Team Halberd

Fireteam Halberd is a SPARTAN-III unit of Gamma Company.

History
After their training on Onyx, Fireteam Halberd was deployed on several operations of strategic importance alongside the rest of Gamma Company over the course of the fall of 2552. Halberd Team is attached to the UNSC Battle Group Endymion as of 2558.

LAURA-G179 - HALBERD ONE

 * Rank: Petty Officer, First Class
 * Date of birth: 04/01/2539
 * Birthplace: Point January, Bolder
 * Specialty: Team leader
 * Height: 195 cm
 * Weight: 102 kg
 * Background: Disciplined, professional; strives to do things 110%. Excellent tactical level command of battlespaces. Sometimes over-perfectionist and has had issues with micromanaging in the past.
 * Comments: Laura has a slender, conventionally athletic build with little extra, built mostly for endurance and agility over raw strength- which suits her attitude of putting practicality above all else.
 * Description: Team Halberd's leader, S-G179 is businesslike, driven, and strong-willed. Her most noteworthy talents are her quick problem-solving skills, tactical acumen and technical expertise, her interest in the latter predating her Spartan career. Over the years, she has built up a profound awareness of her role as a Spartan, and what began as a blind thirst for vengeance has developed into an acute sense of duty and pride about her service. Although she has never had problems holding her own physically or mentally, the greatest challenge for her in the beginning was to understand her teammates' weaknesses - and to effectively cultivate their strengths. She wears a Recon helmet with an added Command Network Module as well as an internal modification suite geared toward her unofficial secondary role as the team's tech specialist.

ABRAHAM-G195 - HALBERD TWO

 * Rank: Petty Officer, First Class
 * Date of birth: 20/10/2538
 * Birthplace: Antioch, Miridem
 * Specialty: Sharpshooter
 * Height: 203 cm
 * Weight: 111 kg
 * Background: Easygoing, blunt, and too stubborn for his own good. A people person by Spartan standards. Has some leadership potential but is comfortable as a foil for S-G179.
 * Comments: Working out is one of Abraham's favorite pastimes, and his a physique is a middle ground between endurance and strength—a balance that is fairly common by Spartan standards.
 * Description: Abraham is the team's best shot on medium to long distances; as such he acts as the team's sniper and/or designated marksman. Personality-wise, he is straightforward, level-headed and outgoing, and is never afraid to speak his mind. He acts as Laura's second-in-command in more ways than one; out of the living members of Halberd, Abe and Laura have the strongest bond - something that may surprise the casual observer, as they seemed to be at each other's throats most of the time during their training years. He wears a Commando helmet with an external optics and sensor-enhancing package, a reliable yet not over-specialized choice for his MOS.

MAYA-G067 - HALBERD THREE

 * Rank: Petty Officer, Second Class
 * Date of birth: 17/03/2540
 * Birthplace: Gauda, Parvati
 * Specialty: Assault / Grenadier
 * Height: 186 cm
 * Weight: 104 kg
 * Background: Moody. Averse to change. Doesn't get along well with new faces; trust issues. Very reliant on team dynamic; difficult to deploy outside HALBERD.
 * Comments: She has a naturally broad, well-muscled build thanks to her heavyworlder heritage, which made adjusting to physical exercise on Onyx easier for her from early on and serves her well in her role as the team tank, particularly after being only further enhanced by the CHRYSANTHEMUM augmentations.
 * Description: Specializing in close assault and demolitions, S-G067 is at home fighting in close quarters - perhaps more so than most would consider healthy. Off the field she is withdrawn but temperamental, and as a trait unusual among Spartans she has a conspicuous artistic side. She is wary and reserved around new people, slow to adapt to new situations, and has a history of trust and commitment issues stemming from her early childhood which caused difficulties with her integration into the communal environment of the Spartan program. She uses a CQB helmet befitting her combat style, and her most common weapons loadout includes a UNSC military (non-standard issue) machete, a shotgun, and an XM510 grenade launcher.

SIGURD-G302 - HALBERD FOUR

 * Rank: Petty Officer, Second Class
 * Date of birth: 14/01/2537 (NOTE: experienced significant periods of cryosleep prior to Spartan career)
 * Birthplace: Abu Simbel, Actium
 * Specialty: Heavy weapons
 * Height: 201 cm
 * Weight: 107 kg
 * Background: Clever, even insightful, but has some quirks he could do without. Near-consistently energetic and upbeat. Finds fun in the strangest of places.
 * Comments: Sigurd is more wiry than buff, which does not always fit outsiders' image of a heavy weapons operator. He has adjusted well to his artificial leg, a military-grade seventh-generation prosthetic. Driven by piezoelectric polymer musculature derived from Project MJOLNIR, such prosthetics have become popular in the post-war years especially among augmented personnel thanks to their subtle profile yet impressive performance; whereas previously, artificial limbs issued to Spartans have tended to be more crude in construction to properly replicate augmented strength, 7th-generation technology allows civilian-grade design and comfort with the power and responsiveness required of a Spartan.
 * Description: S-G302's skill set is relatively well-rounded and he has no particular area he excels in, though he most commonly acts as Halberd's support and heavy weapons specialist. He prefers high-capacity, full-automatic weapons such as the M247 or M739 SAWs, and has a special affinity for the M6 G/GNR whenever he can get his hands on one. He is contemplative - some would say philosophical - and eccentric, and has a very peculiar sense of humor. He is introverted and extremely detail-oriented, in some cases to the point of obsessiveness, and has a tendency of getting exceedingly attached to his gear. One example of this is his overwhelming preference for the GUNGNIR helmet, whose smart-link and targeting suite he has a special fondness for.