover more Keystones.
===Fight on Eridanus II===
Master Chief called for the rest of the Spartans to join him and Halsey on Eridanus-II for excavation of the next keystone. Master Chief learned that Kai-125 had removed her emotional regulator so he sidelined her. She scolded him for the double-standard as his pellet was also removed. Adun triggered a sound wave when he ruptured the crystal substrate that contained the keystone. The signal alerted the Covenant to their location and they breached Slipspace; a viscous fight ensued. Master Chief and the Spartans fell into a natural rhythm with their only objective being to take the artifact to whomever Halsey dictated. It was the first mission in which Cortana assisted Master Chief. He disobeyed his order to deliver the artifact to Dr. Keyes' ship and instead, saved Kai and the marines from the Covenant ambush happening below them. His diversion from the original plan resulted in the Spartans Warthog and artifact crashing. The Covenant dispatched a large brute with a gravity hammer that overwhelmed Master Chief. The artifact was ultimately stolen by the Covenant, though they left behind who Cortana identified as a human woman.
===Fight on High Charity===
Silver Team was tasked with securing the stolen keystone to stop the Covenant from activating it. They were sent in place of 10,000 marines to investigate the Covenant's home planet of High Charity. They traveled to the Aspero star system and attempted a quiet infiltration. The Covenant soldiers alerted to their presence and came out of the mountains, which forced a massive battle. Riz-028 was gravely injured while Vannak-134 and Kai-124 were wounded. They successfully killed the Covenant's Blessed One Makee which stopped the Halo constellation display. Master Chief chose to surrender his body to his AI Cortana, which allowed her to take control of him. Once in control of his body, Cortana eliminated hundreds of Shangheili forces herself, secured the keystone, saved Silver Team, and flew them off the planet.
===Operation Shepherd===
Silver Team was dispatched to Sanctuary in the Branta System to assist in a temporary civilian evacuation in compliance of the UNSC 709, Section Four, Subsection A. The string of recent evacuation assignments came in light of Master Chief's recent health scare. A shaman refused to leave as she believed Sanctuary had a soul and to abandon it would be wrong. Master Chief located the communications part of Bravo Team within the fog of the mountain. Master Chief and one of the unit members, Corporal Perez, fought the Covenant creatures. The were surrounded for a moment before the creatures walked away. Covenant ships attacked Sanctuary and killed many civilians. The planet was glassed by the Covenant. Silver Team escaped with civilian refugees.
===Fall of Reach===
==Team Members==
* John-117 - Master Chief Petty Officer, Team Leader
* Cortana - Artificial Intelligence
* Vannak-134 - KIA, Fall of Reach
* Riz-028 - Lieutenant, Junior Grade - Retired
* Kai-125 - Petty Officer, First Class
* Nora-098 - KIA, Battle of Mamore
==Sources==
Category:Halo TV show
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