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Posted by: RKOSNAKE
Posted by: thebobafettest
Posted by: oaklandp8ntbalr
My very helpful thread: Here. It explains, in detail, the differences between Spartan II's, III's, and NOBLE Team.
Summary:
- Spartan II's were drafted from an extremely selective gene pool.
- Spartan III's were drafted from a wider gene pool.
- When the Spartan III's were screened, they found that a few of them had Spartan-II quality DNA. These Spartans were pulled out of their companies, issued MJOLNIR armor, and dubbed NOBLE Team. These Spartan III's are almost on parr with Spartan II's.
It has nothing to do with the DNA.....
I'm pretty sure ALL of the Spartan III's could have used MJOLNIR armor, but they weren't, for several reasons.
-MJOLNIR is extremely expensive. Outfitting all of the Spartan II's cost the same amount as a battle group, I believe it was stated. Outfitting even one of the Spartan III groups would have cost many times that, resources that the UNSC was unwilling to use on the more expendable Spartan III's, hence the SPI armor, a cheaper, yet still effective solution.
-The Spartan III's, though from a less select gene group, were basically on par with the Spartan II's augmentation wise, as the enhancement techniques had evolved since the Spartan II's were produced.
Project CHRYSANTHEMUM
-Finally, Noble Team, and presumably Echo and Gauntlet Teams, were provided with MJOLNIR armor because they were experienced units that were given MJOLNIR as to enhance their combat effectiveness.
It has nothing to do with the "less select" DNA.
Finally somebody understands that Spartan III's = Spartan II's but cheaper, thanks for posting that, it is appreciated.
...REGARDING THE DNA...
Yes, all Spartan III's are capable of wearing MJOLNIR. They weren't all issued it because it would be too expensive to make that many sets of armor.
BUT, they handed out MJOLNIR to the best qualified Spartan III's, to ensure their money didn't go to waste. These Spartan III's had the best quality DNA, DNA that was "Spartan II quality".
Hence, NOBLE TEAM was created.
I thought that would be a common sense thing, but I guess I did have to explain it.
(You gunna hand out expensive battle armor? Give it to the best qualified. Duh.)
Clearly, none of you read my thread where I STATE THAT III'S ARE CAPABLE OF WEARING MJOLNIR. Seriously people, read the links before commenting.
[Edited on 10.09.2011 12:02 AM PDT]