SPARTAN-III program
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- "We don't know what they're capable of. Stick with the by-the-book drills and we'll never find out either. But put them in an impossible situation, and maybe they'll surprise us."
- — Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose
- "Short definition of a Spartan."
- — Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez
The SPARTAN-III Program was an Office of Naval Intelligence, Section-III, Beta-5 Division program to produce cheap, expendable super soldiers to fight for the survival of Humanity and the UNSC colonies.
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Spartan-III Roster
Alpha Company
- Team Wolf Pack
- Jane-A??? - KIA
- Shane-A??? - KIA
- Robert-A???- KIA
Beta Company
- Team Echo - KIA (MIA/WIA)
- Team Foxtrot
- Lucy-B091 - Active in Dyson sphere Shield World
- Min-B174 - KIA
- Tom-B292 - Active in Dyson sphere Shield World
- Adam-B004 - KIA
- Team India - KIA
- Team Lima - KIA
- Team X-ray - KIA
- Team Romeo – KIA
Gamma Company
- Team Gladius – KIA - Found deceased after several days of fleeing from Sentinels.
- Team Katana - Inside of Slipspace Field Pods, the shield world Onyx. Currently traveling with the surviving Spartan IIIs/IIs
- Team Saber
- Holly-G003 - KIA [1]
- Ash-G099 - Active in Shield World
- Dante-G188 - KIA (MIA/WIA)
- Mark-G??? - Active in Shield World
- Olivia-G??? - Active in Shield World
- Other 315 Gamma Company S-IIIs - Unknown
Operational History
The Operational History of the Spartan-III Program has been marked by success and tragedy. Many of the operations undertaken by the soldiers were suicide missions, but were listed as successes by the UNSC.
2536 - 2537
- Spartan-III Alpha Company is activated
- Spartan-III Alpha Company quells Insurrection at Mamore - Success
- The Battle of New Constantinople - Success
- Operations in the Bonanza Asteroid Belt – Success
- July 27, 2537 - August 2, 2537 - Operation: PROMETHEUS – Success, all members KIA[2]
2539
- Spartan-III Beta Company is selected
2545
- July 3rd, 2545 - Operation: Torpedo – Success, mostly KIA, two survivors
2545 – 2552
- Spartan-III Gamma Company is selected
- October 31, 2552 - November 3, 2552 – Battle of Onyx
Spartan-III Companies
Alpha Company
On December 27, 2531, the first group of Spartan-III's, known as Alpha Company, was sent to Onyx to be trained. Of the 497 Spartans, only 300 were conscripted. This class of Spartans all survived the augmentations and was activated in November of 2536. Their record was at first exemplary, as they saw action at the insurrection of Mamore, the Battle of New Constantinople, and the Bonanza Asteroid Belt. Nine months after they were activated, they were massacred in Operation: PROMETHEUS. All of the three-hundred Spartans on the mission were killed. The only fire team mentioned for Alpha Company is Team Wolf Pack.[2]
Beta Company
Beta Company was approved right after Operation: PROMETHEUS in 2537. 418 candidates were selected in 2539, but only 300 were conscripted. Kurt-051 was disheartened at the loss of his first Spartans, and trained this group in unit cohesiveness along with a tougher training program. Though they were even better trained than the previous Spartans, they were similarly massacred in Operation: TORPEDO in 2545. Only two members from the entire company survived the battle. [3]
Gamma Company
Gamma Company was trained with the help of the only two surviving Spartan-IIIs from Beta Company: Spartan-B292 and Spartan-B091. Gamma Company was said by Kurt to be the finest of the Spartan-III companies ever. 330 candidates were selected, on average only six years old; and at the request of Kurt, all 330 were approved. Every one of them survived the augmentation procedures. [4]Gamma Company received deployment orders only a few weeks after the First Battle of Reach, and most left Onyx before the Battle of Onyx.[5] Left on Onyx were only fifteen Spartan-IIIs who were competing for top honors. By the time the Battle of Onyx was over, seven had been killed in action. Teams Gladius and Katana were not present in the early stages of the battle, leaving only Team Saber. Team Saber was the only Spartan-III unit to fight alongside the Spartan-II unit Blue Team. With the help of their older, more experienced counterparts, they successfully fought off a Covenant attack along with destroying a Sentinel manufacturing facility. In the end, the surviving Spartan-IIIs had to escape to the Shield World.[6] The Spartan-IIIs' fates who left Onyx before the battle are unknown.
Delta Company
Delta Company was proposed, and Camp Currahee was being prepared for their arrival when the Battle of Onyx occurred in 2552. With the death of Spartan-051 and the disappearance of SCPO Mendez and Dr. Catherine Halsey, as well as the immediate concerns of the Second Battle of Earth and the partial destruction of the Onyx Shield World, it is unlikely that Delta Company will ever be trained.
Surviving Spartan-IIIs
Trivia
- The naming convention of the Spartan-III Companies follows the Greek alphabet (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, etc). Each individual Spartan-III's identifier becomes A,B or G (Letter of Company), followed by a three-digit number between 001 and 300, such as Ash-G099. This numbering system is very much like that of the Spartan-IIs.
- The SPI helmet seems to be one of the main inspirations of the EVA Armor Permutation in Halo 3.
Sources
- ^ Letter from Eric Nylund
- ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx pages 83 - 88
- ^ Prologue of Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx pages 96 - 120
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx page 139
- ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx page 369-383
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