Gentry Team (AAO)

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"Not so much a team, as a goddamned force 'a nature."

- Vincent Tao

Gentry Team, also known as Special Warfare Group 5_GENTRY, was a Special Warfare Group composed of SPARTAN-II  class I and II personnel, and eventually SPARTAN-III Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta personnel. The team went through multiple rosters and was finally disbanded in 2595.

History
Gentry Team is credited for being one of the few teams to survive and operate throughout not only the Insurrection, but the great war  and it's eventual cleanup efforts. Completely comprised of S-I's and ODST's ,Gentry team started out as an Office of Naval Intelligence   Naval Special Warfare team, tasked with combating the Insurrection. Utilizing a variety of methods, mostly concerning counter-insurgency operations, assassinations, and eliminating high value targets.

As the Human-Covenant war began and progressed Gentry team was disbanded for the first time and wouldn't be started up again until 2547, near the height of the great war. It was one of 7 NAVSPECWAR Groups created for dealing with the ever increasing covenant threat and would then be comprised of S-II's and S-III's, to take on a variety of tasks such as Raids, intelligence defense, force-recon, and shock-and-awe procedures.

After the Great War, Gentry saw the integration of the last two surviving members of it's sister group Herald Team.

NavSpecWar groups
The 7 NavSpecWar groups and their HEADHUNTER affiliates are as follows.


 * SPARTAN Program
 * Special Warfare Division
 * NAVSPECWAR Group One
 * Royal Team
 * NAVSPECWAR Group Two
 * Regal Team
 * NAVSPECWAR Group Three
 * Noble Team
 * NAVSPECWAR Group Four
 * Herald Team
 * NAVSPECWAR Group Five
 * Gentry Team
 * NAVSPECWAR Group Six
 * ???? Team
 * NAVSPECWAR Group Seven
 * ???? Team
 * Headhunter Division
 * NAVSPECWAR Group Five
 * Gentry Team
 * Gentry Black
 * NAVSPECWAR Group Six
 * Reaper Team
 * NAVSPECWAR Group Seven
 * Necro Team
 * KNIGHT Division

OPERATION:TRIDENT
Authorized in 2550 due to the covenant's ever growing vice on UNSC space, and taking place in the star system Gliese 849, OPERATION:TRIDENT was a three-pronged attack against Covenant Scarab production facilities. What was thought to be a simple series of hit and run missions turned out to be a clever trap set up by the Priory of Regret, a spartan hunting team.

Roster
Throughout it's service, Gentry Team has gone through multiple rosters, even integrating with Herald Team in 2553.

Alpha


The group credited for testing the TheMJOLNIR Mark IV PAA/Gungnir sub armor system. A well rounded group that tragically fell apart after the death's of all but one team member.

During OPERATION:PINPRICK, Gentry Team was assigned with taking out the insurrectionist-held town of New Sinnshire. The Insurrection was removed and civilian casualties were nonexistent, at a deadly price, most of the spartans were caught off-guard while trying to protect the civilian targets. Nonetheless the operation was declared a success and five replacements were to be called in.

Aksel-113 went AWOL for over three months, during which time he ended up unknowingly impregnating Rose Negrino for the second time, although this was really just phase two of OPERATION:PROGENY.

Beta
In 2549 a new Gentry Team was assembled by CODENAME:CANDLEMAKER, it was comprised of five new recruits, two Alpha Company Headhunters, two Beta Company headhunters, and a single Spartan-II veteran.

Gentry Team was often paired with NAVSPECWAR Group four/HERALD for high-risk missions and even swapped team members when needed. One notable example of this is OPERATION:TRIDENT, an effort to slow down the covenant war-machine by eliminating high value targets such as scarab production facility's. Although this would later be confirmed as a military blunder due to all but two of the Heralds dying in a covenant trap.

In 2552, due to the need for more and more spartans in the field, Gentry team had split into two three-man teams; Gentry Blue(which participated in the battles of Reach, and Earth), and Gentry Red(which participated in The first And second battles of Yggdrasil.)

