However, his Achilles tendon was torn because the strain put on his body was unsustainable. [66], The Spartan-IIs enjoy a large degree of operational autonomy in the field and typically operate in teams of three to five and even individually,[27] although the size and composition of these teams is heavily mission-specific; a team leader will typically pick the Spartans best suited for the mission at hand according to their personal talents. This results in the bones being virtually unbreakable. Illustration of the Carbide Ceramic Ossification. Submergence and boosted blood vessel flow beneath the rods and cones of the subject's retina. Generation II of the ORION Project was initiated in 2511 as the best possible solution to end the widespread insurgency that raged throughout UNSC space. After each meal, the subject must report to the medical bay to receive a series of vitamin and mineral injections.[15]. [84] The Office of Naval Intelligence would ultimately cancel Class II due to the lack of sufficient candidates. [19] The augmentation procedures performed on the SPARTAN-IIs paved the way for a set of improved procedures known as Project CHRYSANTHEMUM for the Spartan-IIIs. Their safety and effects varied substantially from subject to subject, with the benefits and risks varying with the surgeon, the surgical conditions, and the state of the patient. Rather than be buried or cremated, the bodies of the deceased were cryogenically preserved with the hopes of one day reviving these candidates. The SPARTAN-II conscription and augmentation procedure from the eyes of our favorite SPARTAN. 'Rdomnai had the two replaced with prostheses, despite robotic replacements being antithetical to Covenant tradition and principles. forthnback 12 years ago #1. Despite the impressive feats the surviving SPARTANs performed, many of the fourteen year old candidates died or "washed out" as a result of the augmentations. The subject may experience neurological confusion such as falling over, exaggerated reflexes, and problems grabbing or holding onto an object. However, she died during the augmentation procedures. 300% increase in subject reflexes. The first was adrenal-response enhancement, which would enhance the autonomic nervous system to better balance between sympathetic and parasympathetic function in the body's response to stress. [62], The majority of the Spartan-IIs serve under Naval Special Weapons,[1][2] a division of the UNSC Special Forces with heavy ties to Section Three of the Office of Naval Intelligence, which initiated and operated the SPARTAN-II program. Discord - https://discord.gg/u3TPThRPTc Old Man's Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/OldManWarhammerInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/oldmanlives/Twitter . [6], Though conventional body armor had protected soldiers for centuries, the Gen-II project's second radical change involved integrating the subject with a new powered exoskeleton device, designed to help keep its user safe and provide a powerful means of combating enemy forces. Every day the subject performs stretches, isometric exercises, light sparring drills and consumes five high-protein meals. ONI's own projections at that time and up to 2525[10] concluded the same as Dr. Inevitably the small number of Spartan-IIs dwindled as casualties were sustained. A SPARTAN-II's reaction time, while impossible to chart accurately, is estimated to be twenty milliseconds. Linda-058. Rojka gave up his hatred and thirst for vengeance upon Gray Team and agreed to act as an envoy to the human population of the world for Akato 'Dakaj, the new ruling Kaidon of Rak. [6] While the ORION operatives were highly successful, the project on the whole was deemed a failure due to many factors, among the most prominent being the high "washout" rate of the augmentations as well as the limited effectiveness of the enhancements themselves. [16] The Spartans' prowess was not lost on the Covenant, who came to fear, and in the case of the Sangheili, respect the Spartans as Demons. One of the most notable candidates, six-year-old Yasmine Zaman, was abducted and replaced by a flash clone. Of the 150 children considered for the program, only 75 were conscripted. Military experimentation with such enhancements has always been limited for the sake of moral and ethical concerns. Yes, in the Spartan II augmentations 33 Spartans lived, 30 died, and 12 were left crippled and disfigured. [41] The 2547 CAA Factbook entry on the Spartans states that the supersoldiers are "recruited from all corners of UNSC governed space" and that "each of them is a highly decorated veteran with literal decades of combat experience", but omits the program's ethically problematic background. Surgeries were highly risky, intensive, and required special medical talent. One of the essential and most dangerous aspects of the SPARTAN-II program was the biological augmentation procedures. [29][30] Team Black was stationed on Installation 