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{{Status|Canon}}
{{disambig header|the first Spartan project|other uses of Orion|Orion (disambiguation)}}
{{Military infobox
|name=ORION Project
|image={{tabcontainer
|title1=Primary|content1=[[File:ORIONpatch.png|80px]]
|title2=Additional|content2=[[File:OrionLogoSL.png|100px]]
}}The various emblems of the ORION Project
[[File:AssassinAvery.png|300px]]<br>[[Avery Johnson]] a subject of the ORION Project
|formed=*[[2315]] - [[2325]] (original project)<ref name="HOSFM79">'''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]''', ''page 79''</ref>
*[[2491]] - [[2506]] (final iteration)
|affiliation=[[Unified Earth Government]]
|branch=[[UNSC Navy]] and [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]
|type=[[Special operations]]
|role=
|size=300 at height of program<ref name="encyc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''' ''page 81''</ref>
|nicknames=Raiders<ref>'''Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual''', ''page 108''</ref>
|battles=*[[Operation: CHARLEMAGNE]]
*[[Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE]]
*[[Operation: TREBUCHET]]
*[[Operation: TANGLEWOOD]]
|commanders=*[[Ritsa Shephard|Dr. Ritsa Shephard]] (original project){{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM79}}
*[[UNSC rank structure|Rear Admiral]] [[Pranav Sabanis]] (final iteration)<ref>'''Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual''', ''page 81''</ref>
}}
{{Quote|Spartans pick their battles.|[[James James]]}}

'''Project: ORION''', also put as '''ORION Project''' was the [[UNSC Navy]]'s first effort to create a special forces unit of [[Human augmentation|biochemically augmented]] supersoldiers. Under the operational control of [[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Group One]], the project was created to combat the growing [[Insurrection]] throughout the [[human]] [[Outer Colonies]]. The project enjoyed limited success but was ultimately disbanded after several years; however, its legacy lived on in the form of the subsequent [[SPARTAN programs]]. After the establishment of the [[SPARTAN-II program]] years later, the ORION Project was retroactively dubbed '''SPARTAN-I program'''.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''' ''page 16''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|encyc}}<ref name="journal">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: New Blood]]''', ''page 130'' (Google Play edition)</ref>