Beta Company

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Beta Company Chronological information Active ?th ??????? 2537 - 3rd July 2545 Engagements Operation: CARTWHEEL Operation: TORPEDO Command information Affiliation Beta-5 Division UNSC Branch ONI Section III Type SPARTAN-III Unit Role Elite infantry Espionage Asymmetrical warfare Unit size 418 Recruits 300 Graduates Command Structure ONI Section Three Beta-5 Division Garrison Camp Currahee, Onyx Other information Nickname Betas Commanders COL James Ackerson LCDR Kurt Ambrose SCPO Franklin Mendez Era Human-Covenant War [Source] Outline History Alpha Company Main article: Alpha Company With the massive success of the Spartan-II program, demand for more super-soldiers began to surface across the UNSC’s command hierarchy, particularly within Section Three of the Office of Naval Intelligence. However, Halsey’s insistence to postpone further recruitment, as well as the program’s high costs, led many to seek alternative options. Aboard the UNSC Point of No Return on October 24, 2531, Vice Admiral Parangosky met with Rear Admiral Rich, Captain Gibson, and Colonel Ackerson 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 Spartan-III program 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 slipspace drive and a rigged T-PACK, Spartan-II Kurt-051 of Blue Team 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 Mendez. On December 27, 2531, at Camp Curahee on the ONI controlled planet of Onyx, the first batch of Spartan-IIIs began their training. Due to the overlapping nature of both programs, many of the recruits and assets originally planned for a continuation of Halsey's Spartan-II project were instead brought into Alpha Company. While members of the Office of Naval Intelligence were initially concerned due to high aggression levels among the recruits—exceeding the bounds of the Smith-Kensington Index—the company successfully completed training and was declared active in 2536. The company would go on to participate in several operations, including an insurrection on Mamore, the Battle of New Constantinople, and the operations in the Bonanza asteroid belt and Far-gone colony platforms. The company would eventually be exterminated by Covenant forces during Operation: PROMETHEUS on the asteroid K7-49, however their success up until that point had proven the value of the Spartan-IIIs and another company had been green-lit. Authorization Selection Training Induction and Conditioning Training for Beta Company began in April of 2539. Individual Development Team Assignment Augmentation Deployment Operation: CARTWHEEL Operation: TORPEDO Post-TORPEDO Legacy After the near-total eradication of Beta Company at Pegasi Delta, 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 CARTWHEEL or TORPEDO to be pulled for other lower-risk operations in an attempt to improve their chances of survivability. In addition, many washouts during training were either reinstated alongside Cat-2s or kept around as base personnel during the training of Beta and Gamma companies. As such, most Cat-2s and washouts survived beyond the company’s disbandment. Among these Cat-2s were SPARTAN-B312, extracted immediately after training, and Kat-B320, pulled after CARTWHEEL, both of which would later be assigned to NOBLE Team and would perish during the Fall of Reach in 2552. Additionally, Ambrose would attempt to pull Lucy-B091, SPARTAN-B170, Neil-B203, Hastings-B206, and Mubiru-B286 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. Erik-B298, Abigail-B400, and Tomas-B401 would also be pulled and placed on FEUDAL Team. Owen-B096 was also pulled at some point prior to TORPEDO. Additionally, some “washouts” were instead selected to be brought into the Headhunter program, where they were separated from the rest of Beta Company during training and sent to a specialist camp on the far side of Onyx. Among these Headhunters were the former Team Tango: Mathilda-B080, Roland-B210, Samuel-B256 and Jonah-B283. Roland-B210 and Jonah-B283 would both be killed by a Silent Shadow squad during a demolitions operation. Mathilda-B080 would also later perish in a similar incident, leaving only Samuel-B256 to serve with Team Osage in the Post-Covenant War conflicts. 