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Posted by: CoRaMo
What does this mean for Spartan IV's, assuming they are given augmentations in addition to power armor? They were already fully grown adult soldiers when they volunteered. Would they be less unnaturally large than II's and III's because they already went through puberty?
Yeah, they would be probably less unnaturally large like SIIs and SIIIs. Even through the multiplayer sneak peaks, looking at an SIV body, it is much slimmer and less tall than a SII or SIII in MJOLNIR armor.
I'm guessing this is for two reasons. Number one being your reason, they already went through puberty and are full grown adults (augmentations will have a less potent effect).
Also, another thing I was thinking of is since these new breed of Spartans are adults, they may want to one day retire and start a family. In the comics, Spartan II Maria quit to start a family, and even after her augmentations, she was still taller and more muscular than a regular human.
Also, in Halo Glasslands, Captain Serin Osman (a Spartan II washout from failed augmentation procedures) who had her successful augmentations reversed, still looked more musuclar than the average baseline human. An ODST remarked she was still tall (6 foot zero inches) and had a hint of muscular tone (and remember, her augmentations got reversed literally weeks after her failed augmentations procedure).
So maybe these new SIVs are given watered down watered version of the Chrysanthemum (SIII) augmentations and no surgical implants (like the Spartan IIs) so they will look perfectly normal when they choose to leave being a Spartan (it'd be more ethical if they were given a minimum number of years to serve rather than forcing *average* humans to fight in the military like brainwashed child soldiers).
So yeah, TLDR, weaker augmentations because they're adults and more easier to reverse.
Sorry if that was a bit long :/