[3][4], Since the dawn of widespread spaceflight, humans have sought to use biochemical, surgical and cybernetic means to augment their bodies. [13] During the Battle of Installation 04, John-117 was able to use his enhanced strength to kill a Special Ops Sangheili with a single punch. [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. As an idiosyncrasy of their warrior culture, the Sangheili view the notion of doctors as dishonorable. She stood 6' 3" (191cm) tall in her mid-forties,[44] though whether this was due to the lingering effects of the catalytic thyroid implant or her own genetics is unclear. [20] SPARTAN-IIs are also known for their sharp eyesight being able to virtually see in the dark. They were trained to be survivors from the age of 5 (ish), to be the best of the best. This new threat accelerated the Spartans' training to its final phase: Project MJOLNIR. John-117, age 14, readies himself to undergo the augmentation procedures. that the true name of the "Engineer" species is. This is evident by the significantly smaller size of S-IIIs . Later models of the Mjolnir system are capable of carrying a starship-grade AI which can provide tactical data in the field. A member of Gray Team during the Battle of the Rubble in Halo: The Cole Protocol. At some point, the Spartans' memories of their past from before entering the program were sealed away by Dr. Catherine Halsey. In pre-and near-postpubescent adolescents, skeletal growth spurts may cause irreparable bone pulverization. [37], In December 2559, Captain Thomas Lasky redeployed the rest of Blue Team on a separate operation of some kind as the Infinity prepared to deploy the Master Chief and the Weapon to Installation 07 to stop Cortana. 2% of subjects acquire elephantiasis. Between 2511 and 2517, 150 five to six-year-old children were selected from near perfect psychological and genetic markers that were set in Dr. Catherine Halsey 's selection protocols. [45] The information is not public knowledge as of 2558,[41][46] although some of the Spartan-IVs were made aware of their predecessors' origins. [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. Serin was declared dead and was secretly incorporated into the Office of Naval Intelligence, who reversed the physical damage she had suffered. They received the harshest and best augmentations, and the best quality of training. 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. One of the essential and most dangerous aspects of the SPARTAN-II program was the biological augmentation procedures. [5] Admiral Ysionris Jeromi conducted experimental procedures on bonobo chimpanzees at the request of his former student in an attempt to reduce the failure rates and improve the regime. In the Halo Legends episode Odd One Out, SPARTAN-1337 was active and participated in combat at Cronkee. The SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures were a series of biochemical and biomechanical manipulations applied to SPARTAN-II Conscripts at the onset of puberty. Blue Team during Operation: FIRST STRIKE in Halo: First Strike. Contents 1 Introduction 2 Augmentations 3 Effects 3.1 Results 4 Gallery 5 Appearances 6 Sources Introduction Later during the Human-Covenant war, while in her Mark V MJOLNIR armor, Kelly-087's top speed was 62km/h or 38.5mph. This thread is archived She was part of a group known a. [25] Following the ceasefire, the surviving Spartan-IIs were offered the choice of integrating into the newly formed Spartan Operations branch along with the remaining Spartan-IIIs. Daisy-023 faces her clone in Halo Legends: Homecoming. This was presumably made possible by Halsey's insistence that no invasive autopsies be performed and that the funeral for those killed by the procedures be closed-casket, the cadavers instead remaining in cold storage. This device allows a starship-grade AI to be carried "between" the host's brain and later models of the Mjolnir armor. However, the Spartans still suffer from the negative effects of exposure to space and require medical treatment directly after to recover. The following is the list of all known Spartan-II subjects conscripted in 2517. [32], On September 1, 2558, Gray Team were awakened from cryo and found themselves in the middle of a battle between two Sangheili factions, a Jiralhanae faction and the citizens of Suraka on the planet Carrow. ONI's own projections at that time and up to 2525[10] concluded the same as Dr. The doctor considered that some of the deceased Spartans may some day be resuscitated and placed into active service; by June 27, 2525, rehabilitation protocols were in development for 80% of the washouts, with AIs predicting a total survival rate as high as 50%. Two escaped aboard the UNSC Pillar of Autumn, one of whom was place in cryostasis aboard the ship after sustaining life-threatening injuries during the battle on Gamma Station. 