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{{Quote|multi=yes|q1=You want to trade ''lives'' for ''time''...|Vice Admiral Parangosky|q2=Yes, ma'am. Isn't that the job of a soldier?|Colonel Ackerson|Conversation between Ackerson and Parangosky about the SPARTAN-III program}} | {{Quote|multi=yes|q1=You want to trade ''lives'' for ''time''...|Vice Admiral Parangosky|q2=Yes, ma'am. Isn't that the job of a soldier?|Colonel Ackerson|Conversation between Ackerson and Parangosky about the SPARTAN-III program}} | ||
Shortly after [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]'s [[SPARTAN-II program]] went active, Ackerson began to plan on a supersoldier project of his own, dubbed the [[SPARTAN-III program]]. He conducted extensive research on Halsey's work with the SPARTAN-II program, obtaining the DNA profiles of the candidates and covertly observing the [[flash cloning|flash clones]] used to replace the SPARTAN-II children; he even had the clones' bodies retrieved and autopsies performed on them after they [[Metabolic | Shortly after [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]'s [[SPARTAN-II program]] went active, Ackerson began to plan on a supersoldier project of his own, dubbed the [[SPARTAN-III program]]. He conducted extensive research on Halsey's work with the SPARTAN-II program, obtaining the DNA profiles of the candidates and covertly observing the [[flash cloning|flash clones]] used to replace the SPARTAN-II children; he even had the clones' bodies retrieved and autopsies performed on them after they [[Metabolic ascade failure|died of congenital diseases]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 129'' (2001 edition)</ref> However, he would abandon the use of flash clone replacements in his own program, citing the dubious ethics of flash-cloning as one of the failures of Halsey's program when presenting his own project to ONI.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 46''</ref> | ||
In [[2531]], Ackerson proposed the SPARTAN-III program to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] senior brass, including [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Aaron Gibson]], [[Rear Admiral (Lower Half)|Rear Admiral]] [[Ned Rich]], and [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky|Margaret O. Parangosky]] in a meeting aboard {{UNSCShip|Point of No Return}}. They approved the program and Ackerson went from serving as a field officer to working a desk job. At first he was upset by this, but grew to prefer it as opposed to his dangerous but more exciting job as a field officer.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 43''</ref> Ackerson chose [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN]] [[Kurt Ambrose|Kurt-051]] to serve as the commanding officer of the SPARTAN-IIIs, providing him with an officer rank as well as a new identity. | In [[2531]], Ackerson proposed the SPARTAN-III program to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] senior brass, including [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Aaron Gibson]], [[Rear Admiral (Lower Half)|Rear Admiral]] [[Ned Rich]], and [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky|Margaret O. Parangosky]] in a meeting aboard {{UNSCShip|Point of No Return}}. They approved the program and Ackerson went from serving as a field officer to working a desk job. At first he was upset by this, but grew to prefer it as opposed to his dangerous but more exciting job as a field officer.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 43''</ref> Ackerson chose [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN]] [[Kurt Ambrose|Kurt-051]] to serve as the commanding officer of the SPARTAN-IIIs, providing him with an officer rank as well as a new identity. |