VIOLET-III

 was a Headhunter unit from SPARTAN-III Company, Gamma. It was the elite Headhunter unit from the Company, consisting of Team Xiphos and Sword. The unit was used for Deep-Strike Missions behind Covenant and Insurrectionist lines. The Unit was also used to assassinate UNSC officials who were suspected of treason, but were too well-connected for normal judicial proceddings to take place. The unit gained a myth-like status in both Human and alien space.