Noble Team (Post Covenant War)

Noble Team or Fireteam Noble is a Spartan IV team and second incarnation of the team consisting of mainly former Spartan III's with one being an exception since the new Noble-6 is a Spartan IV. The team was created by Urban Holland and Sarah Palmer as a special operations commando group and was named to honor the fallen Noble team in the process by having the five members be Spartan III's to take their place while waging asymmetrical warfare under operational control by the UNSC’s Special Warfare Group Three.

Overview
The team specializes in asymmetrical warfare and suicide missions with all of them coming back in one piece. They've gained the nickname of being the Torchbearers to the title of Noble but they humbly distance themselves out of respect for the original team. All Noble team members are equipped with MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor GEN2 suits.

The unit is primarily made up of former Spartan III’s who were part of special forces groups like Headhunters during the war or possess unique traits that come handy on the field. The team has notably higher ranks than normal Spartan forces just like the original and are known to go deep behind enemy lines utilizing Headhunter-like strategies due to experiences in the past.

Team Composition
Members Active

Commander Rosenda-A344 (Noble-1): A wise, calm, and optimistic yet focused female Spartan III and an old friend of Emile’s. She is a paragon of virtue of Noble team with her inspiring her team through example while being tactically cunning at the same time. A former Spartan headhunter, Rosenda is fast and efficient alongside a master of stealth. Records say that this change may have stemmed from an encounter with an Arbiter whom she became close with and teamed up during a mission gone wrong while said Arbiter trained her how to embrace serenity and peace with her coming out a changed Spartan who saw the Covenant as victims of brainwashing while letting go of her need for revenge unlike all Spartan III's. Armor is a sage and red Pathfinder class MJOLNIR suit and weapons are plasma sword, MA5B AR, M7 SMG, and Magnum.

Lieutenant Commander Diego-B112 (Noble-2): The quiet and mysterious weapons specialist of Noble team. Diego watches out for his teammates despite not looking like it as he is a man of few words nor much to a history since it is covered in black ink. Known to be a nightmare or an anti-Master Chief, Diego's raw strength is what makes him stand out from the pack. Prior to him becoming a III, Diego was a young boy who was part of a gang that consisted of his older brothers, when he was orphaned and thought his parents were dead, he became a Spartan III but reunited with them when they became marines. Diego felt like he solved everything in his life until all of his brothers were killed by a Jiralhanae Chieftain and in response, Diego killed him and his entire battalion with his bare hands. Now Noble team is the only family he has left and a second chance to redeem himself for his failures. Armor is a deep and light red Achilles helmet and Wrath-class MJOLNIR armor and preferred weapons are SAW, M45 shotgun, and Hydra MLRS.

Warrant Officer Harry-C299 (Noble-3): The sassy, sarcastic, cocky and a bit elitist sniper and scout of the team. Harry was a former assassin of ONI until a mission gone wrong resulting in him stranded in a Covenant occupied planet where he saved an entire village by shooting all of the enemies from a distance without being noticed. A braggart at heart, Harry looks down upon Spartan IV's seeing them as inferior but won't hesitate to save them in a time of need. Harry was also an old comrade of Rosenda’s and served in the same Spartan team together. Armor is a black and white CIO-class Mjolnir armor with preferred weapons being an SRS99-S5 sniper rifle, silenced M7 SMG, and suppressed MA5D assault rifle.

Captain Keiko-D201 (Noble-4): A somewhat reclusive anti-social medic of Noble team. According to records, she was active in the battle of Reach and made it out alive but the entire ordeal made her become disillusioned and disgruntled soldier making her quick to anger at times out of frustration while also having a nihilistic view on missions excusing herself as a realist when it’s really pessimism. The Spartan can be found alone most of the time but she is sometimes interacting with Thomas Lasky. She is an old friend of Kelly-087 alongside all of Blue team while having a hobby of collecting weapons. Keiko belonged to a family of doctors prior to becoming a Spartan after her family died. But despite her anti-social demeanor, she is able to become friends with Kyle Halsey, a rookie who everyone has mixed thoughts on seeing him as an odd one out. Armor is a dark green and brown air assault-class armor and preferred weapons are her magnum alongside her M95 shotgun.

