Talk:The Royal Allegiance

Athena32 18:03, 27 April 2009 (UTC)Athena32 The following is a quote from Halopedia:

'In the 2530s, Gray Team was sent on a secret mission into Covenant space. They were assigned to uphold the Cole Protocol, ensuring that NAV database of every unprotected human ship was purged, so that the Covenant could not find the location of Earth. In 2551, Gray Team was sent on another secret mission far out of UNSC space [1]. When Reach was under attack, all surviving SPARTAN-IIs, save Gray Team, fought in its defense. Apparently, the UNSC did not attempt to contact them due to their distance and the time it would take for the message to arrive[2]. But Frederic-104 had pondered their fate once and it was stated that they were MIA for over a year[3].'

In short, they were deployed to uphold the Cole Protocol, yes, but in the 2530s. Later in 2551 they were sent on another mission but there are no details as to where. It seems from this quote that not even the other spartans knew where they had gone, and the UNSC did not try to contact them due to their distance.