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{{Quote|As of today Spartans stand on their own. Not as Navy or ONI assets. We are our own branch. As of now.|Commander Musa Ghanem, to a council of high-ranked officers at HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6<ref name="init3"/>}} | {{Quote|As of today Spartans stand on their own. Not as Navy or ONI assets. We are our own branch. As of now.|Commander Musa Ghanem, to a council of high-ranked officers at HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6<ref name="init3"/>}} | ||
On [[2553#January|January 7, 2553]], the first class of Spartan-IVs was selected, consisting of 145 candidates.<ref name="universe"/> Spartan-III [[Jun-A266]] was selected as the recruiter for the program, and Jun continued recruitment for the first class until [[2553#February|February 15, 2553]].<ref name="nb50"/><ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/699269947944382464 '''Twitter''': ''Today in Halo 2/15/2553'']</ref> Although subsequent classes of Spartan-IVs were desirable, the initial class was required to prove itself effective.<ref name="nb50"/> The first class of Spartans began training at several [[War Games]] sites, particularly aboard UNSC ''Infinity''.<ref name="universe"/> In January of 2553, five Spartan-IVs of the program's first class were aboard UNSC ''Infinity'' when Admiral [[Mattius Drake]]'s [[New Colonial Alliance]] [[Raid on UNSC Infinity|boarded]] the ship in the [[Sol system]]'s [[Oort cloud]] and | On [[2553#January|January 7, 2553]], the first class of Spartan-IVs was selected, consisting of 145 candidates.<ref name="universe"/> Spartan-III [[Jun-A266]] was selected as the recruiter for the program, and Jun continued recruitment for the first class until [[2553#February|February 15, 2553]].<ref name="nb50"/><ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/699269947944382464 '''Twitter''': ''Today in Halo 2/15/2553'']</ref> Although subsequent classes of Spartan-IVs were desirable, the initial class was required to prove itself effective.<ref name="nb50"/> The first class of Spartans began training at several [[War Games]] sites, particularly aboard UNSC ''Infinity''.<ref name="universe"/> In January of 2553, five Spartan-IVs of the program's first class were aboard UNSC ''Infinity'' when Admiral [[Mattius Drake]]'s [[New Colonial Alliance]] [[Raid on UNSC Infinity|boarded]] the ship in the [[Sol system]]'s [[Oort cloud]] and briefly commandeered the [[warship]]; the hijacking was led by the [[Ilsa Zane]], a turncoat soldier who was rendered unstable due to experimental Spartan-IV augmentations. The Spartans' repelling of the takeover attempt also exposed Admiral Drake as a traitor. Following the incident, Musa Ghanem announced the establishment of the Spartans as their own distinct branch to a board of UNSC Navy officers at [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]] in [[Sydney]].<ref name="init3"/> | ||
With the creation of the branch, most of the surviving Spartan-III supersoldiers were requested by Admiral Parangosky and Naval Intelligence for reassignment to Spartan Operations in early 2553. The active Spartan-IIs were given the choice of "pulling together" the remaining Spartan-IIIs and integrating them into the SPARTAN-IV program.<ref name="glass435">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 435''</ref> At least Spartan-II [[Blue Team]] continued to operate outside the branch, within [[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Command]] operational control, as of most recent knowledge. Their operations remained highly secretive.<ref name="catalog">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/spoilers-john-117-is-no-longer-blue-leader/00e462e3-9293-42ac-8f61-12c0dcc878df/posts?page=1#post16 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''John-117 is no longer blue leader (Catalog's answer)'']</ref> On [[2554|January 3, 2554]], after the critical success of the first class, a second class of Spartan-IVs was created for the branch and Jun launched a new recruiting drive. With increased funding, Spartan Operations was able to include a larger amount of candidates, though continued to ensure that all were of high quality with strong loyalties to the UEG and UNSC.<ref name="nb105">'''Halo: New Blood''', ''pages 105-107'' (Google Play edition)</ref> However, [[Rudolf Schein]] of the [[United Rebel Front]] managed to infiltrate the branch and attempted to destroy the [[space station]] hosting the entire second class, as well as several members of the branch's leadership and administrative staff. However, this attempt was foiled by Jun and Musa. The incident was kept a secret, with Musa fearing that the event would compromise the Spartan branch's independence.<ref name="nb139"/> | With the creation of the branch, most of the surviving Spartan-III supersoldiers were requested by Admiral Parangosky and Naval Intelligence for reassignment to Spartan Operations in early 2553. The active Spartan-IIs were given the choice of "pulling together" the remaining Spartan-IIIs and integrating them into the SPARTAN-IV program.<ref name="glass435">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 435''</ref> At least Spartan-II [[Blue Team]] continued to operate outside the branch, within [[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Command]] operational control, as of most recent knowledge. Their operations remained highly secretive.<ref name="catalog">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/spoilers-john-117-is-no-longer-blue-leader/00e462e3-9293-42ac-8f61-12c0dcc878df/posts?page=1#post16 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''John-117 is no longer blue leader (Catalog's answer)'']</ref> On [[2554|January 3, 2554]], after the critical success of the first class, a second class of Spartan-IVs was created for the branch and Jun launched a new recruiting drive. With increased funding, Spartan Operations was able to include a larger amount of candidates, though continued to ensure that all were of high quality with strong loyalties to the UEG and UNSC.<ref name="nb105">'''Halo: New Blood''', ''pages 105-107'' (Google Play edition)</ref> However, [[Rudolf Schein]] of the [[United Rebel Front]] managed to infiltrate the branch and attempted to destroy the [[space station]] hosting the entire second class, as well as several members of the branch's leadership and administrative staff. However, this attempt was foiled by Jun and Musa. The incident was kept a secret, with Musa fearing that the event would compromise the Spartan branch's independence.<ref name="nb139"/> | ||