User:The Leader/SPARTAN-ROMEO

The SPARTAN-ROMEO project is a combination of other UNSC Special Operations to create a special operations unit which could easily be deployed onto worlds. They operate independently and are extremely individualist, like Gray Team. They also serve extended, long operations that the ODST cannot conduct, like Gray Team. Unlike Gray Team, they don't consist of any SPARTAN IIs but SPARTAN IIIs instead and they also include Rangers, the ODST, among other individuals from other special operations programs. SPARTAN 1.1s and SPARTAN Is have been known to be included in the project.

History
The ONI realised that the sucess of Gray Team benefited humanity's struggle against the Covenant. They realised that an usual, non SPARTAN independent unit that required limited support. They began Project ROMEO to ensure this. They picked volunteers from the ODST, SPARTAN Is and their offspring, SPARTAN 1.1s and other special operations to be trained and sent to worlds to conduct those long special operations. The OPERATION: SHIPYARD was a series of battles in the Zeta Reef System to a moon of a gas giant Zeta Reef VII, codenamed SHIPYARD. Aided by one lone prowler, the UNSC Baa Baa, they were deployed via pods to take them down. What was meant to be a two year assault on several warship shipayds turned into a four month trip fighting Covenant. The ONI comdemned ROMEO as unsucessful. Colonal James Ackerson was an adhovate off this project, seeing some potential but he couldn't persuade the ONI to start refunding it.

When James Ackerson discussed about the SPARTAN III program, he brought up ROMEO, to create a SPARTAN III team along side other special operations to conduct those dangerous missions. The ONI wasn't sure and wanted to wait until the SPARTAN III's were put into action. When they were, the ONI finally gave in and granted James Ackerson funding for the SPARTAN-ROMEO project.

James told Kurt Ambrose about his idea while he was training Alpha Company. He agreed to train five candidates for this role; a runner, a strongman, a sniper, a heavy weapons specialist, a computer specialist and a team leader. He tested the candidates until he had his six: Lucy A772 (the runner), Yuri A007 (strongman), Pablo A801 (sniper), John A255 (heavy weapons), Mitchell A818 (computers) and Roman A787 (team commander). Meanwhile, non SPARTAN volunteers signed up for intensive training. Among these were ex SPARTAN Is and SPARTAN 1.1s. Blackcat subprowlers among one normal Prowler (UNSC Baa Baa) crews were recruited for transport roles.

Abrevation
SPARTAN stands for the same as the normal SPARTAN abbrivation. ROMEO stands for:


 * Reconnaissance - to state that they also conduct recon.
 * Operations - to state that they conduct dangerous operations.
 * Meaningful - to state that every operation has a meaning to defend the Earth and other colonies.
 * Engagement - to state that every operation will involve a fight.
 * Official - to state that every mission the SPARTAN-ROMEO does is real. Other meanings include to state that SPARTAN-ROMEO is real, SPARTAN-ROMEO is an official ONI unit, among other meanings.