Project CHRYSANTHEMUM

This article is about procedures for the Spartan-III project. For procedures for the Spartan-II project, see SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures.

A screen monitoring Carter-A259's augmentations.

Project: CHRYSANTHEMUM is a set of SPARTAN-III bio-augmentation procedures, similar to those of the SPARTAN-II's but different in three main regards.^[1] With advances in technology, the casualty rate for SPARTAN-III candidates was usually 0%, as opposed to the 56% casualty rate of the SPARTAN-IIs. The Spartan-III's had no need of a thyroid implant, and their augmentations were chemically induced instead of surgically implanted.^[1]

Results

Drug	Description	Effect
8942-LQ99	"carbide ceramic ossification catalyst" drug.^[1]	Skeletons become virtually unbreakable, allowing survival in harder impacts.
88005-MX77	"fibroid muscular protein complex" drug.^[1]	Increased density of individual's muscles, allowing heavier lifting.
88947-OP24	"retina-inversion stabilizer" drug.^[1]	Color sharpness is significantly improved upon, and night vision is adapted.
87556-UD61	improve the colloidal neural disunification solution^[1]	Greatly improves the individual's reaction time, decreasing the time taken to react by 300%. "Spartan time".
009762-OO [Gamma Generation]	Neural-altering non-carcinogenic mutagen.	Alters key regions in the individual's frontal lobe.^[1]^[2]^{[note 1]} Enhances aggressive response to dangerous levels. Requires regular doses of 009127-PX and 009927-DG to be taken to avoid uncontrollable aggression.^[2]
009127-PX [Gamma Generation]	cyclodexione-4, bipolar integration drug	Counters the effects of 009762-OO.^[1]^[2]^{[note 1]}
009927-DG [Gamma Generation]	miso-olanzapine	Counters the psychological effects of 009762-OO.^[1]^[2]^{[note 1]}

Trivia

During Operation: TORPEDO, Tom-B292 ran at a speed of 30 KPH (around 18 MPH). It is unknown how fast the SPARTAN-IIIs can run compared to the SPARTAN-IIs, but it should be noted that he was 12 at the time, and without MJOLNIR armor.

List of appearances

Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (First appearance)
Birth of a Spartan

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c These drugs were illegally authorized and injected into the SPARTAN-III Gamma Company by Kurt-051. It was outlawed by the UNSC Medical Corps in 2513.

Sources

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 102
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Halo: Ghost of Onyx, page 107

Navigation

[illegal-3] These drugs were illegally authorized and injected into the SPARTAN-III Gamma Company by Kurt-051. It was outlawed by the UNSC Medical Corps in 2513.

[GoO102-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 102

[GoO107-2] Halo: Ghost of Onyx, page 107

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