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==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
Ackerson was cunning but shortsighted and often mixed personal glory with more humanitarian goals. For example, his creation of the SPARTAN-III program was an effort to "trade lives for time", but it was also an attempt to out-do his rival, Catherine Halsey. He was rather savage at times, eager to put his own petty revenge before the betterment of | Ackerson was cunning but shortsighted and often mixed personal glory with more humanitarian goals. For example, his creation of the SPARTAN-III program was an effort to "trade lives for time", but it was also an attempt to out-do his rival, Catherine Halsey. He was rather savage at times, eager to put his own petty revenge before the betterment of humankind. During a field test of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V MJOLNIR armor]] with [[Cortana]] and [[John-117]], Ackerson exceeded the testing parameters, nearly causing the deaths of the SPARTAN and the AI through use of automated turrets, ODST squads, anti-tank mines, and even an airstrike. | ||
He was arrogant and condescending to most other people in ONI, even top-ranking brass such as [[Major General]] [[Nicolas Strauss]]. He frequently belittled and mocked Dr. Halsey and the SPARTAN-IIs and was very open with his views on them even in formal meetings. Ackerson openly ridiculed even [[John-117]] during the Spartan's debriefing concerning the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] in [[Camp Hathcock]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 224''</ref> This attitude ultimately provoked the ire of [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]], who harshly rebuked him for his disparaging remarks about Halsey and her Spartans during the Security Council's debriefing of [[Wagner|Lieutenant Wagner]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 104''</ref>{{Ref/Note|Coupled with his previous evasion of reassignment to frontline duty, it is possible that Ackerson's irreverent behavior during Lieutenant Wagner's debriefing in ''Halo: First Strike'' contributed to him losing his seat on the Security Council, particularly in light of Lord Hood's reaction to the colonel's comments.}} | He was arrogant and condescending to most other people in ONI, even top-ranking brass such as [[Major General]] [[Nicolas Strauss]]. He frequently belittled and mocked Dr. Halsey and the SPARTAN-IIs and was very open with his views on them even in formal meetings. Ackerson openly ridiculed even [[John-117]] during the Spartan's debriefing concerning the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] in [[Camp Hathcock]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 224''</ref> This attitude ultimately provoked the ire of [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]], who harshly rebuked him for his disparaging remarks about Halsey and her Spartans during the Security Council's debriefing of [[Wagner|Lieutenant Wagner]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 104''</ref>{{Ref/Note|Coupled with his previous evasion of reassignment to frontline duty, it is possible that Ackerson's irreverent behavior during Lieutenant Wagner's debriefing in ''Halo: First Strike'' contributed to him losing his seat on the Security Council, particularly in light of Lord Hood's reaction to the colonel's comments.}} | ||
