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How much G-forces can a Spartan take? A better question would be how much they can take in a certain time frame? A regular human can take continuos acceleration of about 2G's if I am correct, regular humans can take sustained acceleration of 3-4G's about half a minutw. Pilots with special suits can take acceleration of 7-12G's for short periods of time, but longer periods would start to be dangerous. But then again, people have survived from massive forces of 100G's because the length of the acceleration was only milliseconds.
With that in mind, I would say the limit for constant acceleration of a Spartan isn't much higher than of a regular human. They have improved blood circulation which means stronger, more flexible blood vessels. The improved blood circulation would definitely make them withstand at least 4, maybe 5G's acceleration continuously, but anything more would probably cause a black-out after an extended period of time.
What comes to short, half minute long moments. Here I could see their heart being able to pump the blood effectively to everywhere for a short period of time, especially with the suit. But unless there were some very specific augumentations to the strength of the blood vessels, I can't see it going much beyond 20G's without some serious damage to the capillaries.
But personally I'd believe the Spartans force withstanding capabilities are the best under very short moments of extreme shocks. We've seen them jump from orbit and colliding to the ground, and I would dare to say that it is around 200-300G's. But that would be very dangerous to them.
I'd personally say 3G's for extended periods of time, 15 for short periods (around 30 seconds), and 200 for very short shocks such as impact. But generally, even for regular humans it's hard to say a specific amount of acceleration as it's always relative to length of the acceleration. For Spartans, we don't even know how good their augumentations were for stuff like this.