- General Khazard
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- Exalted Member
When the dust settles, you will learn what true terror is.
Posted by: Michael_Archer
Posted by: General Khazard
Posted by: Michael_Archer
But something's been bothering me: Am I the only one who thinks Jorge's sacrifice should have been something more like this? It would've made the spartans seem more human.
Have you read the books? If anything, Jorge's sacrifice was gushy for a SPARTAN-II...
A few of 'em. I didn't read the Sgt. Johnson one or the ODST one after that. Was Sam's death on pg. 129 gushy? They attempt to think of a way to get him home. What about Linda's death on pg 328? Don't tell me that the end of the prologue for Ghosts of Onyx wasn't gushy.
All I'm saying that it's either lazy writing, or the spartans are trained like suicide bombers.
The SPARTANs were trained like suicide bombers. They were trained to put the mission first, though they obviously don't throw away their lives needlessly. This is especially true for the SPARTAN-III's, so Noble Six's lack of protest at Jorge's decision to stay reflects that he expects spartans to sacrifice themselves for the mission.
The SPARTAN-II's were like family, and each loss was felt on a deep and emotional level, especially within units, but not to the point that it would slow them down unnecessarily. They were raised to be willing to sacrifice themselves for the mission or for each other, but when it came time to see their comrades sacrifice themselves, they weren't as prepared for that. Think about it, it's easier to accept your own fate if you're making a sacrifice for a good friend or family member, but if you're the friend or family member it's much harder to accept that another is sacrificing for your sake.
SPARTAN-III's, on the other hand, were designed to be expendable. They were trained to hit high-priority targets where return was impossible, or nearly so. They were trained with the expectance that they would all die sacrificing themselves for the mission. Raised to expect their "family" members to sacrifice themselves. As such, Noble Six didn't question that Jorge was sacrificing himself, and without having to counter protests, Jorge didn't need to justify his decision to sacrifice himself.
As far as the end of GoO's prologue, it merely shows that the SPARTAN-III's weren't trained nearly as thoroughly as the SPARTAN-II's. I mean, they were deployed at much younger ages than the SPARTAN-II's, and designed to be much more cost-effective. Because of that, they weren't necessarily ready from an emotional standpoint for the sacrifices they and their brethren would be making. Just because they were physically and intellectually beyond what any of us could hope to be, doesn't mean they had developed the emotional maturity required to quickly/effectively cope with the trials they would be put through in actual missions.