Fireteam Thunder (Joint Forces)

Fireteam Thunder is an interspecies fireteam that consists of five Project 22 super soldiers, three Spartan-IIIs, a Spartan-IV, a Sangheili Commander and an Army Paratrooper. The current members of the fireteam are; Lieutenant Commander Conor-322, Lieutenant Owen-122, Lieutenant Kate-622, Lieutenant Liam-222, Lieutenant Wade-522, Lieutenant Commander Colt-B233, Lieutenant Commander Drago-A200, Lieutenant Kobe-A013, Spartan Mallery, Commander Xotan 'Lofam and Corporal Finn O'Connel. Originally, the fireteam was a group of six Marines but they were recruited into the SPARTAN Program and started training in 2541.
==Team Composition==
===Latest Composition===
====ORION/Spartans====
*Conor-322
*Owen-722
*Kate-622
*Liam-222
*Wade-522
==== Spartans ====
*Colt-B233
*Drago-A200
*Mallery
*Kobe-A013
==== UNSC Army Trooper ====
* Finn O'Connel
==== Oribital Drop Shock Trooper ====
* Lou Cage
====Sangheili====
*Xotan 'Lofam
===Known former members===
====ORION/Spartans====
*Cory-422
==History==
===Human-Covenant War===
In early 2541 (January 12, 2541), a Marine fireteam: Fireteam Tango is unofficially recruited into the SPARTAN Program for their combat efficiency on Kholo. The fireteam consisted of Conor, Owen, Kate, Liam, Wade, and Cory. They were sent to Reach for augmentation and training. Because they were adults, unlike the Spartan-IIIs at the time, they were an 'off-the-books', fireteam, a fireteam that was officially never trained. The fireteam was selected as a trial much like the original Orion Project, where they are consenting adult soldiers that undergo the augmentation. Their success would start later trials for the next generation of Spartans. Their training and augmentation was kept off the records and other than the people who knew the truth, they were thought to have been trained since childhood like the Spartan-IIIs. The fireteam was then assigned the numbers Conor-322, Owen-122, Kate-622, Liam-222, Wade-522 and Cory-422.
Upon graduation (August 25, 2543), the fireteam was subsequently transferred under UNICOM's operational authority as part of an arrangement to secure Army support for the SPARTAN program within HIGHCOM. Conor-322 is placed as fireteam leader of the new Special Warfare Group Eight, designated 'Fireteam Thunder,' in remembrance of their old fireteam name. They are all given the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade.
The next year (July 19, 2544) the fireteam is unofficially sent to Miridem when the Covenant attacks and tasked with infiltrating the Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence to kill Supreme Commander Luro 'Taralumee. They successfully boarded Resplendent Fervor while the ships defences were busy with Blue Team (July 22, 2544). After Blue Team rescued Dr. Halsey, Fireteam Thunder made their way to the Supreme Commander and executed him. They made their way to the ships hangar and used Type-27 Space Banshees to escape.
Three years into their time of being a Spartans, they are unofficially sent to Sargasso and help defend it (September 7, 2546). Then the next year (August 25, 2547), they are promoted to Lieutenant.
After a number of 'off-the-books' deployments, Fireteam Thunder have their first official deployment on planet Meridian in 2548 (October 7, 2548). They lose one member (July 7, 2549), Cory-422. He is killed by an Elite by the name of Zyto ‘Dalkamai in a groundside assault on a UNSC controlled area. Conor-322's right arm is also severed off by an elite of the same squad by the name of Kor 'Lohamee. Later that year (August 25, 2549), the remaining members of the fireteam are promoted to Lieutenant.
In 2551 (June 6, 2551) Meridian is lost and they are evacuated to Earth. Upon arrival to Earth (June 21, 2551), Conor-322 is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. All but Conor are then issued Mjolnir Mark V armour (June 30, 2551), which they then customise (July 4, 2551). Later that year (November 2, 2551), after months of rehabilitation Conor was fitted with a military grade prosthetic right arm and his own Mjolnir Mark V armour which he then customises (November 5, 2551). While the rest of the fireteam is off-world protecting a supply ship, he is training with ODST Mallery. The rest of the Fireteam is on Reach with Spartan Kobe-A013, escorting a military transport through possible insurrectionist held land.