Gamma
After the supposed death of Aksel-113, Gentry Team was replaced completely with S-III Headhunters and a single S-II class II serviceman. No longer used solely for the betterment of the UNSC, this new Gentry Team was harsher and prone to in-team fighting due to the solo mentalities that they had all received as headhunters. This team also saw the integration of the last surviving members of Herald Team.

Judas would eventually step down from his position as team leader and retire to Yggdrasil. A small change in team structure followed shortly after.

Epsilon
Comprised of Spartan-III Delta and Epsilon servicemen, the Gentry Team for 2574 were reminiscent of the 2547 team in not only teamwork skills, but battlefield mentality. Some of the S-III's even dubbed them the "Spirit of '47". In 2578 the team would once again be un-officially disbanded until 2590.

Zeta
By far the largest team, and once again commanded by Aksel-113, this Gentry Team, Comprised of Spartan-III Zeta personnel, would be more akin to the headhunter comprised team of '53. Their ruthless and brutal nature, coupled with the large size of the group and 113's veteran experience, made This Gentry a true force to be reckoned with.

Weapons
Being SPARTANS Gentry Team was trained to use a plethora of both Human and Covenant weapons of all shapes and sizes. Despite this however there were specific weapons that they were issued at the beginning of almost every mission.

Equipment


Originally issued the MJOLNIR Mark IV PAA/Gungnir unit for individual testing, Gentry Team would eventually receive the GUNGNIR II, an updated version of the Mark IV.

Roster
Part of the 7th SFOD-S Detachment, Epsilon Team. Un-officially named 'Gentry Team'.

SPARTAN 113
AKSEL Lieutenant


 * FULL NAME: Thorn, Aksel
 * SERVICE #: S-113


 * UNIT: NAVSPECWAR/GROUP FIVE/GENTRY
 * ENLISTMENT DATE: 2525
 * LOCATION: CLASSIFIED


 * GENDER: M
 * BIRTHPLACE: Epsilon Eridani IV
 * BIRTH DATE: 13/06/2511

PERFORMANCE:

Ruthlessly efficient, rock solid under pressure and cold since the deaths of the '47 team, Aksel is an effective member of the unit and maintains strict discipline both on and off the field. He's got quite the reputation under his belt, known to " make entire militia groups disappear". The guy's scary, always has been probably always will be. But his sense of honour is amazing. He's also one of the few of us IIs to adopt a religion, Odinism.

COMMENTS: He's perfect for coaching the S-III's, and knowing Aksel, most if not all of them will make it through this war. He's not willing to have another '47 incident.

NOTE(S): It is noted in his medical records that he has exhibited symptoms of PTSD in the past.

If it gets to be too much for him we may have to replace him with S-241, Judas should be able to pick up the slack, but we need as many of the Cat-IIs in field as we can.

He seems to be particularly attached to William(S-B333), it worries me that he might know who Will really is. Perhaps it was a mistake placing these two in the same team? Will might not take too kindly to abandonment in face of covenant invasion. Let's just hope they don't find out about this.

Candlemaker
ENRYPTION CODE: KILO PUBLIC KEY: N/A FROM: CODENAME: CANDLEMAKER  '''TO: CODENAME: ILLUSTRATOR SUBJECT: NEW MEAT '''APROX. TIME-STAMP:'''

LUCKY US, SIR: AMBROSE SEEMS TO HAVE SMUGGLED US SOME III'S, TWO TO BE EXACT. NOT THE FULL "PLAYSET", BUT ITS SOMETHING. THEY'RE NICE AND GREEN SO WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO MUCH TROUBLE INTEGRATING THEM INTO GENTRY, AS LONG AS THEY LISTEN TO NOVEMBER-SIERRA-ZED, THEY SHOULD DO JUST FINE.

AMBROSE MADE IT CLEAR TO ME THAT THEY'RE NOT WASHOUTS. JUST SEEMS MORE THAN A FEW TOO MANY TRAINEES HAD PASSED THE TEST. THESE KIDS SHOULD COUNT THEMSELVES LUCKY, IF THEY WEREN'T PUT INTO HERALD,GENTRY, OR ANY OF THE OTHERS THEY'D JUST GET PUT TO SLEEP. GUESS ITS A GOOD THING WE DON'T LIKE TO WASTE ASSETS, HUH?

