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The '''ORION Project''' was the [[UNSC Navy]]'s first effort to create a special forces unit of biochemically-augmented | The '''ORION Project''' was the [[UNSC Navy]]'s first effort to create a special forces unit of biochemically-augmented supersoldiers. Under the operational control of [[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Group ONE]], the project was created to combat the growing [[Insurrection]] throughout the [[human]] [[Outer Colonies]]. The project enjoyed limited success, but was ultimately disbanded after several years; however, its legacy lived on in the form of the subsequent [[SPARTAN Program]]s. After the establishment of the [[SPARTAN-II Program]] years later, the ORION Project was retroactively dubbed as '''"SPARTAN-I"'''.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''' ''page 16''</ref><ref name="enyc"/><ref name="journal">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== |