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The SPARTAN-IV augmentation procedures take three weeks to perform,<ref name="HI2"/> with recovery and subsequent training usually lasting several months.<ref name="packet"/> It took about two days for the Spartans to relearn how to walk again following their augmentations; additionally, significant disorientation was in evidence during their initial training exercises.<ref name="HI2"/> | The SPARTAN-IV augmentation procedures take three weeks to perform,<ref name="HI2"/> with recovery and subsequent training usually lasting several months.<ref name="packet"/> It took about two days for the Spartans to relearn how to walk again following their augmentations; additionally, significant disorientation was in evidence during their initial training exercises.<ref name="HI2"/> | ||
The augmentation procedures were conducted in a dedicated SPARTAN-IV facility on [[Mars]] and were noted to be | The augmentation procedures were conducted in a dedicated SPARTAN-IV facility on [[Mars]] and were noted to be quite painful.<ref name="NB14"/> There were approximately two dozen candidates being augmented and conditioned at any given time during the second SPARTAN-IV class, which [[Edward Buck]] was part of.<ref name="hnb115"/> | ||
===Effects=== | ===Effects=== | ||