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Had an interesting idea for a side-story:
During the creation of SPARTAN-III's we learn through the books, that they were more aggressive, and less prone to being puppet-like indoctrinated soldiers that followed orders without question (Look at EMILE of Noble Team). We also know that Dr.Halsey was, at the same time, feeling guilty for what she did to the Spartan-II's and was trying to find ways to atone for that.
SO...at around the time that M.Chief S-117 jumps into slipspace aboard a covenant ship, and as a squad of ODST's were falling on New Mombasa, we know that there are VERY few....if any...Spartans left.
We ALSO know, that all Spartans are officially declared as MIA.
Sounds like a perfect breeding ground for a group of S-III's to disappear. And go Rogue.
Under the help of Dr.Halsey and/or one of her personal AI constructs, a group of Spartan-III's decide (after learning that in all reality, ONI Section 3 considers them little more than cannon-fodder), that they are going to survive this by going TRULY MIA. They fake their own deaths and/or disappearances, and go into hiding.
After years of lurking in the shadows and performing their own Geurilla-style tactics against the covenant (which leads to rumors of a last remaining spartan team which can never be confirmed), they eventually come out as the Covenant Civil War reaches its peak and the Elites ally with the UNSC.
Enter REAPER Team. 5 Reamaining Spartan III's who basically act almost as mercs. They choose which missions to fight and which not to. They report to no-one in the UNSC top-brass except to the one who hires them.
(REAPERS...always there, always lurking in the shadows..you never know who they are or where they come from...but they are always there, lurking and ready to kill)
No longer will they take suicide missions, no longer will they do it at the whim of some power-hungry admiral. But now they fight on THEIR terms.
The only way they are able to get away with this? Because they ARE Spartans...and ONI knows what an asset they are, so they have little choice but to agree with the REAPER's terms.
Hey...it could happen! ;)