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On [[2525#March|March 9]] of that year Soren and the other Spartan-II candidates were transported to [[Medical Facility Endurance]] in orbit over [[Reach]] in order to undergo the series of invasive procedures designed to physically, chemically, and genetically augment their bodies.<ref name="HTFORTAS">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''</ref><ref name="HTFOR6">''[[The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 6''</ref><ref name="H5GL">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', John-117's loadout</ref> They had their heads shaved, intravenous lines inserted to deliver a [[Drugs|sedative]], and incision vectors lasered onto their bodies.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR6}} Other medications administered beginning on this date included [[Wikipedia:Dopamine|dopamine]] for hemodynamic support and a [[Wikipedia:Tacrolimus|tacrolimus]]/[[Wikipedia:Mycophenolate|mycophenolate mofetil]] combination for immunosuppression.<ref name="Scanned">''[[Scanned]]''</ref> The various augmentations, under the purview of [[Project ASTER|Project: ASTER]], were carried out the following day, though some preliminary work had begun by 1552 hours on the ninth.{{Ref/Reuse|HFORBC}}<ref name="DHPJA1">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''April 1, 2525''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM83}} With the assistance of surgeons, biotechnicians, and automated robotic machinery, the surgical procedures the recruits endured included occipital capillary reversals, the carbide ceramic ossification of their bones, the insertion of catalytic platinum [[Wikipedia:thyroid gland|thyroid implant]]s, injections to enhance muscle strength and endurance, and the fibrification of their neural dendrites to make them superconductive.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR6}} They also were treated with [[Wikipedia:Gene therapy|gene therapy]] and underwent [[Wikipedia:Transgene|transgenic hybridization]].<ref name="HOSFM83">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', ''page 83''</ref> During the myriad surgeries Soren dreamed that he was back in the forest again but in addition to contending with the cold and hunger, he was being stalked by a strange, hulking, almost-human, deformed creature.{{Ref/Reuse|HEP4}} Even in the dream he felt half-asleep—walking to keep away from the creature whilst grabbing what he could from the ground to eat. He eventually took a wrong turn and found his path forward blocked, which allowed his pursuer to pluck him off the ground and hurl him through tree limbs and branches. As he seemingly died in the dream, he awoke to find himself looking up at surgeons. One of them waved fingers over his eyes but he had trouble following them instantaneously. The surgeon questioned whether he was supposed to be as he presently was before there was a flurry of movement and shouting and he slipped back into another nightmare. Before he woke again Soren was returned to the Spartan compound on Reach.<ref name="HEP4">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|HTFORTAS}} Still dreaming, he imagined he was seated in a chair and unable to move anything but his eyes. He then realized the chair was actually a bed he way lying in and that it was his mother's. His stepfather entered the bedroom.

During this dream another figure, his dead and rotting mother, was in the same bed, when a sudden wash of pain, like broken glass being worked into his veins, woke him up again. When he awoke, he was restrained to the bed. Soren tore himself from his restraints and attempted to run. A doctor attempted to give Soren a hypodermic injection, but he broke the man's wrist, stabbed another doctor in the neck with the needle and punched a third as he fled, sending him flying into a wall. During his escape, he was stopped by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] and a squad of UNSC marines armed with tranquilizer darts.