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 Tom-B292 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. Notably, the company's elected leader during the operation, Beatrix-B072, was among the Lucky Nine. Kyle-B115 and Cody-B042, while originally reentering service separate from one another and participating throughout the war under different circumstances, would later pair up for at least one operation prior to the Fall of Reach as revenge for the massacre at Pegasi Delta. Augmentations Equipment Personnel The author, KingOfYou115 urges and gives permission for any user who references this unit or vessel, Beta Company, to add their article to the "Known" list below. Recruits Teams Staff & Trainers Lucky Nine Wojciech-B002 † Adam-B004 † Veronika-B008 † Mark-B009 † Nalani-B015 † Marcella-B029 † Cody-B042 Julia-B047 † Sung-Hyun-B058 † Tucker-B069 † Beatrix-B072 † Bodark-B076 Ahmed-B077 † Mathilda-B080 † Jacob-B083 Lyron-B086 † Lucy-B091 Owen-B096 Nalini-B099 Erin-B110 Casildo-B113 † Kyle-B115 † Baratek-B117 † Shawn-B121 Argo-B135 † Abraham-B138 † Raegen-B142 † Adrian-B143 Aspen-B145 Damien-B146 † Kalen-B147 † Jack-B157 † Iara-B158 † Gwen-B161 SPARTAN-B170 Min-B174 † Thad-B188 † Pratima-B190 † Andrew-B191 Riley-B192 † Tsiana-B193 † Neil-B203 Deiter-B204 † Hastings-B206 † Roland-B210 † Seiko-B211 † Abdul-B213 † Mason-B219 Annalee-B220 Dylan-B224 Bryanna-B226 † Kaitlyn-B237 † Samuel-B256 Jericho-B257 † Wei-B258 † Carson-B260 † Zoe-B264 Chrissie-B278 Jonah-B283 † Jacob-B285 Mubiru-B286 Tom-B292 Jamie-B295 Erik-B298 † Mary-B300 Isaac-B302 SPARTAN-B312 † Kat-B320 † Delroy-B327 † Spencer-B337 † Karlo-B341 † Abigail-B400 † Tomas-B401 † Joel-B404 † Team Baker Sung-Hyun-B058 (Team Leader) † Iara-B158 † Tsiana-B193 † Hastings-B206 † Team Bravo Marcella-B029 † Cody-B042 Detrick-B204 (Team Leader) † Abdul-B213 † Team Easy Team Echo Team Foxtrot Adam-B004 † Lucy-B091 Min-B174 † Tom-B292 (Team Leader) Team Gustav Gwen-B161 Kaitlyn-B237 (Team Leader) † Team Gamma Team India Team Juliet Kalen-B147 (Team Leader) † Erik-B298 † Abigail-B400 † Tomas-B401 † Team Kilo Bodark-B076 Arlo-B135 † Jericho-B257 (Team Leader) † Jamie-B295 Team Kodak Team Lima Team November Team Oscar Team Papa Wojciech-B002 † Baratek-B117 † Abraham-B163 † Danica-B263 † Team Romeo Team Sierra Veronika-B008 † Kyle-B115 † Bryanna-B226 (Team Leader) † Delroy-B327 † Team Tango Mathilda-B080 † Roland-B210 † Samuel-B256 Jonah-B283 † Team Victor Mason-B219 Zoe-B264 Chrissie-B278 (Team Leader) Kat-B320 † Team Whiskey Adrian-B143 (Team Leader) Lyron-B086 † Casildo-B113 † Seiko-B211 † Team X-Ray Team Yankee Nalani-B015 † Pratima-B190 (Team Leader) † Mubiru-B286 Karlo-B341 † Team Zulu Mark-B009 † Shawn-B121 Damien-B146 † Jacob-B285 Commissioned Officers Colonel James Ackerson † Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose † Non-Commissioned Officers Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez Civilians and AIs Deep Winter "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." ―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 Beatrix-B072, Beta Leader Lucy-B091 of Team Foxtrot Kyle-B115 of Team Sierra Tom-B292 of Team Foxtrot