User:Rollersox/7th Special Forces Group (Stalkers)

The 7th Special Forces Group (Stalkers) consisted of lightly-armed, direct-attack infantry and airborne shock troopers. A few were former UNSC Marines, ODSTs, and even some were SPARTANs. However, the Stalker group consisted mostly of Army infantry.

The 7th was used for high-risk, near-suicidal missions.

The "normal" Stalker group consisted of one SPARTAN-II Class-II or above, or a SPARTAN-III Gamma Company supersoldier commando or above, about two ODSTs, three Marines, and up to five Armymen. Suicidal mission Stalker groups consisted of nearly all SPARTAN-IIs and -IIIs, except for some extremely skilled ODSTs or former STEALTH commandos.

The Stalkers wore WARP Mark III armor, which was a jumpsuit-like armor that was matte-black. It was very convenient and was rated Tier 18.6 Combat Armor on the Zarnoss armor/weaponry technology scale. Tier 117 was the highest technical point available.

The trainers contained many Sangheili, Navy, marine and army DIs, Zarnoss DIs, and even some lower-level Jiralhanae instructors. However, the Stalkers were mostly eradicated on October 13, 2569, on a Friday when a strange man dropped a number of nuclear bombs on the Stalkers' positions. Many of the Stalkers were killed, but some managed to escape. Afterward, the Stalkers broke free from UNSC "bonds" and became a renegade, mercenary group. There were only half a dozen Stalkers left. In 2571, they separated and each became mercenaries and bounty hunters. However, they still searched for the mysterious man who had dropped the bombs on the Stalkers.