- Shai Hulud
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Those Spartans couldn't be called back for training in the improved Mark V Mjolnir. They were probably on their way to Reach at the time, which was days before the attack. The infiltration mission for the Spartans was going to use all of the Spartans to further their chances of success (which were already high). They probably got back just before the attack on Reach, and I think there were 30 Spartans (maybe 29 or 31) on board the Pillar of Autumn before the attack happened. Thats the number of Spartans that made it through the augmentation program (possibly minus 1 or 2... my info on the Fall of Reach is a little sketchy... I think 2 died in missions before the Sigma Octanus mission, correct me if I'm wrong.) When Fred was falling through the sky after baling out of the Pelican en route to Reach, he saw 26 signals on his HUD when he told them to display their possitions in the sky. Including him, this makes 27, and add the 3 that were on Gamma Station (James, Linda, and our good friend John), and that makes 30. If 3 were away from Reach, the total at that time would've been 33... I'm pretty sure that less than 33 Spartans made it through the Augmentation procedure while still having the ability to function as a soldier (however, there were at least 3 other Spartans that DID survive, but could no longer function as soldiers... 2 of the 3 were named Fhajad and Rene).
Again, I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that my math and memory (even if its a little shaky) cancels out the possibility of 3 more surviving Spartans for Halo 2.
... sorry to disappoint you.