On their first mission as fully augmented Spartan-IIs, Blue Team, consisting of John-117, Samuel-034, Linda-058, Kelly-087, and Fred-104, infiltrate Eridanus Secundus, a hidden United Rebel Front base located in an asteroid field, and capture Colonel Watts.

Operation: SMOKING ACES was a raid by Spartan-II Blue Team on an Insurrection stronghold in the 111 Tauri system.