Staff Sergeant Imogene-R078 (Noble-5): The infamous "Mad Scientist" and technician of the team. Imogene was always a curious mind ever since she was a child and was also Kat’s rival, she would do questionable actions to see the results whether they be good or bad while having an almost conspiracy theorist-level of belief and has the highest IQ out of the candidates. Most of those theories stem from her obsession with the Forerunners and the prehistoric human empire after discovering ruins of an ancient human city during an operation in Faun Hakkor and saw the records leading to her becoming obsessive in an unhealthy way even so far as to temporarily desert then report her findings to her commander saying that Covenant disabled her communications. She works with R and D to develop weaponry while going to dig sites of ancient human colonies and brings said weaponry back to base for repairs. Imogene is also known to have created a war games variant called War Games Cursed which is to test a Spartan's emotional level of tolerance when it comes to ridiculous situations with only Blue Team passing and everyone failing. Feared by everyone except Blue team, Lasky, Palmer, and her own teammates. ONI is currently watching her due to the fact she might have her own agendas with one mentioning wanting mankind to go back to their roots as the ancient human empire. Armor is a black and orange Rogue-class MJOLNIR armor and weapons are light rifle, scattershot, and binary rifle alongside many unidentified weaponry of human origin dating back to the BC era. It is noted that her armor has illegal modifications of the same origins as well.

Lance Corporal Kyle Halsey (Noble-6): The nephew of Catherine Halsey and the only Spartan IV in the group and the demolitions expert. He was born to scientist and youngest Halsey, Nathan Halsey and former ODST turned ONI officer Trisha Gale in Tilamook Bay, Oregon. Kyle had a fairly normal life as a child but it all changed when the secrets of the Spartan II program came out and led to constant harassment by the press and citizens with Kyle's faith in his role model, Catherine Halsey, shattered. Nathan Halsey had a mental breakdown and tried to kill both his wife and child thinking they were flash clones but was stopped by Terrence Hood who arrived in time to give his support to the Halsey family with Nathan killed in the ensuring fight and Trisha leaving Kyle in the hands of her old friend--Sarah Palmer. Kyle graduated high school as the valedictorian having the same IQ as his aunt and went to an ivy league college where he graduated too but his life changed again after he partook in a riot in a music festival where he was intoxicated. To avoid said sentence of three years behind bars, he ended up requesting to join the army instead and worked his way up to become an ODST then finally, a Spartan IV, due to his unrelenting nature and high intelligence. He was chosen for Noble team by Rosenda per the recommendations of Fred citing that he has the social skills of a Spartan IV but hits like a II and thinks like a III seeing potential in him in training. Kyle may not be as strong as the Master Chief nor the Spartans he fights with now but what makes him stand out is his tactical prowess and intellect which was noted in a chess game between him and Palmer when he was kid making a seemingly impossible situation into a winning one yet is burdened by the dark legacy left behind by his aunt. Armor is a tan and brown EOD-class MJLONIR armor with his preferred weapons being an MA5K, M6D magnum, and SAW.

Former Members
Allen-B019: Demolitions and weapons specialist. Allen had a cowboy-like attitude when it came to fighting and a efficient one at that. He was transferred to ONI and became a headhunter. His armor was a yellow and black Athlon armor and his preferred weapon was the ARC-920 railgun.

History
"Sometimes I think the war was the beginning and the real one is the one we're fighting."-Diego on the state of the galaxy post-Covenant War.

First Mission

Noble team was reactivated in 2554 as the UNSC realized that normal soldiers as Spartans wouldn't be as effective. Their first mission was being deployed in a small rural town in Montana after Insurrectionists cut off communications with the only evidence of something aloof was when a video was posted on the internet of what's truly happening leading to the arrest warrant of the leader himself. The team performed with efficiency with no civilian killed in the process.

Created Uprising

Noble team was relocated to Oban due to possible weapons dealing and Insurrectionist activities there and had their replacement for Allen in the form of Kyle Halsey whom all shared mixed opinions on upon his arrival treating him as an outcast at first besides Rosenda. They were deployed on a farm after neighbors heard strange noises that sounded similar to Covenant which was indeed the case albeit belonging to a splinter group called the Banished and eliminated half of them with the other half surrendering requesting asylum per the behest of the battalion Sangheili leader, Bevu'Lalkaam, whom explained that they were running from something. They were later taken to custody by the UNSC forces stationed there until a strange spike in energy was detected by Noble team's AI Auntie Dot then were attacked by Prometheans.