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'''Boren's Syndrome''' is a fictitious [[human]] disease used as a cover up [[ONI]] created to hide the identity of the [[ORION Project|Spartan-I]]s. | '''Boren's Syndrome''' is a fictitious [[human]] disease used as a cover up [[ONI]] created to hide the identity of the [[ORION Project|Spartan-I]]s. | ||
==Public | ==Public knowledge== | ||
Information about this "disease" was spread to the public by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] following the end of the ORION Project, complete with a list of symptoms. The disease allegedly caused tumors and migraines, and was supposedly caused by exposure to certain types of radiation. | Information about this "disease" was spread to the public by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] following the end of the ORION Project, complete with a list of symptoms. The disease allegedly caused tumors and migraines, and was supposedly caused by exposure to certain types of radiation. | ||
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[[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]]'s falsified Medical record - to hide his real, classified record - had him as a sufferer of Boren's, in which he was to have contracted the disease on [[Paris IV]], after being in contact with a dangerously high amount of radiation apparently originating from a crate of captured Plasma Grenades.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' pages 243-245</ref> | [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]]'s falsified Medical record - to hide his real, classified record - had him as a sufferer of Boren's, in which he was to have contracted the disease on [[Paris IV]], after being in contact with a dangerously high amount of radiation apparently originating from a crate of captured Plasma Grenades.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' pages 243-245</ref> | ||
This false record event (known to ONI as the '''Paris/BS Spoof''') was likely used as a means of avoiding any investigation into his altered DNA and physiology, which would have revealed him as a SPARTAN-I. ref>''[[Halo: Graphic Novel]] - [[Halo_Graphic_Novel_Pg122#Boren's_Syndrome_Hoax|Boren's Syndrome Hoax]]'', page 122</ref> | This false record event (known to ONI as the '''Paris/BS Spoof''') was likely used as a means of avoiding any investigation into his altered DNA and physiology, which would have revealed him as a SPARTAN-I. <ref>''[[Halo: Graphic Novel]] - [[Halo_Graphic_Novel_Pg122#Boren's_Syndrome_Hoax|Boren's Syndrome Hoax]]'', page 122</ref> | ||
==Long | ==Long term effects (falsified)== | ||
Untreated or unsuccessfully treated, Boren's can be fatal or debilitating. While some effects, such as migraines, can be managed with medication, the tumors involved in the disease usually, or possibly always, become malignant. Because of this, treating Boren's Syndrome invariably means treating cancer, a process that can be debilitating. The only way to cure Boren's syndrome is an intensive regimen of Chemotherapy lasting for thirty weeks. | Untreated or unsuccessfully treated, Boren's can be fatal or debilitating. While some effects, such as migraines, can be managed with medication, the tumors involved in the disease usually, or possibly always, become malignant. Because of this, treating Boren's Syndrome invariably means treating cancer, a process that can be debilitating. The only way to cure Boren's syndrome is an intensive regimen of Chemotherapy lasting for thirty weeks. | ||
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Since it has been confirmed that Boren's Syndrome is simply a cover for the side-effects of the SPARTAN-I augmentations, it is possible that the augmentations keep the Flood from recognizing a potential host because of the disruptive effects of the augmentations. However, this cannot be confirmed or disproved since Johnson was the only SPARTAN-I to come in contact with the Flood. | Since it has been confirmed that Boren's Syndrome is simply a cover for the side-effects of the SPARTAN-I augmentations, it is possible that the augmentations keep the Flood from recognizing a potential host because of the disruptive effects of the augmentations. However, this cannot be confirmed or disproved since Johnson was the only SPARTAN-I to come in contact with the Flood. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||