ORION Project: Difference between revisions

The augmentation techniques used in ORION were later improved in the subsequent [[SPARTAN-II program]] and its successors. Many of ORION's failures were attributed to the age of the candidates: as adults, the applicants' bodies rejected many of the augmentations, producing less than expected results. Because of this, it was decided that the enhancements must be applied at a prepubescent age to individuals possessing very specific genetic markers.{{Ref/Reuse|halsey}} Due to improvements in biomedical technology over the intervening half-century, this impediment was later overcome in the [[SPARTAN-IV program]], which allows the augmentation of adult subjects without the major risks presented by the earlier SPARTAN enhancements.<ref>'''[[Halo: New Blood]]''', ''page 52'' (Google Play edition)</ref> In part due to his experience in the ORION program, Sergeant [[Avery Johnson]] was chosen to act as a mentor to the young SPARTAN-II's during [[Operation: SILENT STORM]].{{Ref/Reuse|SiSto4}}