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On [[2525#March|March 9]] of that year Soren and the other Spartan-II candidates were transported to [[Medical Facility Endurance]] in orbit over [[Reach]] in order to undergo the series of invasive procedures designed to physically, chemically, and genetically augment their bodies.<ref name="HTFORTAS">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''</ref><ref name="HTFOR6">''[[The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 6''</ref><ref name="H5GL">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', John-117's loadout</ref> They had their heads shaved, intravenous lines inserted to deliver a [[Drugs|sedative]], and incision vectors lasered onto their bodies.<ref name="HTFOR6"/> Other medications administered beginning on this date included [[Wikipedia:Dopamine|dopamine]] for hemodynamic support and a [[Wikipedia:Tacrolimus|tacrolimus]]/[[Wikipedia:Mycophenolate|mycophenolate mofetil]] combination for immunosuppression.<ref name="Scanned">''[[Scanned]]''</ref> The various augmentations, under the purview of [[Project ASTER|Project: ASTER]], were carried out the following day, though some preliminary work had begun by 1552 hours on the ninth.<ref name="HFORBC"/><ref name="DHPJA1">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''April 1, 2525''</ref><ref name="HOSFM83"/> With the assistance of surgeons, biotechnicians, and automated robotic machinery, the surgical procedures the recruits endured included occipital capillary reversals, the carbide ceramic ossification of their bones, the insertion of catalytic platinum [[Wikipedia:thyroid gland|thyroid implant]]s, injections to enhance muscle strength and endurance, and the fibrification of their neural dendrites to make them superconductive.<ref name="HTFOR6"/> They also were treated with [[Wikipedia:Gene therapy|gene therapy]] and underwent [[Wikipedia:Transgene|transgenic hybridization]].<ref name="HOSFM83">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', ''page 83''</ref>

During the myriad surgeries Soren dreamed that he was back in the forest again but in addition to contending with the cold and hunger, he was being stalked by a strange, hulking, almost-human, deformed creature. Even in the dream he felt half-asleep—walking to keep away from the creature whilst grabbing what he could from the ground to eat. He eventually took a wrong turn. ~~Soren~~ awoke ~~during the augmentation process~~ but ~~fell~~ back ~~asleep~~ into another nightmare.

During the myriad surgeries Soren dreamed that he was back in the forest again but in addition to contending with the cold and hunger, he was being stalked by a strange, hulking, almost-human, deformed creature.<ref name="HEP4"/> Even in the dream he felt half-asleep—walking to keep away from the creature whilst grabbing what he could from the ground to eat. He eventually took a wrong turn and found his path forward blocked, which allowed his pursuer to pluck him off the ground and hurl him through tree limbs and branches. As he seemingly died in the dream, he awoke to find himself looking up at surgeons. One of them waved fingers over his eyes but he had trouble following them instantaneously. The surgeon questioned whether he was supposed to be as he presently was before there was a flurry of movement and shouting and he slipped back into another nightmare. Before he woke again Soren was returned to the Spartan compound on Reach.<ref name="HTFORTAS"/><ref name="HEP4">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref> Still dreaming, he imagined he was lying on his mother's bed, the same one she died on. His stepfather was in the same room, described as more shadow than man. During this dream another figure, his dead and rotting mother, was in the same bed, when a sudden wash of pain, like broken glass being worked into his veins, woke him up again. When he awoke, he was restrained to the bed. Soren tore himself from his restraints and attempted to run. A doctor attempted to give Soren a hypodermic injection, but he broke the man's wrist, stabbed another doctor in the neck with the needle and punched a third as he fled, sending him flying into a wall. During his escape, he was stopped by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] and a squad of UNSC marines armed with tranquilizer darts.

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~~During the augmentation process~~ Soren was returned to the Spartan compound on Reach.<ref name="HEP4">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref> ~~He dreamed of~~ lying on his mother's bed, the same one she died on. His stepfather was in the same room, described as more shadow than man. During this dream another figure, his dead and rotting mother, was in the same bed, when a sudden wash of pain, like broken glass being worked into his veins, woke him up again. When he awoke, he was restrained to the bed. Soren tore himself from his restraints and attempted to run. A doctor attempted to give Soren a hypodermic injection, but he broke the man's wrist, stabbed another doctor in the neck with the needle and punched a third as he fled, sending him flying into a wall. During his escape, he was stopped by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] and a squad of UNSC marines armed with tranquilizer darts.

After awakening again, he was in a brig, now chained by titanium wrist-lets. He was visited by Dr. Halsey, who informed him that he had been in comatose for three months, and his body did not react as planned to the muscular enhancement injections and the thyroid implant, which had caused his muscles to grow in ways that were unpredictable. Only by using the carbide ceramic ossification process was he saved. One leg was more or less normal, if a little bowed and twisted, however the other was severely gnarled and about six inches shorter. His arms were incredibly muscular, painfully so, giving him the greatest upper body strength of any Spartan. The fingers of one hand were twisted and bowed, functioning more like a pincer or claw. To deal with the intense pain Soren was given massive amounts of painkillers, however he did not like the way they clouded his mind, so he gradually weaned himself off them.

