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When he awoke, he was restrained to the bed. 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. Soren then tore himself from his restraints and attempted to run. During his escape, he was stopped by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] and a squad of UNSC marines armed with tranquilizer darts. Soren smashed through the Marines, but not before being confronted again by the Marines and being stopped. | When he awoke, he was restrained to the bed. 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. Soren then tore himself from his restraints and attempted to run. During his escape, he was stopped by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] and a squad of UNSC marines armed with tranquilizer darts. Soren smashed through the Marines, but not before being confronted again by the Marines and being stopped. | ||
After awakening again, he was in a brig, now chained by titanium | After awakening again, he was in a brig, now chained by titanium wrist-lets. He was visited by Dr. Halsey, who informed him that he had been in comatose for three months, and his body did not react as planned to the muscular enhancement injections and the thyroid implant, which had caused his muscles to grow in ways that were unpredictable. Only by using the carbide ceramic ossification process was he saved. One leg was more or less normal, if a little bowed and twisted, however the other was severely gnarled and a good six inches (15cm) shorter. His arms were incredibly muscular, painfully so, giving him the greatest upper body strength of any Spartan. The fingers of one hand were twisted and bowed, functioning more like a pincer or claw. To deal with the intense pain Soren was given massive amounts of painkillers, however he did not like the way they clouded his mind, so he gradually weaned himself off them. | ||
Soren was incredibly disappointed when Mendez told him that he couldn't certify him for active service. Mendez told Soren that if he were to join a team of other Spartans they would constantly be reminded of the Spartans which didn't make it through the augmentation procedures, and they would see it as their responsibility to keep him alive, thus hurting their focus and ability to perform. Additionally there was no body armor which would fit his unique physique, and his deformed hand made it too difficult to fire a weapon. Against his will, Soren was relegated to a desk position. | Soren was incredibly disappointed when Mendez told him that he couldn't certify him for active service. Mendez told Soren that if he were to join a team of other Spartans they would constantly be reminded of the Spartans which didn't make it through the augmentation procedures, and they would see it as their responsibility to keep him alive, thus hurting their focus and ability to perform. Additionally there was no body armor which would fit his unique physique, and his deformed hand made it too difficult to fire a weapon. Against his will, Soren was relegated to a desk position. | ||
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Although his superiors assured him they would find a better fit for him, Soren remained a paper pusher until he was sixteen. As his "temporary" position began to feel more and more permanent it became hard for Soren not to feel resentful. This made the young Spartan particularly vulnerable to the ideas of a technician named [[Partch]] who began feeding him ideas sympathetic to the Insurrection. Slowly and almost imperceptibly his views changed until he found himself on the side of the rebels. | Although his superiors assured him they would find a better fit for him, Soren remained a paper pusher until he was sixteen. As his "temporary" position began to feel more and more permanent it became hard for Soren not to feel resentful. This made the young Spartan particularly vulnerable to the ideas of a technician named [[Partch]] who began feeding him ideas sympathetic to the Insurrection. Slowly and almost imperceptibly his views changed until he found himself on the side of the rebels. | ||
After several months of hinting, Partch told Soren that they were going to defect, but first they were going to obtain a "souvenir" for their cause. One night, the two broke into a geological research lab, forced open a locked cabinet and retrieved a small titanium case, however they were interrupted by [[Randall]], another Spartan. Randall was | After several months of hinting, Partch told Soren that they were going to defect, but first they were going to obtain a "souvenir" for their cause. One night, the two broke into a geological research lab, forced open a locked cabinet and retrieved a small titanium case, however they were interrupted by [[Randall]], another Spartan. Randall was justifiably suspicious of their explanations, and escorted them out of the lab so that he could verify that they were supposed to be there. As they left the lab Soren attacked Randall, and as the two struggled Partch shot Randall with a tranquilizer dart. Soren and Partch then fled the facility and commandeered a [[C709 Longsword-class Interceptor|Longsword fighter]] which Partch had pre-prepared and hacked, complete with a dumb [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] named [[Captain Teach]] whom Partch had fast-grafted to convert him to their cause. Their plan to escape Reach failed however as they were pursued by other aircraft which sufficiently damaged the Longsword to prevent it from breaking free of the planet's gravity. Captain Teach and the backup computer system were damaged or destroyed, forcing Soren to manually crash land the craft himself. | ||
When Mendez and his Marines found the wreckage, relatively little was left, the only thing of note being Partch's body. Dr. Halsey told Mendez that she believed Soren had survived the crash, but due to his growing up in the woods, Soren would not be found unless he wanted to be. Halsey had Mendez give up the search, arguing that Soren was no threat to them: he was not a traitor, just a lost soul. Without a body, Soren was officially declared MIA. | When Mendez and his Marines found the wreckage, relatively little was left, the only thing of note being Partch's body. Dr. Halsey told Mendez that she believed Soren had survived the crash, but due to his growing up in the woods, Soren would not be found unless he wanted to be. Halsey had Mendez give up the search, arguing that Soren was no threat to them: he was not a traitor, just a lost soul. Without a body, Soren was officially declared MIA. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*He is the only Spartan-II known to defect to the Insurrectionist cause.<ref>[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]] Page 46</ref> | *He is the only Spartan-II known to defect to the Insurrectionist cause.<ref>[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]] Page 46</ref> | ||
*He is one of the few Spartan-IIs that | *He is one of the few Spartan-IIs that is truly MIA. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
