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Poll: Do you think we will see another Spartan in Halo 3, besides Master ... [closed]
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SPARTAN HISTORY
Spartan II's - 1st group, 2517
150 original candidates out of which there was funding for only half (FoR Ch. 2)
75 total pre-augmentation (stated several times; FoR Ch.4 also mistakenly mentions "seventy-four"; as well, there other reports of 67, etc.)
30 died during surgery ("Thirty candidates had 'washed out' of the Spartan program; they died during the augmentation process." FoR Ch.7)
* No names known
12 crippled in surgery (FoR Ch.7 "There were a dozen others, though, who had lived... but were no longer soldiers."; "The other dozen, suffering from side effects of the process, had been permanently reassigned within the Office of Naval Intelligence.")
* Kirk
* Fhajad-084
* Rene
* 9 others left unnamed
33 left in the squad ("There were only thirty-two soldiers left in his squad [besides John?]" FoR Ch.7; "John glanced around the launch chamber; Sam, Kelly, and thirty others still stood at attention in their black dress uniforms [1+2+30=33]" FoR Ch.7; "The other Spartans stood at attention. Thirty-three - too many for this operation." FoR Ch. 9)
* 3 away on missions too distant to be easily recalled ("...save three, who are otherwise engaged on fields of combat too distant to be easily recalled." FoR Ch.26)
* 3 Spartans KIA over the past decade, 2542-2552; not including Samuel ("...there have only been three KIAs..." FoR Ch.26)
* 1 more Spartan (Samuel-034) KIA during Covenant ship infiltration in 2525
* 1 Spartan seriously wounded, could not continue active duty ("...and one Spartan too wounded to continue active duty." [possibly Cassanndra?] FoR Ch.26)
This leaves 25 present at Reach before splitting into Red and Blue teams (with 3 more away making 28 active Spartans in total) which adds up and is confirmed during Halsey's briefing ("Clustered around him were two dozen Spartans: Fred, Linda, Joshua, James, and many others he had not spoken to for years...[2 dozen + John = 25]" FoR Ch.26)
However, it is stated that there are 30 Spartans at Reach at the beginning of H1/First Strike ("The primary storage bay had been converted into barracks for the thirty Spartans" FoR Ch.29; "Twenty-seven Spartans braced themselves... [plus the 3 in orbit = 30]" FS p.7). This is inconsistent with the number of 25 at Reach established earlier/above.
Regardless, from here they split into 2 teams:
* Blue Team has 3 members:
o John-117
o Linda-058 is 'killed' but eventually revived
o James is blasted of into space Frank Poole style, marked MIA
* Red Team supposedly has 27 members (number mentioned several times; it "should" have 22):
o 4 KIA during the Reach freefall
+ Malcolm-059
+ 3 others unnamed
o Alpha Team: 3 members
+ Red 1: Frederic-104
+ Red 2: Kelly-087 (later abducted by Halsey; alive, but MIA)
+ Red 3: Joshua-029 (goes missing in LZ Assault; MIA, assumed KIA)
o Beta Team: whoever is left from Red 4-11 and Red 13-20; either 11 or 6 Spartans depending on the accepted initial count
+ No members named
+ All MIA/KIA during generator defense
o Gamma Team 3 members
+ Red 21: Anton-044, killed by a ship plasma bolt, MIA/KIA (FS p.235)
+ Red 22: Grace-093, who is later killed by Brutes aboard the Unyielding Hierophant, KIA (FS p.315)
+ Red 23: Li-008, killed by a ship plasma bolt, MIA/KIA (FS p.235)
o Delta Team 6 members
+ Red 12: William-043
+ Red ?: Isaac-039, assumed dead retreating into Forerunner caves on Reach, MIA/KIA (FS p.148)
+ Red ?: Vinh-030, assumed dead retreating into Forerunner caves on Reach, MIA/KIA (FS p.148)
+ 3 others unnamed, MIA/KIA
In summation...
Essentially, the only major inconsistency is the sudden jump from 25 to 30 Spartans on the Pillar of Autumn pre-Reach attack; so far everything else adds up. At present, the list of remaining, active Spartans is as follows:
* John-117
* Frederic-104
* Linda-058
* William-043
* Kelly-087 (abducted by Halsey)
* The 3 away on distant missions
For a total of 8 alive and well.
Also alive, but not active, are the 12 crippled from surgery and the one too wounded to continue active duty, for a total of 21.
Several others are listed MIA but may yet realistically resurface if the story demands it; their "deaths" occcured under foggy enough circumstances (such as James et al.)
There are more being trained but they have yet to be specifically mentioned or seen by anyone ("...he had overheard Dr. Halsey mention that Chief Mendez was training another group of Spartans. He had never seen them..." FoR Ch.24)
Other Groups
There were originally only 150 Spartan II candidates (Master Chief is #117), so Nicole's number seems extremely off. However, Bungie mentions that Master Chief's group was only the first, and that others are also being trained, but mentions little else about who they are, where they're being trained, or how many, although Nicole's number suggests at least another three groups of similar size to the one Master Chief was taken in.
SPARTANS LISTED
SPARTAN 008 Li
SPARTAN 029 Joshua
SPARTAN 030 Vinh
SPARTAN 034 Samuel
SPARTAN 039 Isaac
SPARTAN 043 Will
SPARTAN 044 Anton
SPARTAN 058 Linda
SPARTAN 059 Malcolm
SPARTAN 084 Fahjad
SPARTAN 087 Kelly
SPARTAN 093 Grace
SPARTAN 104 Frederic
SPARTAN 117 John (Master Chief)
SPARTAN 458 Nicole
Unnamed Spartans
SPARTAN ??? Cassandra
SPARTAN ??? Kirk
SPARTAN ??? Rene
SPARTAN ??? James
Note: If you know any more Spartans please tell me so I can update it. Especially Bungie, because they should definately know some that I'm missing.
Note: Please post comments below about what you think and if you know any more information about the Spartans of the UNSCDF.
(United Nations Space Command Defense Forces)
Thank you,
Lucky Sniper 08
[Edited on 5/19/2006]