ANYWHO, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TWO MORE OUT OF HIM, OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER CLASS 2, AND EVEN THEN WE'LL STILL BE A MEMBER SHORT. HOW THE HELL DOES SIERRA MIKE DO THIS?

//PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE//

ENRYPTION CODE: KILO PUBLIC KEY: N/A FROM: CODENAME: CANDLEMAKER  '''TO: CODENAME: ILLUSTRATOR SUBJECT: CRAYON BOX '''APROX. TIME-STAMP:'''

WELL IT SEEMS WE JUST BARELY BEAT ROMEO FOXTROT FROM TAKING THE LAST TWO AUGMENTED BETAS. BUT THAT'S WHERE THE GOOD NEWS ENDS. SEEMS SIERRA MIKE AND UNIFORM HOTEL HAVE BEEN CLAIMING SOME HAMMERS. OTHER THAN 113'S SPARE SPEARS HE WAS ISSUED FROM '47, WE'VE GOT NOTHING TO OUTFIT THESE SIERRAS IN, AND I REFUSE TO LET THEM GO OUT IN SPI!

AT THE MOMENT WE'VE GOT JUST ENOUGH RESOURCES TO "UPGRADE" THE SPEARS INTO SOMETHING CLOSE TO A MARK V, BUT IT'LL BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AS FAR AS THE TECH GOES. THE V IS A CONGLOMERATE OF THE DIFFERENT IV MODELS, COMBINING THE BEST OF ALL OF THEM. ALL WE CAN DO IS SLAP TOGETHER THE VAJRA II, AND GUNGNIR AND HOPE IT DOESN'T FALL APART. WE'RE DEFINITELY TAKING OFF THE GAUNTLET KNIFE THOUGH.

//PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE//

ENRYPTION CODE: KILO PUBLIC KEY: N/A FROM: CODENAME: CANDLEMAKER  '''TO: CODENAME: ILLUSTRATOR SUBJECT:THREE TIPS '''APROX. TIME-STAMP:''' WORD FROM THE HIGHER-UPS IS THAT THEY'VE FOUND A FEW SCARAB NESTS. OUR GUY'S AND GAL'S ARE GOING TO BE TEAMING UP WITH SIERRA MIKE'S FOLKS. HERALD TEAM, REMEMBER THEM? THEY STOLE THE LAST COUPLE OF HAMMERS? CAUSED US MONTHS OF SCRAMBLING AROUND TRYING TO BUILD UP THE M-IV'S? ONLY TO HAVE IT FAIL COMPLETELY, FORCING US TO IMPROVISE WITH SPEARS? YEAH, NICE FOLKS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A THREE-PRONGED ATTACK, CODENAMED OPERATION:TRIDENT. IT'LL BE COMPOSED OF OPERATIONS: CYCLONE, TYPHOON, AND WHIRLWIND.

THEY'RE GOING TO STRIKE EACH OF THE TARGETS CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL ALL OF THE FACILITIES ARE DESTROYED. GENTRY WILL BE THE MAIN DISTRACTION, UTILIZING SHOCK-AND-AWE TACTICS, WHILE HERALD SNEAKS IN, RETRIEVES THE ASSETS, AND PLANTS SHIVAS IN THE FACILITY. ALL IN ALL THIS SHOULD BE A CAKEWALK.

//PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE//

Comments
"I don't even remember any of these people."

- Beta Company Spartan-III

"But...all of those alphas are dead...."

- ONI Section III agent

"I'd like to know, WHO THE FUCK, is that poser pretending to be 113?!"

- Spartan-II on Aksel's identity

Trivia
The sub-team Gentry-Red starred in the story Overture.

Both Gentry-Red and Gentry-Blue star in the game Halo:Overture

Gentry team was originally supposed to be a mockery of Ajax's Royal Team, and was then made into a serious article.

Certain members of Gentry Team were also unknowingly apart of OPERATION:PROGENY. Gentry Team would team up with it's sister group Herald Team multiple times, including a total of three times during OPERATION:TRIDENT.

Related pages
Herald Team

Herald Logs

Gentry Logs

Overture

Against All Odds

SPARTAN-113

SPARTAN-D555

SPARTAN-241

Mattiverse/SPARTANs

Halo:Overture