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History

 * The SPARTAN-II Program was originally named the ORION Project Generation II, was an effort to create super soldiers capable of withstanding extreme punishment and whose sole duty is to defend humanity from Covenant (Halo). The SPARTAN-II Program was the first of these projects to successfully produce soldiers with superior physical attributes, mixed with expensive exoskeleton armor.
 * The main purpose for the SPARTAN-II Program was to combat insurrectionist movements in the colonies that the UNSC (United Nations Space Command) had established on foreign worlds. ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence) started to re-examine the Carver Findings, which claimed that the Outer Colonies were wildly unstable, and that this instability would continue escalating until there was a massive war between the Inner Colonies and the Outer Colonies. ONI made its own conclusions and they aligned with Carver's report, so Doctor Catherine Halsey of ONI Section III, Special Projects Division booted up the SPARTAN-II Program.
 * The Program was highly controversial and was looked down upon for many reasons. The first being the soldiers they would train. The subjects that were selected, were done so from a gene-candidate pool. They must fit into a certain age (six years old) and must be superior physically and mentally than other children their age. This would allow the children to be more easily raised and educated in warfare and the military; which older military personal would have a more difficult time absorbing. This would lead to the project being highly secretive and kept under a curtain for the duration of its time.
 * Body armor used by the UNSC was used for centuries and had done well to protect the infantry unites that wore the armor; but the SPARTAN-II project would integrate the subject with a new exoskeleton device, that was specifically designed to keep the wearer safe and an effective along with powerful means of combating enemies. The primary consequence of this though, was the need for augmentation of the subject wearing the suit, essentially boiling them down to test subjects.
 * In spite of all these things though, the SPARTAN-II program was started, and given all the time and supplies it would need to be successful. ONI had concluded that the program may be sacrificing the lives of a few hundred innocent children, but that they would in turn save the lives of thousands, or even millions of others. The original goal for candidates was 300, but they reduced this to 150 to increase funding in other areas. After 150 children had been selected, funding went through another cut and halved this number as well, resulting in 75 children being abducted for their new lives. Children that were five to six years of age regardless of ethnicity, nationality, gender, etc. Were plucked from their homes, replaced with flash clones, and integrated into the new SPARTAN-II Programming, becoming the first of a generation.

Goals

 * The project had goals to create a group of elite soldiers meant to subdue insurrections in their infancy, while avoiding military casualties. The Project also had the goal of minimizing civilian casualties and to avoid a civil war between the Colonies. The third goal was to reduce costs of conventional means of pacification. Later on though during the Human-Covenant War, the SPARTANs would be repurposed with combating the alien religious force.

SPARTAN-II Program Training

 * Once the children had been obtained they were taken to the world Reach, where they were put under the instruction of Chief Petty Officer Mendez. To help the children become better suited to military lives, their call-signs were their first names, and numbered service tags (John-117) Last names were discarded. Their training was the most difficult courses the military could offer. At a young age they were taught how to survive in extreme conditions, fight, go through obstacle courses that special forces had trouble doing, and that teamwork was the best means to accomplishing their missions. With their constant physical training, they were complimented with higher levels of education. Mathematics, Sciences, Engineering, Reading, Writing, and advanced military tactics. In the book "Fall of Reach" they were taught by an Artificial Intelligence known as Déjà, and she instilled the idea into them that they were a pack of wolves, and their enemies were the prey. Further influencing the idea of teamwork and always being the predator. Their training was violent, tough, brutal, and rigorous; but through all of this they were also taught discipline, honor, and when it is right or wrong to kill. Mendez taught the Spartans until they had reached the age of 14, where they would finally undergo the biological augmentation procedures that would make them super soldiers.

Procedure

 * Out of the 75 children, all underwent the augmentation resulting in 30 deaths, and 12 becoming paralyzed and were then taken out of the project to be used in other areas of the military relating to strategy or sciences. While undergoing the process, the SPARTANs were put in a sedated state to try and limit or completely negate the pain the procedure would force them to go through; but the pain was too great during the augmentation and all the SPARTANs felt it. Although some candidates had died, they had been placed in cryogenic suspension in hopes of being resuscitated. Some of the crippled candidates who weren't medically discharged and were used in other areas of ONI were kept secret form even Halsey, where only Agnes and Mike about them and their status.

The Human-Covenant War

 * The Human-Covenant War started the change in goals for the SPARTAN-II Program. Repurposing them from quelling rebellions, to fighting Covenant forces on all fields of combat. This new purpose accelerated them into their final phase codenamed Project MJOLNIR. This would grant the SPARTANS with their exoskeletal suits, the Mjolnir armor. This armor was outfitted with Nano bots to repair the suit and user, a fusion-plasma hybrid power system, atmospheric insertion systems, slip space de-insertion capability, active AI transfer protocols, and an energy shield to protect the user. This armor would allow the SPARTANs to become a major fighting force in the UNSC military, despite there only being 33 of them, they were the best of the best. The SPARTANs proved their effectiveness against this alien threat by their heroic actions and saving numerous lives from the covenant onslaught. Their amazing feats in this war would strike fear into the covenant force, granting SPARTANs the nickname "Demon", a name given out of respect, hate, and fear. The SPARTANs were finally made public in the year 2547 to boost morale against the covenant. Everyone heard of the SPARTANs, and everyone came to know of their prowess.
 * SPARTANs eventually began to dwindle though, as they already had limited numbers, and their casualties only made their groups smaller. Despite these casualties, ONI initiated a directive called Directive 930, which stated that anytime a SPARTAN is confirmed to be Killed in Action, they would be listed as Missing in Action, to try and enforce this belief that they were invincible and undefeatable. In 2552, most of the remaining SPARTANs rendezvoused at Reach for their new orders on Operation: RED FLAG. This Op had been created by HIGHCOM hoped would end the war. The goal was to obtain a covenant vessel, find out where the covenant home world is, and force a ceasefire. To help accomplish this Halsey constructed an AI named Cortana, who would serve with John-117 (Master Chief) and would be carried inside the Mark V Mjolnir Armor. She was to serve as the main way for the Spartans to obtain the ship since she was built with the intelligence on how to operate covenant fleet vessels and access their databases. This plan was cut short though as the Covenant invaded Reach. This would be known as "The Fall of Reach", and this lead to the many deaths of the SPARTAN-IIs, while only a few were able to find shelter in ONIs CASTLE Base. The most prominent figure among the Spartan ranks John-117 carried his dead teammate Linda-058 onto the Pillar of Autumn where they put her into a cryogenic chamber to preserve her body in hopes of saving her. They along with Cortana escaped Reach on the vessel which was Commandeered by Captain Jacob Keys, who fled the planet and slip space jumped away, unintentionally coming across Installation 04, which is where the first mission of Halo: Combat Evolved starts out.

