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Spartan Team Raptor is a team of SPARTAN-III Commandos in the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command attached to the Harvest Defense Fleet, garrisoned aboard the Paris-class heavy frigate UNSC Inevitable Fate. Commander Gabriel Valen (otherwise known as Sierra 088) is the official squad leader of Raptor Team during the events of the Insurrection and Human-Covenant War. It is notable that unlike the other Spartan Teams, Raptor Team was the only team of spartan candidates that were born triplets. Raptor Team also fancied the  'Burn In' Deployment Method that required the usage of the Prototype A-M12 Pelican Dropship.

Current Composition (October 2558)

 * CDR Gabriel-G088 (Prophet)
 * CPO Joseph-G015 (Nomad)
 * PO2 Mike-G141 (Psycho)

Former Members

 * LCDR Sarah-G089 (KIA)
 * MCPO Autumn-G090 (KIA)
 * LTJG Kallum-G078 (KIA)

Potential Members

 * CPO Alexander-G012
 * PO1 Aydan-G091

Battle of Vekta Prime
​Once the Office of Naval Intelligence received word that a new Insurrectionist Organization named Orion's Spear had emerged in the Sigma Orellius System, the UNSC Harvest Defense Fleet was dispatched to deal with the new found threat. After a few hours of travel in a Slipspace Jump, the fleet reached the fringe planet of Vekta Prime. The Orion's Spear immediately started attacking the fleet with their anti-orbital defense cannons. Taken aback by the Spear's well-prepared naval defenses, the fleet began to deploy multiple SPARTAN units onto the planets surface to neutralize the generators powering the anti-orbital cannons so that the rest of the infantry units may be deployed onto the planet.

While on the planet, the Spartans that were deployed noticed that the Spear's infantry units were well equipped and prepared for an attack by the UNSC. On route to disable the cannons, Spartan Raptor Team and White Team met an Elite Unit of the Orion's Spear called the "Arm of Orion" led by Commander Brogan Salvador. Gabriel-G088 reported that the Arm was equipped with a reverse-engineered variant of the Mjolnir Powered Assault Armor allowing the armor's user to be on par with a SPARTAN-II. This would prove to be major feat for the Insurrection, breeding their own super soldiers to fight against the Spartans. The two spartan teams would engage the Arm and both sides would suffer casualties. White Team loss Marcus-S097. Despite the unit's losses, they kept a calm demeanor and proceeded to engage the opposition and disable the cannons.

After the cannons were disabled, the Harvest Defense Fleet was able to land more troops and eventually gain a foothold on the planet. Admiral Jeager Means, commander of the Harvest Defense Fleet, then sent Spartan Team Raptor to recover intelligence from the crash site of the UNSC Ashes of Winter, shot down during the initial stages of the invasion. Shortly after the recovery of the Intel, Raptor Team witnessed the first launching of the Spear's nuclear missile defense, and was ordered to take out the facility before more UNSC Infantry Units were obliterated. In a few hours, the launch facility was shut down and captured, allowing the UNSC's forces to further advance against the Spear rebels.

While the fleet slowly broke the Spear's defenses, Raptor Team accompanied by two marine battalions was sent on a vital mission: to recapture Aegis City, key to Vekta Prime's liberation. Two assault convoys with a complement of two scorpion tanks were sent to breach the outer defenses and take control of the city's perimeter. After successfully seizing the Aegis City perimeter, the UNSC forces broke through to retake the city itself. It took another week of brutal combat, but the Spear eventually withdrew from Vekta Prime altogether to fortify its remaining captured colonies.