User:Baccus78/Gold Team (Baccus78)

Gold Team is a fireteam-sized special operations unit of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command. Initially a unit solely composed of Spartan-IIs from Project MYRMIDON, two Spartan-III Commandos were adopted into the team in 2552 after all other Myrmidons were killed during Operation: SCATTERSHOT.

Team Composition
Former members:
 * Sergeant Major Anko-106 (Gold-One) - A capable leader on the field and a social comrade-in-arms off it, Anko is the team leader of Gold, and overall commander of all the Myrmidons.
 * Gunnery Sergeant August-048 (Gold-Two) - A daring man in all circumstances, August is the team's close quarters combat specialist, pointman and second-in-command.
 * Sergeant Aziz-036 (Gold-Three) - The sole survivor of Silver Team and constantly cranky as a result, Aziz has taken up the role of Gold's heavy weapons specialist.
 * Petty Officer First Class Vladislav-G119 (Gold-Four) - A calm and calculating prodigy, and like Desideria a Spartan-III Headhunter, Vladislav is an expert hacker and field medic.
 * Petty Officer Second Class Desideria-G233 (Gold-Five) - The youngest member of the team, and a Spartan-III like Vladislav, Desideria is somewhat jumpy and eager to please - fitting the designation of 'Team Rookie' - but her marksmanship, pilot and mechanic skills more than make up for this.
 * First Sergeant Keiichi-047 (Previous Gold-Two) - Gold Team's previous second-in-command, Keiichi was killed near the end of the Harvest Campaign in battle against a convoy of Wraiths.
 * Sergeant Maria-062 (Previous Gold-Four) - The team's former pilot, Maria was severely wounded during the Harvest Campaign and relocated to a medical facility in the inner colonies.
 * Corporal Marcus-003 (Previous Gold-Four) - Keiichi's replacement and the team's former heavy weapons specialist after Bronze Team's inactivation, Marcus was killed during the Battle of Leonis Minoris along with Tara.
 * Corporal Tara-123 (Previous Gold-Five) - Reassigned from the inactivated Bronze Team as a replacement like Marcus, Tara also died on Leonis Minoris.
 * Sergeant Cal-141 (Previous Gold-Four/Three) - The team's former expert marksman, Cal was killed during a raid on a logistics base on Heian with a team of ODSTs.
 * Sergeant Howard-099 (Previous Gold-Four/Three) - Brought in as a replacement first to Silver and then to Gold, Howard ultimately met his end during Operation: SCATTERSHOT.

Trivia

 * In some regards, Gold Team can be seen as an opposite to Noble Team; while the latter is mainly composed of SPARTAN-IIIs, the majority of the Gold Team members are SPARTAN-IIs. In addition, while all Noble Team members have officer or warrant officer ranks, Gold Team members only have enlisted ranks (this also reflects on their classification; Noble cooperates with mainstream UNSC personnel more often than other Spartans, and thus were issued higher ranks to smoothen their operations; Gold, meanwhile, are highly classified, and thus rarely cooperate with other UNSC forces).