Beta Company

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Alpha Company
With the massive success of the, demand for more super-soldiers began to surface across the command hierarchy, particularly within Section Three of the. However, insistence to postpone further recruitment, as well as the program’s high costs, led many to seek alternative options.

Aboard the on October 24, 2531, Vice Admiral  met with Rear Admiral, Captain , and Colonel  to discuss the concept of a successor to the Spartan-II project.

Ackerson, capitalizing on the assumption of the second class of Spartan-IIs being postponed indefinitely, proposed the as a cheaper, more effective alternative. For various reasons, including Gibson’s personal disgust with the Spartan-II program, the Spartan-III program was green-lit; Ackerson was reassigned from his field commander position and placed in charge of the project. Additionally, Class II of Halsey's Spartan-II project was shut down in order to allocate resources towards the new initiative.

After a successful cover-up involving an unstable and a rigged, Spartan-II  of  was recruited by Ackerson to spearhead the project. With the new responsibility, the former Spartan was given a new identity and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, Junior Grade, in order to outrank his former mentor, Chief Petty Officer.

Post-TORPEDO Legacy
After the near total eradication of Beta Company at, the company was disbanded and its personnel were redistributed into other units.

Category 2 Spartans, also known as Cat-2s, were selected by Ambrose prior to high-risk missions such as or  to be pulled for other lower risk operations in an attempt to improve their chances of survivability. In addition, many of those that “washed out” during training were reinstated as Cat-2s or kept around as base personnel during the training of Beta and Gamma companies. As such, most Cat-2s survived beyond the company’s disbandment.

Among these Cat-2s were, extracted immediately after training, and , pulled after CARTWHEEL, both of which would later be assigned to and would perish during the  in 2552. Additionally, Ambrose would attempt to pull, , Neil-B203, Hastings-B206, Mubiru-B286, Erik-B298, Abigail-B400, and Tomas-B401 before TORPEDO, however Lucy would later fight in and survive the operation. While the fate of B170 is unknown, Neil-B203 and Mubiru-B286 were successfully pulled early and placed into Team Daffodil, while Erik, Abigail, and Tomas were placed on FEUDAL Team. was also pulled at some point prior to TORPEDO.

Additionally, some “washouts” were instead selected to be brought into the, where they were separated from the rest of Beta Company during training and sent to a specialist camp on the far side of.

Among these Headhunters were the former Team Tango: Mathilda-B079,, Samuel-B256 and. While Roland-B210 and Jonah-B283 would both be killed by a squad during a demolitions operation, Mathilda-B079 and Samuel-B256 would survive beyond the end of the war as  Team Specter.

From those who were not pulled from the main force prior to TORPEDO, nine of them survived the encounter with varying levels of injury. Of these “Lucky Nine,” only Lucy-B091 and returned to Onyx immediately following the battle, joining the staff as training personnel for Gamma Company in the process. The remaining seven would be withheld from Ambrose for differing lengths of time. As an outlier, Kyle-B115 would not officially return to active service until August 2558, nearly six entire years after the loss of Onyx and the deaths of Ambrose and Ackerson. On the other end of the spectrum, Cody-B042 reentered service only half a year after the engagement.

Personnel
Recruits=


 * Wojciech-B002 †
 * Veronika-B008 †
 * Mark-B009 †
 * Nalani-B015 †
 * Marcella-B029 †
 * Cody-B042
 * Julia-B047 †
 * Bodark-B076
 * Mathilda-B079
 * Kyle-B115 †
 * Baratek-B117 †
 * Shawn-B121
 * Argo-B135 †
 * Abraham-B138 †
 * Shawn-B121
 * Argo-B135 †
 * Abraham-B138 †


 * Aspen-B145
 * Damien-B146 †
 * Kalen-B147 †
 * Jack-B157 †
 * Gwen-B161
 * Pratima-B190 †
 * Neil-B203
 * Detrick-B204 †
 * Hastings-B206 †
 * Abdul-B213 †
 * Mason-B219
 * Dylan-B224
 * Bryanna-B226 †
 * Mason-B219
 * Dylan-B224
 * Bryanna-B226 †


