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[[File:Lootcrate - SpartanIV augmentations.jpg|thumb|250px|An outline of the Spartan-IV augmentations.]] | [[File:Lootcrate - SpartanIV augmentations.jpg|thumb|250px|An outline of the Spartan-IV augmentations.]] | ||
{{Quote|We're not exactly like those artificial gods from the earlier generations. More like demigods. And I'll be damned if that usually isn't good enough.|[[Edward Buck]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=H:NB|NB|Chapter=1}}}} | {{Quote|We're not exactly like those artificial gods from the earlier generations. More like demigods. And I'll be damned if that usually isn't good enough.|[[Edward Buck]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=H:NB|NB|Chapter=1}}}} | ||
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|Muscular/skeletal engineering series | |Muscular/skeletal engineering series | ||
|The Spartan candidate | |The Spartan candidate undergoes treatment to induce growth in skeletal and muscular tissues. Edward Buck commented that his bones were "lengthened" and his muscles "stretched". The bones are then reinforced with skeletal fullerene lattices,{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate1}} regarded as "tougher than steel", which makes them virtually unbreakable and allows survival in harder impacts.{{Ref/Reuse|HI2}} The joints are also reinforced or replaced. The reinforcement is necessary as without it, simple actions such as jumping would result in the bones disintegrating due to the strain from the strengthened muscles.<ref name="NB14">'''Halo: New Blood''', Chapter 14</ref> The subject's ligaments are reconstructed during the procedures.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate1}} | ||
Muscles are subjected to induced growth and injected with a material that allows them to work harder without breaking the Spartan's skeleton. Subjects also undergo muscle grafting.{{Ref/Reuse|HI2}}{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate1}} The augmentations also give them an enhanced muscle memory, which makes observing and learning combat techniques much easier.<ref>'''Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual''', ''page 40''</ref> | |||
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The SPARTAN-IV augmentation procedures, at least for the first and second classes of the program, take three weeks to perform, with the Spartans in and out of surgeries and advanced therapies during this time.{{Ref/Reuse|HI2}}{{Ref/Reuse|NB14}} Following the augmentation procedures, recovery and subsequent training usually lasted several months.{{Ref/Reuse|packet}} It took about two days for the first team of Spartan-IVs to relearn how to walk again following their augmentations. Significant disorientation was in evidence during their initial training exercises.{{Ref/Reuse|HI2}} The final steps of the augmentations are an assurance of hormonal regulation and the archiving of the subject's bioprofile.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate1}} | The SPARTAN-IV augmentation procedures, at least for the first and second classes of the program, take three weeks to perform, with the Spartans in and out of surgeries and advanced therapies during this time.{{Ref/Reuse|HI2}}{{Ref/Reuse|NB14}} Following the augmentation procedures, recovery and subsequent training usually lasted several months.{{Ref/Reuse|packet}} It took about two days for the first team of Spartan-IVs to relearn how to walk again following their augmentations. Significant disorientation was in evidence during their initial training exercises.{{Ref/Reuse|HI2}} The final steps of the augmentations are an assurance of hormonal regulation and the archiving of the subject's bioprofile.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate1}} | ||
Largely overseen by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], the augmentation procedures are conducted in a dedicated Spartan-IV facility on [[Mars]] and are considered excruciatingly painful.{{Ref/Reuse|NB14}} Approximately two dozen candidates were augmented and conditioned at any given time during the second Spartan-IV class.{{Ref/Reuse|hnb115}} Certifying medical review officers are responsible for reviewing the results of the procedures on each Spartan-IV candidate; Doctor [[Longo Berger]] was one such individual.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate1}} A battered helmet worn by [[John-117]] during the [[Human-Covenant War|war]] is the last thing that the candidates see before beginning their evaluation and preliminary augmentation cycle.{{Ref/Game|Id=H5MarkIV| | Largely overseen by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], the augmentation procedures are conducted in a dedicated Spartan-IV facility on [[Mars]] and are considered excruciatingly painful.{{Ref/Reuse|NB14}} Approximately two dozen candidates were augmented and conditioned at any given time during the second Spartan-IV class.{{Ref/Reuse|hnb115}} Certifying medical review officers are responsible for reviewing the results of the procedures on each Spartan-IV candidate; Doctor [[Longo Berger]] was one such individual.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate1}} A battered helmet worn by [[John-117]] during the [[Human-Covenant War|war]] is the last thing that the candidates see before beginning their evaluation and preliminary augmentation cycle.{{Ref/Game|Id=H5MarkIV|H5|Armor permutations (Halo 5: Guardians)|Armory|Detail=Mark IV - Helmet Description}} | ||
===Effects=== | ===Effects=== | ||
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*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' | *''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Meridian Divide]]'' {{Im}} | *''[[Halo: Meridian Divide]]'' {{Im}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||