Missing in action
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Missing In Action, better known as MIA, is a casualty classification used by the United Nations Space Command that refers to a member of the UNSC who has been reported missing following a combat mission and whose status as to injury, capture or death is unknown. The missing combatant must not have been otherwise accounted for as either killed in action or a prisoner of war.
When SPARTAN-IIs are killed, they are reported Missing in Action or Wounded in Action to create the illusion that Spartans never die. This apparently helped boost morale for the UNSC.[1]
Trivia
- Randall, Kurt-051, James, John-117, and Gray Team are the only Spartans who truly became missing, but Kurt was later found training the Spartan-IIIs with an identity of Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose. Kurt-051 was then killed in the events on Onyx and was once again listed as Missing in Action.
- The Master Chief was considered Missing in Action due to the fact that there was no evidence that he died, despite Terrence Hood's quote, "Hard to believe he's dead".
Sources
- ^ First Strike page 249
