ORION Project: Difference between revisions

As the war against the [[Insurrectionist]]s continued to escalate, the UNSC stepped up their counter-insurgent activities under Operation: TREBUCHET, created in response to the defector UNSC Marine Colonel [[Robert Watts]].<ref name="enyc45">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 45''</ref> The SPARTAN-Is became a key member in the fight against the rebel attacks across the colonies, taking down insurgents as soon as they cropped up — however as time went on the insurgent attacks became more effective, and insurgent personnel more difficult to root out, and over the ensuing decades, became more organized and difficult to combat. More factions began to join the cause until some of the smaller factions merged into one of the major insurrectionist forces: the [[United Rebel Front]]. Bombings continued despite the best efforts of both military personnel and the SPARTAN-Is — civilians became caught in the crossfire of these conflicts and casualties began to mount exponentially, adding to fuel to the simmering hatred harbored against the UNSC by many colonists. This prompted the UNSC to recruit more soldiers to the SPARTAN-I Program, which eventually had around three-hundred active personnel. Though the Spartans continued to prove their effectiveness, some of the older conscripts began to exhibit flaws, passed off as natural defects or stress from the war. Despite all of this, the results of the Spartans abilities were falling short of the scientists' hopes. However, due to their combat-effectiveness, the UNSCDF decided to use the ORIONs as exemplary models, implementing them into the training of the [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]].