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Subject: whats the difference between spartan IIs and IIIs?

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  • 01.15.2012 9:47 PM PDT

the spartan 2's are about 2 feet taller, they are stronger, the are the best soldiers in the UNSC. The spartan 3's are weaker, went through less training, but are still better than odst's, but aren't as good as spartan 2's. the main reason they even exist is because the UNSC turned to quanity over quality.

  • 01.15.2012 10:05 PM PDT

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Posted by: C00L GUY121
the spartan 2's are about 2 feet taller, they are stronger, the are the best soldiers in the UNSC. The spartan 3's are weaker, went through less training, but are still better than odst's, but aren't as good as spartan 2's. the main reason they even exist is because the UNSC turned to quanity over quality.


Lol, no.

Spartan III's are not 2 feet smaller than Spartan II's, Noble Team are made of Spartan III's and they have almost the same height as John.

The Spartan III's also got better training, seeing how they had everything at their disposal courtesy of ONI. Recovered Covenant weapons and technology, dropships and everything.

and third, the UNSC made the Spartan III's because the II's were too expensive, that's all.

  • 01.15.2012 10:10 PM PDT

Posted by: ankor66
mister chief is teh best


You spelled Johnson's name wrong.

  • 01.15.2012 10:17 PM PDT


Posted by: NonstopThrone31
Spartan 1's were originally ODST's that went through specialized training and piloted a mech-type exosuit that was tied in to a direct power source (usually a generator) S-1's could bring more firepower to bear as the load handling abilities of the exosuits was quite large - however the need for a mobile derivative caused the Spartan II program to be initiated.




Is that why ODSTs are considered the best of the UNSC next to spartans?

  • 01.17.2012 2:48 PM PDT
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There are several differences between S-IIs and S-IIIs.

S-IIs had a longer training period than the S-IIIs, as others have said, by about two years. They were all issued with MJOLNIR armor. They were selected through a very strict genetic screening process. Finally, they have more experience.

S-IIIs had a shorter, tougher training program, that could be considered on par with the S-II training program. They were issued with cheaper SPI armor because of costs; one suit of MJOLNIR costs as much as a small starship, so doing this with 300 spartans (on average) 3 times over is not very cost-effective. The genetic screening process was very lax, and the only real determining factor to becoming a spartan was if the candidate agreed. The augmentations that the S-IIIs went through was a lot safer, as improvements were made to remove the risky surgery the S-IIs went through and allowed the process to be done entirely by injections, allowing for a 100% success rate. The S-IIIs would most likely be smaller though, as they were not given the thyroid implant inserted in the S-IIs that stimulated growth. Finally, in terms of experience, the program was created later, so they would have less experience than the S-IIs.

  • 01.17.2012 5:38 PM PDT


Posted by: Thugzz Deluxxxe


The III's were also not as large as the II's. Mind you this can be attributed to the fact that no spartan III, save for Noble Team, has made it past the age of 20.

This is only partly true. The Spartan III's were roughly almost the same size as Spartan II's.
And ---Glasslands Spoiler---
Tom and Lucy are both 19, and a couple of the few remaining spartan III's. The eventually make contact to the UNSC outside of the Shield World/Dyson Sphere and the war with the covenant is presumed "over". Meaning they are obviously effective, and could easily live past 20. Especially since the "Covenant" is in disarray and the Elites are mostly loosely allied with Humans.

  • 01.17.2012 7:23 PM PDT

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