===Fall of Reach===
In 2552 (July 25, 2552), Fireteam Thunder is stationed on planet Reach. The fireteam is tasked with taking out a Covenant CCS-Class Battlecruiser that was preventing any UNSC forces to be in the area (August 8, 2552) and are successful. They are then tasked with securing military methods information from ODG Facility A-331 and either keeping it from enemy forces or destroying it (August 12, 2552). Either way they were to keep it from falling into Covenant hands. They are joined by Spartan Colt-B233 and hold off multiple waves of enemy forces. They part ways after getting the information to HIGHCOM.
Fireteam Thunder is then tasked with taking out a group of Zealots that have been wreaking havoc on local forces in New Alexandria (August 22, 2552). They find out the city sector that the Zealots are in (August 23, 2552) and attempt to track them through but are ordered to answer a nearby distress signal. They head to where the signal is coming from and find it to be a trap set by the Zealots. Everything goes sideways as Covenant air support appears overhead and they come under heavy fire. Conor-322 is tackled over a balcony by one of the target Zealots, the now Fleet Master Kor 'Nar Lohamee, and has his helmet ripped off. He kicks Kor off of him, but not before Kor scratches at his face and damages his left eye. Him and his team are saved as UNSC ground and air forces arrive in the area and push back the Covenant forces.
Towards the end of the Battle for Reach (August 29, 2552) the fireteam were pushed to their fallback position of Logistics Base Gödöllő. There they find ODST Mallery. After holding the Base for almost an hour, they are picked up by a Pelican where Dan is taken off planet and Fireteam Thunder is sent to assist Noble Team. Later that day, they finally arrive at the Asźod ship breaking yard and save Noble 6. He refuses to leave with them, and they evacuate to Earth.
===Post war===
In 2553 (March 2, 2553), Conor-322 recommends ODST Mallery for the SPARTAN-IV program. Mallery is accepted into the program (March 30, 2553) and becomes a Spartan IV (May 5, 2553). A year later (May 27, 2554), Fireteam Thunder aids in the evacuation of Draetheus V. On their way to leave the system (June 5, 2554), they pick up a distress beacon and go to its source location. There they find a transport ship stranded in space. Aboard is Spartan Kobe-A013. They rescue the crew and return them to Earth.
They are then stationed in the Epsilon Eridani system with the fireteam in 2557 (January 7, 2557) to protect colonies that are being rebuilt, from the threat of Covenant Splinter Factions. Conor and Owen are stationed on Tribute while Kate, Liam and Wade are stationed on Reach. The next year (4th November, 2558), Conor goes to Earth to HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 to receive a new smart AI; Odin, he then returns to Tribute (12 November, 2558). When Banished forces start to occupy parts of Reach (May 18, 2559), Conor and Owen meet up with Kate, Liam and Owen at one of the UNSC settlements on the planet. After Atriox returns to the Milky Way through the portal in the Highland Mountains (12 October 2559) and some of the forces that betrayed him leave to the Ark, Fireteam Thunder retrieves a shard of the Menachite Forerunner Crystal from the portal and take it back to their settlement. A Guardian arrives on Reach (13 October, 2559), and they flee to Tribute.
In 2562 (December 8, 2562) Colt-B233, Drago-A200, Kobe-A013, Spartan Mallery, Lou Cage, and Finn O'Connel, along with Sangheili Xotan 'Lofam are stationed on Tribute and put in Fireteam Thunder to help protect personnel and civilians evacuate the system and head back to the Solar System. In 2565 (October 28, 2565), the Fleet of Striking Honor, Kor 'Nar Lohamee's fleet of 42 ships arrives in the system, now aligned with the Banished and tasked with clearing UNSC outposts from the system.
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=== Parallel Reality ===
Fireteam Thunder has orders to be security for Dr. McGraw and his time displacement engine (TDE) experiments in Casbah City (December 8, 2562). Then in 2565 (October 28, 2565), Fireteam Thunder prepares to use the TDE in their new Sahara Class Prowler. Spartans Colt-B233 and Mallery, along with Xotan and Odin stay behind to defend the last of the colonists.