Forum:Why didnt the young spartans quit?

if the spartans were taken why couldnt they just refuse to join? why did all the spartans join the marines

Let's put it this way, getting accepted into the Spartan-II program was like getting drafted. You had to do it or something bad would happen to you. As for the Marines, only one Spartan, Ash, is a Marine. The rest are in the UNSC Navy. CommanderTony 7/9/2007
 * Consider that the Spartans were six years old when they were inducted into the program. Also consider, as stated in FoR, that when some of them tried to resist their indoctrination, their trainers put them down with various highly motivating tactics. -- ED ( talk )(gaming) 01:15, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

they didn't quit because they always wanted a life like this,and they became very interested in becoming a SPARTAN-II,although some were forced out after becoming deformed from the hours of surgery and augmentation(like Fhajad)SPARTAN 346 19:01, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Another reason they didn't quit was because if they did, they would just be stuck on Reach, light years away from their families

--SPARTAN-077

And as for the Spartan-III spartans, they were all orphans from the Outer Colonies whose families were killed by the Covenant. Also, just a little correction on CommanderTony's part, originally all of the Spartans were Marines but then they were, for lack of a better word, annexed by the UNSC which took over the entire Spartan operation.

S-II are actually forced to become one, and Reach are surrounded by many the UNSC to prevent Covenant attack, so it wouldn't be wise for a young spartan to run away from the barrack, not to mention getting through the heavily secured places on Reach. S-III are actually orphans, and I doubt anyone would have wanted to go home!ΜΆŜΤΈŖČΗέÏΣΡΈΤΤΥОΓΓïČëŗ 13:15, 13 July 2007 (UTC)