Instructors and Scientists

 * Doctor Catherine Halsey
 * Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez
 * Dr. Graham Alban
 * Professor Agnes
 * Professor Mike
 * Déjà

Candidates
(SPARTAN-II Subjects from 2517) There was an additional SPARTAN named Caleb-095 but he was never conscripted.
 * James-005: MIA, but probably killed during Reach, currently AWOL with John-117.
 * Jai-006: Active as of 2558 with Gray Team
 * Li-008: MIA, presumed KIA due to plasma torpedo blast at last known location
 * Naomi-010: Active as of 2553, part of Kilo-Five
 * Leon-011: Last seen at the Battle of Arcadia with Team Omega, known to have survived.
 * Daisy-023: MIA, confirmed KIA after impaled by covenant weapon the Needler on Harvest.
 * Robert-025: Same state as Leon-011
 * Joshua-029: MIA, presumed KIA during Reach from being hit by Covenant cruiser plasma weaponry.
 * Vinh-030: MIA, presumed KIA after Reach
 * Otto-031: MIA, confirmed KIA on Installation 03 in 2557
 * Samuel-034: MIA, confirmed KIA after being onboard the covenant cruiser he destroyed, first to destroy a covenant cruiser in a non ship battle.
 * Randall-037: MIA after Battle of Vodin, reassigned into Colonial Militia on Sedra, confirmed KIA on a fragment of Installation 04.
 * Isaac-039: MIA, assumed KIA after Reach.
 * Douglas-042: MIA, active on Spirit of Fire during battle on Installation 00.
 * William-043: MIA, confirmed KIA by Hunter pair during Battle of Onyx.
 * Anton-044: MIA, assumed KIA due to plasma torpedo detonation near location.
 * Keiichi-047: MIA, last seen during Harvest Campaign.
 * Kurt-051: MIA, confirmed KIA after two FENRIS detonation at Oryx core.
 * Jorge-052: MIA, confirmed KIA after detonation a slip space bomb on covenant fleet ship during Reach.
 * Margaret-053: MIA, confirmed KIA on Installation 03.
 * Linda-058: Active as of 2558, Clinically KIA during Reach, but resuscitated after Installation 0, currently AWOL with John-117.
 * Malcolm-059: MIA, confirmed KIA during Reach.
 * Maria-062: Retired.
 * Sheila-065: MIA, confirmed KIA during Battle of Miridem.
 * Solomon-069: MIA, confirmed KIA by an antimatter charge decoy during a mission to rescue Dr. Catherine Halsey.
 * Arthur-079: MIA, confirmed KIA during a mission to rescue Dr. Catherine Halsey.
 * Kelly-087: Active as of 2558, currently AWOL with John-117.
 * Jerome-092: MIA, active aboard Spirit of Fire during Installation 00.
 * Grace-093: MIA, confirmed KIA during Operation: FIRST STRIKE.
 * August-099: Last seen during Battle of Arcadia, with Team Omega.
 * Victor-101: MIA, confirmed KIA during Installation 03.
 * Frederic-104: Active as of 2558. Currently AWOL with John-117.
 * Adriana-111: Active as of 2558 with Gray Team.
 * John-117: Active as of 2558. Currently AWOL from the UNSC.
 * Mike-120: Active as of 2558 with Gray Team.
 * Joseph-122: Unknown status, last seen in 2552 on Reach.
 * Oscar-129: Uknown status.
 * Alice-130: MIA, active on Spirit of Fire during Installation 00.
 * Carris-137: Uknown status. Assumed KIA during Reach.
 * Cal-141: MIA, confirmed KIA during assassination operation.
 * Roma-143: MIA, confirmed KIA on Installation 03.
 * "Beta Red Actual": MIA, confirmed KIA on Installation 03.
 * "Red Fifteen"- MIA, confirmed KIA during Reach.
 * Unnamed SPARTAN (Harvest)- MIA, confirmed KIA during Harvest.

Discharged SPARTANs

 * Kirk-018: Discharged, possible rehab mentioned by Halsey.
 * Serin-019: Protégé to Admiral Margart Parangosky, head of ONI, failed augmentations, ONI operative in Kilo-Five.
 * Soren-066: Discharged due to failed augmentation, listed MIA after Longsword fighter was shot down on Reach.
 * Cassandra-075: Discharged due to failed augmentation, currently on M25L.
 * Rene-081: Discharged, possible rehab mentioned by Halsey.
 * Fhajad-084: Discharged, sent to work for ONI.
 * Musa-096: Discharged, proposed to participate in SPARTAN-IV Program.
 * Ralph-103: Discharged due to failed augmentation, MIA, confirmed KIA during Harvest Campaign.