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Posted by: Sol of Chaos
To clarify: the II in Project SPARTAN II does not mean that this is the second project. SPARTAN I are the Spartans from ancient Greece, not an earlier project. And Ackerson wasn't working on a SPARTAN project. In The Fall of Reach it clearly states that Ackerson was against the SPARTAN II project because he was competing with it. On page 267 of "The Fall of Reach" it says that he was directly competing with the SPARTAN II and MJOLNIR projects.

The original SPARTANs were talked about and hinted at in FoR, they were hardened Marines, and most of them died (the ones who tried the MJOLNIR Mk IV armor and the ones who died from the augmentation process), and many believe that Johnson and Mendez were from the SPARTAN I project..survivors..total badass Marines who can survive through pretty much anything.


http://halosm.bungie.org/story/spartan.html



Johnson is different. It says that in First Strike. And those were ODST's, not SPARTAN I's they were talking about. The First Pelopponesian War was also mentioned in Fall of Reach, along with the 300 Spartans who held off the 1000 Persians

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Chief Mendez went off to train a new batch of Spartans once John and his team were going on their first mission, so I imagine they were shipped to a distant planet or system by ONI spooks once reach was getting attacked.

Besides, they had those cool stealth ships, so you'd never even hear about it!

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Posted by: Sol of Chaos
Johnson is different. It says that in First Strike.

Exactly, he is more badass than most Marines and he is immune to Flood infection.
And those were ODST's, not SPARTAN I's they were talking about.
No, they were Marines who volunteered to be in the SPARTAN project, thus becoming the first SPARTANs (SPARTAN Is)
The First Pelopponesian War was also mentioned in Fall of Reach, along with the 300 Spartans who held off the 1000 Persians
Yeah, those are Spartans, the SPARTAN IIs were taught about many many things. The SPARTAN Is are not the Greek Spartans, but they are the first branch of the SPARTANs made in the future, most likely hardened marine volunteers.

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Posted by: Night Hawk 105
does it realy matter the point is that Master Chief is better then all the other spartans even better then sam and kelly


actually hes not...there were Spartans that could run faster, shoot better, ect., but the MC is the best leader and has one thing that can't be measured...Luck. In the book Dr. Hasley metions Johns luck numerous times.

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Posted by: Night Hawk 105
does it realy matter the point is that Master Chief is better then all the other spartans even better then sam and kelly


actually hes not...there were Spartans that could run faster, shoot better, ect., but the MC is the best leader and has one thing that can't be measured...Luck. In the book Dr. Hasley metions Johns luck numerous times.

He was the most well rounded, meaning he was above average at everything, so he could keep up with the others at snipeing, running, boxing etc, and the luck would help him prevail. He is the best SPARTAN II

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first strike dosent tie in with halo 2 so there is 1

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Posted by: mattymace
first strike dosent tie in with halo 2 so there is 1


thats b/c the 4th novel hasn't come out yet. First Strike is inbetween the events of Halo:CE and Halo 2. The 4th novel will most likely be like The Flood...in that it will follow the events of the game.

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Posted by: mattymace
first strike dosent tie in with halo 2 so there is 1

How so?

  • 05.19.2006 6:06 PM PDT

If you didn't read the books, Mendez told Chief he would train the next batch of SPARTANS, so their could be many. Also, Dr. Halsey found that some research on the cloning and SPARTAN program had been stolen from her in First Strike. Hopefully, Halo 3 will have flashbacks, every book character, and answer the hints explained above; to help add to the initial story, and make Halo 3 on par with other story oriented games like MGS 4.

BTW. Their is Will, Fred, MC, Kelly, Cassandra(maybe), and Linda. On Fall of Reach I think only three spartans were not able to join on the main mission. I don't know what happened to the three spartans that weren't with MC and the others, but Cassandra is obviously one of them, since she was only in the special edition conversation book. I kinda remember someone saying Cassandra died on a Weekly Update, but I can't remember.

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Posted by: geffgorman
jeese i mean really peeps i thought i was a nerd getting to like lvl 34 in a day on Halo 2 but who reads the book i mean i understand if you dont have a freaking Xbox but really?!

There are five types of Halo players

1. People who enjoy all/most aspects of the story and try to learn much about it.

2. People who are strictly multiplayer guys

3. People who are a mix of the two (me)

4. People, like you, who like to belittle people and do not care about the game, you just think "pwning n00bz wit teh BXR is uber 1337"

5. Cheaters who often stem from number 4. Marijuanna is a gateway drug, think of BXR is a gateway cheat.

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