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{{Quote|You have been called upon to serve. You will be trained - and you will become the best we can make of you. You will be the protectors of Earth and all her colonies.|Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] to the Spartan-II recruits}} | {{Quote|You have been called upon to serve. You will be trained - and you will become the best we can make of you. You will be the protectors of Earth and all her colonies.|Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] to the Spartan-II recruits}} | ||
The '''SPARTAN-II program''' was the first proper iteration of the [[SPARTAN programs]], an effort to produce elite soldiers through mechanical and [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|biological augmentation]]. Originally envisioned as the second generation of the [[ORION Project]], SPARTAN-II would be the first in the series to meld [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|advanced exoskeleton technology]] with the soldiers' superior physiques.<ref>'''''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''''' ''page 81''</ref><ref name="journal">'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'''</ref> Spartan-IIs experienced the most extensive and invasive physical augmentations out of all the Spartan generations, starting augmentation at prepubescent ages increased their physical mass and height to around seven feet by adult age. | The '''SPARTAN-II program''' was the first proper iteration of the [[SPARTAN programs]], an effort to produce elite soldiers through mechanical and [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|biological augmentation]]. Originally envisioned as the second generation of the [[ORION Project]], SPARTAN-II would be the first in the series to meld [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|advanced exoskeleton technology]] with the soldiers' superior physiques.<ref>'''''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''''' ''page 81''</ref><ref name="journal">'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'''</ref> | ||
Spartan-IIs experienced the most extensive and invasive physical augmentations out of all the Spartan generations, starting augmentation at prepubescent ages increased their physical mass and height to around seven feet by adult age. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||