03,[31] until they were killed by the Didact, dwindling the known number of active Spartan-IIs at the moment, down to eight. This specialized version of the neural interface is implanted into the skull of a Spartan-II. [23] The Spirit of Fire subsequently entered into an ongoing conflict with the Banished for control of the Ark. After being ordered to assassinate Kwan, John rebelled and fled with her and the artifact with Silver Team moving to defend their leader on Halsey's orders. After Reach fell, there weren't enough Spartans left. They have frequently been shown to ignore concerns over their personal health as long as there remains a mission to complete[51] and tend to become incredibly frustrated when prevented from acting in a combat situation; because of this they generally prefer planetary operations to being based aboard starships with no way to contribute to an engagement. John-117 was outfitted with this upgrade due to his need to carry the AI Cortana on a mission to capture the Covenant leadership. This compounded an increasing distrust against ONI and the Spartans generated by a recent attack on a peace conference apparently perpetrated by the Master Chief. Anecdotal evidence of marked increase in intelligence, memory, and creativity. Their hard training was complemented with high-level education, which included mathematics, science, history, reading, writing, and military tactics. Because of the requirements, the best candidates who would adapt without severe side effects were those of prepubescent age. Kelly-087. The Prelates' augmentations allowed them to overcome the San'Shyuum's natural frailty caused by generations of inbreeding and granted them strength, speed and reaction times sufficient to best even Sangheili in combat. Each procedure was marked with its own unbearable pain. [5] The next was memory and cognitive enhancements; these were rejected based on the mental instabilities that could occur. All Spartans receive upgrades equally for Tier 1 and 3 but only in Tier 2 will each Spartan receive their personal weapon based on the Leader that the player picked. Serin-019 became an ONI operative. [4] Early analysis concluded that next-generation candidates must have "more malleable, robust DNA structure and repair enzymes," this being based on the fundamental flaw of the augmentation procedures performed on the ORION soldiers. [48], However single-minded many outsiders view them as, the Spartan-IIs remain independent thinkers;[49] from early on, Dr. Halsey's intent was to mold the candidates into effective soldiers through "persuasion and acclimation" as opposed to the brainwashing suggested by some of her colleagues within ONI, believing that in order to be truly efficient the Spartans must be able to properly understand and embrace the significance of their mission. In 2547,[15] the SPARTAN-II program was revealed to the public in an effort to boost morale among the UNSC. [6] As such, the Spartans possess a profound understanding of their role as weapons and the weight of the life imposed on them. Chemical augmentations work on a molecular level by targeting molecules within the body and then altering them to begin a growth process of targeted tissues. [17], Due to the risky and dangerous nature of the augmentation procedures, many of the fourteen-year-old candidates died or "washed out" as their bodies rejected the modifications being made. The hormone also targets osteoblasts to help boost bone tissue formation and effectively strengthen the bone structure. If the subject has survived the changes, the final part of the augmentation is performed. [88], In 2552, Silver Team was sent to the Outer Colony Madrigal where the Covenant were attacking an Insurrectionist outpost. Dr. Halsey's proposal for the project detailed radical changes from the original ORION in many different fields. In this episode: We look into whether the Spartan-III augmentations are possible! In exchange, they would receive a pardon from Thel 'Vadam for their actions. The SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures were a series of biochemical and biomechanical manipulations applied to SPARTAN-II Conscripts at the onset of puberty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7Aj. The first goal was to create a group of elite soldiers meant to subdue insurrections in their infancy, without substantial military casualties. The SPARTAN-IV augmentation procedures, at least for the first and second classes of the program, take three weeks to perform, with the Spartans in and out of surgeries and advanced therapies during this time. [35][Note 6], While trying to secure the space elevator in Havana during the Battle for Earth, Fred-104 clad in MJOLNIR Mark VI, fought and killed a Jiralhanae warrior in close quarters combat with a well placed strike to the Jiralhanae's neck and the entire magazine from his rifle. The surgeon performs a procedure on the capillaries, the smallest of the body's blood