Fireteam

A Fireteam in Old Russia.

A Fireteam is a combat unit^[1] of Guardians formed to conduct infantry operations with tactical flexibility.^[2] Fireteams act similarly to clans in terms of game mechanics.^[3] Fireteams typically consist of up to three Guardians, though fireteams taking on a Raid may number up to six.

Gameplay[edit]

Fireteams are optional in story missions and on Patrol, but are required in Strikes and Raids. Players can form their own fireteams if they wish, but if they enter a strike alone, they'll be matched with players of similar rank playing on the same strike mission. Forming a fireteam is necessary if one wants to bring other players into a Darkness Zone. If all members of a fireteam are downed simultaneously, progress is reset.^[4]

Players can form fireteams in one of two ways: send an invitation, or public meetup. If a player has their Fireteam Privacy set to "Invitation Only", then anyone wishing to have that player on their fireteam must send them an invitation in-game via the player inspection menu. But if that player's privacy is set to "Public", any nearby player can automatically join. There are 2 chatlines that fireteam members can communicate through: Fireteam Chat, and Team Chat.

Known Fireteams[edit]

Fireteam "Bad News for the Bad Guys"^[5]
Fireteam Boulay
Fireteam Babydog
Fireteam Forge
Fireteam Oboe
Fireteam Piccolo
Fireteam Caliban
Fireteam Intrepid
Fireteam "The Bad Guys Don't Care What We Call Ourselves Do They?"^[6]
Fireteam Tuyet
First Crota Fireteam
Holborn's Host
Jagi's Host
Kabr's Fireteam
Radegast's Host
Six Coyotes
Night Wolves
Fireteam Pergamon
The Vanguard (Zavala, Cayde-6, and Ikora Rey)
Death Dealers

Trivia[edit]

David Dague replied to question on Bungie.net, The question being "what in-game devices will there be for clans?" Dague replied with "what are clans?". This joke goes further with the fireteam card file name being "ClansLol.jpg".^[3]
Jason Jones is Bungie's "fireteam leader."^[1]