User blog comment:Ahalosniper/The Expandables/@comment-33741372-20130603062206

My personal (fanon) "canon" in relation to the SPARTAN-IIs is as follows: The 26 S-IIs involved in the "Fall of Reach" operation are; Jonathan-117, James-005-presumed KIA, Melinda-058 operating as Blue Team, with Frederic-104, Calliope-087, and Joshua-029 as Red Team Alpha, Alison-130, Douglas-042, Keiichi-047, Jai-006, Adriana-111, and Michael-120 as Red Team Beta, all presumed KIA, Li-008, Anton-044, and Grace-093, as Red Team Gamma, all but the latter presumed KIA during the Fall of Reach, William-043, Isaac-039, Vinh-030, Victor-101, Joseph-122, and Carris-137 as Red Team Delta, all presumed KIA in the Battle of Reach, the latter three attached to Black Team, and these final four were marked "Killed in Impact" by the Office of Naval Intelligence; Malcolm-059, Naomi-010, Randall-037, and Maria-062.

As for the initial 33 that survived augmentation; the following is SPARTAN-II Teams as of September 12, 2525 (In order of combat efficiency.)

Black Team is as follows: (Often placing first) - Carris-137 - Naomi-010 - Joseph-122 - Victor-101

Red Team: (Usually second-place) - Jerome-092 - Alison-130 - Douglas-042 - Keiichi-047 - James-005

Green Team: - Curtis-051 - Randall-037 - Sheila-065 - Maria-062

Blue Team: ("Honorable Mention") - Jonathan-117 - Frederic-104 - Melinda-058 - Calliope-087 - Samuel-034

Hazel Team: - Cal-141 - Solomon-069 - Jorge-052

Silver Team: - William-043 - Malcolm-059 - Isaac-039

Bronze Team: - Joshua-029 - Grace-093 - Arthur-079

White Team: - Li-008 - Vinh-030 - Anton-044

Gray Team: - Jai-006 - Adriana-111 - Michael-120

Throughout the first few years of 117's military career, Blue Team was often seen as the "honorable mention" of the so-called "top three" which was often attached to Teams Black, Red, and Green, best, second-best, and third-best respectively. One example being the Insurrection of Jericho VII, Red Team managed to get to the extraction point with no casualties in a single one of their nine members, Black Team was in and out before the other three even got in, and Kurt's "sixth sense" always saved them, every time. Blue Team, while they had the two best snipers and the fastest (albeit physically weakest), and Samuel who was considered the strongest (although Jorge constantly beat him in physical exertion competitions), John himself didn't have any specialties, he wasn't "good" in anything, and he was injured in the battle getting his team onto the Pelican, and not to mention Samuel's death in the following battle which would scar John for the remainder of his career. After their first big victory in the latter months of the Harvest Campaign, Blue Team quickly climbed to the top of them all, and by the 2550's, was a special warfare joint unit. So the way I see it is, "Jonathan" was basically the mysterious, quiet one of them that refused to grow close to his few brethren for the simple fact that he DID respect them, and felt he couldn't bear the thought of seeing another individual he revered so much and was so close to, like Samuel, fall to the hands of the genocidal and utterly merciless Covenant, thus explaining his extreme diversion to social situations.