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[[File:BL Black vs Red.png|right|thumb| | [[File:BL Black vs Red.png|right|thumb|300px|Spartan trainees fighting with paintball rounds.]] | ||
The key to the [[SPARTAN-II]]s' seeming invincibility and matchlessness in combat has always been their training, honing their finesse even outside of wearing [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armor]], and making them superior in strength, speed, accuracy, reaction times, and intelligence to all other UNSC military personnel. | The key to the [[SPARTAN-II]]s' seeming invincibility and matchlessness in combat has always been their training, honing their finesse even outside of wearing [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armor]], and making them superior in strength, speed, accuracy, reaction times, and intelligence to all other UNSC military personnel. | ||
== The beginning == | == The beginning == | ||
Between [[2511]] and [[2517]], 150 five to six year old children were selected from near perfect psychological and genetic markers that were set in [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]'s selection protocols. The children were screened for certain genetic markers: strength, agility, even predispositions for aggression and intellect. But due to lack of facilities and funding, only 75 children were chosen for the program. The other half of the 150 original candidates were "weeded out" possibly through chance luck, the single flip of [[Quarter|a coin]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''</ref> | [[File:Amphitheater.jpg|thumb|250px|The SPARTAN-II trainees about to be introduced to the program.]] | ||
Between [[2511]] and [[2517]], 150 five to six-year-old children were selected from near perfect psychological and genetic markers that were set in [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]'s selection protocols. The children were screened for certain genetic markers: strength, agility, even predispositions for aggression and intellect. But due to lack of facilities and funding, only 75 children were chosen for the program. The other half of the 150 original candidates were "weeded out" possibly through chance luck, the single flip of [[Quarter|a coin]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''</ref> | |||
Between August 17 and September 23, 2517, the accepted candidates were taken from their homes in the middle of the night, injected with a sedative, and rushed through [[Slipspace]] to [[Reach]], where they were going to be trained. They were only recently brought out of [[Cryo chamber|cryo-sleep]] when they were introduced to the program in | Between August 17 and September 23, 2517, the accepted candidates were taken from their homes in the middle of the night, injected with a sedative, and rushed through [[Slipspace]] to [[Reach]], where they were going to be trained. They were only recently brought out of [[Cryo chamber|cryo-sleep]] when they were introduced to the program in the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]], which would become their new home for several years. In the secure briefing chamber of the complex, Dr. Halsey told them that, in accordance with [[Naval Code 45812]], they would be indoctrinated to defend [[Earth]] and all [[Human colonies|her colonies]]. She attempted to encourage them in spite of the fact that they could not return to their parents and would be forced to endure many hardships in the years to come. The children were then escorted to barracks where they had a meal, and went to bed at around 2330 hours. | ||
== Boot Camp == | == Boot Camp == | ||
=== September 24, 2517 === | === September 24, 2517 === | ||
The | The Spartans were awakened early in the morning by [[Franklin Mendez|CPO Franklin Mendez]] and his instructors at 0530 hours. Mendez ordered them to go to the showers and those who hesitated were hit with an [[Humbler stun device|electric baton]]. Once outside, [[Franklin Mendez|CPO Mendez]] ran them through 100 reps of jumping jacks, sit ups, deep squats, knee bends, and leg lifts. | ||
Afterward, Mendez and the instructors jogged them about a mile to the [[Reach Naval Academy]] where [[Déjà]], a [[Dumb AI|"dumb"]] [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] and Halsey's attaché on the program, taught them a wide variety of lessons, including mathematics, science and history, between physical training. Their first lesson was a video of the original Greek [[wikipedia:Spartans|Spartans]] fighting against Persian soldiers at Thermopylae. Then they jogged two miles to the "Playground", a maze in mid-air with a bell at the top, where they were divided into teams of three. Each team was tasked to [[Ring the Bell|ring the bell]] positioned on a pole and then cross the finish line. The last team to reach the bell at the end would not get supper, as an incentive to win. Though [[John-117]] reached the bell first, his other team-mates were last, forcing them all to do without supper. | Afterward, Mendez and the instructors jogged them about a mile to the [[Reach Naval Academy]] where [[Déjà]], a [[Dumb AI|"dumb"]] [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] and Halsey's attaché on the program, taught them a wide variety of lessons, including mathematics, science and history, between physical training. Their first lesson was a video of the original Greek [[wikipedia:Spartans|Spartans]] fighting against Persian soldiers at Thermopylae. Then they jogged two miles to the "Playground", a maze in mid-air with a bell at the top, where they were divided into teams of three. Each team was tasked to [[Ring the Bell|ring the bell]] positioned on a pole and then cross the finish line. The last team to reach the bell at the end would not get supper, as an incentive to win. Though [[John-117]] reached the bell first, his other team-mates were last, forcing them all to do without supper. | ||