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. [90] They count as hero units and therefore cannot be killed, only knocked out and slowly healing until they are revived. [23] The members of Gray Team were left drifting in space after their latest operation in late 2552 and went to cryo-sleep. Only three can be deployed for an army but they do not take up population. CMDR Dantae said: At the start of the war. Contents 1 History 1.1 Background 1.2 Creation 1.3 Training 1.4 Human-Covenant War 1.5 Post-war survivors While the SPARTAN-II augmentations would make the soldier significantly stronger and faster than an ORION operative, this came with a price: out of 75 candidates, only 33 survived the augmentation procedures, with the rest either killed or maimed for life. Some Spartan-II teams appear to have been more well-established since their training, namely Black and Gray teams which continued to operate with their compositions unchanged over the Covenant War.[55]. However, page 365 of the Definitive Edition of Halo: the Fall of Reach seems to imply that the Elite was a Minor or a Ranger by likening the color of its armor to the hull plating of Covenant ships. Later, during the Human-Covenant war, while in her Mark V Mjolnir Armor, Kelly-087's top speed was recorded at 62 km/h or 38.5mph. The second goal was to minimize civilian casualties and avert civil war. The SPARTAN-III augmentations were entirely chemical. The process of augmenting the SPARTAN-IIs was divided into two parts, surgical procedures and injection procedures. Following the Battle of Installation 04, the survivors returned to Reach and were able to rendezvous with the remaining Spartans. Covenant strikecraft pilots connect to their flight systems using direct neural interfaces, which employ very minimal safety cutouts or filters. Despite providing subtle enhancement in the areas of strength and speed, these augmentations were rather primitive in comparison to the supersoldiers created centuries later. [84] The Office of Naval Intelligence would ultimately cancel Class II due to the lack of sufficient candidates. The SPARTAN-II program, Class I was the first iteration of the SPARTAN programs and the first class of the Spartan-II program, an effort to produce elite soldiers through mechanical and biological augmentation. There is no difference. In particular, John-117, the Spartans' de facto leader rose to the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer in 2526[65] while Frederic-104 was promoted to Lieutenant, Junior Grade in 2552 by Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose, himself a Spartan-II who had been recruited to lead the SPARTAN-III program years before. However, as technology improved and scientists continued to understand the human body, advancements paved the way for the eventual use of body enhancement chemicals; the first bio-engineering protocol was established to help humans adjust to long duration spaceflight and different planetary environmental conditions, and subsequently for interplanetary war. 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. Each procedure was marked with its own unbearable pain. Although the subject was in a state of unconsciousness, where the subject should not have felt any pain, the effects of the augmentation procedures produced excruciating pain. In order to pay homage to the sacrifice of the ORION project, she chose to call the project SPARTAN-II. [22], An illustration detailing the muscular augmentations performed on a Spartan-II's arm, A screen monitoring Carter-A259's CHRYSANTHEMUM augmentations, SPARTAN-IV Sarah Palmer undergoing her augmentations, An overview of the Spartan-IVs' augmentations, Prelate Tem'Bhetek, an augmented San'Shyuum, https://www.halopedia.org/index.php?title=Biological_augmentation&oldid=1531962. This results in the bones being virtually unbreakable. However, the muscular and neurological alterations are not as effective as those used in the previous two programs, although the SPARTAN-IVs' GEN2 MJOLNIR armor compensates for this through its more extensive performance enhancement. 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. Fred-104 with Olivia-G291 and Veta Lopis in Halo: Last Light. Military experimentation of such enhancements has always been limited for the sake of moral and ethical concerns. Their familiarity with each other's body language allows the Spartan-IIs to function in perfect synergy in combat, their teamwork abilities having been described as borderline telepathic. After their return to the UNSC, Gray Team were offered a choice to join a specialized interspecies strike team under the Office of Naval Intelligence, to continue operating deep in the Joint Occupation Zone as before. [24] At least three members of Omega Team managed to survive the war, though their current status is unknown. Spartan-IIs in the Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition). Permanent blindness. However, he ended up trapped in space on the back half of the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn and was declared missing in action. The project was implemented by the Office of Naval Intelligence's Section Three under the supervision of Dr. Catherine Halsey.[2]. John-117 after augmentation The augmentations after performed, on the forearms of John-117. In. 