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=== Spartan 1.1 === | ===Spartan 1.1=== | ||
The children of Spartan 1.0s are called [[Spartan 1.1]]s, including [[Janissary James]] and [[Kevin Morales]]. There are sixteen 1.1s.<ref>[[Media:One_point_oh.ogg|one_point_oh Axon]]</ref> They have much of the same augmentations as their parents, though without the same military training. Some of them tried to create their own army to fight the [[Covenant]], but just as they were about to bring the fight to the Covenant, the Covenant invaded [[Earth]].<ref>[[Axon Clips Chapter 12|Enter Kevin Axon Clips Chapter 12]]</ref> | The children of Spartan 1.0s are called [[Spartan 1.1]]s, including [[Janissary James]] and [[Kevin Morales]]. There are sixteen 1.1s.<ref>[[Media:One_point_oh.ogg|one_point_oh Axon]]</ref> They have much of the same augmentations as their parents, though without the same military training. Some of them tried to create their own army to fight the [[Covenant]], but just as they were about to bring the fight to the Covenant, the Covenant invaded [[Earth]].<ref>[[Axon Clips Chapter 12|Enter Kevin Axon Clips Chapter 12]]</ref> | ||
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{{Main|Operation: CHARLEMAGNE}} | {{Main|Operation: CHARLEMAGNE}} | ||
'''Operation: CHARLEMAGNE''' was ORION's first special operation. Conducted against the [[Secessionist Union]], the operation marked the project's first successful deployment.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''': Chapter Two, page 44/45</ref> | '''Operation: CHARLEMAGNE''' was ORION's first special operation. Conducted against the [[Secessionist Union]], the operation marked the project's first successful deployment.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''': Chapter Two, page 44/45</ref> | ||
===Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE=== | ===Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE=== | ||
{{Main|Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE}} | {{Main|Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE}} | ||
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===Eridanus Uprising=== | ===Eridanus Uprising=== | ||
The Eridanus Uprising saw the only deployment of a full unit of | The Eridanus Uprising saw the only deployment of a full unit of SPARTAN-Is. The Spartans recovered the sub-orbital station above Eridanus-II from Insurrectionists. In the process they lost only one soldier and were never observed.<ref name="encyclopaedia"/> | ||
== Trivia == | ==Trivia== | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Project Orion|Project Orion]] was also a spacecraft program in the real world. It was the first engineering design study of spacecraft powered by nuclear pulse propulsion. Its supporters felt that it had great potential for space travel, but it lost political approval because of concerns with fallout from its propulsion. The Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963 is generally acknowledged to have ended the project. | *[[Wikipedia:Project Orion|Project Orion]] was also a spacecraft program in the real world. It was the first engineering design study of spacecraft powered by nuclear pulse propulsion. Its supporters felt that it had great potential for space travel, but it lost political approval because of concerns with fallout from its propulsion. The Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963 is generally acknowledged to have ended the project. | ||
* | *SPARTAN-Is seem to be the only known Humans to refer to their successors as "Spartan 2.0s" rather than "[[SPARTAN-IIs]]." | ||
*The ORION Project was apparently classified by [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section Zero|Section Zero]]<ref name="HGN"/>, as even in 2524 the majority of UNSC personnel had no knowledge about it. | *The ORION Project was apparently classified by [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section Zero|Section Zero]]<ref name="HGN"/>, as even in 2524 the majority of UNSC personnel had no knowledge about it. | ||
*It is unknown how Spartan-Is were codenamed or even if they were codenamed at all. It seems unlikely they adopted formalized codenames, given the fact that all known | *It is unknown how Spartan-Is were codenamed or even if they were codenamed at all. It seems unlikely they adopted formalized codenames, given the fact that all known SPARTAN-Is used their normal names in operational circumstances. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||