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 On [[2525#March|March 9]] of that year Soren and the other Spartan-II candidates were transported to [[Medical Facility Endurance]] in orbit over [[Reach]] in order to undergo the series of invasive procedures designed to physically, chemically, and genetically augment their bodies.<ref name="HTFORTAS">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''</ref><ref name="HTFOR6">''[[The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 6''</ref><ref name="H5GL">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', John-117's loadout</ref> They had their heads shaved, intravenous lines inserted to deliver a [[Drugs|sedative]], and incision vectors lasered onto their bodies.<ref name="HTFOR6"/> Other medications administered beginning on this date included [[Wikipedia:Dopamine|dopamine]] for hemodynamic support and a [[Wikipedia:Tacrolimus|tacrolimus]]/[[Wikipedia:Mycophenolate|mycophenolate mofetil]] combination for immunosuppression.<ref name="Scanned">''[[Scanned]]''</ref> The various augmentations, under the purview of [[Project ASTER|Project: ASTER]], were carried out the following day, though some preliminary work had begun by 1552 hours on the ninth.<ref name="HFORBC"/><ref name="DHPJA1">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''April 1, 2525''</ref><ref name="HOSFM83"/> With the assistance of surgeons, biotechnicians, and automated robotic machinery, the surgical procedures the recruits endured included occipital capillary reversals, the carbide ceramic ossification of their bones, the insertion of catalytic platinum [[Wikipedia:thyroid gland|thyroid implant]]s, injections to enhance muscle strength and endurance, and the fibrification of their neural dendrites to make them superconductive.<ref name="HTFOR6"/> They also were treated with [[Wikipedia:Gene therapy|gene therapy]] and underwent [[Wikipedia:Transgene|transgenic hybridization]].<ref name="HOSFM83">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', ''page 83''</ref>
-During the myriad surgeries Soren dreamed that he was back in the forest again but in addition to contending with the cold and hunger, he was being stalked by a strange, hulking, almost-human, deformed creature. Even in the dream he felt half-asleep—walking to keep away from the creature whilst grabbing what he could from the ground to eat. He eventually took a wrong turn. Soren awoke during the augmentation process but fell back asleep into another nightmare.
+During the myriad surgeries Soren dreamed that he was back in the forest again but in addition to contending with the cold and hunger, he was being stalked by a strange, hulking, almost-human, deformed creature.<ref name="HEP4"/> Even in the dream he felt half-asleep—walking to keep away from the creature whilst grabbing what he could from the ground to eat. He eventually took a wrong turn and found his path forward blocked, which allowed his pursuer to pluck him off the ground and hurl him through tree limbs and branches. As he seemingly died in the dream, he awoke to find himself looking up at surgeons. One of them waved fingers over his eyes but he had trouble following them instantaneously. The surgeon questioned whether he was supposed to be as he presently was before there was a flurry of movement and shouting and he slipped back into another nightmare. Before he woke again Soren was returned to the Spartan compound on Reach.<ref name="HTFORTAS"/><ref name="HEP4">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref> Still dreaming, he imagined he was lying on his mother's bed, the same one she died on. His stepfather was in the same room, described as more shadow than man. During this dream another figure, his dead and rotting mother, was in the same bed, when a sudden wash of pain, like broken glass being worked into his veins, woke him up again. When he awoke, he was restrained to the bed. Soren tore himself from his restraints and attempted to run. A doctor attempted to give Soren a hypodermic injection, but he broke the man's wrist, stabbed another doctor in the neck with the needle and punched a third as he fled, sending him flying into a wall. During his escape, he was stopped by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] and a squad of UNSC marines armed with tranquilizer darts.
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-During the augmentation process Soren was returned to the Spartan compound on Reach.<ref name="HEP4">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref> He dreamed of lying on his mother's bed, the same one she died on. His stepfather was in the same room, described as more shadow than man. During this dream another figure, his dead and rotting mother, was in the same bed, when a sudden wash of pain, like broken glass being worked into his veins, woke him up again. When he awoke, he was restrained to the bed. Soren tore himself from his restraints and attempted to run. A doctor attempted to give Soren a hypodermic injection, but he broke the man's wrist, stabbed another doctor in the neck with the needle and punched a third as he fled, sending him flying into a wall. During his escape, he was stopped by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] and a squad of UNSC marines armed with tranquilizer darts.
 After awakening again, he was in a brig, now chained by titanium wrist-lets. He was visited by Dr. Halsey, who informed him that he had been in comatose for three months, and his body did not react as planned to the muscular enhancement injections and the thyroid implant, which had caused his muscles to grow in ways that were unpredictable. Only by using the carbide ceramic ossification process was he saved. One leg was more or less normal, if a little bowed and twisted, however the other was severely gnarled and about six inches shorter. His arms were incredibly muscular, painfully so, giving him the greatest upper body strength of any Spartan. The fingers of one hand were twisted and bowed, functioning more like a pincer or claw. To deal with the intense pain Soren was given massive amounts of painkillers, however he did not like the way they clouded his mind, so he gradually weaned himself off them.