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. As the exploits of the Spartans were a major propaganda boon to the UNSC, Section II of the Office of Naval Intelligence issued Directive 930,[16] which stated that Spartans killed or wounded would be listed as "missing in action" (MIA) or "wounded in action" (WIA), thus maintaining the illusion of the Spartans' invincibility. This is the GVWR, or Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, of the. An advanced carbide ceramic material is grafted onto the skeletal structure to begin assimilation into the upper layers of the each individual bone. [11] Based mainly within the Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex, the Spartans endured a great deal of hardship during their first years of training: they were placed into situations and drills that pushed their abilities to their very limit and beyond. The survivors then carried out a raid that resulted in the destruction of a Covenant fleet anchorage, stalling a Covenant plan to invade Earth. Of the 150 children considered for the program, only 75 were conscripted. 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. The ability to . [6] The project was created with several goals in mind. One of the most notable candidates, six-year-old Yasmine Zaman, was abducted and replaced by a flash clone. However, as DNA samples were covertly collected as part of the CAA's Outer Colony vaccination program, the UNSC had a rather comprehensive record of Outer Colony citizens to use for candidate selection. The augmentations after performed, on the forearms of, Halo Wars 2 (2017, Xbox One & Windows 10), Halo 4: King of the Hill (2012, iOS & Android), Halo: Fireteam Raven (2018, Arcade cabinet), Halo Custom Edition (2004, Windows & Mac), Halo: The Master Chief Collection (2014, Xbox One), Halo Wars: Definitive Edition (2016, Xbox One & Windows 10), Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide (2013), Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe. The Mjolnir armor was created in parallel to the SPARTAN-II project and is the most technologically advanced piece of hardware in human hands. The service record of Randall Aiken, a retired Spartan-II. [17] It is common to find all of these varieties of medications in temples built for kaidons, which traditionally have been visited by them prior to planning a military campaign. [18] However, as injuries are an inevitable byproduct of combat, the Covenant military still employs a number of medical amenities. [6], Halsey was not satisfied with the project's original name of ORION Project, Generation II; thus, she renamed it out of personal preference, as well as to distance the project from the failures of ORION in the minds of the politico and military bureaucrats who controlled the project's budget. Can you be a Spartan? A Spartan-II candidate who died during augmentations. [12][13] The bodies of those candidates who "washed out" were placed in cryonic suspension in the hope that they could some day be resuscitated. Physiological stress brought on by the augmentations can produce cardiac arrest,[5] in addition to cross-chemical complications that can result in augmentation failure. The reaction time increase for example is closer to 1000% and that's even before Spartan time kicks in. [notes 1] At some point in 2558, journalist Benjamin Giraud uncovered the origins of the program and uploaded his findings to the public network, along with delivering an unsanctioned testimony on the matter to the Unified Earth Government Senate's Armed Forces Committee. This page was last edited on February 8, 2023, at 23:00. Spartan-II Augmentations - Most Detailed Breakdown - Re-release Installation00 188K subscribers 29K views 5 months ago In this episode: We re-release the Spartan-II Augmentation Most Detailed. [83] Halsey eventually gave up on Class II and left the program, after she judged the candidates to be of an inferior standard. The neurosurgeon then performs a procedure to rearrange the capillaries in the occipital lobe of the left cerebral hemisphere of the brain. While civilian applications for such technologies do exist, their obvious military advantages quickly saw them harnessed for the purposes of warfare. John-117 was outfitted with this upgrade due to his need to carry the AI Cortana on a mission to capture the Covenant leadership. [12], When the catalytic thyroid implant is inserted, surgery is performed on the thyroid gland, where an incision is made to the left thyroid gland large enough for a platinum pellet to be implanted; once done, the incision is closed up. Only Dr. Halsey had secret files that contained the full names of all the Spartans on Reach; unfortunately, the records were destroyed after the planet was glassed. [29] The status of Omega Team remains unknown. After being kidnapped and sedated, the Spartan-II candidates were taken to the colony world Reach, where they began their training under Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez and the AI Dj, who also acted as an aide for Halsey on the program. [40] Fostering this accomplishment, Spartan-IIs donning Mjolnir have in many instances been shown as capable of throwing armored Jiralhanae from their vehicles. A SPARTAN-II's reaction time, while impossible to chart accurately, is estimated to be twenty milliseconds. [43] Admiral Parangosky planned to unveil the SPARTAN-II program's classified aspects to the UEG defense committee by early 2553,[44] although any information on the Spartan-IIs origins remained unconfirmed among military personnel as of 2555. The first and most controversial was the subjects themselves, who were selected by a gene-candidate pool, and must fit into a certain age restriction protocol. As the hormone is released