SPARTAN-III program: Difference between revisions

===Beta Company===

{{Main|SPARTAN-III Beta Company}}

Beta Company was approved right after Operation: PROMETHEUS in [[2537]]. 418 candidates were conscripted in [[2539]], of which only 300 became Spartans.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 89''</ref> Disheartened at the loss of Alpha Company, Ambrose used a tougher training program and more thoroughly trained them in unit cohesiveness. Despite their superior training, they were similarly massacred in [[Operation: TORPEDO]] in [[2545]]. From the entire company, only two participants survived the battle.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''Prologue''</ref>

As with Alpha Company, several members of Beta Company deemed too valuable to be wasted on suicide missions were pulled out of the unit before Operation: TORPEDO. Some of them were initially assigned to non-combat roles as cover, much to Colonel Ackerson's dismay, as he wanted to have all Spartans in the field. Like the personnel extracted from Alpha Company, they were issued with special equipment such as MJOLNIR. These included [[Kat-B320]] and [[SPARTAN-B312]], both of whom later served with NOBLE Team, as well as [[SPARTAN-B170]].<ref name="comm"/>

===Gamma Company===

After the [[Human-Covenant War]], the main body of Gamma Company was integrated into the newly formed [[Spartan Operations]], though some members were returned to non-combatant status.<ref name="Catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969315_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969315 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Catalog Interaction, Page 14'']</ref> The Spartan-IIIs on Onyx (having joined Blue Team) were later recovered by the Office of Naval Intelligence. They continued to serve with Blue Team until July 2553, when [[Margaret Parangosky|Admiral Margaret Parangosky]] decided to reassign the three Gamma Company Spartans into a top-secret "[[Ferret]]" unit while officially listing them as KIA to prevent knowledge of their illegal enhancements.<ref name="hll330">'''[[Halo: Last Light]]''', ''pages 330-331'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

===Delta Company===

*The number of 300 SPARTAN-IIIs in both Alpha and Beta companies, who were both massacred but completed their missions and killed many Covenant warriors in the process is a reference to the fabled last stand of the 300 [[Sparta]]ns in the [[Battle of Thermopylae]].

*The protagonist of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' is [[SPARTAN-B312]], a SPARTAN-III who was pulled from Beta Company right after training.<ref name="comm"/>

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