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When the UNSC went public with the [[SPARTAN-II]] program, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], Section Two, issued a directive to falsify the circumstances surrounding the deaths of any Spartans. This was because they feared that the reports of Spartan losses would cause a crippling loss of morale through the UNSC. This protocol creates and maintains the illusion that Spartans can't die or that they never have. | When the UNSC went public with the [[SPARTAN-II]] program, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], Section Two, issued a directive to falsify the circumstances surrounding the deaths of any Spartans. This was because they feared that the reports of Spartan losses would cause a crippling loss of morale through the UNSC. This protocol creates and maintains the illusion that Spartans can't die or that they never have. | ||
Judging by statements made by 1stLT [[Niraj Shah]], this protocol was later lifted after the end of the war. | |||
==The Protocol== | ==The Protocol== | ||
Revision as of 17:47, May 19, 2008
ONI Directive 930 is a UNSC regulation pertaining to publicity of the SPARTAN-II supersoldiers. It created a tradition which eventually extended to the SPARTAN-IIIs as well.
When the UNSC went public with the SPARTAN-II program, the Office of Naval Intelligence, Section Two, issued a directive to falsify the circumstances surrounding the deaths of any Spartans. This was because they feared that the reports of Spartan losses would cause a crippling loss of morale through the UNSC. This protocol creates and maintains the illusion that Spartans can't die or that they never have.
Judging by statements made by 1stLT Niraj Shah, this protocol was later lifted after the end of the war.
The Protocol
Office of Naval Intelligence Section Two Directive 930
To maintain morale among the forces of the UNSC, any Spartan casualties are to be listed as MISSING IN ACTION(MIA) or WOUNDED IN ACTION(WIA).
SPARTAN-III
Just before his death, Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose lists the status of two deceased SPARTAN-III's as MIA, "adhering to the tradition of never listing a fallen Spartan as 'killed in action' "[1]. However, this was likely more sentimental than official, as the MIA directive was specific to the SPARTAN-IIs publicity, whereas the SPARTAN-III Program was designed never to go public.
Sources
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 371