 * Samuel-B256
 * Jericho-B257 †
 * Zoe-B264
 * Chrissie-B278
 * Jacob-B285
 * Mubiru-B286
 * Jamie-B295
 * Erik-B298 †
 * Delroy-B327 †
 * Karlo-B341 †
 * Abigail-B400 †
 * Tomas-B401 †
 * Delroy-B327 †
 * Karlo-B341 †
 * Abigail-B400 †
 * Tomas-B401 †

Teams=


 * Team Baker
 * Sung-Hyun-B059 †
 * Iara-B158 †
 * Tsiana-B193 †
 * Hastings-B206 †
 * Team Bravo
 * Marcella-B029 †
 * Cody-B042
 * Detrick-B204 †
 * Abdul-B213 †
 * Team Gamma
 * Team Hotel
 * Team Juliet
 * Kalen-B147 †
 * Erik-B298 †
 * Abigail-B400 †
 * Tomas-B401 †
 * Team Kilo
 * Bodark-B076
 * Arlo-B135 †
 * Jericho-B257 †
 * Jamie-B295
 * Team Hotel
 * Team Juliet
 * Kalen-B147 †
 * Erik-B298 †
 * Abigail-B400 †
 * Tomas-B401 †
 * Team Kilo
 * Bodark-B076
 * Arlo-B135 †
 * Jericho-B257 †
 * Jamie-B295
 * Team Juliet
 * Kalen-B147 †
 * Erik-B298 †
 * Abigail-B400 †
 * Tomas-B401 †
 * Team Kilo
 * Bodark-B076
 * Arlo-B135 †
 * Jericho-B257 †
 * Jamie-B295
 * Jericho-B257 †
 * Jamie-B295


 * Team Oscar
 * Team Papa
 * Wojciech-B002 †
 * Baratek-B117 †
 * Abraham-B163 †
 * Danica-B263 †
 * Team Sierra
 * Veronika-B008 †
 * Kyle-B115 †
 * Bryanna-B226 †
 * Delroy-B327 †
 * Team Tango
 * Mathilda-B079
 * Samuel-B256
 * Team Victor
 * Mason-B219
 * Zoe-B264
 * Chrissie-B278
 * Team Yankee
 * Nalani-B015 †
 * Pratima-B190 †
 * Mubiru-B286
 * Karlo-B341 †
 * Team Zulu
 * Mark-B009 †
 * Shawn-B121
 * Damien-B146 †
 * Jacob-B285
 * Chrissie-B278
 * Team Yankee
 * Nalani-B015 †
 * Pratima-B190 †
 * Mubiru-B286
 * Karlo-B341 †
 * Team Zulu
 * Mark-B009 †
 * Shawn-B121
 * Damien-B146 †
 * Jacob-B285
 * Karlo-B341 †
 * Team Zulu
 * Mark-B009 †
 * Shawn-B121
 * Damien-B146 †
 * Jacob-B285

Staff & Trainers= Lucky Nine= "If being scarred for life, plagued with PTSD after watching your entire family, the people you trained alongside for years and years, disappear in a flash is what you call lucky, then I should start buying lottery tickets."
 * Commissioned Officers
 * Colonel †
 * Lieutenant Commander †
 * Non-Commissioned Officers
 * Senior Chief Petty Officer
 * Civilians and AIs

- Kyle-B115, 2558

Out of the Spartans present at Operation: TORPEDO, only nine survived the encounter. Two of these, Lucy-B091 and Tom-B292, would return to Onyx immediately following the battle. The remaining seven would initially be kept hidden from Kurt Ambrose by the Office of Naval Intelligence, although news of the survival of some of them would later reach their former commander. The “Lucky Nine” are:
 * Cody-B042 of Team Bravo
 * of
 * Kyle-B115 of Team Sierra


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