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Posted by: Astronut7
@Evil Johnny
Okay, the bit that everyone is thinking of runs like this:
Mendez and Colonel Ackerson had had decades to produce and train two or three generations. If this were true, then why had she never heard of these Spartans? Keeping a pilot program secret was one thing; keeping dozens of next-generation Spartans who were likely fighting and winning battles hidden was another matter entirely.
The implications of that silence chilled her to the bone.
..................Since Ackerson could not destroy her Spartan program, he had funded and recruited trainers for his own? It chilled her to think what shortcuts he might be taking and what he might be doing with his own private army of Spartans. (Ghosts of Onyx, Chapter Twenty)
There is also another bit previously in the chapter where Halsey didn't recognise the Spartan-IIIs because they wore SPI armour. Noble Team seemed to wear similar armour to the Spartan-IIs.
HOWEVER, here is another quote:
Dr. Halsey had taken the liberty of rifling Colonel Ackerson's top-secret files on Reach before the Covenant destroyed the facility.......The last bread crumb in this long trail was an encrypted folder in Ackerson's secret files, the one labeled "S-III." In it were extensive medical records on her SPARTAN-IIs.............Ackerson's "S-III." This was an obvious reference to SPARTAN-III. What else could it be with all the Spartan biomedical data he had accumulated in that folder? (Ghosts of Onyx, Chapter Sixteen)
I will keep reading...but so far there doesn't seem to be anything negating the possibility that Halsey met Noble Team.
I really do see how people can remember the quote from chapter twenty and think that Halsey had never even heard of the Spartan-IIIs. I didn't remember either quote, so I guess I just got lucky. :)
Interesting. But it doesn't mean much so far unfortunately. Nothing tells us whether or not Halsey decrypted the info she got on Reach, on Reach. And as for the SPI armor thing, we'd have to know whether or not she knew about additional Spartans back on Reach. Maybe by not recognizing the Spartan IIIs she principally meant they were no Spartan IIs, highlighted by the fact that they didn't have Spartan II armor, but Noble team not having SPI armor didn't disable her from realizing they were no Spartan II, she only knew Jorge anyway. So I think you'll need to keep reading :P