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Posted by: HipiO7
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
Posted by: HipiO7
No. The UNSC dosent have the type of resources to commit on such a program, at least not in the short run. They have much bigger priorities to focus on right now, like rebuilding and recolonizing.
Unless Halo 4 takes place various decades later, it'd be impossible for Spartan IV's to even exist.
The IV's do exist, though from the sound of it, they're cheaper and easier to produce then even the IIIs. It basically sounds like a simple matter of pumping a willing Marine full of chems and voila, instant SIV. They're no where near as costly as the II's and III's since the above is basically all that's needed. They use willing military volunteers instead of children, and nearly all training is taken care of already. We've known for a while now Ackerson's plan for SIII was to have the augments be more widely distributed. But with him dead, the program changed direction substantially, warrenting the new generation number, as opposed to a Spartan III generation 2 for example.
Anyway, assuming the IV's are basically just Marines with super strength and speed, I don't think it'd detract as much from the Chief. It can really only make the Marines more useful, and actually have a canonical reason for the UNSC's ability to fight the Ancient Evil.
I still wouldint consider them Spartan's though. Willing troopers isnt the same as trained since a very young age.
And I guess I need to get my hands on Glasslands, yes?
I take the term Spartan to be a term applied to any superhuman in the UNSC.
And yes, Glasslands explains all this.
Posted by: FISHYburned
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
Posted by: HipiO7
No. The UNSC dosent have the type of resources to commit on such a program, at least not in the short run. They have much bigger priorities to focus on right now, like rebuilding and recolonizing.
Unless Halo 4 takes place various decades later, it'd be impossible for Spartan IV's to even exist.
The IV's do exist, though from the sound of it, they're cheaper and easier to produce then even the IIIs. It basically sounds like a simple matter of pumping a willing Marine full of chems and voila, instant SIV. They're no where near as costly as the II's and III's since the above is basically all that's needed. They use willing military volunteers instead of children, and nearly all training is taken care of already. We've known for a while now Ackerson's plan for SIII was to have the augments be more widely distributed. But with him dead, the program changed direction substantially, warrenting the new generation number, as opposed to a Spartan III generation 2 for example.
Anyway, assuming the IV's are basically just Marines with super strength and speed, I don't think it'd detract as much from the Chief. It can really only make the Marines more useful, and actually have a canonical reason for the UNSC's ability to fight the Ancient Evil.
that wouldnt make much sense though, as it is stated that Spartan III's went under augmentations to become Spartan IV's. So it has to be an upgrade from Spartan III of some sort. If it were true, then that would put them on the level of pure force the Spartan II's have.
All it it said was that the IIIs were going to be rotated into the IV program. We know the IVs have been working on Infinity so perhaps the surviving III's are also on Infinity now with the IVs.