vessels, to reverse the direction of blood flow in each capillary to boost the blood flow beneath the rods and cones of the subject's retina. [5] Within a year, all candidates would die of unknown causes. [6], After the graduation of the first class of Spartan-IIs in 2525, Dr. Halsey began planning for the next wave of Spartans; her efforts, however, ran into problems. The carbide ceramic ossification was said to feel like the subject's bones were breaking, as if their marrow was made of glass and was being shattered. This produces the most prolonged delay in the rest of the augmentation procedures as the subject's body begins to alter as a result of the previous procedure. [41] However, as of 2553, there were pervasive rumors among the UNSC military that the Spartans had been kidnapped as six-year-old children and replaced by flash clones. [72] However, at least one of the candidates allegedly killed by the augmentation procedures actually lived and were pressed into ONI service, their survival kept secret from their peers. However, Dr. Halsey hoped that some might be rehabilitated and enter service as fully functional Spartans.[6]. According to it "any Spartan casualties are to be listed as Missing In Action (MIA) or Wounded In Action (WIA), but never Killed In Action (KIA)." Rather than be buried or cremated their bodies were cryogenically preserved with the hopes of one day reviving these candidates. Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez stated that after the augmentations the Spartans would only get better as they adjusted to the changes. [32] As he was trying to delete Gamma Station's navigation data during the Fall of Reach, a MJOLNIR clad John-117 physically stalemated a Sangheili in a zero-g grapple and wrestled it for control over a plasma pistol; he successfully killed it by striking it in the face with his elbow and shooting it with the plasma pistol. They received the harshest and best augmentations, and the best quality of training. A platinum pellet is implanted in the left thyroid gland; this pellet contains a human growth hormone that is released into the body to boost growth of skeletal and muscle tissues. Additionally, Linda-058 shot the pilots out of two Banshee fliers as she was hanging from a titanium cable that was attached to her arm and leg. Superconducting Fibrification of Neural Dendrites. Project Aster is the augmentation program for the Spartan-IIs. [20], During his service within the Covenant, Jega 'Rdomnai was a member of the Silent Shadow, a unit within the Covenant's Special Operations branch. It's unclear whether or not John ran at this speed under the use of his own power or through the use of MJOLNIR armor. Spartan II's are better, in pretty much every respect. [18] Experimental rehabilitation programs were performed on more than 80% of the washouts, who had suffered varying degrees of disease, injury and deformity. The process of augmenting the SPARTAN-IIs was divided into two parts, surgical procedures and injection procedures. [20], The results of the augmentations on the successful candidates were unprecedented; the SPARTAN-IIs performed well beyond the projected capabilities. In mid 2558, their lifeboat was recovered by a Sangheili fleetmaster, Rojka 'Kaasan, who held them in stasis until their release a few months later. [36], As of April 2559, there are fourteen active Spartan-IIs, of whom only the members of Blue and Red teams remained under NAVSPECWAR's operational command, while Gray Team and Naomi-010 continued operating under authority of the Office of Naval Intelligence. Those who truly are missing are listed as such. The Spartan IIs were trained for 6 years with an extra year after augmentation, and were pushed to the limits of human ability but were intended to be capable of being Officers, and taught education as well as tactics. [86] Another girl, Janissary James, was selected as a suitable candidate for training. [31], A MJOLNIR-clad Cal-141 was capable of blocking a Jiralhanae Chieftain's gravity hammer swing with a single hand, dodging multiple swings from the Brute, using her enhanced strength to jump to great heights, and wounding the Chieftain with a few punches and kicks; she was furthermore capable of pulling an occupied ODST drop pod out of thick mud and throwing it dozens of meters. [4][5] The catalytic thyroid implant and muscular enhancement injections produce extraordinary pain as if the subject's veins had been injected with napalm,[5][6] as well as pulsating, and the feeling of them being torn out of the subjects skin. Human biochemical experiments and enhancement procedures have been a part of society dating back to the 20th Century; their gains have attracted widespread attention in the hopes of improving human strength and endurance. After being transferred to highly covert ONI Kilo-Five unit in 2553, Naomi-010 continued to serve on highly classified operations as of 2558. 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