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Prior to the [[SPARTAN-II Augmentation Procedures|Spartan-II augmentations]], Dr. Halsey once again asks Soren whether or not he would like to participate. Confused, Soren asks her why he was the one selected to make the choice, to which Halsey replies, it simply turned out that way. Knowing the risks, Soren chooses to participate, stating that he ''does not want to be left behind''.<ref>[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]] Page 30</ref> | Prior to the [[SPARTAN-II Augmentation Procedures|Spartan-II augmentations]], Dr. Halsey once again asks Soren whether or not he would like to participate. Confused, Soren asks her why he was the one selected to make the choice, to which Halsey replies, it simply turned out that way. Knowing the risks, Soren chooses to participate, stating that he ''does not want to be left behind''.<ref>[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]] Page 30</ref> | ||
During the augmentation process, Soren dreams of a hulking, deformed creature pursuing him through a forest, occasionally giving out a cry of pain. The creature eventually catches up to him and smashes him. Soren awakes during the augmentation process, but falls back asleep into another nightmare. This time, he dreams of lying on his mother's bed, the same one she died on. His stepfather is in the same room, described as more shadow than man. During this dream, another figure, his dead and rotting mother is in the same bed | During the augmentation process, Soren dreams of a hulking, deformed creature pursuing him through a forest, occasionally giving out a cry of pain. The creature eventually catches up to him and smashes him. Soren awakes during the augmentation process, but falls back asleep into another nightmare. This time, he dreams of lying on his mother's bed, the same one she died on. His stepfather is in the same room, described as "more shadow than man". During this dream, another figure, his dead and rotting mother, is in the same bed. With a sudden wash of pain, said as being like "broken glass being worked into his veins", he is waken up again. | ||
When Soren awakes, he is restrained to the bed. A doctor attempts to give Soren a hypodermic injection, but he breaks the man's wrist, stabs another doctor in the neck with the needle and punches a third as he flees, sending him flying into a wall. Soren then tears himself from his restraints and attempts to run. During his escape, he is stopped by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] and a squad of UNSC marines armed with tranquilizer darts. Soren smashes through the Marines, but not before being confronted again by the Marines and being stopped. | When Soren awakes, he is restrained to the bed. A doctor attempts to give Soren a hypodermic injection, but he breaks the man's wrist, stabs another doctor in the neck with the needle, and punches a third as he flees, sending him flying into a wall. Soren then tears himself from his restraints and attempts to run. During his escape, he is stopped by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]], and a squad of UNSC marines armed with tranquilizer darts. Soren smashes through the Marines, but not before being confronted again by the Marines and being stopped. | ||
After awakening again, Soren is in a brig, now chained by titanium wristlets. He is visited by Dr. Halsey, who informs him that he has 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 is more or less normal, if a little bowed and twisted, | After awakening again, Soren is in a brig, now chained by titanium wristlets. He is visited by Dr. Halsey, who informs him that he has 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 is more or less normal, if a little bowed and twisted. However, the other is severely gnarled and about six inches shorter. His arms are incredibly muscular, painfully so, giving him the greatest upper body strength of any Spartan. The fingers of one hand are twisted and bowed, functioning more like a pincer or claw. To deal with the intense pain, Soren is given massive amounts of painkillers; however, he does not like the way they cloud his mind, so he gradually weans himself off them. | ||
Soren is incredibly disappointed when Mendez tells him that he can't certify him for active service. Mendez tells 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 is no body armor which would fit his unique physique, and his deformed hand makes it too difficult to fire a weapon. Against his will, Soren is relegated to a desk position. | Soren is incredibly disappointed when Mendez tells him that he can't certify him for active service. Mendez tells 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 is no body armor which would fit his unique physique, and his deformed hand makes it too difficult to fire a weapon. Against his will, Soren is relegated to a desk position. | ||
Although his superiors initially assured him they would find a better fit for him, Soren remains a paper pusher until he is sixteen. As his "temporary" position begins to feel more and more permanent it becomes hard for Soren not to feel resentful. This makes the young Spartan particularly vulnerable to the ideas of a technician named [[Partch]] who begins feeding him ideas sympathetic to the Insurrection. Slowly and almost imperceptibly Soren's views change until he finds himself on the side of the rebels. | Although his superiors initially assured him they would find a better fit for him, Soren remains a paper pusher until he is sixteen. As his "temporary" position begins to feel more and more permanent, it becomes hard for Soren not to feel resentful. This makes the young Spartan particularly vulnerable to the ideas of a technician named [[Partch]] who begins feeding him ideas sympathetic to the Insurrection. Slowly and almost imperceptibly, Soren's views change until he finds himself on the side of the rebels. | ||
After several months of hinting, Partch tells Soren that they are going to defect, but first they are going to obtain a "souvenir" for their cause. One night, the two break into a geological research lab, force open a locked cabinet and retrieve a small titanium case, however they are interrupted by [[Randall]], another Spartan. Randall is justifably suspicious of their explanations, and escorts them out of the lab so that he can verify that they are supposed to be there. As they leave the lab Soren attacks Randall, and as the two struggle Partch shoots Randall with a tranquilizer dart. Soren and Partch then flee the facility and commandeer a [[C709 Longsword-class Interceptor|Longsword fighter]] which Partch has pre-prepared and hacked, complete with a dumb [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] named [[Captain Teach]] whom Partch fast-grafted to convert him to their cause. Their plan to escape Reach fails however as they are pursued by other aircraft which sufficiently damage the Longsword to prevent it from breaking free of the planet's gravity. Captain Teach and the backup computer system are damaged or destroyed, forcing Soren to manually crash land the craft himself. | After several months of hinting, Partch tells Soren that they are going to defect, but first they are going to obtain a "souvenir" for their cause. One night, the two break into a geological research lab, force open a locked cabinet and retrieve a small titanium case, however they are interrupted by [[Randall]], another Spartan. Randall is justifably suspicious of their explanations, and escorts them out of the lab so that he can verify that they are supposed to be there. As they leave the lab Soren attacks Randall, and as the two struggle Partch shoots Randall with a tranquilizer dart. Soren and Partch then flee the facility and commandeer a [[C709 Longsword-class Interceptor|Longsword fighter]] which Partch has pre-prepared and hacked, complete with a dumb [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] named [[Captain Teach]] whom Partch fast-grafted to convert him to their cause. Their plan to escape Reach fails however as they are pursued by other aircraft which sufficiently damage the Longsword to prevent it from breaking free of the planet's gravity. Captain Teach and the backup computer system are damaged or destroyed, forcing Soren to manually crash land the craft himself. | ||
