- Halo 2 Rookie
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- Exalted Mythic Member
I'd say that the Spartans have the fantastic-awesome factor to them. They're Spartans; bred for war and winners at that. Cool armour and incredible training to boot, they're impressive and a treat to play as.
ODSTs garner my respect in a different way. They're not super-humans, and every one of their missions is at least half as tough as a Spartan's mission. Add that much of the time, they have to get up and be completely combat-ready after landing in a single-person crash-pod from mid-to-high orbit.
ODSTs represent the pinnacle of determination. It's why many of them just snap. Sometimes people can't last doing the tough stuff for long periods of time. But the Spartans were augmented and born to do exactly that, so their awesomeness is almost mundane, second-nature to them.