into the body the pellet dissolves and is absorbed. [34] However, their attempts proved to be unsuccessful. [22], Only a few months after augmentation procedures, the SPARTAN-IIs were capable of running at speeds exceeding 55km/h or 34.2mph. During this time, John-117 rose to be the de facto leader of the Spartans. However, as technology improved and as scientists continued to understand the human body, advancements paved the way for the eventual use of body enhancement chemicals. Several species and civilizations, including Forerunners, humans, and San'Shyuum, have implemented various biochemical, surgical and cybernetic means to enhance the physical and cognitive abilities of biological individuals. [15] Further medical advances have been made in areas not directly related to physical performance but nonetheless improving humans' quality of life. This specialized version of the neural interface is implanted into the skull of a Spartan-II. In a nearby cave system, John retrieved a Forerunner artifact that activated at his touch, something that was witnessed by a surviving Sangheili and reported to the Prophet of Mercy. Seeing as MJOLNIR has never been directly shown to automatically increase the sprint speed of a Spartan without the assistance of an. She followed up her maneuver by using the mongoose as an improvised hammer, smashing three Grunts into the ground, pulverizing them in the process.[18]. SPARTAN-IIs also underwent extensive gene therapy. By default they are equipped with a pair of submachine guns. [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 extent and severity of the augmentations likely left many scars. The Spartan III project had multiple generations. A 14 year old John-117 benching 495lbs. Spartan-IIs experienced the most extensive and invasive physical augmentations out of all the Spartan generations, starting augmentation at early pubescent ages increased their physical mass and height to around seven feet by adult age. One unidentified trainee - Committed suicide after escaping the program in 2525. [22] They would commandeer a Covenant vessel, locate the Covenant homeworld, and return with captured Covenant leadership to force a ceasefire. This allowed the creation of much larger numbers of supersoldiers than before, although the procedures still had to be performed at the onset of puberty. 3.8% failure rate due to possible mutations and compromised bone marrow matrix integrity. As insurrectionist forces become more effective and the military's responses consequently become more forceful, the need for large scale military campaigns became more and more obvious. A Spartan backflips off a Jiralhanae Chieftain in Halo 4. 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. [39], In 2559, during Second Ark Conflict, a self-standing Jerome-092 defeated numerous Jiralhanae and Sangheili inside the Enduring Conviction. [13], To marginalize the civilian lives they had once led, their names became a combination of their given names and numbered service tag, with family names being discarded. [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. 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. However, all preparations were interrupted and subsequently canceled by the Covenant's invasion of Reach. However, these augmentations would kill or cripple half of the Spartan II's, so only 33 out of the 75 were fit for duty afterwards. The hormone also targets osteoblasts to help boost bone tissue formation and effectively strengthen the bone structure. To marginalize the civilian lives they had once led, their names became a combination of their given names and a number, with family names being discarded. Candidates for the Spartan II program were also hand picked after a thorough filtering process to sort out those with perfect genetics. The selection criteria could be loosened, and the procedures' mortality rate could be eliminated to zero. Specific risk for pre-and near-postpubescent adolescents: skeletal growth spurts may cause irreparable bone pulverization. [8][14], Once the augmentation procedures are finished, the subject begins a long recovery process. [6] As such, the Spartans possess a profound understanding of their role as weapons and the weight of the life imposed on them. Suppressed sexual drive. The coverage of this procedure does not exceed 3% total bone mass due to significant white blood cell necrosis: effectively, the carbide ceramic can only comprise a thin outer "shell" bonded to each bone without interfering with bone functionality as organs. The process and likely invasiveness of the procedure is what led to the high "failure" count. Sixteen Spartan-IIs are known to have survived the Covenant War: John-117, Frederic-104, Kelly-087, Linda-058, Naomi-010, Jai-006, Adriana-111, Michael-120, Leon-011, Robert-025, August-099, Randall-037, Otto-031, Victor-101, Margaret-053, and Roma-143; the last five have since been killed. The artificial intelligence construct Cortana, carried within John-117's Mark V Mjolnir armor, would serve as the strike force's hacker and technology specialist. There were too few candidates that were in sync with her age and genetic restriction protocols and a majority of her funding was going towards Mjolnir maintenance and construction; this left little room for continued training efforts.